Home Rule vs St Fillans
St Fillans is the younger of the two, with a median age of 43 against 48 in Home Rule. In both, the large majority of households own their home, the large majority of homes are detached houses, and most households are couple families. On these figures, Home Rule tends to suit families with children, while St Fillans suits 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
They split
one each way, out of the 6 things we measure here
- Home Rule is already more of a family suburb (80% vs 61%)
- St Fillans carries lower crime risk (23/100 vs 85/100)
Weighs schools, house stock, crime, parks, childcare, and who already lives there.
First-home buyers
St Fillans
ahead on the one thing that separates them
- leaves households under less mortgage stress (23% vs 52%)
Weighs mortgage stress.
Renters
St Fillans
ahead on 2 of the 2 things we measure here
- leaves renters under less rental stress (19% vs 40%)
- has cheaper rent ($330/wk vs $385/wk)
Weighs rent and rental stress.
Commuting to the city
St Fillans
ahead on the one thing that separates them
- sits closer to the CBD (290.1 km vs 295.8 km)
Weighs distance, drive time, and walkability.
Downsizers and retirees
St Fillans
ahead on 2 of the 4 things we measure here
- carries lower crime risk (23/100 vs 85/100)
- has more residents already 65 and over (16% vs 7%)
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
Home Rule and St Fillans 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
St Fillans has more residents (259 vs 55); St Fillans has higher household incomes ($92,300 vs $50,232).
| Home Rule | St Fillans | |
|---|---|---|
| Population | 55 | 259 +371% vs other |
| Population trend (2016 → 2021) | +10.0% | +8.4% |
| Median age | 48 | 43 |
| Median household income | $50,232/yr | $92,300/yr +84% vs other |
| Median weekly rent | $385/wk +14% vs other | $330/wk |
Age profile
Share of residents in each band, 2021 Census.
Bars are drawn against the largest share shown (25.5%).
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 (23.2%).
Property market
| Home Rule | St Fillans | |
|---|---|---|
| Median house price | — | $1,535,000 |
| Median unit price | — same for both | |
| Median land price | — same for both | |
Zoning mix
Home Rule has more rural and farming land (100% vs 44%).
| Home Rule | St Fillans | |
|---|---|---|
| Rural and farming | 100% | 44% |
| Residential | 0% | 56% |
| 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
| Home Rule | St Fillans | |
|---|---|---|
| New dwellings approved | 131 across Mid-Western same for both | |
| Approvals change year on year | -4% same for both | |
Ranking within NSW
| Home Rule | St Fillans | |
|---|---|---|
| House price | — | Higher than 76% of NSW |
| Income | Higher than 11% of NSW | Higher than 59% of NSW |
| Schools | — same for both | |
| Walkability | Higher than 61% of NSW | Higher than 56% of NSW |
| Affordability | — | Higher than 27% of NSW |
| EV adoption | Higher than 24% of NSW | Higher than 23% of NSW |
| NBN connectivity | Higher than 60% of NSW | Higher than 52% of NSW |
Liveability
| Home Rule | St Fillans | |
|---|---|---|
| Grade | — same for both | |
| Score | — same for both | |
| Socio-economic band | mid-range socio-economic decile 5/10 same for both | |
Risk profile
Home Rule carries more crime risk (85 vs 23).
| Home Rule | St Fillans | |
|---|---|---|
| Bushfire | Moderate 41/100 | Moderate 44/100 |
| Crime | High 85/100 | Low 23/100 |
| 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
| Home Rule | St Fillans | |
|---|---|---|
| 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
| Home Rule | St Fillans | |
|---|---|---|
| Parks & reserves | 1 | 0 |
| Waterways | 3 | 2 |
Mobility
Home Rule sits further from the CBD (295.8 km vs 290.1 km).
| Home Rule | St Fillans | |
|---|---|---|
| Walkability score | 12/100 | 10/100 |
| Distance to Sydney | 295.8 km +2% vs other | 290.1 km |
| Drive time (normal traffic) | 246 min | 242 min |
| Electric vehicle share | 0.2% postcode 2850 same for both | |
| Rooftop solar per 100 dwellings | 50 postcode 2850 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 (81.0%).
Setting
| Home Rule | St Fillans | |
|---|---|---|
| Elevation | 475 m above sea level, at the suburb centre | 516 m above sea level, at the suburb centre |
NBN connectivity
| Home Rule | St Fillans | |
|---|---|---|
| Connectivity score | 30/100 same for both | |
| Most common technology | Fixed wireless same for both | |
| Full-fibre (FTTP) share | 0% 28 premises | 0% 108 premises |
Climate
| Home Rule | St Fillans | |
|---|---|---|
| Annual rainfall | 669 mm | 665 mm |
| Summer max (Jan) | 31.0°C | 30.3°C |
| Winter min (Jul) | 3.4°C | 1.8°C |
Council rates
| Home Rule | St Fillans | |
|---|---|---|
| Average residential rate | $1,083/yr same for both | |
| Council | Mid-Western same for both | |
Federal electorate
| Home Rule | St Fillans | |
|---|---|---|
| Division | Calare same for both | |
| Member | Andrew Gee same for both | |
| Party | Independent same for both | |
First Home Owner Grant
| Home Rule | St Fillans | |
|---|---|---|
| Grant amount | $10,000 same for both | |
| Property price cap | $600,000 same for both | |
| Eligibility | New same for both | |
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Information shown is provided as-is from Australian government and commercial data sources.
Always verify with the relevant authority before making property decisions.
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