Blighty vs Myrtle Park
Myrtle Park is the younger of the two, with a median age of 33 against 36 in Blighty. In both, the large majority of households own their home and the large majority of homes are detached houses. In Blighty, about half of households are couple families. In Myrtle Park, most households are couple families. On these figures, Blighty tends to suit families with children, while Myrtle Park suits people living alone and couples.
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
They split
one each way, out of the 6 things we measure here
- Blighty is already more of a family suburb (74% vs 64%)
- Myrtle Park carries lower crime risk (31/100 vs 76/100)
Weighs schools, house stock, crime, parks, childcare, and who already lives there.
First-home buyers
Blighty
ahead on the one thing that separates them
- leaves households under less mortgage stress (10% vs 64%)
Weighs mortgage stress.
Renters
Myrtle Park
ahead on the one thing that separates them
- has cheaper rent ($80/wk vs $124/wk)
Weighs rent and rental stress.
Commuting to the city
Myrtle Park
ahead on 2 of the 3 things we measure here
- sits closer to the CBD (665.1 km vs 682.9 km)
- has a shorter drive in (436 min vs 443 min)
Weighs distance, drive time, and walkability.
Downsizers and retirees
They split
one each way, out of the 4 things we measure here
- Blighty has more residents already 65 and over (14% vs 6%)
- Myrtle Park carries lower crime risk (31/100 vs 76/100)
Weighs who already lives there, GPs, walkability, and crime.
Investors
Blighty
ahead on the one thing that separates them
- is growing faster (39.1% vs 0.0%)
Weighs population growth.
Where they sit
Blighty and Myrtle Park 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
Blighty has more residents (192 vs 51); Blighty rents higher ($124/wk vs $80/wk).
| Blighty | Myrtle Park | |
|---|---|---|
| Population | 192 +73% vs other | 51 |
| Population trend (2016 → 2021) | +39.1% | +0.0% |
| Median age | 36 | 33 |
| Median household income | $71,448/yr +35% vs other | $46,748/yr |
| Median weekly rent | $124/wk +35% vs other | $80/wk |
Age profile
Share of residents in each band, 2021 Census.
Bars are drawn against the largest share shown (17.6%).
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 (7.8%).
Who lives together
Household composition, 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 (16.1%).
Who owns and who rents
Occupied private dwellings by tenure, 2021 Census.
Property market
| Blighty | Myrtle Park | |
|---|---|---|
| Median house price | $3,600,000 | — |
| Median unit price | — same for both | |
| Median land price | — same for both | |
Zoning mix
| Blighty | Myrtle Park | |
|---|---|---|
| Rural and farming | 99% | 100% |
| 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
| Blighty | Myrtle Park | |
|---|---|---|
| New dwellings approved | 26 across Edward River same for both | |
| Approvals change year on year | +33% same for both | |
Ranking within NSW
| Blighty | Myrtle Park | |
|---|---|---|
| House price | Higher than 96% of NSW | — |
| Income | Higher than 35% of NSW | Higher than 8% of NSW |
| Schools | — same for both | |
| Walkability | Higher than 30% of NSW | Higher than 31% of NSW |
| Affordability | Higher than 1% of NSW | — |
| EV adoption | Higher than 9% of NSW same for both | |
| NBN connectivity | Higher than 31% of NSW | Higher than 43% of NSW |
Liveability
| Blighty | Myrtle Park | |
|---|---|---|
| Grade | — same for both | |
| Score | — same for both | |
| Socio-economic band | advantaged area decile 7/10 same for both | |
Risk profile
Myrtle Park carries more bushfire risk (43 vs 12); Blighty carries more crime risk (76 vs 31).
| Blighty | Myrtle Park | |
|---|---|---|
| Bushfire | Low 12/100 | Moderate 43/100 |
| Crime | High 76/100 | Low 31/100 |
| 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 | 1 within 5 km |
Schools
| Blighty | Myrtle Park | |
|---|---|---|
| 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 Blighty
- Blighty Public School Government · Primary
Schools in Myrtle Park
No schools recorded inside this suburb's boundary. Children here will be zoned to schools nearby.
Amenities in the suburb
| Blighty | Myrtle Park | |
|---|---|---|
| Waterways | 9 | 0 |
Mobility
Blighty sits further from the CBD (682.9 km vs 665.1 km).
| Blighty | Myrtle Park | |
|---|---|---|
| Walkability score | 0/100 same for both | |
| Distance to Sydney | 682.9 km +3% vs other | 665.1 km |
| Drive time (normal traffic) | 443 min | 436 min |
| Electric vehicle share | 0.1% postcode 2713 same for both | |
| Rooftop solar per 100 dwellings | 65 postcode 2713 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 (63.2%).
Setting
| Blighty | Myrtle Park | |
|---|---|---|
| Elevation | 103 m above sea level, at the suburb centre | 104 m above sea level, at the suburb centre |
NBN connectivity
| Blighty | Myrtle Park | |
|---|---|---|
| Connectivity score | 21/100 | 28/100 |
| Most common technology | Satellite (Sky Muster) | Fixed wireless |
| Full-fibre (FTTP) share | 0% 43 premises | 0% 24 premises |
Climate
| Blighty | Myrtle Park | |
|---|---|---|
| Annual rainfall | 324 mm same for both | |
| Summer max (Jan) | — same for both | |
| Winter min (Jul) | — same for both | |
Council rates
| Blighty | Myrtle Park | |
|---|---|---|
| Average residential rate | $1,180/yr same for both | |
| Council | Edward River same for both | |
Federal electorate
| Blighty | Myrtle Park | |
|---|---|---|
| Division | Farrer same for both | |
| Member | David Farley same for both | |
| Party | One Nation same for both | |
First Home Owner Grant
| Blighty | Myrtle Park | |
|---|---|---|
| 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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