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Glenfield is still affordable — but expensive to rent

Glenfield 2167 · Campbelltown (NSW), Greater Sydney, NSW

Glenfield is still relatively affordable to rent, with a median of $700 a week (DCJ, 2026-Q1) — about $80 below the Greater Sydney median; a young, family-heavy area (median age 36). The trade-offs: renting is expensive, a median of $700 a week (DCJ, 2026-Q1); the population is barely moving — in fact it is shrinking.

A mix of houses and units, with a median age of 36 and households on a median $2,070 a week at the 2021 Census.

Compiled from ABS regional population (SA2), the 2021 Census, SEIFA 2021, NSW DCJ median rents, NSW DCJ median sale prices, NSW Bureau of Crime Statistics and Research reported offences, NSW SES Georges River flood database, OpenStreetMap and ACARA Schools NSW / NSW Dept of Education · figures current to September 2026.

Median sale price$1,100,000All dwellings · 2025-Q4
Population (ERP)10,758▲ 3,608 since 2001
YoY growth-0.56%▼ state average +1.18%
Net migration-111,034 in · 1,045 out

What it costs to buy

NSW DCJ Rent and Sales Report · 2025-Q4

Median sale price from the NSW Department of Communities and Justice's recorded property sales. Compare year-on-year — quarter-to-quarter moves are mostly seasonal noise.

Median sale priceDCJ
$1,100,000
All dwellings · 2025-Q4
NSW DCJ Rent and Sales Report · 2025-Q4
vs Greater SydneyDCJ
−$100,000
Greater Sydney median $1,200,000
NSW DCJ Rent and Sales Report · 2025-Q4
HouseDCJ
$1,173,000
Low sample — 11–30 sales this quarter
NSW DCJ Rent and Sales Report · 2025-Q4
Unit / flatDCJ
$820,000
Low sample — 11–30 sales this quarter
NSW DCJ Rent and Sales Report · 2025-Q4

By dwelling type — 2025-Q4 quarter

TypeMedian sale price
House$1,173,000low sample
Unit / flat$820,000low sample

The median sale price across all dwellings in Glenfield was $1,100,000, based on sales in postcode 2167, for the 2025-Q4 quarter. That is $100,000 below the Greater Sydney median. By type: a house $1,173,000 and a unit / flat $820,000.

This is the median price of properties recorded as sold this quarter — settlement can lag a purchase decision by weeks, so the most recent quarter can revise slightly as more sales are recorded.

Show every quarter, with the year-on-year change
Glenfield — all-dwellings median sale price by quarter, latest first, with the year-on-year change and the Greater Sydney median, NSW Department of Communities and Justice
QuarterMedian priceYear on yearGreater Sydney
2025-Q4$1,100,000—$1,200,000

Sale price data © NSW Department of Communities and Justice, Rent and Sales Report, based on sales in postcode 2167, December 2025 release. Figures are the median for properties sold in the quarter. DCJ suppresses a median where too few properties sold.

What it costs to rent

NSW DCJ Rent and Sales Report · 2026-Q1

Median weekly rent for new tenancies, from the NSW Department of Communities and Justice's bond lodgements. Compare year-on-year — quarter-to-quarter moves are mostly seasonal noise.

Median weekly rentDCJ
$700
All dwellings · 2026-Q1
NSW DCJ Rent and Sales Report · 2026-Q1
vs Greater SydneyDCJ
−$80
Greater Sydney median $780
NSW DCJ Rent and Sales Report · 2026-Q1
Sample sizeDCJ
87
new bonds lodged in the 2026-Q1 quarter
NSW DCJ Rent and Sales Report · 2026-Q1

By dwelling type — 2026-Q1 quarter

TypeStudio1 bed2 bed3 bed4+ bed
House———$700n=41$780low sample

n is the number of new bonds behind each median — treat a figure marked low sample as indicative only.

The median weekly rent across all dwellings in Glenfield was $700, based on new bonds lodged in postcode 2167, for the 2026-Q1 quarter. That is $80 a week below the Greater Sydney median. By type: a 3-bedroom house $700.

This is the median rent on new leases signed this quarter, not what existing tenants pay. It usually runs higher than the Census figure.

Show every quarter, with the year-on-year change
Glenfield — all-dwellings median weekly rent by quarter, latest first, with the year-on-year change and the Greater Sydney median, NSW Department of Communities and Justice
QuarterMedian rentYear on yearGreater Sydney
2026-Q1$700—$930

Rent data © NSW Department of Communities and Justice, Rent and Sales Report, based on new bonds in postcode 2167, March 2026 release. Figures are the median for new bonds lodged in the quarter, not all tenancies. DCJ suppresses a median where too few bonds were lodged.

Glenfield on the map

The Australian Bureau of Statistics Statistical Area 2 outline for Glenfield, NSW.

