Bingie vs Tuross Head

In both, the large majority of households own their home and the large majority of homes are detached houses. In Bingie, about half of households are people living alone. In Tuross Head, most households are people living alone. Houses cost more in Bingie: a median of $1.41 million, against $711,000 in Tuross Head, though rent is higher in Tuross Head. On these figures, Tuross Head tends to suit people living alone, older residents, and buyers on a tighter budget.

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

Bingie

ahead on the one thing that separates them

  • is already more of a family suburb (48% vs 33%)

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

First-home buyers

Tuross Head

ahead on the one thing that separates them

  • has cheaper houses ($711,000 vs $1,405,000)

Weighs house prices and mortgage stress.

Renters

Bingie

ahead on 2 of the 3 things we measure here

  • leaves renters under less rental stress (24% vs 32%)
  • has cheaper rent ($273/wk vs $330/wk)
  • But Tuross Head has a bigger rental market to choose from (16% vs 4%)

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

Commuting to the city

Tuross Head

ahead on the one thing that separates them

  • is more walkable (25/100 vs 6/100)

Weighs distance, drive time, and walkability.

Downsizers and retirees

Tuross Head

ahead on 2 of the 5 things we measure here

  • is more walkable (25/100 vs 6/100)
  • has more residents already 65 and over (45% vs 33%)

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

Investors

Too close to call

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

Weighs population growth.

Where they sit

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

Bingie Tuross Head
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.

Bingie Tuross Head
Walkability 6 / 25
Bingie — Walkability: 6/100 Tuross Head — Walkability: 25/100
Safety 71 / 77
Bingie — Safety: 71/100 Tuross Head — Safety: 77/100
Low fire risk 69 / 100
Bingie — Low fire risk: 69/100 Tuross Head — Low fire risk: 100/100

Demographics

Tuross Head has more residents (2,353 vs 205); Tuross Head rents higher ($330/wk vs $273/wk).

Bingie Tuross Head
Population 205 2,353
+1048% vs other
Population trend (2016 → 2021) +4.6% +5.0%
Median age 61 62
Median household income $58,500/yr
+7% vs other
 $54,236/yr
Median weekly rent $273/wk $330/wk
+21% vs other

Age profile

Share of residents in each band, 2021 Census.

Bingie Tuross Head
0-4 4.4% / 2.4%
Bingie — 0-4: 4.4% Tuross Head — 0-4: 2.4%
5-14 3.9% / 5.7%
Bingie — 5-14: 3.9% Tuross Head — 5-14: 5.7%
15-19 3.9% / 3.4%
Bingie — 15-19: 3.9% Tuross Head — 15-19: 3.4%
20-24 3.4% / 2.0%
Bingie — 20-24: 3.4% Tuross Head — 20-24: 2.0%
25-34 2.4% / 5.4%
Bingie — 25-34: 2.4% Tuross Head — 25-34: 5.4%
35-44 6.8% / 5.7%
Bingie — 35-44: 6.8% Tuross Head — 35-44: 5.7%
45-54 9.3% / 9.8%
Bingie — 45-54: 9.3% Tuross Head — 45-54: 9.8%
55-64 28.8% / 21.1%
Bingie — 55-64: 28.8% Tuross Head — 55-64: 21.1%
65-74 20.0% / 27.6%
Bingie — 65-74: 20.0% Tuross Head — 65-74: 27.6%
75-84 11.7% / 13.8%
Bingie — 75-84: 11.7% Tuross Head — 75-84: 13.8%
85+ 1.5% / 3.5%
Bingie — 85+: 1.5% Tuross Head — 85+: 3.5%

Bars are drawn against the largest share shown (28.8%).

Who lives together

Household composition, 2021 Census.

Bingie 52.3% lone person
Bingie — Lone Person: 52.3% Bingie — Couple Families: 31.8% Bingie — One Parent Families: 15.9% Bingie — Group Household: 0.0% Bingie — Other Families: 0.0%
Tuross Head 62.0% lone person
Tuross Head — Lone Person: 62.0% Tuross Head — Couple Families: 21.9% Tuross Head — One Parent Families: 10.9% Tuross Head — Group Household: 4.4% Tuross Head — Other Families: 0.8%
Lone Person Couple Families One Parent Families Group Household Other Families

Who owns and who rents

Occupied private dwellings by tenure, 2021 Census.

Bingie 3.7% renting
Bingie — Owned Outright: 69.5% Bingie — Mortgage: 26.8% Bingie — Renting: 3.7%
Tuross Head 16.2% renting
Tuross Head — Owned Outright: 61.7% Tuross Head — Mortgage: 22.1% Tuross Head — Renting: 16.2%
Owned outright Mortgage Renting

Qualifications

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

Bingie Tuross Head
Certificate III & IV 20.5% / 19.2%
Bingie — Certificate III & IV: 20.5% Tuross Head — Certificate III & IV: 19.2%
Bachelor Degree 21.5% / 11.2%
Bingie — Bachelor Degree: 21.5% Tuross Head — Bachelor Degree: 11.2%
Advanced Diploma / Diploma 9.8% / 9.4%
Bingie — Advanced Diploma / Diploma: 9.8% Tuross Head — Advanced Diploma / Diploma: 9.4%
Postgraduate Degree 7.3% / 3.5%
Bingie — Postgraduate Degree: 7.3% Tuross Head — Postgraduate Degree: 3.5%
Graduate Diploma / Certificate 2.4% / 2.7%
Bingie — Graduate Diploma / Certificate: 2.4% Tuross Head — Graduate Diploma / Certificate: 2.7%

Bars are drawn against the largest share shown (21.5%).

