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Suburb profile ·The Hills Shire LGA · NSW ·2756

South Maroota NSW 2756

South Maroota is in The Hills Shire LGA, NSW, postcode 2756, with population 613.

The read

Growth-momentum

There are enough stretched or weaker signals here that you should assume trade-offs rather than a clean story. Use compare mode to see whether the downside is price, local quality, or weaker momentum before treating it as a target suburb.

$680/wk
Rising
+8.8% YoY
Jun 2025 → Jun 2026 · 13 periods
NSW Fair Trading · postcode 2756 · Jun 2026
$700
$600
Jun 2025Jun 2026
Why it fits

Recent price movement shows visible market momentum. Transport coverage adds a practical access signal. Higher SEIFA context supports a stronger local-quality read.

What to check

Premium pricing raises the bar for yield, affordability, and downside checks. Gross yield looks low for an income-first use case. Small local population makes the signal set more fragile.

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Median house
$2.2M
House median, latest period
↑48.3%YoY D10 vs AU
Median rent
$680/wk
Rent context available
↑8.8%YoY D10 vs AU
Gross yield
1.6%
Low yield band
D4 vs AU
Population
613
613 local footprint
D7 vs AU
Schools
—
No matched school data
Drive to city
—
Not in commute dataset
Solar
5,607
391 added 12mo · 54MW
Price cycleRising
LowPeak

5.6% below peak · 262.2% above its low

See trend depth →

Price history

House and unit medians · ABS + state datasets

Trend & investor depth

Derived from this suburb's own price, rent and income history
Cycle positionRising
Low · 2006Peak · 2022

5.6% below peak · 262.2% above its low

Price growth (compound)% per year
3-yr
+9.2%
5-yr
+11.3%
10-yr
+9.9%
Indicative cashflow-$1,636/wk (-$85,096/yr) · interest-only @ 6.4%, 80% LVR
Rent stabilitystable — rents vary ±3.6% around trend (short window, 13 pts)
Value vs advantage+38% vs suburbs of similar SEIFA advantage (decile 10)

Indicative cashflow is interest-only and excludes tax — use the calculator for a full projection. Turnover divides recorded sales by an estimated household count (population over average household size).

Investment grade

Composite · growth · yield · stability
Dgrade · 35/100 · top 65% of 3,604AU suburbs
Peer distributionstronger than 35% of AU suburbs
WeakerTypicalStronger
Capital growth84
Rental yield10
Stability15
Volatility-23.6ppCycle+2.0

Bar = this suburb's percentile · tick = typical (median) peer · stability drivers signed (+ = steadier)

Relative grade across Australian suburbs, combining qp's capital-growth (multi-year CAGR + cycle timing), rental-yield, and stability (price volatility + cycle + affordability) metrics via a three-pillar property-scoring method with an imbalance penalty. Within-Australia relative, indicative only — not financial advice.

Investor profile

Who invests in South Maroota

Owner-occupied 92%Rented 8%
Investor activityATO
Negatively geared7%
1,531 of 3,129 landlords
Avg rental loss$8,796/yr
Landlords (rental income)3,129
Reported capital gains1,176
The read

Owner-occupier stronghold

90% of homes here are owner-occupied and 7% rented, with 7% of landlords negatively geared.

Why it fits

90% owner-occupied — owner-occupiers hold longer and absorb rate shocks, supporting price stability.

What to check

Gross yield 1.6% is thin — returns here lean on capital growth, not cash flow.

ABS Census 2021 tenure (G37), ATO postcode rental statistics, and QuickProperty's investor-exposure index. Owner-occupied = owned outright + with a mortgage.

Mortgage affordability

RBA rate · ABS Census 2021 household income
102%
of household income to service a new loan
23.1 yrs
to save a 20% deposit
Severe
housing-stress band
Rent vs buyRenting cheaper

New-loan repayment $10,681/mo vs median rent $2,947/mo (+262% · +$1785/wk)

If rates move

At 4.2%: $8,528/mo (-2,153) · at 6.2% (current): $10,681/mo · at 8.2%: $13,041/mo (+2,359)

Assumes a 20% deposit and a 30-year principal-and-interest loan at the current RBA new owner-occupier variable rate, against median weekly household income (ABS Census 2021). Stress bands follow the 30% / 45%-of-income thresholds used in ANZ-CoreLogic and AIHW reporting. Rent vs buy compares that repayment with the suburb's median advertised rent; it excludes rates, insurance, maintenance and deposit opportunity cost.

