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Castle Hill - South vs Cherrybrook
Statistical Area 2 (SA2) comparison ≈ 3.9 km apart · Castle Hill - South profile · Cherrybrook profile
Castle Hill - South Cherrybrook
Cherrybrook and Castle Hill - South are neighbouring areas with different housing and transport profiles. Cherrybrook has a higher proportion of separate houses, with 81.5% compared to 71.0% in Castle Hill - South, and far more homes with three or more bedrooms (93.7% versus 77.2%). Renting is much more common in Castle Hill - South, where 29.6% of households rent, compared to just 14.8% in Cherrybrook. While Cherrybrook has more public transport stops and frequent departures, Castle Hill - South is far more walkable, with 79.7% of homes within a 15-minute walk of a service hub compared to 41.0% in Cherrybrook.
Both areas share very similar typical weekly incomes and a nearly identical proportion of people who identify as having no religion. This shared baseline exists alongside a trend where some gaps are widening; for example, the difference in outright home ownership and the gap in typical weekly rents have both grown since 2016. Both areas are also well above the national figure for people born overseas and those who use a language other than English at home.
Where they differ most
Demographics & Identity
- First area, 2016: 9,517
- First area, 2021: 10,419
- Second area, 2016: 18,765
- Second area, 2021: 19,082
- First area, 2016: 39 yrs
- First area, 2021: 40 yrs
- Second area, 2016: 42 yrs
- Second area, 2021: 43 yrs
Age structure
Marital status
Age & sex structure
Bars show the share of each area's own population, so differently sized areas stay comparable.
- 85+ in Castle Hill - South: 0.8% males, 1.0% females; 85+ in Cherrybrook: 1.0% males, 1.7% females
- 80–84 in Castle Hill - South: 1.0% males, 1.1% females; 80–84 in Cherrybrook: 0.9% males, 1.2% females
- 75–79 in Castle Hill - South: 1.6% males, 1.7% females; 75–79 in Cherrybrook: 1.6% males, 1.7% females
- 70–74 in Castle Hill - South: 2.4% males, 2.2% females; 70–74 in Cherrybrook: 2.3% males, 2.5% females
- 65–69 in Castle Hill - South: 2.5% males, 3.0% females; 65–69 in Cherrybrook: 2.9% males, 3.0% females
- 60–64 in Castle Hill - South: 2.6% males, 2.9% females; 60–64 in Cherrybrook: 3.1% males, 3.5% females
- 55–59 in Castle Hill - South: 2.8% males, 2.8% females; 55–59 in Cherrybrook: 3.4% males, 3.8% females
- 50–54 in Castle Hill - South: 3.0% males, 3.4% females; 50–54 in Cherrybrook: 3.4% males, 3.7% females
- 45–49 in Castle Hill - South: 3.5% males, 4.1% females; 45–49 in Cherrybrook: 3.7% males, 3.9% females
- 40–44 in Castle Hill - South: 3.9% males, 4.2% females; 40–44 in Cherrybrook: 3.5% males, 4.1% females
- 35–39 in Castle Hill - South: 3.8% males, 4.1% females; 35–39 in Cherrybrook: 2.6% males, 3.2% females
- 30–34 in Castle Hill - South: 2.6% males, 3.0% females; 30–34 in Cherrybrook: 1.7% males, 2.0% females
- 25–29 in Castle Hill - South: 2.3% males, 2.3% females; 25–29 in Cherrybrook: 2.0% males, 1.5% females
- 20–24 in Castle Hill - South: 3.0% males, 2.8% females; 20–24 in Cherrybrook: 3.2% males, 2.7% females
- 15–19 in Castle Hill - South: 3.1% males, 3.0% females; 15–19 in Cherrybrook: 4.3% males, 3.5% females
- 10–14 in Castle Hill - South: 4.0% males, 3.8% females; 10–14 in Cherrybrook: 4.4% males, 3.9% females
- 5–9 in Castle Hill - South: 3.5% males, 3.6% females; 5–9 in Cherrybrook: 3.4% males, 3.1% females
- 0–4 in Castle Hill - South: 2.3% males, 2.4% females; 0–4 in Cherrybrook: 1.9% males, 1.8% females
Ancestry & Birthplace
Country of birth
Ancestry
Language
Language used at home
Religion
Religious affiliation
Education & Qualifications
Highest year of school
Highest qualification level
Field of qualification
Income
- First area, 2016: $808
- First area, 2021: $978
- Second area, 2016: $768
- Second area, 2021: $940
- First area, 2016: $2,175
- First area, 2021: $2,482
- Second area, 2016: $2,443
- Second area, 2021: $2,924
- First area, 2016: $2,277
- First area, 2021: $2,712
- Second area, 2016: $2,599
- Second area, 2021: $3,098
Household income distribution
Personal income distribution
Health & Disability
Long-term health conditions reported
Number of long-term health conditions
Community Participation
First Nations
Family & Households
- First area, 2016: 3.0
- First area, 2021: 2.9
- Second area, 2016: 3.2
- Second area, 2021: 3.1
Family composition
Household size
Housing & Dwellings
- First area, 2016: $550
- First area, 2021: $550
- Second area, 2016: $650
- Second area, 2021: $695
- First area, 2016: $2,500
- First area, 2021: $3,000
- Second area, 2016: $2,500
- Second area, 2021: $3,000
- First area, 2016: 0.90
- First area, 2021: 0.90
- Second area, 2016: 0.80
- Second area, 2021: 0.80
How homes are owned or rented
Types of homes
Bedrooms per home
Weekly rent distribution
Monthly mortgage distribution
Transport & Vehicles
How people get to work
Motor vehicles per home
Migration & Movement
Jobs & Industry
Industries people work in
Occupations people work in
Economy & Advantage
Environment & Climate
Walkability
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Cite this page
Australian Bureau of Statistics. (2021). Castle Hill - South vs Cherrybrook [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/compare/sa2/115011556/castle-hill-south/vs/115011558/cherrybrook