Cattai vs Pitt Town

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 Cattai: a median of $2.59 million, against $1.78 million in Pitt Town. On these figures, Pitt Town tends to suit 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

Pitt Town

ahead on the one thing that separates them

  • has more parks and reserves (4 vs 1)

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

First-home buyers

Pitt Town

ahead on 2 of the 3 things we measure here

  • has cheaper houses ($1,785,000 vs $2,590,000)
  • has cheaper land ($2,067,500 vs $2,465,000)

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

Pitt Town

ahead on 3 of the 3 things we measure here

  • is more walkable (49/100 vs 10/100)
  • has a shorter drive in (60 min vs 65 min)
  • sits closer to the CBD (58.2 km vs 62.7 km)

Weighs distance, drive time, and walkability.

Downsizers and retirees

Pitt Town

ahead on 2 of the 5 things we measure here

  • is more walkable (49/100 vs 10/100)
  • has more GPs (2 vs 0)

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

Investors

Cattai

ahead on the one thing that separates them

  • is growing faster (36.3% vs 27.6%)

Weighs population growth.

Where they sit

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

Cattai Pitt Town
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.

Cattai Pitt Town
Walkability 10 / 49
Cattai — Walkability: 10/100 Pitt Town — Walkability: 49/100
Safety 66 / 74
Cattai — Safety: 66/100 Pitt Town — Safety: 74/100
Low fire risk 50 / 64
Cattai — Low fire risk: 50/100 Pitt Town — Low fire risk: 64/100

Demographics

Pitt Town has more residents (3,871 vs 1,077); Cattai skews older (40 vs 38).

Cattai Pitt Town
Population 1,077 3,871
+259% vs other
Population trend (2016 → 2021) +36.3% +27.6%
Median age 40 38
Median household income $149,656/yr
+6% vs other
 $140,764/yr
Median weekly rent $560/wk $570/wk
+2% vs other

Age profile

Share of residents in each band, 2021 Census.

Cattai Pitt Town
0-4 4.4% / 6.8%
Cattai — 0-4: 4.4% Pitt Town — 0-4: 6.8%
5-14 16.3% / 16.7%
Cattai — 5-14: 16.3% Pitt Town — 5-14: 16.7%
15-19 7.3% / 7.6%
Cattai — 15-19: 7.3% Pitt Town — 15-19: 7.6%
20-24 7.0% / 5.7%
Cattai — 20-24: 7.0% Pitt Town — 20-24: 5.7%
25-34 7.9% / 8.8%
Cattai — 25-34: 7.9% Pitt Town — 25-34: 8.8%
35-44 12.8% / 14.6%
Cattai — 35-44: 12.8% Pitt Town — 35-44: 14.6%
45-54 18.2% / 14.4%
Cattai — 45-54: 18.2% Pitt Town — 45-54: 14.4%
55-64 9.9% / 11.8%
Cattai — 55-64: 9.9% Pitt Town — 55-64: 11.8%
65-74 9.7% / 8.4%
Cattai — 65-74: 9.7% Pitt Town — 65-74: 8.4%
75-84 5.3% / 4.2%
Cattai — 75-84: 5.3% Pitt Town — 75-84: 4.2%
85+ 1.0% / 0.9%
Cattai — 85+: 1.0% Pitt Town — 85+: 0.9%

Bars are drawn against the largest share shown (18.2%).

Who lives together

Household composition, 2021 Census.

Cattai 70.4% couple families
Cattai — Couple Families: 70.4% Cattai — Lone Person: 18.9% Cattai — One Parent Families: 7.8% Cattai — Group Household: 1.6% Cattai — Other Families: 1.2%
Pitt Town 72.8% couple families
Pitt Town — Couple Families: 72.8% Pitt Town — Lone Person: 13.5% Pitt Town — One Parent Families: 11.7% Pitt Town — Group Household: 1.0% Pitt Town — 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.

