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Bass Hill NSW 2197

4,213 addresses · 82 streets

Blaxland Electorate › Canterbury-Bankstown LGA › Bass Hill · 20 km from Sydney

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Living Here

Bass Hill is a suburb of New South Wales, home to about 10,230 people, with a median age of 34. The typical household earns around $1,411 a week, with median rent near $450 a week. Most homes are houses. About 65% of households own their home and 34% rent. Most workers drive to work. Common community backgrounds include Lebanese, Australian, Ancestry NS. On the ABS socio-economic scale it sits in decile 3 of 10 nationally — a more disadvantaged area.

10,230Population
34Median age
$1,411Median household income / wk
$450Median rent / wk
3.3Avg household

Over time — Census 2001 → 2021

Dashed line: district figures for the Bass Hill - Georges Hall statistical area (SA2), the smallest area the ABS published before 2011. Solid line: Bass Hill itself.

Getting Around & Local Services

Getting around. Train station: Chester Hill, 1.7 km north · Metro station: Bankstown, 4.1 km south-east · Bus interchange: Bankstown Station, 4.1 km south-east · Airport: Bankstown Airport, 3 km south.

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Socio-economic Standing

🙁Below average · 3/10
Economic resources2/10
Education & jobs4/10

Deciles from 1 (lowest) to 10 (highest), against all Australian suburbs. The overall figure weighs advantage and disadvantage together; economic resources counts income and housing, and education & jobs counts qualifications and occupation. They often differ. Source: ABS SEIFA 2021.

Tree cover

🌳 Tree canopy: 13.9% share of land under canopy · satellite map, 2020

Where the trees are in Bass Hill

Green: 10 m cells where trees dominate, satellite 2021. Blue: water. The line is the suburb boundary.

Tree cover measures, Bass Hill NSW
Canopy share, 1 m canopy height map, 202013.9%
Surveyed canopy, Greater Sydney aerial survey, 201912.6%
Land with trees, 10 m satellite map, 202118.9%

Demographics

Unemployment 8.7% · Labour-force participation 41.9%

Population by age in Bass Hill
Population by age, Bass Hill NSW (ABS Census 2021)
0-4771
5-141,661
15-19729
20-24679
25-341,316
35-441,271
45-541,165
55-641,112
65-74816
75-84491
85+239
Dwelling types in Bass Hill
Dwelling types, Bass Hill NSW (ABS Census 2021)
House2,010
Townhouse564
Apartment202
Other8
Households by weekly income in Bass Hill
Households by weekly income, Bass Hill NSW (ABS Census 2021)
<$650527
$650-1,499839
$1,500-2,999749
$3,000+480
Top ancestries in Bass Hill
Top ancestries, Bass Hill NSW (ABS Census 2021)
Lebanese2,488
Other2,267
Australian1,645
Ancestry NS1,236
English1,199
Vietnamese1,004
Housing tenure in Bass Hill
Housing tenure, Bass Hill NSW (ABS Census 2021)
Owned839
Mortgage917
Rented921
Other44
Cars per household in Bass Hill
Cars per household, Bass Hill NSW (ABS Census 2021)
0200
1862
21,019
3395
4+246
Commute to work in Bass Hill
Commute to work, Bass Hill NSW (ABS Census 2021)
Car1,392
Train33
Bus19
Tram/ferry0
Walked35
Bicycle0
Home864
Top countries of birth in Bass Hill
Top countries of birth, Bass Hill NSW (ABS Census 2021)
Lebanon915
Vietnam813
Iraq126
Italy115
China98
Greece85
Languages used at home in Bass Hill
Languages used at home, Bass Hill NSW (ABS Census 2021)
Arabic3,125
Vietnamese1,035
Greek211
Cantonese162
Italian154
Macedonian117

Birds & Wildlife Nearby

30,765 bird observations recorded near Bass Hill — most often seen:

Show all 30 birds recorded near Bass Hill

Sightings reported by observers, not a survey, so the counts show what people record rather than what lives here. Source: Atlas of Living Australia.

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