Batlow vs Kunama

Batlow is the younger of the two, with a median age of 49 against 56 in Kunama. In both, the large majority of households own their home and the large majority of homes are detached houses. In Batlow, about half of households are people living alone. In Kunama, most households are people living alone. Houses cost more in Kunama: a median of $900,000, against $360,000 in Batlow, though rent is higher in Batlow. On these figures, Batlow tends to suit buyers on a tighter budget, while Kunama 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

Batlow

ahead on 3 of the 6 things we measure here

  • has more parks and reserves (9 vs 0)
  • has more schools inside the suburb (2 vs 0)
  • is already more of a family suburb (45% vs 27%)

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

First-home buyers

Batlow

ahead on the one thing that separates them

  • has cheaper houses ($360,000 vs $900,000)

Weighs house prices and mortgage stress.

Renters

Kunama

ahead on the one thing that separates them

  • has cheaper rent ($120/wk vs $180/wk)

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

Commuting to the city

Too close to call

Nothing among the 3 things we measure here separates them by enough to be worth acting on.

Weighs distance, drive time, and walkability.

Downsizers and retirees

Kunama

ahead on the one thing that separates them

  • has more residents already 65 and over (32% vs 27%)

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

Investors

Batlow

ahead on the one thing that separates them

  • is growing faster (-3.3% vs -21.1%)

Weighs population growth.

Where they sit

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

Batlow Kunama
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.

Batlow Kunama
Walkability 4 / 0
Batlow — Walkability: 4/100 Kunama — Walkability: 0/100
Safety 44 / 37
Batlow — Safety: 44/100 Kunama — Safety: 37/100
Low fire risk 13 / 5
Batlow — Low fire risk: 13/100 Kunama — Low fire risk: 5/100

Demographics

Batlow has more residents (1,270 vs 56); Batlow rents higher ($180/wk vs $120/wk).

Batlow Kunama
Population 1,270
+96% vs other
 56
Population trend (2016 → 2021) -3.3% -21.1%
Median age 49 56
Median household income $55,328/yr
+15% vs other
 $46,800/yr
Median weekly rent $180/wk
+33% vs other
 $120/wk

Age profile

Share of residents in each band, 2021 Census.

Batlow Kunama
0-4 4.0% / 7.1%
Batlow — 0-4: 4.0% Kunama — 0-4: 7.1%
5-14 13.0% / —
Batlow — 5-14: 13.0% Kunama — 5-14: not among its largest
15-19 5.2% / 5.4%
Batlow — 15-19: 5.2% Kunama — 15-19: 5.4%
20-24 3.9% / —
Batlow — 20-24: 3.9% Kunama — 20-24: not among its largest
25-34 9.1% / 5.4%
Batlow — 25-34: 9.1% Kunama — 25-34: 5.4%
35-44 9.7% / 7.1%
Batlow — 35-44: 9.7% Kunama — 35-44: 7.1%
45-54 13.5% / 19.6%
Batlow — 45-54: 13.5% Kunama — 45-54: 19.6%
55-64 15.6% / 25.0%
Batlow — 55-64: 15.6% Kunama — 55-64: 25.0%
65-74 15.2% / 19.6%
Batlow — 65-74: 15.2% Kunama — 65-74: 19.6%
75-84 7.9% / 5.4%
Batlow — 75-84: 7.9% Kunama — 75-84: 5.4%
85+ 3.5% / 7.1%
Batlow — 85+: 3.5% Kunama — 85+: 7.1%

Bars are drawn against the largest share shown (25.0%).

Who lives together

Household composition, 2021 Census.

Batlow 50.2% lone person
Batlow — Lone Person: 50.2% Batlow — Couple Families: 29.5% Batlow — One Parent Families: 15.7% Batlow — Group Household: 3.1% Batlow — Other Families: 1.5%
Kunama 73.3% lone person
Kunama — Lone Person: 73.3% Kunama — Couple Families: 26.7% Kunama — One Parent Families: 0.0% Kunama — Group Household: 0.0% Kunama — Other Families: 0.0%
Lone Person Couple Families One Parent Families Group Household Other Families

Who owns and who rents

Occupied private dwellings by tenure, 2021 Census.

Batlow 20.2% renting
Batlow — Owned Outright: 51.5% Batlow — Mortgage: 28.2% Batlow — Renting: 20.2%
Kunama 11.1% renting
Kunama — Owned Outright: 77.8% Kunama — Mortgage: 11.1% Kunama — Renting: 11.1%
Owned outright Mortgage Renting

What people live in

Occupied private dwellings by structure, 2021 Census.