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Map tiles © OpenStreetMap contributors. Boundary: ABS SA2 (ASGS 2021), simplified — an SA2 can differ from the gazetted suburb, and detached parts such as islands may not all be shown.

How the population has changed

Glenfield against the New South Wales average, both set to 100 in the first year shown so the growth rates compare.

GlenfieldNew South Wales average
201620202025

Glenfield population grew from 9,937 in 2016 to 10,758 in 2025, a change of 8.3% over the period, against the New South Wales average.

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YearGlenfieldNew South Wales average
20169,9377,732,858
201710,1477,855,316
201810,3427,954,476
201910,5608,046,748
202010,7218,110,610
202110,5968,097,062
202210,6078,182,098
202310,7478,356,387
202410,8198,492,050
202510,7588,592,524

Where the growth is coming from

Glenfield gained 808 residents from internal migration and 226 from overseas in the year to June 2025, while 1,045 people moved away — a net addition of -11 before natural increase.

  • Internal migration in+808
  • Internal migration out+960
  • Overseas migration in+226
  • Natural increase-50
    Natural decrease — deaths exceeded births.

Components of population change over the sample year. Natural increase is shown apart from migration so the two are not read as one figure.

How it has changed

Census · five-yearly

The 2016 Census against 2021. Older figures are mapped onto today's boundaries via the ABS Time Series Profile, so comparisons are approximate where borders moved.

Measure20162021Change
Population9,63710,536 +9.3%
Median age3536 +1 yr
Median household income$1,757/wk$2,070/wk +18%
Median weekly rent$390/wk$420/wk +7.7%
Born overseas50.6%51.8% +1.1 pts

Who lives here

Census · five-yearly

From the 2021 Census — the most recent available; 2026 Census data isn't expected until mid-2027. Each figure carries its definition, so you know what is being counted.

People

10,536
Population
Usual residents, Census 2021
36
Median age
Years
51.8%
Born overseas
Born outside Australia
3.0
Household size
Average people per household

Income

$2,070/wk
Household income
Median total weekly household income
$844/wk
Personal income
Median total weekly personal income

Housing

$420/wk
Median rent
Median weekly rent for rented dwellings
$2,167/mo
Median mortgage
Median monthly mortgage repayment
69.2%
Separate houses
Share of occupied dwellings
2.3%
Flats & apartments
Share of occupied dwellings
4.5%
Unoccupied
Private dwellings unoccupied on Census night

Work

55.9%
Employment rate
Employed as a share of people aged 15+
5.8%
Unemployment rate
Unemployed as a share of the labour force
72.7%
Year 12 or above
Highest school year completed

Household

68.6%
Couple family
Share of all households · NSW 58.8%
48.5%
Couple family with children
Share of all households · NSW 32.5%
12.4%
One-parent family
Share of all households · NSW 11.2%
15.9%
Living alone
Lone-person households · NSW 24.9%
2.0%
Group household
Unrelated adults sharing · NSW 3.9%

Country of birth

46.0%
Australia
Born here · NSW 65.4%
9.3%
India
Share of residents · NSW 2.6%
4.7%
Nepal
Share of residents
4.4%
Bangladesh
Share of residents
3.6%
Philippines
Share of residents · NSW 1.3%
3.1%
China
Share of residents · NSW 3.1%

Language at home

40.4%
English only
Spoken at home · NSW 67.6%
5.9%
Bengali
Share of residents
5.8%
Nepali
Share of residents
4.9%
Other languages, nec
Share of residents · NSW 3.0%
3.8%
Arabic
Share of residents · NSW 2.8%
3.6%
Hindi
Share of residents

How homes are held

  • Owned outright 22.1%
  • Mortgaged 41.4%
  • Rented 33.9%
  • Other / not stated 2.6%

How well-off the area is

Census · five-yearly

The ABS SEIFA indexes rank every area by relative advantage and disadvantage. Decile 1 is the lowest tenth of Australia; decile 10 is the highest.

  • Relative disadvantage (IRSD)
    Lower decile means more relative disadvantage
    Decile 5
    score 1,008
  • Advantage & disadvantage (IRSAD)
    Higher decile means more relative advantage
    Decile 6
    score 1,018
  • Economic resources (IER)
    Income and housing capacity
    Decile 6
    score 1,007
  • Education & occupation (IEO)
    Education and occupational skill levels
    Decile 7
    score 1,023

Safety context

NSW BOCSAR · June 2026

How much crime is reported in Glenfield, from the NSW Bureau of Crime Statistics and Research (BOCSAR).

