Gregory Hills vs Eschol Park

Gregory Hills is the younger of the two, with a median age of 30 against 36 in Eschol Park. In both, most households own their home and the large majority of homes are detached houses. In Gregory Hills, most households are couple families. In Eschol Park, about half of households are couple families. Houses cost more in Gregory Hills: a median of $1.08 million, against $945,000 in Eschol Park, and rent is higher there too. On these figures, Gregory Hills tends to suit young adults, families with children, and 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

Gregory Hills

ahead on 3 of the 6 things we measure here

  • has more childcare (6 vs 0)
  • has more parks and reserves (20 vs 5)
  • is already more of a family suburb (82% vs 72%)
  • But Eschol Park carries lower crime risk (34/100 vs 60/100)

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

First-home buyers

Eschol Park

ahead on the one thing that separates them

  • has cheaper houses ($945,000 vs $1,080,000)

Weighs house prices and mortgage stress.

Renters

They split

one each way, out of the 3 things we measure here

  • Gregory Hills has a bigger rental market to choose from (32% vs 20%)
  • Eschol Park has cheaper rent ($400/wk vs $520/wk)

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

Commuting to the city

They split

one each way, out of the 4 things we measure here

  • Gregory Hills is more walkable (77/100 vs 47/100)
  • Eschol Park sits closer to the CBD (54.7 km vs 57 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

  • Gregory Hills has more GPs (2 vs 0)
  • Eschol Park has more residents already 65 and over (13% vs 4%)

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 house yield.

Where they sit

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

Gregory Hills Eschol Park
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.

Gregory Hills Eschol Park
Walkability 77 / 47
Gregory Hills — Walkability: 77/100 Eschol Park — Walkability: 47/100
Safety 40 / 66
Gregory Hills — Safety: 40/100 Eschol Park — Safety: 66/100
Low fire risk 100 / 100
Gregory Hills — Low fire risk: 100/100 Eschol Park — Low fire risk: 100/100

Demographics

Gregory Hills has more residents (9,142 vs 2,607); Gregory Hills rents higher ($520/wk vs $400/wk).

Gregory Hills Eschol Park
Population 9,142
+71% vs other
 2,607
Population trend (2016 → 2021) — +1.0%
Median age 30 36
Median household income $125,112/yr
+23% vs other
 $96,252/yr
Median weekly rent $520/wk
+23% vs other
 $400/wk

Age profile

Share of residents in each band, 2021 Census.

Gregory Hills Eschol Park
0-4 13.1% / 7.6%
Gregory Hills — 0-4: 13.1% Eschol Park — 0-4: 7.6%
5-14 15.4% / 13.8%
Gregory Hills — 5-14: 15.4% Eschol Park — 5-14: 13.8%
15-19 5.0% / 6.0%
Gregory Hills — 15-19: 5.0% Eschol Park — 15-19: 6.0%
20-24 5.5% / 6.2%
Gregory Hills — 20-24: 5.5% Eschol Park — 20-24: 6.2%
25-34 24.2% / 14.0%
Gregory Hills — 25-34: 24.2% Eschol Park — 25-34: 14.0%
35-44 17.8% / 15.9%
Gregory Hills — 35-44: 17.8% Eschol Park — 35-44: 15.9%
45-54 8.3% / 11.2%
Gregory Hills — 45-54: 8.3% Eschol Park — 45-54: 11.2%
55-64 6.3% / 12.5%
Gregory Hills — 55-64: 6.3% Eschol Park — 55-64: 12.5%
65-74 3.2% / 10.1%
Gregory Hills — 65-74: 3.2% Eschol Park — 65-74: 10.1%
75-84 1.0% / 2.4%
Gregory Hills — 75-84: 1.0% Eschol Park — 75-84: 2.4%
85+ 0.3% / 0.6%
Gregory Hills — 85+: 0.3% Eschol Park — 85+: 0.6%

Bars are drawn against the largest share shown (24.2%).

Who lives together

Household composition, 2021 Census.

Gregory Hills 66.2% couple families
Gregory Hills — Couple Families: 66.2% Gregory Hills — Lone Person: 14.5% Gregory Hills — One Parent Families: 15.6% Gregory Hills — Group Household: 2.3% Gregory Hills — Other Families: 1.3%
Eschol Park 50.9% couple families
Eschol Park — Couple Families: 50.9% Eschol Park — Lone Person: 23.0% Eschol Park — One Parent Families: 21.3% Eschol Park — Group Household: 3.2% Eschol Park — Other Families: 1.6%
Couple Families Lone Person One Parent Families Group Household Other Families

Who owns and who rents

Occupied private dwellings by tenure, 2021 Census.

