Back Creek vs Wyalong

Back Creek is the younger of the two, with a median age of 29 against 44 in Wyalong. In both, the large majority of homes are detached houses. In Back Creek, the large majority of households rent and the large majority of households are couple families. In Wyalong, the large majority of households own their home. Houses cost more in Back Creek: a median of $538,000, against $358,000 in Wyalong, though rent is higher in Wyalong. On these figures, Back Creek tends to suit renters, families with children, and couples, while Wyalong suits 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

Wyalong

ahead on 2 of the 5 things we measure here

  • has more parks and reserves (5 vs 0)
  • has more schools rated above their peers (1 vs 0)
  • But Back Creek is already more of a family suburb (100% vs 62%)

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

First-home buyers

Wyalong

ahead on the one thing that separates them

  • has cheaper houses ($357,500 vs $537,500)

Weighs house prices and mortgage stress.

Renters

Back Creek

ahead on 3 of the 3 things we measure here

  • has a bigger rental market to choose from (100% vs 19%)
  • leaves renters under less rental stress (6% vs 16%)
  • has cheaper rent ($133/wk vs $225/wk)

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

Commuting to the city

Wyalong

ahead on 2 of the 3 things we measure here

  • has a shorter drive in (331 min vs 343 min)
  • sits closer to the CBD (489.8 km vs 506.7 km)

Weighs distance, drive time, and walkability.

Downsizers and retirees

Too close to call

Nothing among the 2 things we measure here separates them by enough to be worth acting on.

Weighs GPs and walkability.

Investors

Back Creek

ahead on the one thing that separates them

  • is growing faster (3.8% vs -5.2%)

Weighs population growth.

Where they sit

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

Back Creek Wyalong
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.

Back Creek Wyalong
Walkability 0 / 0
Back Creek — Walkability: 0/100 Wyalong — Walkability: 0/100
Low fire risk 15 / 64
Back Creek — Low fire risk: 15/100 Wyalong — Low fire risk: 64/100

Demographics

Wyalong has more residents (620 vs 54); Wyalong rents higher ($225/wk vs $133/wk).

Back Creek Wyalong
Population 54 620
+1048% vs other
Population trend (2016 → 2021) +3.8% -5.2%
Median age 29 44
Median household income $117,000/yr
+38% vs other
 $73,008/yr
Median weekly rent $133/wk $225/wk
+69% vs other

Age profile

Share of residents in each band, 2021 Census.

Back Creek Wyalong
0-4 9.3% / 6.0%
Back Creek — 0-4: 9.3% Wyalong — 0-4: 6.0%
5-14 22.2% / 11.1%
Back Creek — 5-14: 22.2% Wyalong — 5-14: 11.1%
15-19 — / 6.6%
Back Creek — 15-19: not among its largest Wyalong — 15-19: 6.6%
20-24 — / 3.9%
Back Creek — 20-24: not among its largest Wyalong — 20-24: 3.9%
25-34 5.6% / 12.4%
Back Creek — 25-34: 5.6% Wyalong — 25-34: 12.4%
35-44 18.5% / 11.6%
Back Creek — 35-44: 18.5% Wyalong — 35-44: 11.6%
45-54 25.9% / 15.5%
Back Creek — 45-54: 25.9% Wyalong — 45-54: 15.5%
55-64 7.4% / 15.3%
Back Creek — 55-64: 7.4% Wyalong — 55-64: 15.3%
65-74 — / 12.9%
Back Creek — 65-74: not among its largest Wyalong — 65-74: 12.9%
75-84 — / 3.1%
Back Creek — 75-84: not among its largest Wyalong — 75-84: 3.1%
85+ — / 2.7%
Back Creek — 85+: not among its largest Wyalong — 85+: 2.7%

Bars are drawn against the largest share shown (25.9%).

Who lives together

Household composition, 2021 Census.

Back Creek 75.0% couple families
Back Creek — Couple Families: 75.0% Back Creek — One Parent Families: 25.0% Back Creek — Lone Person: 0.0%
Wyalong 41.8% couple families
Wyalong — Couple Families: 41.8% Wyalong — One Parent Families: 20.3% Wyalong — Lone Person: 37.9%
Couple Families One Parent Families Lone Person

Who owns and who rents

Occupied private dwellings by tenure, 2021 Census.

Back Creek 100.0% renting
Back Creek — Owned Outright: 0.0% Back Creek — Mortgage: 0.0% Back Creek — Renting: 100.0%
Wyalong 19.1% renting
Wyalong — Owned Outright: 45.6% Wyalong — Mortgage: 35.3% Wyalong — Renting: 19.1%
Owned outright Mortgage Renting

What people live in

Occupied private dwellings by structure, 2021 Census.

