Carroll vs Rushes Creek

Carroll is the younger of the two, with a median age of 37 against 48 in Rushes Creek. In both, most households own their home and the large majority of homes are detached houses. In Rushes Creek, about half of households are people living alone. Houses cost more in Rushes Creek: a median of $505,000, against $292,000 in Carroll, though rent is higher in Carroll. On these figures, Carroll tends to suit families with children and buyers on a tighter budget, while Rushes Creek suits people living alone, couples, and older residents.

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

Rushes Creek

ahead on the one thing that separates them

  • carries lower crime risk (21/100 vs 93/100)

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

First-home buyers

Carroll

ahead on 2 of the 2 things we measure here

  • leaves households under less mortgage stress (15% vs 37%)
  • has cheaper houses ($292,500 vs $505,000)

Weighs house prices and mortgage stress.

Renters

Rushes Creek

ahead on the one thing that separates them

  • has cheaper rent ($190/wk vs $220/wk)

Weighs rent and rental stress.

Commuting to the city

Carroll

ahead on 3 of the 3 things we measure here

  • is more walkable (8/100 vs 0/100)
  • sits closer to the CBD (416.3 km vs 470.3 km)
  • has a shorter drive in (298 min vs 330 min)

Weighs distance, drive time, and walkability.

Downsizers and retirees

Rushes Creek

ahead on 2 of the 4 things we measure here

  • carries lower crime risk (21/100 vs 93/100)
  • has more residents already 65 and over (20% vs 12%)
  • But Carroll is more walkable (8/100 vs 0/100)

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

Investors

Too close to call

Nothing among the 1 things we measure here separates them by enough to be worth acting on.

Weighs population growth.

Where they sit

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

Carroll Rushes Creek
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.

Carroll Rushes Creek
Walkability 8 / 0
Carroll — Walkability: 8/100 Rushes Creek — Walkability: 0/100
Safety 7 / 79
Carroll — Safety: 7/100 Rushes Creek — Safety: 79/100
Low fire risk 70 / 67
Carroll — Low fire risk: 70/100 Rushes Creek — Low fire risk: 67/100

Demographics

Carroll has more residents (305 vs 98); Rushes Creek skews older (48 vs 37).

Carroll Rushes Creek
Population 305
+68% vs other
 98
Population trend (2016 → 2021) -9.5% -7.5%
Median age 37 48
Median household income $79,248/yr
+16% vs other
 $66,612/yr
Median weekly rent $220/wk
+14% vs other
 $190/wk

Age profile

Share of residents in each band, 2021 Census.

Carroll Rushes Creek
0-4 8.2% / 5.1%
Carroll — 0-4: 8.2% Rushes Creek — 0-4: 5.1%
5-14 16.4% / 12.2%
Carroll — 5-14: 16.4% Rushes Creek — 5-14: 12.2%
15-19 8.5% / 6.1%
Carroll — 15-19: 8.5% Rushes Creek — 15-19: 6.1%
20-24 6.6% / —
Carroll — 20-24: 6.6% Rushes Creek — 20-24: not among its largest
25-34 10.5% / 9.2%
Carroll — 25-34: 10.5% Rushes Creek — 25-34: 9.2%
35-44 7.5% / 4.1%
Carroll — 35-44: 7.5% Rushes Creek — 35-44: 4.1%
45-54 15.7% / 14.3%
Carroll — 45-54: 15.7% Rushes Creek — 45-54: 14.3%
55-64 14.4% / 25.5%
Carroll — 55-64: 14.4% Rushes Creek — 55-64: 25.5%
65-74 6.9% / 13.3%
Carroll — 65-74: 6.9% Rushes Creek — 65-74: 13.3%
75-84 5.2% / 4.1%
Carroll — 75-84: 5.2% Rushes Creek — 75-84: 4.1%
85+ — / 3.1%
Carroll — 85+: not among its largest Rushes Creek — 85+: 3.1%

Bars are drawn against the largest share shown (25.5%).

Who lives together

Household composition, 2021 Census.

Carroll 36.9% couple families
Carroll — Couple Families: 36.9% Carroll — Lone Person: 29.8% Carroll — One Parent Families: 20.2% Carroll — Group Household: 7.1% Carroll — Other Families: 6.0%
Rushes Creek 50.0% couple families
Rushes Creek — Couple Families: 50.0% Rushes Creek — Lone Person: 50.0% Rushes Creek — One Parent Families: 0.0% Rushes Creek — Group Household: 0.0% Rushes Creek — 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.

Carroll 26.8% renting
Carroll — Owned Outright: 39.2% Carroll — Mortgage: 34.0% Carroll — Renting: 26.8%
Rushes Creek 0.0% renting
Rushes Creek — Owned Outright: 75.0% Rushes Creek — Mortgage: 25.0% Rushes Creek — Renting: 0.0%
Owned outright Mortgage Renting

What people live in

Occupied private dwellings by structure, 2021 Census.

