Bald Blair vs Guyra

Bald Blair is the younger of the two, with a median age of 34 against 44 in Guyra. In both, most households own their home and the large majority of homes are detached houses. In Bald Blair, about half of households are couple families. In Guyra, about half of households are people living alone. On these figures, Bald Blair tends to suit families with children and couples, while Guyra suits older residents.

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

They split

one each way, out of the 6 things we measure here

  • Bald Blair is already more of a family suburb (77% vs 46%)
  • Guyra has more parks and reserves (17 vs 1)

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

First-home buyers

Bald Blair

ahead on the one thing that separates them

  • leaves households under less mortgage stress (10% vs 26%)

Weighs mortgage stress.

Renters

Guyra

ahead on the one thing that separates them

  • has cheaper rent ($260/wk vs $300/wk)

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

Commuting to the city

Guyra

ahead on 2 of the 3 things we measure here

  • has a shorter drive in (397 min vs 408 min)
  • sits closer to the CBD (516.8 km vs 527.2 km)

Weighs distance, drive time, and walkability.

Downsizers and retirees

Guyra

ahead on 2 of the 4 things we measure here

  • has more GPs (3 vs 0)
  • has more residents already 65 and over (24% vs 8%)

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

Investors

Bald Blair

ahead on the one thing that separates them

  • is growing faster (17.8% vs -1.2%)

Weighs population growth.

Where they sit

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

Bald Blair Guyra
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.

Bald Blair Guyra
Walkability 0 / 0
Bald Blair — Walkability: 0/100 Guyra — Walkability: 0/100
Safety 27 / 19
Bald Blair — Safety: 27/100 Guyra — Safety: 19/100
Low fire risk 100 / 72
Bald Blair — Low fire risk: 100/100 Guyra — Low fire risk: 72/100

Demographics

Guyra has more residents (2,003 vs 53); Bald Blair has higher household incomes ($73,632 vs $54,080).

Bald Blair Guyra
Population 53 2,003
+3679% vs other
Population trend (2016 → 2021) +17.8% -1.2%
Median age 34 44
Median household income $73,632/yr
+27% vs other
 $54,080/yr
Median weekly rent $300/wk
+13% vs other
 $260/wk

Age profile

Share of residents in each band, 2021 Census.

Bald Blair Guyra
0-4 5.7% / 5.0%
Bald Blair — 0-4: 5.7% Guyra — 0-4: 5.0%
5-14 26.4% / 13.7%
Bald Blair — 5-14: 26.4% Guyra — 5-14: 13.7%
15-19 9.4% / 6.3%
Bald Blair — 15-19: 9.4% Guyra — 15-19: 6.3%
20-24 13.2% / 4.5%
Bald Blair — 20-24: 13.2% Guyra — 20-24: 4.5%
25-34 9.4% / 10.1%
Bald Blair — 25-34: 9.4% Guyra — 25-34: 10.1%
35-44 20.8% / 10.9%
Bald Blair — 35-44: 20.8% Guyra — 35-44: 10.9%
45-54 — / 11.7%
Bald Blair — 45-54: not among its largest Guyra — 45-54: 11.7%
55-64 11.3% / 13.3%
Bald Blair — 55-64: 11.3% Guyra — 55-64: 13.3%
65-74 7.5% / 12.1%
Bald Blair — 65-74: 7.5% Guyra — 65-74: 12.1%
75-84 — / 8.8%
Bald Blair — 75-84: not among its largest Guyra — 75-84: 8.8%
85+ — / 3.6%
Bald Blair — 85+: not among its largest Guyra — 85+: 3.6%

Bars are drawn against the largest share shown (26.4%).

Who lives together

Household composition, 2021 Census.

Bald Blair 53.8% couple families
Bald Blair — Couple Families: 53.8% Bald Blair — Lone Person: 0.0% Bald Blair — One Parent Families: 23.1% Bald Blair — Other Families: 23.1% Bald Blair — Group Household: 0.0%
Guyra 32.7% couple families
Guyra — Couple Families: 32.7% Guyra — Lone Person: 45.9% Guyra — One Parent Families: 13.6% Guyra — Other Families: 2.1% Guyra — Group Household: 5.6%
Couple Families Lone Person One Parent Families Other Families Group Household

Who owns and who rents

Occupied private dwellings by tenure, 2021 Census.

Bald Blair 27.3% renting
Bald Blair — Owned Outright: 72.7% Bald Blair — Mortgage: 0.0% Bald Blair — Renting: 27.3%
Guyra 27.7% renting
Guyra — Owned Outright: 45.9% Guyra — Mortgage: 26.4% Guyra — Renting: 27.7%
Owned outright Mortgage Renting

What people live in

Occupied private dwellings by structure, 2021 Census.

