Eungella vs Murwillumbah

In both, most households own their home and the large majority of homes are detached houses. Houses cost more in Eungella: a median of $1.8 million, against $940,000 in Murwillumbah, though rent is higher in Murwillumbah. On these figures, Murwillumbah tends to suit families with children and buyers on a tighter budget.

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

Murwillumbah

ahead on 3 of the 6 things we measure here

  • has more parks and reserves (10 vs 0)
  • has more schools inside the suburb (9 vs 1)
  • has more childcare (7 vs 0)
  • But Eungella has more separate houses rather than flats (97% vs 76%)

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

First-home buyers

Murwillumbah

ahead on the one thing that separates them

  • has cheaper houses ($940,000 vs $1,801,000)

Weighs house prices and mortgage stress.

Renters

Eungella

ahead on the one thing that separates them

  • has cheaper rent ($300/wk vs $346/wk)

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

Commuting to the city

Murwillumbah

ahead on 3 of the 3 things we measure here

  • is more walkable (52/100 vs 12/100)
  • has a shorter drive in (521 min vs 530 min)
  • sits closer to the CBD (798.1 km vs 807.5 km)

Weighs distance, drive time, and walkability.

Downsizers and retirees

Murwillumbah

ahead on 4 of the 5 things we measure here

  • has more units and townhouses to downsize into (24% vs 3%)
  • is more walkable (52/100 vs 12/100)
  • has more GPs (3 vs 0)
  • But Eungella carries lower crime risk (59/100 vs 73/100)

Weighs smaller dwellings, 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

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

Eungella Murwillumbah
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.

Eungella Murwillumbah
Walkability 12 / 52
Eungella — Walkability: 12/100 Murwillumbah — Walkability: 52/100
Safety 41 / 27
Eungella — Safety: 41/100 Murwillumbah — Safety: 27/100
Low fire risk 50 / 100
Eungella — Low fire risk: 50/100 Murwillumbah — Low fire risk: 100/100

Demographics

Murwillumbah has more residents (7,616 vs 350); Murwillumbah rents higher ($346/wk vs $300/wk).

Eungella Murwillumbah
Population 350 7,616
+2076% vs other
Population trend (2016 → 2021) +3.6% +8.3%
Median age 48 46
Median household income $52,624/yr $59,644/yr
+13% vs other
Median weekly rent $300/wk $346/wk
+15% vs other

Age profile

Share of residents in each band, 2021 Census.

Eungella Murwillumbah
0-4 1.7% / 4.8%
Eungella — 0-4: 1.7% Murwillumbah — 0-4: 4.8%
5-14 10.9% / 13.5%
Eungella — 5-14: 10.9% Murwillumbah — 5-14: 13.5%
15-19 8.0% / 5.8%
Eungella — 15-19: 8.0% Murwillumbah — 15-19: 5.8%
20-24 5.1% / 3.8%
Eungella — 20-24: 5.1% Murwillumbah — 20-24: 3.8%
25-34 9.7% / 8.8%
Eungella — 25-34: 9.7% Murwillumbah — 25-34: 8.8%
35-44 10.9% / 11.7%
Eungella — 35-44: 10.9% Murwillumbah — 35-44: 11.7%
45-54 17.4% / 12.3%
Eungella — 45-54: 17.4% Murwillumbah — 45-54: 12.3%
55-64 14.9% / 13.9%
Eungella — 55-64: 14.9% Murwillumbah — 55-64: 13.9%
65-74 12.6% / 12.3%
Eungella — 65-74: 12.6% Murwillumbah — 65-74: 12.3%
75-84 6.3% / 8.1%
Eungella — 75-84: 6.3% Murwillumbah — 75-84: 8.1%
85+ 1.1% / 5.0%
Eungella — 85+: 1.1% Murwillumbah — 85+: 5.0%

Bars are drawn against the largest share shown (17.4%).

Who lives together

Household composition, 2021 Census.

