Emu Heights NSW 2750
Emu Heights sits 60 km from Sydney CBD in New South Wales, around 51 minutes by car. Census data records 3,205 residents with a median age of 38 and a median household income of $124,696 per year. By household income, education, and employment patterns, it ranks in the top 40% nationally. The suburb fell 2.6% between 2016 and 2021. At the 2021 Census, households here paid a median rent of $440 per week and a median monthly mortgage of $2,167. Emu Heights is characterised by high bushfire risk. 1 school sits within the suburb boundary, and walkability is moderate.
Is Emu Heights a good suburb?
Emu Heights scores a C (48/100) on SuburbScan's Liveability grade — strong on prices and community, weaker on safety.
Mixed results
1 school
Some car dependence
Walkability 52/100 · 60.1 km · 51 min drive to Sydney
More affordable than most
Median $1.14M
High bushfire risk
Fire 81/100 · Crime 34/100
Advantaged
SEIFA decile 8/10 · median age 38 · 3,205 residents
Liveability Rating
48 / 100 · Ranked #790 in NSWEach bar is Emu Heights's rank among NSW suburbs, from 0 to 100 (higher is better). Scored on 4 of 5 factors: no school data, so the other factors carry its weight.
No flood data is published for New South Wales — a blank here means we hold no data, not that there is no risk.
How do you rate the liveability in Emu Heights?
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Our score
48 / 100
From schools, safety and socio-economic data — not opinion.
Residents say
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Median House Price
Public listings dataEmu Heights's house market is moving lower: the median sale price reached $1.14 million, about 5% below where it sat a year earlier.
$1,140,000
5% below its 5 neighbours (median $1,198,000)
Based on 47 recorded sales in the last 24 months.
Typically sold in 20 days — median across 13 sales that recorded a listing period
By bedrooms
- 3 bed 23 sales $1.1M
- 4 bed 13 sales $1.22M
- 5 bed 5 sales $1.4M
Currently for Sale
Last 6 monthsHouses in Emu Heights are currently listed at around $1.35 million on average. Based on 5 houses listed in the past six months.
$1.35M
5 houses listed in the last 6 months.
5 of the suburb's 1,093 dwellings (0.5%) were listed for sale in the last 6 months.
Rental Market
Advertised rents · last 6 monthsHouses in Emu Heights rent for around $805 a week on average, based on 6 houses listed for rent in the past six months.
$805/wk
6 houses advertised for rent in the last 6 months.
6 rentals advertised against an estimated 180 rented homes (3.3%) in the last 6 months.
Rent agreed on new leases
Jul–Sep 2026- 3-bed houses
- $650/wk
- 153 bonds
- +44% since 2021
- 2-bed units
- $580/wk
- 175 bonds
- +41% since 2021
Median weekly rent on bonds lodged for new tenancies across postcode 2750 (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 2025127 Acceptable · the average rental household in this region would pay about 24% of its income on the median rent in postcode 2750.
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$805/week ($42,000 a year) on a $1.35 million median
Based on a small sample (5 listings) — indicative only.
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
2 active Airbnb listings: 1 whole home and 1 room. Whole homes are about 0.1% 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 Emu Heights safe? Crime statistics
2025Crime in Emu Heights sits in the low band, with 61 incidents recorded in 2025 — down about 5% on the prior year.
61 offences
4.7% since 2024Crime Trend
Serious Road Crashes
2021–20254 crashes
where someone was killed or admitted to hospital
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
Penrith City Council has published 13 flood studies on the NSW Flood Data Portal. The mapped flood areas are in those studies; SuburbScan does not hold them.
- Rickabys Creek Catchment Flood Study 2025
- Peach Tree & Lower Surveyors Creeks Catchment Floodplain Risk Management Study and Plan 2025
- College, Orth and Werrington Creeks Catchment Floodplain Risk Management Study & Plan 2021 2022
- Little Creek Catchment Floodplain Risk Management Study and Plan 2022
- South Creek Floodplain Risk Management Study and Plan 2020
Schools
One school serve Emu Heights, and the cohort is trailing peer-suburb performance.
