Sefton vs Yagoona

Comparing Sefton and Yagoona, NSW: Yagoona has more residents (19,651 vs 6,300); Sefton scores higher overall (69 vs 50).

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

Yagoona

ahead on 2 of the 6 things we measure here

  • has more parks and reserves (18 vs 2)
  • has more childcare (15 vs 6)
  • But Sefton has more schools rated above their peers (2 vs 0)

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

First-home buyers

Sefton

ahead on the one thing that separates them

  • has cheaper units ($535,000 vs $593,000)

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

Yagoona

ahead on the one thing that separates them

  • has more GPs (4 vs 0)

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

Investors

Sefton

ahead on 2 of the 3 things we measure here

  • returns a higher gross yield on houses (4.8% vs 3.6%)
  • returns a higher gross yield on units (6.6% vs 5.0%)

Weighs house yield, unit yield, and population growth.

Where they sit

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

Sefton Yagoona
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.

Sefton Yagoona
Walkability 85 / 91
Sefton — Walkability: 85/100 Yagoona — Walkability: 91/100
Safety 42 / 42
Sefton — Safety: 42/100 Yagoona — Safety: 42/100
Low fire risk 100 / 100
Sefton — Low fire risk: 100/100 Yagoona — Low fire risk: 100/100

Demographics

Yagoona has more residents (19,651 vs 6,300).

Sefton Yagoona
Population 6,300 19,651
+212% vs other
Population trend (2016 → 2021) +8.5% +9.1%
Median age 35 34
Median household income $79,456/yr
+6% vs other
 $74,776/yr
Median weekly rent $425/wk
+6% vs other
 $400/wk

Age profile

Share of residents in each band, 2021 Census.

Sefton Yagoona
0-4 6.1% / 7.6%
Sefton — 0-4: 6.1% Yagoona — 0-4: 7.6%
5-14 15.0% / 14.4%
Sefton — 5-14: 15.0% Yagoona — 5-14: 14.4%
15-19 7.8% / 6.7%
Sefton — 15-19: 7.8% Yagoona — 15-19: 6.7%
20-24 7.9% / 7.2%
Sefton — 20-24: 7.9% Yagoona — 20-24: 7.2%
25-34 13.0% / 14.3%
Sefton — 25-34: 13.0% Yagoona — 25-34: 14.3%
35-44 12.8% / 12.5%
Sefton — 35-44: 12.8% Yagoona — 35-44: 12.5%
45-54 12.4% / 11.6%
Sefton — 45-54: 12.4% Yagoona — 45-54: 11.6%
55-64 11.4% / 11.3%
Sefton — 55-64: 11.4% Yagoona — 55-64: 11.3%
65-74 7.7% / 8.3%
Sefton — 65-74: 7.7% Yagoona — 65-74: 8.3%
75-84 3.6% / 4.1%
Sefton — 75-84: 3.6% Yagoona — 75-84: 4.1%
85+ 2.4% / 2.0%
Sefton — 85+: 2.4% Yagoona — 85+: 2.0%

Bars are drawn against the largest share shown (15.0%).

Who lives together

Household composition, 2021 Census.

Sefton 52.4% couple families
Sefton — Couple Families: 52.4% Sefton — Lone Person: 22.8% Sefton — One Parent Families: 19.7% Sefton — Group Household: 3.1% Sefton — Other Families: 2.0%
Yagoona 51.7% couple families
Yagoona — Couple Families: 51.7% Yagoona — Lone Person: 23.5% Yagoona — One Parent Families: 20.4% Yagoona — Group Household: 2.7% Yagoona — Other Families: 1.7%
Couple Families Lone Person One Parent Families Group Household Other Families

Who owns and who rents

Occupied private dwellings by tenure, 2021 Census.

