Shanes Park is a sparsely populated locality in New South Wales within the Blacktown local government area (postcode 2747). The area has roughly 384 residents and an established demographic, with a median age of 39. Households earn a median income of $80K per year, with an average household size of 2.9 people. Recent annual estimates show population movement into the broader catchment, with population growth running at +2.2% 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 managers, technicians & trades, machinery operators & drivers. Employment in the area leans toward construction and agriculture. The top ancestries reported are Australian, Maltese, English.
Shanes Park has a median house price of $2.9 million, which has risen steeply by 33.3% year-on-year. The current median weekly rent is $585. This gives a gross rental yield of approximately 1.1%. The median monthly mortgage repayment is $1,909.
Public transport access includes 11 bus stops. The crime rate in the Blacktown LGA is below average at 3,217 incidents per 100,000 population.
Looking at the investment signals, Gross rental yield sits at around 1.1% (low yield). Property prices are above the state median ($2.9M/$1.5M), placing it in the premium segment. The price-to-income ratio of 35.8x is considered stretched. House prices have moved +33.3% year-on-year. Population growth of +2.2% year-on-year points to strong growth demand fundamentals. Building approvals have changed +0% year-on-year, indicating steady development activity.