Cattai 10.0% renting
Cattai — Owned Outright: 34.4% Cattai — Mortgage: 55.5% Cattai — Renting: 10.0%
Pitt Town 9.6% renting
Pitt Town — Owned Outright: 35.1% Pitt Town — Mortgage: 55.3% Pitt Town — Renting: 9.6%
Owned outright Mortgage Renting

Qualifications

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

Cattai Pitt Town
Certificate III & IV 21.3% / 21.1%
Cattai — Certificate III & IV: 21.3% Pitt Town — Certificate III & IV: 21.1%
Bachelor Degree 9.6% / 8.3%
Cattai — Bachelor Degree: 9.6% Pitt Town — Bachelor Degree: 8.3%
Advanced Diploma / Diploma 9.4% / 8.3%
Cattai — Advanced Diploma / Diploma: 9.4% Pitt Town — Advanced Diploma / Diploma: 8.3%
Postgraduate Degree 2.7% / 2.1%
Cattai — Postgraduate Degree: 2.7% Pitt Town — Postgraduate Degree: 2.1%
Graduate Diploma / Certificate 1.0% / 1.3%
Cattai — Graduate Diploma / Certificate: 1.0% Pitt Town — Graduate Diploma / Certificate: 1.3%

Bars are drawn against the largest share shown (21.3%).

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.

Cattai Pitt Town
England 2.8% / 2.7%
Cattai — England: 2.8% Pitt Town — England: 2.7%
New Zealand 1.1% / 0.9%
Cattai — New Zealand: 1.1% Pitt Town — New Zealand: 0.9%
South Africa 1.1% / 0.4%
Cattai — South Africa: 1.1% Pitt Town — South Africa: 0.4%
China 0.5% / 0.5%
Cattai — China: 0.5% Pitt Town — China: 0.5%
Germany 0.6% / 0.3%
Cattai — Germany: 0.6% Pitt Town — Germany: 0.3%
Scotland 0.6% / —
Cattai — Scotland: 0.6% Pitt Town — Scotland: not among its largest
Italy — / 0.3%
Cattai — Italy: not among its largest Pitt Town — Italy: 0.3%

Bars are drawn against the largest share shown (2.8%).

What people live in

Occupied private dwellings by structure, 2021 Census.

Cattai 94.5% houses
Cattai — Houses: 94.5% Cattai — Flats / Apartments: 4.5% Cattai — Townhouses: 1.0%
Pitt Town 95.9% houses
Pitt Town — Houses: 95.9% Pitt Town — Flats / Apartments: 3.6% Pitt Town — Townhouses: 0.5%
Houses Flats / Apartments Townhouses

Property market

Cattai Pitt Town
Median house price $2,590,000 $1,785,000
Median unit price —
same for both
Median land price $2,465,000 $2,067,500
Typical days to sell (houses) 63 days
from 6 sales
 42 days
from 58 sales

Zoning mix

Cattai has more land zoned for conservation (21% vs 9%).

Cattai Pitt Town
Rural and farming 69% 65%
Residential 0% 22%
Environmental 21% 9%
Parks and recreation 10% 1%
Infrastructure and transport 1% 3%
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

Cattai Pitt Town
New dwellings approved 2,648
across The Hills
 459
across Hawkesbury
Approvals change year on year -4% +3%

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.

Cattai Pitt Town
Houses — 1.7%
$950/wk on $2.84M
Units —
same for both

Ranking within NSW

Cattai Pitt Town
House price Higher than 89% of NSW Higher than 82% of NSW
Income Higher than 94% of NSW Higher than 92% of NSW
Schools —
same for both
Walkability Higher than 58% of NSW Higher than 81% of NSW
Affordability Higher than 31% of NSW Higher than 44% of NSW
EV adoption Higher than 48% of NSW Higher than 47% of NSW
NBN connectivity Higher than 61% of NSW Higher than 78% of NSW
Rental yield (houses) — Higher than 1% of NSW

Liveability

Pitt Town is more walkable (49 vs 10); Pitt Town scores higher overall (68 vs 57).

