Clergate vs Summer Hill Creek
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 Summer Hill Creek: a median of $1.04 million, against $785,000 in Clergate, and rent is higher there too. On these figures, Clergate tends to suit people living alone and buyers on a tighter budget, while Summer Hill Creek suits couples.
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
They split
one each way, out of the 6 things we measure here
- Clergate has more schools rated above their peers (1 vs 0)
- Summer Hill Creek is already more of a family suburb (81% vs 69%)
Weighs schools, house stock, crime, parks, childcare, and who already lives there.
First-home buyers
Clergate
ahead on the one thing that separates them
- has cheaper houses ($785,000 vs $1,037,500)
Weighs house prices and mortgage stress.
Renters
Clergate
ahead on the one thing that separates them
- has cheaper rent ($190/wk vs $360/wk)
Weighs rent, rental stress, and how much is for rent.
Commuting to the city
Summer Hill Creek
ahead on 2 of the 3 things we measure here
- has a shorter drive in (226 min vs 233 min)
- sits closer to the CBD (271.8 km vs 273.8 km)
Weighs distance, drive time, and walkability.
Downsizers and retirees
Too close to call
Nothing among the 4 things we measure here separates them by enough to be worth acting on.
Weighs who already lives there, GPs, walkability, and crime.
Investors
Summer Hill Creek
ahead on the one thing that separates them
- is growing faster (8.3% vs -1.9%)
Weighs population growth.
Where they sit
Clergate and Summer Hill 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.
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
Summer Hill Creek rents higher ($360/wk vs $190/wk); Summer Hill Creek has higher household incomes ($133,224 vs $99,320).
| Clergate | Summer Hill Creek | |
|---|---|---|
| Population | 206 | 234 +14% vs other |
| Population trend (2016 → 2021) | -1.9% | +8.3% |
| Median age | 41 | 40 |
| Median household income | $99,320/yr | $133,224/yr +34% vs other |
| Median weekly rent | $190/wk | $360/wk +89% vs other |
Age profile
Share of residents in each band, 2021 Census.
Bars are drawn against the largest share shown (19.4%).
Who lives together
Household composition, 2021 Census.
Who owns and who rents
Occupied private dwellings by tenure, 2021 Census.
What people live in
Occupied private dwellings by structure, 2021 Census.
Qualifications
Highest non-school qualification, residents 15+, 2021 Census.
Bars are drawn against the largest share shown (19.2%).
Property market
| Clergate | Summer Hill Creek | |
|---|---|---|
| Median house price | $785,000 | $1,037,500 |
| Median unit price | — same for both | |
| Median land price | — | $590,000 |
Zoning mix
Clergate has more rural and farming land (89% vs 62%).
| Clergate | Summer Hill Creek | |
|---|---|---|
| Rural and farming | 89% | 62% |
| Residential | 0% | 36% |
| Environmental | 10% | 3% |
| Infrastructure and transport | 1% | 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
| Clergate | Summer Hill Creek | |
|---|---|---|
| New dwellings approved | 29 across Cabonne same for both | |
| Approvals change year on year | -43% same for both | |
Ranking within NSW
| Clergate | Summer Hill Creek | |
|---|---|---|
| House price | Higher than 32% of NSW | Higher than 53% of NSW |
| Income | Higher than 68% of NSW | Higher than 89% of NSW |
| Schools | — same for both | |
| Walkability | Higher than 65% of NSW | Higher than 60% of NSW |
| Affordability | Higher than 79% of NSW | Higher than 80% of NSW |
| EV adoption | Higher than 60% of NSW same for both | |
| NBN connectivity | Higher than 55% of NSW | Higher than 46% of NSW |
Liveability
| Clergate | Summer Hill Creek | |
|---|---|---|
| Grade | — same for both | |
| Score | — same for both | |
| Socio-economic band | very advantaged area decile 9/10 same for both | |
Risk profile
| Clergate | Summer Hill Creek | |
|---|---|---|
| Bushfire | Moderate 40/100 | Low 36/100 |
| Crime | Low 20/100 | Low 12/100 |
| 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
| Clergate | Summer Hill Creek | |
|---|---|---|
| Inside the suburb | 1 | 0 |
| Rated above peers | 1 | 0 |
| Rated at peers | 0 same for both | |
| Rated below peers | 0 same for both | |
Schools in Clergate
- Clergate Public School Government · Primary above peers
Schools in Summer Hill Creek
No schools recorded inside this suburb's boundary. Children here will be zoned to schools nearby.
Amenities in the suburb
| Clergate | Summer Hill Creek | |
|---|---|---|
| Parks & reserves | 1 | 0 |
| Childcare | 1 | 0 |
| Waterways | 1 | 6 |
Mobility
Clergate sits further from the CBD (273.8 km vs 271.8 km).
| Clergate | Summer Hill Creek | |
|---|---|---|
| Walkability score | 15/100 | 12/100 |
| Distance to Sydney | 273.8 km | 271.8 km |
| Drive time (normal traffic) | 233 min | 226 min |
| Electric vehicle share | 0.6% postcode 2800 same for both | |
| Rooftop solar per 100 dwellings | 48 postcode 2800 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 (82.4%).
Setting
| Clergate | Summer Hill Creek | |
|---|---|---|
| Elevation | 859 m above sea level, at the suburb centre | 905 m above sea level, at the suburb centre |
NBN connectivity
| Clergate | Summer Hill Creek | |
|---|---|---|
| Connectivity score | 30/100 | 29/100 |
| Most common technology | Fixed wireless same for both | |
| Full-fibre (FTTP) share | 0% 71 premises | 0% 85 premises |
Climate
| Clergate | Summer Hill Creek | |
|---|---|---|
| Annual rainfall | 894 mm same for both | |
| Summer max (Jan) | 26.3°C same for both | |
| Winter min (Jul) | 2.2°C same for both | |
Air quality (annual mean)
| Clergate | Summer Hill Creek | |
|---|---|---|
| PM2.5 | 6.0 µg/m³ same for both | |
| PM10 | 10.8 µg/m³ same for both | |
| NO₂ | 0.4 pphm same for both | |
Council rates
| Clergate | Summer Hill Creek | |
|---|---|---|
| Average residential rate | $750/yr same for both | |
| Council | Cabonne same for both | |
Federal electorate
| Clergate | Summer Hill Creek | |
|---|---|---|
| Division | Calare same for both | |
| Member | Andrew Gee same for both | |
| Party | Independent same for both | |
First Home Owner Grant
| Clergate | Summer Hill Creek | |
|---|---|---|
| Grant amount | $10,000 same for both | |
| Property price cap | $600,000 same for both | |
| Eligibility | New same for both | |
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