Deniliquin vs Pretty Pine

In both, most households own their home, the large majority of homes are detached houses, and about half of households are people living alone. On these figures, Deniliquin tends to suit older residents, while Pretty Pine 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

Deniliquin

ahead on 3 of the 6 things we measure here

  • has more parks and reserves (14 vs 1)
  • has more childcare (7 vs 0)
  • has more schools inside the suburb (5 vs 0)
  • But Pretty Pine has more separate houses rather than flats (100% vs 89%)

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

First-home buyers

Deniliquin

ahead on the one thing that separates them

  • leaves households under less mortgage stress (20% vs 36%)

Weighs mortgage stress.

Renters

Deniliquin

ahead on the one thing that separates them

  • has cheaper rent ($230/wk vs $255/wk)

Weighs rent and rental stress.

Commuting to the city

Pretty Pine

ahead on 2 of the 3 things we measure here

  • has a shorter drive in (468 min vs 473 min)
  • sits closer to the CBD (718.6 km vs 720.7 km)

Weighs distance, drive time, and walkability.

Downsizers and retirees

Deniliquin

ahead on 2 of the 4 things we measure here

  • has more GPs (4 vs 0)
  • has more residents already 65 and over (26% vs 15%)

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

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

Deniliquin Pretty Pine
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.

Deniliquin Pretty Pine
Walkability 0 / 0
Deniliquin — Walkability: 0/100 Pretty Pine — Walkability: 0/100
Safety 11 / 12
Deniliquin — Safety: 11/100 Pretty Pine — Safety: 12/100
Low fire risk 70 / 90
Deniliquin — Low fire risk: 70/100 Pretty Pine — Low fire risk: 90/100

Demographics

Deniliquin has more residents (7,432 vs 59); Pretty Pine has higher household incomes ($84,500 vs $63,492).

Deniliquin Pretty Pine
Population 7,432
+99% vs other
 59
Population trend (2016 → 2021) -5.5% -6.3%
Median age 47
same for both
Median household income $63,492/yr $84,500/yr
+33% vs other
Median weekly rent $230/wk $255/wk
+11% vs other

Age profile

Share of residents in each band, 2021 Census.

Deniliquin Pretty Pine
0-4 4.9% / 20.3%
Deniliquin — 0-4: 4.9% Pretty Pine — 0-4: 20.3%
5-14 11.7% / —
Deniliquin — 5-14: 11.7% Pretty Pine — 5-14: not among its largest
15-19 5.7% / 15.3%
Deniliquin — 15-19: 5.7% Pretty Pine — 15-19: 15.3%
20-24 4.9% / —
Deniliquin — 20-24: 4.9% Pretty Pine — 20-24: not among its largest
25-34 10.3% / 15.3%
Deniliquin — 25-34: 10.3% Pretty Pine — 25-34: 15.3%
35-44 9.6% / —
Deniliquin — 35-44: 9.6% Pretty Pine — 35-44: not among its largest
45-54 11.9% / 13.6%
Deniliquin — 45-54: 11.9% Pretty Pine — 45-54: 13.6%
55-64 14.8% / 23.7%
Deniliquin — 55-64: 14.8% Pretty Pine — 55-64: 23.7%
65-74 13.9% / 15.3%
Deniliquin — 65-74: 13.9% Pretty Pine — 65-74: 15.3%
75-84 8.4% / —
Deniliquin — 75-84: 8.4% Pretty Pine — 75-84: not among its largest
85+ 3.8% / —
Deniliquin — 85+: 3.8% Pretty Pine — 85+: not among its largest

Bars are drawn against the largest share shown (23.7%).

Who lives together

Household composition, 2021 Census.

Deniliquin 49.8% lone person
Deniliquin — Lone Person: 49.8% Deniliquin — Couple Families: 31.4% Deniliquin — One Parent Families: 13.7% Deniliquin — Group Household: 3.6% Deniliquin — Other Families: 1.6%
Pretty Pine 50.0% lone person
Pretty Pine — Lone Person: 50.0% Pretty Pine — Couple Families: 50.0% Pretty Pine — One Parent Families: 0.0% Pretty Pine — Group Household: 0.0% Pretty Pine — Other Families: 0.0%
Lone Person Couple Families One Parent Families Group Household Other Families

Who owns and who rents

Occupied private dwellings by tenure, 2021 Census.

Deniliquin 26.9% renting
Deniliquin — Owned Outright: 42.1% Deniliquin — Mortgage: 31.0% Deniliquin — Renting: 26.9%
Pretty Pine 0.0% renting
Pretty Pine — Owned Outright: 70.6% Pretty Pine — Mortgage: 29.4% Pretty Pine — Renting: 0.0%
Owned outright Mortgage Renting

What people live in

Occupied private dwellings by structure, 2021 Census.

