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Suburb profile ·The Hills Shire LGA · NSW ·2155

Kellyville NSW 2155

Kellyville is in The Hills Shire LGA, NSW, postcode 2155, with population 27,011.

The read

Premium-market

There are enough stretched or weaker signals here that you should assume trade-offs rather than a clean story. Use compare mode to see whether the downside is price, local quality, or weaker momentum before treating it as a target suburb.

$800/wk
Rising
+2.6% YoY
Jun 2025 → Jun 2026 · 13 periods
NSW Fair Trading · postcode 2155 · Jun 2026
$828
$750
Jun 2025Jun 2026
Why it fits

Population scale is large enough to avoid reading this as a tiny locality only. School coverage gives the page a stronger family/livability signal. Transport coverage adds a practical access signal.

What to check

Premium pricing raises the bar for yield, affordability, and downside checks. Gross yield looks low for an income-first use case.

Median house
$2.0M
House median, latest period
5.1%YoY D9 vs AU
Median rent
$800/wk
Income-stretched rent market
2.6%YoY D10 vs AU
Gross yield
2.1%
Low yield band
D6 vs AU
Population
27,011
27K local footprint
D10 vs AU
Schools
7
Matched school context
D10 vs AU
Drive to city
36 min
40.2 km to Sydney CBD · free-flow
Transit to city
65 min
Public transport to Sydney CBD · weekday 8am
Solar
14,488
1,225 added 12mo · 115MW
Price cycleAt its peak
LowPeak

At / near its all-time high

See trend depth →

Price history

Trend & investor depth

Cycle positionAt its peak
Low · 2004Peak · 2026

At / near its all-time high

Price growth (compound)% per year
3-yr
+2.6%
5-yr
+4.3%
10-yr
+6.0%
Affordability trajectoryWorsening
Price
+10.0%/yr
Income
+4.8%/yr

Growth in median price vs median household income — worsening — prices outgrowing incomes.

Indicative cashflow-$1,345/wk (-$69,920/yr) · interest-only @ 6.4%, 80% LVR
Market turnover2.7% of homes traded/yr (221 sales · -53% vs 3-yr avg)
Rent stabilitystable — rents vary ±2.8% around trend (short window, 13 pts)
Value vs advantage+25% vs suburbs of similar SEIFA advantage (decile 10)

Indicative cashflow is interest-only and excludes tax — use the calculator for a full projection. Turnover divides recorded sales by an estimated household count (population over average household size).

Investment grade

Fgrade · 16/100 · top 84% of 3,604AU suburbs
Peer distributionstronger than 16% of AU suburbs
WeakerTypicalStronger
Capital growth14
Rental yield22
Stability56
Volatility-9.3ppCycle-2.0Affordability-1.5

Bar = this suburb's percentile · tick = typical (median) peer · stability drivers signed (+ = steadier)

Relative grade across Australian suburbs, combining qp's capital-growth (multi-year CAGR + cycle timing), rental-yield, and stability (price volatility + cycle + affordability) metrics via a three-pillar property-scoring method with an imbalance penalty. Within-Australia relative, indicative only — not financial advice.

Investor profile

Who invests in Kellyville

Owner-occupied 80%Rented 20%
Investor activityATO
Negatively geared16.2%
8,102 of 12,093 landlords
Avg rental loss$10,887/yr
Landlords (rental income)12,093
Reported capital gains4,874
Investor exposure index(low vs national)34.1/100
The read

Owner-occupier stronghold

78% of homes here are owner-occupied and 19% rented, with 16% of landlords negatively geared.

Why it fits

78% owner-occupied — owner-occupiers hold longer and absorb rate shocks, supporting price stability.

What to check

Gross yield 2.1% is thin — returns here lean on capital growth, not cash flow.

ABS Census 2021 tenure (G37), ATO postcode rental statistics, and QuickProperty's investor-exposure index. Owner-occupied = owned outright + with a mortgage.

