Birganbigil vs Mayrung
Mayrung is the younger of the two, with a median age of 34 against 41 in Birganbigil. In both, most households own their home, the large majority of homes are detached houses, and most households are couple families. On these figures, Mayrung tends to suit families with children.
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
Mayrung
ahead on 2 of the 6 things we measure here
- carries lower crime risk (16/100 vs 40/100)
- 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
Mayrung
ahead on the one thing that separates them
- leaves households under less mortgage stress (12% vs 27%)
Weighs mortgage stress.
Renters
Birganbigil
ahead on the one thing that separates them
- has cheaper rent ($100/wk vs $150/wk)
Weighs rent and rental stress.
Commuting to the city
Mayrung
ahead on 2 of the 3 things we measure here
- sits closer to the CBD (671.2 km vs 702 km)
- has a shorter drive in (439 min vs 457 min)
Weighs distance, drive time, and walkability.
Downsizers and retirees
They split
one each way, out of the 4 things we measure here
- Birganbigil has more residents already 65 and over (17% vs 5%)
- Mayrung carries lower crime risk (16/100 vs 40/100)
Weighs 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
Birganbigil and Mayrung 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
Mayrung has more residents (171 vs 59); Mayrung rents higher ($150/wk vs $100/wk).
| Birganbigil | Mayrung | |
|---|---|---|
| Population | 59 | 171 +190% vs other |
| Population trend (2016 → 2021) | +18.0% | +15.5% |
| Median age | 41 | 34 |
| Median household income | $83,200/yr +8% vs other | $76,856/yr |
| Median weekly rent | $100/wk | $150/wk +50% vs other |
Age profile
Share of residents in each band, 2021 Census.
Bars are drawn against the largest share shown (23.7%).
Who lives together
Household composition, 2021 Census.
Who owns and who rents
Occupied private dwellings by tenure, 2021 Census.
What people live in
Occupied private dwellings by structure, 2021 Census.
Qualifications
Highest non-school qualification, residents 15+, 2021 Census.
Bars are drawn against the largest share shown (18.6%).
Property market
| Birganbigil | Mayrung | |
|---|---|---|
| Median house price | — | $1,364,000 |
| Median unit price | — same for both | |
| Median land price | — same for both | |
Zoning mix
| Birganbigil | Mayrung | |
|---|---|---|
| Rural and farming | 100% same for both | |
| 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
| Birganbigil | Mayrung | |
|---|---|---|
| New dwellings approved | 26 across Edward River same for both | |
| Approvals change year on year | +33% same for both | |
Ranking within NSW
| Birganbigil | Mayrung | |
|---|---|---|
| House price | — | Higher than 70% of NSW |
| Income | Higher than 51% of NSW | Higher than 45% of NSW |
| Schools | — same for both | |
| Walkability | Higher than 38% of NSW | Higher than 50% of NSW |
| Affordability | — | Higher than 23% of NSW |
| EV adoption | Higher than 4% of NSW same for both | |
| NBN connectivity | Higher than 32% of NSW | Higher than 14% of NSW |
Liveability
| Birganbigil | Mayrung | |
|---|---|---|
| Grade | — same for both | |
| Score | — same for both | |
| Socio-economic band | advantaged area decile 7/10 | advantaged area decile 8/10 |
Risk profile
Birganbigil carries more crime risk (40 vs 16).
| Birganbigil | Mayrung | |
|---|---|---|
| Bushfire | None 0/100 same for both | |
| Crime | Moderate 40/100 | Low 16/100 |
| 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
| Birganbigil | Mayrung | |
|---|---|---|
| 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 Birganbigil
No schools recorded inside this suburb's boundary. Children here will be zoned to schools nearby.
Schools in Mayrung
- Mayrung Public School Government · Primary above peers
Amenities in the suburb
| Birganbigil | Mayrung | |
|---|---|---|
| Waterways | 15 | 2 |
Mobility
Birganbigil sits further from the CBD (702 km vs 671.2 km).
| Birganbigil | Mayrung | |
|---|---|---|
| Walkability score | 0/100 | 6/100 |
| Distance to Sydney | 702 km +4% vs other | 671.2 km |
| Drive time (normal traffic) | 457 min | 439 min |
| Electric vehicle share | 0.1% postcode 2710 same for both | |
| Rooftop solar per 100 dwellings | 56 postcode 2710 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 (52.7%).
Setting
| Birganbigil | Mayrung | |
|---|---|---|
| Elevation | 97 m above sea level, at the suburb centre | 101 m above sea level, at the suburb centre |
NBN connectivity
| Birganbigil | Mayrung | |
|---|---|---|
| Connectivity score | 22/100 | 15/100 |
| Most common technology | Satellite (Sky Muster) same for both | |
| Full-fibre (FTTP) share | 0% 25 premises | 0% 42 premises |
Climate
| Birganbigil | Mayrung | |
|---|---|---|
| Annual rainfall | 324 mm same for both | |
| Summer max (Jan) | — same for both | |
| Winter min (Jul) | — same for both | |
Council rates
| Birganbigil | Mayrung | |
|---|---|---|
| Average residential rate | $1,180/yr same for both | |
| Council | Edward River same for both | |
Federal electorate
| Birganbigil | Mayrung | |
|---|---|---|
| Division | Farrer same for both | |
| Member | David Farley same for both | |
| Party | One Nation same for both | |
First Home Owner Grant
| Birganbigil | Mayrung | |
|---|---|---|
| Grant amount | $10,000 same for both | |
| Property price cap | $600,000 same for both | |
| Eligibility | New same for both | |
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Information shown is provided as-is from Australian government and commercial data sources.
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