Is Bardia a nice place to live?

Bardia is a residential pocket in Sydney's south-west, dominated by recent low-rise housing, tree-lined streets and small parks. It is a young community of families with children, with couples with children accounting for 67.0% of families and many households buying their homes. Pockets of remnant bushland and neighbourhood reserves provide walking routes and play areas, shops, schools and services in nearby Campbelltown are within easy reach, and local roads and public transport links connect Bardia to the wider Sydney network; an upgrade of Bardia Public School was completed.

Is it expensive to live in Bardia?

On these figures, buying a house in Bardia sits well above local incomes. A typical local household earned about $2,417 a week at the last Census, and the median house price of $1,088,000 works out to about 8.7 times a typical local annual household income. Renting looks different: a house rent of $790 a week would take roughly 33% of that weekly household income, a sizeable share, while a unit rent of $420 a week would take about 17% of income, a more modest share. Which of those matters most depends on whether you plan to rent or buy and on your own circumstances. Everyone's financial situation is different, so it's important to consider your own circumstances when deciding which suburb is right for you.

Is Bardia a good place to invest?

An 8.9% rise in house values and a 3.9% increase in house rents over the past 12 months are the main movements in Bardia. For houses, capital growth has outpaced rental growth, with values climbing faster than rents. Separately, unit rents edged up 1.2%. This information has been prepared without taking your objectives, needs and overall financial situation into account. It is not meant to be a substitute for professional financial advice. For this reason, you should consider the appropriateness of the information and, if necessary, seek appropriate professional advice.

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Bardia suburb profile

Bardia is a residential pocket in Sydney's south-west, in the Macarthur region and the City of Campbelltown. The suburb is dominated by recent low-rise housing, tree-lined streets and small parks, creating a suburban neighbourhood of detached homes and townhouse pockets.

Pockets of remnant bushland and neighbourhood reserves offer walking routes and play areas, while shops, schools and services in nearby Campbelltown are within easy reach. Local roads and public transport links connect Bardia to the wider Sydney network for work and recreation.

Bardia property market performance

Property growth+6.7%Past 12 months

Bardia's median house price is $1.088 million and rose 8.9% over the last 12 months, a notable increase. There is no reliable median for units because too few units have sold recently, so the area reads as a house market.

In Bardia, house rents rose 3.9% over the last 12 months, a modest rise; house values increased at a stronger rate over the same period.

	Houses	Units
Median price Past 3 months	$1.09M	N/A
Change in value Past 12 months	8.9%	N/A
Sold Past 3 months	23	N/A
Median days on market Past 12 months	27	N/A
Average rent Past 12 months	$790	$420
Change in rent Past 12 months	3.9%	1.2%

5 year median price trend for houses and units

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Bardia demographics

Bardia is a young community of families with children, with many households buying their homes.

Couples with children make up 67.0% of families, and 59.6% of homes are owned with a mortgage. At the 2021 Census, 5,747 people lived in Bardia.

Bardia and NSW

	Suburb	NSW
Median age years	30	39
Median household income weekly	$2,417	$1,829
Couples with children share of families	67.0%	44.7%
Couples without children share of families	19.2%	37.9%
One-parent families share of families	12.6%	15.8%
Homes owned outright share of homes	4.9%	32.6%
Homes with a mortgage share of homes	59.6%	33.6%
Homes rented share of homes	35.5%	33.7%

Source: ABS 2021 Census. Shares of homes exclude other and not-stated tenure.

Bardia infrastructure, key developments and investment opportunities

Bardia had a Department of Education upgrade of Bardia Public School, completed in 2018. In 2024 Campbelltown City Council ran an expression-of-interest process for Maxwell Creek Oval on Borneo Street, Bardia, inviting sporting groups to apply to occupy the playing fields (EOI closed 18 February 2024).

Suburbs near Bardia

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How does Bardia compare to nearby suburbs?

Median house prices: Bardia’s median house price is 5.4% higher than Ingleburn’s.
House price growth: Over the past 12 months, house prices in Bardia have grown 20.1% higher than in Macquarie Links.
Unit price growth: Over the past 12 months, unit prices in Bardia have grown 2.8% higher than in Ingleburn.
Selling speed for houses: Properties in Bardia are selling 3.6% faster than in Edmondson Park.
Selling speed for units: Properties in nearby Edmondson Park are selling 40.8% faster than in Bardia.
House price growth: Over the past 12 months, house prices in Bardia have grown 42.6% lower than the average rate of growth across Sydney.
Unit price growth:Over the past 12 months, unit prices in Bardia have grown 3.8% lower than the average rate of growth for units across Sydney.

Common questions about Bardia

Is Bardia a nice place to live?
Bardia is a residential pocket in Sydney's south-west, dominated by recent low-rise housing, tree-lined streets and small parks.

It is a young community of families with children, with couples with children accounting for 67.0% of families and many households buying their homes. Pockets of remnant bushland and neighbourhood reserves provide walking routes and play areas, shops, schools and services in nearby Campbelltown are within easy reach, and local roads and public transport links connect Bardia to the wider Sydney network; an upgrade of Bardia Public School was completed.
Is it expensive to live in Bardia?
On these figures, buying a house in Bardia sits well above local incomes. A typical local household earned about $2,417 a week at the last Census, and the median house price of $1,088,000 works out to about 8.7 times a typical local annual household income.

Renting looks different: a house rent of $790 a week would take roughly 33% of that weekly household income, a sizeable share, while a unit rent of $420 a week would take about 17% of income, a more modest share. Which of those matters most depends on whether you plan to rent or buy and on your own circumstances.

Everyone's financial situation is different, so it's important to consider your own circumstances when deciding which suburb is right for you.
Is Bardia a good place to invest?
An 8.9% rise in house values and a 3.9% increase in house rents over the past 12 months are the main movements in Bardia. For houses, capital growth has outpaced rental growth, with values climbing faster than rents. Separately, unit rents edged up 1.2%.

This information has been prepared without taking your objectives, needs and overall financial situation into account. It is not meant to be a substitute for professional financial advice. For this reason, you should consider the appropriateness of the information and, if necessary, seek appropriate professional advice.

Choose the right real estate agents in Bardia

There are 58 real estate agents in Bardia, but they don’t all deliver the same results.

Some agents have a much stronger presence in the suburb, with just 5 agents handling around 35.5% of all sales in the past year.

Commission rates in Bardia typically range from 1.63% to 2.66%. Comparing agents—including what they charge, what’s included, and how they structure their fees—is not only important when choosing an agent, the right structure can help ensure your chosen agent is motivated to achieve the best possible result.