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Castle Hill sits at the heart of the Hills District, centred on a busy retail and civic precinct anchored by Castle Towers and the Hills Showground. It has a family-oriented, suburban character, with long-established streets of detached brick homes and gardens alongside newer townhouse and apartment pockets close to the town centre. Native bushland and ridge-top reserves provide walking tracks and lookout spots, and there are shopping and dining options nearby. Public transport is strong, with the Metro Northwest station and frequent buses, and local schools, sporting clubs and community facilities support a settled, practical lifestyle.

Home to 40,874 people with a median age of 42, Castle Hill is largely owner-occupied, with about three in four homes owned and roughly 24.1% rented. The suburb is the focus of active precinct planning around the Hills Showground Station, with a raised dwelling cap and staged precinct works proposed for the area immediately around the station. Council-led projects, including a funded upgrade for the Castle Hill Showground arena (Aub Juleff Arena), masterplanning for the Cattai Creek corridor and improvements to Fred Caterson Reserve, are shaping the showground precinct and nearby open space. Whether Castle Hill suits you comes down to what you want in a suburb.

In Castle Hill the numbers show buying is far more stretched against local incomes than renting. With a typical local household income of $2,551 a week at the last Census (about $132,652 a year), the median house price of $2,337,500 works out to about 17.6 times a typical local annual household income at the last Census, while the median unit price of $989,000 is about 7.5 times. On rents, a house at $950 a week would take roughly 37.3% of that weekly income and a unit at $795 a week about 31.2%, so renting would take a sizeable share of a typical local household's income at the last Census.

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

In Castle Hill over the past 12 months rental income growth outpaced capital growth. House rents climbed a solid 6.7% while median house values recorded a modest 2.9%. On the unit side, rents rose 6.0% and unit values rose a modest 2.1%.

For someone weighing Castle Hill as an investment, the rent figures are the ones that speak to rental income and the value figures reflect capital growth; this year rental growth has been the stronger performer for both houses and units. Whether that balance fits your goals and circumstances is for you to decide.

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.