Burrapine vs Upper Taylors Arm
Upper Taylors Arm is the younger of the two, with a median age of 48 against 52 in Burrapine. In both, the large majority of households own their home and the large majority of homes are detached houses. In Upper Taylors Arm, most households are people living alone. On these figures, Upper Taylors Arm tends to suit people living alone and 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
Burrapine
ahead on 2 of the 6 things we measure here
- carries lower crime risk (0/100 vs 15/100)
- is already more of a family suburb (60% vs 44%)
- But Upper Taylors Arm has more schools rated above their peers (1 vs 0)
Weighs schools, house stock, crime, parks, childcare, and who already lives there.
First-home buyers
Upper Taylors Arm
ahead on the one thing that separates them
- leaves households under less mortgage stress (23% vs 50%)
Weighs mortgage stress.
Renters
Upper Taylors Arm
ahead on the one thing that separates them
- leaves renters under less rental stress (24% vs 44%)
Weighs rent and rental stress.
Commuting to the city
Upper Taylors Arm
ahead on 3 of the 3 things we measure here
- is more walkable (25/100 vs 5/100)
- has a shorter drive in (341 min vs 363 min)
- sits closer to the CBD (503.9 km vs 515 km)
Weighs distance, drive time, and walkability.
Downsizers and retirees
Upper Taylors Arm
ahead on 2 of the 4 things we measure here
- is more walkable (25/100 vs 5/100)
- has more residents already 65 and over (25% vs 19%)
- But Burrapine carries lower crime risk (0/100 vs 15/100)
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
Burrapine and Upper Taylors Arm 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
Upper Taylors Arm has more residents (126 vs 58); Upper Taylors Arm has higher household incomes ($50,648 vs $29,900).
| Burrapine | Upper Taylors Arm | |
|---|---|---|
| Population | 58 | 126 +117% vs other |
| Population trend (2016 → 2021) | -1.7% | -0.8% |
| Median age | 52 | 48 |
| Median household income | $29,900/yr | $50,648/yr +69% vs other |
| Median weekly rent | $250/wk +6% vs other | $235/wk |
Age profile
Share of residents in each band, 2021 Census.
Bars are drawn against the largest share shown (25.9%).
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 (8.6%).
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 (24.6%).
Who owns and who rents
Occupied private dwellings by tenure, 2021 Census.
Property market
| Burrapine | Upper Taylors Arm | |
|---|---|---|
| Median house price | — same for both | |
| Median unit price | — same for both | |
| Median land price | — | $192,500 |
Zoning mix
| Burrapine | Upper Taylors Arm | |
|---|---|---|
| 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
| Burrapine | Upper Taylors Arm | |
|---|---|---|
| New dwellings approved | 109 across Nambucca Valley same for both | |
| Approvals change year on year | -64% same for both | |
Ranking within NSW
| Burrapine | Upper Taylors Arm | |
|---|---|---|
| House price | — same for both | |
| Income | Higher than 1% of NSW | Higher than 11% of NSW |
| Schools | — same for both | |
| Walkability | Higher than 49% of NSW | Higher than 72% of NSW |
| Affordability | — same for both | |
| EV adoption | Higher than 33% of NSW same for both | |
| NBN connectivity | Higher than 21% of NSW | Higher than 25% of NSW |
Liveability
Upper Taylors Arm is more walkable (25 vs 5).
| Burrapine | Upper Taylors Arm | |
|---|---|---|
| Grade | — same for both | |
| Score | — same for both | |
| Socio-economic band | high-need area decile 1/10 same for both | |
Risk profile
Upper Taylors Arm carries more crime risk (15 vs 0).
| Burrapine | Upper Taylors Arm | |
|---|---|---|
| Bushfire | High 92/100 | High 91/100 |
| Crime | None 0/100 | Low 15/100 |
| 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
| Burrapine | Upper Taylors Arm | |
|---|---|---|
| Inside the suburb | 0 | 1 |
| Rated above peers | 0 | 1 |
| Rated at peers | 0 same for both | |
| Rated below peers | 0 same for both | |
Schools in Burrapine
No schools recorded inside this suburb's boundary. Children here will be zoned to schools nearby.
Schools in Upper Taylors Arm
- Medlow Public School Government · Primary above peers
Amenities in the suburb
| Burrapine | Upper Taylors Arm | |
|---|---|---|
| Waterways | 9 | 13 |
Mobility
Burrapine sits further from the CBD (515 km vs 503.9 km).
| Burrapine | Upper Taylors Arm | |
|---|---|---|
| Walkability score | 5/100 | 25/100 |
| Distance to Sydney | 515 km +2% vs other | 503.9 km |
| Drive time (normal traffic) | 363 min | 341 min |
| Electric vehicle share | 0.3% postcode 2447 same for both | |
| Rooftop solar per 100 dwellings | 62 postcode 2447 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 (73.2%).
Setting
| Burrapine | Upper Taylors Arm | |
|---|---|---|
| Elevation | 151 m above sea level, at the suburb centre | 52 m above sea level, at the suburb centre |
| Distance to the ocean | 33.5 km | 30.4 km |
NBN connectivity
| Burrapine | Upper Taylors Arm | |
|---|---|---|
| Connectivity score | 15/100 | 17/100 |
| Most common technology | Satellite (Sky Muster) same for both | |
| Full-fibre (FTTP) share | 0% 31 premises | 0% 16 premises |
Council rates
| Burrapine | Upper Taylors Arm | |
|---|---|---|
| Average residential rate | $1,175/yr same for both | |
| Council | Nambucca Valley same for both | |
Federal electorate
| Burrapine | Upper Taylors Arm | |
|---|---|---|
| Division | Cowper same for both | |
| Member | Pat Conaghan same for both | |
| Party | The Nationals same for both | |
First Home Owner Grant
| Burrapine | Upper Taylors Arm | |
|---|---|---|
| Grant amount | $10,000 same for both | |
| Property price cap | $600,000 same for both | |
| Eligibility | New same for both | |
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