Glendenning vs Quakers Hill
In both, most households own their home, most homes are detached houses, and most households are couple families. Houses cost more in Quakers Hill: a median of $1.3 million, against $1.08 million in Glendenning. On these figures, Glendenning 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
Quakers Hill
ahead on 4 of the 6 things we measure here
- has more parks and reserves (16 vs 5)
- has more childcare (22 vs 7)
- has more schools inside the suburb (5 vs 2)
- But Glendenning has more separate houses rather than flats (97% vs 71%)
Weighs schools, house stock, crime, parks, childcare, and who already lives there.
First-home buyers
They split
one each way, out of the 3 things we measure here
- Glendenning has cheaper houses ($1,082,500 vs $1,300,000)
- Quakers Hill has cheaper units ($839,000 vs $1,675,000)
Weighs house prices, unit 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
Quakers Hill
ahead on the one thing that separates them
- is more walkable (76/100 vs 57/100)
Weighs distance, drive time, rail access, and walkability.
Downsizers and retirees
Quakers Hill
ahead on 4 of the 5 things we measure here
- has more units and townhouses to downsize into (29% vs 3%)
- has more GPs (9 vs 1)
- carries lower crime risk (39/100 vs 57/100)
Weighs smaller dwellings, who already lives there, GPs, walkability, and crime.
Investors
Glendenning
ahead on the one thing that separates them
- returns a higher gross yield on houses (3.9% vs 3.3%)
Weighs house yield and population growth.
Where they sit
Glendenning and Quakers Hill 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
Quakers Hill has more residents (27,893 vs 5,196); Quakers Hill skews older (35 vs 33).
| Glendenning | Quakers Hill | |
|---|---|---|
| Population | 5,196 | 27,893 +437% vs other |
| Population trend (2016 → 2021) | +1.3% | +3.0% |
| Median age | 33 | 35 |
| Median household income | $114,556/yr | $120,120/yr +5% vs other |
| Median weekly rent | $430/wk | $450/wk +5% vs other |
Age profile
Share of residents in each band, 2021 Census.
Bars are drawn against the largest share shown (18.1%).
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 (16.5%).
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 (15.8%).
What people live in
Occupied private dwellings by structure, 2021 Census.
Property market
| Glendenning | Quakers Hill | |
|---|---|---|
| Median house price | $1,082,500 | $1,300,000 |
| Median unit price | $1,675,000 | $839,000 |
| Median land price | — | $1,410,000 |
| Typical days to sell (houses) | 28 days from 32 sales | 24 days from 350 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.
32 vs 209 sales
19 vs 166 sales
7 vs 43 sales
Zoning mix
Glendenning has more industrially zoned land (39% vs 0%).
| Glendenning | Quakers Hill | |
|---|---|---|
| Residential | 27% | 67% |
| Industrial | 39% | 0% |
| Infrastructure and transport | 11% | 17% |
| Parks and recreation | 4% | 9% |
| Environmental | 0% | 2% |
| Commercial | 0% | 1% |
| Planning zones cover 82% of Glendenning and 96% of Quakers Hill. 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
| Glendenning | Quakers Hill | |
|---|---|---|
| New dwellings approved | 2,325 across Blacktown same for both | |
| Approvals change year on year | -18% same for both | |
Gross rental yield
| Glendenning | Quakers Hill | |
|---|---|---|
| Houses | 3.9% $720/wk on $955K | 3.3% $730/wk on $1.15M |
| Units | — same for both | |
Ranking within NSW
| Glendenning | Quakers Hill | |
|---|---|---|
| House price | Higher than 52% of NSW | Higher than 67% of NSW |
| Income | Higher than 79% of NSW | Higher than 84% of NSW |
| Schools | — | Higher than 43% of NSW |
| Walkability | Higher than 84% of NSW | Higher than 91% of NSW |
| Affordability | Higher than 73% of NSW | Higher than 59% of NSW |
| EV adoption | Higher than 76% of NSW | Higher than 90% of NSW |
| NBN connectivity | Higher than 89% of NSW | Higher than 85% of NSW |
| Rental yield (houses) | Higher than 69% of NSW | Higher than 34% of NSW |
Liveability
Quakers Hill is more walkable (76 vs 57); Quakers Hill scores higher overall (67 vs 51).