- • 237 students in one school (avg 237)
Primary
Universities nearby
1.6% 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
Emu Heights is somewhat walkable on foot — at 52/100, 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 Emu Heights.
- Peak (7-9am + 5-7pm)
- 88.0 arrivals/hr
- Off-peak weekday
- 34.7 arrivals/hr
- Saturday
- 17.2 arrivals/hr
- Median peak wait
- 0 min
- Span of service
- 16.4 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 Emu Heights.
- Full-fibre (FTTP) share
- 54%
- Premises covered
- 1,307
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
Penrith: 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 8 small areas inside this suburb and averages them into the single decile above. They fall into 3 different deciles — a narrow range, so the average describes the suburb closely.
Emu Heights is home to about 3,200 residents, with a median age of 38, broadly in line with the national figure. Median household income runs at $125,000 a year, with unemployment at 3.2%.
2021 Census · change since 2016
Population
3,205
Median Age
38
Median Household Income
$124,696/yr
Census Median Rent
$440/wk
Census Median Mortgage
$2,167/mo
Avg Household Size
2.9
Median Personal Income
$50,856/yr
Unemployment Rate
3.2%
Unoccupied Dwellings
2.3%
Total Dwellings
1,093
Owner-Occupier Rate
83.5%
Houses
97.3%
Rental Stress
18.3%
Mortgage Stress
20.9%
Work From Home
36.7%
Dwelling Types
Property Ownership
22 rented from a state or territory housing authority and 0 from a community housing provider, as a share of the 178 rented dwellings above — not of all dwellings.
Demographics
- Born in Australia
- 84.9%
- English Spoken at Home
- 92.4%
- Employment Rate
- 68%
- Completed Year 12
- 40.9%
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.
23 residents (0.7%) 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 3,011 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 (120 of 1,752).
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
Cars per Dwelling
Council Rates
Households face an average residential rates bill of $1,547 a year through Penrith based on 2024 figures.
How this land is zoned
- Environmental 42%
- Residential 31%
- Parks and recreation 18%
- Industrial 5%
- Other and special use 3%
- Infrastructure and transport 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 — the property page shows the zone for one address.
Building Approvals: Penrith
In the year to August 2026, 1,063 new dwellings were approved across Penrith. That mix is 674 houses and 389 units. Approvals are down 77.5% on the same period a year earlier.
Aboriginal Land Council
Aboriginal land in this area is administered by the Deerubbin 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 7.2 µg/m³ in 2025 — below Australia's NEPM annual standard (8 µg/m³), slightly above the stricter WHO guideline (5 µg/m³). 3 days exceeded the daily threshold of 25 µg/m³.
PM10 averaged 16.3 µg/m³ · NO₂ averaged 0.6 pphm. Days over the limit in 2025: PM10 2 · NO₂ 0 · ozone 0.
From the Penrith monitoring station, 5.0 km away.
Climate & Setting
from Orchard Hills Treatment Works, 9.3 kmModerate rainfall.
- Elevation
- 43 m
- above sea level, at the suburb centre
- Near high-voltage lines
- 16.9% of addresses
- 238 within 100 m of an overhead line of 110 kV or more
- Annual rainfall
- 822 mm
- 81 rainy days
- Summer max (Jan)
- —
- Winter min (Jul)
- —
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.
Industrial Emissions Nearby
6 facilities within 5 km- 2.3 kmGravel and Sand QuarryingTop reported: Total Volatile Organic Compounds · Manganese & compounds · Fluoride compounds
- 3.4 kmWaste Remediation and Materials Recovery ServicesTop reported: Carbon monoxide · Oxides of Nitrogen · Sulfur dioxide
- 4.0 kmSewerage and Drainage ServicesTop reported: Total Nitrogen · Ammonia (total) · Total Phosphorus
- 4.1 kmMilk and Cream ProcessingTop reported: Oxides of Nitrogen · Carbon monoxide · Total Volatile Organic Compounds
- 4.1 kmAluminium Rolling, Drawing, ExtrudingTop reported: Oxides of Nitrogen · Carbon monoxide · Total Volatile Organic Compounds
EV adoption
In postcode 2750, 277 of 38,499 registered light vehicles are battery-electric on 31 January 2025. A further 4.0% (1,557 vehicles) are hybrid or plug-in hybrid, taking the non-petrol, non-diesel share to 4.8%.
