Prospect NSW 2148
Located in New South Wales, Prospect sits 34 km from Sydney CBD, around 39 minutes by car. The suburb has 5,187 residents, a median age of 38, and a median household income of $108,368 per year. By household income, education, and employment patterns, it ranks in the top 40% nationally. The suburb grew 10.0% between 2016 and 2021. At the 2021 Census, households here paid a median rent of $435 per week and a median monthly mortgage of $2,167. Walkability is low.
Is Prospect a good suburb?
Prospect scores a B (52/100) on SuburbScan's Liveability grade — strong on community.
Some car dependence
Walkability 4/100 · 34.1 km · 39 min drive to Sydney
Around the state median
Median $1.23M
Moderate crime risk
Fire 19/100 · Crime 54/100
Advantaged
SEIFA decile 7/10 · median age 38 · 5,187 residents
Liveability Rating
52 / 100 · Ranked #699 in NSWEach bar is Prospect'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 Prospect?
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Our score
52 / 100
From schools, safety and socio-economic data — not opinion.
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Median House Price
Public listings dataProspect's house market is moving higher: the median sale price reached $1.23 million, roughly 15% above where it sat a year earlier.
Houses
$1,230,500
In line with its 8 neighbours (median $1,250,000)
Based on 80 recorded sales in the last 24 months.
Typically sold in 23 days — median across 35 sales that recorded a listing period
By bedrooms
- 3 bed 39 sales $1.16M
- 4 bed 25 sales $1.36M
- 5 bed 10 sales $1.38M
Units
$516,250
13% above its 4 neighbours (median $455,000)
Based on 36 recorded sales in the last 24 months.
Typically sold in 32 days — median across 19 sales that recorded a listing period
By bedrooms
- 1 bed 6 sales $360K
- 2 bed 21 sales $530K
Currently for Sale
Last 6 monthsHouses in Prospect are currently listed at around $750,000 on average. Based on 5 houses listed in the past six months.
$750K
5 houses listed in the last 6 months.
7 of the suburb's 1,708 dwellings (0.4%) were listed for sale in the last 6 months.
Rental Market
Advertised rents · last 6 monthsHouses in Prospect rent for around $825 a week on average, based on 16 houses listed for rent in the past six months.
$825/wk
20% above its 6 neighbours (median $690/wk)
16 houses advertised for rent in the last 6 months.
16 rentals advertised against an estimated 367 rented homes (4.4%) in the last 6 months.
Rent agreed on new leases
Jul–Sep 2026- 3-bed houses
- $670/wk
- 169 bonds
- +49% since 2021
- 2-bed units
- $600/wk
- 132 bonds
- +53% since 2021
Median weekly rent on bonds lodged for new tenancies across postcode 2148 (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 2025125 Acceptable · the average rental household in this region would pay about 24% of its income on the median rent in postcode 2148.
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$825/week ($43,000 a year) on a $750,000 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
No active Airbnb listings (1 listed without a review in the past year).
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 Prospect safe? Crime statistics
2025Crime in Prospect sits in the moderate band, with 187 incidents recorded in 2025 — down roughly 12% on the prior year.
187 offences
11.8% since 2024Crime Trend
Serious Road Crashes
2021–202510 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
Blacktown City Council has published 3 flood studies on the NSW Flood Data Portal. The mapped flood areas are in those studies; SuburbScan does not hold them.
Schools
Universities nearby
- 9.9 kmWestern Sydney University - ParramattaWestern Sydney University · 193 courses
- 9.9 kmWestern Sydney University - Parramatta CityWestern Sydney University · 78 courses
2.6% 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
Prospect is very car-dependent on foot — at 4/100, nearly all errands require a car.
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 Prospect.
- Peak (7-9am + 5-7pm)
- 72.5 arrivals/hr
- Off-peak weekday
- 38.2 arrivals/hr
- Saturday
- 30.1 arrivals/hr
- Median peak wait
- 1 min
- Span of service
- 19.2 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 Prospect.
- Full-fibre (FTTP) share
- 84%
- Premises covered
- 2,051
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
Blacktown: 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 12 small areas inside this suburb and averages them into the single decile above. They fall into 5 different deciles — a wide range, so parts of this suburb rank well above the average and parts well below it.
Prospect is home to about 5,200 residents, with a median age of 38, broadly in line with the national figure. Median household income runs at $108,000 a year, with unemployment at 4.0%.
2021 Census · change since 2016
Population
5,187
Median Age
38
Median Household Income
$108,368/yr
Census Median Rent
$435/wk
Census Median Mortgage
$2,167/mo
Avg Household Size
2.9
Median Personal Income
$43,732/yr
Unemployment Rate
4.0%
Unoccupied Dwellings
3.6%
Total Dwellings
1,708
Owner-Occupier Rate
78.5%
Houses
84.1%
Rental Stress
20.9%
Mortgage Stress
24.0%
Work From Home
37.2%
Dwelling Types
Property Ownership
11 rented from a state or territory housing authority and 0 from a community housing provider, as a share of the 360 rented dwellings above — not of all dwellings.
Demographics
- Born in Australia
- 53.7%
- English Spoken at Home
- 50.9%
- Employment Rate
- 58.4%
- Completed Year 12
- 49.1%
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.
