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Housing
mount vernon
New South Wales · Census 2021
$3.47M
+2.1% yr · median house · Dec 2025
Mount Vernon is a leafy residential suburb of Penrith.
Median house price
People
Population
1,235
Median age
40 yrs
Income / person / wk
$917
Household income / wk
$3,177
Housing
Median rent / wk
$495
Mortgage / month
$3,000
Culture & community
- Dominant religion
- Catholic · 58%
- Top language at home
- Italian · 3%
- No religion
- 9%
- Born overseas
- 26%
- English only at home
- 62%
Local amenities
Amenity score
2/100
Schools
0
Supermarkets
0
Pubs & bars
0
Parks
1
Libraries
0
GP clinics
0
Pharmacies
0
Hospitals
0
Nearest supermarket
3.8 km
Nearest train
10.0 km
Nearest hospital
8.4 km
Distance to coast
23 km
NBN
Fixed Line
Amenity counts via © OpenStreetMap contributors (ODbL) & Geoscience Australia HealthDirect (CC BY 4.0). Distance to coast derived from ABS state boundaries (CC BY 4.0).
Schools by sector
Government
0
Catholic
0
Independent
0
Primary
0
Secondary
0
Nearest secondary
2.4 km
School sector & type: ACARA (Australian Curriculum, Assessment and Reporting Authority), School Location dataset.
Local council
- Council (LGA)
- Penrith
- Council population
- 219,168
- Council area
- 405 km²
- Density
- 542/km²
- Federal grants
- $13.46M/yr (2025-26)
- Grants per resident
- $61/yr
Council boundary: ABS ASGS LGA 2024. Federal grants: Financial Assistance Grants, Dept of Infrastructure. All CC BY 4.0.
Representation
- Federal division
- McMahon
- Federal MP
- Chris Bowen (ALP)
- Two-party-preferred
- Labor 59% 2PP
- State electorate
- Badgerys Creek
- State MP
- Tanya Davies (LIB)
Similar suburbs
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