Bellbird Heights vs Bellbird
Bellbird is the younger of the two, with a median age of 34 against 40 in Bellbird Heights. In both, most households own their home and the large majority of homes are detached houses. Houses cost more in Bellbird Heights: a median of $800,000, against $685,000 in Bellbird, and rent is higher there too.
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
Bellbird Heights
ahead on the one thing that separates them
- carries lower crime risk (74/100 vs 89/100)
Weighs schools, house stock, crime, parks, childcare, and who already lives there.
First-home buyers
Bellbird
ahead on the one thing that separates them
- has cheaper houses ($685,000 vs $800,000)
Weighs house prices and mortgage stress.
Renters
Bellbird
ahead on the one thing that separates them
- has cheaper rent ($323/wk vs $368/wk)
Weighs rent, rental stress, and how much is for rent.
Commuting to the city
They split
one each way, out of the 3 things we measure here
- Bellbird Heights sits closer to the CBD (155.3 km vs 157.3 km)
- Bellbird is more walkable (52/100 vs 35/100)
Weighs distance, drive time, and walkability.
Downsizers and retirees
They split
one each way, out of the 5 things we measure here
- Bellbird Heights carries lower crime risk (74/100 vs 89/100)
- Bellbird is more walkable (52/100 vs 35/100)
Weighs smaller dwellings, who already lives there, GPs, walkability, and crime.
Investors
Bellbird
ahead on the one thing that separates them
- is growing faster (15.1% vs 2.2%)
Weighs population growth.
Where they sit
Bellbird Heights and Bellbird 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
Bellbird has more residents (2,338 vs 805); Bellbird Heights skews older (40 vs 34).
| Bellbird Heights | Bellbird | |
|---|---|---|
| Population | 805 | 2,338 +190% vs other |
| Population trend (2016 → 2021) | +2.2% | +15.1% |
| Median age | 40 | 34 |
| Median household income | $77,324/yr +4% vs other | $74,204/yr |
| Median weekly rent | $368/wk +12% vs other | $323/wk |
Age profile
Share of residents in each band, 2021 Census.
Bars are drawn against the largest share shown (15.0%).
Who lives together
Household composition, 2021 Census.
Who owns and who rents
Occupied private dwellings by tenure, 2021 Census.
Qualifications
Highest non-school qualification, residents 15+, 2021 Census.
Bars are drawn against the largest share shown (22.8%).
Where residents were born
Largest overseas birthplaces, as a share of all residents, 2021 Census. A dash means that country is not among the suburb's own eight largest.
Bars are drawn against the largest share shown (1.8%).
What people live in
Occupied private dwellings by structure, 2021 Census.
Property market
| Bellbird Heights | Bellbird | |
|---|---|---|
| Median house price | $800,000 | $685,000 |
| Median unit price | — | $641,000 |
| Median land price | — | $395,000 |
| Typical days to sell (houses) | 39 days from 12 sales | 30 days from 54 sales |
House price by bedroom count
Only bed counts both suburbs published enough sales for. Sale counts are shown because the buckets differ in depth.
10 vs 45 sales
11 vs 92 sales
Zoning mix
Bellbird has more rural and farming land (30% vs 0%); Bellbird has more land zoned for conservation (22% vs 0%).
| Bellbird Heights | Bellbird | |
|---|---|---|
| Residential | 91% | 43% |
| Rural and farming | 0% | 30% |
| Environmental | 0% | 22% |
| Infrastructure and transport | 6% | 3% |
| Parks and recreation | 3% | 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
| Bellbird Heights | Bellbird | |
|---|---|---|
| New dwellings approved | 719 across Cessnock same for both | |
| Approvals change year on year | -31% same for both | |
Gross rental yield
| Bellbird Heights | Bellbird | |
|---|---|---|
| Houses | — | 4.0% $660/wk on $856K |
| Units | — same for both | |
Ranking within NSW
| Bellbird Heights | Bellbird | |
|---|---|---|
| House price | Higher than 27% of NSW | Higher than 13% of NSW |
| Income | Higher than 45% of NSW | Higher than 41% of NSW |
| Schools | — same for both | |
| Walkability | Higher than 77% of NSW | Higher than 82% of NSW |
| Affordability | Higher than 70% of NSW | Higher than 89% of NSW |
| EV adoption | Higher than 35% of NSW | Higher than 34% of NSW |
| NBN connectivity | Higher than 71% of NSW | Higher than 89% of NSW |
| Rental yield (houses) | — | Higher than 74% of NSW |
Liveability
Bellbird Heights scores higher overall (38 vs 19); Bellbird is more walkable (52 vs 35).