Stronger alternatives nearby

Similar-priced suburbs in other council areas that rate higher on a metric.

Higher yield

similar price · cross-LGA

Stronger 5-yr growth

similar price · cross-LGA

More affordable

lower price-to-income

Alternatives are similar-priced suburbs (0.7–1.4x this suburb's median) in other council areas that exceed it on the named metric. Indicative — not financial advice.

Affordability

Buying & renting · ABS Census + state data
Buying
17.3x
median home price as a multiple of annual household income
Stretched
Renting
28%
median weekly rent as a share of gross household income (the 30% rule)
Manageable

Owners with a mortgage repay a median of $2,600/mo, while renters pay about $2,947/mo — renting runs $347/mo higher on these medians.

Median price
$2.18M
Household income · yr
$126K
Median rent · wk
$680
Owner mortgage · mo
$2,600
Gross yield
1.6%

Household income

ABS Census · ATO
$126K household · yr+53.1% vs NSW suburb median
Personal
$48K
Family
$136K
Household
$126K
Household income distribution (ABS Census 2021 · weekly)fewer than 20% could service the median house
Under $300
4
$300-649
17
$650-999
15
$1,000-1,499
20
$1,500-1,999
22
$2,000-2,999
38
$3,000-3,999
30
$4,000+
37

Serviceability line: a household needs about $8,217/wk to hold a new loan on the median house at 30% of income (20% deposit, 30-year P&I, current RBA rate).

At the median asking rent, about 48% of households here would spend more than 30% of income on rent (rent stress line: $2,267/wk income).

Housing stock and tenure

ABS Census 2021
Tenure (188 households)
Owned outright
38%
Owned with mortgage
52%
Rented
7%
Dwelling structure5.2% of dwellings unoccupied on census night
Separate house
95%
Townhouse / semi
0%
Flat / apartment
0%

Getting to work: 56% drive, 0% public transport, 4% walk or cycle, 31% worked from home (2021 Census, taken during COVID-era work-from-home arrangements).

Livability

OSM · GTFS · schools + hospitals
9/ 100 livability index

Top 91% most liveable of 4,565Australian suburbs.

Peer distributionstronger than 9% of Australian suburbs
WeakerTypicalStronger
Everyday access0
Public transport (10 stops)33
Schools & hospitals0

Bar = this suburb's percentile · tick = typical (median) peer

Suburb-level access-density index (not an address-level walk-time score), normalised within Australian suburbs. Method based on the Urban Liveability Index (Higgs et al. 2019) and Walk Score — three equal-weighted domains combined with an imbalance penalty.

Crime April 2025 - March 2026
2,772
1,286 per 100k
D2 vs AU

Crime

lga
Rate · per 100k1,286
Total incidents2,772· April 2025 - March 2026
  • Assault62756%
  • Sexual Offences22120%
  • Robbery283%
  • Break And Enter23421%

Building due diligence

Construction requirements can change by location.

1 broad-area layer staged

The National Construction Code is the baseline. Local hazards and site classifications can change the required structure, materials, fixings, insulation and detailing.

Known here

SUBURB CONTEXT

Bushfire-prone land

Severe broad-area context

About 98.2% of the suburb intersects mapped bushfire-prone land.

May affect: External construction · Roof and wall systems · Openings, screens and decks

Check the property

ADDRESS + DESIGN

NCC climate zone

Check the property

Confirm the NCC climate zone used for the building design and energy provisions.

May affect: Insulation and glazing · Condensation control · Roof-space ventilation

Wind class and BAL

Site assessment required

A suburb layer cannot determine the site wind classification or Bushfire Attack Level.

May affect: Structure and tie-downs · Cladding and fixings · Openings and bushfire detailing

Corrosion and termite exposure

Check the property

Confirm marine or corrosive exposure and the applicable termite-management requirements.

May affect: Fasteners and connectors · Roofing and coatings · Termite management

This screen identifies investigation triggers, not building quality or property compliance. Confirm the address, design and current jurisdiction rules with the council, building surveyor or certifier, designer and engineer.

