Brownlow Hill NSW 2570

Located in New South Wales, Brownlow Hill sits 78 km from Sydney CBD, around 1 hour 10 minutes by car. The locality has 384 residents, a median age of 37, and a median household income of $122,148 per year. By household income, education, and employment patterns, it ranks in the top 20% nationally. At the 2021 Census, households here paid a median rent of $360 per week and a median monthly mortgage of $2,700. Walkability is low.

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Median House Price

Q4 2025

Brownlow Hill's house market is moving lower: the median sale price reached $1.86 million in the December 2025 quarter, roughly 18% below where it sat a year earlier. That said, only four sales settled in the quarter, so the median is a noisy signal — treat it as a direction rather than a level. Zoom out: prices have climbed roughly 52% over the past decade — 4.3% per year on average.

Houses

$1,860,000

last 4 quarters
Pricier than 83% of NSW
↓ −17.5% year-on-year
↑ +51.8% over 2015–2025 (+4.3%/yr compound)

Based on only 4 sales — small sample, take as indicative.

Land

$3,100,000

last 2 quarters
↑ +24.0% over 2018–2025 (+3.1%/yr compound)

Based on only 1 sale — small sample, take as indicative.

Rental Market

Rent agreed on new leases

Jul–Sep 2026
3-bed houses
$700/wk
59 bonds
+35% since 2021
2-bed units
$530/wk
19 bonds
+39% since 2021

Median weekly rent on bonds lodged for new tenancies across postcode 2570 (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 2025

104 Moderately unaffordable · the average rental household in this region would pay about 29% of its income on the median rent in postcode 2570.

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.

Is Brownlow Hill safe? Crime statistics

2025

Crime in Brownlow Hill sits in the low band, with 6 incidents recorded in 2025 — up roughly 100% on the prior year.

6 offences

100.0% since 2024
Arson 2 (33.3%)
Theft 2 (33.3%)
Assault 1 (16.7%)
Harassment & Stalking 1 (16.7%)

Crime Trend

Serious Road Crashes

2021–2025

3 crashes

where someone was killed or admitted to hospital, 1 of them fatal

Crashes are counted where they happened, so a main road through the locality 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

Wollondilly Shire Council has published 4 flood studies on the NSW Flood Data Portal. The mapped flood areas are in those studies; SuburbScan does not hold them.

Schools

No schools in this locality boundary.

Walkability

Brownlow Hill is very car-dependent on foot — at 0/100, nearly all errands require a car.

0
out of 100
Very Car-Dependent
Bottom 4% in NSW
Public Transport within 1 km not measured
Schools within 1.5 km 0
Parks within 800 m 0
Supermarkets within 1 km 0
GPs within 1 km 0
Pharmacies within 1 km 0
Childcare within 1 km 0
Hospitals within 5 km 0

We hold no public transport timetable data for this area, so public transport is not rated here and the score is spread across the remaining components. It is not counted as zero.

Public transport

Weekday and weekend service frequency across every stop inside Brownlow Hill.

44
out of 100
Bus
Peak (7-9am + 5-7pm)
16.0 arrivals/hr
Off-peak weekday
5.0 arrivals/hr
Saturday
2.3 arrivals/hr
Median peak wait
1 min
Span of service
14.3 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 Brownlow Hill.

40
connectivity score / 100
Most common
Fixed wireless
Full-fibre (FTTP) share
11%
Premises covered
114
Technology mix
Fixed wireless (WIRELESS) 81%
Fibre to the premises (FTTP) 11%
Satellite (Sky Muster) (SATELLITE) 7%
Fibre to the node (FTTN) 4%
Fibre to the curb (FTTC) 4%

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

Supermarkets
None
Shopping Centres
None
Cafes & Restaurants
1 in locality
Parks & Reserves
None
Sport & Recreation
1 in locality
Beaches
None
Waterways
None
Childcare
None
GPs
None
Pharmacies
None
Hospitals
None
Police Stations
None
Banks & Bank@Post
None
Fuel Stations
None
EV Chargers
None
Pubs & Bars
None
Arts & Culture
None
Places of Worship
None

