Glen Innes vs Reddestone
Glen Innes is the younger of the two, with a median age of 49 against 59 in Reddestone. In both, most households own their home, the large majority of homes are detached houses, and about half of households are people living alone.
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
Glen Innes
ahead on 3 of the 6 things we measure here
- has more parks and reserves (19 vs 1)
- has more schools inside the suburb (4 vs 0)
- has more childcare (3 vs 0)
Weighs schools, house stock, crime, parks, childcare, and who already lives there.
First-home buyers
Too close to call
Nothing among the 2 things we measure here separates them by enough to be worth acting on.
Weighs house prices and mortgage stress.
Renters
Glen Innes
ahead on 3 of the 3 things we measure here
- has cheaper rent ($230/wk vs $865/wk)
- leaves renters under less rental stress (25% vs 82%)
- has a bigger rental market to choose from (31% vs 17%)
Weighs rent, rental stress, and how much is for rent.
Commuting to the city
Glen Innes
ahead on 2 of the 3 things we measure here
- sits closer to the CBD (576.9 km vs 592 km)
- has a shorter drive in (439 min vs 449 min)
Weighs distance, drive time, and walkability.
Downsizers and retirees
Glen Innes
ahead on the one thing that separates them
- has more GPs (2 vs 0)
Weighs smaller dwellings, who already lives there, GPs, walkability, and crime.
Investors
Reddestone
ahead on the one thing that separates them
- is growing faster (11.3% vs 1.0%)
Weighs population growth.
Where they sit
Glen Innes and Reddestone 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
Glen Innes has more residents (6,219 vs 59); Reddestone rents higher ($865/wk vs $230/wk).
| Glen Innes | Reddestone | |
|---|---|---|
| Population | 6,219 +99% vs other | 59 |
| Population trend (2016 → 2021) | +1.0% | +11.3% |
| Median age | 49 | 59 |
| Median household income | $47,008/yr | $55,224/yr +17% vs other |
| Median weekly rent | $230/wk | $865/wk +276% vs other |
Age profile
Share of residents in each band, 2021 Census.
Bars are drawn against the largest share shown (27.1%).
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 (20.3%).
Property market
| Glen Innes | Reddestone | |
|---|---|---|
| Median house price | $438,000 | $453,000 |
| Median unit price | — same for both | |
| Median land price | $235,000 | — |
| Typical days to sell (houses) | 39 days from 52 sales | — |
Zoning mix
| Glen Innes | Reddestone | |
|---|---|---|
| Rural and farming | 90% | 99% |
| Residential | 4% | 0% |
| Environmental | 3% | 1% |
| Parks and recreation | 1% | 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
| Glen Innes | Reddestone | |
|---|---|---|
| New dwellings approved | 12 across Glen Innes Severn same for both | |
Gross rental yield
| Glen Innes | Reddestone | |
|---|---|---|
| Houses | 3.6% $390/wk on $560K | — |
| Units | — same for both | |
Ranking within NSW
| Glen Innes | Reddestone | |
|---|---|---|
| House price | Higher than 11% of NSW | Higher than 13% of NSW |
| Income | Higher than 9% of NSW | Higher than 15% of NSW |
| Schools | Higher than 24% of NSW | — |
| Walkability | Higher than 45% of NSW | Higher than 23% of NSW |
| Affordability | Higher than 74% of NSW | Higher than 77% of NSW |
| EV adoption | Higher than 5% of NSW same for both | |
| NBN connectivity | Higher than 81% of NSW | Higher than 28% of NSW |
| Rental yield (houses) | Higher than 52% of NSW | — |
Liveability
| Glen Innes | Reddestone | |
|---|---|---|
| Grade | D | — |
| Score | 17/100 | — |
| Socio-economic band | high-need area decile 1/10 | below-average income decile 3/10 |
Risk profile
Reddestone carries more bushfire risk (38 vs 20).
| Glen Innes | Reddestone | |
|---|---|---|
| Bushfire | Low 20/100 | Low 38/100 |
| Crime | High 87/100 | High 86/100 |
| 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 | 1 within 5 km | 0 within 5 km |
Schools
| Glen Innes | Reddestone | |
|---|---|---|
| Inside the suburb | 4 | 0 |
| Rated above peers | 0 same for both | |
| Rated at peers | 2 | 0 |
| Rated below peers | 1 | 0 |
Schools in Glen Innes
- Glen Innes High School Government · Secondary at peers
- Glen Innes Public School Government · Primary at peers
- St Joseph's Primary School Catholic · Primary below peers
- Glen Innes West Infants School Government · Primary
Schools in Reddestone
No schools recorded inside this suburb's boundary. Children here will be zoned to schools nearby.
Amenities in the suburb
| Glen Innes | Reddestone | |
|---|---|---|
| Supermarkets | 3 | 0 |
| Cafes & restaurants | 11 | 0 |
| Parks & reserves | 19 | 1 |
| Childcare | 3 | 0 |
| GPs | 2 | 0 |
| Pharmacies | 2 | 0 |
| Hospitals | 1 | 0 |
| Police stations | 1 | 0 |
| Banks & Bank@Post | 4 | 0 |
| Fuel stations | 7 | 0 |
| EV chargers | 1 | 0 |
| Waterways | 12 | 3 |
Mobility
Reddestone sits further from the CBD (592 km vs 576.9 km).
| Glen Innes | Reddestone | |
|---|---|---|
| Walkability score | 4/100 | 0/100 |
| Distance to Sydney | 576.9 km | 592 km +3% vs other |
| Drive time (normal traffic) | 439 min | 449 min |
| Electric vehicle share | 0.1% postcode 2370 same for both | |
| Rooftop solar per 100 dwellings | 46 postcode 2370 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 (84.2%).
Setting
| Glen Innes | Reddestone | |
|---|---|---|
| Elevation | 1,137 m above sea level, at the suburb centre | 1,064 m above sea level, at the suburb centre |
NBN connectivity
| Glen Innes | Reddestone | |
|---|---|---|
| Connectivity score | 74/100 | 19/100 |
| Most common technology | Fibre to the premises | Satellite (Sky Muster) |
| Full-fibre (FTTP) share | 43% 3,521 premises | 0% 33 premises |
Climate
| Glen Innes | Reddestone | |
|---|---|---|
| Annual rainfall | 817 mm same for both | |
| Summer max (Jan) | 26.0°C same for both | |
| Winter min (Jul) | 1.6°C same for both | |
Council rates
| Glen Innes | Reddestone | |
|---|---|---|
| Average residential rate | $966/yr same for both | |
| Council | Glen Innes Severn same for both | |
Federal electorate
| Glen Innes | Reddestone | |
|---|---|---|
| Division | New England same for both | |
| Member | Barnaby Joyce same for both | |
| Party | The Nationals same for both | |
First Home Owner Grant
| Glen Innes | Reddestone | |
|---|---|---|
| Grant amount | $10,000 same for both | |
| Property price cap | $600,000 same for both | |
| Eligibility | New same for both | |
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