Suburby Get to know your Aussie suburb
List your business

Campsie NSW 2194

14,705 addresses · 91 streets

Watson Electorate › Canterbury-Bankstown LGA › Campsie · 11 km from Sydney

📦 Thinking of moving here? Read the Campsie moving guide

Living Here

A diverse, affordable suburb in Sydney's inner south-west known for its food, Campsie is rail-connected and densifying. Households average 2.6 people and the median age is 36. Median household income is $1,497 a week, with rent around $400.

Campsie is a suburb of New South Wales, home to about 26,132 people, with a median age of 36. The typical household earns around $1,497 a week, with median rent near $400 a week. Most homes are apartments. About 45% of households own their home and 54% rent. Most workers drive to work. Common community backgrounds include Chinese, Ancestry NS, English. On the ABS socio-economic scale it sits in decile 4 of 10 nationally — a mid-range area.

26,132Population
36Median age
$1,497Median household income / wk
$400Median rent / wk
2.6Avg household

Over time — Census 2001 → 2021

Dashed line: district figures for the Canterbury (South) - Campsie statistical area (SA2), the smallest area the ABS published before 2011. Solid line: Campsie itself.

Getting Around & Local Services

Getting around. Train station: Bexley North, 2.9 km south · Metro station: Campsie, 250 m north · Light rail stop: Dulwich Hill, 3.5 km east · Bus interchange: Bankstown Station, 6.3 km west · Airport: Sydney (Kingsford Smith) Airport, 8.1 km south-east.

Run a business in Campsie? Get listed →

Socio-economic Standing

🙁Below average · 4/10
Economic resources1/10
Education & jobs6/10

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: 8.6% share of land under canopy · satellite map, 2020

Where the trees are in Campsie

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

Tree cover measures, Campsie NSW
Canopy share, 1 m canopy height map, 20208.6%
Surveyed canopy, Greater Sydney aerial survey, 201912.4%
Land with trees, 10 m satellite map, 202113.5%

Demographics

Unemployment 8% · Labour-force participation 47.8%

Population by age in Campsie
Population by age, Campsie NSW (ABS Census 2021)
0-41,345
5-142,043
15-19954
20-242,290
25-345,519
35-444,150
45-543,414
55-643,045
65-741,904
75-84981
85+493
Dwelling types in Campsie
Dwelling types, Campsie NSW (ABS Census 2021)
House1,970
Townhouse962
Apartment6,074
Other15
Households by weekly income in Campsie
Households by weekly income, Campsie NSW (ABS Census 2021)
<$6501,544
$650-1,4992,706
$1,500-2,9992,925
$3,000+1,317
Top ancestries in Campsie
Top ancestries, Campsie NSW (ABS Census 2021)
Chinese9,005
Other6,680
Ancestry NS2,485
English1,845
Australian1,624
Lebanese1,435
Housing tenure in Campsie
Housing tenure, Campsie NSW (ABS Census 2021)
Owned1,843
Mortgage2,099
Rented4,783
Other133
Cars per household in Campsie
Cars per household, Campsie NSW (ABS Census 2021)
01,729
14,335
22,050
3460
4+207
Commute to work in Campsie
Commute to work, Campsie NSW (ABS Census 2021)
Car3,263
Train675
Bus259
Tram/ferry3
Walked260
Bicycle29
Home2,706
Top countries of birth in Campsie
Top countries of birth, Campsie NSW (ABS Census 2021)
China5,335
Nepal2,392
Malaysia1,112
Vietnam944
Philippines770
Lebanon701
Languages used at home in Campsie
Languages used at home, Campsie NSW (ABS Census 2021)
Mandarin5,629
Nepali2,407
Cantonese2,255
Arabic1,322
Vietnamese1,008
Korean834

Birds & Wildlife Nearby

137,433 bird observations recorded near Campsie — most often seen:

Show all 30 birds recorded near Campsie

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

Nearby Suburbs

The closest suburbs to Campsie:

Embed this suburb

Add this free Campsie stat card to your own site — just copy the code:

Preview:

Cite this page

Quoting these figures? Copy the credit line:

Keep an eye on Campsie

One email when this data meaningfully changes — new census figures, prices, rankings. No spam, unsubscribe anytime.

Streets

Image — MDRX · CC BY-SA 4.0 (via Wikimedia Commons).