Gregory Hills, Camden: house prices, rent and what to check before you buy
The median sale price for non-strata dwellings (mostly houses) was $1,325,000 in the Jan–Mar 2026 quarter for postcode 2557 (NSW DCJ Rent and Sales Report), up 14.9% on a year earlier. The median weekly rent was $780 (DCJ, June quarter 2026). Gregory Hills had 9,142 residents at the 2021 Census, and its postcode is 2557.
What stands out: Bush Fire Prone Land covers 26% of the suburb's land (NSW Rural Fire Service Bush Fire Prone Land).
Page updated · market data to Mar 2026
- Zoning: mostly General Residential (R1), 54% of the land
- School catchments: parts of Gregory Hills are in the catchments for Blairmount PS and Currans Hill PS (+5 more) (primary); Eagle Vale Sports HS and Elizabeth Macarthur HS (+4 more) (secondary)
- Getting there: nearest train or Metro station about 5.0 km from the suburb centre
- Non-strata median
- $1,325,000
- Mar qtr 2026 · up 14.9% on Mar qtr 2025
- postcode 2557
- Higher than 37% of 98 Greater Sydney postcodes with a house median · 55 sales in the quarter
- NSW DCJ Rent and Sales Report
- Strata median
- No reliable median
- postcode 2557
- No reliable median: too few sales in the postcode.
- NSW DCJ Rent and Sales Report
- Median rent
- $780/wk
- June quarter 2026
- postcode 2557
- Higher than 53% of 256 Greater Sydney postcodes with a rent figure · lease count not published
- NSW DCJ Rent and Sales Report
- Gross yield
- 3.1%
- rent June quarter 2026 / house median Mar qtr 2026
- postcode 2557
- Higher than 83% of 98 Greater Sydney postcodes with a gross yield
- Calculated by Delora from the two figures above
- Planning risk
- Flood Not mappedBushfire 26% HighHeritage 1% Very low
- share of suburb land area
- 1 suburb-specific overlay to check
- NSW Planning Portal · NSW Rural Fire Service Bush Fire Prone Land
- Getting around
- 5.0 km to nearest station
- 40 min to Campbelltown by public transport (modelled)
- 13 government school catchments cover part of the suburb
- Transport for NSW GTFS data · NSW Department of Education catchments
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Greater Sydney profile: sale prices and rents are published by postcode.
Gregory Hills is a suburb with a young population — median age 30, more socio-economically advantaged than most areas on the ABS's SEIFA index. Housing here is overwhelmingly standalone houses. The area is still light on cafés, shops and other everyday amenity. It's without a train or Metro station of its own.
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Scope: New South Wales, Australia. Suburb data here comes from NSW government sources (DCJ rents and sales, Rural Fire Service, planning and school records); Greater Sydney comparison group.
In this profile
- Planning and riskZones, overlays, flood and bushfire, and what is planned nearby, with an address check.
- Prices and rentsMedian prices and rents, how they have moved, and sales volume.
- SchoolsThe government school zones that cover the suburb.
- Living hereTransport, commute times, who lives here and the suburbs nearby.
- Before you buyThe checks every purchase needs, common questions and guides.
Risk and planning in Gregory Hills
Gregory Hills has light heritage coverage on the council's LEP heritage map (about 1%), though a listing can still apply to individual parcels. Bush Fire Prone Land affects about 26% of the area.
Suburb-wide shares of the land, not a check of any one address.
Not covered by this dataset (most Sydney councils map flood risk separately). Not the same as no flood risk; check with council.
If it applies it adds bushfire construction requirements (a BAL rating) and cost.
Share of the suburb. Source: NSW Rural Fire Service Bush Fire Prone Land · Verify this address
The share of the suburb on the council's Local Environmental Plan heritage map. There, demolishing, moving or altering the outside of a heritage item, or of a building, work or tree in a conservation area, structural changes inside a listed building, building on that land or subdividing it generally need development consent, and similar rules cover Aboriginal places and objects. (NSW Parliamentary Counsel's Office, verified 26 Oct 2026) Minor work or maintenance can go ahead without it if the council agrees in writing first. (NSW Parliamentary Counsel's Office, verified 26 Oct 2026)
Share of the suburb. Source: NSW Planning Portal LEP heritage map · Verify this address
Over summer 2015–16 the ground surface across Gregory Hills averaged 7.7 °C above a non-urban vegetated reference, hotter than 79% of the Greater Sydney suburbs mapped. (NSW Office of Environment and Heritage, verified 26 Oct 2026) Tree canopy was 7.5%, less tree cover than 96% of these suburbs. (NSW Office of Environment and Heritage, verified 26 Oct 2026)
It measures the surface, not the air temperature, and is a guide to exposure, not a forecast. Streets within a suburb vary.
