Yagoona is a settled mid-to-large suburb in New South Wales within the Canterbury-Bankstown local government area (postcode 2199). With a population of 19,651, the suburb has a mix of families and early-career residents with a median age of 34. Households earn a median income of $75K per year, with an average household size of 3.2 people. Recent annual estimates show population movement staying broadly stable across the broader catchment, with population growth running at +1.0% 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, technicians & trades. Employment in the area leans toward healthcare and retail trade. The top ancestries reported are Lebanese, Vietnamese, Australian.
Yagoona has a median house price of $1.4 million, which has dipped slightly by 1.1% year-on-year. Units have a median price of $675,000 (+8% YoY). The current median weekly rent is $650. This gives a gross rental yield of approximately 2.5%. The median monthly mortgage repayment is $2,167.
Yagoona is served by 2 schools, including 2 primary. The average ICSEA score is 1014, which is around the national average of 1,000. Public transport access includes 3 tram stops, 82 bus stops. The crime rate in the Canterbury-Bankstown LGA is below average at 2,302 incidents per 100,000 population.
Looking at the investment signals, Gross rental yield sits at around 2.5% (low yield). Property prices are near the state median ($1.4M/$1.5M). The price-to-income ratio of 18.4x is considered stretched. House prices have moved -1.1% year-on-year. Population growth of +1.0% year-on-year points to stable demand fundamentals. Building approvals have changed +0% year-on-year, indicating steady development activity.