Englorie Park vs Glen Alpine
Englorie Park is the younger of the two, with a median age of 36 against 43 in Glen Alpine. In both, most homes are detached houses. In Englorie Park, about half of households rent. In Glen Alpine, the large majority of households own their home and most households are couple families. Houses cost more in Glen Alpine: a median of $1.36 million, against $876,000 in Englorie Park, and rent is higher there too. On these figures, Englorie Park tends to suit renters, families with children, and buyers on a tighter budget, while Glen Alpine suits couples.
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
Glen Alpine
ahead on 4 of the 6 things we measure here
- has more parks and reserves (5 vs 0)
- carries lower crime risk (34/100 vs 53/100)
- has more separate houses rather than flats (98% vs 70%)
Weighs schools, house stock, crime, parks, childcare, and who already lives there.
First-home buyers
Englorie Park
ahead on the one thing that separates them
- has cheaper houses ($876,500 vs $1,360,000)
Weighs house prices and mortgage stress.
Renters
Englorie Park
ahead on 2 of the 3 things we measure here
- has a bigger rental market to choose from (53% vs 8%)
- has cheaper rent ($400/wk vs $570/wk)
Weighs rent, rental stress, and how much is for rent.
Commuting to the city
Englorie Park
ahead on 2 of the 4 things we measure here
- is more walkable (92/100 vs 48/100)
- sits closer to the CBD (61 km vs 65.2 km)
Weighs distance, drive time, rail access, and walkability.
Downsizers and retirees
They split
one each way, out of the 5 things we measure here
- Englorie Park has more units and townhouses to downsize into (30% vs 2%)
- Glen Alpine has more residents already 65 and over (17% vs 10%)
Weighs smaller dwellings, who already lives there, GPs, walkability, and crime.
Investors
Glen Alpine
ahead on the one thing that separates them
- is growing faster (-2.9% vs -13.2%)
Weighs population growth.
Where they sit
Englorie Park and Glen Alpine drawn to the same scale. Both outlines are shown together, so the map answers whether they share a border and how their areas compare.
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.
Demographics
Glen Alpine has more residents (4,429 vs 361); Glen Alpine has higher household incomes ($138,788 vs $85,956).
| Englorie Park | Glen Alpine | |
|---|---|---|
| Population | 361 | 4,429 +1127% vs other |
| Population trend (2016 → 2021) | -13.2% | -2.9% |
| Median age | 36 | 43 |
| Median household income | $85,956/yr | $138,788/yr +61% vs other |
| Median weekly rent | $400/wk | $570/wk +42% vs other |
Age profile
Share of residents in each band, 2021 Census.
Bars are drawn against the largest share shown (20.2%).
Who lives together
Household composition, 2021 Census.
Who owns and who rents
Occupied private dwellings by tenure, 2021 Census.
Qualifications
Highest non-school qualification, residents 15+, 2021 Census.
Bars are drawn against the largest share shown (16.9%).
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.
Bars are drawn against the largest share shown (3.9%).
What people live in
Occupied private dwellings by structure, 2021 Census.
Property market
| Englorie Park | Glen Alpine | |
|---|---|---|
| Median house price | $876,500 | $1,360,000 |
| Median unit price | — same for both | |
| Median land price | — | $1,315,000 |
| Typical days to sell (houses) | — | 24 days from 18 sales |
Zoning mix
Glen Alpine has more land zoned for conservation (11% vs 0%).
| Englorie Park | Glen Alpine | |
|---|---|---|
| Residential | 77% | 62% |
| Infrastructure and transport | 12% | 15% |
| Environmental | 0% | 11% |
| Parks and recreation | 10% same for both | |
| Rural and farming | 0% | 2% |
| Planning zones cover 99% of Englorie Park and 100% of Glen Alpine. 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
| Englorie Park | Glen Alpine | |
|---|---|---|
| New dwellings approved | 1,788 across Campbelltown (NSW) same for both | |
| Approvals change year on year | +48% same for both | |
Gross rental yield
| Englorie Park | Glen Alpine | |
|---|---|---|
| Houses | — | 3.6% $980/wk on $1.4M |
| Units | — same for both | |
Ranking within NSW
| Englorie Park | Glen Alpine | |
|---|---|---|
| House price | Higher than 37% of NSW | Higher than 68% of NSW |
| Income | Higher than 55% of NSW | Higher than 91% of NSW |
| Schools | — same for both | |
| Walkability | Higher than 97% of NSW | Higher than 81% of NSW |
| Affordability | Higher than 66% of NSW | Higher than 68% of NSW |
| EV adoption | Higher than 74% of NSW same for both | |
| NBN connectivity | Higher than 74% of NSW | Higher than 87% of NSW |
| Rental yield (houses) | — | Higher than 52% of NSW |
Liveability
Englorie Park is more walkable (92 vs 48).
