Marsden Park vs Shalvey

In both, the large majority of homes are detached houses. In Marsden Park, the large majority of households own their home and the large majority of households are couple families. In Shalvey, about half of households rent. Houses cost more in Marsden Park: a median of $1.23 million, against $869,000 in Shalvey, and rent is higher there too. On these figures, Marsden Park tends to suit families with children and couples, while Shalvey suits renters and 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

Marsden Park

ahead on 4 of the 6 things we measure here

  • has more childcare (9 vs 1)
  • has more schools inside the suburb (5 vs 2)
  • carries lower crime risk (67/100 vs 89/100)

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

First-home buyers

They split

one each way, out of the 2 things we measure here

  • Marsden Park leaves households under less mortgage stress (25% vs 38%)
  • Shalvey has cheaper houses ($869,250 vs $1,230,000)

Weighs house prices and mortgage stress.

Renters

Shalvey

ahead on 2 of the 3 things we measure here

  • has a bigger rental market to choose from (53% vs 21%)
  • has cheaper rent ($300/wk vs $570/wk)

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

Commuting to the city

Shalvey

ahead on the one thing that separates them

  • is more walkable (61/100 vs 37/100)

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

Downsizers and retirees

They split

one each way, out of the 5 things we measure here

  • Marsden Park has more GPs (3 vs 0)
  • Shalvey has more residents already 65 and over (13% vs 6%)

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

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

Marsden Park Shalvey
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.

Marsden Park Shalvey
Walkability 37 / 61
Marsden Park — Walkability: 37/100 Shalvey — Walkability: 61/100
Safety 33 / 11
Marsden Park — Safety: 33/100 Shalvey — Safety: 11/100
Low fire risk 62 / 42
Marsden Park — Low fire risk: 62/100 Shalvey — Low fire risk: 42/100

Demographics

Marsden Park has more residents (14,610 vs 3,455); Marsden Park has higher household incomes ($141,544 vs $61,360).

Marsden Park Shalvey
Population 14,610
+76% vs other
 3,455
Population trend (2016 → 2021) — -0.3%
Median age 32
same for both
Median household income $141,544/yr
+57% vs other
 $61,360/yr
Median weekly rent $570/wk
+47% vs other
 $300/wk

Age profile

Share of residents in each band, 2021 Census.

Marsden Park Shalvey
0-4 11.7% / 7.8%
Marsden Park — 0-4: 11.7% Shalvey — 0-4: 7.8%
5-14 18.3% / 17.3%
Marsden Park — 5-14: 18.3% Shalvey — 5-14: 17.3%
15-19 4.4% / 8.3%
Marsden Park — 15-19: 4.4% Shalvey — 15-19: 8.3%
20-24 4.1% / 6.8%
Marsden Park — 20-24: 4.1% Shalvey — 20-24: 6.8%
25-34 18.5% / 12.7%
Marsden Park — 25-34: 18.5% Shalvey — 25-34: 12.7%
35-44 24.6% / 11.5%
Marsden Park — 35-44: 24.6% Shalvey — 35-44: 11.5%
45-54 7.9% / 12.8%
Marsden Park — 45-54: 7.9% Shalvey — 45-54: 12.8%
55-64 4.8% / 9.6%
Marsden Park — 55-64: 4.8% Shalvey — 55-64: 9.6%
65-74 4.0% / 8.5%
Marsden Park — 65-74: 4.0% Shalvey — 65-74: 8.5%
75-84 1.5% / 4.1%
Marsden Park — 75-84: 1.5% Shalvey — 75-84: 4.1%
85+ 0.2% / 0.3%
Marsden Park — 85+: 0.2% Shalvey — 85+: 0.3%

Bars are drawn against the largest share shown (24.6%).

Who lives together

Household composition, 2021 Census.

Marsden Park 77.8% couple families
Marsden Park — Couple Families: 77.8% Marsden Park — One Parent Families: 8.9% Marsden Park — Lone Person: 10.8% Marsden Park — Group Household: 1.5% Marsden Park — Other Families: 1.0%
Shalvey 37.7% couple families
Shalvey — Couple Families: 37.7% Shalvey — One Parent Families: 33.0% Shalvey — Lone Person: 23.8% Shalvey — Group Household: 2.7% Shalvey — Other Families: 2.8%
Couple Families One Parent Families Lone Person Group Household Other Families

Who owns and who rents

Occupied private dwellings by tenure, 2021 Census.