Wollondilly: council population

The whole council area, not just Brownlow Hill · estimated residents
at 30 June 2025
Residents
62,080
+3.9% in a year
Change
+2,321
people since 2024
Density
24
people per km² across the council area
What drove the change
Natural increase
+555
births minus deaths
Net internal migration
+1,616
moves within Australia
Net overseas migration
+150
arrivals minus departures

The three add up to the change above. These are council-wide figures from the ABS, not figures for this locality alone — this locality's own population is in the census section above.

Socio-economic profile

ABS SEIFA · ranked against every suburb in Australia, and within the state
2021 census
Advantage and disadvantage
10/10
9/10 within NSW
income, education, jobs and housing together
Economic resources
9/10
8/10 within NSW
income against housing cost and household size
Education and occupation
8/10
7/10 within NSW
qualifications and job type, income excluded

Brownlow Hill is home to 384 residents, with a median age of 37, broadly in line with the national figure. Median household income runs at $122,000 a year, with unemployment at 4.6%.

2021 Census · change since 2016

Population

384

Median Age

37

Median Household Income

$122,148/yr

Top 15% in NSW

Census Median Rent

$360/wk

Census Median Mortgage

$2,700/mo

Avg Household Size

3.2

Median Personal Income

$41,392/yr

Unemployment Rate

4.6%

Unoccupied Dwellings

4.2%

Total Dwellings

96

Owner-Occupier Rate

88.3%

Houses

94.8%

Rental Stress

15.3%

Mortgage Stress

26.5%

Work From Home

23.5%

Dwelling Types

Houses 91 (94.8%)
Flats / Apartments 5 (5.2%)

Property Ownership

Owned Outright 55 (58.5%)
Mortgage 28 (29.8%)
Renting 11 (11.7%)

Demographics

Born in Australia
68.0%
English Spoken at Home
72.9%
Employment Rate
54.7%
Completed Year 12
41.4%

Occupations

Technicians & Trades 36 (22.0%)
Professionals 31 (18.9%)
Managers 28 (17.1%)
Clerical & Administrative 28 (17.1%)
Sales 15 (9.1%)
Machinery Operators & Drivers 11 (6.7%)
Labourers 10 (6.1%)
Community & Personal Service 6 (3.7%)

Religion

Christianity 230 (59.9%)
No Religion 81 (21.1%)
Islam 20 (5.2%)
Buddhism 5 (1.3%)
Hinduism 3 (0.8%)

Country of Birth (overseas)

Largest overseas birthplaces, as a share of all residents.

England 10 (2.6%)
Iran 9 (2.3%)
New Zealand 8 (2.1%)
Italy 8 (2.1%)
Pakistan 6 (1.6%)
China 5 (1.3%)
Sri Lanka 5 (1.3%)
Nepal 5 (1.3%)

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.

2016-2021 34 (8.9%)
2011-2015 25 (6.5%)
2001-2010 10 (2.6%)
1991-2000 5 (1.3%)
1981-1990 4 (1.0%)
Before 1981 20 (5.2%)

34 residents (8.9%) 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.

Languages Spoken at Home

Top languages other than English, as a share of all residents.

Italian 7 (1.8%)
Croatian 6 (1.6%)
Arabic 5 (1.3%)
Mandarin 4 (1.0%)
Hindi 3 (0.8%)

Age Distribution

0-4 24 (6.2%)
5-14 60 (15.6%)
15-19 27 (7.0%)
20-24 21 (5.5%)
25-34 44 (11.5%)
35-44 59 (15.4%)
45-54 49 (12.8%)
55-64 32 (8.3%)
65-74 43 (11.2%)
75-84 23 (6.0%)

Family & Household Composition

Couple Families 53 (72.6%)
Lone Person 13 (17.8%)
One Parent Families 7 (9.6%)

Commute to Work

Car (driver) 85 (64.4%)
Worked from Home 31 (23.5%)
Car (passenger) 9 (6.8%)
Walked Only 7 (5.3%)

4% of employed residents work in a capital's city centre (6 of 164).

