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Prestons NSW 2170

6,502 addresses · 215 streets

Werriwa Electorate › Liverpool LGA › Prestons · 32 km from Sydney

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Living Here

Prestons is a suburb of New South Wales, home to about 15,694 people, with a median age of 34. The typical household earns around $2,310 a week, with median rent near $520 a week. Most homes are houses. About 79% of households own their home and 18% rent. Most workers drive to work. Common community backgrounds include Australian, English, Indian. On the ABS socio-economic scale it sits in decile 7 of 10 nationally — a mid-range area.

15,694Population
34Median age
$2,310Median household income / wk
$520Median rent / wk
3.6Avg household

Over time — Census 2001 → 2021

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

Getting Around & Local Services

Getting around. Train station: Edmondson Park, 2.9 km south · Airport: Bankstown Airport, 11.6 km east.

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Socio-economic Standing

🙂Above average · 7/10
Economic resources9/10
Education & jobs7/10

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 Prestons

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

Tree cover measures, Prestons NSW
Canopy share, 1 m canopy height map, 20208.6%
Surveyed canopy, Greater Sydney aerial survey, 20196.8%
Land with trees, 10 m satellite map, 202118.2%

Demographics

Unemployment 6.2% · Labour-force participation 58.9%

Population by age in Prestons
Population by age, Prestons NSW (ABS Census 2021)
0-4929
5-142,602
15-191,400
20-241,215
25-341,749
35-442,171
45-542,339
55-641,761
65-74857
75-84446
85+225
Dwelling types in Prestons
Dwelling types, Prestons NSW (ABS Census 2021)
House3,831
Townhouse284
Apartment20
Other5
Households by weekly income in Prestons
Households by weekly income, Prestons NSW (ABS Census 2021)
<$650339
$650-1,499815
$1,500-2,9991,455
$3,000+1,280
Top ancestries in Prestons
Top ancestries, Prestons NSW (ABS Census 2021)
Other5,786
Australian2,238
English1,639
Indian1,618
Ancestry NS1,001
Lebanese991
Housing tenure in Prestons
Housing tenure, Prestons NSW (ABS Census 2021)
Owned964
Mortgage2,269
Rented746
Other96
Cars per household in Prestons
Cars per household, Prestons NSW (ABS Census 2021)
0106
1868
21,758
3862
4+480
Commute to work in Prestons
Commute to work, Prestons NSW (ABS Census 2021)
Car3,335
Train74
Bus29
Tram/ferry0
Walked29
Bicycle7
Home1,978
Top countries of birth in Prestons
Top countries of birth, Prestons NSW (ABS Census 2021)
Fiji952
Iraq534
India499
Philippines475
Lebanon308
Pakistan302
Languages used at home in Prestons
Languages used at home, Prestons NSW (ABS Census 2021)
Arabic1,663
Hindi1,050
Turkish512
Urdu491
Vietnamese425
Spanish350

Birds & Wildlife Nearby

14,385 bird observations recorded near Prestons — most often seen:

Show all 30 birds recorded near Prestons

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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