Calderwood vs Marshall Mount

Calderwood is the younger of the two, with a median age of 30 against 40 in Marshall Mount. In both, the large majority of households own their home, the large majority of homes are detached houses, and most households are couple families. Houses cost more in Marshall Mount: a median of $2.7 million, against $1.08 million in Calderwood, though rent is higher in Calderwood. On these figures, Calderwood tends to suit young adults, families with children, 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

Calderwood

ahead on 3 of the 6 things we measure here

  • has more parks and reserves (3 vs 0)
  • carries lower crime risk (44/100 vs 56/100)
  • is already more of a family suburb (86% vs 77%)

Weighs schools, house stock, crime, parks, childcare, and who already lives there.

First-home buyers

Calderwood

ahead on 2 of the 3 things we measure here

  • has cheaper land ($541,000 vs $21,750,000)
  • has cheaper houses ($1,080,000 vs $2,700,000)

Weighs house prices, land prices, and mortgage stress.

Renters

Marshall Mount

ahead on 2 of the 3 things we measure here

  • has cheaper rent ($375/wk vs $580/wk)
  • leaves renters under less rental stress (17% vs 24%)

Weighs rent, rental stress, and how much is for rent.

Commuting to the city

Too close to call

Nothing among the 3 things we measure here separates them by enough to be worth acting on.

Weighs distance, drive time, and walkability.

Downsizers and retirees

They split

one each way, out of the 4 things we measure here

  • Calderwood carries lower crime risk (44/100 vs 56/100)
  • Marshall Mount has more residents already 65 and over (19% vs 6%)

Weighs who already lives there, GPs, walkability, and crime.

Where they sit

Calderwood and Marshall Mount drawn to the same scale. Both outlines are shown together, so the map answers whether they share a border and how their areas compare.

Calderwood Marshall Mount
Hides rows where both suburbs match

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.

Calderwood Marshall Mount
Walkability 10 / 10
Calderwood — Walkability: 10/100 Marshall Mount — Walkability: 10/100
Safety 56 / 44
Calderwood — Safety: 56/100 Marshall Mount — Safety: 44/100
Low fire risk 100 / 100
Calderwood — Low fire risk: 100/100 Marshall Mount — Low fire risk: 100/100

Demographics

Calderwood has more residents (3,013 vs 177); Calderwood rents higher ($580/wk vs $375/wk).

Calderwood Marshall Mount
Population 3,013
+94% vs other
 177
Population trend (2016 → 2021) — +24.6%
Median age 30 40
Median household income $126,412/yr
+11% vs other
 $113,100/yr
Median weekly rent $580/wk
+35% vs other
 $375/wk

Age profile

Share of residents in each band, 2021 Census.

Calderwood Marshall Mount
0-4 12.8% / 6.2%
Calderwood — 0-4: 12.8% Marshall Mount — 0-4: 6.2%
5-14 16.2% / 10.7%
Calderwood — 5-14: 16.2% Marshall Mount — 5-14: 10.7%
15-19 4.2% / 6.8%
Calderwood — 15-19: 4.2% Marshall Mount — 15-19: 6.8%
20-24 4.3% / 5.6%
Calderwood — 20-24: 4.3% Marshall Mount — 20-24: 5.6%
25-34 26.2% / 5.1%
Calderwood — 25-34: 26.2% Marshall Mount — 25-34: 5.1%
35-44 16.5% / 16.4%
Calderwood — 35-44: 16.5% Marshall Mount — 35-44: 16.4%
45-54 7.2% / 10.2%
Calderwood — 45-54: 7.2% Marshall Mount — 45-54: 10.2%
55-64 6.3% / 14.1%
Calderwood — 55-64: 6.3% Marshall Mount — 55-64: 14.1%
65-74 4.8% / 14.1%
Calderwood — 65-74: 4.8% Marshall Mount — 65-74: 14.1%
75-84 1.0% / 4.5%
Calderwood — 75-84: 1.0% Marshall Mount — 75-84: 4.5%
85+ 0.2% / —
Calderwood — 85+: 0.2% Marshall Mount — 85+: not among its largest

Bars are drawn against the largest share shown (26.2%).

