Blackville vs Pine Ridge
Pine Ridge is the younger of the two, with a median age of 34 against 45 in Blackville. In both, most households own their home and the large majority of homes are detached houses. In Blackville, about half of households are people living alone. In Pine Ridge, most households are couple families. On these figures, Blackville tends to suit people living alone, while Pine Ridge suits families with children and couples.
Blackville and Pine Ridge are both small NSW communities with notably different demographic profiles. Pine Ridge has a younger population (median age 34 versus 45 years) and higher median household income at $81,224 compared to Blackville's $73,632, though rental costs are also steeper at $210 per week. Blackville is slightly closer to the CBD at 402.1 km versus Pine Ridge's 378.9 km, while Pine Ridge offers better walkability and lower bushfire risk. Both share the same socio-economic decile, making them comparable on that measure.
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
Pine Ridge
ahead on 2 of the 6 things we measure here
- carries lower crime risk (0/100 vs 50/100)
- is already more of a family suburb (82% vs 50%)
Weighs schools, house stock, crime, parks, childcare, and who already lives there.
First-home buyers
Blackville
ahead on the one thing that separates them
- leaves households under less mortgage stress (6% vs 19%)
Weighs mortgage stress.
Renters
They split
one each way, out of the 3 things we measure here
- Blackville has cheaper rent ($172/wk vs $210/wk)
- Pine Ridge has a bigger rental market to choose from (38% vs 15%)
Weighs rent, rental stress, and how much is for rent.
Commuting to the city
Pine Ridge
ahead on 3 of the 3 things we measure here
- is more walkable (12/100 vs 0/100)
- has a shorter drive in (272 min vs 301 min)
- sits closer to the CBD (378.9 km vs 402.1 km)
Weighs distance, drive time, and walkability.
Downsizers and retirees
Pine Ridge
ahead on 2 of the 4 things we measure here
- carries lower crime risk (0/100 vs 50/100)
- is more walkable (12/100 vs 0/100)
Weighs who already lives there, GPs, walkability, and crime.
Investors
Blackville
ahead on the one thing that separates them
- is growing faster (13.3% vs -19.3%)
Weighs population growth.
Where they sit
Blackville and Pine Ridge 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
Blackville has more residents (128 vs 96); Blackville skews older (45 vs 34).
| Blackville | Pine Ridge | |
|---|---|---|
| Population | 128 +25% vs other | 96 |
| Population trend (2016 → 2021) | +13.3% | -19.3% |
| Median age | 45 | 34 |
| Median household income | $73,632/yr | $81,224/yr +10% vs other |
| Median weekly rent | $172/wk | $210/wk +22% vs other |
Age profile
Share of residents in each band, 2021 Census.
Bars are drawn against the largest share shown (20.8%).
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 (12.5%).
Property market
| Blackville | Pine Ridge | |
|---|---|---|
| Median house price | $280,000 | — |
| Median unit price | — same for both | |
| Median land price | $96,000 | — |
Zoning mix
| Blackville | Pine Ridge | |
|---|---|---|
| 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
| Blackville | Pine Ridge | |
|---|---|---|
| New dwellings approved | 12 across Liverpool Plains same for both | |
| Approvals change year on year | +33% same for both | |
Ranking within NSW
| Blackville | Pine Ridge | |
|---|---|---|
| House price | Higher than 6% of NSW | — |
| Income | Higher than 40% of NSW | Higher than 49% of NSW |
| Schools | — same for both | |
| Walkability | Higher than 4% of NSW | Higher than 60% of NSW |
| Affordability | Higher than 95% of NSW | — |
| EV adoption | Higher than 5% of NSW same for both | |
| NBN connectivity | Higher than 2% of NSW | Higher than 37% of NSW |
Liveability
Pine Ridge is more walkable (12 vs 0).
| Blackville | Pine Ridge | |
|---|---|---|
| Grade | — same for both | |
| Score | — same for both | |
| Socio-economic band | mid-range socio-economic decile 6/10 same for both | |
Risk profile
Blackville carries more crime risk (50 vs 0).
| Blackville | Pine Ridge | |
|---|---|---|
| Bushfire | Low 36/100 | Low 32/100 |
| Crime | Moderate 50/100 | None 0/100 |
| 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
| Blackville | Pine Ridge | |
|---|---|---|
| Inside the suburb | 1 | 0 |
| Rated above peers | 0 same for both | |
| Rated at peers | 0 same for both | |
| Rated below peers | 0 same for both | |
Schools in Blackville
- Blackville Public School Government · Primary
Schools in Pine Ridge
No schools recorded inside this suburb's boundary. Children here will be zoned to schools nearby.
Amenities in the suburb
| Blackville | Pine Ridge | |
|---|---|---|
| Waterways | 2 | 1 |
Mobility
Blackville sits further from the CBD (402.1 km vs 378.9 km).
| Blackville | Pine Ridge | |
|---|---|---|
| Walkability score | 0/100 | 12/100 |
| Distance to Sydney | 402.1 km +6% vs other | 378.9 km |
| Drive time (normal traffic) | 301 min | 272 min |
| Electric vehicle share | 0.1% postcode 2343 same for both | |
| Rooftop solar per 100 dwellings | 47 postcode 2343 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 (69.2%).
Setting
| Blackville | Pine Ridge | |
|---|---|---|
| Elevation | 378 m above sea level, at the suburb centre | 322 m above sea level, at the suburb centre |
NBN connectivity
| Blackville | Pine Ridge | |
|---|---|---|
| Connectivity score | 15/100 | 26/100 |
| Most common technology | Satellite (Sky Muster) | Fixed wireless |
| Full-fibre (FTTP) share | 0% 20 premises | 0% 25 premises |
Climate
| Blackville | Pine Ridge | |
|---|---|---|
| Annual rainfall | 650 mm same for both | |
| Summer max (Jan) | 32.6°C same for both | |
| Winter min (Jul) | 2.6°C same for both | |
Council rates
| Blackville | Pine Ridge | |
|---|---|---|
| Average residential rate | $934/yr same for both | |
| Council | Liverpool Plains same for both | |
Federal electorate
| Blackville | Pine Ridge | |
|---|---|---|
| Division | New England same for both | |
| Member | Barnaby Joyce same for both | |
| Party | The Nationals same for both | |
First Home Owner Grant
| Blackville | Pine Ridge | |
|---|---|---|
| Grant amount | $10,000 same for both | |
| Property price cap | $600,000 same for both | |
| Eligibility | New same for both | |
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