The Ponds NSW 2769
The Ponds is a suburb in New South Wales, 43 km from Sydney CBD, around 42 minutes by car. Population is 16,315; the median age is 35 and the median household income is $170,820 per year. By household income, education, and employment patterns, it ranks in the top 20% nationally. The suburb grew 39.1% between 2016 and 2021. At the 2021 Census, households here paid a median rent of $643 per week and a median monthly mortgage of $3,000. The Ponds is characterised by no recorded bushfire exposure. Of 4 schools within the suburb boundary, 2 rank above the state average, and walkability is high.
Is The Ponds a good suburb?
The Ponds scores a A+ (89/100) on SuburbScan's Liveability grade — strong on schools, transit, safety, and community.
Above the state average
4 schools · 2 above peer schools · Top 13% in NSW
Very walkable
Walkability 82/100 · 42.6 km · 42 min drive to Sydney
Around the state median
Median $1.61M · Pricier than 78% of NSW
Low all-round risk
Fire 0/100 · Crime 22/100
Very advantaged
SEIFA decile 10/10 · median age 35 · 16,315 residents
Liveability Rating
89 / 100 · Ranked #49 in NSWEach bar is The Ponds'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 The Ponds?
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Our score
89 / 100
From schools, safety and socio-economic data — not opinion.
Residents say
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Median House Price
Public listings dataThe Ponds's house market is moving lower: the median sale price reached $1.61 million, about 3% below where it sat a year earlier.
Houses
$1,610,000
24% above its 7 neighbours (median $1,300,000)
Based on 264 recorded sales in the last 24 months.
Typically sold in 24 days — median across 200 sales that recorded a listing period
By bedrooms
- 3 bed 33 sales $1.23M
- 4 bed 151 sales $1.6M
- 5 bed 59 sales $1.82M
- 6 bed 5 sales $1.93M
Land
$1,685,000
Based on 11 recorded sales in the last 24 months.
Typically sold in 34 days — median across 8 sales that recorded a listing period
Currently for Sale
Last 6 monthsHouses in The Ponds are currently listed at around $1.49 million on average. Based on 17 houses listed in the past six months.
$1.49M
17 houses listed in the last 6 months.
17 of the suburb's 4,513 dwellings (0.4%) were listed for sale in the last 6 months.
Rental Market
Advertised rents · last 6 monthsHouses in The Ponds rent for around $950 a week on average, based on 69 houses listed for rent in the past six months.
$950/wk
19% above its 5 neighbours (median $800/wk)
69 houses advertised for rent in the last 6 months.
70 rentals advertised against an estimated 1,029 rented homes (6.8%) in the last 6 months.
Rent agreed on new leases
Jul–Sep 2026- All rentals
- $930/wk
- 80 bonds
- +35% since 2021
Median weekly rent on bonds lodged for new tenancies across postcode 2769 (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 202588 Unaffordable · the average rental household in this region would pay about 34% of its income on the median rent in postcode 2769.
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$950/week ($49,000 a year) on a $1.49 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
7 active Airbnb listings: 7 whole homes and 0 rooms. 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 The Ponds safe? Crime statistics
2025Crime in The Ponds sits in the low band, with 221 incidents recorded in 2025 — up about 5% on the prior year.
221 offences
4.7% since 2024Crime Trend
Serious Road Crashes
2021–20257 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
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
Four schools serve The Ponds, and the cohort skews above peer-suburb performance. Riverbank Public School and The Ponds High School lead the pack.
- • 5,421 students across 4 schools (avg 1,355)
- • ICSEA 1038-1141, median 1122 (well above the national baseline of 1000)
- • Largest: The Ponds High School (2,321 students)
Primary
Secondary
Combined
Walkability
The Ponds is very walkable on foot — at 82/100, most daily errands can be done on foot. Within the suburb there are 2 supermarkets, 20 parks and 7 cafes to anchor that walking radius.
Public transport
Weekday and weekend service frequency across every stop inside The Ponds.
- Peak (7-9am + 5-7pm)
- 128.8 arrivals/hr
- Off-peak weekday
- 99.4 arrivals/hr
- Saturday
- 67.6 arrivals/hr
- Median peak wait
- 0 min
- Span of service
- 19.9 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 The Ponds.
- Full-fibre (FTTP) share
- 90%
- Premises covered
- 5,243
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 30 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.
The Ponds is home to about 16,300 residents, with a median age of 35, broadly in line with the national figure. Median household income runs at $171,000 a year, with unemployment at 4.2%.
2021 Census · change since 2016
Population
16,315
Median Age
35
Median Household Income
$170,820/yr
Census Median Rent
$643/wk
Census Median Mortgage
$3,000/mo
Avg Household Size
3.5
Median Personal Income
$62,764/yr
Unemployment Rate
4.2%
Unoccupied Dwellings
3.5%
Total Dwellings
4,513
Owner-Occupier Rate
77.2%
Houses
83.7%
Rental Stress
19.6%
Mortgage Stress
21.1%
Work From Home
59.8%
Dwelling Types
Property Ownership
3 rented from a state or territory housing authority and 10 from a community housing provider, as a share of the 990 rented dwellings above — not of all dwellings.