Cattai Pitt Town
Grade B
same for both
Score 57/100 68/100
Socio-economic band very advantaged area
decile 10/10
same for both

Risk profile

Cattai carries more bushfire risk (50 vs 36).

Cattai Pitt Town
Bushfire Moderate
50/100
 Low
36/100
Crime Low
34/100
 Low
26/100
Flood Not mapped
no mapped data here
same for both
Coastal erosion None
0/100
same for both
Aircraft noise None
0/100
same for both
Industrial facilities nearby 0
within 5 km
 1
within 5 km

Schools

Cattai Pitt Town
Inside the suburb 1
same for both
Rated above peers 0
same for both
Rated at peers 0 1
Rated below peers 1 0

Schools in Cattai

  • Cattai Public School Government · Primary below peers

Schools in Pitt Town

  • Pitt Town Public School Government · Primary at peers

Amenities in the suburb

Cattai Pitt Town
Supermarkets 0 1
Parks & reserves 1 4
Childcare 1 3
GPs 0 2
Pharmacies 0 1
Banks & Bank@Post 0 1
Fuel stations 0 1
Waterways 4 7

Mobility

Cattai sits further from the CBD (62.7 km vs 58.2 km).

Cattai Pitt Town
Walkability score 10/100 49/100
Distance to Sydney 62.7 km
+7% vs other
 58.2 km
Drive time (normal traffic) 65 min 60 min
Public transport score 26/100
Bus
 72/100
Bus
Peak arrivals per hour 5.8
7-9am + 5-7pm
 26.2
7-9am + 5-7pm
Median peak wait 2 min
scheduled, not actual
 1 min
scheduled, not actual
Electric vehicle share 0.5%
postcode 2756
same for both
Rooftop solar per 100 dwellings 46
postcode 2756
same for both

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.

Cattai Pitt Town
Car (driver) 56.2% / 58.8%
Cattai — Car (driver): 56.2% Pitt Town — Car (driver): 58.8%
Worked from Home 39.6% / 36.4%
Cattai — Worked from Home: 39.6% Pitt Town — Worked from Home: 36.4%
Car (passenger) 2.4% / 3.3%
Cattai — Car (passenger): 2.4% Pitt Town — Car (passenger): 3.3%
Walked Only 1.8% / 0.7%
Cattai — Walked Only: 1.8% Pitt Town — Walked Only: 0.7%
Train — / 0.5%
Cattai — Train: not among its largest Pitt Town — Train: 0.5%

Bars are drawn against the largest share shown (58.8%).

Setting

Cattai Pitt Town
Elevation 18 m
above sea level, at the suburb centre
 17 m
above sea level, at the suburb centre
Distance to the ocean 28.3 km 32.4 km

NBN connectivity

Cattai Pitt Town
Connectivity score 30/100 72/100
Most common technology Fixed wireless Fibre to the premises
Full-fibre (FTTP) share 0%
362 premises
 53%
1,319 premises

Climate

Cattai Pitt Town
Annual rainfall 806 mm
same for both
Summer max (Jan) —
same for both
Winter min (Jul) —
same for both

Air quality (annual mean)

Cattai Pitt Town
PM2.5 6.1 µg/m³
same for both
PM10 15.5 µg/m³
same for both
NO₂ 0.53 pphm
same for both

Council rates

Cattai Pitt Town
Average residential rate $1,204/yr $1,650/yr
Council The Hills Hawkesbury

Federal electorate

Cattai Pitt Town
Division Berowra Macquarie
Member Julian Leeser Susan Templeman
Party Liberal Australian Labor Party

First Home Owner Grant

Cattai Pitt Town
Grant amount $10,000
same for both
Property price cap $600,000
same for both
Eligibility New
same for both

Tags

Cattai

Acreage Outer Premium

Pitt Town

Acreage Family Outer

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