Marsden Park 21.4% renting
Marsden Park — Owned Outright: 10.6% Marsden Park — Mortgage: 68.0% Marsden Park — Renting: 21.4%
Shalvey 53.2% renting
Shalvey — Owned Outright: 18.3% Shalvey — Mortgage: 28.5% Shalvey — Renting: 53.2%
Owned outright Mortgage Renting

Qualifications

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

Marsden Park Shalvey
Bachelor Degree 20.2% / 3.6%
Marsden Park — Bachelor Degree: 20.2% Shalvey — Bachelor Degree: 3.6%
Certificate III & IV 7.1% / 10.4%
Marsden Park — Certificate III & IV: 7.1% Shalvey — Certificate III & IV: 10.4%
Postgraduate Degree 9.8% / 0.9%
Marsden Park — Postgraduate Degree: 9.8% Shalvey — Postgraduate Degree: 0.9%
Advanced Diploma / Diploma 6.7% / 3.8%
Marsden Park — Advanced Diploma / Diploma: 6.7% Shalvey — Advanced Diploma / Diploma: 3.8%
Graduate Diploma / Certificate 1.4% / 0.5%
Marsden Park — Graduate Diploma / Certificate: 1.4% Shalvey — Graduate Diploma / Certificate: 0.5%

Bars are drawn against the largest share shown (20.2%).

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.

Marsden Park Shalvey
India 22.8% / 0.5%
Marsden Park — India: 22.8% Shalvey — India: 0.5%
Philippines 9.6% / 1.2%
Marsden Park — Philippines: 9.6% Shalvey — Philippines: 1.2%
New Zealand 1.9% / 3.5%
Marsden Park — New Zealand: 1.9% Shalvey — New Zealand: 3.5%
Fiji 1.3% / 1.2%
Marsden Park — Fiji: 1.3% Shalvey — Fiji: 1.2%
England — / 1.7%
Marsden Park — England: not among its largest Shalvey — England: 1.7%
Sri Lanka 1.5% / —
Marsden Park — Sri Lanka: 1.5% Shalvey — Sri Lanka: not among its largest
Pakistan 1.5% / —
Marsden Park — Pakistan: 1.5% Shalvey — Pakistan: not among its largest
Lebanon — / 0.8%
Marsden Park — Lebanon: not among its largest Shalvey — Lebanon: 0.8%

Bars are drawn against the largest share shown (22.8%).

What people live in

Occupied private dwellings by structure, 2021 Census.

Marsden Park 97.4% houses
Marsden Park — Houses: 97.4% Marsden Park — Townhouses: 2.3% Marsden Park — Flats / Apartments: 0.3%
Shalvey 92.1% houses
Shalvey — Houses: 92.1% Shalvey — Townhouses: 7.9% Shalvey — Flats / Apartments: 0.0%
Houses Townhouses Flats / Apartments

Property market

Marsden Park Shalvey
Median house price $1,230,000 $869,250
Median unit price $530,000 —
Median land price $1,035,000 —
Typical days to sell (houses) 39 days
from 246 sales
 17 days
from 21 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.

Marsden Park Shalvey
2 bed $860K / $950K
Marsden Park — 2 bed: $860K (13 sales) Shalvey — 2 bed: $950K (5 sales)

13 vs 5 sales

3 bed $1.04M / $860K
Marsden Park — 3 bed: $1.04M (26 sales) Shalvey — 3 bed: $860K (42 sales)

26 vs 42 sales

4 bed $1.2M / $910K
Marsden Park — 4 bed: $1.2M (161 sales) Shalvey — 4 bed: $910K (11 sales)

161 vs 11 sales

Zoning mix

Marsden Park has more industrially zoned land (16% vs 0%); Marsden Park has more rural and farming land (14% vs 0%).

Marsden Park Shalvey
Residential 31% 56%
Parks and recreation 7% 29%
Industrial 16% 0%
Infrastructure and transport 16% 15%
Rural and farming 14% 0%
Commercial 10% 0%
Other and special use 4% 0%
Environmental 3% 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

Marsden Park Shalvey
New dwellings approved 2,325
across Blacktown
same for both
Approvals change year on year -18%
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.

Marsden Park Shalvey
Houses 3.7%
$875/wk on $1.24M
 3.4%
$585/wk on $900K
Units 4.7%
$600/wk on $670K
 —

Ranking within NSW

Marsden Park Shalvey
House price Higher than 59% of NSW Higher than 39% of NSW
Income Higher than 92% of NSW Higher than 23% of NSW
Schools Higher than 19% of NSW —
Walkability Higher than 77% of NSW Higher than 85% of NSW
Affordability Higher than 78% of NSW Higher than 39% of NSW
EV adoption Higher than 96% of NSW Higher than 32% of NSW
NBN connectivity Higher than 98% of NSW Higher than 82% of NSW
Rental yield (houses) Higher than 55% of NSW Higher than 38% of NSW
Rental yield (units) Higher than 51% of NSW —

Liveability

Marsden Park scores higher overall (47 vs 23); Shalvey is more walkable (61 vs 37).