212 residents (4.1%) 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 4,845 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
8% of employed residents work in a capital's city centre (201 of 2,471).
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 $1,157 a year through Blacktown based on 2024 figures.
How this land is zoned
- Residential 50%
- Infrastructure and transport 19%
- Industrial 15%
- Parks and recreation 11%
- Environmental 3%
- Rural and farming 1%
- 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: Blacktown
In the year to August 2026, 2,325 new dwellings were approved across Blacktown. That mix is 1,825 houses and 500 units. Approvals are down 17.5% 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 17.6 µg/m³ · NO₂ averaged 0.88 pphm. Days over the limit in 2025: PM10 1 · NO₂ 0 · ozone 0.
From the Prospect monitoring station, 2.4 km away.
Climate & Setting
from Prospect Reservoir, 1.4 kmHigh rainfall — hot summers, mild winters.
- Elevation
- 57 m
- above sea level, at the suburb centre
- Distance to the ocean
- 28.8 km
- Near high-voltage lines
- 24.2% of addresses
- 559 within 100 m of an overhead line of 110 kV or more
- Annual rainfall
- 931 mm
- 89 rainy days
- Summer max (Jan)
- 28.9°C
- 15 days ≥ 35°C
- Winter min (Jul)
- 6.9°C
- 0 frost days ≤ 0°C
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
25 facilities within 5 km- 2.0 kmSoft Drink, Cordial and Syrup ManufacturingTop reported: Oxides of Nitrogen · Carbon monoxide · Total Volatile Organic Compounds
- 2.0 kmPrintingTop reported: Oxides of Nitrogen · Carbon monoxide · Total Volatile Organic Compounds
- 2.5 kmOther Construction Material MiningTop reported: Particulate Matter ≤10.0 µm (PM10) · Oxides of Nitrogen · Carbon monoxide
- 2.5 kmBasic Organic Chemical ManufacturingTop reported: Carbon monoxide · Oxides of Nitrogen · Particulate Matter ≤2.5 µm (PM2.5)
- 2.6 kmSpirit ManufacturingTop reported: Total Volatile Organic Compounds · Ethanol
EV adoption
In postcode 2148, 347 of 47,247 registered light vehicles are battery-electric on 31 January 2025. A further 5.2% (2,458 vehicles) are hybrid or plug-in hybrid, taking the non-petrol, non-diesel share to 5.9%.
Rooftop solar
In postcode 2148, 8,258 rooftop-solar systems totalling 63.4 MW have been installed since 2001, against 23,561 dwellings recorded in the 2021 Census. 532 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 this suburb, 51 across postcode 2148.
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 $1,230,500 this is $630,500 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 Hugh McDermott Labor
Next state election: 13 March 2027.
| Year | Winner | Won with |
|---|---|---|
| 2023 | Hugh McDermott ALP | 58.7% |
| 2019 | Hugh McDermott ALP | 60.7% |
| 2015 | Hugh McDermott ALP | 53.4% |
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 Prospect
Is Prospect a safe place to live?
Recorded crime in Prospect is moderate (54/100, ranked against other NSW suburbs on offences per resident).
What natural hazards affect Prospect?
Prospect has a low recorded bushfire history (19/100, 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 Prospect a good place to live?
Prospect has a SuburbScan Liveability grade of B (52/100), 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 Prospect?
Prospect, NSW had a population of 5,187 at the 2021 Australian Bureau of Statistics census.
What is the postcode for Prospect, NSW?
The postcode for Prospect, NSW is 2148.
How far is Prospect from Sydney?
Prospect is 34 km from Sydney CBD by road, about 39 minutes by car in normal traffic. Distance is the most-direct driving route, not straight-line.
What is the median household income in Prospect?
At the 2021 ABS Census, median household income in Prospect was $108,368 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 Prospect?
The median advertised rent in Prospect is $825 a week for houses (16 listings), from rental listings over the last six months.
What is the median age in Prospect?
The median age of residents in Prospect was 38 at the 2021 ABS Census.
Is Prospect at risk of bushfire?
Prospect 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 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.
Is Prospect walkable?
Prospect scores 4/100 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 Prospect?
The nearest government air-quality monitoring station to Prospect (Prospect) recorded a 2025 annual mean PM2.5 of 6.7 µg/m³ and PM10 of 17.6 µg/m³. That puts Prospect 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 Prospect?
At the nearest Bureau of Meteorology station to Prospect, Prospect Reservoir (1.4 km away), summer days average 28.9°C, winter nights 6.9°C, 931 mm of rain a year over 89 rainy days, and 15 days a year above 35°C over 2006-2026.
Is the First Home Owner Grant available in Prospect?
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 Prospect belong to?
Prospect sits within the Blacktown local government area. Council rates, planning approvals, and waste collection fall under this LGA.
How much are council rates in Prospect?
The average residential rates bill through Blacktown is $1,157 a year (2024). Every suburb in this LGA shares the same schedule — individual bills vary with land value.
How much is being built near Prospect?
Across Blacktown, 2,325 new residential dwellings were approved in the year to August 2026 (source: ABS Building Approvals). That's down 17.5% 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 Prospect in?
Prospect 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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