Lade Vale vs Yass River

Yass River is the younger of the two, with a median age of 45 against 48 in Lade Vale. 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 Yass River: a median of $1.45 million, against $900,000 in Lade Vale, and rent is higher there too. On these figures, Lade Vale tends to suit people living alone, older residents, 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

Lade Vale

ahead on the one thing that separates them

  • carries lower crime risk (20/100 vs 46/100)

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

  • Lade Vale has cheaper houses ($900,000 vs $1,450,000)
  • Yass River leaves households under less mortgage stress (21% vs 29%)

Weighs house prices and mortgage stress.

Renters

Lade Vale

ahead on the one thing that separates them

  • has cheaper rent ($300/wk vs $380/wk)

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

Commuting to the city

Lade Vale

ahead on 2 of the 3 things we measure here

  • has a shorter drive in (170 min vs 192 min)
  • sits closer to the CBD (260 km vs 290 km)

Weighs distance, drive time, and walkability.

Downsizers and retirees

Lade Vale

ahead on 2 of the 4 things we measure here

  • carries lower crime risk (20/100 vs 46/100)
  • has more residents already 65 and over (22% vs 12%)

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

Investors

Yass River

ahead on the one thing that separates them

  • is growing faster (31.1% vs 23.4%)

Weighs population growth.

Where they sit

Lade Vale and Yass River drawn to the same scale. Both outlines are shown together, so the map answers whether they share a border and how their areas compare.

Lade Vale Yass River
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.

Lade Vale Yass River
Walkability 5 / 0
Lade Vale — Walkability: 5/100 Yass River — Walkability: 0/100
Safety 80 / 54
Lade Vale — Safety: 80/100 Yass River — Safety: 54/100
Low fire risk 51 / 85
Lade Vale — Low fire risk: 51/100 Yass River — Low fire risk: 85/100

Demographics

Yass River has more residents (459 vs 158); Yass River has higher household incomes ($150,176 vs $110,500).

Lade Vale Yass River
Population 158 459
+191% vs other
Population trend (2016 → 2021) +23.4% +31.1%
Median age 48 45
Median household income $110,500/yr $150,176/yr
+36% vs other
Median weekly rent $300/wk $380/wk
+27% vs other

Age profile

Share of residents in each band, 2021 Census.

Lade Vale Yass River
0-4 3.2% / 3.7%
Lade Vale — 0-4: 3.2% Yass River — 0-4: 3.7%
5-14 13.3% / 12.4%
Lade Vale — 5-14: 13.3% Yass River — 5-14: 12.4%
15-19 5.7% / 7.6%
Lade Vale — 15-19: 5.7% Yass River — 15-19: 7.6%
20-24 — / 2.4%
Lade Vale — 20-24: not among its largest Yass River — 20-24: 2.4%
25-34 12.7% / 8.9%
Lade Vale — 25-34: 12.7% Yass River — 25-34: 8.9%
35-44 10.1% / 13.3%
Lade Vale — 35-44: 10.1% Yass River — 35-44: 13.3%
45-54 12.7% / 20.7%
Lade Vale — 45-54: 12.7% Yass River — 45-54: 20.7%
55-64 17.7% / 18.3%
Lade Vale — 55-64: 17.7% Yass River — 55-64: 18.3%
65-74 13.3% / 7.0%
Lade Vale — 65-74: 13.3% Yass River — 65-74: 7.0%
75-84 6.3% / 4.1%
Lade Vale — 75-84: 6.3% Yass River — 75-84: 4.1%
85+ 1.9% / 0.7%
Lade Vale — 85+: 1.9% Yass River — 85+: 0.7%

Bars are drawn against the largest share shown (20.7%).

Who lives together

Household composition, 2021 Census.

Lade Vale 56.7% couple families
Lade Vale — Couple Families: 56.7% Lade Vale — Lone Person: 33.3% Lade Vale — One Parent Families: 10.0% Lade Vale — Group Household: 0.0%
Yass River 63.5% couple families
Yass River — Couple Families: 63.5% Yass River — Lone Person: 22.4% Yass River — One Parent Families: 10.6% Yass River — Group Household: 3.5%
Couple Families Lone Person One Parent Families Group Household

Who owns and who rents

Occupied private dwellings by tenure, 2021 Census.

Lade Vale 16.0% renting
Lade Vale — Owned Outright: 44.0% Lade Vale — Mortgage: 40.0% Lade Vale — Renting: 16.0%
Yass River 7.2% renting
Yass River — Owned Outright: 37.0% Yass River — Mortgage: 55.8% Yass River — Renting: 7.2%
Owned outright Mortgage Renting

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.

