Gurley vs Terry Hie Hie

Gurley is the younger of the two, with a median age of 42 against 51 in Terry Hie Hie. In both, the large majority of households own their home, the large majority of homes are detached houses, and most households are couple families. Houses cost more in Terry Hie Hie: a median of $110,000, against $15,000 in Gurley, though rent is higher in Gurley. On these figures, Gurley tends to suit families with children and buyers on a tighter budget, while Terry Hie Hie suits couples and older residents.

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

Terry Hie Hie

ahead on 2 of the 6 things we measure here

  • is already more of a family suburb (100% vs 67%)
  • has more separate houses rather than flats (133% vs 91%)

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

First-home buyers

Gurley

ahead on 2 of the 2 things we measure here

  • leaves households under less mortgage stress (9% vs 71%)
  • has cheaper houses ($15,000 vs $110,000)

Weighs house prices and mortgage stress.

Renters

Terry Hie Hie

ahead on 2 of the 2 things we measure here

  • leaves renters under less rental stress (3% vs 13%)
  • has cheaper rent ($55/wk vs $200/wk)

Weighs rent and rental stress.

Commuting to the city

They split

one each way, out of the 3 things we measure here

  • Gurley has a shorter drive in (421 min vs 438 min)
  • Terry Hie Hie sits closer to the CBD (589.9 km vs 595.5 km)

Weighs distance, drive time, and walkability.

Downsizers and retirees

Terry Hie Hie

ahead on the one thing that separates them

  • has more residents already 65 and over (22% vs 12%)

Weighs 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

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

Gurley Terry Hie Hie
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.

Gurley Terry Hie Hie
Walkability 0 / 0
Gurley — Walkability: 0/100 Terry Hie Hie — Walkability: 0/100
Safety 22 / 26
Gurley — Safety: 22/100 Terry Hie Hie — Safety: 26/100
Low fire risk 77 / 81
Gurley — Low fire risk: 77/100 Terry Hie Hie — Low fire risk: 81/100

Demographics

Gurley rents higher ($200/wk vs $55/wk); Gurley has more residents (248 vs 76).

Gurley Terry Hie Hie
Population 248
+69% vs other
 76
Population trend (2016 → 2021) +5.1% +5.6%
Median age 42 51
Median household income $81,224/yr $90,948/yr
+12% vs other
Median weekly rent $200/wk
+72% vs other
 $55/wk

Age profile

Share of residents in each band, 2021 Census.

Gurley Terry Hie Hie
0-4 6.5% / 6.6%
Gurley — 0-4: 6.5% Terry Hie Hie — 0-4: 6.6%
5-14 17.7% / 5.3%
Gurley — 5-14: 17.7% Terry Hie Hie — 5-14: 5.3%
15-19 5.6% / 5.3%
Gurley — 15-19: 5.6% Terry Hie Hie — 15-19: 5.3%
20-24 6.0% / —
Gurley — 20-24: 6.0% Terry Hie Hie — 20-24: not among its largest
25-34 11.3% / 5.3%
Gurley — 25-34: 11.3% Terry Hie Hie — 25-34: 5.3%
35-44 10.9% / 14.5%
Gurley — 35-44: 10.9% Terry Hie Hie — 35-44: 14.5%
45-54 16.5% / 32.9%
Gurley — 45-54: 16.5% Terry Hie Hie — 45-54: 32.9%
55-64 16.5% / 11.8%
Gurley — 55-64: 16.5% Terry Hie Hie — 55-64: 11.8%
65-74 8.9% / 11.8%
Gurley — 65-74: 8.9% Terry Hie Hie — 65-74: 11.8%
75-84 2.4% / 10.5%
Gurley — 75-84: 2.4% Terry Hie Hie — 75-84: 10.5%
85+ 1.2% / —
Gurley — 85+: 1.2% Terry Hie Hie — 85+: not among its largest

Bars are drawn against the largest share shown (32.9%).

Who lives together

Household composition, 2021 Census.

Gurley 66.7% couple families
Gurley — Couple Families: 66.7% Gurley — Lone Person: 33.3%
Terry Hie Hie 100.0% couple families
Terry Hie Hie — Couple Families: 100.0% Terry Hie Hie — Lone Person: 0.0%
Couple Families Lone Person

Who owns and who rents

Occupied private dwellings by tenure, 2021 Census.

Gurley 18.4% renting
Gurley — Owned Outright: 49.0% Gurley — Mortgage: 32.7% Gurley — Renting: 18.4%
Terry Hie Hie 0.0% renting
Terry Hie Hie — Owned Outright: 71.4% Terry Hie Hie — Mortgage: 28.6% Terry Hie Hie — Renting: 0.0%
Owned outright Mortgage Renting

What people live in

Occupied private dwellings by structure, 2021 Census.