Demographics
- Born in Australia
- 45.2%
- English Spoken at Home
- 41.7%
- Employment Rate
- 68%
- Completed Year 12
- 54.1%
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.
1,625 residents (10.0%) 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 15,060 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
19% of employed residents work in a capital's city centre (1,488 of 7,836).
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 73%
- Infrastructure and transport 16%
- Parks and recreation 8%
- Environmental 4%
- 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: 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 6.1 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, 2.5 km away.
Climate & Setting
from Seven Hills (Collins St), 7.6 kmHigh rainfall.
- Elevation
- 54 m
- above sea level, at the suburb centre
- Distance to the ocean
- 32.9 km
- 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.
Industrial Emissions Nearby
4 facilities within 5 km- 4.1 kmSewerage and Drainage ServicesTop reported: Total Nitrogen · Fluoride compounds · Ammonia (total)
- 4.2 kmWaste Treatment and Disposal ServicesTop reported: Total Volatile Organic Compounds · Carbon monoxide
- 4.4 kmSewerage and Drainage ServicesTop reported: Total Nitrogen · Ammonia (total) · Chlorine & compounds
- 4.6 kmOther Food Product Manufacturing n.e.c.Top reported: Total Volatile Organic Compounds · Ethanol
EV adoption
In postcode 2769, 374 of 9,821 registered light vehicles are battery-electric on 31 January 2025. A further 6.9% (681 vehicles) are hybrid or plug-in hybrid, taking the non-petrol, non-diesel share to 10.7%.
Rooftop solar
In postcode 2769, 3,894 rooftop-solar systems totalling 29.0 MW have been installed since 2001, against 4,673 dwellings recorded in the 2021 Census. 271 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
36 mortgage brokers are registered in this suburb.
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 $1,610,000 this is $1,010,000 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 Michelle Rowland Australian Labor Party
| Year | Winner | 2PP ALP | 2PP LNP | Swing |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2025 | Michelle Rowland | 63.8% | 36.2% | +5.8 |
| 2022 | Michelle Rowland | 61.5% | 38.5% | -8.7 |
| 2019 | Michelle Rowland | 52.8% | 47.2% | +3.5 |
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 Warren Kirby Labor
Next state election: 13 March 2027.
| Year | Winner | Won with |
|---|---|---|
| 2023 | Warren Kirby ALP | 53.7% |
| 2019 | Kevin Conolly LP | 56.3% |
| 2015 | Kevin Conolly LP | 62.2% |
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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- The census for a few hundred neighbours, not all 16,315 residents
- Nearest and zoned schools, with the walk from that door
- Flood, bushfire and noise mapping, where the state publishes it
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Checking the whole city?
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Common questions about The Ponds
Is The Ponds a safe place to live?
Recorded crime in The Ponds is low (22/100, ranked against other NSW suburbs on offences per resident).
What natural hazards affect The Ponds?
The Ponds has no recorded bushfire history. These are suburb-wide figures; check the address, as flood and bushfire exposure change street by street.
Is The Ponds a good place to live?
The Ponds has a SuburbScan Liveability grade of A+ (89/100), 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 The Ponds?
The Ponds, NSW had a population of 16,315 at the 2021 Australian Bureau of Statistics census.
What is the postcode for The Ponds, NSW?
The postcode for The Ponds, NSW is 2769.
How far is The Ponds from Sydney?
The Ponds is 43 km from Sydney CBD by road, about 42 minutes by car in normal traffic. Distance is the most-direct driving route, not straight-line.
What is the median household income in The Ponds?
At the 2021 ABS Census, median household income in The Ponds was $170,820 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 The Ponds?
The median advertised rent in The Ponds is $950 a week for houses (69 listings), from rental listings over the last six months.
What is the median age in The Ponds?
The median age of residents in The Ponds was 35 at the 2021 ABS Census.
How are the schools in The Ponds?
There are 4 schools inside the The Ponds boundary: 2 above and 1 at similar schools on NAPLAN, compared with same-state, same-type schools of similar socio-educational advantage (ICSEA).
Is The Ponds walkable?
The Ponds scores 82/100 on the SuburbScan Walkability Score, making it very 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 The Ponds?
The nearest government air-quality monitoring station to The Ponds (Rouse Hill) recorded a 2025 annual mean PM2.5 of 6.1 µg/m³ and PM10 of 15.5 µg/m³. That puts The Ponds 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 The Ponds?
At the nearest Bureau of Meteorology station to The Ponds, Seven Hills (Collins St) (7.6 km away), 932 mm of rain a year over 78 rainy days over 2006-2026.
Is the First Home Owner Grant available in The Ponds?
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 The Ponds belong to?
The Ponds sits within the Blacktown local government area. Council rates, planning approvals, and waste collection fall under this LGA.
How much are council rates in The Ponds?
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 The Ponds?
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 The Ponds in?
The Ponds sits within the federal Division of Greenway, currently held by Michelle Rowland (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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