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What it costs to live in The Hills, NSW
The Hills council area, New South Wales. About 222,675 people lived here in 2025. Here's what rent, power, fuel, the pokies and crime look like, and how each one sits against the rest of New South Wales.
Rent
$850
A week. That's the median rent on new leases in the June quarter 2026.
Pokies losses
$668
Lost for every resident in a year. That's 59% of the NSW average.
See pokies losses in The HillsElectricity
$2,328
A year on the default offer in the Endeavour Energy network area, which covers most of The Hills, for 4,900 kWh. That's the most a standing offer can cost. A typical plan here costs $2,095.
See electricity pricesUnleaded petrol
188c
A litre, on average, at 19 stations here over the year to September 2026. That's 4c less than the NSW average.
See when fuel is cheapestCrime police recorded
Violent crime, 2025–26
Police recorded 847 of these in The Hills. That's 393 for every 100,000 people, or 33% of the NSW average. Five years before, in 2020–21, it was 441, so it has come down 11%.
See each year
| Year | Recorded | Per 100,000 | NSW per 100,000 |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2025–26 | 847 | 393 | 1,183 |
| 2024–25 | 784 | 364 | 1,171 |
| 2023–24 | 821 | 381 | 1,156 |
| 2022–23 | 813 | 391 | 1,084 |
| 2021–22 | 723 | 363 | 981 |
| 2020–21 | 850 | 441 | 1,055 |
| 2019–20 | 756 | 406 | 1,009 |
| 2018–19 | 658 | 370 | 1,008 |
| 2017–18 | 580 | 337 | 999 |
| 2016–17 | 576 | 343 | 1,000 |
Property crime, 2025–26
Police recorded 1,427 of these in The Hills. That's 662 for every 100,000 people, or 41% of the NSW average. Five years before, in 2020–21, it was 822, so it has come down 19%.
See each year
| Year | Recorded | Per 100,000 | NSW per 100,000 |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2025–26 | 1,427 | 662 | 1,622 |
| 2024–25 | 1,481 | 687 | 1,589 |
| 2023–24 | 1,566 | 726 | 1,651 |
| 2022–23 | 1,539 | 740 | 1,572 |
| 2021–22 | 1,068 | 536 | 1,381 |
| 2020–21 | 1,583 | 822 | 1,544 |
| 2019–20 | 2,045 | 1,098 | 1,826 |
| 2018–19 | 1,828 | 1,027 | 2,022 |
| 2017–18 | 1,869 | 1,084 | 2,066 |
| 2016–17 | 1,953 | 1,163 | 2,184 |
This is crime that police recorded in the area over a year, July to June. Lots of crime is never reported, and a rise can mean police are looking harder, not just that more crime happened. Each state counts crime its own way, so only compare a council with its own state.
Suburbs in The Hills
Who lives in each one, their homes and how they get around.
- Annangrove
- Baulkham Hills
- Beaumont Hills
- Bella Vista
- Box Hill
- Castle Hill (part)
- Cattai (part)
- Dural (Hornsby - NSW) (part)
- Gables
- Glenhaven (part)
- Glenorie (part)
- Kellyville
- Kenthurst
- Leets Vale (part)
- Lower Portland (part)
- Maraylya (part)
- Maroota (part)
- Middle Dural (part)
- Nelson (The Hills Shire - NSW)
- North Kellyville
- North Rocks (part)
- Norwest
- Rouse Hill (part)
- Sackville North
- South Maroota
- West Pennant Hills (part)
- Winston Hills (part)
- Wisemans Ferry (part)
Look further
- Rents across Australia: what tenants really pay by suburb and postcode.
- Pokies losses by council: where the most is lost, in four states.
- Fuel prices: the price cycle and the cheapest day to fill up.
- Compare The Hills with another area, side by side.
- Look up another area.
Sources: recorded crime, NSW Bureau of Crime Statistics and Research. Population: Australian Bureau of Statistics, Regional population, CC BY 4.0. Pokies losses: the state's gambling regulator (see the pokies page for its credit). Rent: state rental bond data (see the rent pages). Electricity: Default Market Offer 2026–27: © Commonwealth of Australia (Australian Energy Regulator), CC BY 4.0; retailers' plans under the Consumer Data Right. Fuel: NSW Government FuelCheck, CC BY-SA, so the fuel figure can be reused under the same licence.