Bald Blair 100.0% houses
Bald Blair — Houses: 100.0% Bald Blair — Flats / Apartments: 0.0% Bald Blair — Townhouses: 0.0%
Guyra 95.6% houses
Guyra — Houses: 95.6% Guyra — Flats / Apartments: 2.5% Guyra — Townhouses: 1.9%
Houses Flats / Apartments Townhouses

Qualifications

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

Bald Blair Guyra
Certificate III & IV 11.3% / 14.8%
Bald Blair — Certificate III & IV: 11.3% Guyra — Certificate III & IV: 14.8%
Bachelor Degree 18.9% / 6.1%
Bald Blair — Bachelor Degree: 18.9% Guyra — Bachelor Degree: 6.1%
Advanced Diploma / Diploma 5.7% / 4.5%
Bald Blair — Advanced Diploma / Diploma: 5.7% Guyra — Advanced Diploma / Diploma: 4.5%
Postgraduate Degree — / 1.2%
Bald Blair — Postgraduate Degree: not among its largest Guyra — Postgraduate Degree: 1.2%
Graduate Diploma / Certificate — / 1.1%
Bald Blair — Graduate Diploma / Certificate: not among its largest Guyra — Graduate Diploma / Certificate: 1.1%

Bars are drawn against the largest share shown (18.9%).

Property market

Bald Blair Guyra
Median house price — $457,500
Median unit price — $400,000
Median land price — $210,000
Typical days to sell (houses) — 58 days
from 30 sales

Zoning mix

Bald Blair Guyra
Rural and farming 100% 94%
Residential 0% 4%
Environmental 0% 1%
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

Bald Blair Guyra
New dwellings approved 77
across Armidale
same for both
Approvals change year on year -76%
same for both

Gross rental yield

Gross — before strata, rates, management, insurance and vacancy. From median advertised rents and median asking prices over the last 6 months. How we calculate.

Bald Blair Guyra
Houses — 4.4%
$478/wk on $562K
Units —
same for both

Ranking within NSW

Bald Blair Guyra
House price — Higher than 10% of NSW
Income Higher than 41% of NSW Higher than 14% of NSW
Schools —
same for both
Walkability Higher than 36% of NSW Higher than 14% of NSW
Affordability — Higher than 86% of NSW
EV adoption Higher than 2% of NSW
same for both
NBN connectivity Higher than 28% of NSW Higher than 73% of NSW
Rental yield (houses) — Higher than 89% of NSW

Liveability

Bald Blair Guyra
Grade — D
Score — 18/100
Socio-economic band mid-range socio-economic
decile 6/10
 below-average income
decile 2/10

Risk profile

Guyra carries more bushfire risk (28 vs 0).

Bald Blair Guyra
Bushfire None
0/100
 Low
28/100
Crime High
73/100
 High
81/100
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

Bald Blair Guyra
Inside the suburb 1 2
Rated above peers 0
same for both
Rated at peers 1
same for both
Rated below peers 0 1

Schools in Bald Blair

  • Bald Blair Public School Government · Primary at peers

Schools in Guyra

  • St Mary of the Angels Primary School Catholic · Primary at peers
  • Guyra Central School Government · Combined below peers

Amenities in the suburb

Bald Blair Guyra
Supermarkets 0 2
Cafes & restaurants 0 5
Parks & reserves 1 17
Childcare 0 1
GPs 0 3
Pharmacies 0 1
Hospitals 0 1
Police stations 0 1
Banks & Bank@Post 0 2
Fuel stations 0 2
Waterways 2 24

Mobility

Bald Blair sits further from the CBD (527.2 km vs 516.8 km).

Bald Blair Guyra
Walkability score 0/100
same for both
Distance to Sydney 527.2 km
+2% vs other
 516.8 km
Drive time (normal traffic) 408 min 397 min
Electric vehicle share 0.1%
postcode 2365
same for both
Rooftop solar per 100 dwellings 49
postcode 2365
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.

Bald Blair Guyra
Car (driver) 37.0% / 70.8%
Bald Blair — Car (driver): 37.0% Guyra — Car (driver): 70.8%
Worked from Home 48.1% / 14.8%
Bald Blair — Worked from Home: 48.1% Guyra — Worked from Home: 14.8%
Walked Only 14.8% / 4.2%
Bald Blair — Walked Only: 14.8% Guyra — Walked Only: 4.2%
Car (passenger) — / 7.5%
Bald Blair — Car (passenger): not among its largest Guyra — Car (passenger): 7.5%
Bus — / 2.8%
Bald Blair — Bus: not among its largest Guyra — Bus: 2.8%

Bars are drawn against the largest share shown (70.8%).

Setting

Bald Blair Guyra
Elevation 1,350 m
above sea level, at the suburb centre
 1,325 m
above sea level, at the suburb centre

NBN connectivity

Bald Blair Guyra
Connectivity score 18/100 65/100
Most common technology Satellite (Sky Muster) Fixed wireless
Full-fibre (FTTP) share 0%
13 premises
 31%
1,035 premises

Climate

Bald Blair Guyra
Annual rainfall 906 mm 836 mm
Summer max (Jan) 24.0°C —
Winter min (Jul) 1.5°C —

Council rates

Bald Blair Guyra
Average residential rate $1,477/yr
same for both
Council Armidale
same for both

Federal electorate

Bald Blair Guyra
Division New England
same for both
Member Barnaby Joyce
same for both
Party The Nationals
same for both

First Home Owner Grant

Bald Blair Guyra
Grant amount $10,000
same for both
Property price cap $600,000
same for both
Eligibility New
same for both

Tags

Bald Blair

Family Rural Students

Guyra

Affordable Rural

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