Luddenham vs Wallacia

In both, the large majority of households own their home and the large majority of homes are detached houses. In Luddenham, most households are couple families. In Wallacia, about half of households are couple families. Houses cost more in Luddenham: a median of $2.76 million, against $1.19 million in Wallacia, and rent is higher there too. On these figures, Luddenham tends to suit couples, while Wallacia 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

  • Luddenham is already more of a family suburb (86% vs 68%)
  • Wallacia has more schools rated above their peers (1 vs 0)

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

First-home buyers

Wallacia

ahead on 2 of the 3 things we measure here

  • has cheaper houses ($1,190,000 vs $2,756,444)
  • has cheaper land ($3,000,000 vs $5,100,000)
  • But Luddenham leaves households under less mortgage stress (23% vs 29%)

Weighs house prices, land prices, and mortgage stress.

Renters

Wallacia

ahead on the one thing that separates them

  • has cheaper rent ($400/wk vs $480/wk)

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

Commuting to the city

Luddenham

ahead on 2 of the 3 things we measure here

  • sits closer to the CBD (57 km vs 68.6 km)
  • has a shorter drive in (52 min vs 59 min)

Weighs distance, drive time, and walkability.

Downsizers and retirees

Wallacia

ahead on 3 of the 5 things we measure here

  • has more units and townhouses to downsize into (15% vs 2%)
  • has more residents already 65 and over (17% vs 11%)
  • carries lower crime risk (48/100 vs 71/100)

Weighs smaller dwellings, 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

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

Luddenham Wallacia
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.

Luddenham Wallacia
Walkability 5 / 10
Luddenham — Walkability: 5/100 Wallacia — Walkability: 10/100
Safety 29 / 52
Luddenham — Safety: 29/100 Wallacia — Safety: 52/100
Low fire risk 34 / 28
Luddenham — Low fire risk: 34/100 Wallacia — Low fire risk: 28/100

Demographics

Luddenham has higher household incomes ($154,336 vs $104,208); Luddenham rents higher ($480/wk vs $400/wk).

Luddenham Wallacia
Population 1,927
+11% vs other
 1,711
Population trend (2016 → 2021) +5.4% +5.2%
Median age 37 38
Median household income $154,336/yr
+32% vs other
 $104,208/yr
Median weekly rent $480/wk
+17% vs other
 $400/wk

Age profile

Share of residents in each band, 2021 Census.

Luddenham Wallacia
0-4 5.7% / 6.7%
Luddenham — 0-4: 5.7% Wallacia — 0-4: 6.7%
5-14 16.6% / 13.3%
Luddenham — 5-14: 16.6% Wallacia — 5-14: 13.3%
15-19 6.9% / 6.8%
Luddenham — 15-19: 6.9% Wallacia — 15-19: 6.8%
20-24 7.8% / 6.3%
Luddenham — 20-24: 7.8% Wallacia — 20-24: 6.3%
25-34 10.6% / 11.0%
Luddenham — 25-34: 10.6% Wallacia — 25-34: 11.0%
35-44 13.0% / 12.4%
Luddenham — 35-44: 13.0% Wallacia — 35-44: 12.4%
45-54 14.7% / 13.2%
Luddenham — 45-54: 14.7% Wallacia — 45-54: 13.2%
55-64 13.1% / 13.0%
Luddenham — 55-64: 13.1% Wallacia — 55-64: 13.0%
65-74 7.0% / 11.5%
Luddenham — 65-74: 7.0% Wallacia — 65-74: 11.5%
75-84 3.6% / 5.0%
Luddenham — 75-84: 3.6% Wallacia — 75-84: 5.0%
85+ 0.7% / 0.9%
Luddenham — 85+: 0.7% Wallacia — 85+: 0.9%

Bars are drawn against the largest share shown (16.6%).

Who lives together

Household composition, 2021 Census.

Luddenham 73.7% couple families
Luddenham — Couple Families: 73.7% Luddenham — Lone Person: 11.7% Luddenham — One Parent Families: 12.4% Luddenham — Group Household: 1.4% Luddenham — Other Families: 0.7%
Wallacia 52.2% couple families
Wallacia — Couple Families: 52.2% Wallacia — Lone Person: 30.0% Wallacia — One Parent Families: 15.4% Wallacia — Group Household: 1.4% Wallacia — Other Families: 1.0%
Couple Families Lone Person One Parent Families Group Household Other Families

Who owns and who rents

Occupied private dwellings by tenure, 2021 Census.

