King Creek vs Lake Innes

In both, the large majority of households own their home, the large majority of homes are detached houses, and most households are couple families. Houses cost more in Lake Innes: a median of $1.55 million, against $1.4 million in King Creek.

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

King Creek

ahead on the one thing that separates them

  • carries lower crime risk (18/100 vs 61/100)

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

First-home buyers

King Creek

ahead on the one thing that separates them

  • has cheaper houses ($1,400,000 vs $1,554,000)

Weighs house prices and mortgage stress.

Renters

Lake Innes

ahead on the one thing that separates them

  • has a bigger rental market to choose from (18% vs 5%)

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

Commuting to the city

King Creek

ahead on the one thing that separates them

  • sits closer to the CBD (373.7 km vs 377.6 km)

Weighs distance, drive time, and walkability.

Downsizers and retirees

King Creek

ahead on the one thing that separates them

  • carries lower crime risk (18/100 vs 61/100)

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

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

King Creek Lake Innes
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.

King Creek Lake Innes
Walkability 9 / 6
King Creek — Walkability: 9/100 Lake Innes — Walkability: 6/100
Safety 82 / 39
King Creek — Safety: 82/100 Lake Innes — Safety: 39/100
Low fire risk 49 / 33
King Creek — Low fire risk: 49/100 Lake Innes — Low fire risk: 33/100

Demographics

King Creek has more residents (1,863 vs 495).

King Creek Lake Innes
Population 1,863
+73% vs other
 495
Population trend (2016 → 2021) +18.8% +16.2%
Median age 45 44
Median household income $108,576/yr $115,128/yr
+6% vs other
Median weekly rent $410/wk
+2% vs other
 $400/wk

Age profile

Share of residents in each band, 2021 Census.

King Creek Lake Innes
0-4 5.1% / 4.0%
King Creek — 0-4: 5.1% Lake Innes — 0-4: 4.0%
5-14 14.1% / 13.9%
King Creek — 5-14: 14.1% Lake Innes — 5-14: 13.9%
15-19 8.3% / 10.1%
King Creek — 15-19: 8.3% Lake Innes — 15-19: 10.1%
20-24 3.8% / 6.3%
King Creek — 20-24: 3.8% Lake Innes — 20-24: 6.3%
25-34 6.7% / 6.3%
King Creek — 25-34: 6.7% Lake Innes — 25-34: 6.3%
35-44 11.2% / 10.7%
King Creek — 35-44: 11.2% Lake Innes — 35-44: 10.7%
45-54 16.0% / 13.7%
King Creek — 45-54: 16.0% Lake Innes — 45-54: 13.7%
55-64 14.4% / 18.2%
King Creek — 55-64: 14.4% Lake Innes — 55-64: 18.2%
65-74 13.3% / 10.1%
King Creek — 65-74: 13.3% Lake Innes — 65-74: 10.1%
75-84 6.4% / 4.8%
King Creek — 75-84: 6.4% Lake Innes — 75-84: 4.8%
85+ 1.0% / 2.4%
King Creek — 85+: 1.0% Lake Innes — 85+: 2.4%

Bars are drawn against the largest share shown (18.2%).

Who lives together

Household composition, 2021 Census.

King Creek 69.7% couple families
King Creek — Couple Families: 69.7% King Creek — One Parent Families: 10.3% King Creek — Lone Person: 16.3% King Creek — Group Household: 3.0% King Creek — Other Families: 0.8%
Lake Innes 61.9% couple families
Lake Innes — Couple Families: 61.9% Lake Innes — One Parent Families: 23.7% Lake Innes — Lone Person: 14.4% Lake Innes — Group Household: 0.0% Lake Innes — Other Families: 0.0%
Couple Families One Parent Families Lone Person Group Household Other Families

Who owns and who rents

Occupied private dwellings by tenure, 2021 Census.

King Creek 4.6% renting
King Creek — Owned Outright: 49.1% King Creek — Mortgage: 46.3% King Creek — Renting: 4.6%
Lake Innes 17.6% renting
Lake Innes — Owned Outright: 47.7% Lake Innes — Mortgage: 34.6% Lake Innes — Renting: 17.6%
Owned outright Mortgage Renting

Qualifications

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

King Creek Lake Innes
Certificate III & IV 20.0% / 18.0%
King Creek — Certificate III & IV: 20.0% Lake Innes — Certificate III & IV: 18.0%
Bachelor Degree 11.5% / 10.5%
King Creek — Bachelor Degree: 11.5% Lake Innes — Bachelor Degree: 10.5%
Advanced Diploma / Diploma 10.0% / 8.3%
King Creek — Advanced Diploma / Diploma: 10.0% Lake Innes — Advanced Diploma / Diploma: 8.3%
Postgraduate Degree 2.0% / 3.2%
King Creek — Postgraduate Degree: 2.0% Lake Innes — Postgraduate Degree: 3.2%
Graduate Diploma / Certificate 2.5% / 1.6%
King Creek — Graduate Diploma / Certificate: 2.5% Lake Innes — Graduate Diploma / Certificate: 1.6%

Bars are drawn against the largest share shown (20.0%).

