Menangle Park vs Mount Annan

Mount Annan is the younger of the two, with a median age of 34 against 39 in Menangle Park. In both, the large majority of homes are detached houses. In Menangle Park, about half of households rent. In Mount Annan, the large majority of households own their home and most households are couple families. Houses cost more in Mount Annan: a median of $1.2 million, against $1.04 million in Menangle Park. On these figures, Menangle Park tends to suit renters, while Mount Annan suits 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

Mount Annan

ahead on 4 of the 6 things we measure here

  • has more parks and reserves (16 vs 3)
  • has more childcare (6 vs 2)
  • carries lower crime risk (44/100 vs 97/100)

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

First-home buyers

Menangle Park

ahead on the one thing that separates them

  • has cheaper houses ($1,037,500 vs $1,195,000)

Weighs house prices and mortgage stress.

Renters

They split

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

  • Menangle Park has a bigger rental market to choose from (47% vs 20%)
  • Mount Annan leaves renters under less rental stress (19% vs 30%)

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

Commuting to the city

Mount Annan

ahead on 3 of the 3 things we measure here

  • is more walkable (56/100 vs 41/100)
  • has a shorter drive in (51 min vs 56 min)
  • sits closer to the CBD (61.2 km vs 65.2 km)

Weighs distance, drive time, and walkability.

Downsizers and retirees

Mount Annan

ahead on 3 of the 5 things we measure here

  • has more GPs (3 vs 0)
  • carries lower crime risk (44/100 vs 97/100)
  • is more walkable (56/100 vs 41/100)
  • But Menangle Park has more residents already 65 and over (15% vs 9%)

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

Investors

Mount Annan

ahead on the one thing that separates them

  • is growing faster (0.7% vs -12.8%)

Weighs house yield and population growth.

Where they sit

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

Menangle Park Mount Annan
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.

Menangle Park Mount Annan
Walkability 41 / 56
Menangle Park — Walkability: 41/100 Mount Annan — Walkability: 56/100
Safety 3 / 56
Menangle Park — Safety: 3/100 Mount Annan — Safety: 56/100
Low fire risk 61 / 71
Menangle Park — Low fire risk: 61/100 Mount Annan — Low fire risk: 71/100

Demographics

Mount Annan has more residents (11,784 vs 224); Mount Annan has higher household incomes ($129,636 vs $87,724).

Menangle Park Mount Annan
Population 224 11,784
+5161% vs other
Population trend (2016 → 2021) -12.8% +0.7%
Median age 39 34
Median household income $87,724/yr $129,636/yr
+48% vs other
Median weekly rent $500/wk
+4% vs other
 $480/wk

Age profile

Share of residents in each band, 2021 Census.

Menangle Park Mount Annan
0-4 4.9% / 6.7%
Menangle Park — 0-4: 4.9% Mount Annan — 0-4: 6.7%
5-14 12.5% / 17.0%
Menangle Park — 5-14: 12.5% Mount Annan — 5-14: 17.0%
15-19 9.8% / 8.4%
Menangle Park — 15-19: 9.8% Mount Annan — 15-19: 8.4%
20-24 8.0% / 6.6%
Menangle Park — 20-24: 8.0% Mount Annan — 20-24: 6.6%
25-34 11.6% / 11.3%
Menangle Park — 25-34: 11.6% Mount Annan — 25-34: 11.3%
35-44 13.8% / 14.7%
Menangle Park — 35-44: 13.8% Mount Annan — 35-44: 14.7%
45-54 10.3% / 15.5%
Menangle Park — 45-54: 10.3% Mount Annan — 45-54: 15.5%
55-64 15.6% / 11.0%
Menangle Park — 55-64: 15.6% Mount Annan — 55-64: 11.0%
65-74 8.0% / 6.1%
Menangle Park — 65-74: 8.0% Mount Annan — 65-74: 6.1%
75-84 4.0% / 2.2%
Menangle Park — 75-84: 4.0% Mount Annan — 75-84: 2.2%
85+ 3.1% / 0.5%
Menangle Park — 85+: 3.1% Mount Annan — 85+: 0.5%

Bars are drawn against the largest share shown (17.0%).

Who lives together

Household composition, 2021 Census.

