Located in New South Wales within the Liverpool local government area, Austral is a mid-sized suburb (postcode 2179). The area has roughly 6,847 residents and a young professional demographic, with a median age of 31. Households earn a median income of $113K per year, with an average household size of 3.1 people. Recent annual estimates show population movement into the broader catchment, with population growth running at +2.3% year-on-year at the LGA level. NSW employment has moved +1.2% year-on-year in the official ABS Labour Force trend series, which provides the broader jobs backdrop for this suburb. NSW also had 35 Commonwealth-backed major projects under construction, 17 underway, and 67 in planning as at 2025-09-01, which is useful as a broader delivery backdrop rather than a suburb-specific project count. The most common occupations are professionals, clerical & administrative, managers. Employment in the area leans toward healthcare and construction. The top ancestries reported are Australian, English, Italian.
Median house prices in Austral stand at $1.1 million, having jumped by 12.2% over the last twelve months. Units have a median price of $670,000 (+31.4% YoY). The current median weekly rent is $800. This gives a gross rental yield of approximately 3.8%. The median monthly mortgage repayment is $2,535.
Austral is served by 5 schools, including 2 primary, 3 combined. The average ICSEA score is 1062, which is above the national average of 1,000. Public transport access includes 47 bus stops. The crime rate in the Liverpool LGA is below average at 3,022 incidents per 100,000 population.
Looking at the investment signals, The gross rental yield works out to roughly 3.8%, which reads as moderate yield. Property prices are near the state median ($1.1M/$1.5M). The price-to-income ratio of 9.8x is considered moderate. House prices have moved +12.2% year-on-year. Population growth of +2.3% year-on-year points to strong growth demand fundamentals. Building approvals have changed +0% year-on-year, indicating steady development activity.