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.

King Creek Lake Innes
England 4.4% / 4.2%
King Creek — England: 4.4% Lake Innes — England: 4.2%
New Zealand 0.8% / 1.2%
King Creek — New Zealand: 0.8% Lake Innes — New Zealand: 1.2%
Thailand — / 1.2%
King Creek — Thailand: not among its largest Lake Innes — Thailand: 1.2%
Ireland — / 0.8%
King Creek — Ireland: not among its largest Lake Innes — Ireland: 0.8%
South Africa 0.6% / —
King Creek — South Africa: 0.6% Lake Innes — South Africa: not among its largest
Scotland 0.5% / —
King Creek — Scotland: 0.5% Lake Innes — Scotland: not among its largest
Netherlands 0.3% / —
King Creek — Netherlands: 0.3% Lake Innes — Netherlands: not among its largest

Bars are drawn against the largest share shown (4.4%).

What people live in

Occupied private dwellings by structure, 2021 Census.

King Creek 98.0% houses
King Creek — Houses: 98.0% King Creek — Flats / Apartments: 1.5% King Creek — Townhouses: 0.5%
Lake Innes 100.0% houses
Lake Innes — Houses: 100.0% Lake Innes — Flats / Apartments: 0.0% Lake Innes — Townhouses: 0.0%
Houses Flats / Apartments Townhouses

Property market

King Creek Lake Innes
Median house price $1,400,000 $1,554,000
Median unit price —
same for both
Median land price $1,515,000 —
Typical days to sell (houses) 16 days
from 6 sales
 —

Zoning mix

Lake Innes has more land zoned for conservation (49% vs 17%).

King Creek Lake Innes
Environmental 17% 49%
Rural and farming 42% 48%
Residential 40% 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

King Creek Lake Innes
New dwellings approved 546
across Port Macquarie-Hastings
same for both
Approvals change year on year +33%
same for both

Ranking within NSW

King Creek Lake Innes
House price Higher than 74% of NSW Higher than 70% of NSW
Income — Higher than 79% of NSW
Schools —
same for both
Walkability Higher than 55% of NSW Higher than 50% of NSW
Affordability — Higher than 51% of NSW
EV adoption Higher than 50% of NSW
same for both
NBN connectivity Higher than 67% of NSW Higher than 57% of NSW

Liveability

King Creek Lake Innes
Grade C —
Score 47/100 —
Socio-economic band advantaged area
decile 8/10
same for both

Risk profile

Lake Innes carries more crime risk (61 vs 18); Lake Innes carries more bushfire risk (67 vs 51).

King Creek Lake Innes
Bushfire Moderate
51/100
 Moderate
67/100
Crime Low
18/100
 Moderate
61/100
Flood Not mapped
no mapped data here
same for both
Coastal erosion None
0/100
 Low
33/100
Aircraft noise None
0/100
same for both
Industrial facilities nearby 0
within 5 km
same for both

Schools

King Creek Lake Innes
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

King Creek Lake Innes
Parks & reserves 0 1
Waterways 3 13

Mobility

Lake Innes sits further from the CBD (377.6 km vs 373.7 km).

King Creek Lake Innes
Walkability score 9/100 6/100
Distance to Sydney 373.7 km 377.6 km
+1% vs other
Drive time (normal traffic) 254 min 257 min
Electric vehicle share 0.5%
postcode 2446
same for both
Rooftop solar per 100 dwellings 69
postcode 2446
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.

King Creek Lake Innes
Car (driver) 80.5% / 77.0%
King Creek — Car (driver): 80.5% Lake Innes — Car (driver): 77.0%
Worked from Home 14.9% / 18.3%
King Creek — Worked from Home: 14.9% Lake Innes — Worked from Home: 18.3%
Car (passenger) 4.6% / 4.7%
King Creek — Car (passenger): 4.6% Lake Innes — Car (passenger): 4.7%

Bars are drawn against the largest share shown (80.5%).

Setting

King Creek Lake Innes
Elevation 20 m
above sea level, at the suburb centre
 2 m
above sea level, at the suburb centre
Distance to the ocean 11.4 km 5.4 km

NBN connectivity

King Creek Lake Innes
Connectivity score 53/100 30/100
Most common technology Fibre to the node Fixed wireless
Full-fibre (FTTP) share 16%
633 premises
 0%
188 premises

Air quality (annual mean)

King Creek Lake Innes
PM2.5 5.1 µg/m³
same for both
PM10 11.3 µg/m³
same for both
NO₂ 0.92 pphm
same for both

Council rates

King Creek Lake Innes
Average residential rate $1,325/yr
same for both
Council Port Macquarie-Hastings
same for both

Federal electorate

King Creek Lake Innes
Division Lyne
same for both
Member Alison Penfold
same for both
Party The Nationals
same for both

First Home Owner Grant

King Creek Lake Innes
Grant amount $10,000
same for both
Property price cap $600,000
same for both
Eligibility New
same for both

Tags

King Creek

Acreage

Lake Innes

Rural

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