Euroka vs Greenhill
Greenhill is the younger of the two, with a median age of 42 against 48 in Euroka. In both, most households own their home and the large majority of homes are detached houses. In Euroka, most households are couple families. Houses cost more in Euroka: a median of $1.42 million, against $495,000 in Greenhill, and rent is higher there too. On these figures, Euroka tends to suit couples, while Greenhill suits 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
Euroka
ahead on 2 of the 6 things we measure here
- carries lower crime risk (19/100 vs 92/100)
- is already more of a family suburb (76% vs 65%)
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
- Euroka leaves households under less mortgage stress (21% vs 26%)
- Greenhill has cheaper houses ($495,000 vs $1,420,000)
Weighs house prices and mortgage stress.
Renters
Greenhill
ahead on 2 of the 3 things we measure here
- has a bigger rental market to choose from (32% vs 5%)
- has cheaper rent ($240/wk vs $320/wk)
Weighs rent, rental stress, and how much is for rent.
Commuting to the city
Euroka
ahead on 2 of the 3 things we measure here
- has a shorter drive in (284 min vs 290 min)
- sits closer to the CBD (424.1 km vs 427 km)
Weighs distance, drive time, and walkability.
Downsizers and retirees
Euroka
ahead on 2 of the 5 things we measure here
- carries lower crime risk (19/100 vs 92/100)
- has more residents already 65 and over (26% vs 21%)
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
Euroka and Greenhill 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
Greenhill has more residents (757 vs 348); Euroka has higher household incomes ($97,500 vs $66,768).
| Euroka | Greenhill | |
|---|---|---|
| Population | 348 | 757 +118% vs other |
| Population trend (2016 → 2021) | -1.1% | +3.6% |
| Median age | 48 | 42 |
| Median household income | $97,500/yr +32% vs other | $66,768/yr |
| Median weekly rent | $320/wk +25% vs other | $240/wk |
Age profile
Share of residents in each band, 2021 Census.
Bars are drawn against the largest share shown (22.4%).
Who lives together
Household composition, 2021 Census.
Who owns and who rents
Occupied private dwellings by tenure, 2021 Census.
Qualifications
Highest non-school qualification, residents 15+, 2021 Census.
Bars are drawn against the largest share shown (25.0%).
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.
Bars are drawn against the largest share shown (2.6%).
What people live in
Occupied private dwellings by structure, 2021 Census.
Property market
| Euroka | Greenhill | |
|---|---|---|
| Median house price | $1,420,000 | $495,000 |
| Median unit price | — same for both | |
| Median land price | $1,000,000 | — |
| Typical days to sell (houses) | — | 41 days from 6 sales |
Zoning mix
| Euroka | Greenhill | |
|---|---|---|
| Rural and farming | 81% | 90% |
| Residential | 12% | 8% |
| Environmental | 7% | 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
| Euroka | Greenhill | |
|---|---|---|
| New dwellings approved | 144 across Kempsey same for both | |
| Approvals change year on year | +380% same for both | |
Ranking within NSW
| Euroka | Greenhill | |
|---|---|---|
| House price | Higher than 72% of NSW | Higher than 26% of NSW |
| Income | Higher than 66% of NSW | Higher than 29% of NSW |
| Schools | — same for both | |
| Walkability | Higher than 68% of NSW | Higher than 67% of NSW |
| Affordability | Higher than 36% of NSW | Higher than 60% of NSW |
| EV adoption | Higher than 8% of NSW | Higher than 7% of NSW |
| NBN connectivity | Higher than 62% of NSW | Higher than 74% of NSW |
Liveability
| Euroka | Greenhill | |
|---|---|---|
| Grade | — | D |
| Score | — | 11/100 |
| Socio-economic band | advantaged area decile 7/10 | high-need area decile 1/10 |
Risk profile
Greenhill carries more bushfire risk (50 vs 0); Greenhill carries more crime risk (92 vs 19).
| Euroka | Greenhill | |
|---|---|---|
| Bushfire | None 0/100 | Moderate 50/100 |
| Crime | Low 19/100 | High 92/100 |
| 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 | 5 within 5 km | 3 within 5 km |
Schools
| Euroka | Greenhill | |
|---|---|---|
| Inside the suburb | 0 | 1 |
| Rated above peers | 0 same for both | |
| Rated at peers | 0 | 1 |
| Rated below peers | 0 same for both | |
Schools in Euroka
No schools recorded inside this suburb's boundary. Children here will be zoned to schools nearby.
Schools in Greenhill
- Green Hill Public School Government · Primary at peers
Amenities in the suburb
| Euroka | Greenhill | |
|---|---|---|
| Childcare | 0 | 1 |
| Waterways | 2 | 5 |
Mobility
Greenhill sits further from the CBD (427 km vs 424.1 km).
| Euroka | Greenhill | |
|---|---|---|
| Walkability score | 17/100 same for both | |
| Distance to Sydney | 424.1 km | 427 km |
| Drive time (normal traffic) | 284 min | 290 min |
| Electric vehicle share | 0.1% postcode 2440 same for both | |
| Rooftop solar per 100 dwellings | 53 postcode 2440 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 (86.9%).
Setting
| Euroka | Greenhill | |
|---|---|---|
| Elevation | 24 m above sea level, at the suburb centre | 17 m above sea level, at the suburb centre |
| Distance to the ocean | 19.6 km | 20.7 km |
NBN connectivity
| Euroka | Greenhill | |
|---|---|---|
| Connectivity score | 30/100 | 66/100 |
| Most common technology | Fixed wireless | Fibre to the node |
| Full-fibre (FTTP) share | 0% 130 premises | 40% 285 premises |
Council rates
| Euroka | Greenhill | |
|---|---|---|
| Average residential rate | $1,447/yr same for both | |
| Council | Kempsey same for both | |
Federal electorate
| Euroka | Greenhill | |
|---|---|---|
| Division | Cowper same for both | |
| Member | Pat Conaghan same for both | |
| Party | The Nationals same for both | |
First Home Owner Grant
| Euroka | Greenhill | |
|---|---|---|
| Grant amount | $10,000 same for both | |
| Property price cap | $600,000 same for both | |
| Eligibility | New same for both | |
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