Bilpin vs Wheeny Creek
Wheeny Creek is the younger of the two, with a median age of 45 against 48 in Bilpin. In both, the large majority of households own their home, the large majority of homes are detached houses, and about half of households are couple families.
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
Wheeny Creek
ahead on 2 of the 6 things we measure here
- is already more of a family suburb (67% vs 58%)
- has more separate houses rather than flats (110% vs 99%)
Weighs schools, house stock, crime, parks, childcare, and who already lives there.
First-home buyers
Wheeny Creek
ahead on 2 of the 2 things we measure here
- has cheaper land ($405,000 vs $1,175,000)
- leaves households under less mortgage stress (23% vs 32%)
Weighs land prices and mortgage stress.
Renters
Wheeny Creek
ahead on the one thing that separates them
- has cheaper rent ($0/wk vs $410/wk)
Weighs rent.
Commuting to the city
Wheeny Creek
ahead on 2 of the 3 things we measure here
- has a shorter drive in (91 min vs 135 min)
- sits closer to the CBD (87.9 km vs 104.6 km)
Weighs distance, drive time, and walkability.
Downsizers and retirees
Bilpin
ahead on the one thing that separates them
- has more residents already 65 and over (19% vs 7%)
Weighs who already lives there, GPs, walkability, and crime.
Investors
Wheeny Creek
ahead on the one thing that separates them
- is growing faster (289.5% vs -1.8%)
Weighs population growth.
Where they sit
Bilpin and Wheeny Creek 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
Bilpin rents higher ($410/wk vs $0/wk); Bilpin has more residents (653 vs 74).
| Bilpin | Wheeny Creek | |
|---|---|---|
| Population | 653 +89% vs other | 74 |
| Population trend (2016 → 2021) | -1.8% | +289.5% |
| Median age | 48 | 45 |
| Median household income | $87,984/yr | $97,448/yr +11% vs other |
| Median weekly rent | $410/wk (not reported on the other side) | — |
Age profile
Share of residents in each band, 2021 Census.
Bars are drawn against the largest share shown (21.6%).
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 (20.2%).
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 (4.1%).
What people live in
Occupied private dwellings by structure, 2021 Census.
Property market
| Bilpin | Wheeny Creek | |
|---|---|---|
| Median house price | $1,040,000 | — |
| Median unit price | — same for both | |
| Median land price | $1,175,000 | $405,000 |
| Typical days to sell (houses) | 84 days from 4 sales | — |
Zoning mix
Wheeny Creek has more land zoned for conservation (100% vs 84%); Bilpin has more rural and farming land (15% vs 0%).
| Bilpin | Wheeny Creek | |
|---|---|---|
| Environmental | 84% | 100% |
| Rural and farming | 15% | 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
| Bilpin | Wheeny Creek | |
|---|---|---|
| New dwellings approved | 459 across Hawkesbury same for both | |
| Approvals change year on year | +3% same for both | |
Ranking within NSW
| Bilpin | Wheeny Creek | |
|---|---|---|
| House price | Higher than 66% of NSW | — |
| Income | Higher than 57% of NSW | — |
| Schools | — same for both | |
| Walkability | Higher than 27% of NSW | Higher than 17% of NSW |
| Affordability | Higher than 37% of NSW | — |
| EV adoption | Higher than 78% of NSW same for both | |
| NBN connectivity | Higher than 42% of NSW | Higher than 26% of NSW |
Liveability
| Bilpin | Wheeny Creek | |
|---|---|---|
| Grade | C | — |
| Score | 33/100 | — |
| Socio-economic band | advantaged area decile 8/10 | very advantaged area decile 9/10 |
Risk profile
Bilpin carries more bushfire risk (89 vs 79).
| Bilpin | Wheeny Creek | |
|---|---|---|
| Bushfire | High 89/100 | High 79/100 |
| Crime | Low 38/100 | Moderate 46/100 |
| 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
| Bilpin | Wheeny Creek | |
|---|---|---|
| Inside the suburb | 1 | 0 |
| Rated above peers | 0 same for both | |
| Rated at peers | 1 | 0 |
| Rated below peers | 0 same for both | |
Schools in Bilpin
- Bilpin Public School Government · Primary at peers
Schools in Wheeny Creek
No schools recorded inside this suburb's boundary. Children here will be zoned to schools nearby.
Amenities in the suburb
| Bilpin | Wheeny Creek | |
|---|---|---|
| Cafes & restaurants | 6 | 0 |
| Parks & reserves | 1 | 0 |
| Childcare | 1 | 0 |
| Banks & Bank@Post | 1 | 0 |
| Fuel stations | 1 | 0 |
| Waterways | 7 same for both | |
Mobility
Bilpin sits further from the CBD (104.6 km vs 87.9 km).
| Bilpin | Wheeny Creek | |
|---|---|---|
| Walkability score | 0/100 same for both | |
| Distance to Sydney | 104.6 km +16% vs other | 87.9 km |
| Drive time (normal traffic) | 135 min | 91 min |
| Electric vehicle share | 0.9% postcode 2758 same for both | |
| Rooftop solar per 100 dwellings | 57 postcode 2758 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 (57.9%).
Setting
| Bilpin | Wheeny Creek | |
|---|---|---|
| Elevation | 513 m above sea level, at the suburb centre | 169 m above sea level, at the suburb centre |
NBN connectivity
| Bilpin | Wheeny Creek | |
|---|---|---|
| Connectivity score | 28/100 | 17/100 |
| Most common technology | Fixed wireless | Satellite (Sky Muster) |
| Full-fibre (FTTP) share | 0% 269 premises | 0% 32 premises |
Climate
| Bilpin | Wheeny Creek | |
|---|---|---|
| Annual rainfall | 806 mm same for both | |
| Summer max (Jan) | — same for both | |
| Winter min (Jul) | — same for both | |
Air quality (annual mean)
| Bilpin | Wheeny Creek | |
|---|---|---|
| PM2.5 | 6.3 µg/m³ same for both | |
| PM10 | 14.5 µg/m³ same for both | |
| NO₂ | 0.23 pphm same for both | |
Council rates
| Bilpin | Wheeny Creek | |
|---|---|---|
| Average residential rate | $1,650/yr same for both | |
| Council | Hawkesbury same for both | |
Federal electorate
| Bilpin | Wheeny Creek | |
|---|---|---|
| Division | Macquarie same for both | |
| Member | Susan Templeman same for both | |
| Party | Australian Labor Party same for both | |
First Home Owner Grant
| Bilpin | Wheeny Creek | |
|---|---|---|
| Grant amount | $10,000 same for both | |
| Property price cap | $600,000 same for both | |
| Eligibility | New same for both | |
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