Earlwood vs Kingsgrove

In both, most households own their home, the large majority of homes are detached houses, and about half of households are couple families. Houses cost more in Earlwood: a median of $2.08 million, against $1.9 million in Kingsgrove, and rent is higher there too. Earlwood is closer to the city centre: 12.7 km, against 25.9 km.

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

They split

one each way, out of the 6 things we measure here

  • Earlwood carries lower crime risk (33/100 vs 54/100)
  • Kingsgrove has more schools inside the suburb (7 vs 3)

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

First-home buyers

Kingsgrove

ahead on the one thing that separates them

  • has cheaper units ($690,000 vs $881,000)

Weighs house prices, unit prices, and mortgage stress.

Renters

Kingsgrove

ahead on the one thing that separates them

  • has cheaper rent ($500/wk vs $570/wk)

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

Commuting to the city

Earlwood

ahead on the one thing that separates them

  • sits closer to the CBD (12.7 km vs 25.9 km)

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

Downsizers and retirees

Earlwood

ahead on 2 of the 5 things we measure here

  • has more GPs (6 vs 2)
  • carries lower crime risk (33/100 vs 54/100)

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

Investors

Kingsgrove

ahead on 2 of the 3 things we measure here

  • returns a higher gross yield on houses (3.5% vs 2.8%)
  • returns a higher gross yield on units (4.6% vs 3.9%)

Weighs house yield, unit yield, and population growth.

Where they sit

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

Earlwood Kingsgrove
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.

Earlwood Kingsgrove
Walkability 91 / 91
Earlwood — Walkability: 91/100 Kingsgrove — Walkability: 91/100
Safety 67 / 46
Earlwood — Safety: 67/100 Kingsgrove — Safety: 46/100
Low fire risk 79 / 100
Earlwood — Low fire risk: 79/100 Kingsgrove — Low fire risk: 100/100

Demographics

Earlwood has more residents (18,053 vs 12,881); Earlwood has higher household incomes ($112,528 vs $98,696).

Earlwood Kingsgrove
Population 18,053
+29% vs other
 12,881
Population trend (2016 → 2021) +1.8% +3.5%
Median age 44 42
Median household income $112,528/yr
+12% vs other
 $98,696/yr
Median weekly rent $570/wk
+12% vs other
 $500/wk

Age profile

Share of residents in each band, 2021 Census.

Earlwood Kingsgrove
0-4 4.8% / 5.5%
Earlwood — 0-4: 4.8% Kingsgrove — 0-4: 5.5%
5-14 11.8% / 12.5%
Earlwood — 5-14: 11.8% Kingsgrove — 5-14: 12.5%
15-19 6.1% / 5.8%
Earlwood — 15-19: 6.1% Kingsgrove — 15-19: 5.8%
20-24 5.4% / 5.9%
Earlwood — 20-24: 5.4% Kingsgrove — 20-24: 5.9%
25-34 10.2% / 11.0%
Earlwood — 25-34: 10.2% Kingsgrove — 25-34: 11.0%
35-44 12.6% / 13.5%
Earlwood — 35-44: 12.6% Kingsgrove — 35-44: 13.5%
45-54 15.7% / 14.0%
Earlwood — 45-54: 15.7% Kingsgrove — 45-54: 14.0%
55-64 12.6% / 12.0%
Earlwood — 55-64: 12.6% Kingsgrove — 55-64: 12.0%
65-74 9.5% / 10.0%
Earlwood — 65-74: 9.5% Kingsgrove — 65-74: 10.0%
75-84 7.6% / 6.6%
Earlwood — 75-84: 7.6% Kingsgrove — 75-84: 6.6%
85+ 3.5% / 3.2%
Earlwood — 85+: 3.5% Kingsgrove — 85+: 3.2%

Bars are drawn against the largest share shown (15.7%).

Who lives together

Household composition, 2021 Census.

Earlwood 54.3% couple families
Earlwood — Couple Families: 54.3% Earlwood — Lone Person: 24.8% Earlwood — One Parent Families: 16.0% Earlwood — Group Household: 3.4% Earlwood — Other Families: 1.5%
Kingsgrove 52.4% couple families
Kingsgrove — Couple Families: 52.4% Kingsgrove — Lone Person: 23.9% Kingsgrove — One Parent Families: 19.3% Kingsgrove — Group Household: 2.9% Kingsgrove — Other Families: 1.5%
Couple Families Lone Person One Parent Families Group Household Other Families

Who owns and who rents

Occupied private dwellings by tenure, 2021 Census.

Earlwood 21.1% renting
Earlwood — Owned Outright: 45.6% Earlwood — Mortgage: 33.3% Earlwood — Renting: 21.1%
Kingsgrove 26.6% renting
Kingsgrove — Owned Outright: 42.1% Kingsgrove — Mortgage: 31.3% Kingsgrove — Renting: 26.6%
Owned outright Mortgage Renting

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.