Deniliquin 89.0% houses
Deniliquin — Houses: 89.0% Deniliquin — Townhouses: 9.3% Deniliquin — Flats / Apartments: 1.7%
Pretty Pine 100.0% houses
Pretty Pine — Houses: 100.0% Pretty Pine — Townhouses: 0.0% Pretty Pine — Flats / Apartments: 0.0%
Houses Townhouses Flats / Apartments

Qualifications

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

Deniliquin Pretty Pine
Certificate III & IV 16.7% / 11.9%
Deniliquin — Certificate III & IV: 16.7% Pretty Pine — Certificate III & IV: 11.9%
Bachelor Degree 6.9% / 8.5%
Deniliquin — Bachelor Degree: 6.9% Pretty Pine — Bachelor Degree: 8.5%
Advanced Diploma / Diploma 6.2% / 6.8%
Deniliquin — Advanced Diploma / Diploma: 6.2% Pretty Pine — Advanced Diploma / Diploma: 6.8%
Graduate Diploma / Certificate 1.4% / —
Deniliquin — Graduate Diploma / Certificate: 1.4% Pretty Pine — Graduate Diploma / Certificate: not among its largest
Postgraduate Degree 1.4% / —
Deniliquin — Postgraduate Degree: 1.4% Pretty Pine — Postgraduate Degree: not among its largest

Bars are drawn against the largest share shown (16.7%).

Property market

Deniliquin Pretty Pine
Median house price $417,500 —
Median unit price $332,500 —
Median land price —
same for both
Typical days to sell (houses) 42 days
from 5 sales
 —

Zoning mix

Deniliquin Pretty Pine
Rural and farming 95% 100%
Residential 2% 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

Deniliquin Pretty Pine
New dwellings approved 144
across Murray River
 26
across Edward River
Approvals change year on year -16% +33%

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.

Deniliquin Pretty Pine
Houses 4.7%
$450/wk on $495K
 —
Units —
same for both

Ranking within NSW

Deniliquin Pretty Pine
House price Higher than 10% of NSW —
Income Higher than 26% of NSW Higher than 53% of NSW
Schools Higher than 45% of NSW —
Walkability Higher than 34% of NSW Higher than 16% of NSW
Affordability Higher than 89% of NSW —
EV adoption Higher than 4% of NSW
same for both
NBN connectivity Higher than 79% of NSW Higher than 32% of NSW
Rental yield (houses) Higher than 94% of NSW —

Liveability

Deniliquin Pretty Pine
Grade D —
Score 24/100 —
Socio-economic band below-average income
decile 3/10
 advantaged area
decile 8/10

Risk profile

Deniliquin carries more bushfire risk (30 vs 10).

Deniliquin Pretty Pine
Bushfire Low
30/100
 Low
10/100
Crime High
89/100
 High
88/100
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

Deniliquin Pretty Pine
Inside the suburb 5 0
Rated above peers 1 0
Rated at peers 3 0
Rated below peers 1 0

Schools in Deniliquin

  • St Michael's Parish School Catholic · Primary above peers
  • Deniliquin High School Government · Secondary at peers
  • Deniliquin North Public School Government · Primary at peers
  • Deniliquin South Public School Government · Primary at peers
  • Edward Public School Government · Primary below peers

Schools in Pretty Pine

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

Amenities in the suburb

Deniliquin Pretty Pine
Supermarkets 1 0
Cafes & restaurants 5 0
Parks & reserves 14 1
Childcare 7 0
GPs 4 0
Pharmacies 2 0
Hospitals 1 0
Police stations 1 0
Banks & Bank@Post 6 0
Fuel stations 5 0
EV chargers 1 0
Waterways 45 0

Mobility

Deniliquin sits further from the CBD (720.7 km vs 718.6 km).

Deniliquin Pretty Pine
Walkability score 0/100
same for both
Distance to Sydney 720.7 km 718.6 km
Drive time (normal traffic) 473 min 468 min
Electric vehicle share 0.1%
postcode 2710
same for both
Rooftop solar per 100 dwellings 56
postcode 2710
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.

Deniliquin Pretty Pine
Car (driver) 81.8% / 62.2%
Deniliquin — Car (driver): 81.8% Pretty Pine — Car (driver): 62.2%
Worked from Home 7.5% / 37.8%
Deniliquin — Worked from Home: 7.5% Pretty Pine — Worked from Home: 37.8%
Car (passenger) 5.1% / —
Deniliquin — Car (passenger): 5.1% Pretty Pine — Car (passenger): not among its largest
Walked Only 4.7% / —
Deniliquin — Walked Only: 4.7% Pretty Pine — Walked Only: not among its largest
Bicycle 0.8% / —
Deniliquin — Bicycle: 0.8% Pretty Pine — Bicycle: not among its largest

Bars are drawn against the largest share shown (81.8%).

Setting

Deniliquin Pretty Pine
Elevation 93 m
above sea level, at the suburb centre
 88 m
above sea level, at the suburb centre

NBN connectivity

Deniliquin Pretty Pine
Connectivity score 72/100 23/100
Most common technology Fibre to the premises Fixed wireless
Full-fibre (FTTP) share 42%
4,559 premises
 0%
25 premises

Climate

Deniliquin Pretty Pine
Annual rainfall 324 mm
same for both
Summer max (Jan) —
same for both
Winter min (Jul) —
same for both

Council rates

Deniliquin Pretty Pine
Average residential rate $996/yr $1,180/yr
Council Murray River Edward River

Federal electorate

Deniliquin Pretty Pine
Division Farrer
same for both
Member David Farley
same for both
Party One Nation
same for both

First Home Owner Grant

Deniliquin Pretty Pine
Grant amount $10,000
same for both
Property price cap $600,000
same for both
Eligibility New
same for both

Tags

Deniliquin

Affordable Retirees Rural

Pretty Pine

Rural Young Families

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