Attunga vs Garthowen

In both, the large majority of households own their home and the large majority of homes are detached houses. In Garthowen, most households are couple families. Houses cost more in Attunga: a median of $570,000, against $285,000 in Garthowen, and rent is higher there too. On these figures, Garthowen tends to suit couples and buyers on a tighter budget.

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

Garthowen

ahead on the one thing that separates them

  • carries lower crime risk (13/100 vs 46/100)

Weighs schools, house stock, crime, parks, childcare, and who already lives there.

First-home buyers

Garthowen

ahead on the one thing that separates them

  • has cheaper houses ($285,000 vs $570,000)

Weighs house prices and mortgage stress.

Renters

Garthowen

ahead on 2 of the 3 things we measure here

  • leaves renters under less rental stress (9% vs 21%)
  • has cheaper rent ($180/wk vs $300/wk)

Weighs rent, rental stress, and how much is for rent.

Commuting to the city

Attunga

ahead on 2 of the 3 things we measure here

  • has a shorter drive in (314 min vs 326 min)
  • sits closer to the CBD (429.4 km vs 435.9 km)

Weighs distance, drive time, and walkability.

Downsizers and retirees

Garthowen

ahead on the one thing that separates them

  • carries lower crime risk (13/100 vs 46/100)

Weighs smaller dwellings, who already lives there, GPs, walkability, and crime.

Investors

Garthowen

ahead on the one thing that separates them

  • is growing faster (12.7% vs -5.1%)

Weighs population growth.

Where they sit

Attunga and Garthowen drawn to the same scale. Both outlines are shown together, so the map answers whether they share a border and how their areas compare.

Attunga Garthowen
Hides rows where both suburbs match

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.

Attunga Garthowen
Walkability 5 / 0
Attunga — Walkability: 5/100 Garthowen — Walkability: 0/100
Safety 54 / 87
Attunga — Safety: 54/100 Garthowen — Safety: 87/100
Low fire risk 73 / 75
Attunga — Low fire risk: 73/100 Garthowen — Low fire risk: 75/100

Demographics

Attunga has more residents (542 vs 169); Attunga rents higher ($300/wk vs $180/wk).

Attunga Garthowen
Population 542
+69% vs other
 169
Population trend (2016 → 2021) -5.1% +12.7%
Median age 43 42
Median household income $74,256/yr $108,888/yr
+47% vs other
Median weekly rent $300/wk
+40% vs other
 $180/wk

Age profile

Share of residents in each band, 2021 Census.

Attunga Garthowen
0-4 6.3% / 4.1%
Attunga — 0-4: 6.3% Garthowen — 0-4: 4.1%
5-14 12.9% / 14.2%
Attunga — 5-14: 12.9% Garthowen — 5-14: 14.2%
15-19 5.9% / 6.5%
Attunga — 15-19: 5.9% Garthowen — 15-19: 6.5%
20-24 3.0% / 2.4%
Attunga — 20-24: 3.0% Garthowen — 20-24: 2.4%
25-34 10.3% / 10.7%
Attunga — 25-34: 10.3% Garthowen — 25-34: 10.7%
35-44 13.7% / 14.8%
Attunga — 35-44: 13.7% Garthowen — 35-44: 14.8%
45-54 14.6% / 17.2%
Attunga — 45-54: 14.6% Garthowen — 45-54: 17.2%
55-64 13.5% / 13.6%
Attunga — 55-64: 13.5% Garthowen — 55-64: 13.6%
65-74 13.7% / 10.1%
Attunga — 65-74: 13.7% Garthowen — 65-74: 10.1%
75-84 4.4% / 3.6%
Attunga — 75-84: 4.4% Garthowen — 75-84: 3.6%
85+ 0.9% / 1.8%
Attunga — 85+: 0.9% Garthowen — 85+: 1.8%

Bars are drawn against the largest share shown (17.2%).

Who lives together

Household composition, 2021 Census.

Attunga 43.7% couple families
Attunga — Couple Families: 43.7% Attunga — Lone Person: 40.1% Attunga — One Parent Families: 12.7% Attunga — Group Household: 3.5%
Garthowen 64.1% couple families
Garthowen — Couple Families: 64.1% Garthowen — Lone Person: 35.9% Garthowen — One Parent Families: 0.0% Garthowen — Group Household: 0.0%
Couple Families Lone Person One Parent Families Group Household

Who owns and who rents

Occupied private dwellings by tenure, 2021 Census.

Attunga 12.8% renting
Attunga — Owned Outright: 41.9% Attunga — Mortgage: 45.3% Attunga — Renting: 12.8%
Garthowen 6.8% renting
Garthowen — Owned Outright: 39.0% Garthowen — Mortgage: 54.2% Garthowen — Renting: 6.8%
Owned outright Mortgage Renting

What people live in

Occupied private dwellings by structure, 2021 Census.

