Guyong vs Blayney

Blayney is the younger of the two, with a median age of 38 against 50 in Guyong. In both, most households own their home and the large majority of homes are detached houses. In Guyong, about half of households are people living alone. Houses cost more in Guyong: a median of $1.14 million, against $575,000 in Blayney, though rent is higher in Blayney. On these figures, Guyong tends to suit people living alone, while Blayney suits 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

Blayney

ahead on 4 of the 6 things we measure here

  • has more parks and reserves (6 vs 0)
  • has more childcare (4 vs 0)
  • has more schools inside the suburb (3 vs 0)
  • But Guyong carries lower crime risk (17/100 vs 74/100)

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

First-home buyers

Blayney

ahead on 2 of the 3 things we measure here

  • has cheaper houses ($575,000 vs $1,142,500)
  • leaves households under less mortgage stress (23% vs 32%)
  • But Guyong has cheaper land ($2,500 vs $260,000)

Weighs house prices, land prices, and mortgage stress.

Renters

Blayney

ahead on the one thing that separates them

  • has a bigger rental market to choose from (32% vs 14%)

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

Commuting to the city

They split

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

  • Guyong sits closer to the CBD (242 km vs 246.6 km)
  • Blayney is more walkable (45/100 vs 0/100)

Weighs distance, drive time, and walkability.

Downsizers and retirees

Blayney

ahead on 2 of the 5 things we measure here

  • is more walkable (45/100 vs 0/100)
  • has more GPs (2 vs 0)
  • But Guyong carries lower crime risk (17/100 vs 74/100)

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

Investors

Blayney

ahead on the one thing that separates them

  • is growing faster (2.1% vs -7.1%)

Weighs population growth.

Where they sit

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

Guyong Blayney
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.

Guyong Blayney
Walkability 0 / 45
Guyong — Walkability: 0/100 Blayney — Walkability: 45/100
Safety 83 / 26
Guyong — Safety: 83/100 Blayney — Safety: 26/100
Low fire risk 88 / 87
Guyong — Low fire risk: 88/100 Blayney — Low fire risk: 87/100

Demographics

Blayney has more residents (3,448 vs 118); Guyong skews older (50 vs 38).

Guyong Blayney
Population 118 3,448
+2822% vs other
Population trend (2016 → 2021) -7.1% +2.1%
Median age 50 38
Median household income $81,224/yr
+11% vs other
 $71,916/yr
Median weekly rent $250/wk $265/wk
+6% vs other

Age profile

Share of residents in each band, 2021 Census.

Guyong Blayney
0-4 2.5% / 7.0%
Guyong — 0-4: 2.5% Blayney — 0-4: 7.0%
5-14 18.6% / 13.7%
Guyong — 5-14: 18.6% Blayney — 5-14: 13.7%
15-19 6.8% / 6.4%
Guyong — 15-19: 6.8% Blayney — 15-19: 6.4%
20-24 — / 5.9%
Guyong — 20-24: not among its largest Blayney — 20-24: 5.9%
25-34 — / 12.6%
Guyong — 25-34: not among its largest Blayney — 25-34: 12.6%
35-44 10.2% / 9.9%
Guyong — 35-44: 10.2% Blayney — 35-44: 9.9%
45-54 14.4% / 11.0%
Guyong — 45-54: 14.4% Blayney — 45-54: 11.0%
55-64 22.0% / 13.5%
Guyong — 55-64: 22.0% Blayney — 55-64: 13.5%
65-74 14.4% / 10.8%
Guyong — 65-74: 14.4% Blayney — 65-74: 10.8%
75-84 6.8% / 6.5%
Guyong — 75-84: 6.8% Blayney — 75-84: 6.5%
85+ 3.4% / 2.8%
Guyong — 85+: 3.4% Blayney — 85+: 2.8%

Bars are drawn against the largest share shown (22.0%).

Who lives together

Household composition, 2021 Census.

Guyong 52.4% lone person
Guyong — Lone Person: 52.4% Guyong — Couple Families: 47.6% Guyong — One Parent Families: 0.0% Guyong — Group Household: 0.0% Guyong — Other Families: 0.0%
Blayney 39.4% lone person
Blayney — Lone Person: 39.4% Blayney — Couple Families: 38.6% Blayney — One Parent Families: 17.7% Blayney — Group Household: 2.8% Blayney — Other Families: 1.5%
Lone Person Couple Families One Parent Families Group Household Other Families

Who owns and who rents

Occupied private dwellings by tenure, 2021 Census.

Guyong 13.6% renting
Guyong — Owned Outright: 68.2% Guyong — Mortgage: 18.2% Guyong — Renting: 13.6%
Blayney 31.6% renting
Blayney — Owned Outright: 35.7% Blayney — Mortgage: 32.6% Blayney — Renting: 31.6%
Owned outright Mortgage Renting

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.

Guyong Blayney
New Zealand 6.8% / 0.8%
Guyong — New Zealand: 6.8% Blayney — New Zealand: 0.8%
England 2.5% / 1.8%
Guyong — England: 2.5% Blayney — England: 1.8%
Germany — / 0.3%
Guyong — Germany: not among its largest Blayney — Germany: 0.3%
Thailand — / 0.3%
Guyong — Thailand: not among its largest Blayney — Thailand: 0.3%
Philippines — / 0.2%
Guyong — Philippines: not among its largest Blayney — Philippines: 0.2%

Bars are drawn against the largest share shown (6.8%).

