Cunningar vs Harden
In both, the large majority of households own their home and the large majority of homes are detached houses. In Harden, about half of households are people living alone. On these figures, Harden tends to suit people living alone 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
They split
one each way, out of the 6 things we measure here
- Cunningar carries lower crime risk (26/100 vs 69/100)
- Harden has more parks and reserves (5 vs 0)
Weighs schools, house stock, crime, parks, childcare, and who already lives there.
First-home buyers
Too close to call
Nothing among the 1 things we measure here separates them by enough to be worth acting on.
Weighs mortgage stress.
Renters
Harden
ahead on the one thing that separates them
- has cheaper rent ($220/wk vs $270/wk)
Weighs rent, rental stress, and how much is for rent.
Commuting to the city
Cunningar
ahead on 2 of the 3 things we measure here
- has a shorter drive in (222 min vs 227 min)
- sits closer to the CBD (335.1 km vs 342 km)
- But Harden is more walkable (14/100 vs 0/100)
Weighs distance, drive time, and walkability.
Downsizers and retirees
Harden
ahead on 3 of the 5 things we measure here
- is more walkable (14/100 vs 0/100)
- has more GPs (2 vs 0)
- has more residents already 65 and over (33% vs 24%)
- But Cunningar carries lower crime risk (26/100 vs 69/100)
Weighs smaller dwellings, who already lives there, GPs, walkability, and crime.
Investors
Cunningar
ahead on the one thing that separates them
- is growing faster (12.4% vs -6.4%)
Weighs population growth.
Where they sit
Cunningar and Harden 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
Harden has more residents (1,900 vs 163); Cunningar has higher household incomes ($69,316 vs $50,596).
| Cunningar | Harden | |
|---|---|---|
| Population | 163 | 1,900 +1066% vs other |
| Population trend (2016 → 2021) | +12.4% | -6.4% |
| Median age | 54 | 52 |
| Median household income | $69,316/yr +27% vs other | $50,596/yr |
| Median weekly rent | $270/wk +19% vs other | $220/wk |
Age profile
Share of residents in each band, 2021 Census.
Bars are drawn against the largest share shown (23.3%).
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 (16.1%).
Property market
| Cunningar | Harden | |
|---|---|---|
| Median house price | — | $395,000 |
| Median unit price | — same for both | |
| Median land price | — | $146,500 |
| Typical days to sell (houses) | — | 45 days from 30 sales |
Zoning mix
Cunningar has more rural and farming land (99% vs 47%).
| Cunningar | Harden | |
|---|---|---|
| Rural and farming | 99% | 47% |
| Residential | 0% | 37% |
| Industrial | 0% | 7% |
| Parks and recreation | 0% | 6% |
| Infrastructure and transport | 0% | 3% |
| 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
| Cunningar | Harden | |
|---|---|---|
| New dwellings approved | 48 across Hilltops same for both | |
| Approvals change year on year | -47% same for both | |
Gross rental yield
| Cunningar | Harden | |
|---|---|---|
| Houses | — | 5.8% $455/wk on $410K |
| Units | — same for both | |
Ranking within NSW
| Cunningar | Harden | |
|---|---|---|
| House price | — | Higher than 10% of NSW |
| Income | Higher than 33% of NSW | Higher than 11% of NSW |
| Schools | — | Higher than 77% of NSW |
| Walkability | Higher than 32% of NSW | Higher than 65% of NSW |
| Affordability | — | Higher than 83% of NSW |
| EV adoption | Higher than 20% of NSW same for both | |
| NBN connectivity | Higher than 63% of NSW | Higher than 68% of NSW |
| Rental yield (houses) | — | Higher than 99% of NSW |
Liveability
Harden is more walkable (14 vs 0).
| Cunningar | Harden | |
|---|---|---|
| Grade | — | C |
| Score | — | 35/100 |
| Socio-economic band | advantaged area decile 7/10 | below-average income decile 2/10 |
Risk profile
Harden carries more crime risk (69 vs 26); Harden carries more bushfire risk (32 vs 14).
| Cunningar | Harden | |
|---|---|---|
| Bushfire | Low 14/100 | Low 32/100 |
| Crime | Low 26/100 | Moderate 69/100 |
| 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
| Cunningar | Harden | |
|---|---|---|
| Inside the suburb | 0 | 3 |
| Rated above peers | 0 | 1 |
| Rated at peers | 0 | 1 |
| Rated below peers | 0 | 1 |
Schools in Cunningar
No schools recorded inside this suburb's boundary. Children here will be zoned to schools nearby.
Schools in Harden
- Trinity Catholic Primary School Catholic · Primary above peers
- Murrumburrah High School Government · Secondary at peers
- Murrumburrah Public School Government · Primary below peers
Amenities in the suburb
| Cunningar | Harden | |
|---|---|---|
| Supermarkets | 0 | 1 |
| Cafes & restaurants | 0 | 5 |
| Parks & reserves | 0 | 5 |
| Childcare | 0 | 2 |
| GPs | 0 | 2 |
| Pharmacies | 0 | 1 |
| Hospitals | 0 | 1 |
| Police stations | 0 | 1 |
| Banks & Bank@Post | 0 | 3 |
| Fuel stations | 0 | 3 |
| EV chargers | 0 | 1 |
| Waterways | 21 | 4 |
Mobility
Harden sits further from the CBD (342 km vs 335.1 km).
| Cunningar | Harden | |
|---|---|---|
| Walkability score | 0/100 | 14/100 |
| Distance to Sydney | 335.1 km | 342 km +2% vs other |
| Drive time (normal traffic) | 222 min | 227 min |
| Electric vehicle share | 0.2% postcode 2587 same for both | |
| Rooftop solar per 100 dwellings | 61 postcode 2587 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 (78.3%).
Setting
| Cunningar | Harden | |
|---|---|---|
| Elevation | 485 m above sea level, at the suburb centre | 434 m above sea level, at the suburb centre |
NBN connectivity
| Cunningar | Harden | |
|---|---|---|
| Connectivity score | 31/100 | 55/100 |
| Most common technology | Fixed wireless | Fibre to the node |
| Full-fibre (FTTP) share | 7% 56 premises | 18% 1,126 premises |
Climate
| Cunningar | Harden | |
|---|---|---|
| Annual rainfall | 541 mm same for both | |
| Summer max (Jan) | — same for both | |
| Winter min (Jul) | — same for both | |
Council rates
| Cunningar | Harden | |
|---|---|---|
| Average residential rate | $714/yr same for both | |
| Council | Hilltops same for both | |
Federal electorate
| Cunningar | Harden | |
|---|---|---|
| Division | Riverina same for both | |
| Member | Michael Mccormack same for both | |
| Party | The Nationals same for both | |
First Home Owner Grant
| Cunningar | Harden | |
|---|---|---|
| Grant amount | $10,000 same for both | |
| Property price cap | $600,000 same for both | |
| Eligibility | New same for both | |
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