Kingswood vs South Penrith

Kingswood is the younger of the two, with a median age of 34 against 37 in South Penrith. In Kingswood, most households rent. In South Penrith, most households own their home, the large majority of homes are detached houses, and about half of households are couple families. Houses cost more in South Penrith: a median of $1.11 million, against $1.01 million in Kingswood, and rent is higher there too. On these figures, Kingswood tends to suit renters and people living alone, while South Penrith 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

South Penrith

ahead on 4 of the 5 things we measure here

  • has more schools inside the suburb (4 vs 0)
  • has more separate houses rather than flats (92% vs 45%)
  • has more parks and reserves (13 vs 9)
  • But Kingswood has more childcare (13 vs 8)

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

First-home buyers

Kingswood

ahead on the one thing that separates them

  • has cheaper units ($485,000 vs $710,000)

Weighs house prices, unit prices, and mortgage stress.

Renters

Kingswood

ahead on 2 of the 3 things we measure here

  • has a bigger rental market to choose from (57% vs 31%)
  • has cheaper rent ($355/wk vs $420/wk)

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

Commuting to the city

Too close to call

Nothing among the 4 things we measure here separates them by enough to be worth acting on.

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

Downsizers and retirees

Kingswood

ahead on the one thing that separates them

  • has more units and townhouses to downsize into (55% vs 8%)

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

Investors

Kingswood

ahead on 2 of the 2 things we measure here

  • is growing faster (14.3% vs 1.8%)
  • returns a higher gross yield on houses (3.7% vs 3.2%)

Weighs house yield and population growth.

Where they sit

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

Kingswood South Penrith
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.

Kingswood South Penrith
Walkability 87 / 83
Kingswood — Walkability: 87/100 South Penrith — Walkability: 83/100
Low fire risk 84 / 100
Kingswood — Low fire risk: 84/100 South Penrith — Low fire risk: 100/100

Demographics

South Penrith has higher household incomes ($97,240 vs $72,644); South Penrith rents higher ($420/wk vs $355/wk).

Kingswood South Penrith
Population 10,633 12,005
+13% vs other
Population trend (2016 → 2021) +14.3% +1.8%
Median age 34 37
Median household income $72,644/yr $97,240/yr
+34% vs other
Median weekly rent $355/wk $420/wk
+18% vs other

Age profile

Share of residents in each band, 2021 Census.

Kingswood South Penrith
0-4 7.3% / 6.4%
Kingswood — 0-4: 7.3% South Penrith — 0-4: 6.4%
5-14 12.7% / 14.2%
Kingswood — 5-14: 12.7% South Penrith — 5-14: 14.2%
15-19 5.0% / 6.6%
Kingswood — 15-19: 5.0% South Penrith — 15-19: 6.6%
20-24 7.6% / 6.2%
Kingswood — 20-24: 7.6% South Penrith — 20-24: 6.2%
25-34 18.5% / 13.1%
Kingswood — 25-34: 18.5% South Penrith — 25-34: 13.1%
35-44 15.4% / 14.7%
Kingswood — 35-44: 15.4% South Penrith — 35-44: 14.7%
45-54 11.7% / 11.8%
Kingswood — 45-54: 11.7% South Penrith — 45-54: 11.8%
55-64 9.0% / 10.3%
Kingswood — 55-64: 9.0% South Penrith — 55-64: 10.3%
65-74 7.3% / 10.4%
Kingswood — 65-74: 7.3% South Penrith — 65-74: 10.4%
75-84 4.0% / 5.2%
Kingswood — 75-84: 4.0% South Penrith — 75-84: 5.2%
85+ 1.4% / 1.3%
Kingswood — 85+: 1.4% South Penrith — 85+: 1.3%

Bars are drawn against the largest share shown (18.5%).

Who lives together

Household composition, 2021 Census.

Kingswood 30.0% couple families
Kingswood — Couple Families: 30.0% Kingswood — Lone Person: 42.2% Kingswood — One Parent Families: 20.1% Kingswood — Group Household: 5.3% Kingswood — Other Families: 2.4%
South Penrith 45.8% couple families
South Penrith — Couple Families: 45.8% South Penrith — Lone Person: 27.3% South Penrith — One Parent Families: 22.0% South Penrith — Group Household: 3.5% South Penrith — Other Families: 1.4%
Couple Families Lone Person One Parent Families Group Household Other Families

Who owns and who rents

Occupied private dwellings by tenure, 2021 Census.

