Glenorie vs Arcadia

Glenorie is the younger of the two, with a median age of 42 against 46 in Arcadia. 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 Arcadia: a median of $3.23 million, against $2.5 million in Glenorie, though rent is higher in Glenorie. Arcadia is closer to the city centre: 44.5 km, against 50.3 km. On these figures, Glenorie 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

Glenorie

ahead on 3 of the 6 things we measure here

  • has more schools rated above their peers (2 vs 0)
  • has more parks and reserves (5 vs 2)
  • has more childcare (5 vs 2)
  • But Arcadia carries lower crime risk (20/100 vs 34/100)

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

First-home buyers

Glenorie

ahead on 2 of the 3 things we measure here

  • has cheaper land ($2,740,000 vs $3,612,500)
  • has cheaper houses ($2,500,000 vs $3,225,000)

Weighs house prices, land prices, and mortgage stress.

Renters

Arcadia

ahead on the one thing that separates them

  • has cheaper rent ($485/wk vs $543/wk)

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

Commuting to the city

Arcadia

ahead on 3 of the 3 things we measure here

  • is more walkable (25/100 vs 0/100)
  • has a shorter drive in (53 min vs 60 min)
  • sits closer to the CBD (44.5 km vs 50.3 km)

Weighs distance, drive time, and walkability.

Downsizers and retirees

Arcadia

ahead on 2 of the 5 things we measure here

  • is more walkable (25/100 vs 0/100)
  • carries lower crime risk (20/100 vs 34/100)

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

Investors

Too close to call

Nothing among the 1 things we measure here separates them by enough to be worth acting on.

Weighs population growth.

Where they sit

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

Glenorie Arcadia
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.

Glenorie Arcadia
Walkability 0 / 25
Glenorie — Walkability: 0/100 Arcadia — Walkability: 25/100
Safety 66 / 80
Glenorie — Safety: 66/100 Arcadia — Safety: 80/100
Low fire risk 28 / 38
Glenorie — Low fire risk: 28/100 Arcadia — Low fire risk: 38/100

Demographics

Glenorie has more residents (3,792 vs 1,475); Glenorie rents higher ($543/wk vs $485/wk).

Glenorie Arcadia
Population 3,792
+61% vs other
 1,475
Population trend (2016 → 2021) +8.4% +6.5%
Median age 42 46
Median household income $131,248/yr $138,268/yr
+5% vs other
Median weekly rent $543/wk
+11% vs other
 $485/wk

Age profile

Share of residents in each band, 2021 Census.

Glenorie Arcadia
0-4 4.6% / 4.3%
Glenorie — 0-4: 4.6% Arcadia — 0-4: 4.3%
5-14 15.1% / 12.5%
Glenorie — 5-14: 15.1% Arcadia — 5-14: 12.5%
15-19 7.4% / 9.0%
Glenorie — 15-19: 7.4% Arcadia — 15-19: 9.0%
20-24 6.4% / 4.7%
Glenorie — 20-24: 6.4% Arcadia — 20-24: 4.7%
25-34 8.2% / 8.7%
Glenorie — 25-34: 8.2% Arcadia — 25-34: 8.7%
35-44 12.0% / 9.4%
Glenorie — 35-44: 12.0% Arcadia — 35-44: 9.4%
45-54 15.3% / 15.1%
Glenorie — 45-54: 15.3% Arcadia — 45-54: 15.1%
55-64 13.2% / 14.4%
Glenorie — 55-64: 13.2% Arcadia — 55-64: 14.4%
65-74 10.8% / 12.1%
Glenorie — 65-74: 10.8% Arcadia — 65-74: 12.1%
75-84 5.5% / 8.1%
Glenorie — 75-84: 5.5% Arcadia — 75-84: 8.1%
85+ 1.6% / 1.9%
Glenorie — 85+: 1.6% Arcadia — 85+: 1.9%

Bars are drawn against the largest share shown (15.3%).

Who lives together

Household composition, 2021 Census.