Mortgage affordability

73%
of household income to service a new loan
16.6 yrs
to save a 20% deposit
Severe
housing-stress band
Rent vs buyRenting cheaper

New-loan repayment $9,677/mo vs median rent $3,467/mo (+179% · +$1433/wk)

If rates move

At 4.2%: $7,726/mo (-1,951) · at 6.2% (current): $9,677/mo · at 8.2%: $11,815/mo (+2,138)

Assumes a 20% deposit and a 30-year principal-and-interest loan at the current RBA new owner-occupier variable rate, against median weekly household income (ABS Census 2021). Stress bands follow the 30% / 45%-of-income thresholds used in ANZ-CoreLogic and AIHW reporting. Rent vs buy compares that repayment with the suburb's median advertised rent; it excludes rates, insurance, maintenance and deposit opportunity cost.

Stronger alternatives nearby

Stronger 5-yr growth

similar price · cross-LGA

Alternatives are similar-priced suburbs (0.7–1.4x this suburb's median) in other council areas that exceed it on the named metric. Indicative — not financial advice.

Affordability

Buying
12.5x
median home price as a multiple of annual household income
Stretched
Renting
26%
median weekly rent as a share of gross household income (the 30% rule)
Manageable

Owners with a mortgage repay a median of $3,000/mo, while renters pay about $3,467/mo — renting runs $467/mo higher on these medians.

Median price
$1.98M
Household income · yr
$158K
Median rent · wk
$800
Owner mortgage · mo
$3,000
Gross yield
2.1%

Household income

$158K household · yr+92.3% vs NSW suburb median
Personal
$55K
Family
$162K
Household
$158K
Household income distribution (ABS Census 2021 · weekly)fewer than 34% could service the median house
Under $300
190
$300-649
363
$650-999
491
$1,000-1,499
623
$1,500-1,999
619
$2,000-2,999
1,483
$3,000-3,999
1,275
$4,000+
2,608

Serviceability line: a household needs about $7,444/wk to hold a new loan on the median house at 30% of income (20% deposit, 30-year P&I, current RBA rate).

At the median asking rent, about 44% of households here would spend more than 30% of income on rent (rent stress line: $2,667/wk income).

Median taxable income trend (ATO, 2018-19 – 2022-23)$58K → $70K

Housing stock and tenure

Tenure (8,098 households)
Owned outright
25%
Owned with mortgage
52%
Rented
19%
Dwelling structure4.0% of dwellings unoccupied on census night
Separate house
88%
Townhouse / semi
7%
Flat / apartment
5%

Getting to work: 42% drive, 2% public transport, 0% walk or cycle, 53% worked from home (2021 Census, taken during COVID-era work-from-home arrangements).

Schools

Total7
Avg ICSEA1108
Students5,584
Catholic2
Government4
Independent1
  • Our Lady of the Angels Primary SchoolPrimary · Catholic · ICSEA 1105
  • Kellyville Public SchoolPrimary · Government · ICSEA 1136Zoned
  • Sherwood Ridge Public SchoolPrimary · Government · ICSEA 1114Zoned
  • Tallowood SchoolSpecial · Government · ICSEA 1034
  • Kellyville High SchoolSecondary · Government · ICSEA 1086
  • Our Lady of The Rosary Primary SchoolPrimary · Catholic · ICSEA 1116Zoned

4 of 7 schools here operate published enrolment zones (catchments). Zone boundaries set eligibility — check the official source for the exact catchment. Not enrolment advice.

Livability

97/ 100 livability index

Top 3% most liveable of 4,565Australian suburbs.

Peer distributionstronger than 97% of Australian suburbs
WeakerTypicalStronger
Everyday access92
Public transport (123 stops)98
Schools & hospitals96

Bar = this suburb's percentile · tick = typical (median) peer

Suburb-level access-density index (not an address-level walk-time score), normalised within Australian suburbs. Method based on the Urban Liveability Index (Higgs et al. 2019) and Walk Score — three equal-weighted domains combined with an imbalance penalty.