Menangle Park 38.0% couple families
Menangle Park — Couple Families: 38.0% Menangle Park — One Parent Families: 30.0% Menangle Park — Lone Person: 26.0% Menangle Park — Group Household: 6.0% Menangle Park — Other Families: 0.0%
Mount Annan 64.8% couple families
Mount Annan — Couple Families: 64.8% Mount Annan — One Parent Families: 17.8% Mount Annan — Lone Person: 14.5% Mount Annan — Group Household: 2.1% Mount Annan — Other Families: 0.9%
Couple Families One Parent Families Lone Person Group Household Other Families

Who owns and who rents

Occupied private dwellings by tenure, 2021 Census.

Menangle Park 47.1% renting
Menangle Park — Owned Outright: 31.4% Menangle Park — Mortgage: 21.4% Menangle Park — Renting: 47.1%
Mount Annan 19.8% renting
Mount Annan — Owned Outright: 23.1% Mount Annan — Mortgage: 57.1% Mount Annan — Renting: 19.8%
Owned outright Mortgage Renting

Qualifications

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

Menangle Park Mount Annan
Certificate III & IV 16.1% / 16.4%
Menangle Park — Certificate III & IV: 16.1% Mount Annan — Certificate III & IV: 16.4%
Bachelor Degree 4.0% / 10.2%
Menangle Park — Bachelor Degree: 4.0% Mount Annan — Bachelor Degree: 10.2%
Advanced Diploma / Diploma 3.6% / 8.3%
Menangle Park — Advanced Diploma / Diploma: 3.6% Mount Annan — Advanced Diploma / Diploma: 8.3%
Postgraduate Degree — / 3.3%
Menangle Park — Postgraduate Degree: not among its largest Mount Annan — Postgraduate Degree: 3.3%
Graduate Diploma / Certificate — / 1.3%
Menangle Park — Graduate Diploma / Certificate: not among its largest Mount Annan — Graduate Diploma / Certificate: 1.3%

Bars are drawn against the largest share shown (16.4%).

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.

Menangle Park Mount Annan
England 4.0% / 2.7%
Menangle Park — England: 4.0% Mount Annan — England: 2.7%
Indonesia 1.8% / —
Menangle Park — Indonesia: 1.8% Mount Annan — Indonesia: not among its largest
New Zealand — / 1.5%
Menangle Park — New Zealand: not among its largest Mount Annan — New Zealand: 1.5%
Philippines — / 1.2%
Menangle Park — Philippines: not among its largest Mount Annan — Philippines: 1.2%
India — / 1.0%
Menangle Park — India: not among its largest Mount Annan — India: 1.0%
Fiji — / 0.9%
Menangle Park — Fiji: not among its largest Mount Annan — Fiji: 0.9%

Bars are drawn against the largest share shown (4.0%).

What people live in

Occupied private dwellings by structure, 2021 Census.

Menangle Park 94.2% houses
Menangle Park — Houses: 94.2% Menangle Park — Flats / Apartments: 5.8% Menangle Park — Townhouses: 0.0%
Mount Annan 96.2% houses
Mount Annan — Houses: 96.2% Mount Annan — Flats / Apartments: 0.0% Mount Annan — Townhouses: 3.9%
Houses Flats / Apartments Townhouses

Property market

Menangle Park Mount Annan
Median house price $1,037,500 $1,195,000
Median unit price — $625,000
Median land price $670,000 —
Typical days to sell (houses) 32 days
from 38 sales
 19 days
from 70 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.

Menangle Park Mount Annan
4 bed $1.16M / $1.18M
Menangle Park — 4 bed: $1.16M (44 sales) Mount Annan — 4 bed: $1.18M (97 sales)

44 vs 97 sales

5 bed $1.25M / $1.35M
Menangle Park — 5 bed: $1.25M (29 sales) Mount Annan — 5 bed: $1.35M (39 sales)

29 vs 39 sales

Zoning mix

Menangle Park has more rural and farming land (21% vs 4%).

Menangle Park Mount Annan
Infrastructure and transport 7% 48%
Residential 26% 37%
Parks and recreation 26% 1%
Rural and farming 21% 4%
Environmental 10% 5%
Industrial 9% 3%
Commercial 1% 2%
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

Menangle Park Mount Annan
New dwellings approved 1,788
across Campbelltown (NSW)
 1,671
across Camden
Approvals change year on year +48% -21%

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.