Lade Vale Yass River
England 7.6% / 3.9%
Lade Vale — England: 7.6% Yass River — England: 3.9%
New Zealand 1.9% / 0.7%
Lade Vale — New Zealand: 1.9% Yass River — New Zealand: 0.7%
Germany — / 1.1%
Lade Vale — Germany: not among its largest Yass River — Germany: 1.1%

Bars are drawn against the largest share shown (7.6%).

Qualifications

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

Lade Vale Yass River
Bachelor Degree 17.7% / 13.9%
Lade Vale — Bachelor Degree: 17.7% Yass River — Bachelor Degree: 13.9%
Certificate III & IV 15.8% / 15.7%
Lade Vale — Certificate III & IV: 15.8% Yass River — Certificate III & IV: 15.7%
Advanced Diploma / Diploma 7.0% / 10.0%
Lade Vale — Advanced Diploma / Diploma: 7.0% Yass River — Advanced Diploma / Diploma: 10.0%
Postgraduate Degree 5.1% / 9.6%
Lade Vale — Postgraduate Degree: 5.1% Yass River — Postgraduate Degree: 9.6%
Graduate Diploma / Certificate 3.2% / 2.8%
Lade Vale — Graduate Diploma / Certificate: 3.2% Yass River — Graduate Diploma / Certificate: 2.8%

Bars are drawn against the largest share shown (17.7%).

What people live in

Occupied private dwellings by structure, 2021 Census.

Lade Vale 100.0% houses
Lade Vale — Houses: 100.0%
Yass River 100.0% houses
Yass River — Houses: 100.0%
Houses

Property market

Lade Vale Yass River
Median house price $900,000 $1,450,000
Median unit price —
same for both
Median land price $20,198 —

Zoning mix

Lade Vale Yass River
Rural and farming 98%
same for both
Residential 0% 2%
Infrastructure and transport 1% 0%
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

Lade Vale Yass River
New dwellings approved 44
across Upper Lachlan
 121
across Yass Valley
Approvals change year on year +175% +14%

Ranking within NSW

Lade Vale Yass River
House price Higher than 43% of NSW Higher than 73% of NSW
Income Higher than 76% of NSW Higher than 95% of NSW
Schools —
same for both
Walkability Higher than 47% of NSW Higher than 19% of NSW
Affordability Higher than 78% of NSW Higher than 67% of NSW
EV adoption Higher than 81% of NSW Higher than 88% of NSW
NBN connectivity Higher than 12% of NSW Higher than 30% of NSW

Liveability

Lade Vale Yass River
Grade —
same for both
Score —
same for both
Socio-economic band very advantaged area
decile 9/10
 very advantaged area
decile 10/10

Risk profile

Lade Vale carries more bushfire risk (49 vs 15); Yass River carries more crime risk (46 vs 20).

Lade Vale Yass River
Bushfire Moderate
49/100
 Low
15/100
Crime Low
20/100
 Moderate
46/100
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

Lade Vale Yass River
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

Lade Vale Yass River
Waterways 21 10

Mobility

Yass River sits further from the CBD (290 km vs 260 km).

Lade Vale Yass River
Walkability score 5/100 0/100
Distance to Sydney 260 km 290 km
+12% vs other
Drive time (normal traffic) 170 min 192 min
Electric vehicle share 1.0%
postcode 2581
 1.4%
postcode 2582
Rooftop solar per 100 dwellings 67
postcode 2581
 66
postcode 2582

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.

Lade Vale Yass River
Car (driver) 62.9% / 71.2%
Lade Vale — Car (driver): 62.9% Yass River — Car (driver): 71.2%
Worked from Home 37.1% / 24.5%
Lade Vale — Worked from Home: 37.1% Yass River — Worked from Home: 24.5%
Car (passenger) — / 1.4%
Lade Vale — Car (passenger): not among its largest Yass River — Car (passenger): 1.4%
Bus — / 1.4%
Lade Vale — Bus: not among its largest Yass River — Bus: 1.4%
Walked Only — / 1.4%
Lade Vale — Walked Only: not among its largest Yass River — Walked Only: 1.4%

Bars are drawn against the largest share shown (71.2%).

Setting

Lade Vale Yass River
Elevation 593 m
above sea level, at the suburb centre
 604 m
above sea level, at the suburb centre

NBN connectivity

Lade Vale Yass River
Connectivity score 15/100 21/100
Most common technology Satellite (Sky Muster)
same for both
Full-fibre (FTTP) share 0%
23 premises
 0%
139 premises

Council rates

Lade Vale Yass River
Average residential rate $636/yr $1,162/yr
Council Upper Lachlan Yass Valley

Federal electorate

Lade Vale Yass River
Division Riverina
same for both
Member Michael Mccormack
same for both
Party The Nationals
same for both

First Home Owner Grant

Lade Vale Yass River
Grant amount $10,000
same for both
Property price cap $600,000
same for both
Eligibility New
same for both

Tags

Lade Vale

Affordable Rural

Yass River

Rural

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