Kunghur vs Terragon
In both, the large majority of households own their home and the large majority of homes are detached houses. In Terragon, most households are couple families. On these figures, Kunghur tends to suit people living alone and older residents, while Terragon 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
Too close to call
Nothing among the 6 things we measure here separates them by enough to be worth acting on.
Weighs schools, house stock, crime, parks, childcare, and who already lives there.
First-home buyers
Too close to call
Nothing among the 1 things we measure here separates them by enough to be worth acting on.
Weighs mortgage stress.
Renters
Terragon
ahead on the one thing that separates them
- leaves renters under less rental stress (14% vs 24%)
Weighs rent, rental stress, and how much is for rent.
Commuting to the city
They split
one each way, out of the 3 things we measure here
- Kunghur sits closer to the CBD (781.6 km vs 805.8 km)
- Terragon has a shorter drive in (527 min vs 535 min)
Weighs distance, drive time, and walkability.
Downsizers and retirees
Kunghur
ahead on the one thing that separates them
- has more residents already 65 and over (25% vs 15%)
Weighs who already lives there, GPs, walkability, and crime.
Investors
Terragon
ahead on the one thing that separates them
- is growing faster (34.2% vs 24.3%)
Weighs population growth.
Where they sit
Kunghur and Terragon 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
Terragon has higher household incomes ($107,224 vs $65,780); Kunghur has more residents (133 vs 98).
| Kunghur | Terragon | |
|---|---|---|
| Population | 133 +26% vs other | 98 |
| Population trend (2016 → 2021) | +24.3% | +34.2% |
| Median age | 45 | 44 |
| Median household income | $65,780/yr | $107,224/yr +63% vs other |
| Median weekly rent | $300/wk same for both | |
Age profile
Share of residents in each band, 2021 Census.
Bars are drawn against the largest share shown (24.5%).
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 (6.1%).
Qualifications
Highest non-school qualification, residents 15+, 2021 Census.
Bars are drawn against the largest share shown (18.0%).
What people live in
Occupied private dwellings by structure, 2021 Census.
Property market
| Kunghur | Terragon | |
|---|---|---|
| Median house price | $860,000 | — |
| Median unit price | — same for both | |
| Median land price | — same for both | |
Zoning mix
Kunghur has more rural and farming land (98% vs 72%).
| Kunghur | Terragon | |
|---|---|---|
| Rural and farming | 98% | 72% |
| Other and special use | 0% | 26% |
| Environmental | 1% | 2% |
| 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
| Kunghur | Terragon | |
|---|---|---|
| New dwellings approved | 331 across Tweed same for both | |
| Approvals change year on year | -50% same for both | |
Ranking within NSW
| Kunghur | Terragon | |
|---|---|---|
| House price | Higher than 44% of NSW | — |
| Income | Higher than 28% of NSW | Higher than 73% of NSW |
| Schools | — same for both | |
| Walkability | Higher than 52% of NSW | Higher than 54% of NSW |
| Affordability | Higher than 40% of NSW | — |
| EV adoption | Higher than 64% of NSW | Higher than 65% of NSW |
| NBN connectivity | Higher than 50% of NSW | Higher than 38% of NSW |
Liveability
| Kunghur | Terragon | |
|---|---|---|
| Grade | — same for both | |
| Score | — same for both | |
| Socio-economic band | below-average income decile 3/10 same for both | |
Risk profile
| Kunghur | Terragon | |
|---|---|---|
| Bushfire | Moderate 53/100 | Moderate 55/100 |
| Crime | High 71/100 | High 74/100 |
| 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
| Kunghur | Terragon | |
|---|---|---|
| Inside the suburb | 0 | 1 |
| Rated above peers | 0 same for both | |
| Rated at peers | 0 same for both | |
| Rated below peers | 0 same for both | |
Schools in Kunghur
No schools recorded inside this suburb's boundary. Children here will be zoned to schools nearby.
Schools in Terragon
- Aetaomah School Independent · Combined
Amenities in the suburb
| Kunghur | Terragon | |
|---|---|---|
| Waterways | 5 | 1 |
Mobility
Terragon sits further from the CBD (805.8 km vs 781.6 km).
| Kunghur | Terragon | |
|---|---|---|
| Walkability score | 8/100 same for both | |
| Distance to Sydney | 781.6 km | 805.8 km +3% vs other |
| Drive time (normal traffic) | 535 min | 527 min |
| Public transport score | 20/100 Bus | 19/100 Bus |
| Peak arrivals per hour | 3.0 7-9am + 5-7pm | 2.8 7-9am + 5-7pm |
| Median peak wait | 3 min scheduled, not actual | 1 min scheduled, not actual |
| Electric vehicle share | 0.6% postcode 2484 same for both | |
| Rooftop solar per 100 dwellings | 76 postcode 2484 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 (73.7%).
Setting
| Kunghur | Terragon | |
|---|---|---|
| Elevation | 125 m above sea level, at the suburb centre | 243 m above sea level, at the suburb centre |
| Distance to the ocean | 31.1 km | 25.9 km |
NBN connectivity
| Kunghur | Terragon | |
|---|---|---|
| Connectivity score | 30/100 | 26/100 |
| Most common technology | Fixed wireless same for both | |
| Full-fibre (FTTP) share | 0% 55 premises | 0% 38 premises |
Climate
| Kunghur | Terragon | |
|---|---|---|
| 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
| Kunghur | Terragon | |
|---|---|---|
| Average residential rate | $1,745/yr same for both | |
| Council | Tweed same for both | |
Federal electorate
| Kunghur | Terragon | |
|---|---|---|
| Division | Richmond same for both | |
| Member | Justine Elliot same for both | |
| Party | Australian Labor Party same for both | |
First Home Owner Grant
| Kunghur | Terragon | |
|---|---|---|
| Grant amount | $10,000 same for both | |
| Property price cap | $600,000 same for both | |
| Eligibility | New same for both | |
Tags
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Information shown is provided as-is from Australian government and commercial data sources.
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