Guildford vs Old Guildford

In Guildford, about half of households rent and about half of households are couple families. In Old Guildford, most households own their home, the large majority of homes are detached houses, and most households are couple families. Houses cost more in Old Guildford: a median of $1.47 million, against $1.32 million in Guildford, and rent is higher there too. On these figures, Guildford tends to suit renters, while Old Guildford 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

They split

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

  • Guildford has more parks and reserves (26 vs 1)
  • Old Guildford has more separate houses rather than flats (88% vs 55%)

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

First-home buyers

Guildford

ahead on the one thing that separates them

  • has cheaper houses ($1,325,000 vs $1,470,000)

Weighs house prices and mortgage stress.

Renters

Guildford

ahead on 2 of the 3 things we measure here

  • has a bigger rental market to choose from (49% vs 35%)
  • has cheaper rent ($378/wk vs $420/wk)

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

Commuting to the city

Guildford

ahead on the one thing that separates them

  • is more walkable (93/100 vs 66/100)

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

Downsizers and retirees

Guildford

ahead on 3 of the 5 things we measure here

  • has more GPs (6 vs 0)
  • has more units and townhouses to downsize into (45% vs 12%)
  • is more walkable (93/100 vs 66/100)
  • But Old Guildford carries lower crime risk (52/100 vs 63/100)

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

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

Guildford Old Guildford
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.

Guildford Old Guildford
Walkability 93 / 66
Guildford — Walkability: 93/100 Old Guildford — Walkability: 66/100
Safety 37 / 48
Guildford — Safety: 37/100 Old Guildford — Safety: 48/100
Low fire risk 100 / 100
Guildford — Low fire risk: 100/100 Old Guildford — Low fire risk: 100/100

Demographics

Guildford has more residents (24,091 vs 2,857); Old Guildford has higher household incomes ($78,572 vs $68,328).

Guildford Old Guildford
Population 24,091
+88% vs other
 2,857
Population trend (2016 → 2021) +7.9% +7.3%
Median age 31 29
Median household income $68,328/yr $78,572/yr
+15% vs other
Median weekly rent $378/wk $420/wk
+11% vs other

Age profile

Share of residents in each band, 2021 Census.

Guildford Old Guildford
0-4 8.6% / 8.8%
Guildford — 0-4: 8.6% Old Guildford — 0-4: 8.8%
5-14 14.4% / 17.0%
Guildford — 5-14: 14.4% Old Guildford — 5-14: 17.0%
15-19 6.9% / 7.8%
Guildford — 15-19: 6.9% Old Guildford — 15-19: 7.8%
20-24 7.6% / 8.6%
Guildford — 20-24: 7.6% Old Guildford — 20-24: 8.6%
25-34 17.8% / 16.7%
Guildford — 25-34: 17.8% Old Guildford — 25-34: 16.7%
35-44 13.6% / 11.7%
Guildford — 35-44: 13.6% Old Guildford — 35-44: 11.7%
45-54 10.4% / 10.0%
Guildford — 45-54: 10.4% Old Guildford — 45-54: 10.0%
55-64 9.7% / 9.5%
Guildford — 55-64: 9.7% Old Guildford — 55-64: 9.5%
65-74 6.5% / 6.1%
Guildford — 65-74: 6.5% Old Guildford — 65-74: 6.1%
75-84 3.4% / 3.0%
Guildford — 75-84: 3.4% Old Guildford — 75-84: 3.0%
85+ 1.3% / 1.1%
Guildford — 85+: 1.3% Old Guildford — 85+: 1.1%

Bars are drawn against the largest share shown (17.8%).

Who lives together

Household composition, 2021 Census.

Guildford 47.0% couple families
Guildford — Couple Families: 47.0% Guildford — Lone Person: 27.6% Guildford — One Parent Families: 18.3% Guildford — Group Household: 5.0% Guildford — Other Families: 2.2%
Old Guildford 61.0% couple families
Old Guildford — Couple Families: 61.0% Old Guildford — Lone Person: 14.8% Old Guildford — One Parent Families: 20.1% Old Guildford — Group Household: 2.6% Old Guildford — 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.

