Wentworthville, NSW
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Wentworthville is a suburb in Sydney's west, about 27 kilometres from the central business district, split between the City of Parramatta and the Cumberland Council and known affectionately to locals as 'Wenty'. The Dharug people are the traditional custodians of the area. The suburb takes its name from the Wentworth family, after a land grant made in 1810 to D'Arcy Wentworth, father of the explorer and statesman William Charles Wentworth. The railway reached the district in the 1860s, but Wentworthville gained its own station only in 1883, at first called T. R. Smith's Platform. The Victorian-era house Castrella, built in 1888, still stands above Wentworth Avenue. Today Wentworthville is one of Sydney's most diverse suburbs, with a large Indian community, and it fields the Wentworthville Magpies rugby league club.
Among Australia's more advantaged suburbs
Wentworthville is more socio-economically advantaged than about 82% of the 14,462 Australian suburbs we score, based on the ABS SEIFA index (raw score 1046, 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 Wentworthville 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 2 components we can score for Wentworthville 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
82/100Among Australia's more advantaged suburbs
Among Australia's more advantaged suburbs — the same ABS SEIFA-based Suburb Score (82/100) shown above. Income, education and occupation, as published by the ABS. · ABS SEIFA 2021
Housing affordability
13/100Among the more expensive suburbs
Median weekly rent was $425 at the 2021 Census — more affordable than about 13% of suburbs we can compare. Housing data only, no valuations. · ABS Census 2021
Not yet scored
We’d rather leave these open than publish a number we can’t stand behind. Here’s where each one stands.
- Amenities & accessNot scored yet — our OpenStreetMap amenity mapping is still rolling out across suburbs.
- 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.
Wentworthville at a glance
- Population (2021)
- 15,098
- Median age
- 33
- Median weekly household income
- $2,219
- SEIFA score
- 1046
- Local government area
- Cumberland
- Coordinates
- -33.8064, 150.9697
Map of Wentworthville
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Housing & property in Wentworthville
What it costs to live in Wentworthville and how residents hold their homes, from the Australian Bureau of Statistics 2021 Census.
- Median rent
- $425
- per week
- Median mortgage
- $2,171
- per month
- Owner-occupied
- 49%
- of dwellings
- Rented
- 48%
- of dwellings
The full tenure and dwelling-type breakdown is in the Wentworthville demographics section below.
Source: ABS Census of Population and Housing, 2021. © Australian Bureau of Statistics, released under CC BY 4.0. See our methodology.
Wentworthville demographics (2021 Census)
The figures below profile Wentworthville 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 42% and 68% of residents were born overseas.
Age profile
| Age group | People | Share |
|---|---|---|
| Children (0–14) | 2,948 | 20% |
| Youth (15–24) | 1,618 | 11% |
| Young adults (25–44) | 6,356 | 42% |
| Mid-life (45–64) | 2,748 | 18% |
| Seniors (65+) | 1,432 | 9% |
Share of the 15,102 people counted by age.
Housing and households
| Tenure | Dwellings | Share |
|---|---|---|
| Owned outright | 804 | 16% |
| Owned with a mortgage | 1,603 | 33% |
| Rented | 2,351 | 48% |
| Dwelling type | Dwellings | Share |
|---|---|---|
| Houses | 1,820 | 37% |
| Townhouses & semis | 1,089 | 22% |
| Flats & apartments | 1,958 | 40% |
Tenure and dwelling shares are of the roughly 4,896 occupied private dwellings in Wentworthville.
- Average household size
- 2.9 people
- Median weekly family income
- $2,365
- Median weekly personal income
- $919
Community and culture
- Born overseas
- 9,588 (68%)
- Speaks a language other than English at home
- 10,349 (75%)
- Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander
- 94 (1%)
Work and education
- Completed Year 12
- 8,849 (75%)
- Labour-force participation
- 63%
- Unemployment rate
- 6.5%
- Employed full-time
- 4,593
- Employed part-time
- 1,815
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 Wentworthville
Based on 2014–2023 records, the warmest month in Wentworthville 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).
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Common questions about Wentworthville
Is Wentworthville a good place to live?
There's no single answer, so we score what the public data can back. On socio-economic advantage and housing affordability, Wentworthville rates 59/100 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 Wentworthville?
At the 2021 Census, the median weekly rent in Wentworthville was $425, and the median monthly mortgage repayment was $2,171. These are official ABS Census figures — StreetScout publishes housing data only, with no property valuations or agent referrals.
Where is Wentworthville?
Wentworthville is a suburb of New South Wales, Australia, in the Cumberland local government area.
What is the population of Wentworthville?
At the 2021 Census, Wentworthville had a population of about 15,098.
Is Wentworthville an advantaged area?
Wentworthville has an ABS SEIFA score of 1046, where about 1000 is the national average — higher scores indicate greater relative socio-economic advantage. That gives it a Suburb Score of 82 out of 100 — more socio-economically advantaged than about 82% of Australian suburbs.
What is the weather like in Wentworthville?
Wentworthville 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).
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