Luddenham 15.5% renting
Luddenham — Owned Outright: 34.8% Luddenham — Mortgage: 49.7% Luddenham — Renting: 15.5%
Wallacia 20.6% renting
Wallacia — Owned Outright: 38.6% Wallacia — Mortgage: 40.8% Wallacia — Renting: 20.6%
Owned outright Mortgage Renting

Qualifications

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

Luddenham Wallacia
Certificate III & IV 15.7% / 19.0%
Luddenham — Certificate III & IV: 15.7% Wallacia — Certificate III & IV: 19.0%
Bachelor Degree 9.1% / 6.5%
Luddenham — Bachelor Degree: 9.1% Wallacia — Bachelor Degree: 6.5%
Advanced Diploma / Diploma 7.6% / 7.4%
Luddenham — Advanced Diploma / Diploma: 7.6% Wallacia — Advanced Diploma / Diploma: 7.4%
Postgraduate Degree 2.6% / 1.9%
Luddenham — Postgraduate Degree: 2.6% Wallacia — Postgraduate Degree: 1.9%
Graduate Diploma / Certificate 0.7% / 0.7%
Luddenham — Graduate Diploma / Certificate: 0.7% Wallacia — Graduate Diploma / Certificate: 0.7%

Bars are drawn against the largest share shown (19.0%).

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.

Luddenham Wallacia
England 1.2% / 2.6%
Luddenham — England: 1.2% Wallacia — England: 2.6%
Italy 2.1% / 0.7%
Luddenham — Italy: 2.1% Wallacia — Italy: 0.7%
New Zealand 0.8% / 1.3%
Luddenham — New Zealand: 0.8% Wallacia — New Zealand: 1.3%
Philippines 0.8% / 0.6%
Luddenham — Philippines: 0.8% Wallacia — Philippines: 0.6%
Lebanon 1.1% / —
Luddenham — Lebanon: 1.1% Wallacia — Lebanon: not among its largest
China — / 1.1%
Luddenham — China: not among its largest Wallacia — China: 1.1%
Fiji 1.0% / —
Luddenham — Fiji: 1.0% Wallacia — Fiji: not among its largest

Bars are drawn against the largest share shown (2.6%).

What people live in

Occupied private dwellings by structure, 2021 Census.

Luddenham 98.3% houses
Luddenham — Houses: 98.3% Luddenham — Flats / Apartments: 1.7% Luddenham — Townhouses: 0.0%
Wallacia 85.3% houses
Wallacia — Houses: 85.3% Wallacia — Flats / Apartments: 14.0% Wallacia — Townhouses: 0.7%
Houses Flats / Apartments Townhouses

Property market

Luddenham Wallacia
Median house price $2,756,444 $1,190,000
Median unit price —
same for both
Median land price $5,100,000 $3,000,000
Typical days to sell (houses) 52 days
from 17 sales
 15 days
from 3 sales

House price by bedroom count

Only bed counts both suburbs published enough sales for. Sale counts are shown because the buckets differ in depth.

Luddenham Wallacia
3 bed $1.22M / $980K
Luddenham — 3 bed: $1.22M (7 sales) Wallacia — 3 bed: $980K (11 sales)

7 vs 11 sales

4 bed $2.21M / $1.25M
Luddenham — 4 bed: $2.21M (15 sales) Wallacia — 4 bed: $1.25M (11 sales)

15 vs 11 sales

Zoning mix

Wallacia has more rural and farming land (87% vs 24%); Luddenham has more commercially zoned land (17% vs 0%).

Luddenham Wallacia
Rural and farming 24% 87%
Other and special use 23% 0%
Infrastructure and transport 21% 2%
Commercial 17% 0%
Environmental 13% 7%
Residential 0% 3%
Parks and recreation 2% 1%
Planning zones cover 99% of Luddenham and 99% of Wallacia. 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

Luddenham Wallacia
New dwellings approved 1,063
across Penrith
 2,229
across Liverpool
Approvals change year on year -78% +28%

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.

