Vineyard is a suburb in New South Wales, 52 km from Sydney CBD, around 51 minutes by car. Population is 1,143; the median age is 50 and the median household income is $63,128 per year. On socioeconomic measures it sits in the lower-middle tier nationally. Population fell 2.0% from 2016 to 2021. The 2021 Census recorded a median rent of $450 per week and a median monthly mortgage of $2,167. The area shows high crime risk. 1 school sits within the suburb boundary, and walkability is low.
Is Vineyard a good suburb?
Vineyard scores a C (33/100) on SuburbScan's Liveability grade — weaker on prices and safety.
Mixed results
1 school
Some car dependence
Walkability 31/100 · 51.5 km · 51 min drive to Sydney
Above the state median
Median $1.34M · Less affordable than 75% of NSW
High crime risk
Fire 28/100 · Crime 91/100
Below-average income
SEIFA decile 3/10 · median age 50 · 1,143 residents
Liveability Rating
33 / 100 · Ranked #1182 in NSWEach bar is Vineyard'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 Vineyard?
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Our score
33 / 100
From schools, safety and socio-economic data — not opinion.
Residents say
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Median House Price
Public listings dataVineyard's house market is moving higher: the median sale price reached $1.34 million, roughly 30% above where it sat a year earlier.
Houses
$1,339,500
5% above its 5 neighbours (median $1,280,000)
Based on 74 recorded sales in the last 24 months.
Typically sold in 41 days — median across 24 sales that recorded a listing period
By bedrooms
- 4 bed 39 sales $1.09M
- 5 bed 21 sales $1.46M
Land
$1,050,000
Based on 12 recorded sales in the last 24 months.
Typically sold in 112 days — median across 5 sales that recorded a listing period
Currently for Sale
Last 6 monthsHouses in Vineyard are currently listed at around $1.43 million on average, with the typical listing on the market for 1 days. Based on 14 houses listed in the past six months.
$1.43M
14 houses listed in the last 6 months — typical time on market 1 days.
14 of the suburb's 419 dwellings (3.3%) were listed for sale in the last 6 months.
Rental Market
Advertised rents · last 6 monthsHouses in Vineyard rent for around $1,100 a week on average, based on 7 houses listed for rent in the past six months.
$1,100/wk
7 houses advertised for rent in the last 6 months.
7 rentals advertised against an estimated 108 rented homes (6.5%) in the last 6 months.
Rent agreed on new leases
Jul–Sep 2026- 3-bed houses
- $725/wk
- 66 bonds
- +38% since 2021
- 2-bed units
- $550/wk
- 18 bonds
- +45% since 2021
Median weekly rent on bonds lodged for new tenancies across postcode 2765 (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 202596 Unaffordable · the average rental household in this region would pay about 31% of its income on the median rent in postcode 2765.
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$1,100/week ($57,000 a year) on a $1.43 million median
Based on a small sample (7 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.
Is Vineyard safe? Crime statistics
2025Crime in Vineyard sits in the high band, with 146 incidents recorded in 2025 — down roughly 15% on the prior year.
146 offences
15.1% since 2024Crime Trend
Serious Road Crashes
2021–202512 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
Hawkesbury City Council has published 5 flood studies on the NSW Flood Data Portal. The mapped flood areas are in those studies; SuburbScan does not hold them.
- Combined Macdonald River, Colo River, Webbs Creek and Greens Creek Flood Study and Floodplain Risk Management Study and Plan 2025
- Redbank Creek Flood Study 2025
- Hawkesbury Floodplain Risk Management Study and Plan 2025 2025
- Hobartville - Evacuation Route Study 2008
- Bligh Park - Evacuation Route Study 2007
Schools
One school serve Vineyard, and performance is broadly on par with peer-suburb schools.
- • 97 students in one school (avg 97)
Primary
Walkability
Vineyard is car-dependent on foot — at 31/100, most errands require a car.
Public transport
Weekday and weekend service frequency across every stop inside Vineyard.
- Peak (7-9am + 5-7pm)
- 23.8 arrivals/hr
- Off-peak weekday
- 15.1 arrivals/hr
- Saturday
- 3.5 arrivals/hr
- Median peak wait
- 1 min
- Span of service
- 23.0 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 Vineyard.
- Full-fibre (FTTP) share
- 68%
- Premises covered
- 841
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
Hawkesbury: 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 4 small areas inside this suburb and averages them into the single decile above. They fall into 2 different deciles — a narrow range, so the average describes the suburb closely.
Vineyard is home to about 1,100 residents, with a median age of 50 — noticeably older than the national figure of 38. Median household income runs at $63,000 a year, with unemployment at 4.1%.
2021 Census · change since 2016
Population
1,143
Median Age
50
Median Household Income
$63,128/yr
Census Median Rent
$450/wk
Census Median Mortgage
$2,167/mo
Avg Household Size
2.4
Median Personal Income
$33,280/yr
Unemployment Rate
4.1%
Unoccupied Dwellings
9.3%
Total Dwellings
419
Owner-Occupier Rate
74.2%
Houses
64.4%
Rental Stress
37.1%
Mortgage Stress
41.2%
Work From Home
28.6%
Dwelling Types
Property Ownership
Demographics
- Born in Australia
- 70.6%
- English Spoken at Home
- 74.5%
- Employment Rate
- 46.5%
- Completed Year 12
- 30.9%
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.