| Glendenning | Quakers Hill | |
|---|---|---|
| Grade | B same for both | |
| Score | 51/100 | 67/100 |
| Socio-economic band | mid-range socio-economic decile 5/10 | very advantaged area decile 9/10 |
Risk profile
Glendenning carries more bushfire risk (28 vs 0); Glendenning carries more crime risk (57 vs 39).
| Glendenning | Quakers Hill | |
|---|---|---|
| Bushfire | Low 28/100 | None 0/100 |
| Crime | Moderate 57/100 | Low 39/100 |
| 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 | 5 within 5 km | 6 within 5 km |
Schools
| Glendenning | Quakers Hill | |
|---|---|---|
| Inside the suburb | 2 | 5 |
| Rated above peers | 0 | 1 |
| Rated at peers | 1 | 4 |
| Rated below peers | 1 | 0 |
Schools in Glendenning
- St Francis of Assisi Primary School Catholic · Primary at peers
- Glendenning Public School Government · Primary below peers
Schools in Quakers Hill
- Quakers Hill Public School Government · Primary above peers
- Barnier Public School Government · Primary at peers
- Hambledon Public School Government · Primary at peers
- Mary Immaculate Primary School Catholic · Primary at peers
- Quakers Hill High School Government · Secondary at peers
Amenities in the suburb
| Glendenning | Quakers Hill | |
|---|---|---|
| Supermarkets | 0 | 2 |
| Cafes & restaurants | 0 | 2 |
| Parks & reserves | 5 | 16 |
| Childcare | 7 | 22 |
| GPs | 1 | 9 |
| Pharmacies | 1 | 4 |
| Police stations | 0 | 1 |
| Banks & Bank@Post | 0 | 1 |
| Fuel stations | 1 same for both | |
| Waterways | 1 | 2 |
Mobility
| Glendenning | Quakers Hill | |
|---|---|---|
| Walkability score | 57/100 | 76/100 |
| Distance to Sydney | 42.9 km +2% vs other | 42.2 km |
| Drive time (normal traffic) | 40 min same for both | |
| Public transport score | 79/100 Bus | 91/100 Rail · Bus |
| Peak arrivals per hour | 102.2 7-9am + 5-7pm | 427.0 7-9am + 5-7pm |
| Median peak wait | 0 min scheduled, not actual same for both | |
| Electric vehicle share | 0.9% postcode 2761 | 1.5% postcode 2763 |
| Rooftop solar per 100 dwellings | 64 postcode 2761 | 53 postcode 2763 |
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 (58.7%).
Setting
| Glendenning | Quakers Hill | |
|---|---|---|
| Elevation | 36 m above sea level, at the suburb centre same for both | |
| Distance to the ocean | 36.4 km | 34.3 km |
NBN connectivity
| Glendenning | Quakers Hill | |
|---|---|---|
| Connectivity score | 80/100 | 76/100 |
| Most common technology | Hybrid fibre-coaxial same for both | |
| Full-fibre (FTTP) share | 18% 1,956 premises | 8% 9,480 premises |
Climate
| Glendenning | Quakers Hill | |
|---|---|---|
| Annual rainfall | 932 mm same for both | |
| Summer max (Jan) | — same for both | |
| Winter min (Jul) | — same for both | |
Air quality (annual mean)
| Glendenning | Quakers Hill | |
|---|---|---|
| PM2.5 | 6.7 µg/m³ | 6.1 µg/m³ |
| PM10 | 17.6 µg/m³ | 15.5 µg/m³ |
| NO₂ | 0.88 pphm | 0.53 pphm |
Council rates
| Glendenning | Quakers Hill | |
|---|---|---|
| Average residential rate | $1,157/yr same for both | |
| Council | Blacktown same for both | |
Federal electorate
| Glendenning | Quakers Hill | |
|---|---|---|
| Division | Chifley | Greenway |
| Member | Ed Husic | Michelle Rowland |
| Party | Australian Labor Party same for both | |
First Home Owner Grant
| Glendenning | Quakers Hill | |
|---|---|---|
| Grant amount | $10,000 same for both | |
| Property price cap | $600,000 same for both | |
| Eligibility | New same for both | |
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