Girral vs West Wyalong

West Wyalong is the younger of the two, with a median age of 42 against 52 in Girral. In both, the large majority of households own their home, the large majority of homes are detached houses, and about half of households are people living alone. Houses cost more in Girral: a median of $2.31 million, against $410,000 in West Wyalong, though rent is higher in West Wyalong. On these figures, Girral tends to suit couples, while West Wyalong suits families with children, older residents, 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

West Wyalong

ahead on 3 of the 6 things we measure here

  • has more parks and reserves (10 vs 0)
  • has more schools inside the suburb (3 vs 0)
  • has more childcare (3 vs 0)
  • But Girral carries lower crime risk (33/100 vs 67/100)

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

  • Girral leaves households under less mortgage stress (7% vs 20%)
  • West Wyalong has cheaper houses ($410,000 vs $2,310,000)

Weighs house prices and mortgage stress.

Renters

Girral

ahead on 2 of the 3 things we measure here

  • has cheaper rent ($80/wk vs $230/wk)
  • leaves renters under less rental stress (9% vs 16%)

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

Commuting to the city

West Wyalong

ahead on 2 of the 3 things we measure here

  • has a shorter drive in (348 min vs 373 min)
  • sits closer to the CBD (502 km vs 531.1 km)

Weighs distance, drive time, and walkability.

Downsizers and retirees

West Wyalong

ahead on 2 of the 4 things we measure here

  • has more GPs (4 vs 0)
  • has more residents already 65 and over (25% vs 13%)
  • But Girral carries lower crime risk (33/100 vs 67/100)

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

Investors

West Wyalong

ahead on the one thing that separates them

  • is growing faster (-3.3% vs -10.2%)

Weighs population growth.

Where they sit

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

Girral West Wyalong
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.

Girral West Wyalong
Walkability 0 / 0
Girral — Walkability: 0/100 West Wyalong — Walkability: 0/100
Safety 67 / 33
Girral — Safety: 67/100 West Wyalong — Safety: 33/100
Low fire risk 73 / 76
Girral — Low fire risk: 73/100 West Wyalong — Low fire risk: 76/100

Demographics

West Wyalong has more residents (3,037 vs 53); West Wyalong rents higher ($230/wk vs $80/wk).

Girral West Wyalong
Population 53 3,037
+5630% vs other
Population trend (2016 → 2021) -10.2% -3.3%
Median age 52 42
Median household income $46,800/yr $74,204/yr
+59% vs other
Median weekly rent $80/wk $230/wk
+188% vs other

Age profile

Share of residents in each band, 2021 Census.

Girral West Wyalong
0-4 — / 6.8%
Girral — 0-4: not among its largest West Wyalong — 0-4: 6.8%
5-14 15.1% / 12.9%
Girral — 5-14: 15.1% West Wyalong — 5-14: 12.9%
15-19 7.5% / 5.4%
Girral — 15-19: 7.5% West Wyalong — 15-19: 5.4%
20-24 — / 4.5%
Girral — 20-24: not among its largest West Wyalong — 20-24: 4.5%
25-34 7.5% / 11.5%
Girral — 25-34: 7.5% West Wyalong — 25-34: 11.5%
35-44 7.5% / 11.9%
Girral — 35-44: 7.5% West Wyalong — 35-44: 11.9%
45-54 17.0% / 9.6%
Girral — 45-54: 17.0% West Wyalong — 45-54: 9.6%
55-64 32.1% / 12.3%
Girral — 55-64: 32.1% West Wyalong — 55-64: 12.3%
65-74 7.5% / 11.8%
Girral — 65-74: 7.5% West Wyalong — 65-74: 11.8%
75-84 — / 8.7%
Girral — 75-84: not among its largest West Wyalong — 75-84: 8.7%
85+ 5.7% / 4.5%
Girral — 85+: 5.7% West Wyalong — 85+: 4.5%

Bars are drawn against the largest share shown (32.1%).

Who lives together

Household composition, 2021 Census.

Girral 54.5% lone person
Girral — Lone Person: 54.5% Girral — Couple Families: 45.5% Girral — One Parent Families: 0.0% Girral — Group Household: 0.0% Girral — Other Families: 0.0%
West Wyalong 48.6% lone person
West Wyalong — Lone Person: 48.6% West Wyalong — Couple Families: 34.4% West Wyalong — One Parent Families: 13.5% West Wyalong — Group Household: 2.4% West Wyalong — Other Families: 1.2%
Lone Person Couple Families One Parent Families Group Household Other Families

Who owns and who rents

Occupied private dwellings by tenure, 2021 Census.

Girral 18.2% renting
Girral — Owned Outright: 59.1% Girral — Mortgage: 22.7% Girral — Renting: 18.2%
West Wyalong 23.1% renting
West Wyalong — Owned Outright: 46.6% West Wyalong — Mortgage: 30.4% West Wyalong — Renting: 23.1%
Owned outright Mortgage Renting

What people live in

Occupied private dwellings by structure, 2021 Census.

