Brays Creek vs Byrrill Creek
Brays Creek is the younger of the two, with a median age of 51 against 56 in Byrrill Creek. In both, the large majority of households own their home and the large majority of homes are detached houses. In Byrrill Creek, most households are people living alone. Houses cost more in Brays Creek: a median of $1.61 million, against $1.35 million in Byrrill Creek, and rent is higher there too. On these figures, Brays Creek tends to suit families with children, while Byrrill Creek suits people living alone and buyers on a tighter budget.
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
Brays Creek
ahead on the one thing that separates them
- carries lower crime risk (65/100 vs 85/100)
Weighs schools, house stock, crime, parks, childcare, and who already lives there.
First-home buyers
Byrrill Creek
ahead on the one thing that separates them
- has cheaper houses ($1,350,000 vs $1,615,000)
Weighs house prices and mortgage stress.
Renters
Byrrill Creek
ahead on the one thing that separates them
- has cheaper rent ($220/wk vs $355/wk)
Weighs rent and rental stress.
Commuting to the city
Byrrill Creek
ahead on 3 of the 3 things we measure here
- is more walkable (12/100 vs 0/100)
- has a shorter drive in (539 min vs 550 min)
- sits closer to the CBD (812.1 km vs 825.6 km)
Weighs distance, drive time, and walkability.
Downsizers and retirees
Brays Creek
ahead on 2 of the 4 things we measure here
- carries lower crime risk (65/100 vs 85/100)
- has more residents already 65 and over (22% vs 17%)
- But Byrrill Creek is more walkable (12/100 vs 0/100)
Weighs who already lives there, GPs, walkability, and crime.
Investors
Brays Creek
ahead on the one thing that separates them
- is growing faster (67.6% vs 0.8%)
Weighs population growth.
Where they sit
Brays Creek and Byrrill Creek 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
Brays Creek rents higher ($355/wk vs $220/wk); Brays Creek has higher household incomes ($59,748 vs $40,560).
| Brays Creek | Byrrill Creek | |
|---|---|---|
| Population | 119 | 125 +5% vs other |
| Population trend (2016 → 2021) | +67.6% | +0.8% |
| Median age | 51 | 56 |
| Median household income | $59,748/yr +32% vs other | $40,560/yr |
| Median weekly rent | $355/wk +38% vs other | $220/wk |
Age profile
Share of residents in each band, 2021 Census.
Bars are drawn against the largest share shown (32.0%).
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 (6.7%).
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 (26.4%).
Who owns and who rents
Occupied private dwellings by tenure, 2021 Census.
Property market
| Brays Creek | Byrrill Creek | |
|---|---|---|
| Median house price | $1,615,000 | $1,350,000 |
| Median unit price | — same for both | |
| Median land price | — same for both | |
Zoning mix
Brays Creek has more land zoned for conservation (22% vs 2%); Byrrill Creek has more rural and farming land (90% vs 77%).
| Brays Creek | Byrrill Creek | |
|---|---|---|
| Rural and farming | 77% | 90% |
| Environmental | 22% | 2% |
| Other and special use | 0% | 9% |
| 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
| Brays Creek | Byrrill Creek | |
|---|---|---|
| New dwellings approved | 331 across Tweed same for both | |
| Approvals change year on year | -50% same for both | |
Ranking within NSW
| Brays Creek | Byrrill Creek | |
|---|---|---|
| House price | Higher than 78% of NSW | Higher than 70% of NSW |
| Income | Higher than 21% of NSW | Higher than 5% of NSW |
| Schools | — same for both | |
| Walkability | Higher than 9% of NSW | Higher than 61% of NSW |
| Affordability | Higher than 7% of NSW | Higher than 4% of NSW |
| EV adoption | Higher than 64% of NSW | Higher than 65% of NSW |
| NBN connectivity | Higher than 41% of NSW | Higher than 26% of NSW |
Liveability
Byrrill Creek is more walkable (12 vs 0).
| Brays Creek | Byrrill Creek | |
|---|---|---|
| Grade | — same for both | |
| Score | — same for both | |
| Socio-economic band | below-average income decile 3/10 same for both | |
Risk profile
Byrrill Creek carries more crime risk (85 vs 65).
| Brays Creek | Byrrill Creek | |
|---|---|---|
| Bushfire | Moderate 58/100 | Moderate 57/100 |
| Crime | Moderate 65/100 | High 85/100 |
| 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
| Brays Creek | Byrrill Creek | |
|---|---|---|
| Inside the suburb | 0 same for both | |
| Rated above peers | 0 same for both | |
| Rated at peers | 0 same for both | |
| Rated below peers | 0 same for both | |
Amenities in the suburb
| Brays Creek | Byrrill Creek | |
|---|---|---|
| Parks & reserves | 1 | 0 |
| Waterways | 4 | 6 |
Mobility
Brays Creek sits further from the CBD (825.6 km vs 812.1 km).
| Brays Creek | Byrrill Creek | |
|---|---|---|
| Walkability score | 0/100 | 12/100 |
| Distance to Sydney | 825.6 km +2% vs other | 812.1 km |
| Drive time (normal traffic) | 550 min | 539 min |
| Electric vehicle share | 0.6% postcode 2484 same for both | |
| Rooftop solar per 100 dwellings | 76 postcode 2484 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 (57.1%).
Setting
| Brays Creek | Byrrill Creek | |
|---|---|---|
| Elevation | 129 m above sea level, at the suburb centre | 205 m above sea level, at the suburb centre |
| Distance to the ocean | 35.3 km | 30.8 km |
NBN connectivity
| Brays Creek | Byrrill Creek | |
|---|---|---|
| Connectivity score | 28/100 | 17/100 |
| Most common technology | Fixed wireless | Satellite (Sky Muster) |
| Full-fibre (FTTP) share | 0% 57 premises | 0% 38 premises |
Climate
| Brays Creek | Byrrill Creek | |
|---|---|---|
| Annual rainfall | 1,569 mm same for both | |
| Summer max (Jan) | 29.1°C same for both | |
| Winter min (Jul) | 9.1°C same for both | |
Council rates
| Brays Creek | Byrrill Creek | |
|---|---|---|
| Average residential rate | $1,745/yr same for both | |
| Council | Tweed same for both | |
Federal electorate
| Brays Creek | Byrrill Creek | |
|---|---|---|
| Division | Richmond same for both | |
| Member | Justine Elliot same for both | |
| Party | Australian Labor Party same for both | |
First Home Owner Grant
| Brays Creek | Byrrill Creek | |
|---|---|---|
| Grant amount | $10,000 same for both | |
| Property price cap | $600,000 same for both | |
| Eligibility | New same for both | |
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