Benerembah vs Tharbogang

Benerembah is the younger of the two, with a median age of 28 against 42 in Tharbogang. In both, most households own their home, the large majority of homes are detached houses, and most households are couple families. On these figures, Benerembah tends to suit families with children and couples.

Benerembah is a much smaller, younger community of 140 people with a median age of 28, while Tharbogang is more established with 452 residents and a median age of 42. Benerembah offers higher household incomes at $110,500 yearly and lower rental costs at $155 per week, plus notably lower crime and bushfire risk scores; however, it's significantly more remote and car-dependent. Tharbogang is closer to the CBD and more walkable, though rents are higher at $231 weekly and it carries greater safety risks. For those seeking affordability and a quieter, lower-risk setting, Benerembah may appeal; Tharbogang suits buyers prioritising proximity to services and an established community feel.

Written by an AI language model from the figures below. Every number in it is checked against those figures before it is published.

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

  • Benerembah carries lower crime risk (63/100 vs 85/100)
  • Tharbogang has more schools rated above their peers (1 vs 0)

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

First-home buyers

Too close to call

Nothing among the 1 things we measure here separates them by enough to be worth acting on.

Weighs mortgage stress.

Renters

Benerembah

ahead on the one thing that separates them

  • has cheaper rent ($155/wk vs $231/wk)

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

Commuting to the city

Tharbogang

ahead on 2 of the 3 things we measure here

  • has a shorter drive in (404 min vs 422 min)
  • sits closer to the CBD (585.2 km vs 609.9 km)

Weighs distance, drive time, and walkability.

Downsizers and retirees

Benerembah

ahead on the one thing that separates them

  • carries lower crime risk (63/100 vs 85/100)

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

Investors

Benerembah

ahead on the one thing that separates them

  • is growing faster (7.7% vs -11.5%)

Weighs population growth.

Where they sit

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

Benerembah Tharbogang
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.

Benerembah Tharbogang
Walkability 0 / 6
Benerembah — Walkability: 0/100 Tharbogang — Walkability: 6/100
Safety 37 / 15
Benerembah — Safety: 37/100 Tharbogang — Safety: 15/100
Low fire risk 78 / 69
Benerembah — Low fire risk: 78/100 Tharbogang — Low fire risk: 69/100

Demographics

Tharbogang has more residents (452 vs 140); Tharbogang skews older (42 vs 28).

Benerembah Tharbogang
Population 140 452
+223% vs other
Population trend (2016 → 2021) +7.7% -11.5%
Median age 28 42
Median household income $110,500/yr
+10% vs other
 $99,424/yr
Median weekly rent $155/wk $231/wk
+49% vs other

Age profile

Share of residents in each band, 2021 Census.

Benerembah Tharbogang
0-4 6.4% / 3.8%
Benerembah — 0-4: 6.4% Tharbogang — 0-4: 3.8%
5-14 21.4% / 14.2%
Benerembah — 5-14: 21.4% Tharbogang — 5-14: 14.2%
15-19 5.7% / 8.4%
Benerembah — 15-19: 5.7% Tharbogang — 15-19: 8.4%
20-24 4.3% / 6.4%
Benerembah — 20-24: 4.3% Tharbogang — 20-24: 6.4%
25-34 12.9% / 9.5%
Benerembah — 25-34: 12.9% Tharbogang — 25-34: 9.5%
35-44 7.9% / 13.7%
Benerembah — 35-44: 7.9% Tharbogang — 35-44: 13.7%
45-54 17.1% / 11.9%
Benerembah — 45-54: 17.1% Tharbogang — 45-54: 11.9%
55-64 6.4% / 15.7%
Benerembah — 55-64: 6.4% Tharbogang — 55-64: 15.7%
65-74 7.1% / 8.6%
Benerembah — 65-74: 7.1% Tharbogang — 65-74: 8.6%
75-84 8.6% / 6.4%
Benerembah — 75-84: 8.6% Tharbogang — 75-84: 6.4%
85+ — / 2.0%
Benerembah — 85+: not among its largest Tharbogang — 85+: 2.0%

Bars are drawn against the largest share shown (21.4%).

Who lives together

Household composition, 2021 Census.

Benerembah 75.0% couple families
Benerembah — Couple Families: 75.0% Benerembah — Lone Person: 25.0% Benerembah — One Parent Families: 0.0% Benerembah — Group Household: 0.0%
Tharbogang 58.0% couple families
Tharbogang — Couple Families: 58.0% Tharbogang — Lone Person: 21.0% Tharbogang — One Parent Families: 15.0% Tharbogang — Group Household: 6.0%
Couple Families Lone Person One Parent Families Group Household

Who owns and who rents

Occupied private dwellings by tenure, 2021 Census.

