Bringelly vs Catherine Field

Catherine Field is the younger of the two, with a median age of 33 against 42 in Bringelly. In both, the large majority of households own their home, the large majority of homes are detached houses, and most households are couple families. Houses cost more in Bringelly: a median of $2.95 million, against $1.26 million in Catherine Field. On these figures, Catherine Field tends to suit families with children and buyers on a tighter budget.

Which one suits you?

There is no overall winner — the suburb that suits a family with school-age kids is routinely the wrong one for someone commuting into the city. So each of these answers its own question, against a checklist you can see, using the same figures in the tables below.

Families with school-age kids

Catherine Field

ahead on the one thing that separates them

  • carries lower crime risk (45/100 vs 69/100)

Weighs schools, house stock, crime, parks, childcare, and who already lives there.

First-home buyers

Catherine Field

ahead on the one thing that separates them

  • has cheaper houses ($1,260,000 vs $2,950,500)

Weighs house prices, land prices, and mortgage stress.

Renters

Too close to call

Nothing among the 3 things we measure here separates them by enough to be worth acting on.

Weighs rent, rental stress, and how much is for rent.

Commuting to the city

Catherine Field

ahead on the one thing that separates them

  • is more walkable (34/100 vs 14/100)

Weighs distance, drive time, rail access, and walkability.

Downsizers and retirees

Catherine Field

ahead on 2 of the 5 things we measure here

  • is more walkable (34/100 vs 14/100)
  • carries lower crime risk (45/100 vs 69/100)
  • But Bringelly has more residents already 65 and over (19% vs 12%)

Weighs smaller dwellings, who already lives there, GPs, walkability, and crime.

Investors

Catherine Field

ahead on 2 of the 2 things we measure here

  • is growing faster (57.5% vs -3.0%)
  • returns a higher gross yield on houses (3.3% vs 1.2%)

Weighs house yield and population growth.

Where they sit

Bringelly and Catherine Field drawn to the same scale. Both outlines are shown together, so the map answers whether they share a border and how their areas compare.

Bringelly Catherine Field
Hides rows where both suburbs match

Bars start at zero. Scores, risks and rankings are drawn against their full 0–100 range; other rows are drawn in proportion to the larger of the two.

Side by side, out of 100

Risks are inverted — shown as safety and low exposure — so a longer bar always means better.

Bringelly Catherine Field
Walkability 14 / 34
Bringelly — Walkability: 14/100 Catherine Field — Walkability: 34/100
Safety 31 / 55
Bringelly — Safety: 31/100 Catherine Field — Safety: 55/100
Low fire risk 70 / 84
Bringelly — Low fire risk: 70/100 Catherine Field — Low fire risk: 84/100

Demographics

Bringelly skews older (42 vs 33); Catherine Field has higher household incomes ($120,432 vs $95,316).

Bringelly Catherine Field
Population 2,433 2,609
+7% vs other
Population trend (2016 → 2021) -3.0% +57.5%
Median age 42 33
Median household income $95,316/yr $120,432/yr
+26% vs other
Median weekly rent $500/wk $520/wk
+4% vs other

Age profile

Share of residents in each band, 2021 Census.

Bringelly Catherine Field
0-4 4.1% / 7.4%
Bringelly — 0-4: 4.1% Catherine Field — 0-4: 7.4%
5-14 12.2% / 13.8%
Bringelly — 5-14: 12.2% Catherine Field — 5-14: 13.8%
15-19 7.6% / 5.6%
Bringelly — 15-19: 7.6% Catherine Field — 15-19: 5.6%
20-24 8.0% / 7.4%
Bringelly — 20-24: 8.0% Catherine Field — 20-24: 7.4%
25-34 10.6% / 18.4%
Bringelly — 25-34: 10.6% Catherine Field — 25-34: 18.4%
35-44 10.4% / 13.3%
Bringelly — 35-44: 10.4% Catherine Field — 35-44: 13.3%
45-54 13.5% / 11.8%
Bringelly — 45-54: 13.5% Catherine Field — 45-54: 11.8%
55-64 14.6% / 10.5%
Bringelly — 55-64: 14.6% Catherine Field — 55-64: 10.5%
65-74 12.7% / 7.0%
Bringelly — 65-74: 12.7% Catherine Field — 65-74: 7.0%
75-84 4.9% / 3.7%
Bringelly — 75-84: 4.9% Catherine Field — 75-84: 3.7%
85+ 1.7% / 1.0%
Bringelly — 85+: 1.7% Catherine Field — 85+: 1.0%

Bars are drawn against the largest share shown (18.4%).

Who lives together

Household composition, 2021 Census.

