Huonbrook vs Wanganui
In both, most households own their home and the large majority of homes are detached houses. In Huonbrook, most households are people living alone. On these figures, Huonbrook tends to suit people living alone and older residents, while Wanganui suits families with children.
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
Wanganui
ahead on 3 of the 6 things we measure here
- is already more of a family suburb (70% vs 35%)
- carries lower crime risk (31/100 vs 55/100)
- has more separate houses rather than flats (100% vs 85%)
Weighs schools, house stock, crime, parks, childcare, and who already lives there.
First-home buyers
Wanganui
ahead on the one thing that separates them
- leaves households under less mortgage stress (27% vs 41%)
Weighs mortgage stress.
Renters
Huonbrook
ahead on 2 of the 3 things we measure here
- has cheaper rent ($255/wk vs $500/wk)
- leaves renters under less rental stress (35% vs 44%)
- But Wanganui has a bigger rental market to choose from (30% vs 20%)
Weighs rent, rental stress, and how much is for rent.
Commuting to the city
Huonbrook
ahead on the one thing that separates them
- sits closer to the CBD (781.3 km vs 783.3 km)
Weighs distance, drive time, and walkability.
Downsizers and retirees
They split
one each way, out of the 4 things we measure here
- Huonbrook has more residents already 65 and over (29% vs 20%)
- Wanganui carries lower crime risk (31/100 vs 55/100)
Weighs who already lives there, GPs, walkability, and crime.
Investors
Wanganui
ahead on the one thing that separates them
- is growing faster (-1.9% vs -34.0%)
Weighs population growth.
Where they sit
Huonbrook and Wanganui 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
Wanganui rents higher ($500/wk vs $255/wk); Huonbrook has more residents (99 vs 51).
| Huonbrook | Wanganui | |
|---|---|---|
| Population | 99 +48% vs other | 51 |
| Population trend (2016 → 2021) | -34.0% | -1.9% |
| Median age | 52 | 50 |
| Median household income | $37,700/yr | $58,500/yr +55% vs other |
| Median weekly rent | $255/wk | $500/wk +96% vs other |
Age profile
Share of residents in each band, 2021 Census.
Bars are drawn against the largest share shown (24.2%).
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 (5.9%).
Qualifications
Highest non-school qualification, residents 15+, 2021 Census.
Bars are drawn against the largest share shown (17.2%).
What people live in
Occupied private dwellings by structure, 2021 Census.
Property market
| Huonbrook | Wanganui | |
|---|---|---|
| Median house price | $1,365,000 | — |
| Median unit price | — same for both | |
| Median land price | — same for both | |
Zoning mix
Wanganui has more rural and farming land (43% vs 19%); Huonbrook has more land zoned for conservation (81% vs 57%).
| Huonbrook | Wanganui | |
|---|---|---|
| Environmental | 81% | 57% |
| Rural and farming | 19% | 43% |
| 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
| Huonbrook | Wanganui | |
|---|---|---|
| New dwellings approved | 129 across Byron same for both | |
| Approvals change year on year | -65% same for both | |
Ranking within NSW
| Huonbrook | Wanganui | |
|---|---|---|
| House price | Higher than 70% of NSW | — |
| Income | Higher than 3% of NSW | Higher than 20% of NSW |
| Schools | — same for both | |
| Walkability | Higher than 51% of NSW | Higher than 39% of NSW |
| Affordability | Higher than 4% of NSW | — |
| EV adoption | Higher than 90% of NSW | Higher than 89% of NSW |
| NBN connectivity | Higher than 22% of NSW | Higher than 21% of NSW |
Liveability
| Huonbrook | Wanganui | |
|---|---|---|
| Grade | — same for both | |
| Score | — same for both | |
| Socio-economic band | mid-range socio-economic decile 6/10 same for both | |
Risk profile
Huonbrook carries more crime risk (55 vs 31); Wanganui carries more bushfire risk (89 vs 76).
| Huonbrook | Wanganui | |
|---|---|---|
| Bushfire | High 76/100 | High 89/100 |
| Crime | Moderate 55/100 | Low 31/100 |
| 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
| Huonbrook | Wanganui | |
|---|---|---|
| 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
| Huonbrook | Wanganui | |
|---|---|---|
| Waterways | 2 | 0 |
Mobility
Wanganui sits further from the CBD (783.3 km vs 781.3 km).
| Huonbrook | Wanganui | |
|---|---|---|
| Walkability score | 6/100 | 0/100 |
| Distance to Sydney | 781.3 km | 783.3 km |
| Drive time (normal traffic) | 525 min | 528 min |
| Electric vehicle share | 1.5% postcode 2482 same for both | |
| Rooftop solar per 100 dwellings | 89 postcode 2482 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 (78.9%).
Setting
| Huonbrook | Wanganui | |
|---|---|---|
| Elevation | 430 m above sea level, at the suburb centre | 212 m above sea level, at the suburb centre |
| Distance to the ocean | 18.5 km | 17.1 km |
NBN connectivity
| Huonbrook | Wanganui | |
|---|---|---|
| Connectivity score | 15/100 same for both | |
| Most common technology | Satellite (Sky Muster) same for both | |
| Full-fibre (FTTP) share | 0% 37 premises | 0% 22 premises |
Climate
| Huonbrook | Wanganui | |
|---|---|---|
| Annual rainfall | 1,569 mm same for both | |
| Summer max (Jan) | 29.1°C same for both | |
| Winter min (Jul) | 9.1°C same for both | |
Council rates
| Huonbrook | Wanganui | |
|---|---|---|
| Average residential rate | $1,577/yr same for both | |
| Council | Byron same for both | |
Federal electorate
| Huonbrook | Wanganui | |
|---|---|---|
| Division | Richmond same for both | |
| Member | Justine Elliot same for both | |
| Party | Australian Labor Party same for both | |
First Home Owner Grant
| Huonbrook | Wanganui | |
|---|---|---|
| Grant amount | $10,000 same for both | |
| Property price cap | $600,000 same for both | |
| Eligibility | New same for both | |
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