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Cabramatta centres on a lively retail and dining precinct around Cabramatta Mall and the railway station, known for its Vietnamese and broader Southeast Asian businesses. Streets of restaurants, noodle houses and specialty grocers make the town centre a regular draw, while good bus and train links keep the centre walkable and support a busy local small business scene. Nearby residential streets mix older weatherboard and brick cottages, terraces and medium-density apartments, and green spaces such as Cabramatta Park and stretches of Cabramatta Creek provide places for sport and outdoor time.

Families are prominent here — couple families with children are the largest single group at 42.6% — and the suburb is home to 21,142 people with a median age of 40. Homes are almost evenly split between owner-occupiers and renters, so there’s a mix of established owners and renters. Recent and planned local works, from rail and town-centre changes to park and school upgrades, mean infrastructure is active. Whether Cabramatta suits you will depend on if you value a busy dining and shopping centre, parks nearby and good public transport links.

Buying in Cabramatta sits well above what local households earned at the last Census. A median house price of $1,371,000 is about 22.3 times a typical local household's annual income at the last Census (median weekly household income $1,184 = $61,568 a year), while the median unit price of $518,000 is about 8.4 times that annual income. Renting also takes a large slice of local income: a house rent of $630 a week is about 53.2% of a typical local household's weekly income at the last Census, and a unit rent of $450 a week is about 38.0%, a sizeable share.

Everyone's financial situation is different, so it's important to consider your own circumstances when deciding which suburb is right for you.

The clearest movement in Cabramatta over the past 12 months was in house values, which rose 32.4%, a strong, large jump in capital value. Unit values also increased, up 9.1%, a solid rise. On the rental side, house rents rose 5.0% and unit rents rose 7.1%.

For someone weighing Cabramatta up as an investment, the figures show capital growth was led by houses this year while rental income moved more modestly. House prices climbed much faster than house rents, whereas unit values and unit rents moved closer together, with unit rents increasing slightly more than house rents. Whether that balance suits your goals and circumstances is for you to weigh up.

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.