King Creek vs Wauchope

In both, most households own their home and the large majority of homes are detached houses. In King Creek, most households are couple families. Houses cost more in King Creek: a median of $1.4 million, against $688,000 in Wauchope, and rent is higher there too. On these figures, King Creek tends to suit couples, while Wauchope suits people living alone and buyers on a tighter budget.

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

  • King Creek carries lower crime risk (18/100 vs 82/100)
  • Wauchope has more parks and reserves (15 vs 0)

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

First-home buyers

They split

one each way, out of the 2 things we measure here

  • King Creek leaves households under less mortgage stress (24% vs 31%)
  • Wauchope has cheaper houses ($688,000 vs $1,400,000)

Weighs house prices and mortgage stress.

Renters

Wauchope

ahead on 2 of the 3 things we measure here

  • has a bigger rental market to choose from (33% vs 5%)
  • has cheaper rent ($350/wk vs $410/wk)
  • But King Creek leaves renters under less rental stress (20% vs 31%)

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

Commuting to the city

Wauchope

ahead on the one thing that separates them

  • is more walkable (47/100 vs 9/100)

Weighs distance, drive time, and walkability.

Downsizers and retirees

Wauchope

ahead on 3 of the 5 things we measure here

  • has more units and townhouses to downsize into (15% vs 2%)
  • is more walkable (47/100 vs 9/100)
  • has more GPs (3 vs 0)
  • But King Creek carries lower crime risk (18/100 vs 82/100)

Weighs smaller dwellings, who already lives there, GPs, walkability, and crime.

Investors

King Creek

ahead on the one thing that separates them

  • is growing faster (18.8% vs 4.4%)

Weighs population growth.

Where they sit

King Creek and Wauchope 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 Wauchope
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 Wauchope
Walkability 9 / 47
King Creek — Walkability: 9/100 Wauchope — Walkability: 47/100
Safety 82 / 18
King Creek — Safety: 82/100 Wauchope — Safety: 18/100
Low fire risk 49 / 49
King Creek — Low fire risk: 49/100 Wauchope — Low fire risk: 49/100

Demographics

Wauchope has more residents (6,589 vs 1,863); King Creek has higher household incomes ($108,576 vs $57,928).

King Creek Wauchope
Population 1,863 6,589
+254% vs other
Population trend (2016 → 2021) +18.8% +4.4%
Median age 45 43
Median household income $108,576/yr
+47% vs other
 $57,928/yr
Median weekly rent $410/wk
+15% vs other
 $350/wk

Age profile

Share of residents in each band, 2021 Census.

King Creek Wauchope
0-4 5.1% / 5.8%
King Creek — 0-4: 5.1% Wauchope — 0-4: 5.8%
5-14 14.1% / 13.3%
King Creek — 5-14: 14.1% Wauchope — 5-14: 13.3%
15-19 8.3% / 6.2%
King Creek — 15-19: 8.3% Wauchope — 15-19: 6.2%
20-24 3.8% / 5.2%
King Creek — 20-24: 3.8% Wauchope — 20-24: 5.2%
25-34 6.7% / 11.4%
King Creek — 25-34: 6.7% Wauchope — 25-34: 11.4%
35-44 11.2% / 9.5%
King Creek — 35-44: 11.2% Wauchope — 35-44: 9.5%
45-54 16.0% / 11.7%
King Creek — 45-54: 16.0% Wauchope — 45-54: 11.7%
55-64 14.4% / 11.6%
King Creek — 55-64: 14.4% Wauchope — 55-64: 11.6%
65-74 13.3% / 12.4%
King Creek — 65-74: 13.3% Wauchope — 65-74: 12.4%
75-84 6.4% / 8.8%
King Creek — 75-84: 6.4% Wauchope — 75-84: 8.8%
85+ 1.0% / 4.3%
King Creek — 85+: 1.0% Wauchope — 85+: 4.3%

Bars are drawn against the largest share shown (16.0%).

Who lives together

Household composition, 2021 Census.

King Creek 69.7% couple families
King Creek — Couple Families: 69.7% King Creek — Lone Person: 16.3% King Creek — One Parent Families: 10.3% King Creek — Group Household: 3.0% King Creek — Other Families: 0.8%
Wauchope 29.6% couple families
Wauchope — Couple Families: 29.6% Wauchope — Lone Person: 40.9% Wauchope — One Parent Families: 23.9% Wauchope — Group Household: 4.0% Wauchope — Other Families: 1.6%
Couple Families Lone Person One Parent Families 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%
Wauchope 33.4% renting
Wauchope — Owned Outright: 37.4% Wauchope — Mortgage: 29.2% Wauchope — Renting: 33.4%
Owned outright Mortgage Renting

Qualifications

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

King Creek Wauchope
Certificate III & IV 20.0% / 19.3%
King Creek — Certificate III & IV: 20.0% Wauchope — Certificate III & IV: 19.3%
Advanced Diploma / Diploma 10.0% / 6.5%
King Creek — Advanced Diploma / Diploma: 10.0% Wauchope — Advanced Diploma / Diploma: 6.5%
Bachelor Degree 11.5% / 4.8%
King Creek — Bachelor Degree: 11.5% Wauchope — Bachelor Degree: 4.8%
Graduate Diploma / Certificate 2.5% / 0.8%
King Creek — Graduate Diploma / Certificate: 2.5% Wauchope — Graduate Diploma / Certificate: 0.8%
Postgraduate Degree 2.0% / 0.8%
King Creek — Postgraduate Degree: 2.0% Wauchope — Postgraduate Degree: 0.8%