Most-reported offences · Glenfield, last 12 months

  • Intimidation, stalking and harassment660 /100k+112% vs Greater Sydney↑ 77%
  • Assault483 /100k+816% vs Greater Sydney↑ 86%
  • Malicious damage to property437 /100k+52% vs Greater Sydney↓ 28%
  • Theft279 /100k+625% vs Greater Sydney↑ 20%
  • Drug offences195 /100k+1092% vs Greater Sydney↑ 5%
  • Robbery28 /100k+882% vs Greater Sydney↓ 25%

Rate per 100,000 people in Glenfield; the arrow compares the last 12 months with the 12 before.

Of these categories, intimidation, stalking and harassment is reported most in Glenfield over the last 12 months, running 112% above the Greater Sydney rate and up on the year before.

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Glenfield reported-offence rates over the last 12 months, against the Greater Sydney rate, NSW BOCSAR reported offences
Offence categorySuburbGreater SydneyChange
Intimidation, stalking and harassment660 per 100k312 per 100k↑ 77% vs prior year
Assault483 per 100k53 per 100k↑ 86% vs prior year
Malicious damage to property437 per 100k287 per 100k↓ 28% vs prior year
Theft279 per 100k38 per 100k↑ 20% vs prior year
Drug offences195 per 100k16 per 100k↑ 5% vs prior year
Robbery28 per 100k3 per 100k↓ 25% vs prior year

Crime statistics © State of New South Wales (NSW Bureau of Crime Statistics and Research), used under CC BY 4.0, updated June 2026. Matched to this suburb from BOCSAR’s own locality-level data — see the safest/highest-crime rankings’ methodology for the locality-to-suburb matching used. Monthly counts are volatile — the 12-month figures above smooth that noise.

Flood risk

NSW SES · Georges River catchment · updated September 2026

How much of this suburb sits inside NSW SES's modelled flood extents for the Georges River catchment? These are predicted extents at different probability levels, not a record of floods that have actually happened here.

Flood riskNSW SES
Very low
Rated on the 1% AEP (1-in-100-year) modelled extent
NSW SES · Georges River catchment · updated September 2026
1% AEP extentNSW SES
under 1%
of Glenfield inside the 1-in-100-year modelled flood extent
NSW SES · Georges River catchment · updated September 2026

Modelled flood extents

NSW SES models three flood-extent scenarios for the Georges River catchment, from the standard flood-planning benchmark to a worst-case extent. None of these say a flood has actually occurred — they mark land that modelling puts inside each scenario’s reach.

  • 1% AEP (1-in-100-year): the standard NSW flood-planning benchmark — a flood with a 1-in-100 chance of being reached or exceeded in any given year.
  • Flood potential: a broader strategic extent of land that could be affected under any of the modelled flood scenarios.
  • Probable Maximum Flood: the most severe flood NSW SES models as physically possible for this catchment — rare, but the outer limit of what's possible.

NSW SES's Georges River flood modelling puts about under 1% of Glenfield inside the 1% AEP (1-in-100-year) flood extent — the standard NSW flood-planning benchmark.

This data only covers the Georges River catchment (southern and south-western Sydney) — NSW SES hasn’t published an equivalent modelled-extent map for Sydney’s other catchments, and a suburb rollup can’t tell you about an individual property. Explore the mapped extents on NSW SES’s Georges River flood map →

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Glenfield — modelled flood extents, NSW SES Georges River flood database
MeasureShare
1% AEP (1-in-100-year)under 1% of the suburb
Flood potential0% of the suburb
Probable Maximum Flood0% of the suburb

Flood data: NSW State Emergency Service – Geospatial Intelligence (Georges River flood database), used for attribution as published, updated September 2026. Covers the Georges River catchment only. This is a modelling tool, not a substitute for professional flood advice on a specific address.

Getting around, and what's nearby

OpenStreetMap · quarterly

What OpenStreetMap records inside the suburb boundary. Counts reflect what is tagged in OSM and can undercount a real but less-mapped area. The park count here is OpenStreetMap green space of any kind, including privately held land — it is a different measure from the council parks below.

SchoolsOSM
7
within the SA2
OpenStreetMap · Sept 2026
ChildcareOSM
0
childcare & kindergartens
OpenStreetMap · Sept 2026
Hospitals & GPsOSM
0
0 hospitals · 0 GP/clinics
OpenStreetMap · Sept 2026
SupermarketsOSM
0
full-line grocery
OpenStreetMap · Sept 2026
Green spacesOSM
18
public open space
OpenStreetMap · Sept 2026

Within the Glenfield SA2, OpenStreetMap records 7 schools and 18 green spaces. For families: 5 playgrounds. Eating out and socialising: 1 café. Staying active: 25 sports fields. The nearest train station, Glenfield, is about 100 m from the suburb centre. OpenStreetMap also maps 29 bus stops here.

