Padstow Heights vs Revesby Heights
Revesby Heights is the younger of the two, with a median age of 35 against 44 in Padstow Heights. In both, the large majority of households own their home and most homes are detached houses. In Padstow Heights, about half of households are couple families. In Revesby Heights, most households are couple families. On these figures, Padstow Heights tends to suit people living alone and older residents, while Revesby Heights 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
Revesby Heights
ahead on the one thing that separates them
- is already more of a family suburb (80% vs 64%)
Weighs schools, house stock, crime, parks, childcare, and who already lives there.
First-home buyers
Revesby Heights
ahead on 2 of the 3 things we measure here
- has cheaper units ($750,000 vs $1,195,000)
- leaves households under less mortgage stress (24% vs 30%)
Weighs house prices, unit prices, and mortgage stress.
Renters
Padstow Heights
ahead on the one thing that separates them
- has cheaper rent ($495/wk vs $650/wk)
Weighs rent, rental stress, and how much is for rent.
Commuting to the city
They split
one each way, out of the 4 things we measure here
- Padstow Heights sits closer to the CBD (30.4 km vs 33.3 km)
- Revesby Heights is more walkable (60/100 vs 52/100)
Weighs distance, drive time, rail access, and walkability.
Downsizers and retirees
They split
one each way, out of the 5 things we measure here
- Padstow Heights has more residents already 65 and over (25% vs 10%)
- Revesby Heights is more walkable (60/100 vs 52/100)
Weighs smaller dwellings, who already lives there, GPs, walkability, and crime.
Investors
Revesby Heights
ahead on the one thing that separates them
- is growing faster (14.9% vs 1.5%)
Weighs house yield and population growth.
Where they sit
Padstow Heights and Revesby Heights drawn to the same scale. Both outlines are shown together, so the map answers whether they share a border and how their areas compare.
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.
Demographics
Padstow Heights has more residents (3,594 vs 1,916); Revesby Heights has higher household incomes ($138,996 vs $100,776).
| Padstow Heights | Revesby Heights | |
|---|---|---|
| Population | 3,594 +47% vs other | 1,916 |
| Population trend (2016 → 2021) | +1.5% | +14.9% |
| Median age | 44 | 35 |
| Median household income | $100,776/yr | $138,996/yr +38% vs other |
| Median weekly rent | $495/wk | $650/wk +31% vs other |
Age profile
Share of residents in each band, 2021 Census.
Bars are drawn against the largest share shown (15.1%).
Who lives together
Household composition, 2021 Census.
Who owns and who rents
Occupied private dwellings by tenure, 2021 Census.
Qualifications
Highest non-school qualification, residents 15+, 2021 Census.
Bars are drawn against the largest share shown (15.8%).
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.
Bars are drawn against the largest share shown (3.3%).
What people live in
Occupied private dwellings by structure, 2021 Census.
Property market
| Padstow Heights | Revesby Heights | |
|---|---|---|
| Median house price | $1,566,000 | $1,522,500 |
| Median unit price | $1,195,000 | $750,000 |
| Median land price | — same for both | |
| Typical days to sell (houses) | 21 days from 37 sales | 32 days from 18 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.
25 vs 9 sales
43 vs 19 sales
30 vs 14 sales
Zoning mix
Padstow Heights has more land zoned for conservation (34% vs 8%).
| Padstow Heights | Revesby Heights | |
|---|---|---|
| Residential | 48% | 53% |
| Parks and recreation | 7% | 35% |
| Environmental | 34% | 8% |
| Infrastructure and transport | 10% | 3% |
| 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
| Padstow Heights | Revesby Heights | |
|---|---|---|
| New dwellings approved | 1,785 across Canterbury-Bankstown same for both | |
| Approvals change year on year | +50% same for both | |
Gross rental yield
| Padstow Heights | Revesby Heights | |
|---|---|---|
| Houses | 4.3% $1,175/wk on $1.43M | 3.9% $1,125/wk on $1.49M |
| Units | — same for both | |
Ranking within NSW
| Padstow Heights | Revesby Heights | |
|---|---|---|
| House price | Higher than 76% of NSW | Higher than 75% of NSW |
| Income | Higher than 69% of NSW | Higher than 92% of NSW |
| Schools | — same for both | |
| Walkability | Higher than 82% of NSW | Higher than 84% of NSW |
| Affordability | Higher than 31% of NSW | Higher than 58% of NSW |
| EV adoption | Higher than 85% of NSW | Higher than 80% of NSW |
| NBN connectivity | Higher than 93% of NSW | Higher than 96% of NSW |
| Rental yield (houses) | Higher than 85% of NSW | Higher than 70% of NSW |
Liveability
Revesby Heights is more walkable (60 vs 52).