| Englorie Park | Glen Alpine | |
|---|---|---|
| Grade | — | B |
| Score | — | 67/100 |
| Socio-economic band | mid-range socio-economic decile 5/10 | very advantaged area decile 10/10 |
Risk profile
Glen Alpine carries more bushfire risk (26 vs 0); Englorie Park carries more crime risk (53 vs 34).
| Englorie Park | Glen Alpine | |
|---|---|---|
| Bushfire | None 0/100 | Low 26/100 |
| Crime | Moderate 53/100 | Low 34/100 |
| 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 | 1 within 5 km same for both | |
Schools
| Englorie Park | Glen Alpine | |
|---|---|---|
| Inside the suburb | 0 same for both | |
| Rated above peers | 0 same for both | |
| Rated at peers | 0 same for both | |
| Rated below peers | 0 same for both | |
| Universities within 10 km | 1 Western Sydney University - Campbelltown, 1.7 km | 1 Western Sydney University - Campbelltown, 3.0 km |
| Full-time students aged 15–24 | 0.0% | 3.0% |
Amenities in the suburb
| Englorie Park | Glen Alpine | |
|---|---|---|
| Parks & reserves | 0 | 5 |
| Childcare | 1 | 0 |
| Waterways | 0 | 5 |
Mobility
Glen Alpine sits further from the CBD (65.2 km vs 61 km).
| Englorie Park | Glen Alpine | |
|---|---|---|
| Walkability score | 92/100 | 48/100 |
| Distance to Sydney | 61 km | 65.2 km +7% vs other |
| Drive time (normal traffic) | 54 min | 56 min |
| Public transport score | 33/100 Bus | 79/100 Bus |
| Peak arrivals per hour | 4.5 7-9am + 5-7pm | 36.5 7-9am + 5-7pm |
| Median peak wait | 1 min scheduled, not actual same for both | |
| Electric vehicle share | 0.8% postcode 2560 same for both | |
| Rooftop solar per 100 dwellings | 44 postcode 2560 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.
Bars are drawn against the largest share shown (50.5%).
Setting
| Englorie Park | Glen Alpine | |
|---|---|---|
| Elevation | 109 m above sea level, at the suburb centre | 110 m above sea level, at the suburb centre |
| Distance to the ocean | 24.4 km | 24.9 km |
NBN connectivity
| Englorie Park | Glen Alpine | |
|---|---|---|
| Connectivity score | 66/100 | 78/100 |
| Most common technology | Fibre to the node | Fibre to the premises |
| Full-fibre (FTTP) share | 39% 160 premises | 61% 1,425 premises |
Climate
| Englorie Park | Glen Alpine | |
|---|---|---|
| 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)
| Englorie Park | Glen Alpine | |
|---|---|---|
| PM2.5 | 5.8 µg/m³ same for both | |
| PM10 | 14.8 µg/m³ same for both | |
| NO₂ | 0.97 pphm same for both | |
Council rates
| Englorie Park | Glen Alpine | |
|---|---|---|
| Average residential rate | $1,443/yr same for both | |
| Council | Campbelltown (NSW) same for both | |
Federal electorate
| Englorie Park | Glen Alpine | |
|---|---|---|
| Division | Macarthur same for both | |
| Member | Mike Freelander same for both | |
| Party | Australian Labor Party same for both | |
First Home Owner Grant
| Englorie Park | Glen Alpine | |
|---|---|---|
| Grant amount | $10,000 same for both | |
| Property price cap | $600,000 same for both | |
| Eligibility | New same for both | |
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