EquitySight.app
Free full calculator →
EquitySight.app
Free full calculator →
ABS 2021 Census · Updated 21 May 2026
Arndell Park is a well-established middle-ring suburb of Sydney, Australia, with a population of approximately 6, making it a boutique locality. Located approximately 31 km from the Sydney CBD, Arndell Park is a middle ring area in New South Wales. The median household income is $71,500 per year.
Household earnings in Arndell Park are below the state average, which may affect long-term capital growth. The outer location offers affordability but may see slower price appreciation.
Official Australia Post postcode for Arndell Park. A postcode may cover multiple suburbs.
Australia Post Postcode Finder →Usual resident population at the most recent census.
Weekly median rent for occupied homes. Live rental data integration coming soon.
Annual median household income (before tax) across all households.
Straight-line distance from the suburb centroid to the nearest capital city CBD. Actual driving distance will be longer.
Estimated 1 school within or near this suburb.
Find schools near Arndell Park on My School →Estimated 1 park and green spaces near this suburb.
Monthly median mortgage repayment for households currently paying off a mortgage.
Proportion of separate houses versus units, townhouses, and other home types. Useful for investors assessing rental demand mix.
Arndell Park is a smaller community of 6 — about 0% of the New South Wales suburb median (5,325) — so investors should factor in the narrower buyer pool and longer average time-on-market. Arndell Park's median household income of $71,500/year is 27% below the New South Wales suburb median ($97,552) — this is an affordability play where returns lean on yield and patient capital growth rather than demographic premium. The median weekly rent of $530 translates to approximately $27,560/year in gross rental income, setting the upper bound on yield before vacancy, rates, insurance and maintenance. At 31 km from Sydney, Arndell Park is an outer-metro location where buyers are typically trading commute time for floor space and a lower entry price. Separate houses make up 100% of dwellings — 24 percentage points above the New South Wales median of 76% — pointing to a family-oriented, land-rich market where value is concentrated in the underlying block.
How Arndell Park stacks up against the median of all New South Wales suburbs in our dataset. Positive values mean Arndell Park sits above the state median; negative means below.
| Metric | Arndell Park | NSW median | Δ vs state |
|---|---|---|---|
| Population | 6 | 5,325 | -100% |
| Median household income | $71,500/yr | $97,552/yr | -27% |
| Median rent (weekly) | $530 | $430 | +23% |
| Distance to CBD | 31 km | 45 km | -31% |
| Separate houses | 100% | 76% | +24pp |
Pre-inspection briefing for Arndell Park — every item is derived from public datasets, with full citations in our data sources page.
Limited buy-and-hold upside: a small population of 6 means liquidity is thin and capital growth tends to lag the wider New South Wales market over full cycles.
Gross rent of $530/week (~$27,560/year) sets the yield ceiling. Cross-check against your purchase price to confirm whether this suburb hits the 4–5% gross yield most Australian investors target.
With 100% houses in a 6-person market, renovation margins depend on individual street and aspect rather than any suburb-wide story — do comparable-sales analysis before committing capital.
Run the numbers on a Arndell Park property
Scenario comparison, cash flow analysis, tax modelling, and PDF export — all in one place.
Create free account →Capital-growth expectations for Arndell Park are modest for 2026 — incomes 27% below the NSW median of $97,552 and a population of 6 suggest gains will lag headline metro markets. Rents sit around $530/week, setting the baseline gross rental income at roughly $27,560/year — refine this against current listings before running your numbers. The EquitySight investment score of 44/100 places Arndell Park in the mid tier of Australian suburbs we profile, and overall investor sentiment is cautious heading into the second half of 2026.
Lived in Arndell Park? Help other investors with an honest 100-word review. Sign-in required; all reviews are manually moderated before they appear.
Arndell Park scores 44/100 on our EquitySight investment framework — a moderate rating. That score is driven by a population of 6, median household income of $71,500/year and median weekly rent of $530. Whether it fits your portfolio depends on whether you are targeting cash flow, capital growth, or a value-add renovation — all three are scored with suburb-specific numbers elsewhere on this page.
The main demand drivers in Arndell Park are a median household income of $71,500/year, a dwelling mix that is 100% separate houses, roughly 1 schools and 1 parks within the catchment. Together these shape both owner-occupier and tenant demand and are the factors we weight most heavily in the suburb's investment score.
Arndell Park has a usual resident population of approximately 6, compared with a New South Wales suburb median of 5,325 — placing it in the lower half of the state's suburbs by size. Population is the clearest proxy for market depth: more residents mean more transactions and typically a shorter average days-on-market on resale.
Arndell Park sits 31 km straight-line from the Sydney CBD. This is an outer-metro location; local employment and infrastructure announcements tend to move prices more than CBD connectivity alone.
The most recent census recorded a median weekly rent of $530 in Arndell Park, equating to approximately $27,560/year in gross rental income (state median $430/week). Market rents have typically drifted above the recorded figure — verify against current listings on realestate.com.au and Domain before making an offer.
A reliable median mortgage figure was not captured for Arndell Park. Use our loan serviceability calculator to estimate a realistic monthly repayment for your target purchase price and deposit.
Census data was not complete enough in Arndell Park to compute a clean rent-to-mortgage coverage. Use current listings to benchmark weekly rent, then plug your expected purchase price into our rental yield calculator to see whether the investment runs cash-flow positive or negative.
The main risks are a thin buyer pool (6 residents), interest-rate sensitivity, below-median household incomes ($71,500 vs $97,552 state median), the broader New South Wales market cycle. Each of these is covered in the Risk Factors section above with suburb-specific numbers rather than generic warnings.
Every number on this page comes from the ABS 2021 Census of Population and Housing, Australia Post postcode reference data, and OpenStreetMap amenity tiles. The investment score, strategy verdicts, and comparison table are computed deterministically from those inputs — no opinion, no estimation. See our full methodology and the data sources and licences for the formulas we use.