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.

Education

Certificate III & IV 58 (15.1%)
Bachelor Degree 39 (10.2%)
Postgraduate Degree 35 (9.1%)
Advanced Diploma / Diploma 25 (6.5%)
Graduate Diploma / Certificate 5 (1.3%)

Cars per Dwelling

0 cars 6 (6.1%)
1 car 13 (13.3%)
2 cars 33 (33.7%)
3 cars 16 (16.3%)
4+ cars 28 (28.6%)

Council Rates

Wollondilly
FY 2024-25

Households face an average residential rates bill of $2,099 a year through Wollondilly based on 2024 figures.

Avg residential rate
$2,099/yr
71% above the NSW average of $1,230 · median of 128 councils
Valuation basis
Unimproved Value
land only

How this land is zoned

Share of Brownlow Hill's area by planning zone
2026-09
  • Infrastructure and transport 46%
  • Rural and farming 42%
  • Environmental 12%

Zoning sets what may be built, not what is there today. A single address can sit in a different zone to the locality around it — the property page shows the zone for one address.

Building Approvals: Wollondilly

The whole council area, not just Brownlow Hill · new residential dwellings
to 2026-08

In the year to August 2026, 1,338 new dwellings were approved across Wollondilly. That mix is 980 houses and 358 units. Approvals are up 92.1% on the same period a year earlier.

Trailing 12 months
1,338dwellings
+92.1% YoY
Houses
980
detached dwellings
Units
358
townhouses + apartments

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

MODERATE

PM2.5 averaged 5.1 µg/m³ in 2025 — below Australia's NEPM annual standard (8 µg/m³), slightly above the stricter WHO guideline (5 µg/m³).

PM10 averaged 13.2 µg/m³ · NO₂ averaged 0.37 pphm. Days over the limit in 2025: PM10 0 · NO₂ 0 · ozone 1.

From the Camden monitoring station, 4.2 km away.

Climate & Setting

from Camden Airport AWS, 4.1 km

Moderate rainfall — hot summers, cold winters with occasional frost.

Elevation
68 m
above sea level, at the locality centre
Distance to the ocean
38.0 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 locality 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.

Industrial Emissions Nearby

2 facilities within 5 km

EV adoption

0.9%
of light vehicles are electric
Up from 0.04% in 2021
+0.3 points this year
Top 25% in NSW

In postcode 2570, 439 of 51,159 registered light vehicles are battery-electric on 31 January 2025. A further 4.4% (2,246 vehicles) are hybrid or plug-in hybrid, taking the non-petrol, non-diesel share to 5.2%.

Electric share, year by year
2021
0.04%
2022
0.09%
2023
0.22%
2024
0.55%
2025
0.86%

Rooftop solar

56
systems per 100 dwellings
Averaging 8.3 kW each

In postcode 2570, 11,724 rooftop-solar systems totalling 97.7 MW have been installed since 2001, against 21,130 dwellings recorded in the 2021 Census. 1,137 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.

Systems installed, year by year
2019
973
2020
1,356
2021
1,383
2022
1,196
2023
1,213
2024
1,098
2025
1,032
2026
595

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).

Verify eligibility with Revenue NSW

Mortgage repayments

Q4-2025 median
I'm looking for
Deposit
$
%
Monthly repayment
$9,701
Loan amount
$1,488,000
Total interest over 30 years
$2,004,233

56 mortgage brokers are registered in postcode 2570.

Deposit
$372,000
Stamp duty
$83,587
Cash needed at settlement
$455,587

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.

