Cronulla vs Greenhills Beach

Greenhills Beach is the younger of the two, with a median age of 37 against 43 in Cronulla. In both, most households own their home. In Cronulla, most homes are flats or apartments and about half of households are people living alone. In Greenhills Beach, the large majority of homes are detached houses and the large majority of households are couple families. Houses cost more in Greenhills Beach: a median of $3.86 million, against $3.3 million in Cronulla, and rent is higher there too. On these figures, Cronulla tends to suit people living alone and older residents, while Greenhills Beach suits families with children and 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

  • Cronulla has more parks and reserves (13 vs 0)
  • Greenhills Beach has more separate houses rather than flats (100% vs 20%)

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

  • Cronulla has cheaper houses ($3,300,000 vs $3,860,000)
  • Greenhills Beach leaves households under less mortgage stress (20% vs 27%)

Weighs house prices and mortgage stress.

Renters

Cronulla

ahead on 3 of the 3 things we measure here

  • has a bigger rental market to choose from (42% vs 5%)
  • has cheaper rent ($500/wk vs $1,625/wk)
  • leaves renters under less rental stress (24% vs 34%)

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

Commuting to the city

Cronulla

ahead on the one thing that separates them

  • is more walkable (95/100 vs 39/100)

Weighs distance, drive time, rail access, and walkability.

Downsizers and retirees

Cronulla

ahead on 3 of the 4 things we measure here

  • has more GPs (5 vs 0)
  • has more residents already 65 and over (22% vs 6%)
  • is more walkable (95/100 vs 39/100)
  • But Greenhills Beach carries lower crime risk (37/100 vs 62/100)

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

Investors

Greenhills Beach

ahead on the one thing that separates them

  • is growing faster (73.6% vs -0.9%)

Weighs population growth.

Where they sit

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

Cronulla Greenhills Beach
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.

Cronulla Greenhills Beach
Walkability 95 / 39
Cronulla — Walkability: 95/100 Greenhills Beach — Walkability: 39/100
Safety 38 / 63
Cronulla — Safety: 38/100 Greenhills Beach — Safety: 63/100
Low fire risk 100 / 100
Cronulla — Low fire risk: 100/100 Greenhills Beach — Low fire risk: 100/100

Demographics

Cronulla has more residents (17,899 vs 1,375); Greenhills Beach rents higher ($1,625/wk vs $500/wk).

Cronulla Greenhills Beach
Population 17,899
+92% vs other
 1,375
Population trend (2016 → 2021) -0.9% +73.6%
Median age 43 37
Median household income $107,016/yr $244,608/yr
+129% vs other
Median weekly rent $500/wk $1,625/wk
+225% vs other

Age profile

Share of residents in each band, 2021 Census.

Cronulla Greenhills Beach
0-4 4.6% / 5.7%
Cronulla — 0-4: 4.6% Greenhills Beach — 0-4: 5.7%
5-14 7.3% / 19.6%
Cronulla — 5-14: 7.3% Greenhills Beach — 5-14: 19.6%
15-19 4.0% / 9.4%
Cronulla — 15-19: 4.0% Greenhills Beach — 15-19: 9.4%
20-24 5.7% / 7.5%
Cronulla — 20-24: 5.7% Greenhills Beach — 20-24: 7.5%
25-34 18.0% / 5.3%
Cronulla — 25-34: 18.0% Greenhills Beach — 25-34: 5.3%
35-44 12.2% / 16.0%
Cronulla — 35-44: 12.2% Greenhills Beach — 35-44: 16.0%
45-54 12.3% / 17.7%
Cronulla — 45-54: 12.3% Greenhills Beach — 45-54: 17.7%
55-64 14.4% / 12.1%
Cronulla — 55-64: 14.4% Greenhills Beach — 55-64: 12.1%
65-74 12.4% / 5.2%
Cronulla — 65-74: 12.4% Greenhills Beach — 65-74: 5.2%
75-84 6.0% / 0.9%
Cronulla — 75-84: 6.0% Greenhills Beach — 75-84: 0.9%
85+ 3.1% / —
Cronulla — 85+: 3.1% Greenhills Beach — 85+: not among its largest

Bars are drawn against the largest share shown (19.6%).

Who lives together

Household composition, 2021 Census.

Cronulla 29.3% couple families
Cronulla — Couple Families: 29.3% Cronulla — Lone Person: 50.6% Cronulla — One Parent Families: 11.9% Cronulla — Group Household: 6.9% Cronulla — Other Families: 1.4%
Greenhills Beach 89.9% couple families
Greenhills Beach — Couple Families: 89.9% Greenhills Beach — Lone Person: 5.6% Greenhills Beach — One Parent Families: 4.6% Greenhills Beach — Group Household: 0.0% Greenhills Beach — 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.

