Quakers Hill, NSW
By Lauren McCaleb · Reviewed by Dylan Duncan ·
Quakers Hill is a suburb of Greater Western Sydney, in the City of Blacktown, and is known locally simply as 'Quakers'. The name has older roots in Parramatta, where an early street was called Quaker's Row; tradition holds that residents linked to it moved west to the rise that took the name, which the government surveyor James Meehan recorded in 1806. The district stayed rural for decades — when the railway arrived in 1872 the station was first called Douglas' Siding, only becoming Quakers Hill in 1905 as a village grew around it. Early landmarks included the Empire Theatre, opened in 1925 as both a cinema and a dance hall serving the surrounding farms. From the 1960s Sydney's outward spread subdivided the old five-acre holdings for housing, and in 1994 the former naval training base HMAS Nirimba was redeveloped into the Nirimba Education Precinct, which today brings together TAFE, a university campus and schools. The suburb has produced footballers, musicians and journalists.
Among Australia's more advantaged suburbs
Quakers Hill is more socio-economically advantaged than about 80% of the 14,462 Australian suburbs we score, based on the ABS SEIFA index (raw score 1043, where about 1000 is the national average).
A socio-economic measure from ABS Census data — not a measure of how good a suburb is to live in or visit. How we calculate this.
Is Quakers Hill a good place to live?
There’s no single answer — it depends on what matters to you. So instead of one mystery number, we break it down: a transparent score on each part of life we can back with public data, and an honest “not yet” on the parts we can’t.
Around the national middle
A weighted blend of the 3 components we can score for Quakers Hill from public data. It sits alongside — and reconciles with — the socio-economic Suburb Score above; it is a transparent read, not a complete verdict.
Socio-economic advantage
80/100Among Australia's more advantaged suburbs
Among Australia's more advantaged suburbs — the same ABS SEIFA-based Suburb Score (80/100) shown above. Income, education and occupation, as published by the ABS. · ABS SEIFA 2021
Housing affordability
11/100Among the more expensive suburbs
Median weekly rent was $450 at the 2021 Census — more affordable than about 11% of suburbs we can compare. Housing data only, no valuations. · ABS Census 2021
Amenities & access
80/100Plenty mapped nearby
About 100 everyday places (cafés, shops, services and more) mapped within ~1.2 km of the centre. · OpenStreetMap
Not yet scored
We’d rather leave these open than publish a number we can’t stand behind. Here’s where each one stands.
- Green spaceNot scored yet — our OpenStreetMap green-space mapping is still rolling out across suburbs.
- TransportNot scored yet — our OpenStreetMap public-transport mapping is still rolling out across suburbs.
- SchoolsNot scored yet — school performance (ACARA / ICSEA) needs a data-reuse licence cleared before we can publish it.
- SafetyNot scored yet — Australia has no single open crime dataset and safety data carries defamation and legal care, so it is gated pending a go/no-go and will be data-only when added.
- CommunityNot scored yet — we won't reduce community to a number from a proxy. We'd rather leave it open than publish an invented value judgement.
A transparent read on public data, not a verdict — and not a measure of any person or community. See our methodology for how each component is worked out and why some aren’t scored yet.
Quakers Hill at a glance
- Population (2021)
- 27,893
- Median age
- 35
- Median weekly household income
- $2,310
- SEIFA score
- 1043
- Local government area
- Blacktown
- Coordinates
- -33.7283, 150.8973
Map of Quakers Hill
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Housing & property in Quakers Hill
What it costs to live in Quakers Hill and how residents hold their homes, from the Australian Bureau of Statistics 2021 Census.
- Median rent
- $450
- per week
- Median mortgage
- $2,300
- per month
- Owner-occupied
- 68%
- of dwellings
- Rented
- 30%
- of dwellings
The full tenure and dwelling-type breakdown is in the Quakers Hill demographics section below.
Source: ABS Census of Population and Housing, 2021. © Australian Bureau of Statistics, released under CC BY 4.0. See our methodology.
Quakers Hill demographics (2021 Census)
The figures below profile Quakers Hill using the Australian Bureau of Statistics 2021 Census; every percentage is a share of a clearly stated Census count, so each one traces back to the source. At a glance, the largest age group is young adults (25–44) at 32% and 45% of residents were born overseas.
Age profile
| Age group | People | Share |
|---|---|---|
| Children (0–14) | 6,356 | 23% |
| Youth (15–24) | 3,367 | 12% |
| Young adults (25–44) | 9,052 | 32% |
| Mid-life (45–64) | 6,182 | 22% |
| Seniors (65+) | 2,926 | 10% |
Share of the 27,883 people counted by age.
Housing and households
| Tenure | Dwellings | Share |
|---|---|---|
| Owned outright | 1,940 | 22% |
| Owned with a mortgage | 4,000 | 46% |
| Rented | 2,556 | 30% |
| Dwelling type | Dwellings | Share |
|---|---|---|
| Houses | 6,155 | 71% |
| Townhouses & semis | 2,202 | 25% |
| Flats & apartments | 236 | 3% |
Tenure and dwelling shares are of the roughly 8,642 occupied private dwellings in Quakers Hill.
