Ambarvale sits 62 km from Sydney CBD in New South Wales, around 56 minutes by car. Census data records 7,254 residents with a median age of 34 and a median household income of $74,412 per year. On socioeconomic measures it sits in the bottom 20% nationally. Population fell 1.6% from 2016 to 2021. The 2021 Census recorded a median rent of $350 per week and a median monthly mortgage of $1,802. The area shows high crime risk and no recorded bushfire exposure. 3 schools sit within the suburb boundary, and walkability is moderate.
Is Ambarvale a good suburb?
Ambarvale scores a C (37/100) on SuburbScan's Liveability grade — strong on transit, weaker on schools, safety, and community.
Below the state average
3 schools · Bottom 13% in NSW
Very walkable
Walkability 68/100 · 62.3 km · 56 min drive to Sydney
Around the state median
Median $962K
High crime risk
Fire 0/100 · Crime 75/100
Highly disadvantaged
SEIFA decile 1/10 · median age 34 · 7,254 residents
Liveability Rating
37 / 100 · Ranked #1093 in NSWEach bar is Ambarvale's rank among NSW suburbs, from 0 to 100 (higher is better).
No flood data is published for New South Wales — a blank here means we hold no data, not that there is no risk.
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Our score
37 / 100
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Median House Price
Public listings dataAmbarvale's house market is moving higher: the median sale price reached $962,000, about 5% above where it sat a year earlier.
Houses
$962,500
In line with its 5 neighbours (median $950,000)
Based on 80 recorded sales in the last 24 months.
Typically sold in 25 days — median across 31 sales that recorded a listing period
By bedrooms
- 3 bed 48 sales $938K
- 4 bed 21 sales $980K
- 5 bed 6 sales $1.06M
Units
$517,500
Based on only 8 sales — small sample, take as indicative.
By bedrooms
- 2 bed 6 sales $486K
Currently for Sale
Last 6 monthsHouses in Ambarvale are currently listed at around $1.02 million on average. Based on 12 houses listed in the past six months.
$1.02M
12 houses listed in the last 6 months.
14 of the suburb's 2,335 dwellings (0.6%) were listed for sale in the last 6 months.
Rental Market
Advertised rents · last 6 monthsHouses in Ambarvale rent for around $670 a week on average, based on 22 houses listed for rent in the past six months.
Houses
$670/wk
3% above its 4 neighbours (median $650/wk)
22 houses advertised for rent in the last 6 months.
Units
$430/wk
3 units advertised for rent in the last 6 months.
25 rentals advertised against an estimated 1,039 rented homes (2.4%) in the last 6 months.
Rent agreed on new leases
Jul–Sep 2026- 3-bed houses
- $620/wk
- 225 bonds
- +43% since 2021
- 2-bed units
- $550/wk
- 85 bonds
- +30% since 2021
Median weekly rent on bonds lodged for new tenancies across postcode 2560 (NSW publishes bonds by postcode, which can cover several suburbs). Change since 2021 compares the median of the first four quarters with the last four. Asking rents above come from advertised listings.
Rental affordability
June quarter 2025132 Acceptable · the average rental household in this region would pay about 23% of its income on the median rent in postcode 2560.
SGS Rental Affordability Index: a score of 100 means rent takes 30% of income, the usual housing-stress line; lower scores are less affordable. "Region" is the capital city or the rest of the state.
Gross rental yield
Indicative$670/week ($35,000 a year) on a $1.02 million median
Not enough unit sales and rentals in the window to calculate a yield.
Gross yield — before strata, rates, management, insurance and vacancy. Calculated from median advertised rents and median asking prices over the last 6 months. How we calculate.
Short-Stay Rentals
3 active Airbnb listings: 1 whole home and 2 rooms. Whole homes are about 0.0% of the suburb's homes.
Airbnb only, as at Jun 2026; other platforms are not included. Active means reviewed in the past 12 months. The share is against private dwellings at the 2021 Census.
Is Ambarvale safe? Crime statistics
2025Crime in Ambarvale sits in the high band, with 447 incidents recorded in 2025 — down roughly 18% on the prior year.
447 offences
17.8% since 2024Crime Trend
Serious Road Crashes
2021–202512 crashes
where someone was killed or admitted to hospital
Where they happened
Crashes are counted where they happened, so a main road through the suburb carries people passing through; this is not a measure of risk to residents. Roads are listed with 3 or more serious crashes.
Council Flood Studies
Campbelltown City Council has published 2 flood studies on the NSW Flood Data Portal. The mapped flood areas are in those studies; SuburbScan does not hold them.
Schools
Three schools serve Ambarvale, and the cohort is trailing peer-suburb performance.
