Binjura vs Bunyan

In both, the large majority of households own their home and the large majority of homes are detached houses. In Binjura, most households are couple families. In Bunyan, 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

Bunyan

ahead on the one thing that separates them

  • carries lower crime risk (10/100 vs 26/100)

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

First-home buyers

Bunyan

ahead on the one thing that separates them

  • has cheaper land ($205,000 vs $1,132,500)

Weighs land prices and mortgage stress.

Renters

Too close to call

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

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

Commuting to the city

Bunyan

ahead on 2 of the 3 things we measure here

  • has a shorter drive in (258 min vs 264 min)
  • sits closer to the CBD (392.2 km vs 399.3 km)
  • But Binjura is more walkable (14/100 vs 0/100)

Weighs distance, drive time, and walkability.

Downsizers and retirees

They split

one each way, out of the 4 things we measure here

  • Binjura is more walkable (14/100 vs 0/100)
  • Bunyan carries lower crime risk (10/100 vs 26/100)

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

Investors

Bunyan

ahead on the one thing that separates them

  • is growing faster (26.3% vs 5.6%)

Weighs population growth.

Where they sit

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

Binjura Bunyan
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.

Binjura Bunyan
Walkability 14 / 0
Binjura — Walkability: 14/100 Bunyan — Walkability: 0/100
Safety 74 / 90
Binjura — Safety: 74/100 Bunyan — Safety: 90/100
Low fire risk 77 / 67
Binjura — Low fire risk: 77/100 Bunyan — Low fire risk: 67/100

Demographics

Binjura has more residents (339 vs 192).

Binjura Bunyan
Population 339
+43% vs other
 192
Population trend (2016 → 2021) +5.6% +26.3%
Median age 48
same for both
Median household income $106,184/yr $106,600/yr
Median weekly rent $425/wk
+6% vs other
 $400/wk

Age profile

Share of residents in each band, 2021 Census.

Binjura Bunyan
0-4 2.1% / 4.2%
Binjura — 0-4: 2.1% Bunyan — 0-4: 4.2%
5-14 13.3% / 14.1%
Binjura — 5-14: 13.3% Bunyan — 5-14: 14.1%
15-19 7.4% / 3.6%
Binjura — 15-19: 7.4% Bunyan — 15-19: 3.6%
20-24 2.9% / 6.8%
Binjura — 20-24: 2.9% Bunyan — 20-24: 6.8%
25-34 6.5% / 7.8%
Binjura — 25-34: 6.5% Bunyan — 25-34: 7.8%
35-44 9.4% / 10.9%
Binjura — 35-44: 9.4% Bunyan — 35-44: 10.9%
45-54 13.6% / 15.1%
Binjura — 45-54: 13.6% Bunyan — 45-54: 15.1%
55-64 21.2% / 21.4%
Binjura — 55-64: 21.2% Bunyan — 55-64: 21.4%
65-74 13.6% / 13.0%
Binjura — 65-74: 13.6% Bunyan — 65-74: 13.0%
75-84 6.2% / 5.7%
Binjura — 75-84: 6.2% Bunyan — 75-84: 5.7%
85+ 2.9% / —
Binjura — 85+: 2.9% Bunyan — 85+: not among its largest

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

Who lives together

Household composition, 2021 Census.

Binjura 55.3% couple families
Binjura — Couple Families: 55.3% Binjura — Lone Person: 35.5% Binjura — One Parent Families: 9.2%
Bunyan 51.1% couple families
Bunyan — Couple Families: 51.1% Bunyan — Lone Person: 31.1% Bunyan — One Parent Families: 17.8%
Couple Families Lone Person One Parent Families

Who owns and who rents

Occupied private dwellings by tenure, 2021 Census.

Binjura 8.5% renting
Binjura — Owned Outright: 48.7% Binjura — Mortgage: 42.7% Binjura — Renting: 8.5%
Bunyan 4.8% renting
Bunyan — Owned Outright: 51.6% Bunyan — Mortgage: 43.5% Bunyan — Renting: 4.8%
Owned outright Mortgage Renting

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.

Binjura Bunyan
England 6.5% / 4.7%
Binjura — England: 6.5% Bunyan — England: 4.7%
Germany 2.1% / 1.6%
Binjura — Germany: 2.1% Bunyan — Germany: 1.6%
New Zealand — / 1.6%
Binjura — New Zealand: not among its largest Bunyan — New Zealand: 1.6%
South Africa 1.2% / —
Binjura — South Africa: 1.2% Bunyan — South Africa: not among its largest
Italy 0.9% / —
Binjura — Italy: 0.9% Bunyan — Italy: not among its largest

Bars are drawn against the largest share shown (6.5%).