Who lives together

Household composition, 2021 Census.

Calderwood 70.7% couple families
Calderwood — Couple Families: 70.7% Calderwood — Lone Person: 10.6% Calderwood — One Parent Families: 15.2% Calderwood — Group Household: 2.0% Calderwood — Other Families: 1.4%
Marshall Mount 68.6% couple families
Marshall Mount — Couple Families: 68.6% Marshall Mount — Lone Person: 22.9% Marshall Mount — One Parent Families: 8.6% Marshall Mount — Group Household: 0.0% Marshall Mount — Other Families: 0.0%
Couple Families Lone Person One Parent Families Group Household Other Families

Who owns and who rents

Occupied private dwellings by tenure, 2021 Census.

Calderwood 20.0% renting
Calderwood — Owned Outright: 13.5% Calderwood — Mortgage: 66.5% Calderwood — Renting: 20.0%
Marshall Mount 23.1% renting
Marshall Mount — Owned Outright: 48.1% Marshall Mount — Mortgage: 28.8% Marshall Mount — Renting: 23.1%
Owned outright Mortgage Renting

Qualifications

Highest non-school qualification, residents 15+, 2021 Census.

Calderwood Marshall Mount
Certificate III & IV 20.1% / 22.6%
Calderwood — Certificate III & IV: 20.1% Marshall Mount — Certificate III & IV: 22.6%
Bachelor Degree 11.0% / 7.9%
Calderwood — Bachelor Degree: 11.0% Marshall Mount — Bachelor Degree: 7.9%
Advanced Diploma / Diploma 8.6% / 7.3%
Calderwood — Advanced Diploma / Diploma: 8.6% Marshall Mount — Advanced Diploma / Diploma: 7.3%
Postgraduate Degree 3.0% / 2.8%
Calderwood — Postgraduate Degree: 3.0% Marshall Mount — Postgraduate Degree: 2.8%
Graduate Diploma / Certificate 1.2% / 1.7%
Calderwood — Graduate Diploma / Certificate: 1.2% Marshall Mount — Graduate Diploma / Certificate: 1.7%

Bars are drawn against the largest share shown (22.6%).

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.

Calderwood Marshall Mount
England 2.6% / 4.5%
Calderwood — England: 2.6% Marshall Mount — England: 4.5%
Italy — / 2.8%
Calderwood — Italy: not among its largest Marshall Mount — Italy: 2.8%
India 1.9% / —
Calderwood — India: 1.9% Marshall Mount — India: not among its largest
Philippines 1.3% / —
Calderwood — Philippines: 1.3% Marshall Mount — Philippines: not among its largest
New Zealand 0.8% / —
Calderwood — New Zealand: 0.8% Marshall Mount — New Zealand: not among its largest
South Africa 0.5% / —
Calderwood — South Africa: 0.5% Marshall Mount — South Africa: not among its largest

Bars are drawn against the largest share shown (4.5%).

What people live in

Occupied private dwellings by structure, 2021 Census.

Calderwood 97.6% houses
Calderwood — Houses: 97.6% Calderwood — Townhouses: 1.3% Calderwood — Flats / Apartments: 1.0%
Marshall Mount 100.0% houses
Marshall Mount — Houses: 100.0% Marshall Mount — Townhouses: 0.0% Marshall Mount — Flats / Apartments: 0.0%
Houses Townhouses Flats / Apartments

Property market

Calderwood Marshall Mount
Median house price $1,080,000 $2,700,000
Median unit price —
same for both
Median land price $541,000 $21,750,000
Typical days to sell (houses) 29 days
from 99 sales
 —

Zoning mix

Marshall Mount has more land zoned for conservation (60% vs 46%); Calderwood has more rural and farming land (30% vs 18%).

Calderwood Marshall Mount
Environmental 46% 60%
Rural and farming 30% 18%
Residential 17% 20%
Other and special use 0% 10%
Commercial 4% 0%
Parks and recreation 4% 1%
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

Calderwood Marshall Mount
New dwellings approved 883
across Shellharbour
 1,476
across Wollongong
Approvals change year on year +25% -31%

Gross rental yield

Gross — before strata, rates, management, insurance and vacancy. From median advertised rents and median asking prices over the last 6 months. How we calculate.

