Butterwick vs Woodville
Butterwick is the younger of the two, with a median age of 42 against 48 in Woodville. In both, the large majority of households own their home, the large majority of homes are detached houses, and most households are couple families. On these figures, Butterwick tends to suit 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
Butterwick
ahead on 2 of the 6 things we measure here
- carries lower crime risk (0/100 vs 43/100)
- is already more of a family suburb (100% vs 68%)
Weighs schools, house stock, crime, parks, childcare, and who already lives there.
First-home buyers
Too close to call
Nothing among the 1 things we measure here separates them by enough to be worth acting on.
Weighs mortgage stress.
Renters
Woodville
ahead on 2 of the 3 things we measure here
- has cheaper rent ($360/wk vs $650/wk)
- leaves renters under less rental stress (17% vs 24%)
Weighs rent, rental stress, and how much is for rent.
Commuting to the city
Woodville
ahead on 2 of the 3 things we measure here
- has a shorter drive in (131 min vs 136 min)
- sits closer to the CBD (172 km vs 175.7 km)
Weighs distance, drive time, and walkability.
Downsizers and retirees
They split
one each way, out of the 4 things we measure here
- Butterwick carries lower crime risk (0/100 vs 43/100)
- Woodville has more residents already 65 and over (22% vs 16%)
Weighs who already lives there, GPs, walkability, and crime.
Investors
Butterwick
ahead on the one thing that separates them
- is growing faster (31.9% vs 2.8%)
Weighs population growth.
Where they sit
Butterwick and Woodville 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
Woodville has more residents (440 vs 190); Butterwick rents higher ($650/wk vs $360/wk).
| Butterwick | Woodville | |
|---|---|---|
| Population | 190 | 440 +132% vs other |
| Population trend (2016 → 2021) | +31.9% | +2.8% |
| Median age | 42 | 48 |
| Median household income | $138,632/yr +21% vs other | $109,564/yr |
| Median weekly rent | $650/wk +45% vs other | $360/wk |
Age profile
Share of residents in each band, 2021 Census.
Bars are drawn against the largest share shown (17.9%).
Who lives together
Household composition, 2021 Census.
Who owns and who rents
Occupied private dwellings by tenure, 2021 Census.
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 (3.2%).
Qualifications
Highest non-school qualification, residents 15+, 2021 Census.
Bars are drawn against the largest share shown (23.4%).
What people live in
Occupied private dwellings by structure, 2021 Census.
Property market
| Butterwick | Woodville | |
|---|---|---|
| Median house price | — | $1,230,000 |
| Median unit price | — same for both | |
| Median land price | — same for both | |
Zoning mix
Butterwick has more land zoned for conservation (26% vs 2%); Woodville has more rural and farming land (98% vs 74%).
| Butterwick | Woodville | |
|---|---|---|
| Rural and farming | 74% | 98% |
| Environmental | 26% | 2% |
| 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
| Butterwick | Woodville | |
|---|---|---|
| New dwellings approved | 495 across Port Stephens same for both | |
| Approvals change year on year | -72% same for both | |
Ranking within NSW
| Butterwick | Woodville | |
|---|---|---|
| House price | — | Higher than 69% of NSW |
| Income | Higher than 91% of NSW | Higher than 75% of NSW |
| Schools | — same for both | |
| Walkability | Higher than 49% of NSW | Higher than 19% of NSW |
| Affordability | — | Higher than 48% of NSW |
| EV adoption | Higher than 57% of NSW same for both | |
| NBN connectivity | Higher than 44% of NSW | Higher than 55% of NSW |
Liveability
| Butterwick | Woodville | |
|---|---|---|
| Grade | — same for both | |
| Score | — same for both | |
| Socio-economic band | very advantaged area decile 9/10 same for both | |
Risk profile
Woodville carries more crime risk (43 vs 0); Butterwick carries more bushfire risk (41 vs 26).
| Butterwick | Woodville | |
|---|---|---|
| Bushfire | Moderate 41/100 | Low 26/100 |
| Crime | None 0/100 | Moderate 43/100 |
| 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 | 1 within 5 km | 0 within 5 km |
Schools
| Butterwick | Woodville | |
|---|---|---|
| Inside the suburb | 0 | 1 |
| Rated above peers | 0 same for both | |
| Rated at peers | 0 same for both | |
| Rated below peers | 0 | 1 |
Schools in Butterwick
No schools recorded inside this suburb's boundary. Children here will be zoned to schools nearby.
Schools in Woodville
- Iona Public School Government · Primary below peers
Amenities in the suburb
| Butterwick | Woodville | |
|---|---|---|
| Childcare | 0 | 1 |
| Waterways | 6 | 7 |
Mobility
Butterwick sits further from the CBD (175.7 km vs 172 km).
| Butterwick | Woodville | |
|---|---|---|
| Walkability score | 6/100 | 0/100 |
| Distance to Sydney | 175.7 km +2% vs other | 172 km |
| Drive time (normal traffic) | 136 min | 131 min |
| Electric vehicle share | 0.6% postcode 2321 same for both | |
| Rooftop solar per 100 dwellings | 69 postcode 2321 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 (70.6%).
Setting
| Butterwick | Woodville | |
|---|---|---|
| Elevation | 14 m above sea level, at the suburb centre | 1 m above sea level, at the suburb centre |
| Distance to the ocean | 23.5 km | 23.0 km |
NBN connectivity
| Butterwick | Woodville | |
|---|---|---|
| Connectivity score | 29/100 | 30/100 |
| Most common technology | Fixed wireless same for both | |
| Full-fibre (FTTP) share | 0% 75 premises | 0% 189 premises |
Climate
| Butterwick | Woodville | |
|---|---|---|
| Annual rainfall | 996 mm same for both | |
| Summer max (Jan) | 30.0°C same for both | |
| Winter min (Jul) | 7.1°C same for both | |
Air quality (annual mean)
| Butterwick | Woodville | |
|---|---|---|
| PM2.5 | 6.3 µg/m³ same for both | |
| PM10 | 17.5 µg/m³ same for both | |
| NO₂ | 0.72 pphm same for both | |
Council rates
| Butterwick | Woodville | |
|---|---|---|
| Average residential rate | $1,359/yr same for both | |
| Council | Port Stephens same for both | |
Federal electorate
| Butterwick | Woodville | |
|---|---|---|
| Division | Lyne same for both | |
| Member | Alison Penfold same for both | |
| Party | The Nationals same for both | |
First Home Owner Grant
| Butterwick | Woodville | |
|---|---|---|
| Grant amount | $10,000 same for both | |
| Property price cap | $600,000 same for both | |
| Eligibility | New same for both | |
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