NCC 2022 Housing Provisions: how to use · NCC 2022 Volume Two and Housing Provisions

Bushfire exposure

NSW RFS Bush Fire Prone Land
Severe exposure ~98.2%
~98.2% of the suburb is Bush Fire Prone Land · ~87.3% Category 1 (highest hazard)

Estimated exposure to NSW RFS Bush Fire Prone Land (CC BY), point-sampled across the suburb. This shows how much of the suburb sits within the official hazard layer — it is not a Bushfire Attack Level (BAL) rating or a property-level assessment. Obtain a BAL assessment (AS 3959) for an individual property.

Planning zones

NSW Land Zoning (EPI)
Dominant zone Rural Landscape
Rural / Green wedge 90% Public / Open space 9%

Land-use mix estimated by point-sampling the suburb against NSW EPI Land Zoning polygons (CC BY 4.0). This is a suburb-level snapshot of planning zones, not a parcel-level zoning certificate or development advice. Check the relevant planning scheme for an individual property.

Population outlook

ABS projection · Dural - Kenthurst - Wisemans Ferry SA2 area · 2022 base
22,550 people · 202223,266 by 2032 (+3.2%)

ABS population projection (2022 base) for the Dural - Kenthurst - Wisemans Ferry SA2 statistical area — the finest official projection grain available; suburb-level projections do not exist.

Full data detail Census · ATO · ABS · state datasets
South Maroota NSW — Property Data and Demographics

South Maroota (postcode 2756) is a small locality in New South Wales within the The Hills Shire local government area. The area has roughly 613 residents and an established family demographic, with a median age of 41. Households earn a median income of $126K per year, with an average household size of 3.1 people. 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, professionals. Employment in the area leans toward construction and education. The top ancestries reported are Australian, English, Irish.

South Maroota has a median house price of $2.2 million, which has surged by 48.3% year-on-year. The current median weekly rent is $680. This gives a gross rental yield of approximately 1.6%. The median monthly mortgage repayment is $2,600.

Public transport access includes 10 ferry wharfves. The crime rate in the The Hills Shire LGA is low at 1,286 incidents per 100,000 population.

Looking at the investment signals, Gross rental yield sits at around 1.6% (low yield). Property prices are above the state median ($2.2M/$1.5M), placing it in the premium segment. The price-to-income ratio of 17.3x is considered stretched. House prices have moved +48.3% year-on-year.

Market & money
Investment signalsHeuristics
Rental Yield1.6%↓ Low Yield
Price vs State$2.2M/$1.5M↓ Above Median
Affordability17.3x↓ Stretched
Price Momentum+48.3%↑ Rising
InvestmentNSW
Mortgage · mth$2,600
Rent · wk(Census)$400
Market rent · wk(2026-06)$680
Gross yield1.0%
Price / income17.3x
Sales vol (latest Q)(2021-Q4)6
Property investors · Postcode 2756ATO
Negatively geared7%
1,531 of filers
Avg rental loss$8,796/yr
Landlords (rental income)3,129
Reported capital gains1,176
People & prosperity
DemographicsCensus 21
Population613
Median age41
Household size3.1
HH income · wk$2,424
Personal income · wk$920
Persons / bedroom0.9
SEIFA indexABS
Advantage (IRSAD)10/10
Education (IEO)6/10
Economic (IER)10/10
Disadvantage (IRSD)9/10
Income momentumCensus 16→21
HH income · wk$2,052 → $2,424
Change+18.1%
vs NSW median-2.5 pp
Median rent+0%
stablevs NSW 2016–21
Top occupationsCensus
Technicians & Trades65Managers52Professionals50Clerical & Administrative47Machinery Operators & Drivers26
Top industriesCensus
Construction59Education34Retail Trade23Healthcare22Accommodation & Food20
Top ancestryCensus
Australian273English231Irish78Scottish59Maltese34
Area & amenity
TransportGTFS
Ferry wharves10
914 Wisemans Ferry Rd
929 Wisemans Ferry Rd
Sackville Ferry Rd Before Wisemans Ferry Rd
Wisemans Ferry Rd After Greenview Cl
Wisemans Ferry Rd After Sackville Ferry Rd
Hospitals · The Hills Shire LGAAIHW
Public0
Private5
Lakeview Private Hospitalprivate
Norwest Day Hospitalprivate
Norwest Private Hospitalprivate
The Hills Clinic Kellyvilleprivate
The Hills Private Hospitalprivate
Aged care · The Hills Shire LGAGEN
Facilities16
Residential places2,078
SummitCare Baulkham Hills232 places
Anglicare Brian King Gardens204 places
Anglicare The Donald Coburn Centre180 places
Bella Vista Gardens160 places
Bupa Baulkham Hills144 places
BaptistCare The Gracewood Centre143 places
+10 more in The Hills Shire LGA
Childcare · The Hills Shire LGAACECQA
Services170
Approved places14,962
Exceeding NQS24
Bella Vista OSHCLUB330 places
Wesley Out of School Hours Care270 places
Ambrose Activities, Santa Sophia, Box Hill250 places
Baulkham Hills North OSHC Centre250 places
Castle Hill Funhouse240 places
Kellyville Ridge OSHClub230 places
+164 more in The Hills Shire LGA
Nearby in The Hills Shire LGA12
Sackville North$1.5M · 388Annangrove$2.8M · 1,472Middle Dural$3.8M · 1,040Baulkham Hills$2.0M · 37,415Glenorie$2.6M · 3,792Kellyville$2.0M · 27,011Castle Hill$2.6M · 40,874Glenhaven$2.4M · 6,619North Kellyville$1.9M · 17,401Norwest$2.6M · 4,688Beaumont Hills$1.9M · 9,041Rouse Hill$1.5M · 11,349
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Usable evidence

