Werrington Downs is a suburb in New South Wales, 54 km from Sydney CBD, around 50 minutes by car. Population is 3,221; the median age is 36 and the median household income is $111,228 per year. On socioeconomic measures it sits in the middle range nationally. The 2021 Census recorded a median rent of $425 per week and a median monthly mortgage of $2,167. The area shows no recorded bushfire exposure. Walkability is moderate.
Is Werrington Downs a good suburb?
Werrington Downs scores a B (68/100) on SuburbScan's Liveability grade — strong on transit and safety.
Very walkable
Walkability 63/100 · 53.8 km · 50 min drive to Sydney
Around the state median
Median $1.12M
Low all-round risk
Fire 0/100 · Crime 28/100
Mid-range socio-economic
SEIFA decile 6/10 · median age 36 · 3,221 residents
Liveability Rating
68 / 100 · Ranked #344 in NSWEach bar is Werrington Downs'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.
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68 / 100
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Median House Price
Public listings dataWerrington Downs's house market is moving higher: the median sale price reached $1.12 million, 0.5% above where it sat a year earlier.
$1,117,500
6% above its 4 neighbours (median $1,050,000)
Based on 46 recorded sales in the last 24 months.
Typically sold in 16 days — median across 18 sales that recorded a listing period
By bedrooms
- 3 bed 25 sales $1.07M
- 4 bed 16 sales $1.16M
Currently for Sale
Last 6 monthsHouses in Werrington Downs are currently listed at around $1.15 million on average. Based on 7 houses listed in the past six months.
$1.15M
7 houses listed in the last 6 months.
7 of the suburb's 1,099 dwellings (0.6%) were listed for sale in the last 6 months.
Rental Market
Advertised rents · last 6 monthsHouses in Werrington Downs rent for around $550 a week on average, based on 6 houses listed for rent in the past six months.
$550/wk
6 houses advertised for rent in the last 6 months.
6 rentals advertised against an estimated 184 rented homes (3.3%) in the last 6 months.
Rent agreed on new leases
Jul–Sep 2026- 3-bed houses
- $650/wk
- 130 bonds
- +43% since 2021
- 2-bed units
- $500/wk
- 66 bonds
- +54% since 2021
Median weekly rent on bonds lodged for new tenancies across postcode 2747 (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 2747.
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$550/week ($29,000 a year) on a $1.15 million median
Based on a small sample (6 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
2 active Airbnb listings: 1 whole home and 1 room. 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 Werrington Downs safe? Crime statistics
2025Crime in Werrington Downs sits in the low band, with 55 incidents recorded in 2025 — up about 8% on the prior year.
55 offences
7.8% since 2024Crime Trend
Serious Road Crashes
2021–2025No crash in Werrington Downs killed anyone or put anyone in hospital in 2021–2025.
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
Schools
Universities nearby
0.9% 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
Werrington Downs is somewhat walkable on foot — at 63/100, a short cluster of errands work on foot but most trips still benefit from a car.
Public transport
Weekday and weekend service frequency across every stop inside Werrington Downs.
- Peak (7-9am + 5-7pm)
- 43.5 arrivals/hr
- Off-peak weekday
- 22.6 arrivals/hr
- Saturday
- 15.0 arrivals/hr
- Median peak wait
- 0 min
- Span of service
- 16.5 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 Werrington Downs.
- Full-fibre (FTTP) share
- 100%
- Premises covered
- 1,135
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 9 small areas inside this suburb and averages them into the single decile above. They fall into 4 different deciles — a wide range, so parts of this suburb rank well above the average and parts well below it.
Werrington Downs is home to about 3,200 residents, with a median age of 36, broadly in line with the national figure. Median household income runs at $111,000 a year, with unemployment at 3.5%.
2021 Census · change since 2016
Population
3,221
Median Age
36
Median Household Income
$111,228/yr
Census Median Rent
$425/wk
Census Median Mortgage
$2,167/mo
Avg Household Size
2.8
Median Personal Income
$47,944/yr
Unemployment Rate
3.5%
Unoccupied Dwellings
2.6%
Total Dwellings
1,099
Owner-Occupier Rate
83.3%
Houses
98.5%
Rental Stress
19.9%
Mortgage Stress
23.4%
Work From Home
31.1%
Dwelling Types
Property Ownership
Demographics
- Born in Australia
- 80.9%
- English Spoken at Home
- 86.4%
- Employment Rate
- 64.6%
- Completed Year 12
- 33.7%
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.
30 residents (0.9%) 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 2,979 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
6% of employed residents work in a capital's city centre (92 of 1,620).
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 $1,547 a year through Penrith based on 2024 figures.
How this land is zoned
- Residential 86%
- Parks and recreation 14%
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 7.2 µg/m³ in 2025 — below Australia's NEPM annual standard (8 µg/m³), slightly above the stricter WHO guideline (5 µg/m³). 3 days exceeded the daily threshold of 25 µg/m³.
