Cawdor (postcode 2570) is a sparsely populated locality in New South Wales within the Wollondilly local government area. The area has roughly 430 residents and an established demographic, with a median age of 44. Households earn a median income of $125K per year, with an average household size of 3.2 people. Recent annual estimates show population movement into the broader catchment, with population growth running at +3.9% year-on-year at the LGA level. NSW employment has moved +1.2% year-on-year in the official ABS Labour Force trend series, which provides the broader jobs backdrop for this suburb. NSW also had 35 Commonwealth-backed major projects under construction, 17 underway, and 67 in planning as at 2025-09-01, which is useful as a broader delivery backdrop rather than a suburb-specific project count. The most common occupations are technicians & trades, managers, clerical & administrative. Employment in the area leans toward construction and agriculture. The top ancestries reported are English, Australian, Irish.
Cawdor has a median house price of $3.6 million, which has jumped by 125% year-on-year. The current median weekly rent is $750. This gives a gross rental yield of approximately 1.1%. The median monthly mortgage repayment is $2,600.
Public transport access includes 1 rail station, 22 bus stops. The crime rate in the Wollondilly LGA is low at 1,594 incidents per 100,000 population.
On the investment side, Gross rental yield sits at around 1.1% (low yield). Property prices are above the state median ($3.6M/$1.5M), placing it in the premium segment. The price-to-income ratio of 28.9x is considered stretched. House prices have moved +125.0% year-on-year. Population growth of +3.9% year-on-year points to strong growth demand fundamentals. Building approvals have changed +0% year-on-year, indicating steady development activity.