Glenfield (postcode 2167) sits approximately 36 kilometres south-west of the Sydney CBD within the City of Campbelltown LGA, placing it on the established edge of Sydney's south-west growth corridor. Its SEIFA IRSAD score of 1018 sits above the national mean of 1000, landing in decile 7 of 10 nationally and at the 62nd percentile within New South Wales. That reading classifies the suburb as advantaged on the socioeconomic index, a meaningful signal for investors assessing the macro demand environment. The score reflects a population with above-average relative resources, which feeds directly into PropertyRanker's economic_strength, hazard_risk, and entry_point_risk criteria.
ABS 2021 IRSAD release. Score 1018 (national mean = 1000).
A SEIFA decile 7 reading for Glenfield tells a specific story: the suburb sits comfortably above the national midpoint but is not in the top tier of Sydney's socioeconomic distribution. For investors, this band tends to correlate with a stable, working-to-middle-income tenant base, reasonable household income levels, and moderate rather than extreme price volatility at the macro level. Glenfield is served by its own railway station, which functions as a key interchange on the Sydney rail network, and the suburb has seen ongoing residential development including newer estates alongside its established housing stock. The Macarthur region context matters here: Glenfield borders suburbs in both the Campbelltown and Liverpool LGAs, meaning comparable sales and rental demand can be drawn from a reasonably broad catchment. The SEIFA score alone does not determine whether a specific property here is well-priced, well-tenanted, or structurally sound. A unit in a poorly managed strata scheme on one street can sit inside the same postcode frame as a freestanding house with strong rental demand on the next. PropertyRanker's model uses SEIFA as one of twelve signals; the remaining signals address things the postcode reading cannot see, including current vacancy conditions, flood and planning overlays, and pricing against recent comparable sales. Investors considering Glenfield should also note that the suburb's position in the south-west growth corridor means supply additions from nearby masterplanned precincts such as Edmondson Park can influence local vacancy and rental pricing over time.
Glenfield NSW 2167 recorded a median house sale price of $1,190,000 as at June 2026, reflecting 10.19% annual growth, according to yourinvestmentpropertymag.com.au. propertyvalue.com.au confirms 91 house sales over the past 12 months with an average vendor discount of -1.5% and average days on market of 14 days, signalling a tight, seller-favourable market. inthesuburbs.com.au (NSW Valuer General data) recorded the 2025 full-year median house price at $1,150,000 across 91 sales, up 9.5% on 2024.
Anchor points pulled per refresh from publicly available suburb profiles. Approximate; not a moving average.
Days on market are short at 14 days and vendor discounting is narrow at -1.5%, pointing to strong seller conditions, while vacancy at 2.33% is broadly neutral, combining for a warming overall read.
Sources: Glenfield NSW 2167 Suburb Profile - Your Investment Property Mag (2026-06-01); Glenfield House Prices & Property Trends - PropertyValue (2026-01-01); Glenfield NSW 2167 Property Prices 2025 - InTheSuburbs (2025-05-01); Real Estate Agents Glenfield NSW 2167 - LSRE (2026-01-01); Glenfield NSW 2167 Property Market 2026 - HTAG (2026-01-01) · Refreshed 20 Oct 2026
PropertyRanker scores any Australian property against 12 criteria across three pillars: Growth, Cashflow, and Risk. SEIFA is a primary signal for economic strength and a supporting one for entry-price risk. It also informs the crime side of hazard risk, though physical overlays like flood, bushfire and coastal exposure, and recorded crime data where available, take priority there. The decile of 7 shown above gives a listing in Glenfield a stronger starting line on economic strength than the national median postcode, and a softer one on entry-price risk, since more advantaged postcodes usually carry higher entry prices.
On top of that, PropertyRanker chooses one of four strategies (Balanced, Growth, Yield, Regional) and applies a per-strategy yield anchor. The anchors are 3.5% for Growth, 5% for Balanced, 6% for Yield, and 7% for Regional. A postcode at this level of relative advantage tends to suit the Growth (3.5% anchor) and Balanced (5% anchor) strategies more readily than Yield (6%) or Regional (7%), because a higher entry price compresses the gross yield a listing can reach without a specific value-add.
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Before drawing conclusions from Glenfield's SEIFA reading, investors should confirm several listing-level factors that the postcode score cannot capture. First, check current SQM vacancy data for postcode 2167 to understand whether rental demand is tight or softening relative to the broader Campbelltown LGA. Second, if the target property is strata-titled, obtain a current strata report to assess body corporate financial health and any outstanding special levies. Third, review flood mapping and any planning overlays applicable to the specific lot, as parts of south-west Sydney carry localised flood or biodiversity constraints that vary street by street. Fourth, compare the asking or contract price against recent comparable sales in the same postcode to assess whether the entry point is consistent with the market or represents a premium. The SEIFA reading of 1018 provides a useful macro anchor, but a complete investment verdict requires scoring the specific listing in PropertyRanker, where all twelve criteria are applied together to account for what a postcode-level reading cannot see.
Glenfield's SEIFA IRSAD score of 1018 (decile 7 nationally, 62nd percentile in NSW) indicates an above-average socioeconomic environment, which is a positive macro signal for investor demand. However, a strong SEIFA reading does not make any individual listing a sound investment; factors such as current vacancy, strata health, flood overlays, and pricing against comparable sales all need to be assessed at the listing level. PropertyRanker uses SEIFA as one of twelve scoring criteria, so investors should score the specific property rather than relying on the suburb-level reading alone.
Glenfield's position as an established suburb within the Macarthur region, with rail access to the Sydney CBD roughly 36 kilometres away, tends to align more naturally with a Capital Growth or Balanced strategy rather than a High Yield or Regional approach. PropertyRanker's Capital Growth strategy anchors around a gross yield of approximately 3.5 percent, while the Balanced strategy targets around 5 percent. Whether a specific Glenfield listing meets either threshold depends on the current asking price and achievable rent, so investors should score the individual property for a live yield assessment.
The primary macro risk to monitor is supply pressure from nearby masterplanned precincts such as Edmondson Park (2174), where significant new dwelling delivery can influence vacancy rates and rental pricing across the broader south-west Sydney corridor. At the listing level, risks include flood or planning overlays that vary by lot, strata scheme financial health for unit purchases, and entry pricing that may not reflect recent comparable sales. Glenfield's SEIFA decile 7 reading moderates some socioeconomic risk, but it does not eliminate these property-specific and local supply-side considerations.
PropertyRanker applies twelve scoring criteria to each listing, of which SEIFA IRSAD is a primary input for three: economic_strength, hazard_risk, and entry_point_risk. For Glenfield, the SEIFA raw score of 1018 feeds into those three criteria at the macro level. The remaining criteria draw on listing-level data including current SQM vacancy for postcode 2167, body corporate health for strata properties, flood and planning overlay status, and pricing against recent comparable sales in the same postcode.
Glenfield's SEIFA IRSAD decile 7 reading places it in the advantaged band nationally and at the 62nd percentile within New South Wales, indicating a relatively solid socioeconomic position within the south-west Sydney context. Neighbouring suburbs such as Macquarie Fields (2564), Casula (2170), Edmondson Park (2174), and Ingleburn (2565) each carry their own SEIFA readings, which may be higher or lower, and investors comparing these corridors should check each suburb's score individually. A higher or lower neighbouring SEIFA reading can affect cross-suburb rental demand and comparable sales benchmarks, both of which PropertyRanker incorporates when scoring a specific listing.
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