Boree Creek vs Gillenbah

Boree Creek is the younger of the two, with a median age of 46 against 57 in Gillenbah. In both, the large majority of households own their home and the large majority of homes are detached houses. In Boree Creek, about half of households are couple families. In Gillenbah, about half of households are people living alone. On these figures, Boree Creek tends to suit families with children and couples, while Gillenbah suits people living alone.

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

Boree Creek

ahead on 2 of the 6 things we measure here

  • carries lower crime risk (46/100 vs 97/100)
  • is already more of a family suburb (68% vs 53%)

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

First-home buyers

Boree Creek

ahead on the one thing that separates them

  • leaves households under less mortgage stress (15% vs 37%)

Weighs mortgage stress.

Renters

Gillenbah

ahead on 3 of the 3 things we measure here

  • has a bigger rental market to choose from (19% vs 8%)
  • leaves renters under less rental stress (11% vs 18%)
  • has cheaper rent ($170/wk vs $220/wk)

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

Commuting to the city

Boree Creek

ahead on 2 of the 3 things we measure here

  • has a shorter drive in (350 min vs 366 min)
  • sits closer to the CBD (546.3 km vs 558.5 km)

Weighs distance, drive time, and walkability.

Downsizers and retirees

They split

one each way, out of the 5 things we measure here

  • Boree Creek carries lower crime risk (46/100 vs 97/100)
  • Gillenbah has more residents already 65 and over (25% vs 19%)

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

Investors

Boree Creek

ahead on the one thing that separates them

  • is growing faster (2.5% vs -13.1%)

Weighs population growth.

Where they sit

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

Boree Creek Gillenbah
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.

Boree Creek Gillenbah
Walkability 0 / 0
Boree Creek — Walkability: 0/100 Gillenbah — Walkability: 0/100
Safety 54 / 3
Boree Creek — Safety: 54/100 Gillenbah — Safety: 3/100
Low fire risk 77 / 79
Boree Creek — Low fire risk: 77/100 Gillenbah — Low fire risk: 79/100

Demographics

Boree Creek has more residents (204 vs 119); Gillenbah has higher household incomes ($83,408 vs $64,116).

Boree Creek Gillenbah
Population 204
+42% vs other
 119
Population trend (2016 → 2021) +2.5% -13.1%
Median age 46 57
Median household income $64,116/yr $83,408/yr
+30% vs other
Median weekly rent $220/wk
+23% vs other
 $170/wk

Age profile

Share of residents in each band, 2021 Census.

Boree Creek Gillenbah
0-4 4.4% / 4.2%
Boree Creek — 0-4: 4.4% Gillenbah — 0-4: 4.2%
5-14 17.2% / 10.1%
Boree Creek — 5-14: 17.2% Gillenbah — 5-14: 10.1%
15-19 3.4% / —
Boree Creek — 15-19: 3.4% Gillenbah — 15-19: not among its largest
20-24 5.9% / 2.5%
Boree Creek — 20-24: 5.9% Gillenbah — 20-24: 2.5%
25-34 8.8% / 8.4%
Boree Creek — 25-34: 8.8% Gillenbah — 25-34: 8.4%
35-44 10.8% / 2.5%
Boree Creek — 35-44: 10.8% Gillenbah — 35-44: 2.5%
45-54 11.8% / 15.1%
Boree Creek — 45-54: 11.8% Gillenbah — 45-54: 15.1%
55-64 21.1% / 30.3%
Boree Creek — 55-64: 21.1% Gillenbah — 55-64: 30.3%
65-74 12.7% / 20.2%
Boree Creek — 65-74: 12.7% Gillenbah — 65-74: 20.2%
75-84 3.9% / 5.0%
Boree Creek — 75-84: 3.9% Gillenbah — 75-84: 5.0%
85+ 2.9% / —
Boree Creek — 85+: 2.9% Gillenbah — 85+: not among its largest

Bars are drawn against the largest share shown (30.3%).

Who lives together

Household composition, 2021 Census.

Boree Creek 31.8% lone person
Boree Creek — Lone Person: 31.8% Boree Creek — Couple Families: 50.0% Boree Creek — One Parent Families: 18.2%
Gillenbah 47.4% lone person
Gillenbah — Lone Person: 47.4% Gillenbah — Couple Families: 21.1% Gillenbah — One Parent Families: 31.6%
Lone Person Couple Families One Parent Families

Who owns and who rents

Occupied private dwellings by tenure, 2021 Census.

Boree Creek 7.5% renting
Boree Creek — Owned Outright: 71.6% Boree Creek — Mortgage: 20.9% Boree Creek — Renting: 7.5%
Gillenbah 19.4% renting
Gillenbah — Owned Outright: 71.0% Gillenbah — Mortgage: 9.7% Gillenbah — Renting: 19.4%
Owned outright Mortgage Renting

What people live in

Occupied private dwellings by structure, 2021 Census.

