Located in New South Wales, Kenthurst sits 42 km from Sydney CBD, around 50 minutes by car. The suburb has 5,313 residents, a median age of 44, and a median household income of $159,172 per year. On socioeconomic measures it sits in the top 20% nationally. Population grew 5.5% from 2016 to 2021. The 2021 Census recorded a median rent of $550 per week and a median monthly mortgage of $3,280. Of 4 schools within the suburb boundary, 1 ranks above the state average, and walkability is low.
Is Kenthurst a good suburb?
Kenthurst scores a B (60/100) on SuburbScan's Liveability grade — strong on community, weaker on transit and prices.
Mixed results
4 schools · 1 above peer schools
Car-dependent
Walkability 14/100 · 42.2 km · 50 min drive to Sydney
Above the state median
Median $3.25M · Less affordable than 83% of NSW
Moderate bushfire risk
Fire 40/100 · Crime 35/100
Very advantaged
SEIFA decile 10/10 · median age 44 · 5,313 residents
Liveability Rating
60 / 100 · Ranked #510 in NSWEach bar is Kenthurst'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
60 / 100
From schools, safety and socio-economic data — not opinion.
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Median Land Price
Public listings dataKenthurst's land market is moving lower: the median sale price reached $3.17 million, roughly 16% below where it sat a year earlier.
Land
$3,175,000
Based on 44 recorded sales in the last 24 months.
Typically sold in 41 days — median across 35 sales that recorded a listing period
Houses
$3,250,000
84% above its 6 neighbours (median $1,770,000)
Based on 25 recorded sales in the last 24 months.
Typically sold in 38 days — median across 16 sales that recorded a listing period
By bedrooms
- 4 bed 7 sales $2.68M
- 5 bed 6 sales $3.67M
Currently for Sale
Last 6 monthsHouses in Kenthurst are currently listed at around $2.7 million on average. Based on 9 houses listed in the past six months.
$2.7M
9 houses listed in the last 6 months.
9 of the suburb's 1,557 dwellings (0.6%) were listed for sale in the last 6 months.
Rental Market
Advertised rents · last 6 monthsHouses in Kenthurst rent for around $895 a week on average, based on 10 houses listed for rent in the past six months.
$895/wk
15% below its 3 neighbours (median $1,050/wk)
10 houses advertised for rent in the last 6 months.
11 rentals advertised against an estimated 156 rented homes (7.1%) in the last 6 months.
Rent agreed on new leases
Jul–Sep 2026- All rentals
- $960/wk
- 29 bonds
- +39% since 2021
Median weekly rent on bonds lodged for new tenancies across postcode 2156 (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 202585 Unaffordable · the average rental household in this region would pay about 35% of its income on the median rent in postcode 2156.
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$895/week ($47,000 a year) on a $2.7 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
5 active Airbnb listings: 4 whole homes and 1 room. Whole homes are about 0.2% 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 Kenthurst safe? Crime statistics
2025Crime in Kenthurst sits in the low band, with 121 incidents recorded in 2025 — up roughly 66% on the prior year.
121 offences
65.8% since 2024Crime Trend
Serious Road Crashes
2021–202510 crashes
where someone was killed or admitted to hospital, 2 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
The Hills Shire Council has published 1 flood study on the NSW Flood Data Portal. The mapped flood areas are in those studies; SuburbScan does not hold them.
Schools
Four schools serve Kenthurst, and performance is broadly at peer-suburb levels with one standout. Kenthurst Public School leads the pack.
- • 2,818 students across 4 schools (avg 704)
- • Sectors: 2 Catholic, 1 Government, 1 Independent
- • ICSEA 1040-1164, median 1068 (above the national baseline of 1000)
- • Largest: The Hills Grammar School (1,208 students)
Primary
Secondary
Combined
Walkability
Kenthurst is very car-dependent on foot — at 14/100, nearly all errands require a car.
Public transport
Weekday and weekend service frequency across every stop inside Kenthurst.
- Peak (7-9am + 5-7pm)
- 116.0 arrivals/hr
- Off-peak weekday
- 27.8 arrivals/hr
- Saturday
- 12.0 arrivals/hr
- Median peak wait
- 0 min
- Span of service
- 13.2 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 Kenthurst.
- Full-fibre (FTTP) share
- 55%
- Premises covered
- 1,778
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
The Hills: 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 14 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.
Kenthurst is home to about 5,300 residents, with a median age of 44, a touch above the national 38. Median household income runs at $159,000 a year, with unemployment at 3.2%.
2021 Census · change since 2016
Population
5,313
Median Age
44
Median Household Income
$159,172/yr
Census Median Rent
$550/wk
Census Median Mortgage
$3,280/mo
Avg Household Size
3.3
Median Personal Income
$48,984/yr
Unemployment Rate
3.2%
Unoccupied Dwellings
5.5%
Total Dwellings
1,557
Owner-Occupier Rate
90.0%
Houses
95.6%
Rental Stress
18.0%
Mortgage Stress
24.7%
Work From Home
44.1%
Dwelling Types
Property Ownership
3 rented from a state or territory housing authority and 9 from a community housing provider, as a share of the 150 rented dwellings above — not of all dwellings.