Earlwood Kingsgrove
Greece 7.4% / 5.2%
Earlwood — Greece: 7.4% Kingsgrove — Greece: 5.2%
China 3.0% / 7.9%
Earlwood — China: 3.0% Kingsgrove — China: 7.9%
Lebanon 2.4% / 2.5%
Earlwood — Lebanon: 2.4% Kingsgrove — Lebanon: 2.5%
Vietnam 2.4% / 2.2%
Earlwood — Vietnam: 2.4% Kingsgrove — Vietnam: 2.2%
Italy 2.2% / 1.9%
Earlwood — Italy: 2.2% Kingsgrove — Italy: 1.9%

Bars are drawn against the largest share shown (7.9%).

Qualifications

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

Earlwood Kingsgrove
Bachelor Degree 16.4% / 15.8%
Earlwood — Bachelor Degree: 16.4% Kingsgrove — Bachelor Degree: 15.8%
Certificate III & IV 9.4% / 9.5%
Earlwood — Certificate III & IV: 9.4% Kingsgrove — Certificate III & IV: 9.5%
Advanced Diploma / Diploma 7.8% / 8.3%
Earlwood — Advanced Diploma / Diploma: 7.8% Kingsgrove — Advanced Diploma / Diploma: 8.3%
Postgraduate Degree 6.0% / 4.6%
Earlwood — Postgraduate Degree: 6.0% Kingsgrove — Postgraduate Degree: 4.6%
Graduate Diploma / Certificate 1.8% / 1.2%
Earlwood — Graduate Diploma / Certificate: 1.8% Kingsgrove — Graduate Diploma / Certificate: 1.2%

Bars are drawn against the largest share shown (16.4%).

What people live in

Occupied private dwellings by structure, 2021 Census.

Earlwood 80.1% houses
Earlwood — Houses: 80.1% Earlwood — Flats / Apartments: 11.6% Earlwood — Townhouses: 8.3%
Kingsgrove 82.0% houses
Kingsgrove — Houses: 82.0% Kingsgrove — Flats / Apartments: 10.0% Kingsgrove — Townhouses: 8.0%
Houses Flats / Apartments Townhouses

Property market

Earlwood Kingsgrove
Median house price $2,080,000 $1,900,000
Median unit price $881,000 $690,000
Median land price —
same for both
Typical days to sell (houses) 24 days
from 166 sales
 24 days
from 101 sales

House price by bedroom count

Only bed counts both suburbs published enough sales for. Sale counts are shown because the buckets differ in depth.

Earlwood Kingsgrove
2 bed $1.77M / $1.67M
Earlwood — 2 bed: $1.77M (26 sales) Kingsgrove — 2 bed: $1.67M (16 sales)

26 vs 16 sales

3 bed $2M / $1.85M
Earlwood — 3 bed: $2M (131 sales) Kingsgrove — 3 bed: $1.85M (84 sales)

131 vs 84 sales

4 bed $2.4M / $1.92M
Earlwood — 4 bed: $2.4M (44 sales) Kingsgrove — 4 bed: $1.92M (41 sales)

44 vs 41 sales

5 bed $2.8M / $2.38M
Earlwood — 5 bed: $2.8M (25 sales) Kingsgrove — 5 bed: $2.38M (33 sales)

25 vs 33 sales

Zoning mix

Kingsgrove has more industrially zoned land (16% vs 0%); Earlwood has more land zoned for conservation (10% vs 0%).

Earlwood Kingsgrove
Residential 74% 68%
Industrial 0% 16%
Parks and recreation 11% 5%
Environmental 10% 0%
Infrastructure and transport 2% 9%
Commercial 2% 1%
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

Earlwood Kingsgrove
New dwellings approved 1,785
across Canterbury-Bankstown
same for both
Approvals change year on year +50%
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.

Earlwood Kingsgrove
Houses 2.8%
$1,140/wk on $2.1M
 3.5%
$1,150/wk on $1.69M
Units 3.9%
$640/wk on $848K
 4.6%
$600/wk on $680K

Ranking within NSW

Earlwood Kingsgrove
House price Higher than 86% of NSW Higher than 83% of NSW
Income Higher than 78% of NSW Higher than 67% of NSW
Schools Higher than 69% of NSW Higher than 37% of NSW
Walkability Higher than 97% of NSW
same for both
Affordability Higher than 21% of NSW Higher than 20% of NSW
EV adoption Higher than 86% of NSW Higher than 85% of NSW
NBN connectivity Higher than 86% of NSW Higher than 93% of NSW
Rental yield (houses) Higher than 15% of NSW Higher than 47% of NSW
Rental yield (units) Higher than 21% of NSW Higher than 49% of NSW

Liveability

Earlwood scores higher overall (77 vs 66).