Averaged over the suburb’s mesh blocks. Source: NSW Urban Heat Island and Urban Vegetation Cover 2016 (Data.NSW)
Worth checking in Gregory Hills
Bush Fire Prone Land
Bush Fire Prone Land (NSW Rural Fire Service) affects ~26% of Gregory Hills. If it applies, it drives bushfire construction requirements (BAL rating) and cost.
Zoning mix and building controls
Land use across the suburb (planning zones)
- Zoning
- Residential
- mostly General Residential (R1) · 54% of the suburb
- Suburb
Layers on this map, as a table
| Layer | Share of suburb | Source |
|---|---|---|
| Suburb boundary | The whole suburb | ABS SAL 2021 |
Overlay colours reflect how much of the suburb an overlay covers — green under ~8%, amber ~8–20%, red above 20%. Source: NSW Planning Portal & NSW Rural Fire Service. How to verify planning controls for an address
Cost and market in Gregory Hills
How Gregory Hills compares
Where Gregory Hills ranks against other Greater Sydney suburbs Delora covers, on the measures buyers ask about — a higher bar isn’t always “better”, it’s just where this suburb sits.
Show recorded crime and amenity-density comparisons
Schools
Parts of Gregory Hills fall within 7 primary and 6 secondary government school catchments. 1 government school is located within the suburb.
Government schools have address-based catchment zones; Catholic and independent schools set their own enrolment processes.
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Narellan Vale PSGetting around from Gregory Hills
0 train, 0 Metro, 0 light rail and 26 bus stop points sit inside the suburb (Transport for NSW GTFS data). A station counts once per platform, so these are stop points, not stations.
- Distance to the CBD
- ~44 km
- from the suburb centre
- Getting around
- 0 train · 0 Metro · 0 light rail · 26 bus
- stop points in the suburb, not stations (a station is often several) · nearest train or Metro station ~5.0 km
- Nearest Centrelink
- ~5.4 km
- outside the suburb
| Job hub | Minutes |
|---|---|
| Campbelltown | 40 min |
| Parramatta | 92 min |
| Redfern | 92 min |
| Westmead | 94 min |
| Alexandria | 100 min |
| Mascot | 100 min |
Show all 17 job hubs
| Job hub | Minutes |
|---|---|
| North Sydney | 100 min |
| Surry Hills | 100 min |
| Sydney CBD | 100 min |
| Chatswood | 101 min |
| Macquarie Park | 101 min |
| Pyrmont | 101 min |
| St Leonards | 101 min |
| Blacktown | 106 min |
| Norwest | 122 min |
| Penrith | 124 min |
| Eastern Creek and Huntingwood | 131 min |
Everyday amenity (OpenStreetMap)
- Cafés & amenity density
- 1 cafés
- Low café & amenity density — likely more car-dependent
- Restaurants
- 1
- places to eat nearby
- Supermarkets
- 2
- grocery stores nearby
- Pharmacies
- 0
- chemists nearby
- Parks
- 18
- green space nearby
- Childcare
- 0
- centres nearby
- GP & medical centres
- 0
- nearby
Who lives in Gregory Hills
— 9,142 residents · median age 30 · 67% own their home · SEIFA 7/10
- Population
- 9,142
- usual residents (Census 2021)
- Owner-occupied
- 67%
- 67% own, 28% private rent, 0% social, 5% other or not stated
- Median age
- 30 yrs
- of residents
- Personal income
- $1,082/wk
- median, per week
- Household income
- $2,406/wk
- median, per week
- Avg household size
- 3.2 people
- people per home
- Monthly mortgage
- $2,554/mo
- median repayment
- Taxpayer income
- no data
- median taxable income, per year (ATO)
- Population growth
- no data
- Recorded crime
- 44 per 1,000 residents
- a year, for Gregory Hills itself · around the Greater Sydney average
Offence category mix (Gregory Hills's own mix, last 12 months):
- Theft32%
- Assault20%
- Intimidation Stalking And Harassment12%
- Against Justice Procedures11%
- Malicious Damage To Property9%
- Drug Offences6%
- Sexual Offences4%
- Disorderly Conduct2%
- Liquor Offences1%
- Arson1%
- Prohibited And Regulated Weapons Offences1%
- Other Offences0%
- Coercive Control0%
- Homicide0%
- Other Against The Person0%
- Pornography Offences0%
- Transport Regulatory Offences0%
How advantaged the area is
Deciles 1–10 vs all Sydney areas — 10 = most advantaged — from the ABS SEIFA index. A demographic measure, not a house-price one. These three don’t always move together — a suburb with lots of renters or students, for example, can score high on education but lower on income and housing costs.
