North Strathfield vs Homebush

Homebush is the younger of the two, with a median age of 31 against 34 in North Strathfield. In both, most homes are flats or apartments. In North Strathfield, about half of households rent and about half of households are couple families. In Homebush, most households rent. Units cost more in North Strathfield: a median of $865,000, against $660,000 in Homebush, and rent is higher there too. On these figures, Homebush tends to suit young adults 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

North Strathfield

ahead on 4 of the 6 things we measure here

  • has more separate houses rather than flats (34% vs 12%)
  • has more schools rated above their peers (2 vs 1)
  • has more childcare (7 vs 4)
  • But Homebush has more parks and reserves (12 vs 0)

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

First-home buyers

They split

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

  • North Strathfield has cheaper houses ($2,642,000 vs $3,627,500)
  • Homebush has cheaper units ($660,000 vs $865,000)

Weighs house prices, unit prices, and mortgage stress.

Renters

Too close to call

Nothing among the 3 things we measure here separates them by enough to be worth acting on.

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

They split

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

  • North Strathfield carries lower crime risk (42/100 vs 65/100)
  • Homebush has more units and townhouses to downsize into (88% vs 66%)

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

Investors

Homebush

ahead on the one thing that separates them

  • returns a higher gross yield on units (6.1% vs 5.0%)

Weighs unit yield.

Where they sit

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

North Strathfield Homebush
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.

North Strathfield Homebush
Walkability 94 / 94
North Strathfield — Walkability: 94/100 Homebush — Walkability: 94/100
Safety 58 / 35
North Strathfield — Safety: 58/100 Homebush — Safety: 35/100
Low fire risk 100 / 100
North Strathfield — Low fire risk: 100/100 Homebush — Low fire risk: 100/100

Demographics

Homebush has more residents (11,660 vs 4,618); North Strathfield has higher household incomes ($121,316 vs $109,252).

North Strathfield Homebush
Population 4,618 11,660
+152% vs other
Population trend (2016 → 2021) -3.1% —
Median age 34 31
Median household income $121,316/yr
+10% vs other
 $109,252/yr
Median weekly rent $495/wk
+5% vs other
 $470/wk

Age profile

Share of residents in each band, 2021 Census.

North Strathfield Homebush
0-4 6.1% / 6.3%
North Strathfield — 0-4: 6.1% Homebush — 0-4: 6.3%
5-14 10.5% / 8.3%
North Strathfield — 5-14: 10.5% Homebush — 5-14: 8.3%
15-19 4.3% / 3.2%
North Strathfield — 15-19: 4.3% Homebush — 15-19: 3.2%
20-24 9.8% / 9.8%
North Strathfield — 20-24: 9.8% Homebush — 20-24: 9.8%
25-34 21.4% / 34.2%
North Strathfield — 25-34: 21.4% Homebush — 25-34: 34.2%
35-44 16.5% / 17.9%
North Strathfield — 35-44: 16.5% Homebush — 35-44: 17.9%
45-54 12.6% / 7.8%
North Strathfield — 45-54: 12.6% Homebush — 45-54: 7.8%
55-64 9.4% / 6.4%
North Strathfield — 55-64: 9.4% Homebush — 55-64: 6.4%
65-74 5.0% / 3.8%
North Strathfield — 65-74: 5.0% Homebush — 65-74: 3.8%
75-84 2.9% / 1.6%
North Strathfield — 75-84: 2.9% Homebush — 75-84: 1.6%
85+ 1.4% / 0.6%
North Strathfield — 85+: 1.4% Homebush — 85+: 0.6%

Bars are drawn against the largest share shown (34.2%).

Who lives together

Household composition, 2021 Census.

North Strathfield 45.9% couple families
North Strathfield — Couple Families: 45.9% North Strathfield — Lone Person: 27.0% North Strathfield — Group Household: 12.1% North Strathfield — One Parent Families: 12.9% North Strathfield — Other Families: 2.1%
Homebush 40.7% couple families
Homebush — Couple Families: 40.7% Homebush — Lone Person: 29.0% Homebush — Group Household: 15.5% Homebush — One Parent Families: 11.1% Homebush — Other Families: 3.7%
Couple Families Lone Person Group Household One Parent Families Other Families

Who owns and who rents

Occupied private dwellings by tenure, 2021 Census.

