Yennora vs Fairfield

Fairfield is the younger of the two, with a median age of 40 against 43 in Yennora. In both, most households rent. In Yennora, most homes are detached houses. In Fairfield, about half of homes are flats or apartments. On these figures, Yennora tends to suit people living alone and older residents.

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

Fairfield

ahead on 4 of the 6 things we measure here

  • has more childcare (13 vs 1)
  • has more schools inside the suburb (8 vs 2)
  • has more parks and reserves (8 vs 2)
  • But Yennora has more separate houses rather than flats (56% vs 40%)

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

First-home buyers

Fairfield

ahead on 2 of the 3 things we measure here

  • has cheaper units ($445,500 vs $825,000)
  • leaves households under less mortgage stress (37% vs 51%)

Weighs house prices, unit prices, and mortgage stress.

Renters

Yennora

ahead on 2 of the 3 things we measure here

  • has cheaper rent ($226/wk vs $365/wk)
  • leaves renters under less rental stress (25% vs 33%)

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

Commuting to the city

Fairfield

ahead on the one thing that separates them

  • is more walkable (94/100 vs 46/100)

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

Downsizers and retirees

Fairfield

ahead on 3 of the 5 things we measure here

  • has more GPs (22 vs 0)
  • is more walkable (94/100 vs 46/100)
  • has more units and townhouses to downsize into (60% vs 44%)
  • But Yennora has more residents already 65 and over (26% vs 17%)

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 population growth.

Where they sit

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

Yennora Fairfield
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.

Yennora Fairfield
Walkability 46 / 94
Yennora — Walkability: 46/100 Fairfield — Walkability: 94/100
Safety 12 / 21
Yennora — Safety: 12/100 Fairfield — Safety: 21/100
Low fire risk 100 / 100
Yennora — Low fire risk: 100/100 Fairfield — Low fire risk: 100/100

Demographics

Fairfield has more residents (18,596 vs 1,675); Fairfield rents higher ($365/wk vs $226/wk).

Yennora Fairfield
Population 1,675 18,596
+1010% vs other
Population trend (2016 → 2021) +3.7% +2.8%
Median age 43 40
Median household income $46,800/yr $56,784/yr
+21% vs other
Median weekly rent $226/wk $365/wk
+62% vs other

Age profile

Share of residents in each band, 2021 Census.

Yennora Fairfield
0-4 5.4% / 5.1%
Yennora — 0-4: 5.4% Fairfield — 0-4: 5.1%
5-14 10.6% / 11.8%
Yennora — 5-14: 10.6% Fairfield — 5-14: 11.8%
15-19 5.7% / 6.3%
Yennora — 15-19: 5.7% Fairfield — 15-19: 6.3%
20-24 7.1% / 6.4%
Yennora — 20-24: 7.1% Fairfield — 20-24: 6.4%
25-34 12.8% / 13.1%
Yennora — 25-34: 12.8% Fairfield — 25-34: 13.1%
35-44 10.7% / 13.0%
Yennora — 35-44: 10.7% Fairfield — 35-44: 13.0%
45-54 11.0% / 13.6%
Yennora — 45-54: 11.0% Fairfield — 45-54: 13.6%
55-64 11.4% / 13.9%
Yennora — 55-64: 11.4% Fairfield — 55-64: 13.9%
65-74 9.7% / 9.9%
Yennora — 65-74: 9.7% Fairfield — 65-74: 9.9%
75-84 7.6% / 5.1%
Yennora — 75-84: 7.6% Fairfield — 75-84: 5.1%
85+ 8.5% / 2.0%
Yennora — 85+: 8.5% Fairfield — 85+: 2.0%

Bars are drawn against the largest share shown (13.9%).

Who lives together

Household composition, 2021 Census.

Yennora 36.0% couple families
Yennora — Couple Families: 36.0% Yennora — Lone Person: 42.2% Yennora — One Parent Families: 14.9% Yennora — Group Household: 3.4% Yennora — Other Families: 3.4%
Fairfield 44.0% couple families
Fairfield — Couple Families: 44.0% Fairfield — Lone Person: 27.3% Fairfield — One Parent Families: 22.9% Fairfield — Group Household: 2.9% Fairfield — Other Families: 2.9%
Couple Families Lone Person One Parent Families Group Household Other Families

Who owns and who rents

Occupied private dwellings by tenure, 2021 Census.