Crime April 2025 - March 2026
2,772
1,286 per 100k
D2 vs AU

Crime

Rate · per 100k1,286
Total incidents2,772· April 2025 - March 2026
  • Assault62756%
  • Sexual Offences22120%
  • Robbery283%
  • Break And Enter23421%

Development screen

Could a secondary dwelling be worth investigating?

secondary dwelling / granny flat screening context Medium broad constraint context

Policy position

Official policy reviewed

Permitted in residential zones under the Housing SEPP; may be approved by consent or as complying development when Housing SEPP and Codes SEPP standards are met.

Rental use: Secondary dwelling rental use is allowed as a dwelling use, subject to planning and tenancy rules.

Open official policy source

Separate houses

84.2%

Suburb share of occupied private dwellings recorded as separate houses.

6.7 pp above the state median

State median 77.5% · 1,253 valid suburbs

Residential-zone context

82.6%

Broad suburb sampling only; the property zoning and overlays can differ.

40.3 pp above the state median

State median 42.3% · 1,245 valid suburbs

Rental households

19.2%

Demand context only; it does not establish permission to rent a secondary dwelling.

6.7 pp below the state median

State median 25.9% · 1,253 valid suburbs

Mapped hazards

bushfire present

The staged suburb layer indicates a broad-area constraint that needs address-level checking. No broad-area layer staged for this suburb.

Approval pathway

Four checks, each with a different evidence threshold.

This is an investigation sequence, not a guarantee that every step applies or that approval will be granted.

  1. 01 Source reviewed

    State policy position

    QuickProperty reviewed the official secondary dwelling / granny flat policy source.

  2. 02 Property dependent

    Planning pathway

    Test consent or complying-development eligibility, including the 450 m² lot marker and all other standards.

  3. 03 Design dependent

    Building approval

    Confirm the building approval route after the design, site classifications, services and construction requirements are known.

  4. 04 Check separately

    Intended use

    Confirm long-term rental, short-stay or family-use rules separately from permission to construct the dwelling.

Property due diligence

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Site controls

Lot area and dimensions

Confirm title dimensions, usable site area and any minimum lot threshold.

Status for Lot area and dimensions
Evidence packMissing

Metadata only. QuickProperty does not store or upload the underlying document.

Setbacks and site coverage

Test setbacks, private open space, landscaping and maximum site coverage against a concept plan.

Status for Setbacks and site coverage
Evidence packMissing

Metadata only. QuickProperty does not store or upload the underlying document.

Slope and ground conditions

Check survey levels, soil classification, retaining needs and likely earthworks.

Status for Slope and ground conditions
Evidence packMissing

Metadata only. QuickProperty does not store or upload the underlying document.

Title and planning

Zoning and overlays

Obtain current property-level zoning, overlays and applicable planning controls.

Status for Zoning and overlays
Evidence packMissing

Metadata only. QuickProperty does not store or upload the underlying document.

Title, easements and covenants

Review the title for easements, covenants, restrictions and common property.

Status for Title, easements and covenants
Evidence packMissing

Metadata only. QuickProperty does not store or upload the underlying document.

Services and access

Sewer and stormwater

Locate assets and connection points, then confirm capacity, clearances and discharge requirements.

Status for Sewer and stormwater
Evidence packMissing

Metadata only. QuickProperty does not store or upload the underlying document.

Power, water and metering

Confirm service routes, upgrade needs and whether separate metering is permitted or practical.

Status for Power, water and metering
Evidence packMissing

Metadata only. QuickProperty does not store or upload the underlying document.

Vehicle access and parking

Test driveway width, gradients, turning, parking and emergency access requirements.

Status for Vehicle access and parking
Evidence packMissing

Metadata only. QuickProperty does not store or upload the underlying document.

