Emu Plains NSW 2750
Emu Plains sits 59 km from Sydney CBD in New South Wales, around 49 minutes by car. Census data records 8,126 residents with a median age of 41 and a median household income of $97,604 per year. On socioeconomic measures it sits in the top 40% nationally. Population fell 3.5% from 2016 to 2021. The 2021 Census recorded a median rent of $420 per week and a median monthly mortgage of $2,200. The area shows high crime risk. 5 schools sit within the suburb boundary, and walkability is high.
Is Emu Plains a good suburb?
Emu Plains scores a C (44/100) on SuburbScan's Liveability grade — strong on transit and community, weaker on schools.
Below the state average
5 schools · Bottom 23% in NSW
Very walkable
Walkability 91/100 · 59.2 km · 49 min drive to Sydney
Around the state median
Median $1.19M
Moderate bushfire risk
Fire 45/100 · Crime 70/100
Advantaged
SEIFA decile 7/10 · median age 41 · 8,126 residents
Liveability Rating
44 / 100 · Ranked #920 in NSWEach bar is Emu Plains'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
44 / 100
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Median House Price
Public listings dataEmu Plains's house market is moving higher: the median sale price reached $1.19 million, roughly 12% above where it sat a year earlier.
Houses
$1,190,000
12% above its 6 neighbours (median $1,060,000)
Based on 91 recorded sales in the last 24 months.
Typically sold in 22 days — median across 44 sales that recorded a listing period
By bedrooms
- 3 bed 41 sales $1.12M
- 4 bed 28 sales $1.27M
- 5 bed 7 sales $1.36M
Units
$806,500
Based on only 7 sales — small sample, take as indicative.
By bedrooms
- 3 bed 7 sales $806K
Currently for Sale
Last 6 monthsHouses in Emu Plains are currently listed at around $1.24 million on average. Based on 12 houses listed in the past six months.
$1.24M
12 houses listed in the last 6 months.
12 of the suburb's 2,989 dwellings (0.4%) were listed for sale in the last 6 months.
Rental Market
Advertised rents · last 6 monthsHouses in Emu Plains rent for around $730 a week on average, based on 19 houses listed for rent in the past six months.
$730/wk
12% above its 3 neighbours (median $650/wk)
19 houses advertised for rent in the last 6 months.
21 rentals advertised against an estimated 684 rented homes (3.1%) 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$730/week ($38,000 a year) on a $1.24 million median
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
11 active Airbnb listings: 10 whole homes and 1 room. Whole homes are about 0.3% 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 Plains safe? Crime statistics
2025Crime in Emu Plains sits in the high band, with 418 incidents recorded in 2025 — up about 4% on the prior year.
418 offences
4.5% since 2024Crime Trend
Serious Road Crashes
2021–202516 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
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
Five schools serve Emu Plains, and the cohort is trailing peer-suburb performance.
- • 2,250 students across 4 schools (avg 562)
- • Sectors: 3 Catholic, 2 Government
- • ICSEA 993-1047, median 1009 (around the national baseline of 1000)
- • Largest: Nepean Creative and Performing Arts High School (807 students)
Primary
Secondary
Universities nearby
1.7% 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 Plains is exceptionally walkable on foot — at 91/100, daily errands don't require a car at all. Within the suburb there are 2 supermarkets, 19 parks and 12 cafes to anchor that walking radius.
Public transport
Weekday and weekend service frequency across every stop inside Emu Plains.
- Peak (7-9am + 5-7pm)
- 236.0 arrivals/hr
- Off-peak weekday
- 122.0 arrivals/hr
- Saturday
- 62.2 arrivals/hr
- Median peak wait
- 0 min
- Span of service
- 21.9 hours
- Direct to CBD (peak)
- 11 min wait
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 Plains.
- Full-fibre (FTTP) share
- 47%
- Premises covered
- 3,671
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 19 small areas inside this suburb and averages them into the single decile above. They fall into 6 different deciles — a wide range, so parts of this suburb rank well above the average and parts well below it.
Emu Plains is home to about 8,100 residents, with a median age of 41, broadly in line with the national figure. Median household income runs at $98,000 a year, with unemployment at 3.1%.
