The Hills · 36 km to Sydney CBD · snapshot 2026-06-01
Established metro suburb of the Hills. Owner-occupier heartland: lifestyle-led, yields thin, capital base solid.
Median house
$1.72m
Units $870k
5-yr growth
5.0%
1y 3.4% · 10y 6.6% p.a.
Gross yield
2.6%
Units 4.1% · annual rent ÷ price
Vacancy
1.6%
33 days on market · 310 listings
Owner-occupier share
74%
Higher = more stable holding base
Population growth
2.1% p.a.
ABS-pattern projection
Supply ratio
1.05
Approvals ÷ household formation — >1.3 = oversupply watch
Sentiment index
66/100
Clearance 64% · vacancy 1.6% · search +10%
Reconstructed from growth-rate bands in the indicative dataset — Phase 1 replaces this with NSW Valuer General bulk sales.
| Point | Houses | Units |
|---|---|---|
| 2016 | $1.03m | $521k |
| 2017 | $1.11m | $560k |
| 2018 | $1.12m | $564k |
| 2019 | $1.2m | $605k |
| 2020 | $1.35m | $681k |
| 2021 | $1.41m | $712k |
| 2022 | $1.41m | $711k |
| 2023 | $1.53m | $772k |
| 2024 | $1.66m | $838k |
| 2025 | $1.66m | $838k |
| 2026 | $1.72m | $870k |
Modelled on NSW Valuer General sales patterns, ABS census & building approvals, RBA lending indicators, and published auction clearance data. Full methodology.