Construction constraints

Bushfire exposure

Order an address-level bushfire assessment and determine any BAL construction response.

Status for Bushfire exposure
Evidence packMissing

Metadata only. QuickProperty does not store or upload the underlying document.

Flood and overland flow

Obtain property flood information and check floor levels, flow paths and drainage constraints.

Status for Flood and overland flow
Evidence packMissing

Metadata only. QuickProperty does not store or upload the underlying document.

Wind, corrosion and termite

Confirm site classifications that affect structural design, materials and durability.

Status for Wind, corrosion and termite
Evidence packMissing

Metadata only. QuickProperty does not store or upload the underlying document.

Approval and use

Planning approval pathway

Confirm exemption, complying pathway or permit requirements with the responsible authority.

Status for Planning approval pathway
Evidence packMissing

Metadata only. QuickProperty does not store or upload the underlying document.

Building approval and consultants

Identify required survey, design, engineering, energy, certification and inspection evidence.

Status for Building approval and consultants
Evidence packMissing

Metadata only. QuickProperty does not store or upload the underlying document.

Rental and intended use

Confirm occupation, rental, short-stay and family-use rules plus insurance and tax implications.

Status for Rental and intended use
Evidence packMissing

Metadata only. QuickProperty does not store or upload the underlying document.

Kellyville, NSW 2155 · Local browser record

Investigation aid only. Confirm current planning, building, title, service and hazard requirements with qualified professionals and responsible authorities.

Building due diligence

Construction requirements can change by location.

The National Construction Code is the baseline. Local hazards and site classifications can change the required structure, materials, fixings, insulation and detailing.

Known here

SUBURB CONTEXT

Bushfire-prone land

Low broad-area context

About 8.8% of the suburb intersects mapped bushfire-prone land.

May affect: External construction · Roof and wall systems · Openings, screens and decks

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ADDRESS + DESIGN

NCC climate zone

Check the property

Confirm the NCC climate zone used for the building design and energy provisions.

May affect: Insulation and glazing · Condensation control · Roof-space ventilation

Wind class and BAL

Site assessment required

A suburb layer cannot determine the site wind classification or Bushfire Attack Level.

May affect: Structure and tie-downs · Cladding and fixings · Openings and bushfire detailing

Corrosion and termite exposure

Check the property

Confirm marine or corrosive exposure and the applicable termite-management requirements.

May affect: Fasteners and connectors · Roofing and coatings · Termite management

This screen identifies investigation triggers, not building quality or property compliance. Confirm the address, design and current jurisdiction rules with the council, building surveyor or certifier, designer and engineer.

NCC 2022 Housing Provisions: how to use · NCC 2022 Volume Two and Housing Provisions

Bushfire exposure

Low exposure ~8.8%
~8.8% of the suburb is Bush Fire Prone Land · ~2.9% Category 1 (highest hazard)

Estimated exposure to NSW RFS Bush Fire Prone Land (CC BY), point-sampled across the suburb. This shows how much of the suburb sits within the official hazard layer — it is not a Bushfire Attack Level (BAL) rating or a property-level assessment. Obtain a BAL assessment (AS 3959) for an individual property.

Short-term rentals

15
active listings · ~0.6 per 1,000 residents
53%
entire homes (vs private rooms)
53%
run by multi-listing operators

Active Airbnb listings point-mapped to this suburb from Inside Airbnb (CC BY 4.0). Occupancy and revenue are estimates from Inside Airbnb's San Francisco model (review-rate proxy, minimum-stay assumption, occupancy capped at 70%) — they are gross, indicative, and not a guarantee of returns. Short-stay letting is subject to state and local regulation.

Planning zones

Dominant zone Low Density Residential
Residential 75% Public / Open space 8% Other 7% Commercial / Mixed 1%
Residential density: Low · 4% growth-zoned

Land-use mix estimated by point-sampling the suburb against NSW EPI Land Zoning polygons (CC BY 4.0). This is a suburb-level snapshot of planning zones, not a parcel-level zoning certificate or development advice. Check the relevant planning scheme for an individual property.