List every mapped place

Schools

  • Hurlstone Agricultural High School
  • Glenfield Primary School
  • Glenwood Public School
  • Campbell House School
  • Glenfield Park School
  • Ajuga School

Green spaces

  • Horne Park
  • Sustainable Garden
  • Narang Reserve
  • Edwin Moore Park
  • Lalor Park
  • Glenfield Park
  • Seddon Park
  • Glenfield Urban Bike Park

Train stations

  • Glenfield

Schools

Every open NSW school whose campus sits inside the SA2 boundary, with the average ICSEA across them. Open a school for its own ICSEA, student background and a link to My School.

PrimarySchools
2
including Prep–6
NSW school data
SecondarySchools
1
Year 7–12
NSW school data
Combined / specialSchools
3
Prep–12 and special
NSW school data
GovernmentSchools
6
NSW state schools
NSW school data
Non-governmentSchools
0
Catholic and independent
NSW school data
Average ICSEASchools
982
6 of 6 schools · 1000 is the national average
ACARA

The Glenfield SA2 contains 6 schools — 2 primary schools, 1 secondary school and 3 special schools, all government. Its schools with a published ICSEA average 982 (1000 is the national average); each school's own figure and student background are on its page. NAPLAN results for each school are on its My School profile (ACARA). For area context, Glenfield sits in decile 7 of the ABS SEIFA index of education and occupation nationally and 73% of adults here completed Year 12 (Census 2021).

Zoned state schools

The centre of this SA2 is zoned for Glenfield Public School (primary), Casula High School (secondary), James Meehan High School (secondary).

Parts of this SA2 also fall in the catchment of Guise Public School (primary), Casula Public School (primary), Prestons Public School (primary), Bardia Public School (primary), Ingleburn High School (secondary).

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School list: NSW Government open data — ACARA Schools NSW, via the NSW data portal, CC BY 4.0. Catchments: NSW Department of Education “School intake zones” dataset, CC BY 4.0. ICSEA: ACARA School Profile. NAPLAN: myschool.edu.au (ACARA).

Nearby, in Campbelltown (NSW)

Others in the same ABS district, by population growth. If this one doesn't fit, one of these might.

  1. HereGlenfield-0.6%
  2. 01Denham Court - Bardia+3.6%
  3. 02Campbelltown - Woodbine+2.4%
  4. 03Rosemeadow - Glen Alpine+2.4%
  5. 04Bradbury - Wedderburn+1.3%
  6. 05Leumeah - Minto Heights+0.8%
  7. 06Macquarie Fields+0.3%
  8. 07Ingleburn+0.3%
  9. 08Minto - St Andrews+0.1%
  10. 09Claymore - Eagle Vale - Raby-0.1%

Dots place each suburb's growth on the same scale, slowest at left.

Glenfield: common questions

Is Glenfield a good place to live?
Glenfield is still relatively affordable to rent, with a median of $700 a week (DCJ, 2026-Q1) — about $80 below the Greater Sydney median; a young, family-heavy area (median age 36). The trade-offs: renting is expensive, a median of $700 a week (DCJ, 2026-Q1); the population is barely moving — in fact it is shrinking. A mix of houses and units, with a median age of 36 and households on a median $2,070 a week at the 2021 Census.
How much does it cost to rent in Glenfield?
The median weekly rent across all dwellings in Glenfield was $700, based on new bonds lodged in postcode 2167, for the 2026-Q1 quarter. That is $80 a week below the Greater Sydney median. By type: a 3-bedroom house $700.
Is Glenfield at risk of flooding?
NSW SES's Georges River flood modelling puts about under 1% of Glenfield inside the 1% AEP (1-in-100-year) flood extent — the standard NSW flood-planning benchmark.
Is Glenfield a safe suburb?
Of these categories, intimidation, stalking and harassment is reported most in Glenfield over the last 12 months, running 112% above the Greater Sydney rate and up on the year before.
What schools are in Glenfield?
The Glenfield SA2 contains 6 schools — 2 primary schools, 1 secondary school and 3 special schools, all government. Its schools with a published ICSEA average 982 (1000 is the national average); each school's own figure and student background are on its page. NAPLAN results for each school are on its My School profile (ACARA). For area context, Glenfield sits in decile 7 of the ABS SEIFA index of education and occupation nationally and 73% of adults here completed Year 12 (Census 2021). Glenfield falls fully within the state-school catchment of Glenfield Public School, Casula High School and James Meehan High School.
What amenities and public transport does Glenfield have?
Within the Glenfield SA2, OpenStreetMap records 7 schools and 18 green spaces. For families: 5 playgrounds. Eating out and socialising: 1 café. Staying active: 25 sports fields. The nearest train station, Glenfield, is about 100 m from the suburb centre. OpenStreetMap also maps 29 bus stops here.
Are people moving to Glenfield?
Glenfield gained 808 residents from internal migration and 226 from overseas in the year to June 2025, while 1,045 people moved away — a net addition of -11 before natural increase.

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