Earlwood Kingsgrove
Grade A B
Score 77/100 66/100
Socio-economic band very advantaged area
decile 9/10
 advantaged area
decile 8/10

Risk profile

Earlwood carries more bushfire risk (21 vs 0); Kingsgrove carries more crime risk (54 vs 33).

Earlwood Kingsgrove
Bushfire Low
21/100
 None
0/100
Crime Low
33/100
 Moderate
54/100
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 6
within 5 km
 4
within 5 km

Schools

Earlwood Kingsgrove
Inside the suburb 3 7
Rated above peers 1
same for both
Rated at peers 2 5
Rated below peers 0 1
Universities within 10 km 3
The University of Sydney, 6.4 km
 3
Western Sydney University - Bankstown City, 6.6 km
Full-time students aged 15–24 2.8% 3.1%

Schools in Earlwood

  • Earlwood Public School Government · Primary above peers
  • Our Lady of Lourdes Catholic Primary School Catholic · Primary at peers
  • Undercliffe Public School Government · Primary at peers

Schools in Kingsgrove

  • St Ursula's College Catholic · Secondary above peers
  • Clemton Park Public School Government · Primary at peers
  • Kingsgrove High School Government · Secondary at peers
  • Kingsgrove North High School Government · Secondary at peers
  • Kingsgrove Public School Government · Primary at peers
  • Our Lady of Fatima Catholic Primary School Catholic · Primary at peers

Amenities in the suburb

Earlwood Kingsgrove
Supermarkets 1 2
Cafes & restaurants 8 15
Parks & reserves 16 14
Childcare 11 9
GPs 6 2
Pharmacies 6
same for both
Police stations 0 1
Banks & Bank@Post 1 4
Fuel stations 0 3
Waterways 3 0

Mobility

Kingsgrove sits further from the CBD (25.9 km vs 12.7 km).

Earlwood Kingsgrove
Walkability score 91/100
same for both
Distance to Sydney 12.7 km 25.9 km
+104% vs other
Drive time (normal traffic) 25 min 28 min
Public transport score 79/100
Bus
 94/100
Rail · Bus
Peak arrivals per hour 448.8
7-9am + 5-7pm
 343.0
7-9am + 5-7pm
Median peak wait 0 min
scheduled, not actual
same for both
Electric vehicle share 1.3%
postcode 2206
 1.2%
postcode 2208
Rooftop solar per 100 dwellings 25
postcode 2206
 27
postcode 2208

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.

Earlwood Kingsgrove
Worked from Home 57.6% / 46.4%
Earlwood — Worked from Home: 57.6% Kingsgrove — Worked from Home: 46.4%
Car (driver) 33.9% / 41.4%
Earlwood — Car (driver): 33.9% Kingsgrove — Car (driver): 41.4%
Train 3.0% / 5.1%
Earlwood — Train: 3.0% Kingsgrove — Train: 5.1%
Car (passenger) 2.6% / 4.0%
Earlwood — Car (passenger): 2.6% Kingsgrove — Car (passenger): 4.0%
Walked Only 1.4% / 1.7%
Earlwood — Walked Only: 1.4% Kingsgrove — Walked Only: 1.7%

Bars are drawn against the largest share shown (57.6%).

Setting

Earlwood Kingsgrove
Elevation 48 m
above sea level, at the suburb centre
 17 m
above sea level, at the suburb centre
Distance to the ocean 4.5 km 5.8 km

NBN connectivity

Earlwood Kingsgrove
Connectivity score 77/100 87/100
Most common technology Hybrid fibre-coaxial Fibre to the premises
Full-fibre (FTTP) share 12%
7,143 premises
 41%
5,482 premises

Climate

Earlwood Kingsgrove
Annual rainfall 1,129 mm
same for both
Summer max (Jan) 27.5°C
same for both
Winter min (Jul) 9.5°C
same for both

Air quality (annual mean)

Earlwood Kingsgrove
PM2.5 6.5 µg/m³
same for both
PM10 16.1 µg/m³
same for both
NO₂ 0.79 pphm
same for both

Council rates

Earlwood Kingsgrove
Average residential rate $1,322/yr
same for both
Council Canterbury-Bankstown
same for both

Federal electorate

Earlwood Kingsgrove
Division Barton
same for both
Member Ash Ambihaipahar
same for both
Party Australian Labor Party
same for both

First Home Owner Grant

Earlwood Kingsgrove
Grant amount $10,000
same for both
Property price cap $600,000
same for both
Eligibility New
same for both

Tags

Earlwood

Middle-Ring Multicultural Parks Premium Professionals Urban

Kingsgrove

Easy Commute Middle-Ring Multicultural Parks Premium Transport Hub

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