Is Lurnea a nice place to live?

Lurnea has tree-lined streets, a compact shopping strip and local community facilities, and the Phillips Park redevelopment, delivered as the Lurnea Community Hub, includes an Aboriginal garden. The suburb is a young community with incomes below the NSW median, and couples with children make up 51.6% of families. Local schools, childcare, recreational reserves and sports grounds, plus the shopping strip and other local services, cover daily needs, while regular bus services connect to Liverpool station and surrounding centres. The NSW Government's upgrade for Lurnea High School is in planning.

Is it expensive to live in Lurnea?

A typical local household in Lurnea earned about $1,239 a week at the most recent Census. On the figures here, the median house price of $1,085,000 works out to about 16.8 times a typical local annual household income, which sits well above local incomes. Rents look stretched against that same income: a house rent of $650 a week would take roughly 53% of a typical local household's weekly income, a large share, while a unit at $460 a week would take about 37%, a sizeable share. If you're renting rather than buying, those rent shares are the numbers that matter and will be most relevant to you. Everyone's financial situation is different, so it's important to consider your own circumstances when deciding which suburb is right for you.

Is Lurnea a good place to invest?

House values in Lurnea rose a solid 9.5% over the past 12 months, while unit rents fell a notable 8.0%. The 9.5% change is the measure of capital growth for houses on this page, and the 8.0% fall is the movement in rental income for units. There isn't enough recent data to report the other movements. 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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Lurnea suburb profile

Lurnea is an established south-western Sydney suburb in the Liverpool area, quietly residential with tree-lined streets. Housing is predominantly low-density, from post-war cottages and brick homes to pockets of newer infill and townhouses, set around small parks and sporting ovals.

A compact shopping strip and community facilities cover daily needs, and regular bus services connect to Liverpool station and surrounding centres. Local schools, childcare, recreational reserves and sports grounds frame the neighbourhood, with straightforward access to main roads for wider travel.

Lurnea property market performance

Lurnea's median house price is $1,085,000 and house values rose a notable 9.5% over the last 12 months. There is no reliable median published for units because too few units have sold here recently, so the suburb reads primarily as a house market.

In Lurnea, unit rents fell a sizeable 8.0% over the last 12 months to an average of $460 a week, while house rents averaged $650 a week.

	Houses	Units
Median price Past 3 months	$1.08M	N/A
Change in value Past 12 months	9.5%	N/A
Sold Past 3 months	23	N/A
Median days on market Past 12 months	28	N/A
Average rent Past 12 months	$650	$460
Change in rent Past 12 months	N/A	-8.0%

5 year median price trend for houses and units

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Lurnea demographics

Lurnea is a young community with incomes below the median for NSW.

Couples with children are the largest family group, at 51.6% of families. At the 2021 Census, 10,057 people lived in Lurnea.

Lurnea and NSW

	Suburb	NSW
Median age years	32	39
Median household income weekly	$1,239	$1,829
Couples with children share of families	51.6%	44.7%
Couples without children share of families	21.9%	37.9%
One-parent families share of families	24.4%	15.8%
Homes owned outright share of homes	25.3%	32.6%
Homes with a mortgage share of homes	31.6%	33.6%
Homes rented share of homes	43.0%	33.7%

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

Lurnea infrastructure, key developments and investment opportunities

Lurnea's Phillips Park redevelopment, delivered as the Lurnea Community Hub, had an Aboriginal garden officially opened in 2023.

The NSW Government's upgrade for Lurnea High School is in planning, with a works notification dated 27 March 2026 as part of the High Potential and Gifted Education partner school works. Liverpool City Council completed a gross pollutant trap on Maxwells Creek in 2024 and completed basin remediation and vegetation restoration works at Amalfi Park in 2025.

Suburbs near Lurnea

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How does Lurnea compare to nearby suburbs?

Median house prices: Lurnea’s median house price is 13.2% lower than Prestons’s.
House price growth: Over the past 12 months, house prices in Lurnea have grown 14.5% higher than in Cartwright.
Selling speed for houses: Properties in Lurnea are selling 22.2% faster than in Cartwright.
Investment considerations: In Lurnea, the rental yield for house is 29.6% lower than the Sydney average, while the rental yield for units is 40.8% lower.
House price growth: Over the past 12 months, house prices in Lurnea have grown 42.6% lower than the average rate of growth across Sydney.
Unit price growth:Over the past 12 months, unit prices in Lurnea have grown 21.0% lower than the average rate of growth for units across Sydney.

Common questions about Lurnea

Is Lurnea a nice place to live?
Lurnea has tree-lined streets, a compact shopping strip and local community facilities, and the Phillips Park redevelopment, delivered as the Lurnea Community Hub, includes an Aboriginal garden.

The suburb is a young community with incomes below the NSW median, and couples with children make up 51.6% of families. Local schools, childcare, recreational reserves and sports grounds, plus the shopping strip and other local services, cover daily needs, while regular bus services connect to Liverpool station and surrounding centres. The NSW Government's upgrade for Lurnea High School is in planning.
Is it expensive to live in Lurnea?
A typical local household in Lurnea earned about $1,239 a week at the most recent Census. On the figures here, the median house price of $1,085,000 works out to about 16.8 times a typical local annual household income, which sits well above local incomes.

Rents look stretched against that same income: a house rent of $650 a week would take roughly 53% of a typical local household's weekly income, a large share, while a unit at $460 a week would take about 37%, a sizeable share. If you're renting rather than buying, those rent shares are the numbers that matter and will be most relevant to you.

Everyone's financial situation is different, so it's important to consider your own circumstances when deciding which suburb is right for you.
Is Lurnea a good place to invest?
House values in Lurnea rose a solid 9.5% over the past 12 months, while unit rents fell a notable 8.0%.

The 9.5% change is the measure of capital growth for houses on this page, and the 8.0% fall is the movement in rental income for units. There isn't enough recent data to report the other movements.

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 Lurnea

Currently, there are 58 real estate agents working in Lurnea—but not all agents deliver the same results. The right agent could make a huge difference to your final sale price.

Only 5 out of these 58 agents sold 30.9% of all properties in Lurnea over the past year. Choosing one of these top-performing agents means tapping into proven expertise for a better sale outcome.

Real estate agents in Lurnea typically charge a commission of 1.63% to 2.66%. Negotiating a fair commission rate and the right structure can motivate your agent to work even harder, helping you sell for more and potentially saving you thousands of dollars.