Glenorie 64.0% couple families
Glenorie — Couple Families: 64.0% Glenorie — Lone Person: 17.6% Glenorie — One Parent Families: 14.6% Glenorie — Group Household: 2.7% Glenorie — Other Families: 1.0%
Arcadia 65.5% couple families
Arcadia — Couple Families: 65.5% Arcadia — Lone Person: 19.3% Arcadia — One Parent Families: 13.0% Arcadia — Group Household: 2.2% Arcadia — Other Families: 0.0%
Couple Families Lone Person One Parent Families Group Household Other Families

Who owns and who rents

Occupied private dwellings by tenure, 2021 Census.

Glenorie 15.3% renting
Glenorie — Owned Outright: 40.4% Glenorie — Mortgage: 44.3% Glenorie — Renting: 15.3%
Arcadia 11.7% renting
Arcadia — Owned Outright: 48.2% Arcadia — Mortgage: 40.1% Arcadia — Renting: 11.7%
Owned outright Mortgage Renting

Qualifications

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

Glenorie Arcadia
Bachelor Degree 13.9% / 15.7%
Glenorie — Bachelor Degree: 13.9% Arcadia — Bachelor Degree: 15.7%
Certificate III & IV 15.2% / 13.4%
Glenorie — Certificate III & IV: 15.2% Arcadia — Certificate III & IV: 13.4%
Advanced Diploma / Diploma 8.5% / 9.8%
Glenorie — Advanced Diploma / Diploma: 8.5% Arcadia — Advanced Diploma / Diploma: 9.8%
Postgraduate Degree 3.8% / 6.0%
Glenorie — Postgraduate Degree: 3.8% Arcadia — Postgraduate Degree: 6.0%
Graduate Diploma / Certificate 1.8% / 2.3%
Glenorie — Graduate Diploma / Certificate: 1.8% Arcadia — Graduate Diploma / Certificate: 2.3%

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

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.

Glenorie Arcadia
England 4.1% / 4.8%
Glenorie — England: 4.1% Arcadia — England: 4.8%
Lebanon 2.5% / 0.7%
Glenorie — Lebanon: 2.5% Arcadia — Lebanon: 0.7%
New Zealand 1.2% / 2.0%
Glenorie — New Zealand: 1.2% Arcadia — New Zealand: 2.0%
Italy 2.3% / 0.8%
Glenorie — Italy: 2.3% Arcadia — Italy: 0.8%
South Africa 1.1% / 1.0%
Glenorie — South Africa: 1.1% Arcadia — South Africa: 1.0%
China 0.9% / 0.9%
Glenorie — China: 0.9% Arcadia — China: 0.9%
Scotland — / 0.9%
Glenorie — Scotland: not among its largest Arcadia — Scotland: 0.9%

Bars are drawn against the largest share shown (4.8%).

What people live in

Occupied private dwellings by structure, 2021 Census.

Glenorie 98.3% houses
Glenorie — Houses: 98.3% Glenorie — Flats / Apartments: 0.9% Glenorie — Townhouses: 0.8%
Arcadia 98.9% houses
Arcadia — Houses: 98.9% Arcadia — Flats / Apartments: 1.1% Arcadia — Townhouses: 0.0%
Houses Flats / Apartments Townhouses

Property market

Glenorie Arcadia
Median house price $2,500,000 $3,225,000
Median unit price —
same for both
Median land price $2,740,000 $3,612,500
Typical days to sell (houses) 40 days
from 19 sales
 64 days
from 4 sales

Zoning mix

Glenorie has more rural and farming land (90% vs 51%); Arcadia has more land zoned for conservation (44% vs 7%).

Glenorie Arcadia
Rural and farming 90% 51%
Environmental 7% 44%
Parks and recreation 2% 4%
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

Glenorie Arcadia
New dwellings approved 2,648
across The Hills
 260
across Hornsby
Approvals change year on year -4% -79%

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.