South Maroota is usable as a read, though it still needs cross-checking.

QuickProperty mixes release files, Census baselines, and matched local services on this page. Read the status panel before treating every metric as equally fresh.

PRICE POSTURE
NSW price medians are parser-guarded official records.

Official sale records parsed from cached Bulk PSI ZIP files with parser guardrails for token sales, non-house zoning, and low-value strata component records

RENT POSTURE
Rent is using a state market dataset when available.

Use current rent as a starting signal, not as a fixed underwriting truth.

SERVICE POSTURE
Service coverage is matched locally, not inferred nationally.

Schools, transport, and hospitals are useful as presence signals, but they still have different source cadences.

Data status
Property prices
NSW Valuer General · 2021-Q4 · Official sale records parsed from cached Bulk PSI ZIP files with parser guardrails for token sales, non-house zoning, and low-value strata component records
medium stability · automated · every update · weekly
Available
Market rent
NSW Fair Trading · 2026-06 · State market dataset
stable source · automated · every update · monthly
Available
Crime
BOCSAR · April 2025 - March 2026 · Area-level release dataset
medium stability · automated · every update · release-based
Available
Schools
ACARA 2025 · No local school matches exposed
stable source · automated · every update · annual
Missing
Hospitals
AIHW · No linked local hospital coverage
medium stability · manual file · snapshot · mixed
Missing
Transport
GTFS feeds · 10 matched stops/stations
medium stability · manual file · snapshot · mixed
Available
Population growth
ABS ERP · No linked annual population growth series
stable source · automated · every update · annual
Missing
Building approvals
ABS Building Approvals · No linked approvals series
stable source · automated · every update · monthly
Missing
Available means a direct local dataset is linked. Verify means coverage exists but freshness or precision is weaker, such as ABS price fallback, Census rent fallback, or low-confidence hospital matching.
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South Maroota FAQ

Common questions
  1. What LGA is South Maroota in?

    South Maroota is in the The Hills Shire Local Government Area, NSW, postcode 2756. Council-level context for The Hills Shire LGA (suburb mix, population, rent, and price coverage) is available on the QuickProperty LGA page.

  2. What is the median house price in South Maroota?

    The current median house price in South Maroota, NSW is $2.2M, based on the latest available sales data from state Valuers General offices and ABS Data by Region.

  3. What is the typical weekly rent in South Maroota?

    The median weekly rent in South Maroota is $680/wk, based on the current market rent dataset. The current rent signal is rent context available.

  4. What does the rent signal say about South Maroota?

    Rent context available: South Maroota has usable rent context. Use this as a suburb screening signal before comparing candidates or modelling a purchase; the matching rent ranking can provide broader market context.

  5. Is South Maroota a good investment?

    QuickProperty's investment signals for South Maroota show: Low Yield, Above Median, Stretched. These are computed from price, rent, income, and population data — not an opaque score.

  6. Where does QuickProperty get its data for South Maroota?

    Property prices come from state Valuers General offices and ABS Data by Region. Demographics are from ABS Census 2021. School ICSEA scores are from ACARA. Crime statistics are from state police agencies. Transport data is sourced from GTFS feeds.

  7. How often is the South Maroota data updated?

    Property prices update quarterly. RBA macro indicators update with each deploy. Demographics are from Census 2021. School ICSEA scores are from ACARA 2025.