Rooftop solar
In postcode 2750, 6,436 rooftop-solar systems totalling 51.4 MW have been installed since 2001, against 20,660 dwellings recorded in the 2021 Census. 430 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
32 mortgage brokers are registered in postcode 2750.
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 $1,140,000 this is $540,000 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 2026-10-27 — 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 Susan Templeman Australian Labor Party
| Year | Winner | 2PP ALP | 2PP LNP | Swing |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2025 | Susan Templeman | 57.7% | 42.3% | +1.4 |
| 2022 | Susan Templeman | 57.8% | 42.2% | -7.6 |
| 2019 | Susan Templeman | 50.2% | 49.8% | +2.0 |
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 Karen McKeown Labor
Next state election: 13 March 2027.
| Year | Winner | Won with |
|---|---|---|
| 2023 | Karen McKeown ALP | 51.6% |
| 2019 | Stuart Ayres LP | 51.3% |
| 2015 | Stuart Ayres LP | 56.2% |
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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- Nearest and zoned schools, with the walk from that door
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Common questions about Emu Heights
Is Emu Heights a safe place to live?
Recorded crime in Emu Heights is low (34/100, ranked against other NSW suburbs on offences per resident).
What natural hazards affect Emu Heights?
Emu Heights has a high recorded bushfire history (81/100, ranked against every Australian suburb with any fire history). These are suburb-wide figures; check the address, as flood and bushfire exposure change street by street.
Is Emu Heights a good place to live?
Emu Heights has a SuburbScan Liveability grade of C (48/100), 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 Emu Heights?
Emu Heights, NSW had a population of 3,205 at the 2021 Australian Bureau of Statistics census.
What is the postcode for Emu Heights, NSW?
The postcode for Emu Heights, NSW is 2750.
How far is Emu Heights from Sydney?
Emu Heights is 60 km from Sydney CBD by road, about 51 minutes by car in normal traffic. Distance is the most-direct driving route, not straight-line.
What is the median household income in Emu Heights?
At the 2021 ABS Census, median household income in Emu Heights was $124,696 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 Emu Heights?
The median advertised rent in Emu Heights is $805 a week for houses (6 listings), from rental listings over the last six months.
What is the median age in Emu Heights?
The median age of residents in Emu Heights was 38 at the 2021 ABS Census.
Is Emu Heights at risk of bushfire?
Emu Heights has a high recorded bushfire history (81/100). The score comes from Geoscience Australia's historical bushfire boundaries, with planned burns excluded: the area of recorded fires touching the suburb 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.
How are the schools in Emu Heights?
There is 1 school inside the Emu Heights boundary: 1 below similar schools on NAPLAN, compared with same-state, same-type schools of similar socio-educational advantage (ICSEA).
Is Emu Heights walkable?
Emu Heights scores 52/100 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 Emu Heights?
The nearest government air-quality monitoring station to Emu Heights (Penrith) recorded a 2025 annual mean PM2.5 of 7.2 µg/m³ and PM10 of 16.3 µg/m³. That puts Emu Heights 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 Emu Heights?
At the nearest Bureau of Meteorology station to Emu Heights, Orchard Hills Treatment Works (9.3 km away), 822 mm of rain a year over 81 rainy days over 2006-2026.
Is the First Home Owner Grant available in Emu Heights?
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 Emu Heights belong to?
Emu Heights sits within the Penrith local government area. Council rates, planning approvals, and waste collection fall under this LGA.
How much are council rates in Emu Heights?
The average residential rates bill through Penrith is $1,547 a year (2024). Every suburb in this LGA shares the same schedule — individual bills vary with land value.
How much is being built near Emu Heights?
Across Penrith, 1,063 new residential dwellings were approved in the year to August 2026 (source: ABS Building Approvals). That's down 77.5% 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 Emu Heights in?
Emu Heights sits within the federal Division of Macquarie, currently held by Susan Templeman (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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