Keinbah vs Sawyers Gully
In both, the large majority of households own their home and the large majority of homes are detached houses. In Keinbah, about half of households are couple families. In Sawyers Gully, most households are couple families. Houses cost more in Sawyers Gully: a median of $1.29 million, against $1.03 million in Keinbah. On these figures, Keinbah tends to suit families with children and buyers on a tighter budget, while Sawyers Gully suits couples.
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
Keinbah
ahead on the one thing that separates them
- carries lower crime risk (31/100 vs 87/100)
Weighs schools, house stock, crime, parks, childcare, and who already lives there.
First-home buyers
Keinbah
ahead on the one thing that separates them
- has cheaper houses ($1,027,500 vs $1,288,000)
Weighs house prices and mortgage stress.
Renters
Too close to call
Nothing among the 3 things we measure here separates them by enough to be worth acting on.
Weighs rent, rental stress, and how much is for rent.
Commuting to the city
Sawyers Gully
ahead on 3 of the 3 things we measure here
- is more walkable (14/100 vs 0/100)
- has a shorter drive in (116 min vs 122 min)
- sits closer to the CBD (163.6 km vs 170 km)
Weighs distance, drive time, and walkability.
Downsizers and retirees
They split
one each way, out of the 4 things we measure here
- Keinbah carries lower crime risk (31/100 vs 87/100)
- Sawyers Gully is more walkable (14/100 vs 0/100)
Weighs who already lives there, GPs, walkability, and crime.
Investors
Sawyers Gully
ahead on the one thing that separates them
- is growing faster (8.4% vs -6.0%)
Weighs population growth.
Where they sit
Keinbah and Sawyers Gully 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
Sawyers Gully has more residents (542 vs 109); Keinbah has higher household incomes ($106,184 vs $96,044).
| Keinbah | Sawyers Gully | |
|---|---|---|
| Population | 109 | 542 +397% vs other |
| Population trend (2016 → 2021) | -6.0% | +8.4% |
| Median age | 44 | 42 |
| Median household income | $106,184/yr +10% vs other | $96,044/yr |
| Median weekly rent | $405/wk same for both | |
Age profile
Share of residents in each band, 2021 Census.
Bars are drawn against the largest share shown (17.4%).
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 (3.7%).
Qualifications
Highest non-school qualification, residents 15+, 2021 Census.
Bars are drawn against the largest share shown (24.8%).
What people live in
Occupied private dwellings by structure, 2021 Census.
Property market
| Keinbah | Sawyers Gully | |
|---|---|---|
| Median house price | $1,027,500 | $1,288,000 |
| Median unit price | — same for both | |
| Median land price | — same for both | |
Zoning mix
| Keinbah | Sawyers Gully | |
|---|---|---|
| Rural and farming | 89% | 86% |
| Environmental | 9% | 12% |
| Infrastructure and transport | 2% same for both | |
| 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
| Keinbah | Sawyers Gully | |
|---|---|---|
| New dwellings approved | 719 across Cessnock same for both | |
| Approvals change year on year | -31% same for both | |
Ranking within NSW
| Keinbah | Sawyers Gully | |
|---|---|---|
| House price | Higher than 53% of NSW | Higher than 67% of NSW |
| Income | Higher than 72% of NSW | Higher than 63% of NSW |
| Schools | — same for both | |
| Walkability | Higher than 13% of NSW | Higher than 64% of NSW |
| Affordability | Higher than 67% of NSW | Higher than 42% of NSW |
| EV adoption | Higher than 55% of NSW | Higher than 42% of NSW |
| NBN connectivity | Higher than 45% of NSW | Higher than 63% of NSW |
Liveability
Sawyers Gully is more walkable (14 vs 0).
| Keinbah | Sawyers Gully | |
|---|---|---|
| Grade | — | D |
| Score | — | 22/100 |
| Socio-economic band | very advantaged area decile 9/10 | below-average income decile 3/10 |
Risk profile
Sawyers Gully carries more crime risk (87 vs 31).
| Keinbah | Sawyers Gully | |
|---|---|---|
| Bushfire | Moderate 45/100 | Moderate 52/100 |
| Crime | Low 31/100 | High 87/100 |
| 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
| Keinbah | Sawyers Gully | |
|---|---|---|
| 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
| Keinbah | Sawyers Gully | |
|---|---|---|
| Waterways | 1 | 10 |
Mobility
Keinbah sits further from the CBD (170 km vs 163.6 km).
| Keinbah | Sawyers Gully | |
|---|---|---|
| Walkability score | 0/100 | 14/100 |
| Distance to Sydney | 170 km +4% vs other | 163.6 km |
| Drive time (normal traffic) | 122 min | 116 min |
| Electric vehicle share | 0.5% postcode 2320 | 0.4% postcode 2326 |
| Rooftop solar per 100 dwellings | 56 postcode 2320 | 56 postcode 2326 |
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 (86.1%).
Setting
| Keinbah | Sawyers Gully | |
|---|---|---|
| Elevation | 86 m above sea level, at the suburb centre | 48 m above sea level, at the suburb centre |
| Distance to the ocean | 35.8 km | 31.7 km |
NBN connectivity
| Keinbah | Sawyers Gully | |
|---|---|---|
| Connectivity score | 29/100 | 31/100 |
| Most common technology | Fixed wireless same for both | |
| Full-fibre (FTTP) share | 0% 47 premises | 2% 182 premises |
Climate
| Keinbah | Sawyers Gully | |
|---|---|---|
| Annual rainfall | 804 mm same for both | |
| Summer max (Jan) | 30.0°C same for both | |
| Winter min (Jul) | 5.1°C same for both | |
Air quality (annual mean)
| Keinbah | Sawyers Gully | |
|---|---|---|
| PM2.5 | 6.3 µg/m³ same for both | |
| PM10 | 17.5 µg/m³ same for both | |
| NO₂ | 0.72 pphm same for both | |
Council rates
| Keinbah | Sawyers Gully | |
|---|---|---|
| Average residential rate | $1,405/yr same for both | |
| Council | Cessnock same for both | |
Federal electorate
| Keinbah | Sawyers Gully | |
|---|---|---|
| Division | Hunter same for both | |
| Member | Dan Repacholi same for both | |
| Party | Australian Labor Party same for both | |
First Home Owner Grant
| Keinbah | Sawyers Gully | |
|---|---|---|
| Grant amount | $10,000 same for both | |
| Property price cap | $600,000 same for both | |
| Eligibility | New same for both | |
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