Qualifications

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

Guyong Blayney
Certificate III & IV 15.3% / 20.2%
Guyong — Certificate III & IV: 15.3% Blayney — Certificate III & IV: 20.2%
Bachelor Degree 13.6% / 5.8%
Guyong — Bachelor Degree: 13.6% Blayney — Bachelor Degree: 5.8%
Advanced Diploma / Diploma 9.3% / 5.4%
Guyong — Advanced Diploma / Diploma: 9.3% Blayney — Advanced Diploma / Diploma: 5.4%
Postgraduate Degree 9.3% / 1.2%
Guyong — Postgraduate Degree: 9.3% Blayney — Postgraduate Degree: 1.2%
Graduate Diploma / Certificate — / 1.2%
Guyong — Graduate Diploma / Certificate: not among its largest Blayney — Graduate Diploma / Certificate: 1.2%

Bars are drawn against the largest share shown (20.2%).

What people live in

Occupied private dwellings by structure, 2021 Census.

Guyong 97.7% houses
Guyong — Houses: 97.7% Guyong — Townhouses: 0.0% Guyong — Flats / Apartments: 2.3%
Blayney 92.6% houses
Blayney — Houses: 92.6% Blayney — Townhouses: 5.4% Blayney — Flats / Apartments: 2.0%
Houses Townhouses Flats / Apartments

Property market

Guyong Blayney
Median house price $1,142,500 $575,000
Median unit price —
same for both
Median land price $2,500 $260,000
Typical days to sell (houses) — 55 days
from 35 sales

Zoning mix

Guyong Blayney
Rural and farming 92% 94%
Environmental 7% 0%
Residential 0% 4%
Infrastructure and transport 0% 1%
Industrial 0% 1%
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

Guyong Blayney
New dwellings approved 29
across Cabonne
 51
across Blayney
Approvals change year on year -43% +14%

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.

Guyong Blayney
Houses — 4.5%
$550/wk on $642K
Units —
same for both

Ranking within NSW

Guyong Blayney
House price Higher than 59% of NSW Higher than 20% of NSW
Income Higher than 48% of NSW Higher than 39% of NSW
Schools — Higher than 70% of NSW
Walkability Higher than 1% of NSW Higher than 80% of NSW
Affordability Higher than 38% of NSW Higher than 78% of NSW
EV adoption Higher than 72% of NSW Higher than 35% of NSW
NBN connectivity Higher than 40% of NSW Higher than 69% of NSW
Rental yield (houses) — Higher than 90% of NSW

Liveability

Blayney is more walkable (45 vs 0).

Guyong Blayney
Grade — C
Score — 43/100
Socio-economic band very advantaged area
decile 10/10
 below-average income
decile 2/10

Risk profile

Blayney carries more crime risk (74 vs 17).

Guyong Blayney
Bushfire Low
12/100
 Low
13/100
Crime Low
17/100
 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 1
within 5 km
 2
within 5 km

Schools

Guyong Blayney
Inside the suburb 0 3
Rated above peers 0 1
Rated at peers 0
same for both
Rated below peers 0 2

Schools in Guyong

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

Schools in Blayney

  • St Joseph's Catholic Primary School Blayney Catholic · Primary above peers
  • Blayney High School Government · Secondary below peers
  • Blayney Public School Government · Primary below peers

Amenities in the suburb

Guyong Blayney
Supermarkets 0 2
Cafes & restaurants 0 5
Parks & reserves 0 6
Childcare 0 4
GPs 0 2
Hospitals 0 1
Police stations 0 1
Banks & Bank@Post 0 2
Fuel stations 0 3
Waterways 7 35

Mobility

Blayney sits further from the CBD (246.6 km vs 242 km).

Guyong Blayney
Walkability score 0/100 45/100
Distance to Sydney 242 km 246.6 km
+2% vs other
Drive time (normal traffic) 208 min
same for both
Public transport score 24/100
Bus
 59/100
Bus
Peak arrivals per hour 4.5
7-9am + 5-7pm
 26.8
7-9am + 5-7pm
Median peak wait 3 min
scheduled, not actual
 1 min
scheduled, not actual
Electric vehicle share 0.8%
postcode 2798
 0.4%
postcode 2799
Rooftop solar per 100 dwellings 64
postcode 2798
 44
postcode 2799

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.

Guyong Blayney
Car (driver) 57.4% / 80.8%
Guyong — Car (driver): 57.4% Blayney — Car (driver): 80.8%
Worked from Home 31.5% / 9.4%
Guyong — Worked from Home: 31.5% Blayney — Worked from Home: 9.4%
Walked Only 11.1% / 3.9%
Guyong — Walked Only: 11.1% Blayney — Walked Only: 3.9%
Car (passenger) — / 4.9%
Guyong — Car (passenger): not among its largest Blayney — Car (passenger): 4.9%
Bicycle — / 0.7%
Guyong — Bicycle: not among its largest Blayney — Bicycle: 0.7%

Bars are drawn against the largest share shown (80.8%).

Setting

Guyong Blayney
Elevation 899 m
above sea level, at the suburb centre
 871 m
above sea level, at the suburb centre

NBN connectivity

Guyong Blayney
Connectivity score 28/100 57/100
Most common technology Fixed wireless Fibre to the node
Full-fibre (FTTP) share 0%
55 premises
 29%
1,880 premises

Climate

Guyong Blayney
Annual rainfall 894 mm
same for both
Summer max (Jan) 26.3°C
same for both
Winter min (Jul) 2.2°C
same for both

Council rates

Guyong Blayney
Average residential rate $750/yr $925/yr
Council Cabonne Blayney

Federal electorate

Guyong Blayney
Division Calare
same for both
Member Andrew Gee
same for both
Party Independent
same for both

First Home Owner Grant

Guyong Blayney
Grant amount $10,000
same for both
Property price cap $600,000
same for both
Eligibility New
same for both

Tags

Guyong

Rural

Blayney

Affordable Rural

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