Population outlook

17,586 people · 202217,335 by 2032 (-1.4%)

ABS population projection (2022 base) for the Kellyville - East SA2 statistical area — the finest official projection grain available; suburb-level projections do not exist.

Full data detail Census · ATO · ABS · state datasets
Kellyville NSW — Property Data and Demographics

Located in New South Wales within the The Hills Shire local government area, Kellyville is a sizeable suburb (postcode 2155). The area has roughly 27,011 residents and an established family demographic, with a median age of 38. Households earn a median income of $158K per year, with an average household size of 3.3 people. 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, managers, clerical & administrative. Employment in the area leans toward healthcare and professional services. The top ancestries reported are Australian, English, Chinese.

The median house price in Kellyville is $2.0 million, having posted strong gains by 5.1% over the past year. Units have a median price of $748,000 (-7.7% YoY). The current median weekly rent is $800. This gives a gross rental yield of approximately 2.1%. The median monthly mortgage repayment is $3,000.

Kellyville is served by 7 schools, including 4 primary, 1 secondary, 1 combined, 1 special. The average ICSEA score is 1108, which is well above the national average of 1,000. Public transport access includes 1 rail station, 122 bus stops. Healthcare facilities include 1 private hospital. The crime rate in the The Hills Shire LGA is low at 1,286 incidents per 100,000 population.

On the investment side, Gross rental yield sits at around 2.1% (low yield). Property prices are above the state median ($2.0M/$1.5M), placing it in the premium segment. The price-to-income ratio of 12.5x is considered stretched. House prices have moved +5.1% year-on-year.

Market & money
Investment signalsHeuristics
Rental Yield2.1% Low Yield
Price vs State$2.0M/$1.5M Above Median
Affordability12.5x Stretched
Price Momentum+5.1% Rising
InvestmentNSW
Mortgage · mth$3,000
Rent · wk(Census)$630
Market rent · wk(2026-06)$800
Gross yield1.7%
Price / income12.5x
Sales vol (latest Q)(2026-Q2)28
Property investors · Postcode 2155ATO
Negatively geared16.2%
8,102 of filers
Avg rental loss$10,887/yr
Landlords (rental income)12,093
Reported capital gains4,874
People & prosperity
DemographicsCensus 21
Population27,011
Median age38
Household size3.3
HH income · wk$3,044
Personal income · wk$1,049
Persons / bedroom0.8
IncomeATO 22-23
Median income$69,783
Mean income$87,824
Earners12,325
YoY change+6.5%
SEIFA indexABS
Advantage (IRSAD)10/10
Education (IEO)10/10
Economic (IER)10/10
Disadvantage (IRSD)10/10
Income momentumCensus 16→21
HH income · wk$2,564 → $3,044
Change+18.7%
vs NSW median-1.9 pp
Median rent+0%
stablevs NSW 2016–21
Area & amenity
Local amenitiesOSM
Supermarkets4
Pharmacies1
GP / clinics5
Fuel stations3
Cafes & dining17
aldi1
coles1
woolworths2
TransportGTFS
Rail stations1
Bus stops122
Kellyville Station, North West Twy, Stand B
Hospitals · The Hills Shire LGAAIHW
Public0
Private5
Lakeview Private Hospitalprivate
Norwest Day Hospitalprivate
Norwest Private Hospitalprivate
The Hills Clinic Kellyvilleprivate · in suburb
The Hills Private Hospitalprivate
Aged care · The Hills Shire LGAGEN
Facilities16
Residential places2,078
SummitCare Baulkham Hills232 places
Anglicare Brian King Gardens204 places
Anglicare The Donald Coburn Centre180 places
Bella Vista Gardens160 places
Bupa Baulkham Hills144 places
BaptistCare The Gracewood Centre143 places · in suburb
+10 more in The Hills Shire LGA
Childcare · The Hills Shire LGAACECQA
Services170
Approved places14,962
Exceeding NQS24
Bella Vista OSHCLUB330 places
Wesley Out of School Hours Care270 places · in suburb
Ambrose Activities, Santa Sophia, Box Hill250 places
Baulkham Hills North OSHC Centre250 places
Castle Hill Funhouse240 places
Kellyville Ridge OSHClub230 places · in suburb
+164 more in The Hills Shire LGA
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Sources & freshness
Strong evidence

