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Suburb profile ·Penrith LGA · NSW ·2759

St Clair NSW 2759

St Clair is in Penrith LGA, NSW, postcode 2759, with population 19,942.

The read

Livability-led

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$710/wk
Rising
+4.4% YoY
Mar 2025 → May 2026 · 15 periods
NSW Fair Trading · postcode 2759 · May 2026
$710
$650
Mar 2025May 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.

Median house
No local house series
Median rent
$710/wk
Rent context available
4.4%YoY D10 vs AU
Gross yield
Need rent + price
Population
19,942
20K local footprint
D10 vs AU
Schools
6
Matched school context
D10 vs AU
Drive to city
44 min
47 km to Sydney CBD · free-flow
Transit to city
1h 52m
Public transport to Sydney CBD · weekday 8am
Solar
4,635
283 added 12mo · 34MW

Price history

No price history available

Price series isn't recorded for this suburb. Census housing data is shown instead.

Median mortgage · mth$2,167
Median rent · wk$440

Trend & investor depth

Rent stabilitystable — rents vary ±2.6% around trend (short window, 15 pts)

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).

Affordability

34%
median weekly rent as a share of gross household income (the 30% rule)
Stretched

Owners with a mortgage repay a median of $2,167/mo, while renters pay about $3,077/mo — renting runs $910/mo higher on these medians.

Household income · yr
$107K
Median rent · wk
$710
Owner mortgage · mo
$2,167

Household income

$107K household · yr+30.6% vs NSW suburb median
Personal
$44K
Family
$114K
Household
$107K

Schools

Total6
Avg ICSEA984
Students2,680
Catholic1
Government5
  • Clairgate Public SchoolPrimary · Government · ICSEA 982Zoned
  • St Clair Public SchoolPrimary · Government · ICSEA 975Zoned
  • Blackwell Public SchoolPrimary · Government · ICSEA 980
  • Banks Public SchoolPrimary · Government · ICSEA 971
  • St Clair High SchoolSecondary · Government · ICSEA 956Zoned
  • Holy Spirit Primary SchoolPrimary · Catholic · ICSEA 1043Zoned

4 of 6 schools here operate published enrolment zones (catchments). Zone boundaries set eligibility — check the official source for the exact catchment. Not enrolment advice.

Livability

85/ 100 livability index

Top 15% most liveable of 4,565Australian suburbs.

Peer distributionstronger than 85% of Australian suburbs
WeakerTypicalStronger
Everyday access91
Public transport0
Schools & hospitals92

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
9,111
3,984 per 100k
D6 vs AU

Crime

Rate · per 100k3,984
Total incidents9,111· April 2025 - March 2026
  • Assault2,35561%
  • Sexual Offences70918%
  • Robbery812%
  • Break And Enter70518%

Short-term rentals

10
active listings · ~0.5 per 1,000 residents
20%
entire homes (vs private rooms)
80%
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.

Population outlook

5,398 people · 20225,963 by 2032 (+10.5%)

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

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

St Clair is an established suburb in New South Wales within the Penrith local government area (postcode 2759). It is home to about 19,942 residents, with a blend of families and working-age professionals and a median age of 36. Households earn a median income of $107K per year, with an average household size of 3 people. Recent annual estimates show population movement staying broadly stable across the broader catchment, with population growth running at +1.2% 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 current median weekly rent is $710. The median monthly mortgage repayment is $2,167.

St Clair is served by 6 schools, including 5 primary, 1 secondary. The average ICSEA score is 984, which is around the national average of 1,000. The crime rate in the Penrith LGA is below average at 3,984 incidents per 100,000 population.

From an investment perspective, Population growth of +1.2% year-on-year points to stable demand fundamentals. Building approvals have changed +0% year-on-year, indicating steady development activity.

Market & money
Investment signalsHeuristics
Pop. Growth+1.2%· Stable
Development+0%· Steady
InvestmentNSW
Mortgage · mth$2,167
Rent · wk(Census)$440
Market rent · wk(2026-05)$710
Population growth · Penrith LGAABS ERP
Population (2025)231,701
5-year growth+1.3% CAGR
YoY change+1.2%
20012025
Development · Penrith LGAABS Approvals
Approvals (2026)1,378
Houses 37%Units 63%
YoY change+0%
Employment · Penrith LGASALM
Unemployment (Dec-25)3.7%
YoY change-0.4pp
Dec-10Dec-25
Property investors · Postcode 2759ATO
Negatively geared8.5%
1,376 of filers
Avg rental loss$8,680/yr
Landlords (rental income)2,194
Reported capital gains698
People & prosperity
DemographicsCensus 21
Population19,942
Median age36
Household size3
HH income · wk$2,067
Personal income · wk$849
Persons / bedroom0.8
Area & amenity
Local amenitiesOSM
Supermarkets2
Pharmacies2
GP / clinics6
Fuel stations2
Cafes & dining21
woolworths1
Aged care · Penrith LGAGEN
Facilities13
Residential places1,270
Glenmore Park Care Community156 places
Boronia House130 places
SummitCare St Marys130 places
The Royce Manor128 places
SummitCare Penrith115 places
Anglicare Newmarch House102 places
+7 more in Penrith LGA
Childcare · Penrith LGAACECQA
Services187
Approved places12,470
Exceeding NQS34
Jordan Springs OSHCLUB355 places
Go Bananas Early Learning Centres205 places
Bright Minds Academy167 places
Ambrose School Age Care, Bethany, Glenmore Park165 places
Glenmore Park Early Learning Centre160 places
Greenwood Penrith159 places
+181 more in Penrith LGA
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Sources & freshness
Strong evidence

St Clair carries 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 · 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
Missing
Market rent
NSW Fair Trading · 2026-05 · 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 · 6 schools matched
stable source · automated · every update · annual
Available
Hospitals
AIHW · No linked local hospital coverage
medium stability · manual file · snapshot · mixed
Missing
Transport
GTFS feeds · No matched local transport stops
medium stability · manual file · snapshot · mixed
Missing
Population growth
ABS ERP · 2025 · Annual estimate series
stable source · automated · every update · annual
Available
Building approvals
ABS Building Approvals · 2026 · Annual release series
stable source · automated · every update · monthly
Available
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.

St Clair FAQ

Common questions
  1. What LGA is St Clair in?

    St Clair is in the Penrith Local Government Area, NSW, postcode 2759. Council-level context for Penrith LGA (suburb mix, population, rent, and price coverage) is available on the QuickProperty LGA page.

  2. What is the typical weekly rent in St Clair?

    The median weekly rent in St Clair is $710/wk, based on the current market rent dataset. The current rent signal is rent context available.

  3. What does the rent signal say about St Clair?

    Rent context available: St Clair has usable rent context. Use this as a suburb screening signal before comparing candidates or modelling a purchase; the matching rent ranking can provide broader market context.

  4. Is St Clair a good investment?

    QuickProperty's investment signals for St Clair show: Stable, Steady. These are computed from price, rent, income, and population data — not an opaque score.

  5. Where does QuickProperty get its data for St Clair?

    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.

  6. How often is the St Clair 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.