2021 Census · change since 2016
Population
8,126
Median Age
41
Median Household Income
$97,604/yr
Census Median Rent
$420/wk
Census Median Mortgage
$2,200/mo
Avg Household Size
2.6
Median Personal Income
$45,760/yr
Unemployment Rate
3.1%
Unoccupied Dwellings
3.3%
Total Dwellings
2,989
Owner-Occupier Rate
77.1%
Houses
82.1%
Rental Stress
22.4%
Mortgage Stress
27.0%
Work From Home
38.5%
Dwelling Types
Property Ownership
91 rented from a state or territory housing authority and 10 from a community housing provider, as a share of the 671 rented dwellings above — not of all dwellings.
Demographics
- Born in Australia
- 81.3%
- English Spoken at Home
- 89.0%
- Employment Rate
- 57.6%
- Completed Year 12
- 38.1%
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.
47 residents (0.6%) 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 7,689 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 (254 of 3,809).
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
- Residential 35%
- Environmental 20%
- Infrastructure and transport 17%
- Industrial 16%
- Parks and recreation 8%
- Other and special use 3%
- Commercial 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, 4.3 km away.
Climate & Setting
from Orchard Hills Treatment Works, 7.3 kmModerate rainfall.
- Elevation
- 23 m
- above sea level, at the suburb centre
- Near high-voltage lines
- 5.9% of addresses
- 257 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- 0.8 kmGravel and Sand QuarryingTop reported: Total Volatile Organic Compounds · Manganese & compounds · Fluoride compounds
- 2.4 kmMilk and Cream ProcessingTop reported: Oxides of Nitrogen · Carbon monoxide · Total Volatile Organic Compounds
- 2.7 kmSewerage and Drainage ServicesTop reported: Total Nitrogen · Ammonia (total) · Total Phosphorus
- 3.0 kmAluminium Rolling, Drawing, ExtrudingTop reported: Oxides of Nitrogen · Carbon monoxide · Total Volatile Organic Compounds
- 3.6 kmGlass and Glass Product ManufacturingTop reported: Sulfur dioxide · Oxides of Nitrogen · Particulate Matter ≤10.0 µm (PM10)
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
4 mortgage brokers are registered in this suburb, 32 across 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 $1,190,000 this is $590,000 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 2026-10-26 — 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 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 Plains
Is Emu Plains a safe place to live?
Recorded crime in Emu Plains is high (70/100, 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 Emu Plains?
Emu Plains has a moderate recorded bushfire history (45/100, 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 Plains a good place to live?
Emu Plains has a SuburbScan Liveability grade of C (44/100), 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 Plains?
Emu Plains, NSW had a population of 8,126 at the 2021 Australian Bureau of Statistics census.
What is the postcode for Emu Plains, NSW?
The postcode for Emu Plains, NSW is 2750.
How far is Emu Plains from Sydney?
Emu Plains is 59 km from Sydney CBD by road, about 49 minutes by car in normal traffic. Distance is the most-direct driving route, not straight-line.
What is the median household income in Emu Plains?
At the 2021 ABS Census, median household income in Emu Plains was $97,604 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 Plains?
The median advertised rent in Emu Plains is $730 a week for houses (19 listings), from rental listings over the last six months.
What is the median age in Emu Plains?
The median age of residents in Emu Plains was 41 at the 2021 ABS Census.
Is Emu Plains at risk of bushfire?
Emu Plains has a moderate recorded bushfire history (45/100). 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 Plains?
There are 5 schools inside the Emu Plains boundary: 2 at and 2 below similar schools on NAPLAN, compared with same-state, same-type schools of similar socio-educational advantage (ICSEA).
Is Emu Plains walkable?
Emu Plains scores 91/100 on the SuburbScan Walkability Score, making it exceptionally 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 Plains?
The nearest government air-quality monitoring station to Emu Plains (Penrith) recorded a 2025 annual mean PM2.5 of 7.2 µg/m³ and PM10 of 16.3 µg/m³. That puts Emu Plains 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 Plains?
At the nearest Bureau of Meteorology station to Emu Plains, Orchard Hills Treatment Works (7.3 km away), 822 mm of rain a year over 81 rainy days over 2006-2026.
Is the First Home Owner Grant available in Emu Plains?
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 Plains belong to?
Emu Plains 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 Plains?
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 Plains?
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 Plains in?
Emu Plains 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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