Glenridding vs Gowrie
In both, most households own their home and most homes are detached houses. In Glenridding, about half of households are people living alone. In Gowrie, most households are couple families. Houses cost more in Gowrie: a median of $1.02 million, against $720,000 in Glenridding, and rent is higher there too. On these figures, Glenridding tends to suit people living alone and buyers on a tighter budget, while Gowrie suits families with children and 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
Gowrie
ahead on 2 of the 5 things we measure here
- is already more of a family suburb (84% vs 46%)
- has more separate houses rather than flats (95% vs 69%)
Weighs schools, house stock, parks, childcare, and who already lives there.
First-home buyers
They split
one each way, out of the 2 things we measure here
- Glenridding has cheaper houses ($720,000 vs $1,025,000)
- Gowrie leaves households under less mortgage stress (16% vs 35%)
Weighs house prices and mortgage stress.
Renters
Glenridding
ahead on 2 of the 3 things we measure here
- has a bigger rental market to choose from (31% vs 8%)
- has cheaper rent ($285/wk vs $478/wk)
- But Gowrie leaves renters under less rental stress (16% vs 25%)
Weighs rent, rental stress, and how much is for rent.
Commuting to the city
Gowrie
ahead on the one thing that separates them
- is more walkable (17/100 vs 9/100)
Weighs distance, drive time, and walkability.
Downsizers and retirees
They split
one each way, out of the 4 things we measure here
- Glenridding has more units and townhouses to downsize into (31% vs 5%)
- Gowrie is more walkable (17/100 vs 9/100)
Weighs smaller dwellings, who already lives there, GPs, and walkability.
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
Glenridding and Gowrie 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
Gowrie has higher household incomes ($159,224 vs $59,384); Gowrie rents higher ($478/wk vs $285/wk).
| Glenridding | Gowrie | |
|---|---|---|
| Population | 259 | 338 +31% vs other |
| Population trend (2016 → 2021) | +1.6% | +4.6% |
| Median age | 44 | 42 |
| Median household income | $59,384/yr | $159,224/yr +168% vs other |
| Median weekly rent | $285/wk | $478/wk +68% vs other |
Age profile
Share of residents in each band, 2021 Census.
Bars are drawn against the largest share shown (19.5%).
Who lives together
Household composition, 2021 Census.
Who owns and who rents
Occupied private dwellings by tenure, 2021 Census.
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 (1.5%).
Qualifications
Highest non-school qualification, residents 15+, 2021 Census.
Bars are drawn against the largest share shown (25.4%).
What people live in
Occupied private dwellings by structure, 2021 Census.
Property market
| Glenridding | Gowrie | |
|---|---|---|
| Median house price | $720,000 | $1,025,000 |
| Median unit price | — same for both | |
| Median land price | $85,000 | — |
Zoning mix
Glenridding has more rural and farming land (100% vs 45%); Gowrie has more land zoned for conservation (21% vs 0%).
| Glenridding | Gowrie | |
|---|---|---|
| Rural and farming | 100% | 45% |
| Environmental | 0% | 21% |
| Residential | 0% | 20% |
| Parks and recreation | 0% | 10% |
| Infrastructure and transport | 0% | 3% |
| 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
| Glenridding | Gowrie | |
|---|---|---|
| New dwellings approved | 121 across Singleton same for both | |
| Approvals change year on year | +46% same for both | |
Ranking within NSW
| Glenridding | Gowrie | |
|---|---|---|
| House price | Higher than 27% of NSW | Higher than 53% of NSW |
| Income | Higher than 21% of NSW | Higher than 96% of NSW |
| Schools | — same for both | |
| Walkability | Higher than 55% of NSW | Higher than 68% of NSW |
| Affordability | Higher than 50% of NSW | Higher than 87% of NSW |
| EV adoption | Higher than 25% of NSW | Higher than 26% of NSW |
| NBN connectivity | Higher than 70% of NSW | Higher than 68% of NSW |
Liveability
Gowrie is more walkable (17 vs 9).
| Glenridding | Gowrie | |
|---|---|---|
| Grade | — same for both | |
| Score | — same for both | |
| Socio-economic band | high-need area decile 1/10 | advantaged area decile 7/10 |
Risk profile
Gowrie carries more bushfire risk (36 vs 0).
| Glenridding | Gowrie | |
|---|---|---|
| Bushfire | None 0/100 | Low 36/100 |
| Crime | High 76/100 | — |
| 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 same for both | |
Schools
| Glenridding | Gowrie | |
|---|---|---|
| Inside the suburb | 0 same for both | |
| Rated above peers | 0 same for both | |
| Rated at peers | 0 same for both | |
| Rated below peers | 0 same for both | |
Amenities in the suburb
| Glenridding | Gowrie | |
|---|---|---|
| Parks & reserves | 0 | 1 |
| Waterways | 4 | 0 |
Mobility
| Glenridding | Gowrie | |
|---|---|---|
| Walkability score | 9/100 | 17/100 |
| Distance to Sydney | 206.2 km | 206.1 km |
| Drive time (normal traffic) | 143 min | 146 min |
| Electric vehicle share | 0.2% postcode 2330 same for both | |
| Rooftop solar per 100 dwellings | 54 postcode 2330 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 (91.9%).
Setting
| Glenridding | Gowrie | |
|---|---|---|
| Elevation | 44 m above sea level, at the suburb centre | 67 m above sea level, at the suburb centre |
NBN connectivity
| Glenridding | Gowrie | |
|---|---|---|
| Connectivity score | 60/100 | 56/100 |
| Most common technology | Fibre to the node same for both | |
| Full-fibre (FTTP) share | 34% 152 premises | 27% 119 premises |
Climate
| Glenridding | Gowrie | |
|---|---|---|
| Annual rainfall | 804 mm same for both | |
| Summer max (Jan) | 30.0°C same for both | |
| Winter min (Jul) | 5.1°C same for both | |
Air quality (annual mean)
| Glenridding | Gowrie | |
|---|---|---|
| PM2.5 | 6.7 µg/m³ same for both | |
| PM10 | 19.2 µg/m³ same for both | |
| NO₂ | 0.64 pphm same for both | |
Council rates
| Glenridding | Gowrie | |
|---|---|---|
| Average residential rate | $1,287/yr same for both | |
| Council | Singleton same for both | |
Federal electorate
| Glenridding | Gowrie | |
|---|---|---|
| Division | Hunter same for both | |
| Member | Dan Repacholi same for both | |
| Party | Australian Labor Party same for both | |
First Home Owner Grant
| Glenridding | Gowrie | |
|---|---|---|
| Grant amount | $10,000 same for both | |
| Property price cap | $600,000 same for both | |
| Eligibility | New same for both | |
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