- Overall advantage
- 7/10
- More advantaged than most
- Economic resources
- 10/10
- income, housing costs & wealth
- Education & occupation
- 7/10
- qualifications & skilled jobs
The homes here
Mix of dwelling types across the suburb (Census 2021)
Who owns and rents here (Census 2021)
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Recorded crime is a suburb-wide rate — every offence NSW Police logged over the latest year (theft, property damage, drug and traffic offences and the like, not only violent crime) divided by the suburb’s residents. A broad area signal, not a figure for this exact street.
All figures are suburb-level indicators, not property-specific — always confirm the exact address on the contract for sale. Sources: ABS Census 2021, NSW DCJ Rent and Sales Report, NSW Bureau of Crime Statistics and Research, NSW Rural Fire Service (Bush Fire Prone Land), NSW Planning Portal.
Suburbs near Gregory Hills
The 6 closest suburbs with a Delora page, by distance between suburb centres.
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Before you buy in Gregory Hills
Overlay and pipeline checks specific to Gregory Hills are in the Planning and risk tab. Two checks apply to every purchase.
Easements & restrictions
Check the contract for sale and title search for easements (e.g. drainage/sewer along a boundary — you usually can’t build over them) and restrictive covenants (single-dwelling, materials, height) that limit your plans.
Owners corporation (if applicable)
Apartments and many townhouses in Gregory Hills are in an owners corporation. If so, the statement must include its certificate — review annual fees, any special levies, the maintenance fund and insurance.
Questions about Gregory Hills
What is the median price in Gregory Hills?
The median sale price for non-strata dwellings (mostly houses) was $1,325,000 in the Jan–Mar 2026 quarter for postcode 2557 (NSW DCJ Rent and Sales Report), up 14.9% on a year earlier.
What postcode is Gregory Hills?
Gregory Hills is in postcode 2557, in the Camden council area, New South Wales.
What is the population of Gregory Hills?
Gregory Hills had 9,142 usual residents at the 2021 Census (ABS), with a median age of 30.
Is Gregory Hills affected by flood or bushfire overlays?
Gregory Hills's council doesn't map flood risk through the EPI Flood Planning overlay (most Sydney councils use a DCP or separate flood study instead, which Delora doesn't yet carry) — this is not the same as no flood risk, and about 26% is covered by Bush Fire Prone Land (NSW Rural Fire Service). These are suburb-wide shares: whether one applies to a particular property depends on the address, so check it on the NSW Planning Portal's spatial viewer and in the contract for sale.
What should I check before buying in Gregory Hills?
For Gregory Hills, pay particular attention to any flood or bushfire risk (about 26% bush fire prone, flood risk not mapped by this dataset), the zoning of the block and neighbouring blocks, and — for strata properties — the strata report, by-laws and any special levies. Always have a licensed conveyancer or solicitor review the contract for sale before you sign.
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How is Gregory Hills zoned?
Most of Gregory Hills (54% of the land) is zoned R1 General Residential, then RU2 Rural Landscape (13%) and C3 Environmental Management (10%) under the council's Local Environmental Plan (NSW Planning Portal). The zone sets what can be built; check the zone for an exact address on the Planning Portal's spatial viewer or a section 10.7 planning certificate.
Which school catchments cover Gregory Hills?
Parts of Gregory Hills are in the government school catchments for primary: Blairmount PS, Currans Hill PS, Eschol Park PS, Gledswood Hills PS and 3 more; secondary: Eagle Vale Sports HS, Elizabeth Macarthur HS, Gledswood Hills HS, Mt Annan HS and 2 more (NSW Department of Education). A suburb can span several catchments: the exact address decides which applies, so confirm it on NSW School Finder.
Is Gregory Hills heritage listed?
About 1% of Gregory Hills is on the council's Local Environmental Plan heritage map. For a heritage item or land in a heritage conservation area, demolition, exterior and structural interior changes, new buildings and subdivision generally need development consent, unless the council agrees in writing that minor work or maintenance doesn't (Standard Instrument LEP clause 5.10). Check an exact address on its section 10.7 planning certificate.
Guides for buying in Gregory Hills
The flood and bushfire figures in Planning and risk are suburb-wide — they tell you how common an overlay is here, not whether it applies to one specific address. Confirm via the NSW Planning Portal and an in-person inspection before you rely on them.
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