Jingellic vs Lankeys Creek
Lankeys Creek is the younger of the two, with a median age of 51 against 58 in Jingellic. In both, the large majority of households own their home and the large majority of homes are detached houses. In Jingellic, about half of households are people living alone. In Lankeys Creek, most households are couple families. Houses cost more in Lankeys Creek: a median of $500,000, against $268,000 in Jingellic, though rent is higher in Jingellic. On these figures, Jingellic tends to suit people living alone and buyers on a tighter budget, while Lankeys Creek 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
Lankeys Creek
ahead on 2 of the 6 things we measure here
- carries lower crime risk (0/100 vs 71/100)
- is already more of a family suburb (67% vs 53%)
Weighs schools, house stock, crime, parks, childcare, and who already lives there.
First-home buyers
Jingellic
ahead on the one thing that separates them
- has cheaper houses ($267,500 vs $500,000)
Weighs house prices and mortgage stress.
Renters
Lankeys Creek
ahead on the one thing that separates them
- has cheaper rent ($162/wk vs $180/wk)
Weighs rent and rental stress.
Commuting to the city
Lankeys Creek
ahead on the one thing that separates them
- sits closer to the CBD (530.4 km vs 541.4 km)
Weighs distance, drive time, and walkability.
Downsizers and retirees
Lankeys Creek
ahead on 2 of the 4 things we measure here
- carries lower crime risk (0/100 vs 71/100)
- has more residents already 65 and over (38% vs 19%)
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
Jingellic and Lankeys Creek 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
Jingellic skews older (58 vs 51); Jingellic has higher household incomes ($81,224 vs $71,500).
| Jingellic | Lankeys Creek | |
|---|---|---|
| Population | 73 +18% vs other | 60 |
| Population trend (2016 → 2021) | +19.7% | +22.4% |
| Median age | 58 | 51 |
| Median household income | $81,224/yr +12% vs other | $71,500/yr |
| Median weekly rent | $180/wk +10% vs other | $162/wk |
Age profile
Share of residents in each band, 2021 Census.
Bars are drawn against the largest share shown (39.7%).
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 (6.8%).
Who lives together
Household composition, 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 (21.7%).
Who owns and who rents
Occupied private dwellings by tenure, 2021 Census.
Property market
| Jingellic | Lankeys Creek | |
|---|---|---|
| Median house price | $267,500 | $500,000 |
| Median unit price | — same for both | |
| Median land price | — same for both | |
Zoning mix
| Jingellic | Lankeys Creek | |
|---|---|---|
| Rural and farming | 71% | 64% |
| Environmental | 29% | 36% |
| 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
| Jingellic | Lankeys Creek | |
|---|---|---|
| New dwellings approved | 86 across Greater Hume same for both | |
| Approvals change year on year | +33% same for both | |
Ranking within NSW
| Jingellic | Lankeys Creek | |
|---|---|---|
| House price | Higher than 6% of NSW | Higher than 15% of NSW |
| Income | Higher than 48% of NSW | Higher than 37% of NSW |
| Schools | — same for both | |
| Walkability | Higher than 3% of NSW | Higher than 32% of NSW |
| Affordability | Higher than 96% of NSW | Higher than 85% of NSW |
| EV adoption | Higher than 32% of NSW | Higher than 46% of NSW |
| NBN connectivity | Higher than 2% of NSW | Higher than 17% of NSW |
Liveability
| Jingellic | Lankeys Creek | |
|---|---|---|
| Grade | — same for both | |
| Score | — same for both | |
| Socio-economic band | mid-range socio-economic decile 6/10 | very advantaged area decile 9/10 |
Risk profile
Jingellic carries more crime risk (71 vs 0).
| Jingellic | Lankeys Creek | |
|---|---|---|
| Bushfire | High 96/100 | High 89/100 |
| Crime | High 71/100 | None 0/100 |
| 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
| Jingellic | Lankeys Creek | |
|---|---|---|
| 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
| Jingellic | Lankeys Creek | |
|---|---|---|
| Parks & reserves | 2 | 0 |
| Banks & Bank@Post | 1 | 0 |
| Waterways | 4 | 0 |
Mobility
Jingellic sits further from the CBD (541.4 km vs 530.4 km).
| Jingellic | Lankeys Creek | |
|---|---|---|
| Walkability score | 0/100 same for both | |
| Distance to Sydney | 541.4 km +2% vs other | 530.4 km |
| Drive time (normal traffic) | 339 min same for both | |
| Electric vehicle share | 0.3% postcode 2642 | 0.4% postcode 2644 |
| Rooftop solar per 100 dwellings | 80 postcode 2642 | 62 postcode 2644 |
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 (55.6%).
Setting
| Jingellic | Lankeys Creek | |
|---|---|---|
| Elevation | 224 m above sea level, at the suburb centre | 718 m above sea level, at the suburb centre |
NBN connectivity
| Jingellic | Lankeys Creek | |
|---|---|---|
| Connectivity score | 15/100 same for both | |
| Most common technology | Satellite (Sky Muster) same for both | |
| Full-fibre (FTTP) share | 0% 30 premises | 0% 27 premises |
Climate
| Jingellic | Lankeys Creek | |
|---|---|---|
| Annual rainfall | 952 mm same for both | |
| Summer max (Jan) | 28.9°C same for both | |
| Winter min (Jul) | 0.6°C same for both | |
Council rates
| Jingellic | Lankeys Creek | |
|---|---|---|
| Average residential rate | $992/yr same for both | |
| Council | Greater Hume same for both | |
Federal electorate
| Jingellic | Lankeys Creek | |
|---|---|---|
| Division | Farrer same for both | |
| Member | David Farley same for both | |
| Party | One Nation same for both | |
First Home Owner Grant
| Jingellic | Lankeys Creek | |
|---|---|---|
| Grant amount | $10,000 same for both | |
| Property price cap | $600,000 same for both | |
| Eligibility | New same for both | |
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