Question 1

Is Tahmoor a nice place to live?

Accepted Answer

Tahmoor sits on the western edge of the Macarthur region in Wollondilly Shire as a semi-rural town with a compact main street, a railway station on the Main Southern line and easy access to the Hume Motorway. Housing ranges from modest older cottages to newer detached homes on generous blocks, with surrounding bushland and farmland. It has 5,777 residents and a median age of 34, and the community is weighted towards couple families, who together make up 77.1% of families; most homes are owner-occupied (67.7%).

Everyday life revolves around local schools, small shops, walking trails, green space and sports clubs, and many residents are families and tradespeople who value outdoor time and community events. Local transport and place-making work is under way or planned, including a Picton Bypass corridor, a Tahmoor CBD transport master plan to improve crossings, lighting and station access with more parking, a Picton–Tahmoor shared cycleway in the council program, recent rail resilience works and Commonwealth-funded capital works at Wollondilly Anglican College. Whether Tahmoor suits you comes down to how much you value a quieter, semi-rural setting with local amenities and links to larger centres.

Question 2

Is it expensive to live in Tahmoor?

Accepted Answer

Buying a house in Tahmoor sits at about 11.3 times a typical local annual household income at the last Census, which places purchasing well above what people locally earned then. Renting looks less stretched: an average house rent of $630 a week is about 36.2% of a typical local household's weekly income at the last Census, a sizeable share, while the average unit rent of $450 a week is about 25.9%, a moderate share. If you're renting rather than buying, those rent shares are the figures that matter.

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

Question 3

Is Tahmoor a good place to invest?

Accepted Answer

Over the past 12 months Tahmoor recorded modest capital gains alongside mixed rental movement. Median house values rose 3.2% and median unit values rose 2.3%, both modest increases; house rents increased 3.3% while unit rents rose a solid 7.1%.

Put another way, capital growth was modest for both houses and units this year, while the strongest single movement was in unit rental income — unit rents outpaced unit prices and also rose faster than house rents. If rental income is your priority, the unit side has been the stronger performer over the past year; if you prioritise capital growth, both dwelling types showed only modest gains.

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.

	Houses	Units
Median price Past 3 months	$1.02M	N/A
Change in value Past 12 months	3.2%	2.3%
Sold Past 3 months	41	3
Median days on market Past 12 months	36	16
Average rent Past 12 months	$630	$450
Change in rent Past 12 months	3.3%	7.1%

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