La Perouse vs Phillip Bay
In both, most households own their home and the large majority of homes are detached houses. In Phillip Bay, most households are couple families. On these figures, Phillip Bay tends to suit 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
Phillip Bay
ahead on 2 of the 6 things we measure here
- has more schools rated above their peers (1 vs 0)
- carries lower crime risk (60/100 vs 94/100)
Weighs schools, house stock, crime, parks, childcare, and who already lives there.
First-home buyers
Too close to call
Nothing among the 2 things we measure here separates them by enough to be worth acting on.
Weighs house prices and mortgage stress.
Renters
La Perouse
ahead on the one thing that separates them
- has a bigger rental market to choose from (45% vs 22%)
Weighs rent, rental stress, and how much is for rent.
Commuting to the city
Phillip Bay
ahead on the one thing that separates them
- is more walkable (62/100 vs 11/100)
Weighs distance, drive time, and walkability.
Downsizers and retirees
Phillip Bay
ahead on 2 of the 5 things we measure here
- is more walkable (62/100 vs 11/100)
- carries lower crime risk (60/100 vs 94/100)
Weighs smaller dwellings, who already lives there, GPs, walkability, and crime.
Investors
Phillip Bay
ahead on the one thing that separates them
- is growing faster (2.4% vs -8.3%)
Weighs population growth.
Where they sit
La Perouse and Phillip Bay 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
Phillip Bay has more residents (721 vs 366).
| La Perouse | Phillip Bay | |
|---|---|---|
| Population | 366 | 721 +97% vs other |
| Population trend (2016 → 2021) | -8.3% | +2.4% |
| Median age | 45 | 44 |
| Median household income | $107,224/yr | $114,036/yr +6% vs other |
| Median weekly rent | $325/wk +4% vs other | $313/wk |
Age profile
Share of residents in each band, 2021 Census.
Bars are drawn against the largest share shown (16.1%).
Who lives together
Household composition, 2021 Census.
Who owns and who rents
Occupied private dwellings by tenure, 2021 Census.
Qualifications
Highest non-school qualification, residents 15+, 2021 Census.
Bars are drawn against the largest share shown (16.5%).
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 (4.4%).
What people live in
Occupied private dwellings by structure, 2021 Census.
Property market
| La Perouse | Phillip Bay | |
|---|---|---|
| Median house price | $2,700,000 | $2,550,000 |
| Median unit price | — same for both | |
| Median land price | — same for both | |
Zoning mix
La Perouse has more land zoned for conservation (42% vs 0%); Phillip Bay has more rural and farming land (12% vs 0%).
| La Perouse | Phillip Bay | |
|---|---|---|
| Residential | 5% | 44% |
| Parks and recreation | 44% | 32% |
| Environmental | 42% | 0% |
| Rural and farming | 0% | 12% |
| Infrastructure and transport | 4% | 10% |
| Planning zones cover 95% of La Perouse and 98% of Phillip Bay. The rest is unzoned land such as water or road reserve. | ||
| 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
| La Perouse | Phillip Bay | |
|---|---|---|
| New dwellings approved | 455 across Randwick same for both | |
| Approvals change year on year | -26% same for both | |
Ranking within NSW
| La Perouse | Phillip Bay | |
|---|---|---|
| House price | Higher than 92% of NSW | Higher than 91% of NSW |
| Income | Higher than 73% of NSW | Higher than 79% of NSW |
| Schools | — same for both | |
| Walkability | Higher than 59% of NSW | Higher than 85% of NSW |
| Affordability | Higher than 8% of NSW | Higher than 12% of NSW |
| EV adoption | Higher than 90% of NSW same for both | |
| NBN connectivity | Higher than 81% of NSW | Higher than 82% of NSW |
Liveability
Phillip Bay is more walkable (62 vs 11).
