Anambah vs Windermere
Windermere is the younger of the two, with a median age of 26 against 37 in Anambah. In both, most households own their home, the large majority of homes are detached houses, and about half of households are couple families. On these figures, Windermere tends to suit families with children.
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
Windermere
ahead on the one thing that separates them
- carries lower crime risk (50/100 vs 96/100)
Weighs schools, house stock, crime, parks, childcare, and who already lives there.
First-home buyers
Too close to call
Nothing among the 1 things we measure here separates them by enough to be worth acting on.
Weighs mortgage stress.
Renters
Windermere
ahead on 2 of the 3 things we measure here
- has a bigger rental market to choose from (35% vs 14%)
- has cheaper rent ($410/wk vs $525/wk)
Weighs rent, rental stress, and how much is for rent.
Commuting to the city
Windermere
ahead on 2 of the 3 things we measure here
- is more walkable (10/100 vs 0/100)
- has a shorter drive in (128 min vs 133 min)
- But Anambah sits closer to the CBD (174.2 km vs 177.7 km)
Weighs distance, drive time, and walkability.
Downsizers and retirees
Windermere
ahead on 2 of the 4 things we measure here
- is more walkable (10/100 vs 0/100)
- carries lower crime risk (50/100 vs 96/100)
- But Anambah has more residents already 65 and over (11% vs 5%)
Weighs who already lives there, GPs, walkability, and crime.
Investors
Anambah
ahead on the one thing that separates them
- is growing faster (113.3% vs 16.4%)
Weighs population growth.
Where they sit
Anambah and Windermere 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
Anambah skews older (37 vs 26); Anambah has higher household incomes ($158,548 vs $116,948).
| Anambah | Windermere | |
|---|---|---|
| Population | 64 same for both | |
| Population trend (2016 → 2021) | +113.3% | +16.4% |
| Median age | 37 | 26 |
| Median household income | $158,548/yr +26% vs other | $116,948/yr |
| Median weekly rent | $525/wk +22% vs other | $410/wk |
Age profile
Share of residents in each band, 2021 Census.
Bars are drawn against the largest share shown (26.6%).
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 (26.6%).
Property market
| Anambah | Windermere | |
|---|---|---|
| Median house price | $848,000 | — |
| Median unit price | — same for both | |
| Median land price | — same for both | |
| Typical days to sell (houses) | 49 days from 6 sales | — |
Zoning mix
Windermere has more rural and farming land (96% vs 59%); Anambah has more land zoned for conservation (13% vs 3%).
| Anambah | Windermere | |
|---|---|---|
| Rural and farming | 59% | 96% |
| Residential | 26% | 1% |
| Environmental | 13% | 3% |
| Parks and recreation | 1% | 0% |
| 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
| Anambah | Windermere | |
|---|---|---|
| New dwellings approved | 1,413 across Maitland same for both | |
| Approvals change year on year | +20% same for both | |
Ranking within NSW
| Anambah | Windermere | |
|---|---|---|
| House price | Higher than 38% of NSW | — |
| Income | Higher than 96% of NSW | Higher than 80% of NSW |
| Schools | — same for both | |
| Walkability | Higher than 34% of NSW | Higher than 58% of NSW |
| Affordability | Higher than 91% of NSW | — |
| EV adoption | Higher than 56% of NSW | Higher than 57% of NSW |
| NBN connectivity | Higher than 94% of NSW | Higher than 61% of NSW |
Liveability
Windermere is more walkable (10 vs 0).
| Anambah | Windermere | |
|---|---|---|
| Grade | — same for both | |
| Score | — same for both | |
| Socio-economic band | very advantaged area decile 9/10 same for both | |
Risk profile
Anambah carries more crime risk (96 vs 50).
| Anambah | Windermere | |
|---|---|---|
| Bushfire | None 0/100 same for both | |
| Crime | High 96/100 | Moderate 50/100 |
| 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 | 4 within 5 km | 1 within 5 km |
Schools
| Anambah | Windermere | |
|---|---|---|
| Inside the suburb | 0 same for both | |
| Rated above peers | 0 same for both | |
| Rated at peers | 0 same for both | |
| Rated below peers | 0 same for both | |
Amenities in the suburb
| Anambah | Windermere | |
|---|---|---|
| Waterways | 0 | 2 |
Mobility
Windermere sits further from the CBD (177.7 km vs 174.2 km).
| Anambah | Windermere | |
|---|---|---|
| Walkability score | 0/100 | 10/100 |
| Distance to Sydney | 174.2 km | 177.7 km +2% vs other |
| Drive time (normal traffic) | 133 min | 128 min |
| Electric vehicle share | 0.5% postcode 2320 | 0.6% postcode 2321 |
| Rooftop solar per 100 dwellings | 56 postcode 2320 | 69 postcode 2321 |
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 (100.0%).
Setting
| Anambah | Windermere | |
|---|---|---|
| Elevation | 19 m above sea level, at the suburb centre | 21 m above sea level, at the suburb centre |
| Distance to the ocean | 31.4 km | 34.8 km |
NBN connectivity
| Anambah | Windermere | |
|---|---|---|
| Connectivity score | 88/100 | 30/100 |
| Most common technology | Fibre to the premises | Fixed wireless |
| Full-fibre (FTTP) share | 83% 156 premises | 0% 21 premises |
Climate
| Anambah | Windermere | |
|---|---|---|
| Annual rainfall | 996 mm same for both | |
| Summer max (Jan) | 30.0°C same for both | |
| Winter min (Jul) | 7.1°C same for both | |
Air quality (annual mean)
| Anambah | Windermere | |
|---|---|---|
| PM2.5 | 6.3 µg/m³ same for both | |
| PM10 | 17.5 µg/m³ same for both | |
| NO₂ | 0.72 pphm same for both | |
Council rates
| Anambah | Windermere | |
|---|---|---|
| Average residential rate | $1,908/yr same for both | |
| Council | Maitland same for both | |
Federal electorate
| Anambah | Windermere | |
|---|---|---|
| Division | Paterson same for both | |
| Member | Meryl Swanson same for both | |
| Party | Australian Labor Party same for both | |
First Home Owner Grant
| Anambah | Windermere | |
|---|---|---|
| Grant amount | $10,000 same for both | |
| Property price cap | $600,000 same for both | |
| Eligibility | New same for both | |
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