Gregory Hills 32.0% renting
Gregory Hills — Owned Outright: 8.1% Gregory Hills — Mortgage: 59.9% Gregory Hills — Renting: 32.0%
Eschol Park 20.4% renting
Eschol Park — Owned Outright: 27.8% Eschol Park — Mortgage: 51.8% Eschol Park — Renting: 20.4%
Owned outright Mortgage Renting

Qualifications

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

Gregory Hills Eschol Park
Certificate III & IV 13.1% / 17.7%
Gregory Hills — Certificate III & IV: 13.1% Eschol Park — Certificate III & IV: 17.7%
Bachelor Degree 13.0% / 8.0%
Gregory Hills — Bachelor Degree: 13.0% Eschol Park — Bachelor Degree: 8.0%
Advanced Diploma / Diploma 8.7% / 8.7%
Gregory Hills — Advanced Diploma / Diploma: 8.7% Eschol Park — Advanced Diploma / Diploma: 8.7%
Postgraduate Degree 4.7% / 2.3%
Gregory Hills — Postgraduate Degree: 4.7% Eschol Park — Postgraduate Degree: 2.3%
Graduate Diploma / Certificate 1.4% / 0.8%
Gregory Hills — Graduate Diploma / Certificate: 1.4% Eschol Park — Graduate Diploma / Certificate: 0.8%

Bars are drawn against the largest share shown (17.7%).

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.

Gregory Hills Eschol Park
India 3.9% / 1.9%
Gregory Hills — India: 3.9% Eschol Park — India: 1.9%
New Zealand 2.0% / 2.9%
Gregory Hills — New Zealand: 2.0% Eschol Park — New Zealand: 2.9%
Philippines 2.6% / 1.2%
Gregory Hills — Philippines: 2.6% Eschol Park — Philippines: 1.2%
Fiji 2.0% / 0.8%
Gregory Hills — Fiji: 2.0% Eschol Park — Fiji: 0.8%
Iraq 2.1% / —
Gregory Hills — Iraq: 2.1% Eschol Park — Iraq: not among its largest
England — / 1.8%
Gregory Hills — England: not among its largest Eschol Park — England: 1.8%
Lebanon — / 1.6%
Gregory Hills — Lebanon: not among its largest Eschol Park — Lebanon: 1.6%

Bars are drawn against the largest share shown (3.9%).

What people live in

Occupied private dwellings by structure, 2021 Census.

Gregory Hills 96.3% houses
Gregory Hills — Houses: 96.3% Gregory Hills — Townhouses: 2.7% Gregory Hills — Flats / Apartments: 1.0%
Eschol Park 94.0% houses
Eschol Park — Houses: 94.0% Eschol Park — Townhouses: 5.1% Eschol Park — Flats / Apartments: 0.9%
Houses Townhouses Flats / Apartments

Property market

Gregory Hills Eschol Park
Median house price $1,080,000 $945,000
Median unit price — $720,500
Median land price $910,000 —
Typical days to sell (houses) 26 days
from 141 sales
 23 days
from 20 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.

Gregory Hills Eschol Park
3 bed $970K / $930K
Gregory Hills — 3 bed: $970K (37 sales) Eschol Park — 3 bed: $930K (46 sales)

37 vs 46 sales

4 bed $1.09M / $1.04M
Gregory Hills — 4 bed: $1.09M (143 sales) Eschol Park — 4 bed: $1.04M (11 sales)

143 vs 11 sales

Zoning mix

Eschol Park has more land zoned for conservation (55% vs 13%); Gregory Hills has more rural and farming land (13% vs 0%).

Gregory Hills Eschol Park
Environmental 13% 55%
Residential 54% 28%
Parks and recreation 2% 16%
Rural and farming 13% 0%
Industrial 9% 0%
Commercial 8% 0%
Infrastructure and transport 2%
same for both
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

Gregory Hills Eschol Park
New dwellings approved 1,671
across Camden
 1,788
across Campbelltown (NSW)
Approvals change year on year -21% +48%

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.

Gregory Hills Eschol Park
Houses 3.7%
$775/wk on $1.1M
 3.3%
$600/wk on $945K
Units —
same for both

Ranking within NSW

Gregory Hills Eschol Park
House price Higher than 53% of NSW Higher than 46% of NSW
Income Higher than 87% of NSW Higher than 63% of NSW
Schools —
same for both
Walkability Higher than 91% of NSW Higher than 80% of NSW
Affordability Higher than 77% of NSW Higher than 66% of NSW
EV adoption Higher than 91% of NSW Higher than 32% of NSW
NBN connectivity Higher than 99% of NSW Higher than 82% of NSW
Rental yield (houses) Higher than 53% of NSW Higher than 35% of NSW

Liveability

Gregory Hills is more walkable (77 vs 47); Gregory Hills scores higher overall (71 vs 58).