Sefton 35.0% renting
Sefton — Owned Outright: 33.0% Sefton — Mortgage: 32.0% Sefton — Renting: 35.0%
Yagoona 39.2% renting
Yagoona — Owned Outright: 28.6% Yagoona — Mortgage: 32.1% Yagoona — Renting: 39.2%
Owned outright Mortgage Renting

Qualifications

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

Sefton Yagoona
Bachelor Degree 10.5% / 10.7%
Sefton — Bachelor Degree: 10.5% Yagoona — Bachelor Degree: 10.7%
Certificate III & IV 7.8% / 8.5%
Sefton — Certificate III & IV: 7.8% Yagoona — Certificate III & IV: 8.5%
Advanced Diploma / Diploma 6.4% / 6.5%
Sefton — Advanced Diploma / Diploma: 6.4% Yagoona — Advanced Diploma / Diploma: 6.5%
Postgraduate Degree 3.1% / 3.1%
Sefton — Postgraduate Degree: 3.1% Yagoona — Postgraduate Degree: 3.1%
Graduate Diploma / Certificate 0.8% / 0.7%
Sefton — Graduate Diploma / Certificate: 0.8% Yagoona — Graduate Diploma / Certificate: 0.7%

Bars are drawn against the largest share shown (10.7%).

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.

Sefton Yagoona
Vietnam 14.0% / 12.1%
Sefton — Vietnam: 14.0% Yagoona — Vietnam: 12.1%
Lebanon 7.0% / 8.4%
Sefton — Lebanon: 7.0% Yagoona — Lebanon: 8.4%
China 4.5% / 2.0%
Sefton — China: 4.5% Yagoona — China: 2.0%
Pakistan 1.6% / 1.2%
Sefton — Pakistan: 1.6% Yagoona — Pakistan: 1.2%
Afghanistan 1.6% / —
Sefton — Afghanistan: 1.6% Yagoona — Afghanistan: not among its largest
New Zealand — / 1.2%
Sefton — New Zealand: not among its largest Yagoona — New Zealand: 1.2%

Bars are drawn against the largest share shown (14.0%).

What people live in

Occupied private dwellings by structure, 2021 Census.

Sefton 70.0% houses
Sefton — Houses: 70.0% Sefton — Flats / Apartments: 16.1% Sefton — Townhouses: 14.0%
Yagoona 64.6% houses
Yagoona — Houses: 64.6% Yagoona — Flats / Apartments: 20.3% Yagoona — Townhouses: 15.1%
Houses Flats / Apartments Townhouses

Property market

Sefton Yagoona
Median house price $1,405,000 $1,450,000
Median unit price $535,000 $593,000
Median land price —
same for both
Typical days to sell (houses) 25 days
from 17 sales
 25 days
from 150 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.

Sefton Yagoona
3 bed $1.4M / $1.36M
Sefton — 3 bed: $1.4M (21 sales) Yagoona — 3 bed: $1.36M (72 sales)

21 vs 72 sales

4 bed $1.42M / $1.41M
Sefton — 4 bed: $1.42M (18 sales) Yagoona — 4 bed: $1.41M (50 sales)

18 vs 50 sales

5 bed $1.59M / $1.61M
Sefton — 5 bed: $1.59M (5 sales) Yagoona — 5 bed: $1.61M (36 sales)

5 vs 36 sales

Zoning mix

Sefton Yagoona
Residential 68% 81%
Industrial 12% 4%
Parks and recreation 11% 7%
Infrastructure and transport 6%
same for both
Commercial 2% 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

Sefton Yagoona
New dwellings approved 1,785
across Canterbury-Bankstown
same for both
Approvals change year on year +50%
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.

Sefton Yagoona
Houses 4.8%
$865/wk on $930K
 3.6%
$935/wk on $1.36M
Units 6.6%
$630/wk on $500K
 5.0%
$600/wk on $620K

Ranking within NSW

Sefton Yagoona
House price Higher than 72% of NSW Higher than 71% of NSW
Income Higher than 46% of NSW Higher than 43% of NSW
Schools Higher than 93% of NSW Higher than 22% of NSW
Walkability Higher than 94% of NSW Higher than 97% of NSW
Affordability Higher than 23% of NSW Higher than 20% of NSW
EV adoption Higher than 55% of NSW Higher than 63% of NSW
NBN connectivity Higher than 94% of NSW Higher than 90% of NSW
Rental yield (houses) Higher than 95% of NSW Higher than 50% of NSW
Rental yield (units) Higher than 99% of NSW Higher than 68% of NSW

Liveability

Sefton scores higher overall (69 vs 50).