Bringelly 59.1% couple families
Bringelly — Couple Families: 59.1% Bringelly — Lone Person: 20.0% Bringelly — One Parent Families: 15.6% Bringelly — Group Household: 4.2% Bringelly — Other Families: 1.1%
Catherine Field 66.3% couple families
Catherine Field — Couple Families: 66.3% Catherine Field — Lone Person: 13.5% Catherine Field — One Parent Families: 16.1% Catherine Field — Group Household: 3.1% Catherine Field — Other Families: 1.0%
Couple Families Lone Person One Parent Families Group Household Other Families

Who owns and who rents

Occupied private dwellings by tenure, 2021 Census.

Bringelly 22.3% renting
Bringelly — Owned Outright: 51.5% Bringelly — Mortgage: 26.3% Bringelly — Renting: 22.3%
Catherine Field 20.8% renting
Catherine Field — Owned Outright: 33.4% Catherine Field — Mortgage: 45.8% Catherine Field — Renting: 20.8%
Owned outright Mortgage Renting

Qualifications

Highest non-school qualification, residents 15+, 2021 Census.

Bringelly Catherine Field
Certificate III & IV 18.0% / 15.3%
Bringelly — Certificate III & IV: 18.0% Catherine Field — Certificate III & IV: 15.3%
Bachelor Degree 6.3% / 10.3%
Bringelly — Bachelor Degree: 6.3% Catherine Field — Bachelor Degree: 10.3%
Advanced Diploma / Diploma 5.1% / 8.1%
Bringelly — Advanced Diploma / Diploma: 5.1% Catherine Field — Advanced Diploma / Diploma: 8.1%
Postgraduate Degree 1.5% / 3.4%
Bringelly — Postgraduate Degree: 1.5% Catherine Field — Postgraduate Degree: 3.4%
Graduate Diploma / Certificate 0.7% / 0.8%
Bringelly — Graduate Diploma / Certificate: 0.7% Catherine Field — Graduate Diploma / Certificate: 0.8%

Bars are drawn against the largest share shown (18.0%).

Where residents were born

Largest overseas birthplaces, as a share of all residents, 2021 Census. A dash means that country is not among the suburb's own eight largest.

Bringelly Catherine Field
China 1.1% / 3.5%
Bringelly — China: 1.1% Catherine Field — China: 3.5%
Italy 2.3% / 2.2%
Bringelly — Italy: 2.3% Catherine Field — Italy: 2.2%
Nepal — / 2.7%
Bringelly — Nepal: not among its largest Catherine Field — Nepal: 2.7%
England 1.3% / 1.0%
Bringelly — England: 1.3% Catherine Field — England: 1.0%
Lebanon 1.6% / —
Bringelly — Lebanon: 1.6% Catherine Field — Lebanon: not among its largest
India — / 1.6%
Bringelly — India: not among its largest Catherine Field — India: 1.6%
Iraq 1.3% / —
Bringelly — Iraq: 1.3% Catherine Field — Iraq: not among its largest
Fiji — / 1.3%
Bringelly — Fiji: not among its largest Catherine Field — Fiji: 1.3%

Bars are drawn against the largest share shown (3.5%).

What people live in

Occupied private dwellings by structure, 2021 Census.

Bringelly 98.0% houses
Bringelly — Houses: 98.0% Bringelly — Townhouses: 0.0% Bringelly — Flats / Apartments: 2.0%
Catherine Field 97.5% houses
Catherine Field — Houses: 97.5% Catherine Field — Townhouses: 2.4% Catherine Field — Flats / Apartments: 0.1%
Houses Townhouses Flats / Apartments

Property market

Bringelly Catherine Field
Median house price $2,950,500 $1,260,000
Median unit price —
same for both
Median land price $3,550,000 $4,050,000
Typical days to sell (houses) 120 days
from 6 sales
 35 days
from 67 sales

Zoning mix

Catherine Field has more rural and farming land (72% vs 48%); Bringelly has more commercially zoned land (12% vs 0%).

Bringelly Catherine Field
Rural and farming 48% 72%
Residential 14% 23%
Other and special use 12% 0%
Commercial 12% 0%
Environmental 7% 3%
Parks and recreation 2% 0%
Infrastructure and transport 2%
same for both
Planning zones cover 99% of Bringelly and 100% of Catherine Field. The rest is unzoned land such as water or road reserve.
Zoning sets what may be built, not what is there today. A single address can sit in a different zone to the suburb around it. Zones as at 2026-09.

Development activity

Bringelly Catherine Field
New dwellings approved 1,671
across Camden
same for both
Approvals change year on year -21%
same for both

Gross rental yield

Gross — before strata, rates, management, insurance and vacancy. From median advertised rents and median asking prices over the last 6 months. How we calculate.