| La Perouse | Phillip Bay | |
|---|---|---|
| Grade | — | A |
| Score | — | 70/100 |
| Socio-economic band | advantaged area decile 7/10 | very advantaged area decile 9/10 |
Risk profile
La Perouse carries more bushfire risk (49 vs 0); La Perouse carries more crime risk (94 vs 60).
| La Perouse | Phillip Bay | |
|---|---|---|
| Bushfire | Moderate 49/100 | None 0/100 |
| Crime | High 94/100 | Moderate 60/100 |
| Flood | Not mapped no mapped data here same for both | |
| Coastal erosion | Low 33/100 | Low 11/100 |
| Aircraft noise | None 0/100 same for both | |
| Industrial facilities nearby | 21 within 5 km | 23 within 5 km |
Schools
| La Perouse | Phillip Bay | |
|---|---|---|
| Inside the suburb | 0 | 1 |
| Rated above peers | 0 | 1 |
| Rated at peers | 0 same for both | |
| Rated below peers | 0 same for both | |
| Universities within 10 km | 1 The University of New South Wales, 9.0 km | 1 The University of New South Wales, 7.4 km |
| Full-time students aged 15–24 | 4.9% | 3.5% |
Schools in La Perouse
No schools recorded inside this suburb's boundary. Children here will be zoned to schools nearby.
Schools in Phillip Bay
- La Perouse Public School Government · Primary above peers
Amenities in the suburb
| La Perouse | Phillip Bay | |
|---|---|---|
| Cafes & restaurants | 5 | 1 |
| Parks & reserves | 4 | 3 |
| Childcare | 0 | 2 |
| GPs | 2 | 1 |
| Beaches | 1 | 0 |
Mobility
| La Perouse | Phillip Bay | |
|---|---|---|
| Walkability score | 11/100 | 62/100 |
| Distance to Sydney | 17.9 km +6% vs other | 16.9 km |
| Drive time (normal traffic) | 28 min | 27 min |
| Public transport score | 78/100 Bus | 44/100 Bus |
| Peak arrivals per hour | 29.2 7-9am + 5-7pm | 7.5 7-9am + 5-7pm |
| Median peak wait | 2 min scheduled, not actual | 8 min scheduled, not actual |
| Electric vehicle share | 1.6% postcode 2036 same for both | |
| Rooftop solar per 100 dwellings | 19 postcode 2036 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 (50.5%).
Setting
| La Perouse | Phillip Bay | |
|---|---|---|
| Elevation | 40 m above sea level, at the suburb centre | 13 m above sea level, at the suburb centre |
| Distance to the ocean | 260 m 660 m to a named beach | 332 m 2.3 km to a named beach |
NBN connectivity
| La Perouse | Phillip Bay | |
|---|---|---|
| Connectivity score | 74/100 | 75/100 |
| Most common technology | Hybrid fibre-coaxial same for both | |
| Full-fibre (FTTP) share | 1% 174 premises | 0% 264 premises |
Climate
| La Perouse | Phillip Bay | |
|---|---|---|
| Annual rainfall | 1,129 mm same for both | |
| Summer max (Jan) | 27.5°C same for both | |
| Winter min (Jul) | 9.5°C same for both | |
Air quality (annual mean)
| La Perouse | Phillip Bay | |
|---|---|---|
| PM2.5 | 6.1 µg/m³ same for both | |
| PM10 | 16.8 µg/m³ same for both | |
| NO₂ | 0.64 pphm same for both | |
Council rates
| La Perouse | Phillip Bay | |
|---|---|---|
| Average residential rate | $1,641/yr same for both | |
| Council | Randwick same for both | |
Federal electorate
| La Perouse | Phillip Bay | |
|---|---|---|
| Division | Kingsford Smith same for both | |
| Member | Matt Thistlethwaite same for both | |
| Party | Australian Labor Party same for both | |
First Home Owner Grant
| La Perouse | Phillip Bay | |
|---|---|---|
| Grant amount | $10,000 same for both | |
| Property price cap | $600,000 same for both | |
| Eligibility | New same for both | |
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