9 residents (0.8%) 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 1,106 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
4% of employed residents work in a capital's city centre (19 of 463).
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 1,078 people work here; 463 employed residents live here.
A jobs hub: 2.3 jobs for every working resident. At least 38% 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 $1,650 a year through Hawkesbury based on 2024 figures.
How this land is zoned
- Rural and farming 69%
- Residential 13%
- Infrastructure and transport 6%
- Environmental 5%
- Parks and recreation 4%
- Industrial 3%
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: Hawkesbury
In the year to August 2026, 459 new dwellings were approved across Hawkesbury. That mix is 416 houses and 43 units. Approvals are up 2.6% 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, 6.7 km away.
Climate & Setting
from Richmond - Uws Hawkesbury, 9.6 kmModerate rainfall.
- Elevation
- 19 m
- above sea level, at the suburb centre
- Distance to the ocean
- 35.9 km
- Near high-voltage lines
- 8.6% of addresses
- 104 within 100 m of an overhead line of 110 kV or more
- Annual rainfall
- 806 mm
- 59 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
5 facilities within 5 km- 0.7 kmSewerage and Drainage ServicesTop reported: Total Nitrogen · Ammonia (total) · Oxides of Nitrogen
- 2.0 kmPaint and Coatings ManufacturingTop reported: Total Volatile Organic Compounds · Acetone · Xylenes (individual or mixed isomers)
- 2.5 km
- 3.7 km
- 4.6 kmPetroleum Product WholesalingTop reported: Total Volatile Organic Compounds · Toluene (methylbenzene) · n-Hexane
EV adoption
In postcode 2765, 1,159 of 43,273 registered light vehicles are battery-electric on 31 January 2025. A further 6.2% (2,695 vehicles) are hybrid or plug-in hybrid, taking the non-petrol, non-diesel share to 8.9%.
Rooftop solar
In postcode 2765, 15,452 rooftop-solar systems totalling 145.8 MW have been installed since 2001. 1,972 went up in the last year.
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
85 mortgage brokers are registered in postcode 2765.
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 $1,339,500 this is $739,500 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 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 Robyn Preston Liberal
Next state election: 13 March 2027.
| Year | Winner | Won with |
|---|---|---|
| 2023 | Robyn Preston LP | 59.8% |
| 2019 | Robyn Preston LP | 67.5% |
| 2015 | Dominic Perrottet LP | 67.8% |
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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Suburbs to avoid in Sydney There is no list of bad suburbs, but there are hazards the state measures and publishes — recorded crime, bushfire exposure, flood overlays and aircraft noise. Sydney suburbs ranked on them, with what the numbers do and don't mean.Nearby suburbs
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Common questions about Vineyard
Is Vineyard a safe place to live?
Recorded crime in Vineyard is high (91/100, 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 Vineyard?
Vineyard has a low recorded bushfire history (28/100, 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 Vineyard a good place to live?
Vineyard has a SuburbScan Liveability grade of C (33/100), 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 Vineyard?
Vineyard, NSW had a population of 1,143 at the 2021 Australian Bureau of Statistics census.
What is the postcode for Vineyard, NSW?
The postcode for Vineyard, NSW is 2765.
How far is Vineyard from Sydney?
Vineyard is 52 km from Sydney CBD by road, about 51 minutes by car in normal traffic. Distance is the most-direct driving route, not straight-line.
What is the median household income in Vineyard?
At the 2021 ABS Census, median household income in Vineyard was $63,128 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 Vineyard?
The median advertised rent in Vineyard is $1,100 a week for houses (7 listings), from rental listings over the last six months.
What is the median age in Vineyard?
The median age of residents in Vineyard was 50 at the 2021 ABS Census.
Is Vineyard at risk of bushfire?
Vineyard has a low recorded bushfire history (28/100). 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 Vineyard?
There is 1 school inside the Vineyard boundary: 1 at similar schools on NAPLAN, compared with same-state, same-type schools of similar socio-educational advantage (ICSEA).
Is Vineyard walkable?
Vineyard scores 31/100 on the SuburbScan Walkability Score, making it 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 Vineyard?
The nearest government air-quality monitoring station to Vineyard (Rouse Hill) recorded a 2025 annual mean PM2.5 of 6.1 µg/m³ and PM10 of 15.5 µg/m³. That puts Vineyard 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 Vineyard?
At the nearest Bureau of Meteorology station to Vineyard, Richmond - Uws Hawkesbury (9.6 km away), 806 mm of rain a year over 59 rainy days over 2006-2026.
Is the First Home Owner Grant available in Vineyard?
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 Vineyard belong to?
Vineyard sits within the Hawkesbury local government area. Council rates, planning approvals, and waste collection fall under this LGA.
How much are council rates in Vineyard?
The average residential rates bill through Hawkesbury is $1,650 a year (2024). Every suburb in this LGA shares the same schedule — individual bills vary with land value.
How much is being built near Vineyard?
Across Hawkesbury, 459 new residential dwellings were approved in the year to August 2026 (source: ABS Building Approvals). That's up 2.6% 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 Vineyard in?
Vineyard 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
- 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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