Cronulla 41.9% renting
Cronulla — Owned Outright: 34.1% Cronulla — Mortgage: 24.0% Cronulla — Renting: 41.9%
Greenhills Beach 5.0% renting
Greenhills Beach — Owned Outright: 30.3% Greenhills Beach — Mortgage: 64.7% Greenhills Beach — Renting: 5.0%
Owned outright Mortgage Renting

Qualifications

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

Cronulla Greenhills Beach
Bachelor Degree 19.0% / 17.5%
Cronulla — Bachelor Degree: 19.0% Greenhills Beach — Bachelor Degree: 17.5%
Certificate III & IV 15.6% / 9.7%
Cronulla — Certificate III & IV: 15.6% Greenhills Beach — Certificate III & IV: 9.7%
Advanced Diploma / Diploma 10.6% / 8.9%
Cronulla — Advanced Diploma / Diploma: 10.6% Greenhills Beach — Advanced Diploma / Diploma: 8.9%
Postgraduate Degree 5.7% / 7.1%
Cronulla — Postgraduate Degree: 5.7% Greenhills Beach — Postgraduate Degree: 7.1%
Graduate Diploma / Certificate 2.4% / 1.5%
Cronulla — Graduate Diploma / Certificate: 2.4% Greenhills Beach — Graduate Diploma / Certificate: 1.5%

Bars are drawn against the largest share shown (19.0%).

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.

Cronulla Greenhills Beach
England 3.6% / 3.3%
Cronulla — England: 3.6% Greenhills Beach — England: 3.3%
New Zealand 1.6% / 1.3%
Cronulla — New Zealand: 1.6% Greenhills Beach — New Zealand: 1.3%
South Africa 0.6% / 1.8%
Cronulla — South Africa: 0.6% Greenhills Beach — South Africa: 1.8%
China — / 2.0%
Cronulla — China: not among its largest Greenhills Beach — China: 2.0%
Germany 0.6% / 0.7%
Cronulla — Germany: 0.6% Greenhills Beach — Germany: 0.7%
Brazil 0.7% / —
Cronulla — Brazil: 0.7% Greenhills Beach — Brazil: not among its largest
Italy 0.6% / —
Cronulla — Italy: 0.6% Greenhills Beach — Italy: not among its largest

Bars are drawn against the largest share shown (3.6%).

What people live in

Occupied private dwellings by structure, 2021 Census.

Cronulla 20.5% houses
Cronulla — Houses: 20.5% Cronulla — Flats / Apartments: 73.5% Cronulla — Townhouses: 6.1%
Greenhills Beach 100.0% houses
Greenhills Beach — Houses: 100.0% Greenhills Beach — Flats / Apartments: 0.0% Greenhills Beach — Townhouses: 0.0%
Houses Flats / Apartments Townhouses

Property market

Cronulla Greenhills Beach
Median house price $3,300,000 $3,860,000
Median unit price $1,053,000 —
Median land price — $3,575,000
Typical days to sell (houses) 30 days
from 64 sales
 49 days
from 7 sales

House price by bedroom count

Only bed counts both suburbs published enough sales for. Sale counts are shown because the buckets differ in depth.

Cronulla Greenhills Beach
4 bed $3.45M / $3.23M
Cronulla — 4 bed: $3.45M (31 sales) Greenhills Beach — 4 bed: $3.23M (5 sales)

31 vs 5 sales

5 bed $3.79M / $3.93M
Cronulla — 5 bed: $3.79M (12 sales) Greenhills Beach — 5 bed: $3.93M (12 sales)

12 vs 12 sales

Zoning mix

Greenhills Beach has more industrially zoned land (83% vs 0%); Greenhills Beach has more land zoned for conservation (84% vs 13%).

Cronulla Greenhills Beach
Environmental 13% 84%
Industrial 0% 83%
Residential 55% 1%
Parks and recreation 22% 0%
Infrastructure and transport 4% 15%
Commercial 6% 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

Cronulla Greenhills Beach
New dwellings approved 1,449
across Sutherland
same for both
Approvals change year on year +117%
same for both

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.

Cronulla Greenhills Beach
Houses 3.6%
$1,975/wk on $2.83M
 —
Units 4.1%
$798/wk on $1.02M
 —

Ranking within NSW

Cronulla Greenhills Beach
House price Higher than 95% of NSW Higher than 96% of NSW
Income Higher than 73% of NSW Higher than 100% of NSW
Schools Higher than 28% of NSW —
Walkability Higher than 98% of NSW Higher than 78% of NSW
Affordability Higher than 5% of NSW Higher than 34% of NSW
EV adoption Higher than 89% of NSW
same for both
NBN connectivity Higher than 84% of NSW Higher than 99% of NSW
Rental yield (houses) Higher than 52% of NSW —
Rental yield (units) Higher than 26% of NSW —

Liveability

Cronulla is more walkable (95 vs 39); Greenhills Beach scores higher overall (80 vs 64).