Guildford 49.2% renting
Guildford — Owned Outright: 21.8% Guildford — Mortgage: 29.0% Guildford — Renting: 49.2%
Old Guildford 34.7% renting
Old Guildford — Owned Outright: 29.1% Old Guildford — Mortgage: 36.2% Old Guildford — Renting: 34.7%
Owned outright Mortgage Renting

Qualifications

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

Guildford Old Guildford
Certificate III & IV 7.8% / 8.1%
Guildford — Certificate III & IV: 7.8% Old Guildford — Certificate III & IV: 8.1%
Bachelor Degree 9.6% / 5.9%
Guildford — Bachelor Degree: 9.6% Old Guildford — Bachelor Degree: 5.9%
Advanced Diploma / Diploma 6.7% / 6.2%
Guildford — Advanced Diploma / Diploma: 6.7% Old Guildford — Advanced Diploma / Diploma: 6.2%
Postgraduate Degree 3.2% / 2.0%
Guildford — Postgraduate Degree: 3.2% Old Guildford — Postgraduate Degree: 2.0%
Graduate Diploma / Certificate 0.7% / 0.8%
Guildford — Graduate Diploma / Certificate: 0.7% Old Guildford — Graduate Diploma / Certificate: 0.8%

Bars are drawn against the largest share shown (9.6%).

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.

Guildford Old Guildford
Lebanon 10.3% / 12.5%
Guildford — Lebanon: 10.3% Old Guildford — Lebanon: 12.5%
Afghanistan 4.6% / 2.7%
Guildford — Afghanistan: 4.6% Old Guildford — Afghanistan: 2.7%
China 3.2% / 2.7%
Guildford — China: 3.2% Old Guildford — China: 2.7%
Iraq 2.2% / 2.1%
Guildford — Iraq: 2.2% Old Guildford — Iraq: 2.1%
Pakistan 2.7% / 1.4%
Guildford — Pakistan: 2.7% Old Guildford — Pakistan: 1.4%
Vietnam 1.9% / 2.1%
Guildford — Vietnam: 1.9% Old Guildford — Vietnam: 2.1%

Bars are drawn against the largest share shown (12.5%).

What people live in

Occupied private dwellings by structure, 2021 Census.

Guildford 54.8% houses
Guildford — Houses: 54.8% Guildford — Flats / Apartments: 29.5% Guildford — Townhouses: 15.7%
Old Guildford 88.3% houses
Old Guildford — Houses: 88.3% Old Guildford — Flats / Apartments: 5.3% Old Guildford — Townhouses: 6.4%
Houses Flats / Apartments Townhouses

Property market

Guildford Old Guildford
Median house price $1,325,000 $1,470,000
Median unit price $482,476 —
Median land price —
same for both
Typical days to sell (houses) 26 days
from 146 sales
 244 days
from 3 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.

Guildford Old Guildford
3 bed $1.31M / $1.48M
Guildford — 3 bed: $1.31M (70 sales) Old Guildford — 3 bed: $1.48M (12 sales)

70 vs 12 sales

4 bed $1.3M / $1.42M
Guildford — 4 bed: $1.3M (48 sales) Old Guildford — 4 bed: $1.42M (6 sales)

48 vs 6 sales

Zoning mix

Old Guildford has more industrially zoned land (21% vs 4%).

Guildford Old Guildford
Residential 73% 67%
Industrial 4% 21%
Parks and recreation 11% 8%
Environmental 5% 0%
Infrastructure and transport 5% 4%
Commercial 2% 0%
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

Guildford Old Guildford
New dwellings approved 1,756
across Cumberland
 1,095
across Fairfield
Approvals change year on year -28% +29%

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.

Guildford Old Guildford
Houses 3.3%
$800/wk on $1.25M
 —
Units 5.8%
$540/wk on $482K
 —

Ranking within NSW

Guildford Old Guildford
House price Higher than 67% of NSW Higher than 71% of NSW
Income Higher than 32% of NSW Higher than 46% of NSW
Schools Higher than 3% of NSW —
Walkability Higher than 97% of NSW Higher than 87% of NSW
Affordability Higher than 19% of NSW Higher than 23% of NSW
EV adoption Higher than 37% of NSW Higher than 38% of NSW
NBN connectivity Higher than 92% of NSW Higher than 94% of NSW
Rental yield (houses) Higher than 36% of NSW —
Rental yield (units) Higher than 92% of NSW —

Liveability

Guildford is more walkable (93 vs 66); Old Guildford scores higher overall (53 vs 47).

