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Casula sits in south-west Sydney with a suburban yet riverfront character along the Georges River. Housing ranges from older detached and postwar bungalow-style homes to newer subdivisions and pockets of apartments near the station, and the community is family-focused and multicultural, with couple families with children accounting for 56.2% of families and, together with couple families without children (24.3%), making up just over eight in ten family households. The suburb is home to 16,584 people, with a median age of 36 and a median total household income of $1,730 a week, roughly $89,960 a year.

Everyday life centres on local schools, shops, community facilities and green corridors and walking trails, alongside the major cultural hub of the Casula Powerhouse Arts Centre (rebranded as Liverpool Powerhouse), which has had building upgrades. Casula has straightforward rail access and links to the M5, and station works added a footbridge extension, new stairs and three lifts plus car-park and road realignment to improve access; Casula Community Centre has been listed for accessibility improvements. Larger retail and services are available in nearby Liverpool. Whether Casula suits you depends on whether you want a riverfront suburban setting with good transport links and local community and cultural amenities.

On these figures, housing in Casula looks stretched against local incomes as recorded at the most recent Census. The median house price of $1,212,500 works out to about 13.5 times a typical local household's annual income at the last Census (household weekly income $1,730 × 52 = $89,960), which sits well above those local incomes.

Renting takes a sizable share of that local weekly income: a house rent of $750 a week is about 43.4% of a typical local household's weekly income at the last Census, while a unit rent of $520 a week is about 30.1% (roughly a third). Which of these figures matters most will depend on whether you plan to buy or rent.

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

House values in Casula climbed 14.9% over the past 12 months, a strong rise in what houses are worth. Over the same period house rents rose 4.2% and unit rents rose 4.0%, both modest increases and with house rents slightly higher than unit rents.

For someone weighing Casula up as an investment, the 14.9% change in house values points to capital growth over the year while the rent figures show how rental income moved; in this period house value growth outpaced rent growth. Whether that balance suits 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.