North Strathfield 49.9% renting
North Strathfield — Owned Outright: 23.3% North Strathfield — Mortgage: 26.7% North Strathfield — Renting: 49.9%
Homebush 58.1% renting
Homebush — Owned Outright: 11.0% Homebush — Mortgage: 30.9% Homebush — Renting: 58.1%
Owned outright Mortgage Renting

Qualifications

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

North Strathfield Homebush
Bachelor Degree 23.1% / 27.3%
North Strathfield — Bachelor Degree: 23.1% Homebush — Bachelor Degree: 27.3%
Postgraduate Degree 11.2% / 15.2%
North Strathfield — Postgraduate Degree: 11.2% Homebush — Postgraduate Degree: 15.2%
Advanced Diploma / Diploma 8.4% / 8.4%
North Strathfield — Advanced Diploma / Diploma: 8.4% Homebush — Advanced Diploma / Diploma: 8.4%
Certificate III & IV 7.7% / 5.1%
North Strathfield — Certificate III & IV: 7.7% Homebush — Certificate III & IV: 5.1%
Graduate Diploma / Certificate 2.0% / 1.5%
North Strathfield — Graduate Diploma / Certificate: 2.0% Homebush — Graduate Diploma / Certificate: 1.5%

Bars are drawn against the largest share shown (27.3%).

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.

North Strathfield Homebush
India 6.2% / 19.7%
North Strathfield — India: 6.2% Homebush — India: 19.7%
China 9.0% / 12.6%
North Strathfield — China: 9.0% Homebush — China: 12.6%
Nepal 3.1% / 5.9%
North Strathfield — Nepal: 3.1% Homebush — Nepal: 5.9%
Philippines 2.9% / 1.8%
North Strathfield — Philippines: 2.9% Homebush — Philippines: 1.8%
Vietnam 1.7% / 1.6%
North Strathfield — Vietnam: 1.7% Homebush — Vietnam: 1.6%
Sri Lanka — / 2.7%
North Strathfield — Sri Lanka: not among its largest Homebush — Sri Lanka: 2.7%

Bars are drawn against the largest share shown (19.7%).

What people live in

Occupied private dwellings by structure, 2021 Census.

North Strathfield 57.5% flats / apartments
North Strathfield — Flats / Apartments: 57.5% North Strathfield — Houses: 34.2% North Strathfield — Townhouses: 8.3%
Homebush 83.0% flats / apartments
Homebush — Flats / Apartments: 83.0% Homebush — Houses: 12.3% Homebush — Townhouses: 4.8%
Flats / Apartments Houses Townhouses

Property market

North Strathfield Homebush
Median house price $2,642,000 $3,627,500
Median unit price $865,000 $660,000
Median land price —
same for both
Typical days to sell (houses) 28 days
from 9 sales
 32 days
from 22 sales

Unit price by bedroom count

Only bed counts both suburbs published enough sales for. Sale counts are shown because the buckets differ in depth.

North Strathfield Homebush
2 bed $831K / $675K
North Strathfield — 2 bed: $831K (29 sales) Homebush — 2 bed: $675K (180 sales)

29 vs 180 sales

3 bed $940K / $902K
North Strathfield — 3 bed: $940K (7 sales) Homebush — 3 bed: $902K (21 sales)

7 vs 21 sales

Zoning mix

North Strathfield Homebush
Residential 80% 53%
Infrastructure and transport 10% 22%
Parks and recreation 4% 14%
Industrial 2% 7%
Commercial 4% 0%
Environmental 0% 4%
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

North Strathfield Homebush
New dwellings approved 1,600
across Canada Bay
 96
across Strathfield
Approvals change year on year +72% +117%

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.

North Strathfield Homebush
Houses — 1.7%
$950/wk on $2.9M
Units 5.0%
$850/wk on $890K
 6.1%
$750/wk on $642K

Ranking within NSW

North Strathfield Homebush
House price Higher than 91% of NSW Higher than 93% of NSW
Income Higher than 84% of NSW Higher than 75% of NSW
Schools Higher than 90% of NSW —
Walkability Higher than 98% of NSW
same for both
Affordability Higher than 13% of NSW Higher than 8% of NSW
EV adoption Higher than 94% of NSW
same for both
NBN connectivity Higher than 80% of NSW Higher than 95% of NSW
Rental yield (houses) — Higher than 1% of NSW
Rental yield (units) Higher than 65% of NSW Higher than 95% of NSW

Liveability

North Strathfield scores higher overall (87 vs 78).

