Kemps Creek NSW 2178
Located in New South Wales, Kemps Creek sits 53 km from Sydney CBD, around 52 minutes by car. The suburb has 2,121 residents, a median age of 44, and a median household income of $91,156 per year. On socioeconomic measures it sits in the middle range nationally. Population fell 6.5% from 2016 to 2021. The 2021 Census recorded a median rent of $470 per week and a median monthly mortgage of $1,875. The area shows high crime risk and high aircraft noise risk. Of 7 schools within the suburb boundary, 1 ranks above the state average, and walkability is low.
Is Kemps Creek a good suburb?
Kemps Creek scores a D (28/100) on SuburbScan's Liveability grade — weaker on transit, prices, and safety.
Mixed results
7 schools · 1 above peer schools
Car-dependent
Walkability 8/100 · 53 km · 52 min drive to Sydney
Above the state median
Median $5.25M · Less affordable than 99% of NSW
High crime risk
Fire 69/100 · Crime 89/100
Mid-range socio-economic
SEIFA decile 5/10 · median age 44 · 2,121 residents
Liveability Rating
28 / 100 · Ranked #1314 in NSWEach bar is Kemps Creek'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.
How do you rate the liveability in Kemps Creek?
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Our score
28 / 100
From schools, safety and socio-economic data — not opinion.
Residents say
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Median House Price
Public listings dataKemps Creek's house market is moving lower: the median sale price reached $5.25 million, roughly 39% below where it sat a year earlier.
Houses
$5,250,000
338% above its 6 neighbours (median $1,199,000)
Based on 19 recorded sales in the last 24 months.
Typically sold in 169 days — median across 7 sales that recorded a listing period
By bedrooms
- 3 bed 5 sales $6.5M
- 4 bed 6 sales $4.6M
Land
$4,500,000
Based on only 3 sales — small sample, take as indicative.
Rental Market
Rent agreed on new leases
Jul–Sep 2026- All rentals
- $755/wk
- 10 bonds
- +23% since 2021
Median weekly rent on bonds lodged for new tenancies across postcode 2178 (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.
Short-Stay Rentals
No active Airbnb listings.
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 Kemps Creek safe? Crime statistics
2025Crime in Kemps Creek sits in the high band, with 224 incidents recorded in 2025 — up roughly 20% on the prior year.
224 offences
20.4% since 2024Crime Trend
Serious Road Crashes
2021–202524 crashes
where someone was killed or admitted to hospital, 1 of them fatal
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
Aircraft Noise
ANEF Contour Details
Significant impact — conditional building
Significant impact — conditional building
Moderate impact — noise insulation required
Moderate impact — noise insulation required
Moderate impact — noise insulation required
Noticeable aircraft noise
Noticeable aircraft noise
Noticeable aircraft noise
Schools
Seven schools serve Kemps Creek, and results are mixed — some outperforming peer-suburb schools, some below. Trinity Catholic Primary School leads the pack.
- • 1,948 students across 5 schools (avg 390)
- • Sectors: 4 Independent, 2 Catholic, 1 Government
- • ICSEA 947-1048, median 1012 (around the national baseline of 1000)
- • Largest: Emmaus Catholic College (674 students)
Primary
Secondary
Combined
Walkability
Kemps Creek is very car-dependent on foot — at 8/100, nearly all errands require a car.
Public transport
Weekday and weekend service frequency across every stop inside Kemps Creek.
- Peak (7-9am + 5-7pm)
- 38.0 arrivals/hr
- Off-peak weekday
- 14.4 arrivals/hr
- Saturday
- 5.4 arrivals/hr
- Median peak wait
- 1 min
- Span of service
- 14.9 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 Kemps Creek.
- Full-fibre (FTTP) share
- 38%
- Premises covered
- 817
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 6 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.
Kemps Creek is home to about 2,100 residents, with a median age of 44, a touch above the national 38. Median household income runs at $91,000 a year, with unemployment at 4.5%.
2021 Census · change since 2016
Population
2,121
Median Age
44
Median Household Income
$91,156/yr
Census Median Rent
$470/wk
Census Median Mortgage
$1,875/mo
Avg Household Size
3.2
Median Personal Income
$32,916/yr
Unemployment Rate
4.5%
Unoccupied Dwellings
6.7%
Total Dwellings
595
Owner-Occupier Rate
68.8%
Houses
91.9%
Rental Stress
26.8%
Mortgage Stress
24.7%
Work From Home
37.6%
Dwelling Types
Property Ownership
Demographics
- Born in Australia
- 63.1%
- English Spoken at Home
- 53.0%
- Employment Rate
- 46.4%
- Completed Year 12
- 32.6%
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.
33 residents (1.6%) 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 2,038 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
5% of employed residents work in a capital's city centre (38 of 828).
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 2,369 people work here; 828 employed residents live here.
A jobs hub: 2.9 jobs for every working resident. At least 64% of the people who work here must live elsewhere.
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 $1,547 a year through Penrith based on 2024 figures.