Kingswood 56.7% renting
Kingswood — Owned Outright: 17.7% Kingswood — Mortgage: 25.6% Kingswood — Renting: 56.7%
South Penrith 30.8% renting
South Penrith — Owned Outright: 31.7% South Penrith — Mortgage: 37.5% South Penrith — Renting: 30.8%
Owned outright Mortgage Renting

Qualifications

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

Kingswood South Penrith
Certificate III & IV 13.1% / 17.6%
Kingswood — Certificate III & IV: 13.1% South Penrith — Certificate III & IV: 17.6%
Bachelor Degree 10.3% / 8.1%
Kingswood — Bachelor Degree: 10.3% South Penrith — Bachelor Degree: 8.1%
Advanced Diploma / Diploma 6.4% / 7.2%
Kingswood — Advanced Diploma / Diploma: 6.4% South Penrith — Advanced Diploma / Diploma: 7.2%
Postgraduate Degree 4.7% / 2.6%
Kingswood — Postgraduate Degree: 4.7% South Penrith — Postgraduate Degree: 2.6%
Graduate Diploma / Certificate 1.0% / 1.1%
Kingswood — Graduate Diploma / Certificate: 1.0% South Penrith — Graduate Diploma / Certificate: 1.1%

Bars are drawn against the largest share shown (17.6%).

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.

Kingswood South Penrith
India 5.9% / 1.9%
Kingswood — India: 5.9% South Penrith — India: 1.9%
England 2.2% / 3.7%
Kingswood — England: 2.2% South Penrith — England: 3.7%
Philippines 2.6% / 0.8%
Kingswood — Philippines: 2.6% South Penrith — Philippines: 0.8%
New Zealand 1.9% / 1.5%
Kingswood — New Zealand: 1.9% South Penrith — New Zealand: 1.5%
China 1.2% / 0.8%
Kingswood — China: 1.2% South Penrith — China: 0.8%
Nepal 1.4% / —
Kingswood — Nepal: 1.4% South Penrith — Nepal: not among its largest

Bars are drawn against the largest share shown (5.9%).

What people live in

Occupied private dwellings by structure, 2021 Census.

Kingswood 44.7% houses
Kingswood — Houses: 44.7% Kingswood — Townhouses: 35.0% Kingswood — Flats / Apartments: 20.3%
South Penrith 92.1% houses
South Penrith — Houses: 92.1% South Penrith — Townhouses: 7.4% South Penrith — Flats / Apartments: 0.5%
Houses Townhouses Flats / Apartments

Property market

Kingswood South Penrith
Median house price $1,012,000 $1,110,000
Median unit price $485,000 $710,000
Median land price —
same for both
Typical days to sell (houses) 20 days
from 68 sales
 21 days
from 106 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.

Kingswood South Penrith
3 bed $955K / $1.04M
Kingswood — 3 bed: $955K (61 sales) South Penrith — 3 bed: $1.04M (117 sales)

61 vs 117 sales

4 bed $1.05M / $1.18M
Kingswood — 4 bed: $1.05M (31 sales) South Penrith — 4 bed: $1.18M (62 sales)

31 vs 62 sales

5 bed $1.3M / $1.34M
Kingswood — 5 bed: $1.3M (10 sales) South Penrith — 5 bed: $1.34M (24 sales)

10 vs 24 sales

Zoning mix

Kingswood South Penrith
Residential 54% 78%
Infrastructure and transport 23% 3%
Parks and recreation 9% 17%
Commercial 7% 1%
Industrial 4% 1%
Environmental 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

Kingswood South Penrith
New dwellings approved 1,063
across Penrith
same for both
Approvals change year on year -78%
same for both

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.

Kingswood South Penrith
Houses 3.7%
$605/wk on $857K
 3.2%
$690/wk on $1.12M
Units 4.6%
$450/wk on $505K
 —

Ranking within NSW

Kingswood South Penrith
House price Higher than 52% of NSW Higher than 55% of NSW
Income Higher than 39% of NSW Higher than 64% of NSW
Schools — Higher than 49% of NSW
Walkability Higher than 95% of NSW Higher than 93% of NSW
Affordability Higher than 39% of NSW Higher than 57% of NSW
EV adoption Higher than 75% of NSW Higher than 70% of NSW
NBN connectivity Higher than 93% of NSW Higher than 94% of NSW
Rental yield (houses) Higher than 55% of NSW Higher than 30% of NSW
Rental yield (units) Higher than 50% of NSW —

Liveability

Kingswood South Penrith
Grade B
same for both
Score 62/100 60/100
Socio-economic band below-average income
decile 2/10
 mid-range socio-economic
decile 5/10

Risk profile

Kingswood carries more bushfire risk (16 vs 0).

