Byangum vs Mount Warning
Byangum is the younger of the two, with a median age of 47 against 54 in Mount Warning. In both, the large majority of households own their home and most homes are detached houses. In Mount Warning, most households are people living alone. Houses cost more in Byangum: a median of $1.71 million, against $1.21 million in Mount Warning, and rent is higher there too. On these figures, Byangum tends to suit families with children, while Mount Warning 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
Byangum
ahead on 2 of the 6 things we measure here
- has more separate houses rather than flats (98% vs 65%)
- is already more of a family suburb (41% vs 32%)
- But Mount Warning carries lower crime risk (23/100 vs 90/100)
Weighs schools, house stock, crime, parks, childcare, and who already lives there.
First-home buyers
They split
one each way, out of the 2 things we measure here
- Byangum leaves households under less mortgage stress (30% vs 55%)
- Mount Warning has cheaper houses ($1,212,500 vs $1,707,500)
Weighs house prices and mortgage stress.
Renters
Mount Warning
ahead on the one thing that separates them
- has cheaper rent ($230/wk vs $300/wk)
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 0/100)
- has a shorter drive in (522 min vs 541 min)
- sits closer to the CBD (798.8 km vs 809.4 km)
Weighs distance, drive time, and walkability.
Downsizers and retirees
Mount Warning
ahead on 2 of the 5 things we measure here
- has more units and townhouses to downsize into (35% vs 2%)
- carries lower crime risk (23/100 vs 90/100)
- But Byangum is more walkable (20/100 vs 0/100)
Weighs smaller dwellings, who already lives there, GPs, walkability, and crime.
Investors
Mount Warning
ahead on the one thing that separates them
- is growing faster (48.0% vs 15.0%)
Weighs population growth.
Where they sit
Byangum and Mount Warning 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
Byangum has higher household incomes ($61,724 vs $43,316); Byangum rents higher ($300/wk vs $230/wk).
| Byangum | Mount Warning | |
|---|---|---|
| Population | 153 +3% vs other | 148 |
| Population trend (2016 → 2021) | +15.0% | +48.0% |
| Median age | 47 | 54 |
| Median household income | $61,724/yr +30% vs other | $43,316/yr |
| Median weekly rent | $300/wk +23% vs other | $230/wk |
Age profile
Share of residents in each band, 2021 Census.
Bars are drawn against the largest share shown (25.7%).
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 (3.3%).
What people live in
Occupied private dwellings by structure, 2021 Census.
Property market
| Byangum | Mount Warning | |
|---|---|---|
| Median house price | $1,707,500 | $1,212,500 |
| Median unit price | — same for both | |
| Median land price | $570,000 | — |
Zoning mix
Byangum has more rural and farming land (83% vs 12%); Mount Warning has more land zoned for conservation (66% vs 5%).
| Byangum | Mount Warning | |
|---|---|---|
| Rural and farming | 83% | 12% |
| Environmental | 5% | 66% |
| Other and special use | 8% | 21% |
| 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 | Mount Warning | |
|---|---|---|
| New dwellings approved | 331 across Tweed same for both | |
| Approvals change year on year | -50% same for both | |
Ranking within NSW
| Byangum | Mount Warning | |
|---|---|---|
| House price | Higher than 80% of NSW | Higher than 63% of NSW |
| Income | Higher than 24% of NSW | Higher than 6% of NSW |
| Schools | — same for both | |
| Walkability | Higher than 69% of NSW | Higher than 16% of NSW |
| Affordability | Higher than 7% of NSW | Higher than 6% of NSW |
| EV adoption | Higher than 64% of NSW same for both | |
| NBN connectivity | Higher than 63% of NSW | Higher than 31% of NSW |
Liveability
Byangum is more walkable (20 vs 0).
| Byangum | Mount Warning | |
|---|---|---|
| Grade | — same for both | |
| Score | — same for both | |
| Socio-economic band | mid-range socio-economic decile 5/10 same for both | |
Risk profile
Byangum carries more crime risk (90 vs 23).
| Byangum | Mount Warning | |
|---|---|---|
| Bushfire | Moderate 56/100 | Moderate 48/100 |
| Crime | High 90/100 | Low 23/100 |
| 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 | Mount Warning | |
|---|---|---|
| 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
| Byangum | Mount Warning | |
|---|---|---|
| Cafes & restaurants | 0 | 2 |
| Parks & reserves | 1 | 2 |
| Waterways | 0 | 17 |
Mobility
Mount Warning sits further from the CBD (809.4 km vs 798.8 km).
| Byangum | Mount Warning | |
|---|---|---|
| Walkability score | 20/100 | 0/100 |
| Distance to Sydney | 798.8 km | 809.4 km +1% vs other |
| Drive time (normal traffic) | 522 min | 541 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 | Mount Warning | |
|---|---|---|
| Elevation | 24 m above sea level, at the suburb centre | 528 m above sea level, at the suburb centre |
| Distance to the ocean | 20.3 km | 28.1 km |
NBN connectivity
| Byangum | Mount Warning | |
|---|---|---|
| Connectivity score | 32/100 | 22/100 |
| Most common technology | Fixed wireless | Satellite (Sky Muster) |
| Full-fibre (FTTP) share | 2% 63 premises | 0% 39 premises |
Climate
| Byangum | Mount Warning | |
|---|---|---|
| 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 | Mount Warning | |
|---|---|---|
| Average residential rate | $1,745/yr same for both | |
| Council | Tweed same for both | |
Federal electorate
| Byangum | Mount Warning | |
|---|---|---|
| Division | Richmond same for both | |
| Member | Justine Elliot same for both | |
| Party | Australian Labor Party same for both | |
First Home Owner Grant
| Byangum | Mount Warning | |
|---|---|---|
| Grant amount | $10,000 same for both | |
| Property price cap | $600,000 same for both | |
| Eligibility | New same for both | |
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