Kellyville has enough direct local evidence for a first-pass decision.

QuickProperty mixes release files, Census baselines, and matched local services on this page. Read the status panel before treating every metric as equally fresh.

PRICE POSTURE
NSW price medians are parser-guarded official records.

Official sale records parsed from cached Bulk PSI ZIP files with parser guardrails for token sales, non-house zoning, and low-value strata component records

RENT POSTURE
Rent is using a state market dataset when available.

Use current rent as a starting signal, not as a fixed underwriting truth.

SERVICE POSTURE
Service coverage is matched locally, not inferred nationally.

Schools, transport, and hospitals are useful as presence signals, but they still have different source cadences.

Data status
Property prices
NSW Valuer General · 2026-Q2 · Official sale records parsed from cached Bulk PSI ZIP files with parser guardrails for token sales, non-house zoning, and low-value strata component records
medium stability · automated · every update · weekly
Available
Market rent
NSW Fair Trading · 2026-06 · State market dataset
stable source · automated · every update · monthly
Available
Crime
BOCSAR · April 2025 - March 2026 · Area-level release dataset
medium stability · automated · every update · release-based
Available
Schools
ACARA 2025 · 7 schools matched
stable source · automated · every update · annual
Available
Hospitals
AIHW · 1 hospitals matched
medium stability · manual file · snapshot · mixed
Available
Transport
GTFS feeds · 123 matched stops/stations
medium stability · manual file · snapshot · mixed
Available
Population growth
ABS ERP · No linked annual population growth series
stable source · automated · every update · annual
Missing
Building approvals
ABS Building Approvals · No linked approvals series
stable source · automated · every update · monthly
Missing
Available means a direct local dataset is linked. Verify means coverage exists but freshness or precision is weaker, such as ABS price fallback, Census rent fallback, or low-confidence hospital matching.

Kellyville FAQ

Common questions
  1. What LGA is Kellyville in?

    Kellyville is in the The Hills Shire Local Government Area, NSW, postcode 2155. Council-level context for The Hills Shire LGA (suburb mix, population, rent, and price coverage) is available on the QuickProperty LGA page.

  2. What is the median house price in Kellyville?

    The current median house price in Kellyville, NSW is $2.0M, based on the latest available sales data from state Valuers General offices and ABS Data by Region.

  3. What is the typical weekly rent in Kellyville?

    The median weekly rent in Kellyville is $800/wk, based on the current market rent dataset. The current rent signal is income-stretched rent market.

  4. What does the rent signal say about Kellyville?

    Income-stretched rent market: Weekly rent screens at about 60% of annual income. Use this as a suburb screening signal before comparing candidates or modelling a purchase; the matching rent ranking can provide broader market context.

  5. Is Kellyville a good investment?

    QuickProperty's investment signals for Kellyville show: Low Yield, Above Median, Stretched. These are computed from price, rent, income, and population data — not an opaque score.

  6. Where does QuickProperty get its data for Kellyville?

    Property prices come from state Valuers General offices and ABS Data by Region. Demographics are from ABS Census 2021. School ICSEA scores are from ACARA. Crime statistics are from state police agencies. Transport data is sourced from GTFS feeds.

  7. How often is the Kellyville data updated?

    Property prices update quarterly. RBA macro indicators update with each deploy. Demographics are from Census 2021. School ICSEA scores are from ACARA 2025.