| Bellbird Heights | Bellbird | |
|---|---|---|
| Grade | C | D |
| Score | 38/100 | 19/100 |
| Socio-economic band | below-average income decile 2/10 | high-need area decile 1/10 |
Risk profile
Bellbird carries more bushfire risk (64 vs 0); Bellbird carries more crime risk (89 vs 74).
| Bellbird Heights | Bellbird | |
|---|---|---|
| Bushfire | None 0/100 | Moderate 64/100 |
| Crime | High 74/100 | High 89/100 |
| 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 | 1 within 5 km same for both | |
Schools
| Bellbird Heights | Bellbird | |
|---|---|---|
| Inside the suburb | 0 | 1 |
| Rated above peers | 0 same for both | |
| Rated at peers | 0 | 1 |
| Rated below peers | 0 same for both | |
Schools in Bellbird Heights
No schools recorded inside this suburb's boundary. Children here will be zoned to schools nearby.
Schools in Bellbird
- Bellbird Public School Government · Primary at peers
Amenities in the suburb
| Bellbird Heights | Bellbird | |
|---|---|---|
| Parks & reserves | 0 | 1 |
| Childcare | 1 | 2 |
| GPs | 0 | 1 |
| Waterways | 0 | 10 |
Mobility
Bellbird sits further from the CBD (157.3 km vs 155.3 km).
| Bellbird Heights | Bellbird | |
|---|---|---|
| Walkability score | 35/100 | 52/100 |
| Distance to Sydney | 155.3 km | 157.3 km +1% vs other |
| Drive time (normal traffic) | 123 min | 125 min |
| Public transport score | 39/100 Bus | 70/100 Bus |
| Peak arrivals per hour | 13.2 7-9am + 5-7pm | 30.0 7-9am + 5-7pm |
| Median peak wait | 1 min scheduled, not actual | 0 min scheduled, not actual |
| Electric vehicle share | 0.4% postcode 2325 same for both | |
| Rooftop solar per 100 dwellings | 51 postcode 2325 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.
Bars are drawn against the largest share shown (79.1%).
Setting
| Bellbird Heights | Bellbird | |
|---|---|---|
| Elevation | 98 m above sea level, at the suburb centre | 94 m above sea level, at the suburb centre |
| Distance to the ocean | 38.9 km | 39.5 km |
NBN connectivity
| Bellbird Heights | Bellbird | |
|---|---|---|
| Connectivity score | 61/100 | 80/100 |
| Most common technology | Fibre to the node | Fibre to the premises |
| Full-fibre (FTTP) share | 29% 338 premises | 65% 1,632 premises |
Climate
| Bellbird Heights | Bellbird | |
|---|---|---|
| Annual rainfall | 804 mm same for both | |
| Summer max (Jan) | 30.0°C same for both | |
| Winter min (Jul) | 5.1°C same for both | |
Council rates
| Bellbird Heights | Bellbird | |
|---|---|---|
| Average residential rate | $1,405/yr same for both | |
| Council | Cessnock same for both | |
Federal electorate
| Bellbird Heights | Bellbird | |
|---|---|---|
| Division | Hunter same for both | |
| Member | Dan Repacholi same for both | |
| Party | Australian Labor Party same for both | |
First Home Owner Grant
| Bellbird Heights | Bellbird | |
|---|---|---|
| Grant amount | $10,000 same for both | |
| Property price cap | $600,000 same for both | |
| Eligibility | New same for both | |
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