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latest suburb median
ABS 2021
Cecil Hills, New South Wales
Median sale price and rental income of properties in Cecil Hills NSW
Based on 54 sales in the preceding 12 months
$1,550,000
Up 3.3% over 12 months
Based on 40 rental listings in the preceding 12 months
$900 per week
Up 12.5% over 12 months
Market data updated September 2026.
The median house price in Cecil Hills, NSW is currently $1,550,000, based on the latest 12 months of sales. Cecil Hills has a 12-month growth rate of 3.3% for houses.
Three-bedroom houses have a median sale price of $1,170,000, Four-bedroom houses have a median sale price of $1,380,000, Larger houses have a median sale price of $1,920,000 in Cecil Hills.
If you're looking to lease, the median rent for houses in Cecil Hills is $900 per week. The median house rent has increased 12.5% over the last 12 months.
Crime and safety
The overall rate for Cecil Hills is 1,397 offences per 100,000 residents — 59% below the Greater Sydney benchmark.
That is the clearest suburb-wide answer. Open the detailed profile to see how the pattern changes across offence types and different parts of Cecil Hills.
Overall crime rate
1,397
offences per 100,000 residents
59% belowGreater Sydney
Suburb-wide estimate from Microburbs' public crime model; it is not an address-level measure.
The people behind the postcode
Cecil Hills NSW 2171 is in New South Wales, within Greater Sydney.
6,906 people call Cecil Hills home, with an average of 3.6 people per household and a median household income of $2,409 a week.
Public ABS 2021 Census figures. The bars compare the local share with the capital-region benchmark.
Share of residents in each age band.
Share of occupied private dwellings.
Share of homes with a stated ownership or rental status.
Vehicles available to occupied households.
Selected ways residents worked or travelled on Census day.
30.9% of workers in Cecil Hills worked from home on Census day — less common than across Greater Sydney.
5.3% of Cecil Hills residents were born in Vietnam, about twice the rate across Greater Sydney.
10.5% of people in Cecil Hills described themselves as having no religion in the 2021 Census.
A closer look at the Census
Open any question for a plain-English reading of the public 2021 Census for Cecil Hills NSW 2171.
17.7% of Cecil Hills's residents were children under 15 in the 2021 Census. That is close to the Greater Sydney average.
1,837 family households lived in Cecil Hills; 61.2% were couple families and 15.5% were one-parent families.
35.8% of local families included children under 15. That is somewhat below the Greater Sydney average.
These are suburb-wide household figures, not school or childcare ratings.
Cecil Hills had 6,906 residents at the 2021 Census.
21.7% of residents were aged 25 to 44.
27.1% were 55 or older. That is close to the Greater Sydney average.
Age shares use the suburb’s total Census population.
Separate houses made up 94.9% of occupied private dwellings in Cecil Hills.
Townhouses and other attached homes represented 4.8% of occupied private dwellings.
Flats and apartments accounted for 0.4% of occupied private dwellings.
All three shares use occupied private dwellings as the denominator.
36.7% of households with a stated tenure owned their home outright. That is well above the Greater Sydney average.
48.5% were buying their home with a mortgage.
14.8% rented their home. That is about half the Greater Sydney rate.
Tenure shares include households that stated one of these three arrangements.
The average household in Cecil Hills had 3.6 people.
One-person households made up 8.4% of occupied homes. That is about half the Greater Sydney rate.
Two-person households represented 20.2%, while 53.4% had four or more usual residents.
Household size counts usual residents in occupied homes.
30.9% of workers worked from home on Census day. That is well below the Greater Sydney average.
44.1% drove a car as their only travel method. That is well above the Greater Sydney average.
0.5% used only a train, tram or bus, while 0.4% walked or cycled.
Travel figures are a 2021 Census-day snapshot.
2.4% of occupied households had no motor vehicle available. That is about half the Greater Sydney rate.
One-car households formed 20.2% of the total.
77.4% of households had two or more vehicles.
Vehicle counts refer to occupied households, not individual residents.
77.1% were at the same address five years earlier, while 22.9% reported a different address.
44.2% of residents were born outside Australia. That is somewhat above the Greater Sydney average.
Mobility figures cover residents who answered the relevant Census question.
37.9% of residents used only English at home.
57.8% used a language other than English at home.
1.7% spoke Mandarin at home, 1.2% spoke Cantonese and 2.0% spoke Hindi.
Home language is separate from English proficiency.
44.2% of Cecil Hills's population was born outside Australia, while roughly 55.8% was born in Australia.
1.2% of residents were born in China.
0.6% were born in India, while Australian citizenship across the whole suburb stood at 90.6%.
Birthplace, citizenship and ancestry describe different parts of identity.
English ancestry accounted for 8.0% of ancestry responses in Cecil Hills.
Australian ancestry made up 11.1% of responses.
Chinese ancestry represented 8.2% of responses.
People may nominate more than one ancestry, so these are shares of responses.
19.3% of employed residents worked in professional occupations. That is well below the Greater Sydney average.
Managers accounted for 13.9% of employed residents, while clerical and administrative workers made up 17.9%.
Health care and social assistance employed 11.8% of workers, and education and training employed 7.9%.
Occupation and industry figures describe employed residents of the suburb.
The labour-force participation rate was 57.1%, compared with 60.0% across Greater Sydney.
28.7% of residents aged 15 and over worked full time, while 15.4% worked part time.
Unemployment was 5.1%, compared with 5.1% across Greater Sydney.
Labour-force figures come from the 2021 Census.
68.8% reported no selected long-term health condition.
4.0% reported a long-term mental health condition, including depression or anxiety.
5.9% reported asthma, 6.2% arthritis and 5.8% diabetes excluding gestational diabetes.
These are self-reported suburb-wide Census figures, not address-level health risks.
31.2% of people in the qualifications table held a bachelor degree. That is close to the Greater Sydney average.
Postgraduate degrees accounted for 5.8% of qualification responses.
Diploma-level qualifications represented 19.3%, while certificate-level qualifications represented 30.1%.
Qualification categories are reported separately and are not school ratings.
Median household income was $2,409 per week in the 2021 Census.
The median monthly mortgage repayment reported by local households was $2,167.
Occupied renting households reported a median rent of $550 per week.
These household figures are from 2021; current sale and asking-rent medians appear in the market section.
Working from home was 30.9% in Cecil Hills, compared with 38.9% across Greater Sydney.
Outright ownership was 36.7% locally and 28.6% across Greater Sydney. That is well above the Greater Sydney average.
Renting accounted for 14.8% in Cecil Hills, against 37.1% across Greater Sydney.
Capital-region comparisons use the same Census definitions and year.
Three useful questions
The median house price is $1,550,000. Bedroom count, land and condition still create a wide range around those suburb medians.
The Census counted 1,837 local families, and 17.7% of residents were under 15. That describes the community; school quality, travel times and the right fit for a particular family need separate research.
4-bedroom houses have a median around $1,380,000, the closest bedroom benchmark we hold to a $1.5m budget. Individual homes can differ substantially with block size, renovation and location.
Medians describe recorded market activity across the suburb; they are historical context, not a valuation or forecast for an individual home.
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