Marsden Park Shalvey
Grade C D
Score 47/100 23/100
Socio-economic band very advantaged area
decile 10/10
 high-need area
decile 1/10

Risk profile

Shalvey carries more bushfire risk (58 vs 38); Shalvey carries more crime risk (89 vs 67).

Marsden Park Shalvey
Bushfire Low
38/100
 Moderate
58/100
Crime Moderate
67/100
 High
89/100
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 3
within 5 km
 7
within 5 km

Schools

Marsden Park Shalvey
Inside the suburb 5 2
Rated above peers 0
same for both
Rated at peers 1
same for both
Rated below peers 3 1
Universities within 10 km None 1
Western Sydney University - Penrith, 8.6 km

Schools in Marsden Park

  • St Luke's Catholic College (Secondary) Catholic · Secondary at peers
  • Marsden Park Anglican College Independent · Combined below peers
  • Marsden Park Public School Government · Primary below peers
  • St Luke’s Catholic College (Primary) Catholic · Primary below peers
  • St Luke's Arrunga Catholic · Combined · Special school

Schools in Shalvey

  • Chifley College Shalvey Campus Government · Secondary at peers
  • Shalvey Public School Government · Primary below peers

Amenities in the suburb

Marsden Park Shalvey
Supermarkets 2 0
Cafes & restaurants 3 0
Parks & reserves 4 2
Childcare 9 1
GPs 3 0
Pharmacies 2 1
Fuel stations 4 0
Waterways 2 0

Mobility

Marsden Park Shalvey
Walkability score 37/100 61/100
Distance to Sydney 51.1 km
+3% vs other
 49.6 km
Drive time (normal traffic) 47 min 45 min
Public transport score 79/100
Bus
same for both
Peak arrivals per hour 211.2
7-9am + 5-7pm
 70.2
7-9am + 5-7pm
Median peak wait 0 min
scheduled, not actual
same for both
Electric vehicle share 2.7%
postcode 2765
 0.3%
postcode 2770
Rooftop solar per 100 dwellings —
postcode 2765
 37
postcode 2770

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.

Marsden Park Shalvey
Car (driver) 45.4% / 64.8%
Marsden Park — Car (driver): 45.4% Shalvey — Car (driver): 64.8%
Worked from Home 47.0% / 21.2%
Marsden Park — Worked from Home: 47.0% Shalvey — Worked from Home: 21.2%
Car (passenger) 2.6% / 10.2%
Marsden Park — Car (passenger): 2.6% Shalvey — Car (passenger): 10.2%
Train 4.1% / 2.4%
Marsden Park — Train: 4.1% Shalvey — Train: 2.4%
Bus 0.6% / 0.9%
Marsden Park — Bus: 0.6% Shalvey — Bus: 0.9%

Bars are drawn against the largest share shown (64.8%).

Setting

Marsden Park Shalvey
Elevation 46 m
above sea level, at the suburb centre
 45 m
above sea level, at the suburb centre
Distance to the ocean 39.4 km 41.3 km

NBN connectivity

Marsden Park Shalvey
Connectivity score 98/100 75/100
Most common technology Fibre to the premises Hybrid fibre-coaxial
Full-fibre (FTTP) share 96%
6,110 premises
 0%
1,183 premises

Climate

Marsden Park Shalvey
Annual rainfall 932 mm 822 mm
Summer max (Jan) —
same for both
Winter min (Jul) —
same for both

Air quality (annual mean)

Marsden Park Shalvey
PM2.5 6.1 µg/m³ 5.6 µg/m³
PM10 15.5 µg/m³ 17.6 µg/m³
NO₂ 0.53 pphm 0.55 pphm

Council rates

Marsden Park Shalvey
Average residential rate $1,157/yr
same for both
Council Blacktown
same for both

Federal electorate

Marsden Park Shalvey
Division Chifley
same for both
Member Ed Husic
same for both
Party Australian Labor Party
same for both

First Home Owner Grant

Marsden Park Shalvey
Grant amount $10,000
same for both
Property price cap $600,000
same for both
Eligibility New
same for both

Tags

Marsden Park

Family Large Blocks Multicultural Outer Professionals Young Families

Shalvey

Family Outer

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