Qualifications

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

Binjura Bunyan
Certificate III & IV 16.2% / 22.4%
Binjura — Certificate III & IV: 16.2% Bunyan — Certificate III & IV: 22.4%
Bachelor Degree 15.6% / 14.6%
Binjura — Bachelor Degree: 15.6% Bunyan — Bachelor Degree: 14.6%
Advanced Diploma / Diploma 8.3% / 6.8%
Binjura — Advanced Diploma / Diploma: 8.3% Bunyan — Advanced Diploma / Diploma: 6.8%
Postgraduate Degree 4.7% / 4.2%
Binjura — Postgraduate Degree: 4.7% Bunyan — Postgraduate Degree: 4.2%
Graduate Diploma / Certificate 2.7% / 1.6%
Binjura — Graduate Diploma / Certificate: 2.7% Bunyan — Graduate Diploma / Certificate: 1.6%

Bars are drawn against the largest share shown (22.4%).

What people live in

Occupied private dwellings by structure, 2021 Census.

Binjura 101.7% houses
Binjura — Houses: 101.7%
Bunyan 100.0% houses
Bunyan — Houses: 100.0%
Houses

Property market

Binjura Bunyan
Median house price — $900,000
Median unit price —
same for both
Median land price $1,132,500 $205,000

Zoning mix

Bunyan has more rural and farming land (79% vs 3%); Binjura has more land zoned for conservation (45% vs 9%).

Binjura Bunyan
Rural and farming 3% 79%
Residential 52% 11%
Environmental 45% 9%
Infrastructure and transport 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

Binjura Bunyan
New dwellings approved 72
across Snowy Monaro
same for both
Approvals change year on year +29%
same for both

Ranking within NSW

Binjura Bunyan
House price Higher than 32% of NSW Higher than 43% of NSW
Income Higher than 72% of NSW Higher than 73% of NSW
Schools —
same for both
Walkability Higher than 63% of NSW Higher than 27% of NSW
Affordability Higher than 83% of NSW Higher than 76% of NSW
EV adoption Higher than 52% of NSW
same for both
NBN connectivity Higher than 57% of NSW Higher than 58% of NSW

Liveability

Binjura is more walkable (14 vs 0).

Binjura Bunyan
Grade —
same for both
Score —
same for both
Socio-economic band very advantaged area
decile 9/10
 advantaged area
decile 7/10

Risk profile

Binjura carries more crime risk (26 vs 10); Bunyan carries more bushfire risk (33 vs 23).

Binjura Bunyan
Bushfire Low
23/100
 Low
33/100
Crime Low
26/100
 Low
10/100
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
 0
within 5 km

Schools

Binjura Bunyan
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

Binjura Bunyan
Parks & reserves 1 0
Waterways 1 5

Mobility

Binjura sits further from the CBD (399.3 km vs 392.2 km).

Binjura Bunyan
Walkability score 14/100 0/100
Distance to Sydney 399.3 km
+2% vs other
 392.2 km
Drive time (normal traffic) 264 min 258 min
Electric vehicle share 0.5%
postcode 2630
same for both
Rooftop solar per 100 dwellings 39
postcode 2630
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.

Binjura Bunyan
Car (driver) 82.3% / 74.4%
Binjura — Car (driver): 82.3% Bunyan — Car (driver): 74.4%
Worked from Home 17.7% / 20.9%
Binjura — Worked from Home: 17.7% Bunyan — Worked from Home: 20.9%
Car (passenger) — / 4.7%
Binjura — Car (passenger): not among its largest Bunyan — Car (passenger): 4.7%

Bars are drawn against the largest share shown (82.3%).

Setting

Binjura Bunyan
Elevation 808 m
above sea level, at the suburb centre
 792 m
above sea level, at the suburb centre

NBN connectivity

Binjura Bunyan
Connectivity score 30/100
same for both
Most common technology Fixed wireless
same for both
Full-fibre (FTTP) share 0%
139 premises
 0%
80 premises

Climate

Binjura Bunyan
Annual rainfall 536 mm
same for both
Summer max (Jan) 26.6°C
same for both
Winter min (Jul) -1.7°C
same for both

Council rates

Binjura Bunyan
Average residential rate $1,253/yr
same for both
Council Snowy Monaro
same for both

Federal electorate

Binjura Bunyan
Division Eden-monaro
same for both
Member Kristy Mcbain
same for both
Party Australian Labor Party
same for both

First Home Owner Grant

Binjura Bunyan
Grant amount $10,000
same for both
Property price cap $600,000
same for both
Eligibility New
same for both

Tags

Binjura

Rural

Bunyan

Rural

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