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 Wauchope
England 4.4% / 2.4%
King Creek — England: 4.4% Wauchope — England: 2.4%
New Zealand 0.8% / 1.2%
King Creek — New Zealand: 0.8% Wauchope — New Zealand: 1.2%
Scotland 0.5% / 0.2%
King Creek — Scotland: 0.5% Wauchope — Scotland: 0.2%
Philippines 0.3% / 0.4%
King Creek — Philippines: 0.3% Wauchope — Philippines: 0.4%
South Africa 0.6% / —
King Creek — South Africa: 0.6% Wauchope — South Africa: not among its largest
Netherlands 0.3% / 0.2%
King Creek — Netherlands: 0.3% Wauchope — Netherlands: 0.2%
Germany 0.3% / 0.2%
King Creek — Germany: 0.3% Wauchope — Germany: 0.2%
Thailand — / 0.2%
King Creek — Thailand: not among its largest Wauchope — Thailand: 0.2%

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 — Townhouses: 0.5% King Creek — Flats / Apartments: 1.5%
Wauchope 85.4% houses
Wauchope — Houses: 85.4% Wauchope — Townhouses: 12.4% Wauchope — Flats / Apartments: 2.2%
Houses Townhouses Flats / Apartments

Property market

King Creek Wauchope
Median house price $1,400,000 $688,000
Median unit price —
same for both
Median land price $1,515,000 —
Typical days to sell (houses) 16 days
from 6 sales
 26 days
from 81 sales

Zoning mix

Wauchope has more rural and farming land (53% vs 42%); King Creek has more land zoned for conservation (17% vs 6%).

King Creek Wauchope
Rural and farming 42% 53%
Residential 40% 22%
Environmental 17% 6%
Parks and recreation 1% 7%
Industrial 0% 7%
Infrastructure and transport 0% 3%
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 Wauchope
New dwellings approved 546
across Port Macquarie-Hastings
same for both
Approvals change year on year +33%
same for both

Gross rental yield

Gross — before strata, rates, management, insurance and vacancy. From median advertised rents and median asking prices over the last 6 months. How we calculate.

King Creek Wauchope
Houses — 4.2%
$595/wk on $740K
Units —
same for both

Ranking within NSW

King Creek Wauchope
House price Higher than 74% of NSW Higher than 25% of NSW
Income — Higher than 18% of NSW
Schools — Higher than 5% of NSW
Walkability Higher than 55% of NSW Higher than 80% of NSW
Affordability — Higher than 51% of NSW
EV adoption Higher than 50% of NSW Higher than 49% of NSW
NBN connectivity Higher than 67% of NSW Higher than 76% of NSW
Rental yield (houses) — Higher than 81% of NSW

Liveability

Wauchope is more walkable (47 vs 9); King Creek scores higher overall (47 vs 18).

King Creek Wauchope
Grade C D
Score 47/100 18/100
Socio-economic band advantaged area
decile 8/10
 high-need area
decile 1/10

Risk profile

Wauchope carries more crime risk (82 vs 18).

King Creek Wauchope
Bushfire Moderate
51/100
same for both
Crime Low
18/100
 High
82/100
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
 1
within 5 km

Schools

King Creek Wauchope
Inside the suburb 0 3
Rated above peers 0
same for both
Rated at peers 0 2
Rated below peers 0 1

Schools in King Creek

No schools recorded inside this suburb's boundary. Children here will be zoned to schools nearby.

Schools in Wauchope

  • St Joseph's Primary School Catholic · Primary at peers
  • Wauchope Public School Government · Primary at peers
  • Wauchope High School Government · Secondary below peers

Amenities in the suburb

King Creek Wauchope
Supermarkets 0 2
Cafes & restaurants 0 6
Parks & reserves 0 15
Childcare 0 8
GPs 0 3
Pharmacies 0 3
Hospitals 0 1
Police stations 0 1
Banks & Bank@Post 0 4
Fuel stations 0 7
Waterways 3 7

Mobility

King Creek Wauchope
Walkability score 9/100 47/100
Distance to Sydney 373.7 km 373.1 km
Drive time (normal traffic) 254 min
same for both
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 Wauchope
Car (driver) 80.5% / 83.2%
King Creek — Car (driver): 80.5% Wauchope — Car (driver): 83.2%
Worked from Home 14.9% / 7.3%
King Creek — Worked from Home: 14.9% Wauchope — Worked from Home: 7.3%
Car (passenger) 4.6% / 5.6%
King Creek — Car (passenger): 4.6% Wauchope — Car (passenger): 5.6%
Walked Only — / 3.2%
King Creek — Walked Only: not among its largest Wauchope — Walked Only: 3.2%
Bus — / 0.4%
King Creek — Bus: not among its largest Wauchope — Bus: 0.4%

Bars are drawn against the largest share shown (83.2%).

Setting

King Creek Wauchope
Elevation 20 m
above sea level, at the suburb centre
 8 m
above sea level, at the suburb centre
Distance to the ocean 11.4 km 14.5 km

NBN connectivity

King Creek Wauchope
Connectivity score 53/100 69/100
Most common technology Fibre to the node
same for both
Full-fibre (FTTP) share 16%
633 premises
 43%
3,497 premises

Climate

King Creek Wauchope
Annual rainfall 2,842 mm
same for both
Summer max (Jan) 29.0°C
same for both
Winter min (Jul) 6.7°C
same for both

Air quality (annual mean)

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

Federal electorate

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

First Home Owner Grant

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

Tags

King Creek

Acreage

Wauchope

Acreage Affordable Parks Retirees

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