How this land is zoned
- Rural and farming 48%
- Industrial 32%
- Environmental 14%
- Infrastructure and transport 2%
- Other and special use 2%
- Parks and recreation 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 6.7 µg/m³ in 2025 — below Australia's NEPM annual standard (8 µg/m³), slightly above the stricter WHO guideline (5 µg/m³).
PM10 averaged 16.9 µg/m³ · NO₂ averaged 0.37 pphm. Days over the limit in 2025: PM10 2 · NO₂ 0 · ozone 0.
From the Bringelly monitoring station, 6.2 km away.
Climate & Setting
from Orchard Hills Treatment Works, 10.3 kmModerate rainfall.
- Elevation
- 45 m
- above sea level, at the suburb centre
- Distance to the ocean
- 35.1 km
- Near high-voltage lines
- 1.9% of addresses
- 21 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
4 facilities within 5 km- 2.7 kmWaste Treatment and Disposal ServicesTop reported: Carbon monoxide · Particulate Matter ≤10.0 µm (PM10) · Oxides of Nitrogen
- 4.3 kmClay Brick ManufacturingTop reported: Carbon monoxide · Particulate Matter ≤10.0 µm (PM10) · Sulfur dioxide
- 4.7 kmPotato, Corn and Other Crisp ManufacturingTop reported: Carbon monoxide · Oxides of Nitrogen · Total Volatile Organic Compounds
- 4.7 kmCleaning Compound ManufacturingTop reported: Total Volatile Organic Compounds · Ethanol
EV adoption
In postcode 2178, 21 of 3,324 registered light vehicles are battery-electric on 31 January 2025. A further 3.9% (131 vehicles) are hybrid or plug-in hybrid, taking the non-petrol, non-diesel share to 4.6%.
Rooftop solar
In postcode 2178, 636 rooftop-solar systems totalling 11.1 MW have been installed since 2001, against 1,187 dwellings recorded in the 2021 Census. 53 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
1 mortgage broker is registered in postcode 2178.
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 $5,250,000 this is $4,650,000 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 Chris Bowen Australian Labor Party
| Year | Winner | 2PP ALP | 2PP LNP | Swing |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2025 | Chris Bowen | 59.0% | 41.0% | -1.5 |
| 2022 | Chris Bowen | 59.5% | 40.5% | -2.9 |
| 2019 | Chris Bowen | 56.6% | 43.4% | +5.5 |
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 Tanya Davies Liberal
Next state election: 13 March 2027.
| Year | Winner | Won with |
|---|---|---|
| 2023 | Tanya Davies LP | 60.5% |
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 Kemps Creek
Is Kemps Creek a safe place to live?
Recorded crime in Kemps Creek is high (89/100, 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 Kemps Creek?
Kemps Creek has a moderate recorded bushfire history (69/100, ranked against every Australian suburb with any fire history). Part of it sits inside an aircraft noise contour. These are suburb-wide figures; check the address, as flood and bushfire exposure change street by street.
Is Kemps Creek a good place to live?
Kemps Creek has a SuburbScan Liveability grade of D (28/100), 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 Kemps Creek?
Kemps Creek, NSW had a population of 2,121 at the 2021 Australian Bureau of Statistics census.
What is the postcode for Kemps Creek, NSW?
The postcode for Kemps Creek, NSW is 2178.
How far is Kemps Creek from Sydney?
Kemps Creek is 53 km from Sydney CBD by road, about 52 minutes by car in normal traffic. Distance is the most-direct driving route, not straight-line.
What is the median household income in Kemps Creek?
At the 2021 ABS Census, median household income in Kemps Creek was $91,156 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 Kemps Creek?
There are too few current rental listings in Kemps Creek for a reliable median. At the 2021 ABS Census the median weekly rent was $470, across all dwelling types.
What is the median age in Kemps Creek?
The median age of residents in Kemps Creek was 44 at the 2021 ABS Census.
Is Kemps Creek at risk of bushfire?
Kemps Creek has a moderate recorded bushfire history (69/100). 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 Kemps Creek?
There are 7 schools inside the Kemps Creek boundary: 1 above, 2 at, and 2 below similar schools on NAPLAN, compared with same-state, same-type schools of similar socio-educational advantage (ICSEA).
Is Kemps Creek walkable?
Kemps Creek scores 8/100 on the SuburbScan Walkability Score, making it very car-dependent. 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 Kemps Creek?
The nearest government air-quality monitoring station to Kemps Creek (Bringelly) recorded a 2025 annual mean PM2.5 of 6.7 µg/m³ and PM10 of 16.9 µg/m³. That puts Kemps Creek 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 Kemps Creek?
At the nearest Bureau of Meteorology station to Kemps Creek, Orchard Hills Treatment Works (10.3 km away), 822 mm of rain a year over 81 rainy days over 2006-2026.
Is the First Home Owner Grant available in Kemps Creek?
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 Kemps Creek belong to?
Kemps Creek sits within the Penrith local government area. Council rates, planning approvals, and waste collection fall under this LGA.
How much are council rates in Kemps Creek?
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 Kemps Creek?
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 Kemps Creek in?
Kemps Creek sits within the federal Division of Mcmahon, currently held by Chris Bowen (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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