- Average household size
- 3.1 people
- Median weekly family income
- $2,399
- Median weekly personal income
- $917
Community and culture
- Born overseas
- 12,196 (45%)
- Speaks a language other than English at home
- 12,296 (46%)
- Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander
- 548 (2%)
Work and education
- Completed Year 12
- 14,113 (69%)
- Labour-force participation
- 66.3%
- Unemployment rate
- 5%
- Employed full-time
- 8,192
- Employed part-time
- 3,653
Source: ABS Census of Population and Housing, 2021 (General Community Profile, by Suburb and Locality). © Australian Bureau of Statistics, released under CC BY 4.0. How we group bands and derive each share is set out on our methodology page.
Weather and climate in Quakers Hill
Based on 2014–2023 records, the warmest month in Quakers Hill is January (average daytime high around 28.4°C) and the coolest is July (around 16.8°C). The area receives roughly 854 mm of rain across the year.
| Month | Avg high | Avg low | Rain |
|---|---|---|---|
| Jan | 28.4°C | 18.6°C | 85 mm |
| Feb | 27.1°C | 18.1°C | 92 mm |
| Mar | 25.4°C | 16.9°C | 139 mm |
| Apr | 22.9°C | 13.6°C | 72 mm |
| May | 19.7°C | 10°C | 37 mm |
| Jun | 16.7°C | 8°C | 57 mm |
| Jul | 16.8°C | 7.1°C | 56 mm |
| Aug | 17.9°C | 7.6°C | 52 mm |
| Sep | 20.9°C | 9.8°C | 44 mm |
| Oct | 23.7°C | 12.6°C | 77 mm |
| Nov | 25.2°C | 14.7°C | 73 mm |
| Dec | 27.5°C | 16.9°C | 70 mm |
Climate normals, 2014–2023 (Open-Meteo, ERA5 reanalysis).
Places in and around Quakers Hill
Amenities mapped within about 1.2km of the suburb centre, from OpenStreetMap. A guide to what's nearby — not a complete directory.
Eat & drink
4 nearbyMcDonald's · Subway · Grabba Kebab · RR Biryani House
Parks & recreation
84 nearbyCorbin Reserve · Peridot Park A · Wright Reserve · Mihkelson Reserve · Quakers Hill Park · Henry Mitchell Reserve
Shops & groceries
2 nearbyQuakers Hill Pets & Produce · 7-Eleven
Healthcare
2 nearbyFarnham Road Pharmacy · Quakers Hill X Ray & Ultrasound
Schools & education
8 nearbyCuddlez · Montessori Early Learning Centee · Wiggles and Giggles · Learning Blocks · Quakers Hill High School · Quakers Hill Child Care
Eat & drink in and around Quakers Hill
Cafés, restaurants, pubs and takeaway mapped within about 1.2km of the suburb centre. Listings are drawn from OpenStreetMap and shown as plain data — we don't rank or rate them.
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Claim this listing- Grabba KebabTakeaway
- McDonald'sTakeaway
- RR Biryani HouseRestaurant21 Lalor Road
- SubwayTakeawaysubway.com
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Common questions about Quakers Hill
Is Quakers Hill a good place to live?
There's no single answer, so we score what the public data can back. On socio-economic advantage, housing affordability and amenities, Quakers Hill rates 63/100 overall (Around the national middle). Public transport, schools and safety aren't scored yet — see our methodology for why.
What is the median rent in Quakers Hill?
At the 2021 Census, the median weekly rent in Quakers Hill was $450, and the median monthly mortgage repayment was $2,300. These are official ABS Census figures — StreetScout publishes housing data only, with no property valuations or agent referrals.
Where is Quakers Hill?
Quakers Hill is a suburb of New South Wales, Australia, in the Blacktown local government area.
What is the population of Quakers Hill?
At the 2021 Census, Quakers Hill had a population of about 27,893.
Is Quakers Hill an advantaged area?
Quakers Hill has an ABS SEIFA score of 1043, where about 1000 is the national average — higher scores indicate greater relative socio-economic advantage. That gives it a Suburb Score of 80 out of 100 — more socio-economically advantaged than about 80% of Australian suburbs.
What is the weather like in Quakers Hill?
Quakers Hill has average daytime highs of about 22.7°C and overnight lows of about 12.8°C, with roughly 854 mm of rain across the year (based on 2014–2023 climate normals).
How big is Quakers Hill?
Quakers Hill is one of the most populous suburbs in New South Wales — the 19th-largest by usual resident population at the 2021 Census (about 27,893 usual residents).
Where Quakers Hill ranks
Quakers Hill appears in these data-driven guides — each a transparent sort on a single ABS figure shown on this page.
- Largest suburbs in New South Wales#19 of 25
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