- • 1,416 students across 3 schools (avg 472)
- • ICSEA 908-944, median 942 (below the national baseline of 1000)
- • Largest: Thomas Acres Public School (495 students)
Primary
Secondary
Universities nearby
1.5% of residents here are full-time university students aged 15–24.
Distance is measured to the suburb centre. A campus nearby does not by itself mean a student rental market — most suburbs within a few kilometres of one have a student share close to the national norm, and the figure above is what tells them apart.
Walkability
Ambarvale is somewhat walkable on foot — at 68/100, a short cluster of errands work on foot but most trips still benefit from a car.
Public transport
Weekday and weekend service frequency across every stop inside Ambarvale.
- Peak (7-9am + 5-7pm)
- 131.8 arrivals/hr
- Off-peak weekday
- 95.1 arrivals/hr
- Saturday
- 71.2 arrivals/hr
- Median peak wait
- 0 min
- Span of service
- 23.6 hours
Scheduled service only, based on the 21 October 2026 timetable. Reliability (delays, cancellations) not measured.
NBN connectivity
The internet access technology available across NBN premises in Ambarvale.
- Full-fibre (FTTP) share
- 52%
- Premises covered
- 2,630
NBN Co fixed-line and fixed-wireless premises, as at 30 December 2025. Higher-quality technologies (full fibre) score above copper, wireless, and satellite. Actual speeds depend on your plan.
Amenities
Campbelltown (NSW): council population
The three add up to the change above. These are council-wide figures from the ABS, not figures for this suburb alone — this suburb's own population is in the census section above.
Socio-economic profile
The ABS scores 20 small areas inside this suburb and averages them into the single decile above. They fall into 5 different deciles — a wide range, so parts of this suburb rank well above the average and parts well below it.
Ambarvale is home to about 7,300 residents, with a median age of 34, broadly in line with the national figure. Median household income runs at $74,000 a year, with unemployment at 8.4%.
2021 Census · change since 2016
Population
7,254
Median Age
34
Median Household Income
$74,412/yr
Census Median Rent
$350/wk
Census Median Mortgage
$1,802/mo
Avg Household Size
2.8
Median Personal Income
$32,760/yr
Unemployment Rate
8.4%
Unoccupied Dwellings
3.7%
Total Dwellings
2,335
Owner-Occupier Rate
55.5%
Houses
86.5%
Rental Stress
24.5%
Mortgage Stress
29.1%
Work From Home
25.5%
Dwelling Types
Property Ownership
412 rented from a state or territory housing authority and 13 from a community housing provider, as a share of the 1,012 rented dwellings above — not of all dwellings.
Demographics
- Born in Australia
- 67.0%
- English Spoken at Home
- 69.2%
- Employment Rate
- 46.5%
- Completed Year 12
- 33.9%
Occupations
Religion
Country of Birth (overseas)
Largest overseas birthplaces, as a share of all residents.
When They Arrived
Share of all residents by the year they arrived in Australia. Periods cover different numbers of years, so compare the shape rather than the bar widths.
152 residents (2.1%) arrived since 2016. Australia’s borders were closed to most arrivals from March 2020, so the last two years of that period are much smaller than the ones before them — nationally 260,799 people arrived in 2019 against 28,521 in 2021.
Where New Residents Came From
Where residents aged five and over lived five years before the 2021 Census, for those who lived somewhere else.
Top places newcomers came from, as a share of the 6,728 residents aged five and over. Areas are ABS statistical regions. Small counts are approximate: the ABS adjusts every figure slightly to protect privacy.
Languages Spoken at Home
Top languages other than English, as a share of all residents.
Age Distribution
Family & Household Composition
Commute to Work
7% of employed residents work in a capital's city centre (182 of 2,605).
City centre: the ABS area around each capital's CBD, such as Sydney Inner City or Perth City (which takes in Subiaco and Leederville). 2021 Census place of work.
Local Jobs
People who work in this suburb against employed people who live here, 2021 Census.
About 588 people work here; 2,605 employed residents live here.
Mostly a place people commute from: 0.2 jobs per working resident. At least 76% of employed residents must work outside the suburb.
Counts are by place of work and place of usual residence. The ABS counts jobs in zones; where a zone spans several places, its jobs are shared out by land use. The ABS also adjusts every figure slightly to protect privacy.
Education
Cars per Dwelling
Council Rates
Households face an average residential rates bill of $1,443 a year through Campbelltown (NSW) based on 2024 figures.
How this land is zoned
- Residential 74%
- Parks and recreation 12%
- Commercial 9%
- Infrastructure and transport 5%
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 — the property page shows the zone for one address.