Demographics
- Born in Australia
- 77.5%
- English Spoken at Home
- 82.2%
- Employment Rate
- 61.5%
- Completed Year 12
- 50.0%
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.
52 residents (1.0%) 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 5,102 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 (181 of 2,678).
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 $1,204 a year through The Hills based on 2024 figures.
How this land is zoned
- Rural and farming 98%
- Parks and recreation 2%
- Zones under 1% 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: The Hills
In the year to August 2026, 2,648 new dwellings were approved across The Hills. That mix is 1,419 houses and 1,229 units. Approvals are down 3.5% 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 6.1 µg/m³ in 2025 — below Australia's NEPM annual standard (8 µg/m³), slightly above the stricter WHO guideline (5 µg/m³).
PM10 averaged 15.5 µg/m³ · NO₂ averaged 0.53 pphm. Days over the limit in 2025: PM10 1 · NO₂ 0 · ozone 0.
From the Rouse Hill monitoring station, 7.7 km away.
Climate & Setting
from Seven Hills (Collins St), 14.6 kmHigh rainfall.
- Elevation
- 48 m
- above sea level, at the suburb centre
- Distance to the ocean
- 24.4 km
- Near high-voltage lines
- 10.6% of addresses
- 215 within 100 m of an overhead line of 110 kV or more
- Annual rainfall
- 932 mm
- 78 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.
EV adoption
In postcode 2156, 204 of 11,522 registered light vehicles are battery-electric on 31 January 2025. A further 3.1% (360 vehicles) are hybrid or plug-in hybrid, taking the non-petrol, non-diesel share to 4.9%.
Rooftop solar
In postcode 2156, 2,534 rooftop-solar systems totalling 25.4 MW have been installed since 2001, against 4,395 dwellings recorded in the 2021 Census. 210 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
5 mortgage brokers are registered in this suburb, 11 across postcode 2156.
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 $3,175,000 this is $2,575,000 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 Julian Leeser Liberal
| Year | Winner | 2PP ALP | 2PP LNP | Swing |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2025 | Julian Leeser | 48.4% | 51.6% | +5.9 |
| 2022 | Julian Leeser | 40.2% | 59.8% | -5.9 |
| 2019 | Julian Leeser | 34.4% | 65.7% | -0.8 |
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 Mark Hodges Liberal
Next state election: 13 March 2027.
| Year | Winner | Won with |
|---|---|---|
| 2023 | Mark Hodges LP | 60.9% |
| 2019 | Raymond Williams LP | 74.7% |
| 2015 | Ray Williams LP | 79.4% |
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 Kenthurst
Is Kenthurst a safe place to live?
Recorded crime in Kenthurst is low (35/100, ranked against other NSW suburbs on offences per resident).
What natural hazards affect Kenthurst?
Kenthurst has a moderate recorded bushfire history (40/100, 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 Kenthurst a good place to live?
Kenthurst has a SuburbScan Liveability grade of B (60/100), 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 Kenthurst?
Kenthurst, NSW had a population of 5,313 at the 2021 Australian Bureau of Statistics census.
What is the postcode for Kenthurst, NSW?
The postcode for Kenthurst, NSW is 2156.
How far is Kenthurst from Sydney?
Kenthurst is 42 km from Sydney CBD by road, about 50 minutes by car in normal traffic. Distance is the most-direct driving route, not straight-line.
What is the median household income in Kenthurst?
At the 2021 ABS Census, median household income in Kenthurst was $159,172 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 Kenthurst?
The median advertised rent in Kenthurst is $895 a week for houses (10 listings), from rental listings over the last six months.
What is the median age in Kenthurst?
The median age of residents in Kenthurst was 44 at the 2021 ABS Census.
Is Kenthurst at risk of bushfire?
Kenthurst has a moderate recorded bushfire history (40/100). 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 Kenthurst?
There are 4 schools inside the Kenthurst boundary: 1 above and 3 at similar schools on NAPLAN, compared with same-state, same-type schools of similar socio-educational advantage (ICSEA).
Is Kenthurst walkable?
Kenthurst scores 14/100 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 Kenthurst?
The nearest government air-quality monitoring station to Kenthurst (Rouse Hill) recorded a 2025 annual mean PM2.5 of 6.1 µg/m³ and PM10 of 15.5 µg/m³. That puts Kenthurst 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 Kenthurst?
At the nearest Bureau of Meteorology station to Kenthurst, Seven Hills (Collins St) (14.6 km away), 932 mm of rain a year over 78 rainy days over 2006-2026.
Is the First Home Owner Grant available in Kenthurst?
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 Kenthurst belong to?
Kenthurst sits within the The Hills local government area. Council rates, planning approvals, and waste collection fall under this LGA.
How much are council rates in Kenthurst?
The average residential rates bill through The Hills is $1,204 a year (2024). Every suburb in this LGA shares the same schedule — individual bills vary with land value.
How much is being built near Kenthurst?
Across The Hills, 2,648 new residential dwellings were approved in the year to August 2026 (source: ABS Building Approvals). That's down 3.5% 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 Kenthurst in?
Kenthurst sits within the federal Division of Berowra, currently held by Julian Leeser (Liberal).
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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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