PM10 averaged 16.3 µg/m³ · NO₂ averaged 0.6 pphm. Days over the limit in 2025: PM10 2 · NO₂ 0 · ozone 0.
From the Penrith monitoring station, 3.1 km away.
Climate & Setting
from Orchard Hills Treatment Works, 7.1 kmModerate rainfall.
- Elevation
- 44 m
- above sea level, at the suburb centre
- Distance to the ocean
- 46.1 km
- Near high-voltage lines
- 1.8% of addresses
- 22 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
9 facilities within 5 km- 2.1 kmPetroleum Product WholesalingTop reported: Total Volatile Organic Compounds · Toluene (methylbenzene) · Xylenes (individual or mixed isomers)
- 3.4 kmOther Non-Metallic Mineral Product ManufacturingTop reported: Total Volatile Organic Compounds · Methylenebis (phenylisocyanate)
- 3.4 kmGlass and Glass Product ManufacturingTop reported: Sulfur dioxide · Oxides of Nitrogen · Particulate Matter ≤10.0 µm (PM10)
- 3.5 kmAluminium Rolling, Drawing, ExtrudingTop reported: Oxides of Nitrogen · Carbon monoxide · Total Volatile Organic Compounds
- 3.6 kmSewerage and Drainage ServicesTop reported: Total Nitrogen · Fluoride compounds · Total Phosphorus
EV adoption
In postcode 2747, 299 of 35,123 registered light vehicles are battery-electric on 31 January 2025. A further 3.7% (1,312 vehicles) are hybrid or plug-in hybrid, taking the non-petrol, non-diesel share to 4.6%.
Rooftop solar
In postcode 2747, 8,546 rooftop-solar systems totalling 62.4 MW have been installed since 2001, against 19,102 dwellings recorded in the 2021 Census. 574 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
23 mortgage brokers are registered in postcode 2747.
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 $1,117,500 this is $517,500 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 2026-10-26 — 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 Melissa Mcintosh Liberal
| Year | Winner | 2PP ALP | 2PP LNP | Swing |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2025 | Melissa Mcintosh | 47.2% | 52.8% | +3.3 |
| 2022 | Melissa Mcintosh | 43.7% | 56.3% | +1.3 |
| 2019 | Melissa Mcintosh | 45.0% | 55.0% | +6.2 |
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 Karen McKeown Labor
Next state election: 13 March 2027.
| Year | Winner | Won with |
|---|---|---|
| 2023 | Karen McKeown ALP | 51.6% |
| 2019 | Stuart Ayres LP | 51.3% |
| 2015 | Stuart Ayres LP | 56.2% |
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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Common questions about Werrington Downs
Is Werrington Downs a safe place to live?
Recorded crime in Werrington Downs is low (28/100, ranked against other NSW suburbs on offences per resident).
What natural hazards affect Werrington Downs?
Werrington Downs has no recorded bushfire history. These are suburb-wide figures; check the address, as flood and bushfire exposure change street by street.
Is Werrington Downs a good place to live?
Werrington Downs has a SuburbScan Liveability grade of B (68/100), 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 Werrington Downs?
Werrington Downs, NSW had a population of 3,221 at the 2021 Australian Bureau of Statistics census.
What is the postcode for Werrington Downs, NSW?
The postcode for Werrington Downs, NSW is 2747.
How far is Werrington Downs from Sydney?
Werrington Downs is 54 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 Werrington Downs?
At the 2021 ABS Census, median household income in Werrington Downs was $111,228 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 Werrington Downs?
The median advertised rent in Werrington Downs is $550 a week for houses (6 listings), from rental listings over the last six months.
What is the median age in Werrington Downs?
The median age of residents in Werrington Downs was 36 at the 2021 ABS Census.
Is Werrington Downs walkable?
Werrington Downs scores 63/100 on the SuburbScan Walkability Score, making it somewhat 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 Werrington Downs?
The nearest government air-quality monitoring station to Werrington Downs (Penrith) recorded a 2025 annual mean PM2.5 of 7.2 µg/m³ and PM10 of 16.3 µg/m³. That puts Werrington Downs 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 Werrington Downs?
At the nearest Bureau of Meteorology station to Werrington Downs, Orchard Hills Treatment Works (7.1 km away), 822 mm of rain a year over 81 rainy days over 2006-2026.
Is the First Home Owner Grant available in Werrington Downs?
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 Werrington Downs belong to?
Werrington Downs sits within the Penrith local government area. Council rates, planning approvals, and waste collection fall under this LGA.
How much are council rates in Werrington Downs?
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 Werrington Downs?
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 Werrington Downs in?
Werrington Downs sits within the federal Division of Lindsay, currently held by Melissa Mcintosh (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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