Yennora 57.1% renting
Yennora — Owned Outright: 21.8% Yennora — Mortgage: 21.2% Yennora — Renting: 57.1%
Fairfield 59.6% renting
Fairfield — Owned Outright: 21.8% Fairfield — Mortgage: 18.5% Fairfield — Renting: 59.6%
Owned outright Mortgage Renting

Qualifications

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

Yennora Fairfield
Bachelor Degree 7.2% / 8.1%
Yennora — Bachelor Degree: 7.2% Fairfield — Bachelor Degree: 8.1%
Certificate III & IV 8.4% / 6.8%
Yennora — Certificate III & IV: 8.4% Fairfield — Certificate III & IV: 6.8%
Advanced Diploma / Diploma 4.0% / 5.9%
Yennora — Advanced Diploma / Diploma: 4.0% Fairfield — Advanced Diploma / Diploma: 5.9%
Postgraduate Degree 1.9% / 1.6%
Yennora — Postgraduate Degree: 1.9% Fairfield — Postgraduate Degree: 1.6%
Graduate Diploma / Certificate 0.6% / 0.6%
Yennora — Graduate Diploma / Certificate: 0.6% Fairfield — Graduate Diploma / Certificate: 0.6%

Bars are drawn against the largest share shown (8.4%).

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.

Yennora Fairfield
Iraq 7.3% / 22.6%
Yennora — Iraq: 7.3% Fairfield — Iraq: 22.6%
Vietnam 8.7% / 9.8%
Yennora — Vietnam: 8.7% Fairfield — Vietnam: 9.8%
Lebanon 5.4% / 1.5%
Yennora — Lebanon: 5.4% Fairfield — Lebanon: 1.5%
China 2.9% / 2.7%
Yennora — China: 2.9% Fairfield — China: 2.7%
Philippines 1.8% / 1.6%
Yennora — Philippines: 1.8% Fairfield — Philippines: 1.6%
Myanmar 2.3% / —
Yennora — Myanmar: 2.3% Fairfield — Myanmar: not among its largest

Bars are drawn against the largest share shown (22.6%).

What people live in

Occupied private dwellings by structure, 2021 Census.

Yennora 55.7% houses
Yennora — Houses: 55.7% Yennora — Flats / Apartments: 19.7% Yennora — Townhouses: 24.6%
Fairfield 40.0% houses
Fairfield — Houses: 40.0% Fairfield — Flats / Apartments: 46.6% Fairfield — Townhouses: 13.4%
Houses Flats / Apartments Townhouses

Property market

Yennora Fairfield
Median house price $1,331,000 $1,300,000
Median unit price $825,000 $445,500
Median land price —
same for both
Typical days to sell (houses) 23 days
from 7 sales
 23 days
from 89 sales

Zoning mix

Yennora has more industrially zoned land (73% vs 1%).

Yennora Fairfield
Residential 15% 79%
Industrial 73% 1%
Environmental 4% 8%
Parks and recreation 6% 5%
Infrastructure and transport 2% 6%
Commercial 0% 1%
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

Yennora Fairfield
New dwellings approved 1,756
across Cumberland
 1,095
across Fairfield
Approvals change year on year -28% +29%

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.

Yennora Fairfield
Houses — 3.2%
$750/wk on $1.24M
Units — 5.6%
$500/wk on $461K

Ranking within NSW

Yennora Fairfield
House price Higher than 61% of NSW Higher than 66% of NSW
Income Higher than 8% of NSW Higher than 17% of NSW
Schools — Higher than 58% of NSW
Walkability Higher than 80% of NSW Higher than 98% of NSW
Affordability Higher than 9% of NSW Higher than 13% of NSW
EV adoption Higher than 37% of NSW Higher than 40% of NSW
NBN connectivity Higher than 91% of NSW Higher than 75% of NSW
Rental yield (houses) — Higher than 28% of NSW
Rental yield (units) — Higher than 88% of NSW

Liveability

Fairfield is more walkable (94 vs 46); Fairfield scores higher overall (50 vs 37).

