ABS 2021 Census · Updated 21 May 2026
Chullora is a regional centre in New South Wales, Australia, with a population of approximately 14, making it a boutique locality. Located approximately 15 km from the Sydney CBD, Chullora is a regional area in New South Wales. The median household income is $57,000 per year.
Household earnings in Chullora are below the state average, which may affect long-term capital growth. The short commute to the city centre is a key demand driver.
Official Australia Post postcode for Chullora. 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 Chullora 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.
Chullora is a smaller community of 14 — 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. Chullora's median household income of $57,000/year is 42% 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. 15 km from Sydney places Chullora in the middle commuter belt, close enough for daily trips by car or rail but at a materially lower price point than inner suburbs.
How Chullora stacks up against the median of all New South Wales suburbs in our dataset. Positive values mean Chullora sits above the state median; negative means below.
| Metric | Chullora | NSW median | Δ vs state |
|---|---|---|---|
| Population | 14 | 5,325 | -100% |
| Median household income | $57,000/yr | $97,552/yr | -42% |
| Distance to CBD | 15 km | 45 km | -67% |
Pre-inspection briefing for Chullora — every item is derived from public datasets, with full citations in our data sources page.
Limited buy-and-hold upside: a small population of 14 means liquidity is thin and capital growth tends to lag the wider New South Wales market over full cycles.
Median rental data was not captured for Chullora. Use current realestate.com.au and Domain listings to triangulate a realistic weekly rent before committing, then feed that number into our rental yield calculator.
With a population of 14, the resale market in Chullora may not reliably reward cosmetic renovations — a longer hold is typically a better strategy at this scale, letting land-value appreciation do the work instead.
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Create free account →Capital-growth expectations for Chullora are modest for 2026 — incomes 42% below the NSW median of $97,552 and a population of 14 suggest gains will lag headline metro markets. Rental fundamentals will need to be verified against live listings, as a clean median rent was not recorded for Chullora. The EquitySight investment score of 35/100 places Chullora in the lower tier of Australian suburbs we profile, and overall investor sentiment is cautious heading into the second half of 2026.
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Chullora scores 35/100 on our EquitySight investment framework — a weak rating. That score is driven by a population of 14, median household income of $57,000/year. 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 Chullora are proximity to Sydney (15 km), a median household income of $57,000/year, 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.
Chullora has a usual resident population of approximately 14, 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.
Chullora sits 15 km straight-line from the Sydney CBD. This is comfortable commuter territory, with reasonable rail and road access to the city.
A reliable median rent was not captured for Chullora. Benchmark expected weekly rent on realestate.com.au and Domain, or the state rental tribunal's rent dashboard. Most Australian investors target a 4–5% gross yield as a baseline.
A reliable median mortgage figure was not captured for Chullora. 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 Chullora 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 (14 residents), interest-rate sensitivity, below-median household incomes ($57,000 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.