Suburb profile

Galston NSW 2159

Galston is located in the Hills District and Hawkesbury region of New South Wales, postcode 2159. It has 1,618 properties across 44 streets, mostly houses. Explore every street in Galston, its property history, homes for sale and rent, who lives there, and the local agents.

About Galston

Galston, NSW 2159, sits in the Hills District and Hawkesbury region and neighbours Hornsby Heights, Berrilee, Middle Dural and Arcadia. Its 44 streets hold 1,618 properties, 1,148 of them houses and 470 units.

Census figures are for the Galston - Laughtondale area, which had 5,436 residents, a median age of 47 and an average household of 2.9 people. Median household income was $2,364 a week, the median mortgage repayment $2,784 a month and the median rent $460 a week. Of 1,764 dwellings, 1,573 were separate houses, 71 semi-detached and 100 flats, with 4 other; 787 were owned outright, 632 owned with a mortgage and 220 rented.

Updated October 2026

Who lives in Galston

  • 5,436Peoplelive in the area
  • 47Median ageyears
  • $2,364Median household incomea week
  • $460Median renta week

Homes by type

  • Houses1,573
  • Townhouses and semis71
  • Flats and apartments100
  • Other4

Household

  • Median mortgage repayment$2,784a month
  • Household size2.9people on average

How homes are held

Owned outright 787Owned with a mortgage 632Rented 220Other 125

Schools in Galston

  • Galston Public School

    GovernmentPrimary

Streets in Galston

Neighbouring suburbs

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Population and housing figures are drawn from the Australian Bureau of Statistics, Census of Population and Housing 2021, licensed under Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 International.

School details © Australian Curriculum, Assessment and Reporting Authority (ACARA), from the Australian Schools List, licensed under Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 International and modified. ACARA does not endorse Listd.

Area summaries are generated from the national address file and ABS Census data, and checked against those figures before publication.