Boree Creek 94.7% houses
Boree Creek — Houses: 94.7% Boree Creek — Flats / Apartments: 5.3%
Gillenbah 87.5% houses
Gillenbah — Houses: 87.5% Gillenbah — Flats / Apartments: 12.5%
Houses Flats / Apartments

Qualifications

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

Boree Creek Gillenbah
Certificate III & IV 16.7% / 14.3%
Boree Creek — Certificate III & IV: 16.7% Gillenbah — Certificate III & IV: 14.3%
Bachelor Degree 10.3% / 2.5%
Boree Creek — Bachelor Degree: 10.3% Gillenbah — Bachelor Degree: 2.5%
Advanced Diploma / Diploma 4.4% / 5.0%
Boree Creek — Advanced Diploma / Diploma: 4.4% Gillenbah — Advanced Diploma / Diploma: 5.0%
Postgraduate Degree — / 2.5%
Boree Creek — Postgraduate Degree: not among its largest Gillenbah — Postgraduate Degree: 2.5%
Graduate Diploma / Certificate 2.0% / —
Boree Creek — Graduate Diploma / Certificate: 2.0% Gillenbah — Graduate Diploma / Certificate: not among its largest

Bars are drawn against the largest share shown (16.7%).

Property market

Boree Creek Gillenbah
Median house price $242,500 —
Median unit price —
same for both
Median land price —
same for both

Zoning mix

Boree Creek Gillenbah
Rural and farming 98% 99%
Infrastructure and transport 1% 0%
Environmental 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

Boree Creek Gillenbah
New dwellings approved 47
across Federation
 15
across Narrandera
Approvals change year on year +38% -100%

Ranking within NSW

Boree Creek Gillenbah
House price Higher than 1% of NSW —
Income Higher than 26% of NSW Higher than 51% of NSW
Schools —
same for both
Walkability Higher than 44% of NSW Higher than 12% of NSW
Affordability Higher than 99% of NSW —
EV adoption Higher than 4% of NSW Higher than 2% of NSW
NBN connectivity Higher than 23% of NSW Higher than 45% of NSW

Liveability

Boree Creek Gillenbah
Grade —
same for both
Score —
same for both
Socio-economic band below-average income
decile 3/10
 very advantaged area
decile 9/10

Risk profile

Gillenbah carries more crime risk (97 vs 46).

Boree Creek Gillenbah
Bushfire Low
23/100
 Low
21/100
Crime Moderate
46/100
 High
97/100
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

Boree Creek Gillenbah
Inside the suburb 1 0
Rated above peers 0
same for both
Rated at peers 0
same for both
Rated below peers 1 0

Schools in Boree Creek

  • Boree Creek Public School Government · Primary below peers

Schools in Gillenbah

No schools recorded inside this suburb's boundary. Children here will be zoned to schools nearby.

Amenities in the suburb

Boree Creek Gillenbah
Parks & reserves 4 2
Fuel stations 0 2
Waterways 18 17

Mobility

Gillenbah sits further from the CBD (558.5 km vs 546.3 km).

Boree Creek Gillenbah
Walkability score 0/100
same for both
Distance to Sydney 546.3 km 558.5 km
+2% vs other
Drive time (normal traffic) 350 min 366 min
Electric vehicle share 0.1%
postcode 2652
 0.1%
postcode 2700
Rooftop solar per 100 dwellings 58
postcode 2652
 55
postcode 2700

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.

Boree Creek Gillenbah
Car (driver) 59.5% / 68.3%
Boree Creek — Car (driver): 59.5% Gillenbah — Car (driver): 68.3%
Worked from Home 34.2% / 17.1%
Boree Creek — Worked from Home: 34.2% Gillenbah — Worked from Home: 17.1%
Walked Only 6.3% / 14.6%
Boree Creek — Walked Only: 6.3% Gillenbah — Walked Only: 14.6%

Bars are drawn against the largest share shown (68.3%).

Setting

Boree Creek Gillenbah
Elevation 143 m
above sea level, at the suburb centre
 175 m
above sea level, at the suburb centre

NBN connectivity

Boree Creek Gillenbah
Connectivity score 15/100 29/100
Most common technology Satellite (Sky Muster) Fixed wireless
Full-fibre (FTTP) share 0%
70 premises
 0%
60 premises

Climate

Boree Creek Gillenbah
Annual rainfall 457 mm 453 mm
Summer max (Jan) — 33.0°C
Winter min (Jul) — 3.7°C

Council rates

Boree Creek Gillenbah
Average residential rate $951/yr $932/yr
Council Federation Narrandera

Federal electorate

Boree Creek Gillenbah
Division Farrer
same for both
Member David Farley
same for both
Party One Nation
same for both

First Home Owner Grant

Boree Creek Gillenbah
Grant amount $10,000
same for both
Property price cap $600,000
same for both
Eligibility New
same for both

Tags

Boree Creek

Affordable Rural

Gillenbah

Multicultural Retirees Rural

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