Building Approvals: Campbelltown (NSW)
In the year to August 2026, 1,788 new dwellings were approved across Campbelltown (NSW). That mix is 1,066 houses and 722 units. Approvals are up 48.4% on the same period a year earlier.
Aboriginal Land Council
Aboriginal land in this area is administered by the Tharawal Local Aboriginal Land Council.
Local Aboriginal Land Councils are statutory bodies under the Aboriginal Land Rights Act 1983, responsible for land claims and land management for their members. Their boundaries are administrative and are not a statement of whose Country this is. NSW does not publish a register of Aboriginal parties by area — they are registered for each project.
Air Quality
MODERATEPM2.5 averaged 5.8 µg/m³ in 2025 — below Australia's NEPM annual standard (8 µg/m³), slightly above the stricter WHO guideline (5 µg/m³).
PM10 averaged 14.8 µg/m³ · NO₂ averaged 0.97 pphm. Days over the limit in 2025: PM10 0 · NO₂ 0 · ozone 1.
From the Campbelltown West monitoring station, 2.5 km away.
Climate & Setting
from Camden Airport AWS, 11.4 kmModerate rainfall — hot summers, cold winters with occasional frost.
- Elevation
- 103 m
- above sea level, at the suburb centre
- Distance to the ocean
- 23.7 km
- Annual rainfall
- 817 mm
- 75 rainy days
- Summer max (Jan)
- 29.4°C
- 17 days ≥ 35°C
- Winter min (Jul)
- 4.2°C
- 14 frost days ≤ 0°C
Elevation is the ground at the suburb centre, from Geoscience Australia's National Digital Elevation Model. Approximate — it reads high in dense built-up areas. It is a measure of height above sea level and not an indicator of flood risk, which depends on height above nearby waterways.
EV adoption
In postcode 2560, 430 of 54,709 registered light vehicles are battery-electric on 31 January 2025. A further 3.9% (2,119 vehicles) are hybrid or plug-in hybrid, taking the non-petrol, non-diesel share to 4.7%.
Rooftop solar
In postcode 2560, 12,888 rooftop-solar systems totalling 85.6 MW have been installed since 2001, against 29,410 dwellings recorded in the 2021 Census. 861 went up in the last year.
Counts every system certified since 2001, so a roof re-fitted with a newer system is counted twice, and small commercial systems are included alongside houses — useful for comparing postcodes, not an estimate of how many homes have working panels today.
2026 covers part of the year only, to 2026-07.
First Home Owner Grant
FY2026-27$10,000 for new homes priced up to $600,000.
Off-the-plan or contracted-build value cap is $750,000 (vs $600,000 for completed new homes). Stamp duty concessions are a separate scheme (First Home Buyers Assistance).
Mortgage repayments
35 mortgage brokers are registered in postcode 2560.
Transfer duty at the owner-occupier rate, and it excludes first home buyer concessions — those can cut it substantially or remove it entirely. Excludes legal, inspection and lender fees. Check with Revenue NSW
The First Home Owner Grant applies to newly built homes only, so it isn't available on an established purchase. A first home buyer building or buying new under $600,000 may qualify for $10,000 — see what qualifies with Revenue NSW.
At $962,500 this is $362,500 above the $600,000 First Home Owner Grant cap. A first home buyer may qualify for $10,000 on a newly built home — check eligibility with Revenue NSW.
A deposit under 20% usually attracts Lenders Mortgage Insurance, which this doesn't include.
Principal and interest over 30 years, fixed rate. Excludes fees, offset, redraw and LMI. Default rate is the median comparison rate across 1788 advertised products as at 2026-10-26 — indicative only, and not an offer. Your rate depends on the lender, your deposit and your circumstances. Not financial advice.
Federal Electorate
Currently held by Mike Freelander Australian Labor Party
| Year | Winner | 2PP ALP | 2PP LNP | Swing |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2025 | Mike Freelander | 65.6% | 34.4% | +5.8 |
| 2022 | Mike Freelander | 58.5% | 41.5% | -0.1 |
| 2019 | Mike Freelander | 58.4% | 41.6% | -0.1 |
Results are per division — federal electoral boundaries are redrawn periodically, so the history reflects this division's past, not necessarily the exact suburb's voters across time.
State Electorate
Currently held by Greg Warren Labor
Next state election: 13 March 2027.
| Year | Winner | Won with |
|---|---|---|
| 2023 | Greg Warren ALP | 73.3% |
| 2019 | Greg Warren ALP | 67.0% |
| 2015 | Greg Warren ALP | 57.3% |
Results are per district. Districts were last redrawn in 2021, so results from before then describe the district of that name, not necessarily this suburb's voters. Results: © State of New South Wales through the NSW Electoral Commission, CC BY 4.0, adapted.