Gurley 91.4% houses
Gurley — Houses: 91.4% Gurley — Flats / Apartments: 8.6%
Terry Hie Hie 133.3% houses
Terry Hie Hie — Houses: 133.3% Terry Hie Hie — Flats / Apartments: 0.0%
Houses Flats / Apartments

Qualifications

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

Gurley Terry Hie Hie
Certificate III & IV 10.5% / 7.9%
Gurley — Certificate III & IV: 10.5% Terry Hie Hie — Certificate III & IV: 7.9%
Bachelor Degree 6.0% / 11.8%
Gurley — Bachelor Degree: 6.0% Terry Hie Hie — Bachelor Degree: 11.8%
Advanced Diploma / Diploma 6.0% / 3.9%
Gurley — Advanced Diploma / Diploma: 6.0% Terry Hie Hie — Advanced Diploma / Diploma: 3.9%
Graduate Diploma / Certificate 2.0% / —
Gurley — Graduate Diploma / Certificate: 2.0% Terry Hie Hie — Graduate Diploma / Certificate: not among its largest

Bars are drawn against the largest share shown (11.8%).

Property market

Gurley Terry Hie Hie
Median house price $15,000 $110,000
Median unit price —
same for both
Median land price $17,000 —

Zoning mix

Terry Hie Hie has more land zoned for conservation (23% vs 1%); Gurley has more rural and farming land (99% vs 77%).

Gurley Terry Hie Hie
Rural and farming 99% 77%
Environmental 1% 23%
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

Gurley Terry Hie Hie
New dwellings approved 11
across Moree Plains
same for both
Approvals change year on year -100%
same for both

Ranking within NSW

Gurley Terry Hie Hie
House price Higher than 1% of NSW
same for both
Income Higher than 49% of NSW —
Schools —
same for both
Walkability Higher than 38% of NSW Higher than 30% of NSW
Affordability Higher than 100% of NSW —
EV adoption — Higher than 1% of NSW
NBN connectivity Higher than 20% of NSW Higher than 16% of NSW

Liveability

Gurley Terry Hie Hie
Grade —
same for both
Score —
same for both
Socio-economic band mid-range socio-economic
decile 6/10
same for both

Risk profile

Gurley Terry Hie Hie
Bushfire Low
23/100
 Low
19/100
Crime High
78/100
 High
74/100
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

Gurley Terry Hie Hie
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

Gurley Terry Hie Hie
Parks & reserves 2 0
Banks & Bank@Post 1 0
Fuel stations 1 0
Waterways 22 2

Mobility

Gurley sits further from the CBD (595.5 km vs 589.9 km).

Gurley Terry Hie Hie
Walkability score 0/100
same for both
Distance to Sydney 595.5 km 589.9 km
Drive time (normal traffic) 421 min 438 min
Electric vehicle share 0.0%
postcode 2398
 0.0%
postcode 2400
Rooftop solar per 100 dwellings — 78
postcode 2400

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.

Gurley Terry Hie Hie
Car (driver) 74.1% / 50.0%
Gurley — Car (driver): 74.1% Terry Hie Hie — Car (driver): 50.0%
Worked from Home 15.3% / 28.6%
Gurley — Worked from Home: 15.3% Terry Hie Hie — Worked from Home: 28.6%
Walked Only 7.1% / 21.4%
Gurley — Walked Only: 7.1% Terry Hie Hie — Walked Only: 21.4%
Car (passenger) 3.5% / —
Gurley — Car (passenger): 3.5% Terry Hie Hie — Car (passenger): not among its largest

Bars are drawn against the largest share shown (74.1%).

Setting

Gurley Terry Hie Hie
Elevation 222 m
above sea level, at the suburb centre
 300 m
above sea level, at the suburb centre

NBN connectivity

Gurley Terry Hie Hie
Connectivity score 15/100
same for both
Most common technology Satellite (Sky Muster)
same for both
Full-fibre (FTTP) share 0%
35 premises
 0%
10 premises

Council rates

Gurley Terry Hie Hie
Average residential rate $1,249/yr
same for both
Council Moree Plains
same for both

Federal electorate

Gurley Terry Hie Hie
Division Parkes
same for both
Member Jamie Chaffey
same for both
Party The Nationals
same for both

First Home Owner Grant

Gurley Terry Hie Hie
Grant amount $10,000
same for both
Property price cap $600,000
same for both
Eligibility New
same for both

Tags

Gurley

Affordable Family Rural

Terry Hie Hie

Affordable Rural

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