Strathfield
49,203 residents (ABS estimated resident population, 30 June 2025) across 14 km², 4 suburbs. Council website: strathfield.nsw.gov.au/Home.
Council series run to July 2026.
Population
49,203
ABS estimated resident population, 30 June 2025 · +1.4% in a year
Density
3,515/km²
14 km² · ERP 2025 over the ABS 2024 boundary
Council-wide house median
$3.1M
Established-house transfers across the whole council, FY 2023-24 (ABS)
Federal grants per resident
$34
Financial Assistance Grant 2025-26 over ERP 2025
Dwelling approvals
1.7 per 1,000
Residents, 12 months to July 2026 (ABS Building Approvals)
Advantage decile
10 of 10
SEIFA 2021 IRSAD, national (10 = most advantaged)
Suburbs
4
Where it holds most residents (ABS mesh-block allocation)
Trends
Council-level series. Each chart names its source and period.
People and housing
Council-wide figures from the ABS Census of 2021 and SEIFA 2021 (national deciles, 10 = most advantaged).
- Median age
- 33
- Median household income
- $2,105/week
- Median rent
- $460/week
- Median mortgage repayment
- $2,300/month
- Households renting
- 46.2%
- Average household
- 2.7 people
- Advantage and disadvantage (IRSAD)
- decile 10 of 10
- Disadvantage (IRSD)
- decile 8 of 10
Suburbs
4 suburbs where Strathfield holds most residents, plus 2 it shares with a neighbouring council (share of residents shown). Population is Census 2021 for the whole suburb. A median here is the suburb’s own Valuer-General median — suburbs without one are blank, never filled with the council figure.
| Suburb | Population | In this council | Median house (VG) | Flood / bushfire | IRSAD |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Greenacre | 26,314 | 6% | $1.6MDec 2025 | – / <1% | 3 |
| Strathfield (NSW) | 25,915 | 69% | $4.3MDec 2025 | – / 0% | 10 |
| Homebush (NSW) | 11,660 | All | $3.3MDec 2025 | – / 0% | 9 |
| Homebush West | 9,108 | All | $1.7MDec 2025 | – / 0% | 7 |
| Belfield | 6,555 | 24% | $2.0MDec 2025 | – / 0% | 7 |
| Strathfield South | 3,636 | All | $2.5MDec 2025 | – / 0% | 9 |
Hazards
Share of each member suburb's land inside the mapped layer, averaged across the council weighted by the residents each suburb contributes. Only suburbs a source covers count; the rest are left out, not counted as zero.
Suburb prices
Across the 4 member suburbs with their own Valuer-General median (unweighted; each suburb's latest figure, periods ending Dec 2025).
- Lowest suburb median
- $1.7M
- Median of suburb medians
- $2.9M
- Highest suburb median
- $4.3M
Recorded crime
Offences per 100,000 residents over the 6 member suburbs the source covers, financial year ending 2025. Small suburbs and unreliable rates are excluded.
- Break and enter
- 728
- per 100k · NSW 2025
- Motor vehicle theft
- 225
- per 100k · NSW 2025
- property_damage
- 752
- per 100k · NSW 2025
- Violent crime
- 1,915
- per 100k · NSW 2025
Representation
Federal electorates and state districts covering the council, by share of the residents its suburbs contribute (each suburb counts once, for the seat containing a representative interior point).
Federal electorates
- Reid · Sally SITOU (ALP)85%
- Watson · Tony BURKE (ALP)15%
State districts
- Strathfield · Jason Yat-Sen Li (ALP)71%
- Drummoyne · Stephanie Di Pasqua (LIB)26%
- Bankstown · Jihad Dib (ALP)4%
Asking-price cuts
Cuts in the last 30 days to listings the Shorted crawl has seen in the last 14 days, across 1 suburb of this council. An aggregate only: published at 3 or more cut listings council-wide (cuts in every crawled suburb count), and a suburb is named only when it has 3 of its own. Computed 24 Sep 2026; newest crawl observation 12 Sep 2026.
- Listings cut
- 7
- of 111 tracked
- Share cut
- 6.3%
- Typical cut
- 3.9%
- median over every cut listing
Most cuts: Homebush (NSW) (7). All price drops →
Neighbouring councils
Councils in the same state whose suburbs share a boundary with this one's, and councils it splits a suburb with.
Compare it with every New South Wales council on the council map or the New South Wales council list.
Boundaries: ABS ASGS Edition 3, LGA 2024 boundaries; suburbs allocated by 2021 mesh block, weighted by Census 2021 residents. Population: ABS estimated resident population 2025. Census 2021 and SEIFA 2021: ABS. Council-wide medians: ABS Data by Region. Approvals: ABS Building Approvals. Grants: Financial Assistance Grants, Dept of Infrastructure. Suburb prices: state Valuer-General. Flood and bushfire: state planning layers. Observed water: Geoscience Australia DEA Water Observations. Crime: state police statistics. Asking-price cuts: Shorted listing crawl, aggregates only. Website and identity: Wikidata (CC0). ABS, Dept of Infrastructure and state government data CC BY 4.0. Council facts loaded 2026-09-24.