Eungella 40.5% lone person
Eungella — Lone Person: 40.5% Eungella — Couple Families: 34.2% Eungella — One Parent Families: 20.3% Eungella — Group Household: 5.1% Eungella — Other Families: 0.0%
Murwillumbah 41.3% lone person
Murwillumbah — Lone Person: 41.3% Murwillumbah — Couple Families: 32.0% Murwillumbah — One Parent Families: 21.4% Murwillumbah — Group Household: 3.8% Murwillumbah — Other Families: 1.4%
Lone Person Couple Families One Parent Families Group Household Other Families

Who owns and who rents

Occupied private dwellings by tenure, 2021 Census.

Eungella 40.7% renting
Eungella — Owned Outright: 36.3% Eungella — Mortgage: 23.1% Eungella — Renting: 40.7%
Murwillumbah 31.4% renting
Murwillumbah — Owned Outright: 35.9% Murwillumbah — Mortgage: 32.6% Murwillumbah — Renting: 31.4%
Owned outright Mortgage Renting

Qualifications

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

Eungella Murwillumbah
Certificate III & IV 10.9% / 16.6%
Eungella — Certificate III & IV: 10.9% Murwillumbah — Certificate III & IV: 16.6%
Bachelor Degree 14.0% / 9.6%
Eungella — Bachelor Degree: 14.0% Murwillumbah — Bachelor Degree: 9.6%
Advanced Diploma / Diploma 9.1% / 7.1%
Eungella — Advanced Diploma / Diploma: 9.1% Murwillumbah — Advanced Diploma / Diploma: 7.1%
Postgraduate Degree 4.0% / 2.2%
Eungella — Postgraduate Degree: 4.0% Murwillumbah — Postgraduate Degree: 2.2%
Graduate Diploma / Certificate 3.1% / 1.8%
Eungella — Graduate Diploma / Certificate: 3.1% Murwillumbah — Graduate Diploma / Certificate: 1.8%

Bars are drawn against the largest share shown (16.6%).

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.

Eungella Murwillumbah
England 2.9% / 3.5%
Eungella — England: 2.9% Murwillumbah — England: 3.5%
New Zealand 3.4% / 1.9%
Eungella — New Zealand: 3.4% Murwillumbah — New Zealand: 1.9%
India 1.7% / 1.3%
Eungella — India: 1.7% Murwillumbah — India: 1.3%
Japan 1.7% / —
Eungella — Japan: 1.7% Murwillumbah — Japan: not among its largest
Germany — / 0.5%
Eungella — Germany: not among its largest Murwillumbah — Germany: 0.5%
Philippines — / 0.5%
Eungella — Philippines: not among its largest Murwillumbah — Philippines: 0.5%

Bars are drawn against the largest share shown (3.5%).

What people live in

Occupied private dwellings by structure, 2021 Census.

Eungella 97.4% houses
Eungella — Houses: 97.4% Eungella — Flats / Apartments: 2.6% Eungella — Townhouses: 0.0%
Murwillumbah 75.8% houses
Murwillumbah — Houses: 75.8% Murwillumbah — Flats / Apartments: 16.9% Murwillumbah — Townhouses: 7.2%
Houses Flats / Apartments Townhouses

Property market

Eungella Murwillumbah
Median house price $1,801,000 $940,000
Median unit price — $626,000
Median land price — $875,000
Typical days to sell (houses) — 37 days
from 86 sales

Zoning mix

Eungella has more rural and farming land (83% vs 46%).

Eungella Murwillumbah
Rural and farming 83% 46%
Residential 0% 33%
Other and special use 15% 0%
Parks and recreation 0% 11%
Environmental 2% 5%
Infrastructure and transport 0% 3%
Commercial 0% 2%
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

Eungella Murwillumbah
New dwellings approved 331
across Tweed
same for both
Approvals change year on year -50%
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.

Eungella Murwillumbah
Houses — 4.3%
$885/wk on $1.06M
Units — 3.6%
$470/wk on $674K

Ranking within NSW

Eungella Murwillumbah
House price Higher than 82% of NSW Higher than 46% of NSW
Income Higher than 13% of NSW Higher than 21% of NSW
Schools — Higher than 48% of NSW
Walkability Higher than 61% of NSW Higher than 82% of NSW
Affordability Higher than 4% of NSW Higher than 31% of NSW
EV adoption Higher than 65% of NSW
same for both
NBN connectivity Higher than 30% of NSW Higher than 71% of NSW
Rental yield (houses) — Higher than 87% of NSW
Rental yield (units) — Higher than 13% of NSW

Liveability

Murwillumbah is more walkable (52 vs 12).