Batlow 95.9% houses
Batlow — Houses: 95.9% Batlow — Townhouses: 3.1% Batlow — Flats / Apartments: 1.0%
Kunama 100.0% houses
Kunama — Houses: 100.0% Kunama — Townhouses: 0.0% Kunama — Flats / Apartments: 0.0%
Houses Townhouses Flats / Apartments

Qualifications

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

Batlow Kunama
Certificate III & IV 15.9% / 32.1%
Batlow — Certificate III & IV: 15.9% Kunama — Certificate III & IV: 32.1%
Advanced Diploma / Diploma 6.5% / 5.4%
Batlow — Advanced Diploma / Diploma: 6.5% Kunama — Advanced Diploma / Diploma: 5.4%
Bachelor Degree 6.1% / —
Batlow — Bachelor Degree: 6.1% Kunama — Bachelor Degree: not among its largest
Postgraduate Degree 1.0% / —
Batlow — Postgraduate Degree: 1.0% Kunama — Postgraduate Degree: not among its largest
Graduate Diploma / Certificate 1.0% / —
Batlow — Graduate Diploma / Certificate: 1.0% Kunama — Graduate Diploma / Certificate: not among its largest

Bars are drawn against the largest share shown (32.1%).

Property market

Batlow Kunama
Median house price $360,000 $900,000
Median unit price —
same for both
Median land price $100,000 —
Typical days to sell (houses) 59 days
from 17 sales
 —

Zoning mix

Batlow Kunama
Rural and farming 96% 97%
Infrastructure and transport 1% 3%
Residential 2% 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

Batlow Kunama
New dwellings approved 36
across Snowy Valleys
same for both
Approvals change year on year -50%
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.

Batlow Kunama
Houses 4.2%
$365/wk on $450K
 —
Units —
same for both

Ranking within NSW

Batlow Kunama
House price Higher than 9% of NSW Higher than 43% of NSW
Income Higher than 15% of NSW Higher than 8% of NSW
Schools —
same for both
Walkability Higher than 45% of NSW Higher than 11% of NSW
Affordability Higher than 88% of NSW Higher than 18% of NSW
EV adoption —
same for both
NBN connectivity Higher than 55% of NSW Higher than 39% of NSW
Rental yield (houses) Higher than 83% of NSW —

Liveability

Batlow Kunama
Grade D —
Score 10/100 —
Socio-economic band high-need area
decile 1/10
 advantaged area
decile 7/10

Risk profile

Batlow Kunama
Bushfire High
87/100
 High
95/100
Crime Moderate
56/100
 Moderate
63/100
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

Batlow Kunama
Inside the suburb 2 0
Rated above peers 1 0
Rated at peers 0
same for both
Rated below peers 0
same for both

Schools in Batlow

  • St Mary's Primary School Catholic · Primary above peers
  • Batlow Technology School Government · Combined

Schools in Kunama

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

Amenities in the suburb

Batlow Kunama
Supermarkets 1 0
Cafes & restaurants 3 0
Parks & reserves 9 0
Childcare 1 0
GPs 1 0
Hospitals 1 0
Police stations 1 0
Banks & Bank@Post 2 0
Waterways 57 6

Mobility

Batlow Kunama
Walkability score 4/100 0/100
Distance to Sydney 441.5 km 441.2 km
Drive time (normal traffic) 290 min 287 min
Electric vehicle share 0.0%
postcode 2730
same for both
Rooftop solar per 100 dwellings 56
postcode 2730
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.

Batlow Kunama
Car (driver) 77.7% / 73.9%
Batlow — Car (driver): 77.7% Kunama — Car (driver): 73.9%
Worked from Home 7.7% / 13.0%
Batlow — Worked from Home: 7.7% Kunama — Worked from Home: 13.0%
Car (passenger) 6.4% / 13.0%
Batlow — Car (passenger): 6.4% Kunama — Car (passenger): 13.0%
Walked Only 7.3% / —
Batlow — Walked Only: 7.3% Kunama — Walked Only: not among its largest
Bus 0.9% / —
Batlow — Bus: 0.9% Kunama — Bus: not among its largest

Bars are drawn against the largest share shown (77.7%).

Setting

Batlow Kunama
Elevation 792 m
above sea level, at the suburb centre
 947 m
above sea level, at the suburb centre

NBN connectivity

Batlow Kunama
Connectivity score 30/100 27/100
Most common technology Fixed wireless
same for both
Full-fibre (FTTP) share 0%
672 premises
 0%
40 premises

Climate

Batlow Kunama
Annual rainfall 952 mm
same for both
Summer max (Jan) 28.9°C
same for both
Winter min (Jul) 0.6°C
same for both

Council rates

Batlow Kunama
Average residential rate $945/yr
same for both
Council Snowy Valleys
same for both

Federal electorate

Batlow Kunama
Division Riverina
same for both
Member Michael Mccormack
same for both
Party The Nationals
same for both

First Home Owner Grant

Batlow Kunama
Grant amount $10,000
same for both
Property price cap $600,000
same for both
Eligibility New
same for both

Tags

Batlow

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Kunama

Retirees Rural
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Information shown is provided as-is from Australian government and commercial data sources.
Always verify with the relevant authority before making property decisions.
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