Attunga 96.7% houses
Attunga — Houses: 96.7% Attunga — Flats / Apartments: 3.3%
Garthowen 98.4% houses
Garthowen — Houses: 98.4% Garthowen — Flats / Apartments: 1.6%
Houses Flats / Apartments

Qualifications

Highest non-school qualification, residents 15+, 2021 Census.

Attunga Garthowen
Certificate III & IV 20.5% / 21.9%
Attunga — Certificate III & IV: 20.5% Garthowen — Certificate III & IV: 21.9%
Bachelor Degree 6.5% / 11.8%
Attunga — Bachelor Degree: 6.5% Garthowen — Bachelor Degree: 11.8%
Advanced Diploma / Diploma 6.1% / 9.5%
Attunga — Advanced Diploma / Diploma: 6.1% Garthowen — Advanced Diploma / Diploma: 9.5%
Graduate Diploma / Certificate 0.6% / 3.6%
Attunga — Graduate Diploma / Certificate: 0.6% Garthowen — Graduate Diploma / Certificate: 3.6%
Postgraduate Degree 0.9% / —
Attunga — Postgraduate Degree: 0.9% Garthowen — Postgraduate Degree: not among its largest

Bars are drawn against the largest share shown (21.9%).

Property market

Attunga Garthowen
Median house price $570,000 $285,000
Median unit price —
same for both
Median land price —
same for both

Zoning mix

Attunga Garthowen
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

Attunga Garthowen
New dwellings approved 390
across Tamworth
same for both
Approvals change year on year -35%
same for both

Ranking within NSW

Attunga Garthowen
House price Higher than 11% of NSW Higher than 7% of NSW
Income Higher than 41% of NSW Higher than 74% of NSW
Schools —
same for both
Walkability Higher than 48% of NSW Higher than 35% of NSW
Affordability Higher than 91% of NSW Higher than 97% of NSW
EV adoption —
same for both
NBN connectivity Higher than 47% of NSW Higher than 28% of NSW

Liveability

Attunga Garthowen
Grade C —
Score 35/100 —
Socio-economic band below-average income
decile 3/10
 advantaged area
decile 8/10

Risk profile

Attunga carries more crime risk (46 vs 13).

Attunga Garthowen
Bushfire Low
27/100
 Low
25/100
Crime Moderate
46/100
 Low
13/100
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 2
within 5 km
 0
within 5 km

Schools

Attunga Garthowen
Inside the suburb 1 0
Rated above peers 0
same for both
Rated at peers 0
same for both
Rated below peers 1 0

Schools in Attunga

  • Attunga Public School Government · Primary below peers

Schools in Garthowen

No schools recorded inside this suburb's boundary. Children here will be zoned to schools nearby.

Amenities in the suburb

Attunga Garthowen
Parks & reserves 2 0
Childcare 1 0
Banks & Bank@Post 1 0
Fuel stations 1 0
Waterways 5 0

Mobility

Garthowen sits further from the CBD (435.9 km vs 429.4 km).

Attunga Garthowen
Walkability score 5/100 0/100
Distance to Sydney 429.4 km 435.9 km
+2% vs other
Drive time (normal traffic) 314 min 326 min
Public transport score 29/100
Bus
 21/100
Bus
Peak arrivals per hour 10.8
7-9am + 5-7pm
 4.0
7-9am + 5-7pm
Median peak wait 1 min
scheduled, not actual
same for both
Electric vehicle share 0.0%
postcode 2345
same for both
Rooftop solar per 100 dwellings 62
postcode 2345
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.

Attunga Garthowen
Car (driver) 71.9% / 72.3%
Attunga — Car (driver): 71.9% Garthowen — Car (driver): 72.3%
Worked from Home 21.7% / 27.7%
Attunga — Worked from Home: 21.7% Garthowen — Worked from Home: 27.7%
Car (passenger) 5.1% / —
Attunga — Car (passenger): 5.1% Garthowen — Car (passenger): not among its largest
Walked Only 1.3% / —
Attunga — Walked Only: 1.3% Garthowen — Walked Only: not among its largest

Bars are drawn against the largest share shown (72.3%).

Setting

Attunga Garthowen
Elevation 411 m
above sea level, at the suburb centre
 489 m
above sea level, at the suburb centre

NBN connectivity

Attunga Garthowen
Connectivity score 29/100 18/100
Most common technology Fixed wireless Satellite (Sky Muster)
Full-fibre (FTTP) share 0%
232 premises
 0%
57 premises

Air quality (annual mean)

Attunga Garthowen
PM2.5 5.8 µg/m³
same for both
PM10 13.6 µg/m³
same for both
NO₂ 0.35 pphm
same for both

Council rates

Attunga Garthowen
Average residential rate $1,397/yr
same for both
Council Tamworth
same for both

Federal electorate

Attunga Garthowen
Division New England
same for both
Member Barnaby Joyce
same for both
Party The Nationals
same for both

First Home Owner Grant

Attunga Garthowen
Grant amount $10,000
same for both
Property price cap $600,000
same for both
Eligibility New
same for both

Tags

Attunga

Affordable Rural

Garthowen

Affordable Rural

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