Yennora Fairfield
Grade C B
Score 37/100 50/100
Socio-economic band high-need area
decile 1/10
same for both

Risk profile

Yennora Fairfield
Bushfire None
0/100
same for both
Crime High
88/100
 High
79/100
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 13
within 5 km
 12
within 5 km

Schools

Yennora Fairfield
Inside the suburb 2 8
Rated above peers 1 2
Rated at peers 1 3
Rated below peers 0 1
Universities within 10 km 3
Western Sydney University - Parramatta, 6.4 km
 3
50 Scott Street Liverpool, 6.7 km
Full-time students aged 15–24 2.7% 2.5%

Schools in Yennora

  • Verona School Government · Combined · Special school above peers
  • Yennora Public School Government · Primary at peers

Schools in Fairfield

  • Fairfield Heights Public School Government · Primary above peers
  • Our Lady of the Rosary Catholic Primary School Catholic · Primary above peers
  • Fairfield High School Government · Secondary at peers
  • Fairvale Public School Government · Primary at peers
  • Patrician Brothers' College Fairfield Catholic · Secondary at peers
  • Fairfield Public School Government · Primary below peers

Amenities in the suburb

Yennora Fairfield
Supermarkets 0 3
Cafes & restaurants 0 5
Parks & reserves 2 8
Childcare 1 13
GPs 0 22
Pharmacies 0 9
Police stations 0 1
Banks & Bank@Post 0 5
Fuel stations 0 1
Waterways 1 5

Mobility

Yennora Fairfield
Walkability score 46/100 94/100
Distance to Sydney 30.8 km 31.2 km
+1% vs other
Drive time (normal traffic) 38 min
same for both
Public transport score 93/100
Rail · Bus
 91/100
Rail · Bus
Peak arrivals per hour 50.2
7-9am + 5-7pm
 336.0
7-9am + 5-7pm
Median peak wait 1 min
scheduled, not actual
 0 min
scheduled, not actual
Electric vehicle share 0.4%
postcode 2161
 0.4%
postcode 2165
Rooftop solar per 100 dwellings 25
postcode 2161
 27
postcode 2165

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.

Yennora Fairfield
Car (driver) 50.0% / 54.9%
Yennora — Car (driver): 50.0% Fairfield — Car (driver): 54.9%
Worked from Home 36.1% / 27.8%
Yennora — Worked from Home: 36.1% Fairfield — Worked from Home: 27.8%
Car (passenger) 7.3% / 5.8%
Yennora — Car (passenger): 7.3% Fairfield — Car (passenger): 5.8%
Train 5.6% / 7.4%
Yennora — Train: 5.6% Fairfield — Train: 7.4%
Walked Only 1.0% / 2.5%
Yennora — Walked Only: 1.0% Fairfield — Walked Only: 2.5%

Bars are drawn against the largest share shown (54.9%).

Setting

Yennora Fairfield
Elevation 18 m
above sea level, at the suburb centre
 16 m
above sea level, at the suburb centre
Distance to the ocean 20.6 km
4.2 km to a named beach
 21.3 km
3.2 km to a named beach

NBN connectivity

Yennora Fairfield
Connectivity score 84/100 67/100
Most common technology Fibre to the premises Hybrid fibre-coaxial
Full-fibre (FTTP) share 41%
1,103 premises
 6%
8,391 premises

Climate

Yennora Fairfield
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)

Yennora Fairfield
PM2.5 6.1 µg/m³ 6.8 µg/m³
PM10 16.9 µg/m³ 18.2 µg/m³
NO₂ 0.83 pphm 0.72 pphm

Council rates

Yennora Fairfield
Average residential rate $1,038/yr $990/yr
Council Cumberland Fairfield

Federal electorate

Yennora Fairfield
Division Blaxland Mcmahon
Member Jason Clare Chris Bowen
Party Australian Labor Party
same for both

First Home Owner Grant

Yennora Fairfield
Grant amount $10,000
same for both
Property price cap $600,000
same for both
Eligibility New
same for both

Tags

Yennora

Easy Commute Multicultural Outer Parks Quiet Retirees Townhouses Trains Transport Hub

Fairfield

Affordable Apartments Easy Commute Multicultural Outer Parks Transport Hub Urban

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