Gregory Hills Eschol Park
Grade A B
Score 71/100 58/100
Socio-economic band very advantaged area
decile 9/10
 mid-range socio-economic
decile 4/10

Risk profile

Gregory Hills carries more crime risk (60 vs 34).

Gregory Hills Eschol Park
Bushfire None
0/100
same for both
Crime Moderate
60/100
 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 0
within 5 km
 7
within 5 km

Schools

Gregory Hills Eschol Park
Inside the suburb 2 1
Rated above peers 0
same for both
Rated at peers 1
same for both
Rated below peers 1 0
Universities within 10 km 1
Western Sydney University - Campbelltown, 5.1 km
 1
Western Sydney University - Campbelltown, 3.9 km
Full-time students aged 15–24 1.6% 1.2%

Schools in Gregory Hills

  • St Gregory's College Campbelltown Independent · Combined at peers
  • Gregory Hills Public School Government · Primary below peers

Schools in Eschol Park

  • Eschol Park Public School Government · Primary at peers

Amenities in the suburb

Gregory Hills Eschol Park
Supermarkets 2 0
Cafes & restaurants 2 0
Parks & reserves 20 5
Childcare 6 0
GPs 2 0
Pharmacies 2 0
Fuel stations 1 0
Waterways 11 1

Mobility

Gregory Hills sits further from the CBD (57 km vs 54.7 km).

Gregory Hills Eschol Park
Walkability score 77/100 47/100
Distance to Sydney 57 km
+4% vs other
 54.7 km
Drive time (normal traffic) 52 min 48 min
Public transport score 79/100
Bus
 70/100
Bus
Peak arrivals per hour 96.2
7-9am + 5-7pm
 21.2
7-9am + 5-7pm
Median peak wait 0 min
scheduled, not actual
 1 min
scheduled, not actual
Electric vehicle share 1.7%
postcode 2557
 0.3%
postcode 2558
Rooftop solar per 100 dwellings 69
postcode 2557
 55
postcode 2558

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.

Gregory Hills Eschol Park
Car (driver) 56.7% / 61.8%
Gregory Hills — Car (driver): 56.7% Eschol Park — Car (driver): 61.8%
Worked from Home 36.1% / 28.4%
Gregory Hills — Worked from Home: 36.1% Eschol Park — Worked from Home: 28.4%
Car (passenger) 3.4% / 5.4%
Gregory Hills — Car (passenger): 3.4% Eschol Park — Car (passenger): 5.4%
Train 2.6% / 2.3%
Gregory Hills — Train: 2.6% Eschol Park — Train: 2.3%
Walked Only 0.6% / 1.0%
Gregory Hills — Walked Only: 0.6% Eschol Park — Walked Only: 1.0%
Bus 0.3% / 1.1%
Gregory Hills — Bus: 0.3% Eschol Park — Bus: 1.1%

Bars are drawn against the largest share shown (61.8%).

Setting

Gregory Hills Eschol Park
Elevation 121 m
above sea level, at the suburb centre
 94 m
above sea level, at the suburb centre
Distance to the ocean 29.6 km 27.7 km

NBN connectivity

Gregory Hills Eschol Park
Connectivity score 100/100 75/100
Most common technology Fibre to the premises Hybrid fibre-coaxial
Full-fibre (FTTP) share 100%
821 premises
 0%
932 premises

Climate

Gregory Hills Eschol Park
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)

Gregory Hills Eschol Park
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

Gregory Hills Eschol Park
Average residential rate $1,504/yr $1,443/yr
Council Camden Campbelltown (NSW)

Federal electorate

Gregory Hills Eschol Park
Division Macarthur
same for both
Member Mike Freelander
same for both
Party Australian Labor Party
same for both

First Home Owner Grant

Gregory Hills Eschol Park
Grant amount $10,000
same for both
Property price cap $600,000
same for both
Eligibility New
same for both

Tags

Gregory Hills

Family Multicultural Outer Parks River Young Families

Eschol Park

Large Blocks Outer Parks

More comparisons

Other comparisons with Gregory Hills

Gregory Hills vs Oran Park Gregory Hills vs Harrington Park Gregory Hills vs Gledswood Hills Gregory Hills vs Currans Hill Gregory Hills vs Blairmount

Other comparisons with Eschol Park

Eschol Park vs Gledswood Hills Eschol Park vs Raby Eschol Park vs Eagle Vale Eschol Park vs Kearns Eschol Park vs Blairmount
Full data on Gregory Hills Full data on Eschol Park
Unlock full address-level data — $29/month

Information shown is provided as-is from Australian government and commercial data sources.
Always verify with the relevant authority before making property decisions.
See Data Sources and How We Calculate for details.

Save this page for later

We'll email you a link to this page so you can finish reading it on any device. We use your address once to send it and don't keep it.

or