Benerembah 29.2% renting
Benerembah — Owned Outright: 50.0% Benerembah — Mortgage: 20.8% Benerembah — Renting: 29.2%
Tharbogang 25.0% renting
Tharbogang — Owned Outright: 46.8% Tharbogang — Mortgage: 28.2% Tharbogang — Renting: 25.0%
Owned outright Mortgage Renting

Qualifications

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

Benerembah Tharbogang
Certificate III & IV 8.6% / 12.4%
Benerembah — Certificate III & IV: 8.6% Tharbogang — Certificate III & IV: 12.4%
Bachelor Degree 7.9% / 5.3%
Benerembah — Bachelor Degree: 7.9% Tharbogang — Bachelor Degree: 5.3%
Advanced Diploma / Diploma — / 5.1%
Benerembah — Advanced Diploma / Diploma: not among its largest Tharbogang — Advanced Diploma / Diploma: 5.1%
Graduate Diploma / Certificate 3.6% / 1.3%
Benerembah — Graduate Diploma / Certificate: 3.6% Tharbogang — Graduate Diploma / Certificate: 1.3%
Postgraduate Degree 2.9% / —
Benerembah — Postgraduate Degree: 2.9% Tharbogang — Postgraduate Degree: not among its largest

Bars are drawn against the largest share shown (12.4%).

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.

Benerembah Tharbogang
Italy — / 4.4%
Benerembah — Italy: not among its largest Tharbogang — Italy: 4.4%
India 3.6% / 0.7%
Benerembah — India: 3.6% Tharbogang — India: 0.7%
New Zealand — / 1.3%
Benerembah — New Zealand: not among its largest Tharbogang — New Zealand: 1.3%
Taiwan — / 1.3%
Benerembah — Taiwan: not among its largest Tharbogang — Taiwan: 1.3%
Malaysia — / 1.1%
Benerembah — Malaysia: not among its largest Tharbogang — Malaysia: 1.1%
Philippines — / 0.9%
Benerembah — Philippines: not among its largest Tharbogang — Philippines: 0.9%

Bars are drawn against the largest share shown (4.4%).

What people live in

Occupied private dwellings by structure, 2021 Census.

Benerembah 100.0% houses
Benerembah — Houses: 100.0%
Tharbogang 101.5% houses
Tharbogang — Houses: 101.5%
Houses

Property market

Benerembah Tharbogang
Median house price — $759,000
Median unit price —
same for both
Median land price — $2,279,420

Zoning mix

Benerembah Tharbogang
Rural and farming 97% 90%
Environmental 3% 4%
Industrial 0% 3%
Infrastructure and transport 0% 2%
Parks and recreation 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

Benerembah Tharbogang
New dwellings approved 92
across Griffith
same for both
Approvals change year on year -43%
same for both

Ranking within NSW

Benerembah Tharbogang
House price — Higher than 30% of NSW
Income Higher than 77% of NSW Higher than 68% of NSW
Schools —
same for both
Walkability Higher than 43% of NSW Higher than 51% of NSW
Affordability — Higher than 81% of NSW
EV adoption Higher than 10% of NSW
same for both
NBN connectivity Higher than 38% of NSW Higher than 59% of NSW

Liveability

Benerembah Tharbogang
Grade —
same for both
Score —
same for both
Socio-economic band advantaged area
decile 7/10
 mid-range socio-economic
decile 6/10

Risk profile

Tharbogang carries more crime risk (85 vs 63).

Benerembah Tharbogang
Bushfire Low
22/100
 Low
31/100
Crime Moderate
63/100
 High
85/100
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
 2
within 5 km

Schools

Benerembah Tharbogang
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 Benerembah

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

Schools in Tharbogang

  • Tharbogang Public School Government · Primary above peers

Amenities in the suburb

Benerembah Tharbogang
Waterways 14 0

Mobility

Benerembah sits further from the CBD (609.9 km vs 585.2 km).

Benerembah Tharbogang
Walkability score 0/100 6/100
Distance to Sydney 609.9 km
+4% vs other
 585.2 km
Drive time (normal traffic) 422 min 404 min
Electric vehicle share 0.1%
postcode 2680
same for both
Rooftop solar per 100 dwellings 49
postcode 2680
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.

Benerembah Tharbogang
Car (driver) 64.4% / 76.4%
Benerembah — Car (driver): 64.4% Tharbogang — Car (driver): 76.4%
Walked Only 20.0% / 7.2%
Benerembah — Walked Only: 20.0% Tharbogang — Walked Only: 7.2%
Worked from Home 15.6% / 11.3%
Benerembah — Worked from Home: 15.6% Tharbogang — Worked from Home: 11.3%
Car (passenger) — / 5.1%
Benerembah — Car (passenger): not among its largest Tharbogang — Car (passenger): 5.1%

Bars are drawn against the largest share shown (76.4%).

Setting

Benerembah Tharbogang
Elevation 118 m
above sea level, at the suburb centre
same for both

NBN connectivity

Benerembah Tharbogang
Connectivity score 26/100 30/100
Most common technology Fixed wireless
same for both
Full-fibre (FTTP) share 0%
54 premises
 0%
229 premises

Climate

Benerembah Tharbogang
Annual rainfall 406 mm
same for both
Summer max (Jan) 33.2°C
same for both
Winter min (Jul) 3.9°C
same for both

Council rates

Benerembah Tharbogang
Average residential rate $1,235/yr
same for both
Council Griffith
same for both

Federal electorate

Benerembah Tharbogang
Division Farrer
same for both
Member David Farley
same for both
Party One Nation
same for both

First Home Owner Grant

Benerembah Tharbogang
Grant amount $10,000
same for both
Property price cap $600,000
same for both
Eligibility New
same for both

Tags

Benerembah

Family Rural

Tharbogang

Rural

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