Guildford Old Guildford
Grade C B
Score 47/100 53/100
Socio-economic band below-average income
decile 2/10
same for both

Risk profile

Guildford carries more crime risk (63 vs 52).

Guildford Old Guildford
Bushfire None
0/100
same for both
Crime Moderate
63/100
 Moderate
52/100
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 15
within 5 km
 13
within 5 km

Schools

Guildford Old Guildford
Inside the suburb 4 1
Rated above peers 0
same for both
Rated at peers 1 0
Rated below peers 3 1
Universities within 10 km 3
Western Sydney University - Parramatta, 4.9 km
 3
Western Sydney University - Parramatta, 6.0 km
Full-time students aged 15–24 2.7% 2.8%

Schools in Guildford

  • Granville South Public School Government · Primary at peers
  • Granville South Creative and Performing Arts High School Government · Secondary below peers
  • Guildford Public School Government · Primary below peers
  • St Patrick's Primary School Catholic · Primary below peers

Schools in Old Guildford

  • Old Guildford Public School Government · Primary below peers

Amenities in the suburb

Guildford Old Guildford
Supermarkets 2 0
Cafes & restaurants 1 0
Parks & reserves 26 1
Childcare 17 5
GPs 6 0
Pharmacies 5 0
Hospitals 1 0
Banks & Bank@Post 1 0
Fuel stations 3 2
EV chargers 1 0

Mobility

Guildford Old Guildford
Walkability score 93/100 66/100
Distance to Sydney 25.9 km 27.4 km
+6% vs other
Drive time (normal traffic) 31 min 33 min
Public transport score 91/100
Rail · Bus
 77/100
Bus
Peak arrivals per hour 389.5
7-9am + 5-7pm
 35.0
7-9am + 5-7pm
Median peak wait 0 min
scheduled, not actual
 1 min
scheduled, not actual
Electric vehicle share 0.4%
postcode 2161
same for both
Rooftop solar per 100 dwellings 25
postcode 2161
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.

Guildford Old Guildford
Car (driver) 52.8% / 53.2%
Guildford — Car (driver): 52.8% Old Guildford — Car (driver): 53.2%
Worked from Home 31.0% / 32.3%
Guildford — Worked from Home: 31.0% Old Guildford — Worked from Home: 32.3%
Train 8.5% / 6.0%
Guildford — Train: 8.5% Old Guildford — Train: 6.0%
Car (passenger) 5.6% / 4.9%
Guildford — Car (passenger): 5.6% Old Guildford — Car (passenger): 4.9%
Walked Only 1.1% / 2.3%
Guildford — Walked Only: 1.1% Old Guildford — Walked Only: 2.3%

Bars are drawn against the largest share shown (53.2%).

Setting

Guildford Old Guildford
Elevation 31 m
above sea level, at the suburb centre
 40 m
above sea level, at the suburb centre
Distance to the ocean 19.1 km 19.2 km
4.5 km to a named beach

NBN connectivity

Guildford Old Guildford
Connectivity score 85/100 90/100
Most common technology Fibre to the curb Fibre to the premises
Full-fibre (FTTP) share 37%
8,931 premises
 51%
849 premises

Climate

Guildford Old Guildford
Annual rainfall 909 mm
same for both
Summer max (Jan) 28.7°C
same for both
Winter min (Jul) 6.4°C
same for both

Air quality (annual mean)

Guildford Old Guildford
PM2.5 6.5 µg/m³
same for both
PM10 16.5 µg/m³
same for both
NO₂ 0.9 pphm
same for both

Council rates

Guildford Old Guildford
Average residential rate $1,038/yr $990/yr
Council Cumberland Fairfield

Federal electorate

Guildford Old Guildford
Division Blaxland
same for both
Member Jason Clare
same for both
Party Australian Labor Party
same for both

First Home Owner Grant

Guildford Old Guildford
Grant amount $10,000
same for both
Property price cap $600,000
same for both
Eligibility New
same for both

Tags

Guildford

Easy Commute Family Multicultural Outer Parks Transport Hub Urban Young Families

Old Guildford

Family Multicultural Outer Parks Young Families

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