Menangle Park Mount Annan
Houses 3.4%
$850/wk on $1.3M
 3.1%
$750/wk on $1.24M
Units —
same for both

Ranking within NSW

Menangle Park Mount Annan
House price Higher than 21% of NSW Higher than 60% of NSW
Income Higher than 56% of NSW Higher than 89% of NSW
Schools —
same for both
Walkability Higher than 78% of NSW Higher than 83% of NSW
Affordability Higher than 85% of NSW Higher than 73% of NSW
EV adoption Higher than 80% of NSW Higher than 79% of NSW
NBN connectivity Higher than 97% of NSW Higher than 88% of NSW
Rental yield (houses) Higher than 40% of NSW Higher than 27% of NSW

Liveability

Mount Annan is more walkable (56 vs 41).

Menangle Park Mount Annan
Grade — B
Score — 60/100
Socio-economic band below-average income
decile 3/10
 advantaged area
decile 8/10

Risk profile

Menangle Park carries more crime risk (97 vs 44); Menangle Park carries more bushfire risk (39 vs 29).

Menangle Park Mount Annan
Bushfire Low
39/100
 Low
29/100
Crime High
97/100
 Moderate
44/100
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 2
within 5 km
same for both

Schools

Menangle Park Mount Annan
Inside the suburb 1 2
Rated above peers 0
same for both
Rated at peers 1
same for both
Rated below peers 0 1
Universities within 10 km 1
Western Sydney University - Campbelltown, 5.9 km
 1
Western Sydney University - Campbelltown, 4.2 km
Full-time students aged 15–24 0.0% 2.4%

Schools in Menangle Park

  • Broughton Anglican College Independent · Combined at peers

Schools in Mount Annan

  • Mount Annan High School Government · Secondary at peers
  • Mount Annan Public School Government · Primary below peers

Amenities in the suburb

Menangle Park Mount Annan
Supermarkets 0 3
Cafes & restaurants 1
same for both
Parks & reserves 3 16
Childcare 2 6
GPs 0 3
Pharmacies 0 2
Banks & Bank@Post 0 1
Fuel stations 0 1
Waterways 3 7

Mobility

Menangle Park sits further from the CBD (65.2 km vs 61.2 km).

Menangle Park Mount Annan
Walkability score 41/100 56/100
Distance to Sydney 65.2 km
+6% vs other
 61.2 km
Drive time (normal traffic) 56 min 51 min
Public transport score 79/100
Rail · Bus
 79/100
Bus
Peak arrivals per hour 35.5
7-9am + 5-7pm
 200.8
7-9am + 5-7pm
Median peak wait 1 min
scheduled, not actual
 0 min
scheduled, not actual
Electric vehicle share 1.0%
postcode 2563
 0.9%
postcode 2567
Rooftop solar per 100 dwellings — 58
postcode 2567

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.

Menangle Park Mount Annan
Car (driver) 60.7% / 57.9%
Menangle Park — Car (driver): 60.7% Mount Annan — Car (driver): 57.9%
Worked from Home 29.8% / 35.4%
Menangle Park — Worked from Home: 29.8% Mount Annan — Worked from Home: 35.4%
Car (passenger) 9.5% / 3.9%
Menangle Park — Car (passenger): 9.5% Mount Annan — Car (passenger): 3.9%
Train — / 1.8%
Menangle Park — Train: not among its largest Mount Annan — Train: 1.8%
Walked Only — / 0.6%
Menangle Park — Walked Only: not among its largest Mount Annan — Walked Only: 0.6%

Bars are drawn against the largest share shown (60.7%).

Setting

Menangle Park Mount Annan
Elevation 95 m
above sea level, at the suburb centre
 124 m
above sea level, at the suburb centre
Distance to the ocean 25.8 km 27.8 km

NBN connectivity

Menangle Park Mount Annan
Connectivity score 97/100 78/100
Most common technology Fibre to the premises
same for both
Full-fibre (FTTP) share 95%
898 premises
 60%
4,035 premises

Climate

Menangle Park Mount Annan
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)

Menangle Park Mount Annan
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

Menangle Park Mount Annan
Average residential rate $1,443/yr $1,504/yr
Council Campbelltown (NSW) Camden

Federal electorate

Menangle Park Mount Annan
Division Macarthur Hume
Member Mike Freelander Angus Taylor
Party Australian Labor Party Liberal

First Home Owner Grant

Menangle Park Mount Annan
Grant amount $10,000
same for both
Property price cap $600,000
same for both
Eligibility New
same for both

Tags

Menangle Park

Outer Quiet Trains

Mount Annan

Family Large Blocks Outer Parks Quiet

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