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Common questions about Ambarvale
Is Ambarvale a safe place to live?
Recorded crime in Ambarvale is high (75/100, ranked against other NSW suburbs on offences per resident). Offences against shops, venues and visitors are divided by the people who live here, so suburbs with large daytime or visitor populations rank higher than living there may feel.
What natural hazards affect Ambarvale?
Ambarvale has no recorded bushfire history. These are suburb-wide figures; check the address, as flood and bushfire exposure change street by street.
Is Ambarvale a good place to live?
Ambarvale has a SuburbScan Liveability grade of C (37/100), ranked against other NSW suburbs on school quality (25%), safety (25%), SEIFA socio-economic advantage (25%), walkability (15%) and CBD access (10%). Whether it suits you depends on what you weigh — each of those is on this page.
What is the population of Ambarvale?
Ambarvale, NSW had a population of 7,254 at the 2021 Australian Bureau of Statistics census.
What is the postcode for Ambarvale, NSW?
The postcode for Ambarvale, NSW is 2560.
How far is Ambarvale from Sydney?
Ambarvale is 62 km from Sydney CBD by road, about 56 minutes by car in normal traffic. Distance is the most-direct driving route, not straight-line.
What is the median household income in Ambarvale?
At the 2021 ABS Census, median household income in Ambarvale was $74,412 a year. It is the most recent suburb-level income figure until 2026 Census results are released in 2027.
What is the median weekly rent in Ambarvale?
The median advertised rent in Ambarvale is $670 a week for houses (22 listings) and $430 a week for units (3 listings), from rental listings over the last six months.
What is the median age in Ambarvale?
The median age of residents in Ambarvale was 34 at the 2021 ABS Census.
How are the schools in Ambarvale?
There are 3 schools inside the Ambarvale boundary: 2 at and 1 below similar schools on NAPLAN, compared with same-state, same-type schools of similar socio-educational advantage (ICSEA).
Is Ambarvale walkable?
Ambarvale scores 68/100 on the SuburbScan Walkability Score, making it somewhat walkable. The score is a weighted average of public transport, schools, parks, supermarkets, GPs, pharmacies, childcare, and hospitals within walking distance.
What is the air quality in Ambarvale?
The nearest government air-quality monitoring station to Ambarvale (Campbelltown West) recorded a 2025 annual mean PM2.5 of 5.8 µg/m³ and PM10 of 14.8 µg/m³. That puts Ambarvale below the Australian NEPM annual standard of 8 µg/m³ but above the stricter WHO guideline of 5 µg/m³.
What is the weather like in Ambarvale?
At the nearest Bureau of Meteorology station to Ambarvale, Camden Airport AWS (11.4 km away), summer days average 29.4°C, winter nights 4.2°C, 817 mm of rain a year over 75 rainy days, and 17 days a year above 35°C over 2006-2026.
Is the First Home Owner Grant available in Ambarvale?
First-home buyers in NSW may be eligible for $10,000 towards new homes with a purchase price up to $600,000. The grant is administered by Revenue NSW; confirm current eligibility before signing a contract — state rules and amounts can change.
What council does Ambarvale belong to?
Ambarvale sits within the Campbelltown (NSW) local government area. Council rates, planning approvals, and waste collection fall under this LGA.
How much are council rates in Ambarvale?
The average residential rates bill through Campbelltown (NSW) is $1,443 a year (2024). Every suburb in this LGA shares the same schedule — individual bills vary with land value.
How much is being built near Ambarvale?
Across Campbelltown (NSW), 1,788 new residential dwellings were approved in the year to August 2026 (source: ABS Building Approvals). That's up 48.4% on the same period a year earlier. These are LGA-level totals — every suburb in the council shares the same figure.
Which federal electorate is Ambarvale in?
Ambarvale sits within the federal Division of Macarthur, currently held by Mike Freelander (Australian Labor Party).
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Data freshness
- Census · 2021
- Median sale prices · Oct 2026
- For-sale & rental market · Oct 2026
- Council rates · FY 2024–25
- Building approvals · Aug 2026
- Schools · 2025
- Public transport · Oct 2026
- NBN connectivity · Dec 2025
- Crime · 2025
- Road crashes · 2021–2025
- Air quality · 2025
- Climate · 2006–2026
- Socio-economic (SEIFA) · 2021
- EV adoption · Jan 2025
- First Home Owner Grant · Sep 2026
- Federal electorate · 2025
- Short-stay rentals · Jun 2026
- State electorate · 2023
- Amenities · Sep 2026
- Health & emergency facilities · Sep 2026
- Industrial emissions (NPI) · 2024/2025
- Coastal erosion · 1988–2025
- Aircraft noise · 2024
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