Back Creek 100.0% houses
Back Creek — Houses: 100.0% Back Creek — Townhouses: 0.0% Back Creek — Flats / Apartments: 0.0%
Wyalong 94.1% houses
Wyalong — Houses: 94.1% Wyalong — Townhouses: 4.6% Wyalong — Flats / Apartments: 1.3%
Houses Townhouses Flats / Apartments

Qualifications

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

Back Creek Wyalong
Certificate III & IV 20.4% / 20.5%
Back Creek — Certificate III & IV: 20.4% Wyalong — Certificate III & IV: 20.5%
Bachelor Degree 9.3% / 4.5%
Back Creek — Bachelor Degree: 9.3% Wyalong — Bachelor Degree: 4.5%
Advanced Diploma / Diploma — / 5.5%
Back Creek — Advanced Diploma / Diploma: not among its largest Wyalong — Advanced Diploma / Diploma: 5.5%
Graduate Diploma / Certificate — / 0.8%
Back Creek — Graduate Diploma / Certificate: not among its largest Wyalong — Graduate Diploma / Certificate: 0.8%

Bars are drawn against the largest share shown (20.5%).

Property market

Back Creek Wyalong
Median house price $537,500 $357,500
Median unit price —
same for both
Median land price $410,322 —

Zoning mix

Back Creek Wyalong
Rural and farming 100% 98%
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

Back Creek Wyalong
New dwellings approved 15
across Bland
same for both
Approvals change year on year -100%
same for both

Ranking within NSW

Back Creek Wyalong
House price Higher than 17% of NSW Higher than 7% of NSW
Income Higher than 82% of NSW Higher than 40% of NSW
Schools —
same for both
Walkability Higher than 21% of NSW Higher than 10% of NSW
Affordability Higher than 93% of NSW Higher than 94% of NSW
EV adoption —
same for both
NBN connectivity Higher than 24% of NSW Higher than 64% of NSW

Liveability

Back Creek Wyalong
Grade — D
Score — 30/100
Socio-economic band advantaged area
decile 7/10
 below-average income
decile 3/10

Risk profile

Back Creek carries more bushfire risk (85 vs 36).

Back Creek Wyalong
Bushfire High
85/100
 Low
36/100
Crime — Moderate
41/100
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 0
within 5 km
same for both

Schools

Back Creek Wyalong
Inside the suburb 0 1
Rated above peers 0 1
Rated at peers 0
same for both
Rated below peers 0
same for both

Schools in Back Creek

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

Schools in Wyalong

  • Wyalong Public School Government · Primary above peers

Amenities in the suburb

Back Creek Wyalong
Cafes & restaurants 0 1
Parks & reserves 0 5
Childcare 0 1
Banks & Bank@Post 0 1
Fuel stations 0 3
Waterways 7 13

Mobility

Back Creek sits further from the CBD (506.7 km vs 489.8 km).

Back Creek Wyalong
Walkability score 0/100
same for both
Distance to Sydney 506.7 km
+3% vs other
 489.8 km
Drive time (normal traffic) 343 min 331 min
Electric vehicle share 0.0%
postcode 2671
same for both
Rooftop solar per 100 dwellings 52
postcode 2671
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.

Back Creek Wyalong
Car (driver) 76.9% / 68.9%
Back Creek — Car (driver): 76.9% Wyalong — Car (driver): 68.9%
Worked from Home 23.1% / 8.7%
Back Creek — Worked from Home: 23.1% Wyalong — Worked from Home: 8.7%
Bus — / 8.7%
Back Creek — Bus: not among its largest Wyalong — Bus: 8.7%
Car (passenger) — / 6.8%
Back Creek — Car (passenger): not among its largest Wyalong — Car (passenger): 6.8%
Walked Only — / 6.8%
Back Creek — Walked Only: not among its largest Wyalong — Walked Only: 6.8%

Bars are drawn against the largest share shown (76.9%).

Setting

Back Creek Wyalong
Elevation 214 m
above sea level, at the suburb centre
 231 m
above sea level, at the suburb centre

NBN connectivity

Back Creek Wyalong
Connectivity score 16/100 40/100
Most common technology Satellite (Sky Muster) Fixed wireless
Full-fibre (FTTP) share 0%
11 premises
 10%
350 premises

Climate

Back Creek Wyalong
Annual rainfall 506 mm
same for both
Summer max (Jan) 32.8°C
same for both
Winter min (Jul) 4.2°C
same for both

Council rates

Back Creek Wyalong
Average residential rate $1,508/yr
same for both
Council Bland
same for both

Federal electorate

Back Creek Wyalong
Division Parkes
same for both
Member Jamie Chaffey
same for both
Party The Nationals
same for both

First Home Owner Grant

Back Creek Wyalong
Grant amount $10,000
same for both
Property price cap $600,000
same for both
Eligibility New
same for both

Tags

Back Creek

Affordable Family Rural Young Families

Wyalong

Affordable Rural

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