Byrrill Creek vs Mount Warning
In both, the large majority of households own their home, most homes are detached houses, and most households are people living alone. Houses cost more in Byrrill Creek: a median of $1.35 million, against $1.21 million in Mount Warning. On these figures, Mount Warning tends to suit people living alone.
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
Byrrill Creek
ahead on 2 of the 6 things we measure here
- has more separate houses rather than flats (104% vs 65%)
- is already more of a family suburb (42% vs 32%)
- But Mount Warning carries lower crime risk (23/100 vs 85/100)
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
- Byrrill Creek leaves households under less mortgage stress (30% vs 55%)
- Mount Warning has cheaper houses ($1,212,500 vs $1,350,000)
Weighs house prices and mortgage stress.
Renters
Too close to call
Nothing among the 2 things we measure here separates them by enough to be worth acting on.
Weighs rent and rental stress.
Commuting to the city
They split
one each way, out of the 3 things we measure here
- Byrrill Creek is more walkable (12/100 vs 0/100)
- Mount Warning sits closer to the CBD (809.4 km vs 812.1 km)
Weighs distance, drive time, and walkability.
Downsizers and retirees
They split
one each way, out of the 4 things we measure here
- Byrrill Creek is more walkable (12/100 vs 0/100)
- Mount Warning carries lower crime risk (23/100 vs 85/100)
Weighs 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 0.8%)
Weighs population growth.
Where they sit
Byrrill Creek 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
Byrrill Creek skews older (56 vs 54).
| Byrrill Creek | Mount Warning | |
|---|---|---|
| Population | 125 | 148 +18% vs other |
| Population trend (2016 → 2021) | +0.8% | +48.0% |
| Median age | 56 | 54 |
| Median household income | $40,560/yr | $43,316/yr +7% vs other |
| Median weekly rent | $220/wk | $230/wk +5% vs other |
Age profile
Share of residents in each band, 2021 Census.
Bars are drawn against the largest share shown (32.0%).
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 (5.6%).
Qualifications
Highest non-school qualification, residents 15+, 2021 Census.
Bars are drawn against the largest share shown (26.4%).
What people live in
Occupied private dwellings by structure, 2021 Census.
Property market
| Byrrill Creek | Mount Warning | |
|---|---|---|
| Median house price | $1,350,000 | $1,212,500 |
| Median unit price | — same for both | |
| Median land price | — same for both | |
Zoning mix
Byrrill Creek has more rural and farming land (90% vs 12%); Mount Warning has more land zoned for conservation (66% vs 2%).
| Byrrill Creek | Mount Warning | |
|---|---|---|
| Rural and farming | 90% | 12% |
| Environmental | 2% | 66% |
| Other and special use | 9% | 21% |
| 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
| Byrrill Creek | Mount Warning | |
|---|---|---|
| New dwellings approved | 331 across Tweed same for both | |
| Approvals change year on year | -50% same for both | |
Ranking within NSW
| Byrrill Creek | Mount Warning | |
|---|---|---|
| House price | Higher than 70% of NSW | Higher than 63% of NSW |
| Income | Higher than 5% of NSW | Higher than 6% of NSW |
| Schools | — same for both | |
| Walkability | Higher than 61% of NSW | Higher than 16% of NSW |
| Affordability | Higher than 4% of NSW | Higher than 6% of NSW |
| EV adoption | Higher than 65% of NSW | Higher than 64% of NSW |
| NBN connectivity | Higher than 26% of NSW | Higher than 31% of NSW |
Liveability
Byrrill Creek is more walkable (12 vs 0).
| Byrrill Creek | Mount Warning | |
|---|---|---|
| Grade | — same for both | |
| Score | — same for both | |
| Socio-economic band | below-average income decile 3/10 | mid-range socio-economic decile 5/10 |
Risk profile
Byrrill Creek carries more crime risk (85 vs 23).
| Byrrill Creek | Mount Warning | |
|---|---|---|
| Bushfire | Moderate 57/100 | Moderate 48/100 |
| Crime | High 85/100 | 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
| Byrrill Creek | 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
| Byrrill Creek | Mount Warning | |
|---|---|---|
| Cafes & restaurants | 0 | 2 |
| Parks & reserves | 0 | 2 |
| Waterways | 6 | 17 |
Mobility
Byrrill Creek sits further from the CBD (812.1 km vs 809.4 km).
| Byrrill Creek | Mount Warning | |
|---|---|---|
| Walkability score | 12/100 | 0/100 |
| Distance to Sydney | 812.1 km | 809.4 km |
| Drive time (normal traffic) | 539 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 (57.1%).
Setting
| Byrrill Creek | Mount Warning | |
|---|---|---|
| Elevation | 205 m above sea level, at the suburb centre | 528 m above sea level, at the suburb centre |
| Distance to the ocean | 30.8 km | 28.1 km |
NBN connectivity
| Byrrill Creek | Mount Warning | |
|---|---|---|
| Connectivity score | 17/100 | 22/100 |
| Most common technology | Satellite (Sky Muster) same for both | |
| Full-fibre (FTTP) share | 0% 38 premises | 0% 39 premises |
Climate
| Byrrill Creek | 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
| Byrrill Creek | Mount Warning | |
|---|---|---|
| Average residential rate | $1,745/yr same for both | |
| Council | Tweed same for both | |
Federal electorate
| Byrrill Creek | Mount Warning | |
|---|---|---|
| Division | Richmond same for both | |
| Member | Justine Elliot same for both | |
| Party | Australian Labor Party same for both | |
First Home Owner Grant
| Byrrill Creek | 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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