North Strathfield Homebush
Grade A+ A
Score 87/100 78/100
Socio-economic band very advantaged area
decile 10/10
 very advantaged area
decile 9/10

Risk profile

Homebush carries more crime risk (65 vs 42).

North Strathfield Homebush
Bushfire None
0/100
same for both
Crime Moderate
42/100
 Moderate
65/100
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 10
within 5 km
 15
within 5 km

Schools

North Strathfield Homebush
Inside the suburb 3 2
Rated above peers 2 1
Rated at peers 1
same for both
Rated below peers 0
same for both
Universities within 10 km 3
Strathfield Campus, 2.2 km
 3
Strathfield Campus, 1.7 km
Full-time students aged 15–24 2.9% 4.0%

Schools in North Strathfield

  • Strathfield North Public School Government · Primary above peers
  • The McDonald College Independent · Combined above peers
  • Our Lady of the Assumption Catholic Primary School Catholic · Primary at peers

Schools in Homebush

  • Homebush Boys High School Government · Secondary above peers
  • Homebush Public School Government · Primary at peers

Amenities in the suburb

North Strathfield Homebush
Supermarkets 5 0
Cafes & restaurants 11
same for both
Parks & reserves 0 12
Childcare 7 4
GPs 1 2
Pharmacies 2 1
Banks & Bank@Post 1 3
Fuel stations 1
same for both
EV chargers 0 1
Waterways 3 8

Mobility

North Strathfield Homebush
Walkability score 94/100
same for both
Distance to Sydney 14 km 14.3 km
+2% vs other
Drive time (normal traffic) 18 min
same for both
Public transport score 92/100
Rail · Bus
 94/100
Rail · Bus
Peak arrivals per hour 53.8
7-9am + 5-7pm
 88.8
7-9am + 5-7pm
Median peak wait 1 min
scheduled, not actual
same for both
Electric vehicle share 2.1%
postcode 2137
 2.3%
postcode 2140
Rooftop solar per 100 dwellings 17
postcode 2137
 4
postcode 2140

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.

North Strathfield Homebush
Worked from Home 49.8% / 46.7%
North Strathfield — Worked from Home: 49.8% Homebush — Worked from Home: 46.7%
Car (driver) 31.9% / 31.8%
North Strathfield — Car (driver): 31.9% Homebush — Car (driver): 31.8%
Train 11.4% / 15.8%
North Strathfield — Train: 11.4% Homebush — Train: 15.8%
Car (passenger) 3.2% / 2.8%
North Strathfield — Car (passenger): 3.2% Homebush — Car (passenger): 2.8%
Walked Only 2.4% / 2.0%
North Strathfield — Walked Only: 2.4% Homebush — Walked Only: 2.0%

Bars are drawn against the largest share shown (49.8%).

Setting

North Strathfield Homebush
Elevation 21 m
above sea level, at the suburb centre
 15 m
above sea level, at the suburb centre
Distance to the ocean 12.2 km 12.3 km

NBN connectivity

North Strathfield Homebush
Connectivity score 73/100 91/100
Most common technology Fibre to the building Fibre to the premises
Full-fibre (FTTP) share 9%
2,127 premises
 78%
6,273 premises

Climate

North Strathfield Homebush
Annual rainfall 1,176 mm
same for both
Summer max (Jan) —
same for both
Winter min (Jul) —
same for both

Air quality (annual mean)

North Strathfield Homebush
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

North Strathfield Homebush
Average residential rate $1,217/yr $1,267/yr
Council Canada Bay Strathfield

Federal electorate

North Strathfield Homebush
Division Reid
same for both
Member Sally Sitou
same for both
Party Australian Labor Party
same for both

First Home Owner Grant

North Strathfield Homebush
Grant amount $10,000
same for both
Property price cap $600,000
same for both
Eligibility New
same for both

Tags

North Strathfield

Apartments Easy Commute Middle-Ring Multicultural Parks Professionals River Trains Transport Hub Urban

Homebush

Affordable Apartments Easy Commute Gentrifying Middle-Ring Multicultural Parks Professionals River Trains Transport Hub Urban

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