Byangum vs Eungella
In both, most households own their home and the large majority of homes are detached houses. On these figures, Byangum 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
Eungella
ahead on 3 of the 6 things we measure here
- has more schools rated above their peers (1 vs 0)
- carries lower crime risk (59/100 vs 90/100)
- is already more of a family suburb (54% vs 41%)
Weighs schools, house stock, crime, parks, childcare, and who already lives there.
First-home buyers
Byangum
ahead on the one thing that separates them
- leaves households under less mortgage stress (30% vs 38%)
Weighs house prices and mortgage stress.
Renters
Eungella
ahead on the one thing that separates them
- has a bigger rental market to choose from (41% vs 16%)
Weighs rent, rental stress, and how much is for rent.
Commuting to the city
Byangum
ahead on 3 of the 3 things we measure here
- is more walkable (20/100 vs 12/100)
- has a shorter drive in (522 min vs 530 min)
- sits closer to the CBD (798.8 km vs 807.5 km)
Weighs distance, drive time, and walkability.
Downsizers and retirees
They split
one each way, out of the 5 things we measure here
- Byangum is more walkable (20/100 vs 12/100)
- Eungella carries lower crime risk (59/100 vs 90/100)
Weighs smaller dwellings, who already lives there, GPs, walkability, and crime.
Investors
Byangum
ahead on the one thing that separates them
- is growing faster (15.0% vs 3.6%)
Weighs population growth.
Where they sit
Byangum and Eungella 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
Eungella has more residents (350 vs 153); Byangum has higher household incomes ($61,724 vs $52,624).
| Byangum | Eungella | |
|---|---|---|
| Population | 153 | 350 +129% vs other |
| Population trend (2016 → 2021) | +15.0% | +3.6% |
| Median age | 47 | 48 |
| Median household income | $61,724/yr +15% vs other | $52,624/yr |
| Median weekly rent | $300/wk same for both | |
Age profile
Share of residents in each band, 2021 Census.
Bars are drawn against the largest share shown (19.6%).
Who lives together
Household composition, 2021 Census.
Who owns and who rents
Occupied private dwellings by tenure, 2021 Census.
Qualifications
Highest non-school qualification, residents 15+, 2021 Census.
Bars are drawn against the largest share shown (15.0%).
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 (3.4%).
What people live in
Occupied private dwellings by structure, 2021 Census.
Property market
| Byangum | Eungella | |
|---|---|---|
| Median house price | $1,707,500 | $1,801,000 |
| Median unit price | — same for both | |
| Median land price | $570,000 | — |
Zoning mix
| Byangum | Eungella | |
|---|---|---|
| Rural and farming | 83% same for both | |
| Other and special use | 8% | 15% |
| Environmental | 5% | 2% |
| Infrastructure and transport | 4% | 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
| Byangum | Eungella | |
|---|---|---|
| New dwellings approved | 331 across Tweed same for both | |
| Approvals change year on year | -50% same for both | |
Ranking within NSW
| Byangum | Eungella | |
|---|---|---|
| House price | Higher than 80% of NSW | Higher than 82% of NSW |
| Income | Higher than 24% of NSW | Higher than 13% of NSW |
| Schools | — same for both | |
| Walkability | Higher than 69% 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 63% of NSW | Higher than 30% of NSW |
Liveability
Byangum is more walkable (20 vs 12).
| Byangum | Eungella | |
|---|---|---|
| Grade | — same for both | |
| Score | — same for both | |
| Socio-economic band | mid-range socio-economic decile 5/10 | mid-range socio-economic decile 4/10 |
Risk profile
Byangum carries more crime risk (90 vs 59).
| Byangum | Eungella | |
|---|---|---|
| Bushfire | Moderate 56/100 | Moderate 50/100 |
| Crime | High 90/100 | Moderate 59/100 |
| 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
| Byangum | Eungella | |
|---|---|---|
| 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 Byangum
No schools recorded inside this suburb's boundary. Children here will be zoned to schools nearby.
Schools in Eungella
- Bhaktivedanta Swami Gurukula School Independent · Combined above peers
Amenities in the suburb
| Byangum | Eungella | |
|---|---|---|
| Parks & reserves | 1 | 0 |
| Waterways | 0 | 2 |
Mobility
Eungella sits further from the CBD (807.5 km vs 798.8 km).
| Byangum | Eungella | |
|---|---|---|
| Walkability score | 20/100 | 12/100 |
| Distance to Sydney | 798.8 km | 807.5 km +1% vs other |
| Drive time (normal traffic) | 522 min | 530 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 (73.0%).
Setting
| Byangum | Eungella | |
|---|---|---|
| Elevation | 24 m above sea level, at the suburb centre | 45 m above sea level, at the suburb centre |
| Distance to the ocean | 20.3 km | 25.9 km |
NBN connectivity
| Byangum | Eungella | |
|---|---|---|
| Connectivity score | 32/100 | 20/100 |
| Most common technology | Fixed wireless | Satellite (Sky Muster) |
| Full-fibre (FTTP) share | 2% 63 premises | 0% 75 premises |
Climate
| Byangum | Eungella | |
|---|---|---|
| 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
| Byangum | Eungella | |
|---|---|---|
| Average residential rate | $1,745/yr same for both | |
| Council | Tweed same for both | |
Federal electorate
| Byangum | Eungella | |
|---|---|---|
| Division | Richmond same for both | |
| Member | Justine Elliot same for both | |
| Party | Australian Labor Party same for both | |
First Home Owner Grant
| Byangum | Eungella | |
|---|---|---|
| Grant amount | $10,000 same for both | |
| Property price cap | $600,000 same for both | |
| Eligibility | New same for both | |
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