Cronulla Greenhills Beach
Grade B A
Score 64/100 80/100
Socio-economic band very advantaged area
decile 10/10
same for both

Risk profile

Cronulla carries more crime risk (62 vs 37).

Cronulla Greenhills Beach
Bushfire None
0/100
same for both
Crime Moderate
62/100
 Low
37/100
Flood Not mapped
no mapped data here
same for both
Coastal erosion High
83/100
 None
0/100
Aircraft noise None
0/100
same for both
Industrial facilities nearby 1
within 5 km
 2
within 5 km

Schools

Cronulla Greenhills Beach
Inside the suburb 3 1
Rated above peers 0
same for both
Rated at peers 2 1
Rated below peers 1 0

Schools in Cronulla

  • Cronulla Public School Government · Primary at peers
  • St Aloysius Catholic Primary School Catholic · Primary at peers
  • Cronulla South Public School Government · Primary below peers

Schools in Greenhills Beach

  • Cronulla High School Government · Secondary at peers

Amenities in the suburb

Cronulla Greenhills Beach
Supermarkets 2 0
Cafes & restaurants 39 0
Parks & reserves 13 0
Childcare 8 0
GPs 5 0
Pharmacies 3 0
Police stations 1 0
Banks & Bank@Post 3 0
Fuel stations 1 0
Beaches 4 0

Mobility

Cronulla Greenhills Beach
Walkability score 95/100 39/100
Distance to Sydney 30.5 km
+1% vs other
 30.1 km
Drive time (normal traffic) 42 min 40 min
Public transport score 79/100
Rail · Bus · Ferry
 38/100
Bus
Peak arrivals per hour 197.5
7-9am + 5-7pm
 9.0
7-9am + 5-7pm
Median peak wait 0 min
scheduled, not actual
 4 min
scheduled, not actual
Electric vehicle share 1.5%
postcode 2230
same for both
Rooftop solar per 100 dwellings 18
postcode 2230
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.

Cronulla Greenhills Beach
Worked from Home 43.9% / 50.8%
Cronulla — Worked from Home: 43.9% Greenhills Beach — Worked from Home: 50.8%
Car (driver) 46.4% / 44.8%
Cronulla — Car (driver): 46.4% Greenhills Beach — Car (driver): 44.8%
Car (passenger) 2.1% / 2.7%
Cronulla — Car (passenger): 2.1% Greenhills Beach — Car (passenger): 2.7%
Walked Only 3.4% / 1.3%
Cronulla — Walked Only: 3.4% Greenhills Beach — Walked Only: 1.3%
Train 3.4% / 0.5%
Cronulla — Train: 3.4% Greenhills Beach — Train: 0.5%

Bars are drawn against the largest share shown (50.8%).

Setting

Cronulla Greenhills Beach
Elevation 14 m
above sea level, at the suburb centre
 5 m
above sea level, at the suburb centre
Distance to the ocean 146 m
469 m to a named beach
 530 m
689 m to a named beach

NBN connectivity

Cronulla Greenhills Beach
Connectivity score 75/100 100/100
Most common technology Fibre to the curb Fibre to the premises
Full-fibre (FTTP) share 17%
11,217 premises
 100%
399 premises

Climate

Cronulla Greenhills Beach
Annual rainfall 1,129 mm
same for both
Summer max (Jan) 27.5°C
same for both
Winter min (Jul) 9.5°C
same for both

Air quality (annual mean)

Cronulla Greenhills Beach
PM2.5 6.5 µg/m³
same for both
PM10 16.1 µg/m³
same for both
NO₂ 0.79 pphm
same for both

Council rates

Cronulla Greenhills Beach
Average residential rate $1,552/yr
same for both
Council Sutherland
same for both

Federal electorate

Cronulla Greenhills Beach
Division Cook
same for both
Member Simon Kennedy
same for both
Party Liberal
same for both

First Home Owner Grant

Cronulla Greenhills Beach
Grant amount $10,000
same for both
Property price cap $600,000
same for both
Eligibility New
same for both

Tags

Cronulla

Apartments Beach Beachfront Cafe Culture Coastal Nightlife Outer Parks Urban

Greenhills Beach

Beach Coastal Family Luxury Middle-Ring Quiet Urban

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