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.

Bingie Tuross Head
England 6.3% / 5.8%
Bingie — England: 6.3% Tuross Head — England: 5.8%
New Zealand 2.9% / 1.2%
Bingie — New Zealand: 2.9% Tuross Head — New Zealand: 1.2%
Scotland 2.4% / 0.8%
Bingie — Scotland: 2.4% Tuross Head — Scotland: 0.8%
Germany 2.0% / 0.9%
Bingie — Germany: 2.0% Tuross Head — Germany: 0.9%
Netherlands 1.5% / 0.6%
Bingie — Netherlands: 1.5% Tuross Head — Netherlands: 0.6%
Philippines — / 0.6%
Bingie — Philippines: not among its largest Tuross Head — Philippines: 0.6%

Bars are drawn against the largest share shown (6.3%).

What people live in

Occupied private dwellings by structure, 2021 Census.

Bingie 91.0% houses
Bingie — Houses: 91.0% Bingie — Flats / Apartments: 9.0% Bingie — Townhouses: 0.0%
Tuross Head 95.8% houses
Tuross Head — Houses: 95.8% Tuross Head — Flats / Apartments: 0.8% Tuross Head — Townhouses: 3.4%
Houses Flats / Apartments Townhouses

Property market

Bingie Tuross Head
Median house price $1,405,000 $711,000
Median unit price — $492,500
Median land price — $465,000
Typical days to sell (houses) — 49 days
from 33 sales

Zoning mix

Bingie has more rural and farming land (35% vs 10%).

Bingie Tuross Head
Environmental 63% 73%
Rural and farming 35% 10%
Residential 0% 13%
Parks and recreation 0% 3%
Infrastructure and transport 1% 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

Bingie Tuross Head
New dwellings approved 211
across Eurobodalla
same for both
Approvals change year on year -9%
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.

Bingie Tuross Head
Houses — 3.5%
$650/wk on $955K
Units —
same for both

Ranking within NSW

Bingie Tuross Head
House price Higher than 44% of NSW Higher than 33% of NSW
Income Higher than 19% of NSW Higher than 14% of NSW
Schools —
same for both
Walkability Higher than 49% of NSW Higher than 73% of NSW
Affordability Higher than 31% of NSW Higher than 36% of NSW
EV adoption Higher than 70% of NSW
same for both
NBN connectivity Higher than 35% of NSW Higher than 86% of NSW
Rental yield (houses) — Higher than 47% of NSW

Liveability

Tuross Head is more walkable (25 vs 6).

Bingie Tuross Head
Grade — B
Score — 52/100
Socio-economic band advantaged area
decile 8/10
 mid-range socio-economic
decile 4/10

Risk profile

Bingie carries more bushfire risk (31 vs 0).

Bingie Tuross Head
Bushfire Low
31/100
 None
0/100
Crime Low
29/100
 Low
23/100
Flood Not mapped
no mapped data here
same for both
Coastal erosion Moderate
51/100
 Moderate
66/100
Aircraft noise None
0/100
same for both
Industrial facilities nearby 0
within 5 km
same for both

Schools

Bingie Tuross Head
Inside the suburb 0
same for both
Rated above peers 0
same for both
Rated at peers 0
same for both
Rated below peers 0
same for both

Amenities in the suburb

Bingie Tuross Head
Cafes & restaurants 0 6
Parks & reserves 0 1
Childcare 0 1
GPs 0 1
Pharmacies 0 1
Banks & Bank@Post 0 1
Fuel stations 0 1
Beaches 0 1
Waterways 4 2

Mobility

Bingie Tuross Head
Walkability score 6/100 25/100
Distance to Sydney 320.5 km 322.2 km
Drive time (normal traffic) 270 min 267 min
Electric vehicle share 0.7%
postcode 2537
same for both
Rooftop solar per 100 dwellings 48
postcode 2537
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.

Bingie Tuross Head
Car (driver) 82.8% / 78.5%
Bingie — Car (driver): 82.8% Tuross Head — Car (driver): 78.5%
Worked from Home 17.2% / 15.5%
Bingie — Worked from Home: 17.2% Tuross Head — Worked from Home: 15.5%
Car (passenger) — / 4.1%
Bingie — Car (passenger): not among its largest Tuross Head — Car (passenger): 4.1%
Walked Only — / 2.0%
Bingie — Walked Only: not among its largest Tuross Head — Walked Only: 2.0%

Bars are drawn against the largest share shown (82.8%).

Setting

Bingie Tuross Head
Elevation 34 m
above sea level, at the suburb centre
 26 m
above sea level, at the suburb centre
Distance to the ocean 1.3 km
2.5 km to a named beach
 2.0 km
2.2 km to a named beach

NBN connectivity

Bingie Tuross Head
Connectivity score 25/100 76/100
Most common technology Fixed wireless Fibre to the premises
Full-fibre (FTTP) share 0%
105 premises
 52%
1,910 premises

Climate

Bingie Tuross Head
Annual rainfall 914 mm
same for both
Summer max (Jan) 23.7°C
same for both
Winter min (Jul) 7.5°C
same for both

Council rates

Bingie Tuross Head
Average residential rate $1,246/yr
same for both
Council Eurobodalla
same for both

Federal electorate

Bingie Tuross Head
Division Gilmore Eden-monaro
Member Fiona Phillips Kristy Mcbain
Party Australian Labor Party
same for both

First Home Owner Grant

Bingie Tuross Head
Grant amount $10,000
same for both
Property price cap $600,000
same for both
Eligibility New
same for both

Tags

Bingie

Coastal Retirees Rural

Tuross Head

Acreage Coastal Retirees

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