Sefton Yagoona
Grade B
same for both
Score 69/100 50/100
Socio-economic band below-average income
decile 3/10
same for both

Risk profile

Sefton Yagoona
Bushfire None
0/100
same for both
Crime Moderate
58/100
same for both
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
 20
within 5 km

Schools

Sefton Yagoona
Inside the suburb 3
same for both
Rated above peers 2 0
Rated at peers 0 1
Rated below peers 0 1
Universities within 10 km 3
Western Sydney University - Bankstown City, 4.1 km
 3
Western Sydney University - Bankstown City, 2.1 km
Full-time students aged 15–24 3.6% 3.4%

Schools in Sefton

  • Immaculate Heart of Mary Catholic Primary School Catholic · Primary above peers
  • Sefton High School Government · Secondary above peers
  • Sefton Infants School Government · Primary

Schools in Yagoona

  • Christ the King Catholic Primary School Bass Hill Catholic · Primary at peers
  • Yagoona Public School Government · Primary below peers
  • Al Sadiq College Yagoona Campus Independent · Primary

Amenities in the suburb

Sefton Yagoona
Supermarkets 1 2
Cafes & restaurants 0 3
Parks & reserves 2 18
Childcare 6 15
GPs 0 4
Pharmacies 0 4
Banks & Bank@Post 0 1
Fuel stations 1 8
Waterways 4 11

Mobility

Sefton Yagoona
Walkability score 85/100 91/100
Distance to Sydney 24 km 24.4 km
+2% vs other
Drive time (normal traffic) 34 min 31 min
Public transport score 92/100
Rail · Bus
 79/100
Rail · Bus
Peak arrivals per hour 53.8
7-9am + 5-7pm
 294.8
7-9am + 5-7pm
Median peak wait 1 min
scheduled, not actual
 0 min
scheduled, not actual
Electric vehicle share 0.5%
postcode 2162
 0.6%
postcode 2199
Rooftop solar per 100 dwellings 30
postcode 2162
 26
postcode 2199

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.

Sefton Yagoona
Car (driver) 53.2% / 53.3%
Sefton — Car (driver): 53.2% Yagoona — Car (driver): 53.3%
Worked from Home 34.3% / 34.0%
Sefton — Worked from Home: 34.3% Yagoona — Worked from Home: 34.0%
Train 6.0% / 4.9%
Sefton — Train: 6.0% Yagoona — Train: 4.9%
Car (passenger) 4.2% / 5.6%
Sefton — Car (passenger): 4.2% Yagoona — Car (passenger): 5.6%
Walked Only 1.5% / 1.2%
Sefton — Walked Only: 1.5% Yagoona — Walked Only: 1.2%

Bars are drawn against the largest share shown (53.3%).

Setting

Sefton Yagoona
Elevation 39 m
above sea level, at the suburb centre
 47 m
above sea level, at the suburb centre
Distance to the ocean 15.7 km
4.7 km to a named beach
 14.1 km

NBN connectivity

Sefton Yagoona
Connectivity score 89/100 81/100
Most common technology Fibre to the premises Hybrid fibre-coaxial
Full-fibre (FTTP) share 50%
2,234 premises
 25%
6,886 premises

Climate

Sefton Yagoona
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)

Sefton Yagoona
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

Sefton Yagoona
Average residential rate $1,322/yr
same for both
Council Canterbury-Bankstown
same for both

Federal electorate

Sefton Yagoona
Division Blaxland Watson
Member Jason Clare Tony Burke
Party Australian Labor Party
same for both

First Home Owner Grant

Sefton Yagoona
Grant amount $10,000
same for both
Property price cap $600,000
same for both
Eligibility New
same for both

Tags

Sefton

Easy Commute Middle-Ring Multicultural Parks River Transport Hub Urban

Yagoona

Middle-Ring Multicultural Parks River Urban

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