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Orchard Hills is in Penrith LGA, NSW, postcode 2748, with population 1,798.
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The local employment base leans toward construction and retail trade. Local earnings momentum is not available from the linked ATO series. NSW employment is up +0.3% year-on-year (+14K jobs) and +11.3% over five years in the official NERO dataset. Read this as a broader state jobs backdrop combined with local employment mix, not a suburb-only new-jobs count.
NSW has 37 Commonwealth-backed major projects under construction, 5 underway, and 75 in planning as at 2024-10-02. This suburb also matches 24 local transport stops or stations, which adds nearby access context but does not prove direct project exposure. Read this as a state delivery backdrop, not a suburb-specific project list.
Orchard Hills is a small community in New South Wales within the Penrith local government area (postcode 2748). With a population of 1,798, the suburb has a mature demographic with a median age of 47. Households earn a median income of $119K per year, with an average household size of 3.1 people. NSW employment has moved +0.3% year-on-year in the official Jobs and Skills Australia NERO series, which provides the broader jobs backdrop for this suburb. NSW also had 37 Commonwealth-backed major projects under construction, 5 underway, and 75 in planning as at 2 October 2024, which is useful as a broader delivery backdrop rather than a suburb-specific project count. The most common occupations are clerical & administrative, managers, professionals. Employment in the area leans toward construction and retail trade. The top ancestries reported are Australian, English, Maltese.
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Orchard Hills is a small community in New South Wales within the Penrith local government area (postcode 2748). With a population of 1,798, the suburb has a mature demographic with a median age of 47. Households earn a median income of $119K per year, with an average household size of 3.1 people. NSW employment has moved +0.3% year-on-year in the official Jobs and Skills Australia NERO series, which provides the broader jobs backdrop for this suburb. NSW also had 37 Commonwealth-backed major projects under construction, 5 underway, and 75 in planning as at 2 October 2024, which is useful as a broader delivery backdrop rather than a suburb-specific project count. The most common occupations are clerical & administrative, managers, professionals. Employment in the area leans toward construction and retail trade. The top ancestries reported are Australian, English, Maltese.
The median house price in Orchard Hills is $2.9 million, having declined 3.3% over the past year. The median weekly rent is $450 (Census 2021). This gives a gross rental yield of approximately 0.8%. The median monthly mortgage repayment is $2,550.
Orchard Hills is served by 4 schools, including 1 primary, 3 combined. The average ICSEA score is 1062, which is above the national average of 1,000. Public transport access includes 24 bus stops. The crime rate in the Penrith LGA is below average at 3,934 incidents per 100,000 population.
From an investment perspective, Orchard Hills offers a gross rental yield of 0.8%, rated as low yield. Property prices are above the state median ($2.9M/$1.5M), placing it in the premium segment. The price-to-income ratio of 24.4x is considered stretched. House prices have moved -3.3% year-on-year.
Orchard Hills is a small community in New South Wales within the Penrith local government area (postcode 2748). With a population of 1,798, the suburb has a mature demographic with a median age of 47. Households earn a median income of $119K per year, with an average household size of 3.1 people. NSW employment has moved +0.3% year-on-year in the official Jobs and Skills Australia NERO series, which provides the broader jobs backdrop for this suburb. NSW also had 37 Commonwealth-backed major projects under construction, 5 underway, and 75 in planning as at 2 October 2024, which is useful as a broader delivery backdrop rather than a suburb-specific project count. The most common occupations are clerical & administrative, managers, professionals. Employment in the area leans toward construction and retail trade. The top ancestries reported are Australian, English, Maltese.
The median house price in Orchard Hills is $2.9 million, having declined 3.3% over the past year. The median weekly rent is $450 (Census 2021). This gives a gross rental yield of approximately 0.8%. The median monthly mortgage repayment is $2,550.
Orchard Hills is served by 4 schools, including 1 primary, 3 combined. The average ICSEA score is 1062, which is above the national average of 1,000. Public transport access includes 24 bus stops. The crime rate in the Penrith LGA is below average at 3,934 incidents per 100,000 population.
From an investment perspective, Orchard Hills offers a gross rental yield of 0.8%, rated as low yield. Property prices are above the state median ($2.9M/$1.5M), placing it in the premium segment. The price-to-income ratio of 24.4x is considered stretched. House prices have moved -3.3% year-on-year.