Marshall Mount vs Yallah
Marshall Mount is the younger of the two, with a median age of 40 against 48 in Yallah. In both, the large majority of households own their home, the large majority of homes are detached houses, and most households are couple families.
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
Marshall Mount
ahead on the one thing that separates them
- carries lower crime risk (56/100 vs 92/100)
Weighs schools, house stock, crime, parks, childcare, and who already lives there.
First-home buyers
Yallah
ahead on the one thing that separates them
- has cheaper land ($1,900,000 vs $21,750,000)
Weighs land prices and mortgage stress.
Renters
Yallah
ahead on 2 of the 3 things we measure here
- leaves renters under less rental stress (7% vs 17%)
- has cheaper rent ($165/wk vs $375/wk)
Weighs rent, rental stress, and how much is for rent.
Commuting to the city
Yallah
ahead on the one thing that separates them
- sits closer to the CBD (100.4 km vs 106.1 km)
Weighs distance, drive time, and walkability.
Downsizers and retirees
Marshall Mount
ahead on 2 of the 4 things we measure here
- carries lower crime risk (56/100 vs 92/100)
- has more residents already 65 and over (19% vs 13%)
Weighs who already lives there, GPs, walkability, and crime.
Investors
Marshall Mount
ahead on the one thing that separates them
- is growing faster (24.6% vs -11.6%)
Weighs population growth.
Where they sit
Marshall Mount and Yallah 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
Marshall Mount rents higher ($375/wk vs $165/wk); Marshall Mount has more residents (177 vs 122).
| Marshall Mount | Yallah | |
|---|---|---|
| Population | 177 +31% vs other | 122 |
| Population trend (2016 → 2021) | +24.6% | -11.6% |
| Median age | 40 | 48 |
| Median household income | $113,100/yr | $126,724/yr +12% vs other |
| Median weekly rent | $375/wk +56% vs other | $165/wk |
Age profile
Share of residents in each band, 2021 Census.
Bars are drawn against the largest share shown (23.0%).
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.
Bars are drawn against the largest share shown (4.5%).
Who lives together
Household composition, 2021 Census.
What people live in
Occupied private dwellings by structure, 2021 Census.
Qualifications
Highest non-school qualification, residents 15+, 2021 Census.
Bars are drawn against the largest share shown (22.6%).
Who owns and who rents
Occupied private dwellings by tenure, 2021 Census.
Property market
| Marshall Mount | Yallah | |
|---|---|---|
| Median house price | $2,700,000 | — |
| Median unit price | — same for both | |
| Median land price | $21,750,000 | $1,900,000 |
Zoning mix
Yallah has more industrially zoned land (16% vs 0%); Marshall Mount has more rural and farming land (18% vs 3%).
| Marshall Mount | Yallah | |
|---|---|---|
| Environmental | 60% | 57% |
| Residential | 20% | 6% |
| Rural and farming | 18% | 3% |
| Industrial | 0% | 16% |
| Infrastructure and transport | 0% | 14% |
| Other and special use | 10% | 0% |
| Parks and recreation | 1% | 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
| Marshall Mount | Yallah | |
|---|---|---|
| New dwellings approved | 1,476 across Wollongong same for both | |
| Approvals change year on year | -31% same for both | |
Ranking within NSW
| Marshall Mount | Yallah | |
|---|---|---|
| House price | Higher than 92% of NSW | Higher than 57% of NSW |
| Income | Higher than 78% of NSW | Higher than 88% of NSW |
| Schools | — same for both | |
| Walkability | Higher than 57% of NSW | Higher than 53% of NSW |
| Affordability | Higher than 10% of NSW | Higher than 74% of NSW |
| EV adoption | Higher than 67% of NSW same for both | |
| NBN connectivity | Higher than 34% of NSW | Higher than 69% of NSW |
Liveability
| Marshall Mount | Yallah | |
|---|---|---|
| Grade | — same for both | |
| Score | — same for both | |
| Socio-economic band | advantaged area decile 8/10 | very advantaged area decile 9/10 |
Risk profile
Yallah carries more crime risk (92 vs 56).
| Marshall Mount | Yallah | |
|---|---|---|
| Bushfire | None 0/100 same for both | |
| Crime | Moderate 56/100 | High 92/100 |
| 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 | 4 within 5 km |
Schools
| Marshall Mount | Yallah | |
|---|---|---|
| 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
| Marshall Mount | Yallah | |
|---|---|---|
| Cafes & restaurants | 0 | 1 |
| Waterways | 0 | 2 |
Mobility
Marshall Mount sits further from the CBD (106.1 km vs 100.4 km).
| Marshall Mount | Yallah | |
|---|---|---|
| Walkability score | 10/100 | 8/100 |
| Distance to Sydney | 106.1 km +5% vs other | 100.4 km |
| Drive time (normal traffic) | 95 min | 94 min |
| Electric vehicle share | 0.7% postcode 2530 same for both | |
| Rooftop solar per 100 dwellings | 54 postcode 2530 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 (69.9%).
Setting
| Marshall Mount | Yallah | |
|---|---|---|
| Elevation | 178 m above sea level, at the suburb centre | 3 m above sea level, at the suburb centre |
| Distance to the ocean | 12.4 km | 6.6 km |
NBN connectivity
| Marshall Mount | Yallah | |
|---|---|---|
| Connectivity score | 24/100 | 58/100 |
| Most common technology | Fixed wireless same for both | |
| Full-fibre (FTTP) share | 0% 43 premises | 37% 115 premises |
Climate
| Marshall Mount | Yallah | |
|---|---|---|
| Annual rainfall | 974 mm same for both | |
| Summer max (Jan) | — same for both | |
| Winter min (Jul) | — same for both | |
Air quality (annual mean)
| Marshall Mount | Yallah | |
|---|---|---|
| PM2.5 | 5.1 µg/m³ same for both | |
| PM10 | 14.3 µg/m³ same for both | |
| NO₂ | 0.37 pphm same for both | |
Council rates
| Marshall Mount | Yallah | |
|---|---|---|
| Average residential rate | $1,751/yr same for both | |
| Council | Wollongong same for both | |
Federal electorate
| Marshall Mount | Yallah | |
|---|---|---|
| Division | Whitlam same for both | |
| Member | Carol Berry same for both | |
| Party | Australian Labor Party same for both | |
First Home Owner Grant
| Marshall Mount | Yallah | |
|---|---|---|
| Grant amount | $10,000 same for both | |
| Property price cap | $600,000 same for both | |
| Eligibility | New same for both | |
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