Bringelly Catherine Field
Houses 1.2%
$750/wk on $3.39M
 3.3%
$785/wk on $1.22M
Units —
same for both

Ranking within NSW

Bringelly Catherine Field
House price Higher than 97% of NSW Higher than 60% of NSW
Income Higher than 63% of NSW Higher than 84% of NSW
Schools —
same for both
Walkability Higher than 65% of NSW Higher than 77% of NSW
Affordability Higher than 2% of NSW Higher than 68% of NSW
EV adoption Higher than 62% of NSW Higher than 91% of NSW
NBN connectivity Higher than 97% of NSW Higher than 98% of NSW
Rental yield (houses) Higher than 1% of NSW Higher than 36% of NSW

Liveability

Catherine Field is more walkable (34 vs 14); Catherine Field scores higher overall (59 vs 42).

Bringelly Catherine Field
Grade C B
Score 42/100 59/100
Socio-economic band mid-range socio-economic
decile 6/10
 advantaged area
decile 8/10

Risk profile

Bringelly carries more bushfire risk (30 vs 16); Bringelly carries more crime risk (69 vs 45).

Bringelly Catherine Field
Bushfire Low
30/100
 Low
16/100
Crime Moderate
69/100
 Moderate
45/100
Flood Not mapped
no mapped data here
same for both
Coastal erosion None
0/100
same for both
Aircraft noise High
91/100
 None
0/100
Industrial facilities nearby 1
within 5 km
 0
within 5 km

Schools

Bringelly Catherine Field
Inside the suburb 1 0
Rated above peers 0
same for both
Rated at peers 0
same for both
Rated below peers 1 0
Universities within 10 km None 1
Western Sydney University - Campbelltown, 9.4 km

Schools in Bringelly

  • Bringelly Public School Government · Primary below peers

Schools in Catherine Field

No schools recorded inside this suburb's boundary. Children here will be zoned to schools nearby.

Amenities in the suburb

Bringelly Catherine Field
Cafes & restaurants 1 0
Parks & reserves 1 3
Childcare 1 2
GPs 1 0
Banks & Bank@Post 1 0
Fuel stations 1 0
Waterways 6 0

Mobility

Bringelly Catherine Field
Walkability score 14/100 34/100
Distance to Sydney 57.6 km
+3% vs other
 56.1 km
Drive time (normal traffic) 55 min 53 min
Public transport score 78/100
Bus
 79/100
Bus
Peak arrivals per hour 50.5
7-9am + 5-7pm
 52.5
7-9am + 5-7pm
Median peak wait 1 min
scheduled, not actual
same for both
Electric vehicle share 0.6%
postcode 2556
 1.7%
postcode 2557
Rooftop solar per 100 dwellings 33
postcode 2556
 69
postcode 2557

How people get to work

Method of travel on census day 2021 — which fell during COVID restrictions, so working from home is inflated and every travel mode understated.

Bringelly Catherine Field
Car (driver) 52.9% / 57.7%
Bringelly — Car (driver): 52.9% Catherine Field — Car (driver): 57.7%
Worked from Home 36.3% / 33.1%
Bringelly — Worked from Home: 36.3% Catherine Field — Worked from Home: 33.1%
Car (passenger) 4.0% / 4.5%
Bringelly — Car (passenger): 4.0% Catherine Field — Car (passenger): 4.5%
Walked Only 3.9% / 1.4%
Bringelly — Walked Only: 3.9% Catherine Field — Walked Only: 1.4%
Train 1.7% / 3.3%
Bringelly — Train: 1.7% Catherine Field — Train: 3.3%

Bars are drawn against the largest share shown (57.7%).

Setting

Bringelly Catherine Field
Elevation 99 m
above sea level, at the suburb centre
 95 m
above sea level, at the suburb centre
Distance to the ocean 38.3 km 33.3 km

NBN connectivity

Bringelly Catherine Field
Connectivity score 95/100 99/100
Most common technology Fibre to the premises
same for both
Full-fibre (FTTP) share 75%
863 premises
 93%
1,677 premises

Climate

Bringelly Catherine Field
Annual rainfall 817 mm
same for both
Summer max (Jan) 29.4°C
same for both
Winter min (Jul) 4.2°C
same for both

Air quality (annual mean)

Bringelly Catherine Field
PM2.5 6.7 µg/m³
same for both
PM10 16.9 µg/m³
same for both
NO₂ 0.37 pphm
same for both

Council rates

Bringelly Catherine Field
Average residential rate $1,504/yr
same for both
Council Camden
same for both

Federal electorate

Bringelly Catherine Field
Division Hume
same for both
Member Angus Taylor
same for both
Party Liberal
same for both

First Home Owner Grant

Bringelly Catherine Field
Grant amount $10,000
same for both
Property price cap $600,000
same for both
Eligibility New
same for both

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