Kingswood South Penrith
Bushfire Low
16/100
 None
0/100
Crime — Moderate
63/100
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 8
within 5 km
 5
within 5 km

Schools

Kingswood South Penrith
Inside the suburb 0 4
Rated above peers 0 1
Rated at peers 0 3
Rated below peers 0
same for both
Universities within 10 km 1
Western Sydney University - Penrith, 0.0 km
 1
Western Sydney University - Penrith, 2.6 km
Full-time students aged 15–24 1.7% 1.5%

Schools in Kingswood

  • Kingswood Public School Government · Primary above peers
  • Kingswood High School Government · Secondary at peers
  • Kingswood South Public School Government · Primary at peers
  • St Dominic's College Independent · Secondary at peers
  • St Joseph's Primary School Catholic · Primary below peers

Schools in South Penrith

  • Jamison High School Government · Secondary above peers
  • Penrith South Public School Government · Primary at peers
  • St Mary MacKillop Primary School Catholic · Primary at peers
  • York Public School Government · Primary at peers

Amenities in the suburb

Kingswood South Penrith
Supermarkets 3 1
Cafes & restaurants 10 2
Parks & reserves 9 13
Childcare 13 8
GPs 5 4
Pharmacies 3 2
Hospitals 2 0
Banks & Bank@Post 1
same for both
Fuel stations 2 1
EV chargers 1 0
Waterways 9 0

Mobility

Kingswood South Penrith
Walkability score 87/100 83/100
Distance to Sydney 51.4 km 53.2 km
+4% vs other
Drive time (normal traffic) 46 min
same for both
Public transport score 93/100
Rail · Bus
 79/100
Bus
Peak arrivals per hour 289.2
7-9am + 5-7pm
 222.2
7-9am + 5-7pm
Median peak wait 0 min
scheduled, not actual
same for both
Electric vehicle share 0.9%
postcode 2747
 0.7%
postcode 2750
Rooftop solar per 100 dwellings 45
postcode 2747
 31
postcode 2750

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.

Kingswood South Penrith
Car (driver) 54.5% / 60.6%
Kingswood — Car (driver): 54.5% South Penrith — Car (driver): 60.6%
Worked from Home 29.3% / 30.5%
Kingswood — Worked from Home: 29.3% South Penrith — Worked from Home: 30.5%
Car (passenger) 4.8% / 4.8%
Kingswood — Car (passenger): 4.8% South Penrith — Car (passenger): 4.8%
Train 6.1% / 2.4%
Kingswood — Train: 6.1% South Penrith — Train: 2.4%
Walked Only 3.8% / 1.0%
Kingswood — Walked Only: 3.8% South Penrith — Walked Only: 1.0%

Bars are drawn against the largest share shown (60.6%).

Setting

Kingswood South Penrith
Elevation 42 m
above sea level, at the suburb centre
 48 m
above sea level, at the suburb centre
Distance to the ocean 45.5 km 47.1 km

NBN connectivity

Kingswood South Penrith
Connectivity score 87/100 90/100
Most common technology Fibre to the premises
same for both
Full-fibre (FTTP) share 66%
5,558 premises
 76%
4,657 premises

Climate

Kingswood South Penrith
Annual rainfall 822 mm
same for both
Summer max (Jan) —
same for both
Winter min (Jul) —
same for both

Air quality (annual mean)

Kingswood South Penrith
PM2.5 7.2 µg/m³
same for both
PM10 16.3 µg/m³
same for both
NO₂ 0.6 pphm
same for both

Council rates

Kingswood South Penrith
Average residential rate $1,547/yr
same for both
Council Penrith
same for both

Federal electorate

Kingswood South Penrith
Division Lindsay
same for both
Member Melissa Mcintosh
same for both
Party Liberal
same for both

First Home Owner Grant

Kingswood South Penrith
Grant amount $10,000
same for both
Property price cap $600,000
same for both
Eligibility New
same for both

Tags

Kingswood

Easy Commute Outer Parks Townhouses Transport Hub

South Penrith

Outer Parks

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