Girral 100.0% houses
Girral — Houses: 100.0% Girral — Flats / Apartments: 0.0% Girral — Townhouses: 0.0%
West Wyalong 87.8% houses
West Wyalong — Houses: 87.8% West Wyalong — Flats / Apartments: 6.1% West Wyalong — Townhouses: 6.0%
Houses Flats / Apartments Townhouses

Qualifications

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

Girral West Wyalong
Certificate III & IV 22.6% / 16.8%
Girral — Certificate III & IV: 22.6% West Wyalong — Certificate III & IV: 16.8%
Bachelor Degree — / 7.3%
Girral — Bachelor Degree: not among its largest West Wyalong — Bachelor Degree: 7.3%
Advanced Diploma / Diploma — / 5.0%
Girral — Advanced Diploma / Diploma: not among its largest West Wyalong — Advanced Diploma / Diploma: 5.0%
Graduate Diploma / Certificate — / 1.2%
Girral — Graduate Diploma / Certificate: not among its largest West Wyalong — Graduate Diploma / Certificate: 1.2%
Postgraduate Degree — / 0.9%
Girral — Postgraduate Degree: not among its largest West Wyalong — Postgraduate Degree: 0.9%

Bars are drawn against the largest share shown (22.6%).

Property market

Girral West Wyalong
Median house price $2,310,000 $410,000
Median unit price —
same for both
Median land price — $187,500
Typical days to sell (houses) — 122 days
from 4 sales

Zoning mix

Girral West Wyalong
Rural and farming 100% 96%
Environmental 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

Girral West Wyalong
New dwellings approved 15
across Bland
same for both
Approvals change year on year -100%
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.

Girral West Wyalong
Houses — 4.5%
$480/wk on $550K
Units —
same for both

Ranking within NSW

Girral West Wyalong
House price Higher than 88% of NSW Higher than 10% of NSW
Income Higher than 8% of NSW —
Schools — Higher than 93% of NSW
Walkability Higher than 9% of NSW Higher than 33% of NSW
Affordability Higher than 1% of NSW —
EV adoption —
same for both
NBN connectivity Higher than 37% of NSW Higher than 68% of NSW
Rental yield (houses) — Higher than 91% of NSW

Liveability

Girral West Wyalong
Grade — C
Score — 45/100
Socio-economic band advantaged area
decile 8/10
 mid-range socio-economic
decile 4/10

Risk profile

West Wyalong carries more crime risk (67 vs 33).

Girral West Wyalong
Bushfire Low
27/100
 Low
24/100
Crime Low
33/100
 Moderate
67/100
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

Girral West Wyalong
Inside the suburb 0 3
Rated above peers 0 2
Rated at peers 0 1
Rated below peers 0
same for both

Schools in Girral

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

Schools in West Wyalong

  • St Mary's War Memorial School Catholic · Primary above peers
  • West Wyalong High School Government · Secondary above peers
  • West Wyalong Public School Government · Primary at peers

Amenities in the suburb

Girral West Wyalong
Supermarkets 0 2
Cafes & restaurants 0 4
Parks & reserves 0 10
Childcare 0 3
GPs 0 4
Pharmacies 0 1
Hospitals 0 1
Police stations 0 1
Banks & Bank@Post 0 4
Fuel stations 0 4
EV chargers 0 1
Waterways 3 31

Mobility

Girral sits further from the CBD (531.1 km vs 502 km).

Girral West Wyalong
Walkability score 0/100
same for both
Distance to Sydney 531.1 km
+5% vs other
 502 km
Drive time (normal traffic) 373 min 348 min
Electric vehicle share 0.0%
postcode 2669
 0.0%
postcode 2671
Rooftop solar per 100 dwellings 43
postcode 2669
 52
postcode 2671

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.

Girral West Wyalong
Car (driver) 26.7% / 67.7%
Girral — Car (driver): 26.7% West Wyalong — Car (driver): 67.7%
Worked from Home 46.7% / 8.6%
Girral — Worked from Home: 46.7% West Wyalong — Worked from Home: 8.6%
Car (passenger) 16.7% / 9.3%
Girral — Car (passenger): 16.7% West Wyalong — Car (passenger): 9.3%
Walked Only 10.0% / 6.5%
Girral — Walked Only: 10.0% West Wyalong — Walked Only: 6.5%
Bus — / 7.5%
Girral — Bus: not among its largest West Wyalong — Bus: 7.5%

Bars are drawn against the largest share shown (67.7%).

Setting

Girral West Wyalong
Elevation 226 m
above sea level, at the suburb centre
 295 m
above sea level, at the suburb centre

NBN connectivity

Girral West Wyalong
Connectivity score 26/100 55/100
Most common technology Fixed wireless Fibre to the node
Full-fibre (FTTP) share 0%
24 premises
 26%
1,803 premises

Climate

Girral West Wyalong
Annual rainfall 506 mm
same for both
Summer max (Jan) 32.8°C
same for both
Winter min (Jul) 4.2°C
same for both

Council rates

Girral West Wyalong
Average residential rate $1,508/yr
same for both
Council Bland
same for both

Federal electorate

Girral West Wyalong
Division Parkes
same for both
Member Jamie Chaffey
same for both
Party The Nationals
same for both

First Home Owner Grant

Girral West Wyalong
Grant amount $10,000
same for both
Property price cap $600,000
same for both
Eligibility New
same for both

Tags

Girral

Premium Rural

West Wyalong

Affordable Rural

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