Eungella Murwillumbah
Grade — C
Score — 40/100
Socio-economic band mid-range socio-economic
decile 4/10
 below-average income
decile 2/10

Risk profile

Eungella carries more bushfire risk (50 vs 0); Murwillumbah carries more crime risk (73 vs 59).

Eungella Murwillumbah
Bushfire Moderate
50/100
 None
0/100
Crime Moderate
59/100
 High
73/100
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
 2
within 5 km

Schools

Eungella Murwillumbah
Inside the suburb 1 9
Rated above peers 1 2
Rated at peers 0 3
Rated below peers 0 3

Schools in Eungella

  • Bhaktivedanta Swami Gurukula School Independent · Combined above peers

Schools in Murwillumbah

  • Murwillumbah Public School Government · Primary above peers
  • Sathya Sai College Independent · Primary above peers
  • Mount St Patrick College Catholic · Secondary at peers
  • Murwillumbah East Public School Government · Primary at peers
  • Tweed Valley Adventist College Independent · Combined at peers
  • Mount St Patrick Primary School Catholic · Primary below peers

Amenities in the suburb

Eungella Murwillumbah
Supermarkets 0 2
Cafes & restaurants 0 10
Parks & reserves 0 10
Childcare 0 7
GPs 0 3
Pharmacies 0 4
Hospitals 0 1
Police stations 0 1
Banks & Bank@Post 0 5
Fuel stations 0 1
Waterways 2 10

Mobility

Eungella sits further from the CBD (807.5 km vs 798.1 km).

Eungella Murwillumbah
Walkability score 12/100 52/100
Distance to Sydney 807.5 km
+1% vs other
 798.1 km
Drive time (normal traffic) 530 min 521 min
Public transport score 22/100
Bus
 73/100
Bus
Peak arrivals per hour 5.8
7-9am + 5-7pm
 96.2
7-9am + 5-7pm
Median peak wait 1 min
scheduled, not actual
 0 min
scheduled, not actual
Electric vehicle share 0.6%
postcode 2484
same for both
Rooftop solar per 100 dwellings 76
postcode 2484
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.

Eungella Murwillumbah
Car (driver) 64.5% / 77.9%
Eungella — Car (driver): 64.5% Murwillumbah — Car (driver): 77.9%
Worked from Home 25.8% / 11.8%
Eungella — Worked from Home: 25.8% Murwillumbah — Worked from Home: 11.8%
Walked Only 6.5% / 4.1%
Eungella — Walked Only: 6.5% Murwillumbah — Walked Only: 4.1%
Car (passenger) 3.2% / 5.1%
Eungella — Car (passenger): 3.2% Murwillumbah — Car (passenger): 5.1%
Bus — / 0.6%
Eungella — Bus: not among its largest Murwillumbah — Bus: 0.6%

Bars are drawn against the largest share shown (77.9%).

Setting

Eungella Murwillumbah
Elevation 45 m
above sea level, at the suburb centre
 4 m
above sea level, at the suburb centre
Distance to the ocean 25.9 km 18.5 km

NBN connectivity

Eungella Murwillumbah
Connectivity score 20/100 62/100
Most common technology Satellite (Sky Muster) Fibre to the node
Full-fibre (FTTP) share 0%
75 premises
 28%
3,811 premises

Climate

Eungella Murwillumbah
Annual rainfall 1,569 mm
same for both
Summer max (Jan) 29.1°C
same for both
Winter min (Jul) 9.1°C
same for both

Council rates

Eungella Murwillumbah
Average residential rate $1,745/yr
same for both
Council Tweed
same for both

Federal electorate

Eungella Murwillumbah
Division Richmond
same for both
Member Justine Elliot
same for both
Party Australian Labor Party
same for both

First Home Owner Grant

Eungella Murwillumbah
Grant amount $10,000
same for both
Property price cap $600,000
same for both
Eligibility New
same for both

Tags

Eungella

Rural

Murwillumbah

Parks Retirees

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