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 2026-10-27 — indicative only, and not an offer. Your rate depends on the lender, your deposit and your circumstances. Not financial advice.

Federal Electorate

Division of Hume

Currently held by Angus Taylor Liberal

Year Winner 2PP ALP 2PP LNP Swing
2025 Angus Taylor 41.9% 58.1% -1.2
2022 Angus Taylor 42.3% 57.7% -5.3
2019 Angus Taylor 37.0% 63.0% +2.8

Results are per division — federal electoral boundaries are redrawn periodically, so the history reflects this division's past, not necessarily the exact locality's voters across time.

State Electorate

Wollondilly District

Currently held by Judy Hannan Independent

Next state election: 13 March 2027.

Year Winner Won with
2023 Judy Hannan IND 51.5%
2019 Nathaniel Smith LP 55.5%
2015 Jai Rowell LP 67.3%

Results are per district. Districts were last redrawn in 2021, so results from before then describe the district of that name, not necessarily this locality'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 Brownlow Hill

Is Brownlow Hill a safe place to live?

Recorded crime in Brownlow Hill is low (25/100, ranked against other NSW suburbs on offences per resident).

What natural hazards affect Brownlow Hill?

Brownlow Hill has a low recorded bushfire history (19/100, ranked against every Australian suburb with any fire history). These are locality-wide figures; check the address, as flood and bushfire exposure change street by street.

What is the population of Brownlow Hill?

Brownlow Hill, NSW had a population of 384 at the 2021 Australian Bureau of Statistics census.

What is the postcode for Brownlow Hill, NSW?

The postcode for Brownlow Hill, NSW is 2570.

How far is Brownlow Hill from Sydney?

Brownlow Hill is 78 km from Sydney CBD by road, about 69 minutes by car in normal traffic. Distance is the most-direct driving route, not straight-line.

What is the median household income in Brownlow Hill?

At the 2021 ABS Census, median household income in Brownlow Hill was $122,148 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 Brownlow Hill?

There are too few current rental listings in Brownlow Hill for a reliable median. At the 2021 ABS Census the median weekly rent was $360, across all dwelling types.

What is the median age in Brownlow Hill?

The median age of residents in Brownlow Hill was 37 at the 2021 ABS Census.

Is Brownlow Hill at risk of bushfire?

Brownlow Hill has a low recorded bushfire history (19/100). The score comes from Geoscience Australia's historical bushfire boundaries, with planned burns excluded: the area of recorded fires touching the locality relative to its size, ranked against every Australian suburb with any fire history. It records where fire has burned, not a bushfire-prone land designation, which your council's planning scheme sets.

What is the air quality in Brownlow Hill?

The nearest government air-quality monitoring station to Brownlow Hill (Camden) recorded a 2025 annual mean PM2.5 of 5.1 µg/m³ and PM10 of 13.2 µg/m³. That puts Brownlow Hill 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 Brownlow Hill?

At the nearest Bureau of Meteorology station to Brownlow Hill, Camden Airport AWS (4.1 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.

What is the median house price in Brownlow Hill?

The median sale price for houses in Brownlow Hill was $1,860,000 in the Q4 2025 quarter, based on a small sample of 4 sales — take as indicative.

Is the First Home Owner Grant available in Brownlow Hill?

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 Brownlow Hill belong to?

Brownlow Hill sits within the Wollondilly local government area. Council rates, planning approvals, and waste collection fall under this LGA.

How much are council rates in Brownlow Hill?

The average residential rates bill through Wollondilly is $2,099 a year (2024). Every suburb in this LGA shares the same schedule — individual bills vary with land value.

How much is being built near Brownlow Hill?

Across Wollondilly, 1,338 new residential dwellings were approved in the year to August 2026 (source: ABS Building Approvals). That's up 92.1% 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 Brownlow Hill in?

Brownlow Hill sits within the federal Division of Hume, currently held by Angus Taylor (Liberal).

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