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Wentworthville is a practical west Sydney suburb built around its Western line station and a compact retail strip, which makes it popular with commuters. Housing ranges from weatherboard and brick single-storey homes on established streets to medium-density apartment blocks closer to the station. The community is multicultural, with families and working professionals sharing local life that centres on parks, sporting fields, corner cafés and takeaway shops, and regular buses and good road links make neighbouring centres easy to reach.

The suburb has 15,098 residents, a median age of 33 and a median household income of $2,219 a week. It has a strongly family-oriented profile, with about six in ten families being couple families with children, and housing tenure is split almost evenly between owners and renters. Cumberland Council’s town-centre revitalisation identifies three public plazas and a staged public domain upgrade, the station has been made more accessible, and the public-housing estate is the subject of masterplanning.

Buying in Wentworthville sits well above what local households earned at the last Census. A median house price of $1,381,000 works out to about 12.0 times a typical local household's annual income as recorded at the most recent Census, while the median unit price of $580,000 is about 5.0 times that annual income. Renting is less stretched in comparison: the average house rent of $730 a week is about 32.9% of a typical local household's weekly income at the last Census (roughly a third), and the average unit rent of $650 a week is about 29.3% (just under 30%).

On these figures, buying a house looks more stretched against local incomes than renting, but which of those matters most will depend on whether you plan to buy or to rent and on your own circumstances.

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

In Wentworthville, unit rents rose 3.2% over the past year while unit values edged down 0.4% in the same period. That means the rental income side of the unit market moved differently to capital value this year, with rents the stronger performer. Which matters more to you will depend on whether you prioritise rental income or capital growth.

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.