Boree Creek vs Sandigo
Sandigo is the younger of the two, with a median age of 41 against 46 in Boree Creek. In both, most households own their home, the large majority of homes are detached houses, and about half of households are couple families. On these figures, Sandigo 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
Boree Creek
ahead on 2 of the 6 things we measure here
- has more parks and reserves (4 vs 0)
- carries lower crime risk (46/100 vs 76/100)
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 20%)
Weighs mortgage stress.
Renters
Sandigo
ahead on 3 of the 3 things we measure here
- has a bigger rental market to choose from (40% vs 8%)
- leaves renters under less rental stress (6% vs 18%)
- has cheaper rent ($100/wk vs $220/wk)
Weighs rent, rental stress, and how much is for rent.
Commuting to the city
Sandigo
ahead on 2 of the 3 things we measure here
- has a shorter drive in (340 min vs 350 min)
- sits closer to the CBD (531.7 km vs 546.3 km)
Weighs distance, drive time, and walkability.
Downsizers and retirees
Boree Creek
ahead on the one thing that separates them
- carries lower crime risk (46/100 vs 76/100)
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
Boree Creek and Sandigo 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
Boree Creek has more residents (204 vs 87); Boree Creek rents higher ($220/wk vs $100/wk).
| Boree Creek | Sandigo | |
|---|---|---|
| Population | 204 +57% vs other | 87 |
| Population trend (2016 → 2021) | +2.5% | +3.6% |
| Median age | 46 | 41 |
| Median household income | $64,116/yr | $84,500/yr +32% vs other |
| Median weekly rent | $220/wk +55% vs other | $100/wk |
Age profile
Share of residents in each band, 2021 Census.
Bars are drawn against the largest share shown (21.1%).
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 (20.7%).
Property market
| Boree Creek | Sandigo | |
|---|---|---|
| Median house price | $242,500 | — |
| Median unit price | — same for both | |
| Median land price | — same for both | |
Zoning mix
| Boree Creek | Sandigo | |
|---|---|---|
| Rural and farming | 98% | 100% |
| Infrastructure and transport | 1% | 0% |
| 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 | Sandigo | |
|---|---|---|
| New dwellings approved | 47 across Federation | 15 across Narrandera |
| Approvals change year on year | +38% | -100% |
Ranking within NSW
| Boree Creek | Sandigo | |
|---|---|---|
| House price | Higher than 1% of NSW | — |
| Income | Higher than 26% of NSW | Higher than 53% of NSW |
| Schools | — same for both | |
| Walkability | Higher than 44% of NSW | Higher than 15% 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 28% of NSW |
Liveability
| Boree Creek | Sandigo | |
|---|---|---|
| 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
Boree Creek carries more bushfire risk (23 vs 0); Sandigo carries more crime risk (76 vs 46).
| Boree Creek | Sandigo | |
|---|---|---|
| Bushfire | Low 23/100 | None 0/100 |
| Crime | Moderate 46/100 | High 76/100 |
| 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 | Sandigo | |
|---|---|---|
| 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 Sandigo
No schools recorded inside this suburb's boundary. Children here will be zoned to schools nearby.
Amenities in the suburb
| Boree Creek | Sandigo | |
|---|---|---|
| Parks & reserves | 4 | 0 |
| Waterways | 18 | 19 |
Mobility
Boree Creek sits further from the CBD (546.3 km vs 531.7 km).
| Boree Creek | Sandigo | |
|---|---|---|
| Walkability score | 0/100 same for both | |
| Distance to Sydney | 546.3 km +3% vs other | 531.7 km |
| Drive time (normal traffic) | 350 min | 340 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.
Bars are drawn against the largest share shown (59.5%).
Setting
| Boree Creek | Sandigo | |
|---|---|---|
| Elevation | 143 m above sea level, at the suburb centre | 153 m above sea level, at the suburb centre |
NBN connectivity
| Boree Creek | Sandigo | |
|---|---|---|
| Connectivity score | 15/100 | 19/100 |
| Most common technology | Satellite (Sky Muster) same for both | |
| Full-fibre (FTTP) share | 0% 70 premises | 0% 29 premises |
Climate
| Boree Creek | Sandigo | |
|---|---|---|
| Annual rainfall | 457 mm | 453 mm |
| Summer max (Jan) | — | 33.0°C |
| Winter min (Jul) | — | 3.7°C |
Council rates
| Boree Creek | Sandigo | |
|---|---|---|
| Average residential rate | $951/yr | $932/yr |
| Council | Federation | Narrandera |
Federal electorate
| Boree Creek | Sandigo | |
|---|---|---|
| Division | Farrer same for both | |
| Member | David Farley same for both | |
| Party | One Nation same for both | |
First Home Owner Grant
| Boree Creek | Sandigo | |
|---|---|---|
| Grant amount | $10,000 same for both | |
| Property price cap | $600,000 same for both | |
| Eligibility | New same for both | |
Tags
Boree Creek
Sandigo
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Information shown is provided as-is from Australian government and commercial data sources.
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