Calderwood Marshall Mount
Houses 3.8%
$870/wk on $1.2M
 —
Units —
same for both

Ranking within NSW

Calderwood Marshall Mount
House price Higher than 39% of NSW Higher than 92% of NSW
Income Higher than 87% of NSW Higher than 78% of NSW
Schools —
same for both
Walkability Higher than 57% of NSW
same for both
Affordability Higher than 86% of NSW Higher than 10% of NSW
EV adoption Higher than 71% of NSW Higher than 67% of NSW
NBN connectivity Higher than 69% of NSW Higher than 34% of NSW
Rental yield (houses) Higher than 62% of NSW —

Liveability

Calderwood Marshall Mount
Grade B —
Score 61/100 —
Socio-economic band very advantaged area
decile 9/10
 advantaged area
decile 8/10

Risk profile

Marshall Mount carries more crime risk (56 vs 44).

Calderwood Marshall Mount
Bushfire None
0/100
same for both
Crime Moderate
44/100
 Moderate
56/100
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

Calderwood Marshall Mount
Inside the suburb 1 0
Rated above peers 0
same for both
Rated at peers 1 0
Rated below peers 0
same for both

Schools in Calderwood

  • Calderwood Christian School Independent · Combined at peers

Schools in Marshall Mount

No schools recorded inside this suburb's boundary. Children here will be zoned to schools nearby.

Amenities in the suburb

Calderwood Marshall Mount
Supermarkets 1 0
Parks & reserves 3 0
Childcare 1 0
EV chargers 1 0

Mobility

Calderwood Marshall Mount
Walkability score 10/100
same for both
Distance to Sydney 106.8 km 106.1 km
Drive time (normal traffic) 97 min 95 min
Electric vehicle share 0.7%
postcode 2527
 0.7%
postcode 2530
Rooftop solar per 100 dwellings 60
postcode 2527
 54
postcode 2530

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.

Calderwood Marshall Mount
Car (driver) 68.4% / 69.9%
Calderwood — Car (driver): 68.4% Marshall Mount — Car (driver): 69.9%
Worked from Home 27.5% / 23.3%
Calderwood — Worked from Home: 27.5% Marshall Mount — Worked from Home: 23.3%
Walked Only 0.4% / 6.8%
Calderwood — Walked Only: 0.4% Marshall Mount — Walked Only: 6.8%
Car (passenger) 2.7% / —
Calderwood — Car (passenger): 2.7% Marshall Mount — Car (passenger): not among its largest
Train 0.8% / —
Calderwood — Train: 0.8% Marshall Mount — Train: not among its largest

Bars are drawn against the largest share shown (69.9%).

Setting

Calderwood Marshall Mount
Elevation 52 m
above sea level, at the suburb centre
 178 m
above sea level, at the suburb centre
Distance to the ocean 12.7 km 12.4 km

NBN connectivity

Calderwood Marshall Mount
Connectivity score 57/100 24/100
Most common technology Fixed wireless
same for both
Full-fibre (FTTP) share 42%
65 premises
 0%
43 premises

Climate

Calderwood Marshall Mount
Annual rainfall 974 mm
same for both
Summer max (Jan) —
same for both
Winter min (Jul) —
same for both

Air quality (annual mean)

Calderwood Marshall Mount
PM2.5 5.1 µg/m³
same for both
PM10 14.3 µg/m³
same for both
NO₂ 0.37 pphm
same for both

Council rates

Calderwood Marshall Mount
Average residential rate $1,788/yr $1,751/yr
Council Shellharbour Wollongong

Federal electorate

Calderwood Marshall Mount
Division Whitlam
same for both
Member Carol Berry
same for both
Party Australian Labor Party
same for both

First Home Owner Grant

Calderwood Marshall Mount
Grant amount $10,000
same for both
Property price cap $600,000
same for both
Eligibility New
same for both

Tags

Calderwood

Acreage Family Young Families

Marshall Mount

Premium Rural

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