| Padstow Heights | Revesby Heights | |
|---|---|---|
| Grade | B same for both | |
| Score | 65/100 same for both | |
| Socio-economic band | very advantaged area decile 9/10 | very advantaged area decile 10/10 |
Risk profile
Revesby Heights carries more bushfire risk (69 vs 51).
| Padstow Heights | Revesby Heights | |
|---|---|---|
| Bushfire | Moderate 51/100 | Moderate 69/100 |
| Crime | Low 19/100 | Low 18/100 |
| 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 | 9 within 5 km |
Schools
| Padstow Heights | Revesby Heights | |
|---|---|---|
| Inside the suburb | 1 | 0 |
| Rated above peers | 0 same for both | |
| Rated at peers | 1 | 0 |
| Rated below peers | 0 same for both | |
| Universities within 10 km | 1 Western Sydney University - Bankstown City, 5.6 km same for both | |
| Full-time students aged 15–24 | 2.1% | 2.9% |
Schools in Padstow Heights
- Padstow Heights Public School Government · Primary at peers
Schools in Revesby Heights
No schools recorded inside this suburb's boundary. Children here will be zoned to schools nearby.
Amenities in the suburb
| Padstow Heights | Revesby Heights | |
|---|---|---|
| Cafes & restaurants | 1 same for both | |
| Parks & reserves | 4 | 3 |
| Childcare | 0 | 1 |
| Waterways | 0 | 8 |
Mobility
Revesby Heights sits further from the CBD (33.3 km vs 30.4 km).
| Padstow Heights | Revesby Heights | |
|---|---|---|
| Walkability score | 52/100 | 60/100 |
| Distance to Sydney | 30.4 km | 33.3 km +10% vs other |
| Drive time (normal traffic) | 32 min | 36 min |
| Public transport score | 79/100 Bus | 57/100 Bus |
| Peak arrivals per hour | 43.5 7-9am + 5-7pm | 17.5 7-9am + 5-7pm |
| Median peak wait | 1 min scheduled, not actual same for both | |
| Electric vehicle share | 1.2% postcode 2211 | 1.0% postcode 2212 |
| Rooftop solar per 100 dwellings | 31 postcode 2211 | 33 postcode 2212 |
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.
Bars are drawn against the largest share shown (50.1%).
Setting
| Padstow Heights | Revesby Heights | |
|---|---|---|
| Elevation | 50 m above sea level, at the suburb centre | 39 m above sea level, at the suburb centre |
| Distance to the ocean | 9.6 km | 10.8 km |
NBN connectivity
| Padstow Heights | Revesby Heights | |
|---|---|---|
| Connectivity score | 88/100 | 94/100 |
| Most common technology | Fibre to the premises same for both | |
| Full-fibre (FTTP) share | 50% 1,473 premises | 72% 691 premises |
Climate
| Padstow Heights | Revesby Heights | |
|---|---|---|
| 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)
| Padstow Heights | Revesby Heights | |
|---|---|---|
| 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
| Padstow Heights | Revesby Heights | |
|---|---|---|
| Average residential rate | $1,322/yr same for both | |
| Council | Canterbury-Bankstown same for both | |
Federal electorate
| Padstow Heights | Revesby Heights | |
|---|---|---|
| Division | Banks same for both | |
| Member | Zhi Soon same for both | |
| Party | Australian Labor Party same for both | |
First Home Owner Grant
| Padstow Heights | Revesby Heights | |
|---|---|---|
| Grant amount | $10,000 same for both | |
| Property price cap | $600,000 same for both | |
| Eligibility | New same for both | |
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