Glenorie Arcadia
Houses 1.5%
$882/wk on $2.99M
 —
Units —
same for both

Ranking within NSW

Glenorie Arcadia
House price Higher than 91% of NSW Higher than 95% of NSW
Income Higher than 89% of NSW Higher than 91% of NSW
Schools —
same for both
Walkability Higher than 35% of NSW Higher than 72% of NSW
Affordability Higher than 16% of NSW Higher than 10% of NSW
EV adoption Higher than 85% of NSW Higher than 87% of NSW
NBN connectivity Higher than 81% of NSW Higher than 78% of NSW
Rental yield (houses) Higher than 1% of NSW —

Liveability

Arcadia is more walkable (25 vs 0); Arcadia scores higher overall (62 vs 48).

Glenorie Arcadia
Grade C B
Score 48/100 62/100
Socio-economic band very advantaged area
decile 10/10
same for both

Risk profile

Glenorie carries more crime risk (34 vs 20); Glenorie carries more bushfire risk (72 vs 62).

Glenorie Arcadia
Bushfire High
72/100
 Moderate
62/100
Crime Low
34/100
 Low
20/100
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
same for both

Schools

Glenorie Arcadia
Inside the suburb 2 1
Rated above peers 2 0
Rated at peers 0
same for both
Rated below peers 0 1

Schools in Glenorie

  • Glenorie Public School Government · Primary above peers
  • Hillside Public School Government · Primary above peers

Schools in Arcadia

  • Arcadia Public School Government · Primary below peers

Amenities in the suburb

Glenorie Arcadia
Supermarkets 1 0
Parks & reserves 5 2
Childcare 5 2
GPs 1
same for both
Pharmacies 1 0
Banks & Bank@Post 1 0
Waterways 22 8

Mobility

Glenorie sits further from the CBD (50.3 km vs 44.5 km).

Glenorie Arcadia
Walkability score 0/100 25/100
Distance to Sydney 50.3 km
+12% vs other
 44.5 km
Drive time (normal traffic) 60 min 53 min
Public transport score 77/100
Bus
 63/100
Bus
Peak arrivals per hour 50.8
7-9am + 5-7pm
 35.2
7-9am + 5-7pm
Median peak wait 0 min
scheduled, not actual
same for both
Electric vehicle share 1.2%
postcode 2157
 1.4%
postcode 2159
Rooftop solar per 100 dwellings 57
postcode 2157
 53
postcode 2159

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.

Glenorie Arcadia
Car (driver) 52.1% / 43.7%
Glenorie — Car (driver): 52.1% Arcadia — Car (driver): 43.7%
Worked from Home 40.0% / 49.8%
Glenorie — Worked from Home: 40.0% Arcadia — Worked from Home: 49.8%
Car (passenger) 3.3% / 3.1%
Glenorie — Car (passenger): 3.3% Arcadia — Car (passenger): 3.1%
Walked Only 3.6% / 2.7%
Glenorie — Walked Only: 3.6% Arcadia — Walked Only: 2.7%
Bicycle 0.3% / 0.8%
Glenorie — Bicycle: 0.3% Arcadia — Bicycle: 0.8%
Train 0.6% / —
Glenorie — Train: 0.6% Arcadia — Train: not among its largest

Bars are drawn against the largest share shown (52.1%).

Setting

Glenorie Arcadia
Elevation 121 m
above sea level, at the suburb centre
 191 m
above sea level, at the suburb centre
Distance to the ocean 21.0 km 15.0 km

NBN connectivity

Glenorie Arcadia
Connectivity score 74/100 72/100
Most common technology Fibre to the premises
same for both
Full-fibre (FTTP) share 53%
1,399 premises
 52%
489 premises

Climate

Glenorie Arcadia
Annual rainfall 932 mm 1,176 mm
Summer max (Jan) —
same for both
Winter min (Jul) —
same for both

Air quality (annual mean)

Glenorie Arcadia
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

Glenorie Arcadia
Average residential rate $1,204/yr $1,488/yr
Council The Hills Hornsby

Federal electorate

Glenorie Arcadia
Division Berowra
same for both
Member Julian Leeser
same for both
Party Liberal
same for both

First Home Owner Grant

Glenorie Arcadia
Grant amount $10,000
same for both
Property price cap $600,000
same for both
Eligibility New
same for both

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Glenorie

Acreage Outer Premium River

Arcadia

Acreage Outer Premium River

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