Albert vs Tottenham
In both, the large majority of households own their home and the large majority of homes are detached houses. In Albert, about half of households are couple families. In Tottenham, most households are people living alone. On these figures, Albert tends to suit couples, while Tottenham suits people living alone.
Which one suits you?
There is no overall winner — the suburb that suits a family with school-age kids is routinely the wrong one for someone commuting into the city. So each of these answers its own question, against a checklist you can see, using the same figures in the tables below.
Families with school-age kids
Albert
ahead on 2 of the 6 things we measure here
- carries lower crime risk (20/100 vs 65/100)
- has more separate houses rather than flats (112% vs 94%)
- But Tottenham has more parks and reserves (4 vs 1)
Weighs schools, house stock, crime, parks, childcare, and who already lives there.
First-home buyers
Albert
ahead on the one thing that separates them
- leaves households under less mortgage stress (9% vs 19%)
Weighs mortgage stress.
Renters
Albert
ahead on the one thing that separates them
- has cheaper rent ($0/wk vs $120/wk)
Weighs rent.
Commuting to the city
Albert
ahead on 2 of the 3 things we measure here
- has a shorter drive in (392 min vs 417 min)
- sits closer to the CBD (506.3 km vs 536.9 km)
Weighs distance, drive time, and walkability.
Downsizers and retirees
Tottenham
ahead on 2 of the 4 things we measure here
- has more GPs (2 vs 0)
- has more residents already 65 and over (31% vs 26%)
- But Albert carries lower crime risk (20/100 vs 65/100)
Weighs who already lives there, GPs, walkability, and crime.
Investors
Too close to call
Nothing among the 1 things we measure here separates them by enough to be worth acting on.
Weighs population growth.
Where they sit
Albert and Tottenham drawn to the same scale. Both outlines are shown together, so the map answers whether they share a border and how their areas compare.
Bars start at zero. Scores, risks and rankings are drawn against their full 0–100 range; other rows are drawn in proportion to the larger of the two.
Side by side, out of 100
Risks are inverted — shown as safety and low exposure — so a longer bar always means better.
Demographics
Tottenham rents higher ($120/wk vs $0/wk); Tottenham has more residents (451 vs 77).
| Albert | Tottenham | |
|---|---|---|
| Population | 77 | 451 +486% vs other |
| Population trend (2016 → 2021) | -4.9% | -0.4% |
| Median age | 50 | 52 |
| Median household income | $61,724/yr +21% vs other | $48,724/yr |
| Median weekly rent | — | $120/wk (not reported on the other side) |
Age profile
Share of residents in each band, 2021 Census.
Bars are drawn against the largest share shown (17.3%).
Who lives together
Household composition, 2021 Census.
Who owns and who rents
Occupied private dwellings by tenure, 2021 Census.
What people live in
Occupied private dwellings by structure, 2021 Census.
Qualifications
Highest non-school qualification, residents 15+, 2021 Census.
Bars are drawn against the largest share shown (14.3%).
Property market
| Albert | Tottenham | |
|---|---|---|
| Median house price | — | $235,000 |
| Median unit price | — same for both | |
| Median land price | $500 | — |
| Typical days to sell (houses) | — | 59 days from 3 sales |
Zoning mix
| Albert | Tottenham | |
|---|---|---|
| Rural and farming | 100% same for both | |
| Zoning sets what may be built, not what is there today. A single address can sit in a different zone to the suburb around it. Zones as at 2026-09. | ||
Development activity
| Albert | Tottenham | |
|---|---|---|
| New dwellings approved | 12 across Lachlan same for both | |
| Approvals change year on year | -50% same for both | |
Ranking within NSW
| Albert | Tottenham | |
|---|---|---|
| House price | — | Higher than 2% of NSW |
| Income | Higher than 24% of NSW | Higher than 10% of NSW |
| Schools | — same for both | |
| Walkability | Higher than 36% of NSW | Higher than 14% of NSW |
| Affordability | — | Higher than 97% of NSW |
| EV adoption | — same for both | |
| NBN connectivity | Higher than 19% of NSW | Higher than 7% of NSW |
Liveability
| Albert | Tottenham | |
|---|---|---|
| Grade | — same for both | |
| Score | — same for both | |
| Socio-economic band | very advantaged area decile 10/10 | below-average income decile 3/10 |
Risk profile
Tottenham carries more crime risk (65 vs 20).
| Albert | Tottenham | |
|---|---|---|
| Bushfire | Low 22/100 | Low 19/100 |
| Crime | Low 20/100 | Moderate 65/100 |
| Flood | Not mapped no mapped data here same for both | |
| Coastal erosion | None 0/100 same for both | |
| Aircraft noise | None 0/100 same for both | |
| Industrial facilities nearby | 1 within 5 km | 0 within 5 km |
Schools
| Albert | Tottenham | |
|---|---|---|
| Inside the suburb | 0 | 1 |
| Rated above peers | 0 same for both | |
| Rated at peers | 0 same for both | |
| Rated below peers | 0 | 1 |
Schools in Albert
No schools recorded inside this suburb's boundary. Children here will be zoned to schools nearby.
Schools in Tottenham
- Tottenham Central School Government · Combined below peers
Amenities in the suburb
| Albert | Tottenham | |
|---|---|---|
| Supermarkets | 0 | 1 |
| Cafes & restaurants | 0 | 1 |
| Parks & reserves | 1 | 4 |
| Childcare | 0 | 1 |
| GPs | 0 | 2 |
| Hospitals | 0 | 2 |
| Police stations | 0 | 1 |
| Banks & Bank@Post | 0 | 1 |
| Fuel stations | 1 same for both | |
| Waterways | 15 | 22 |
Mobility
Tottenham sits further from the CBD (536.9 km vs 506.3 km).
| Albert | Tottenham | |
|---|---|---|
| Walkability score | 0/100 same for both | |
| Distance to Sydney | 506.3 km | 536.9 km +6% vs other |
| Drive time (normal traffic) | 392 min | 417 min |
| Electric vehicle share | 0.0% postcode 2873 same for both | |
| Rooftop solar per 100 dwellings | 77 postcode 2873 same for both | |
How people get to work
Method of travel on census day 2021 — which fell during COVID restrictions, so working from home is inflated and every travel mode understated.
Bars are drawn against the largest share shown (67.3%).
Setting
| Albert | Tottenham | |
|---|---|---|
| Elevation | 235 m above sea level, at the suburb centre | 204 m above sea level, at the suburb centre |
NBN connectivity
| Albert | Tottenham | |
|---|---|---|
| Connectivity score | 15/100 same for both | |
| Most common technology | Satellite (Sky Muster) same for both | |
| Full-fibre (FTTP) share | 0% 23 premises | 0% 55 premises |
Council rates
| Albert | Tottenham | |
|---|---|---|
| Average residential rate | $750/yr same for both | |
| Council | Lachlan same for both | |
Federal electorate
| Albert | Tottenham | |
|---|---|---|
| Division | Parkes same for both | |
| Member | Jamie Chaffey same for both | |
| Party | The Nationals same for both | |
First Home Owner Grant
| Albert | Tottenham | |
|---|---|---|
| Grant amount | $10,000 same for both | |
| Property price cap | $600,000 same for both | |
| Eligibility | New same for both | |
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Information shown is provided as-is from Australian government and commercial data sources.
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