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Pennant Hills NSW 2120

3,641 addresses · 83 streets

Berowra Electorate › Hornsby LGA › Pennant Hills · 20 km from Sydney

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Living Here

Pennant Hills is a suburb of New South Wales, home to about 7,588 people, with a median age of 43. The typical household earns around $2,433 a week, with median rent near $500 a week. Most homes are houses. About 74% of households own their home and 23% rent. Most workers work from home. Common community backgrounds include English, Australian, Chinese. On the ABS socio-economic scale it sits in decile 10 of 10 nationally — a relatively advantaged area.

7,588Population
43Median age
$2,433Median household income / wk
$500Median rent / wk
2.8Avg household

Over time — Census 2001 → 2021

Dashed line: district figures for the Pennant Hills - Cheltenham statistical area (SA2), the smallest area the ABS published before 2011. Solid line: Pennant Hills itself.

Getting Around & Local Services

Getting around. Train station: Pennant Hills, 350 m east · Metro station: Cherrybrook, 3.4 km west · Light rail stop: Carlingford, 5.4 km south · Bus interchange: Oakes Road M2 Bus Station, 3.6 km south-west · Airport: Bankstown Airport, 22 km south.

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Socio-economic Standing

😄Very advantaged · 10/10
Economic resources9/10
Education & jobs10/10

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: 58.7% share of land under canopy · satellite map, 2020

Where the trees are in Pennant Hills

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

Tree cover measures, Pennant Hills NSW
Canopy share, 1 m canopy height map, 202058.7%
Surveyed canopy, Greater Sydney aerial survey, 201960.0%
Land with trees, 10 m satellite map, 202189.2%

Demographics

Unemployment 5.1% · Labour-force participation 62.3%

Population by age in Pennant Hills
Population by age, Pennant Hills NSW (ABS Census 2021)
0-4328
5-14977
15-19482
20-24502
25-34701
35-441,015
45-541,102
55-641,063
65-74763
75-84460
85+196
Dwelling types in Pennant Hills
Dwelling types, Pennant Hills NSW (ABS Census 2021)
House1,919
Townhouse300
Apartment389
Other5
Households by weekly income in Pennant Hills
Households by weekly income, Pennant Hills NSW (ABS Census 2021)
<$650274
$650-1,499473
$1,500-2,999698
$3,000+1,016
Top ancestries in Pennant Hills
Top ancestries, Pennant Hills NSW (ABS Census 2021)
English2,017
Australian1,860
Chinese1,444
Other1,015
Irish716
Scottish661
Housing tenure in Pennant Hills
Housing tenure, Pennant Hills NSW (ABS Census 2021)
Owned989
Mortgage934
Rented607
Other71
Cars per household in Pennant Hills
Cars per household, Pennant Hills NSW (ABS Census 2021)
0160
11,040
21,005
3275
4+119
Commute to work in Pennant Hills
Commute to work, Pennant Hills NSW (ABS Census 2021)
Car1,139
Train123
Bus15
Tram/ferry0
Walked82
Bicycle8
Home1,834
Top countries of birth in Pennant Hills
Top countries of birth, Pennant Hills NSW (ABS Census 2021)
China636
India336
England239
South Korea218
Hong Kong214
Sri Lanka114
Languages used at home in Pennant Hills
Languages used at home, Pennant Hills NSW (ABS Census 2021)
Mandarin706
Cantonese438
Korean271
Hindi144
Arabic109
Sinhalese71

Birds & Wildlife Nearby

125,841 bird observations recorded near Pennant Hills — most often seen:

Show all 30 birds recorded near Pennant Hills

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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