Luddenham Wallacia
Houses — 2.8%
$700/wk on $1.31M
Units —
same for both

Ranking within NSW

Luddenham Wallacia
House price Higher than 95% of NSW Higher than 59% of NSW
Income Higher than 95% of NSW Higher than 71% of NSW
Schools —
same for both
Walkability Higher than 47% of NSW Higher than 56% of NSW
Affordability Higher than 12% of NSW Higher than 57% of NSW
EV adoption Higher than 80% of NSW
same for both
NBN connectivity Higher than 77% of NSW Higher than 69% of NSW
Rental yield (houses) — Higher than 13% of NSW

Liveability

Luddenham scores higher overall (41 vs 35).

Luddenham Wallacia
Grade C
same for both
Score 41/100 35/100
Socio-economic band very advantaged area
decile 10/10
 mid-range socio-economic
decile 6/10

Risk profile

Luddenham carries more crime risk (71 vs 48).

Luddenham Wallacia
Bushfire Moderate
66/100
 High
72/100
Crime High
71/100
 Moderate
48/100
Flood Not mapped
no mapped data here
same for both
Coastal erosion None
0/100
same for both
Aircraft noise High
91/100
 High
83/100
Industrial facilities nearby 4
within 5 km
same for both

Schools

Luddenham Wallacia
Inside the suburb 2 1
Rated above peers 0 1
Rated at peers 1 0
Rated below peers 1 0

Schools in Luddenham

  • Holy Family Primary School Catholic · Primary at peers
  • Luddenham Public School Government · Primary below peers

Schools in Wallacia

  • Wallacia Public School Government · Primary above peers

Amenities in the suburb

Luddenham Wallacia
Supermarkets 1 0
Cafes & restaurants 1 0
Parks & reserves 4 3
Childcare 2 0
GPs 1 0
Pharmacies 1 0
Banks & Bank@Post 1
same for both
Fuel stations 2 1
Waterways 10 16

Mobility

Wallacia sits further from the CBD (68.6 km vs 57 km).

Luddenham Wallacia
Walkability score 5/100 10/100
Distance to Sydney 57 km 68.6 km
+20% vs other
Drive time (normal traffic) 52 min 59 min
Public transport score 34/100
Bus
 71/100
Bus
Peak arrivals per hour 5.2
7-9am + 5-7pm
 37.8
7-9am + 5-7pm
Median peak wait 3.5 min
scheduled, not actual
 0 min
scheduled, not actual
Electric vehicle share 0.9%
postcode 2745
same for both
Rooftop solar per 100 dwellings 56
postcode 2745
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.

Luddenham Wallacia
Car (driver) 57.4% / 57.1%
Luddenham — Car (driver): 57.4% Wallacia — Car (driver): 57.1%
Worked from Home 37.6% / 35.8%
Luddenham — Worked from Home: 37.6% Wallacia — Worked from Home: 35.8%
Car (passenger) 3.0% / 4.0%
Luddenham — Car (passenger): 3.0% Wallacia — Car (passenger): 4.0%
Walked Only 1.9% / 2.6%
Luddenham — Walked Only: 1.9% Wallacia — Walked Only: 2.6%
Bus — / 0.5%
Luddenham — Bus: not among its largest Wallacia — Bus: 0.5%

Bars are drawn against the largest share shown (57.4%).

Setting

Luddenham Wallacia
Elevation 67 m
above sea level, at the suburb centre
 65 m
above sea level, at the suburb centre
Distance to the ocean 41.8 km 46.7 km

NBN connectivity

Luddenham Wallacia
Connectivity score 70/100 57/100
Most common technology Fibre to the premises Fibre to the node
Full-fibre (FTTP) share 44%
659 premises
 29%
658 premises

Climate

Luddenham Wallacia
Annual rainfall 822 mm
same for both
Summer max (Jan) —
same for both
Winter min (Jul) —
same for both

Air quality (annual mean)

Luddenham Wallacia
PM2.5 6.7 µg/m³
same for both
PM10 16.9 µg/m³
same for both
NO₂ 0.37 pphm
same for both

Council rates

Luddenham Wallacia
Average residential rate $1,547/yr $1,322/yr
Council Penrith Liverpool

Federal electorate

Luddenham Wallacia
Division Lindsay Hume
Member Melissa Mcintosh Angus Taylor
Party Liberal
same for both

First Home Owner Grant

Luddenham Wallacia
Grant amount $10,000
same for both
Property price cap $600,000
same for both
Eligibility New
same for both

Tags

Luddenham

Acreage Family Outer Premium

Wallacia

Acreage River

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