Suburb profile
Prairiewood NSW 2176
Prairiewood is located in the South West Sydney region of New South Wales, postcode 2176. It has 1,556 properties across 63 streets, mostly houses. Explore every street in Prairiewood, its property history, homes for sale and rent, who lives there, and the local agents.
About Prairiewood
Prairiewood, NSW 2176, sits in South West Sydney and neighbours Greenfield Park, St Johns Park, Wakeley and Wetherill Park. Its 63 streets hold 1,556 properties, 1,074 of them houses and 482 units.
Census figures are for Greenfield Park - Prairiewood, which had 8,855 residents, a median age of 40 and an average household of 3.3 people. Median household income was $1,477 a week, the median mortgage repayment $2,037 a month and the median rent $450 a week. Of 2,545 dwellings, 2,202 were separate houses, 190 semi-detached, 147 flats and 3 other; 946 were owned outright, 743 owned with a mortgage and 789 rented.
Updated October 2026
Who lives in Prairiewood
- 8,855Peoplelive in the area
- 40Median ageyears
- $1,477Median household incomea week
- $450Median renta week
Homes by type
- Houses2,202
- Townhouses and semis190
- Flats and apartments147
- Other3
Household
- Median mortgage repayment$2,037a month
- Household size3.3people on average
How homes are held
Properties in Prairiewood
Schools in Prairiewood
No primary schools in Prairiewood.
Prairiewood High School
GovernmentSecondary
Streets in Prairiewood
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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.