Carroll 100.0% houses
Carroll — Houses: 100.0% Carroll — Flats / Apartments: 0.0%
Rushes Creek 90.2% houses
Rushes Creek — Houses: 90.2% Rushes Creek — Flats / Apartments: 9.8%
Houses Flats / Apartments

Qualifications

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

Carroll Rushes Creek
Certificate III & IV 16.4% / 13.3%
Carroll — Certificate III & IV: 16.4% Rushes Creek — Certificate III & IV: 13.3%
Advanced Diploma / Diploma 7.2% / 10.2%
Carroll — Advanced Diploma / Diploma: 7.2% Rushes Creek — Advanced Diploma / Diploma: 10.2%
Bachelor Degree 7.2% / —
Carroll — Bachelor Degree: 7.2% Rushes Creek — Bachelor Degree: not among its largest
Graduate Diploma / Certificate 1.6% / —
Carroll — Graduate Diploma / Certificate: 1.6% Rushes Creek — Graduate Diploma / Certificate: not among its largest

Bars are drawn against the largest share shown (16.4%).

Property market

Carroll Rushes Creek
Median house price $292,500 $505,000
Median unit price —
same for both
Median land price —
same for both

Zoning mix

Carroll Rushes Creek
Rural and farming 97% 100%
Environmental 3% 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

Carroll Rushes Creek
New dwellings approved 25
across Gunnedah
 390
across Tamworth
Approvals change year on year -17% -35%

Ranking within NSW

Carroll Rushes Creek
House price Higher than 3% of NSW Higher than 16% of NSW
Income Higher than 46% of NSW Higher than 29% of NSW
Schools —
same for both
Walkability Higher than 53% of NSW Higher than 32% of NSW
Affordability Higher than 98% of NSW Higher than 81% of NSW
EV adoption Higher than 31% of NSW Higher than 5% of NSW
NBN connectivity Higher than 39% of NSW Higher than 40% of NSW

Liveability

Carroll is more walkable (8 vs 0).

Carroll Rushes Creek
Grade —
same for both
Score —
same for both
Socio-economic band below-average income
decile 3/10
 advantaged area
decile 8/10

Risk profile

Carroll carries more crime risk (93 vs 21).

Carroll Rushes Creek
Bushfire Low
30/100
 Low
33/100
Crime High
93/100
 Low
21/100
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

Carroll Rushes Creek
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 Carroll

  • Carroll Public School Government · Primary at peers

Schools in Rushes Creek

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

Amenities in the suburb

Carroll Rushes Creek
Parks & reserves 2 0
Fuel stations 1 0
Waterways 8 2

Mobility

Rushes Creek sits further from the CBD (470.3 km vs 416.3 km).

Carroll Rushes Creek
Walkability score 8/100 0/100
Distance to Sydney 416.3 km 470.3 km
+13% vs other
Drive time (normal traffic) 298 min 330 min
Electric vehicle share 0.3%
postcode 2340
 0.1%
postcode 2346
Rooftop solar per 100 dwellings 47
postcode 2340
 50
postcode 2346

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.

Carroll Rushes Creek
Car (driver) 75.4% / 46.9%
Carroll — Car (driver): 75.4% Rushes Creek — Car (driver): 46.9%
Worked from Home 19.7% / 38.8%
Carroll — Worked from Home: 19.7% Rushes Creek — Worked from Home: 38.8%
Walked Only 2.5% / 8.2%
Carroll — Walked Only: 2.5% Rushes Creek — Walked Only: 8.2%
Bus — / 6.1%
Carroll — Bus: not among its largest Rushes Creek — Bus: 6.1%
Car (passenger) 2.5% / —
Carroll — Car (passenger): 2.5% Rushes Creek — Car (passenger): not among its largest

Bars are drawn against the largest share shown (75.4%).

Setting

Carroll Rushes Creek
Elevation 278 m
above sea level, at the suburb centre
 397 m
above sea level, at the suburb centre

NBN connectivity

Carroll Rushes Creek
Connectivity score 27/100
same for both
Most common technology Fixed wireless
same for both
Full-fibre (FTTP) share 0%
100 premises
 0%
36 premises

Climate

Carroll Rushes Creek
Annual rainfall 626 mm
same for both
Summer max (Jan) 32.8°C
same for both
Winter min (Jul) 6.0°C
same for both

Council rates

Carroll Rushes Creek
Average residential rate $1,093/yr $1,397/yr
Council Gunnedah Tamworth

Federal electorate

Carroll Rushes Creek
Division Parkes New England
Member Jamie Chaffey Barnaby Joyce
Party The Nationals
same for both

First Home Owner Grant

Carroll Rushes Creek
Grant amount $10,000
same for both
Property price cap $600,000
same for both
Eligibility New
same for both

Tags

Carroll

Family Rural

Rushes Creek

Affordable Rural

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