Maryville vs Tighes Hill

Tighes Hill is the younger of the two, with a median age of 36 against 39 in Maryville. In both, most households own their home and most homes are detached houses.

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

Tighes Hill

ahead on 2 of the 6 things we measure here

  • has more schools rated above their peers (1 vs 0)
  • has more separate houses rather than flats (86% vs 63%)
  • But Maryville carries lower crime risk (63/100 vs 77/100)

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

First-home buyers

Tighes Hill

ahead on the one thing that separates them

  • has cheaper units ($847,500 vs $1,337,500)

Weighs house prices, unit prices, and mortgage stress.

Renters

Tighes Hill

ahead on 2 of the 3 things we measure here

  • leaves renters under less rental stress (19% vs 24%)
  • has cheaper rent ($400/wk vs $505/wk)

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

Commuting to the city

Maryville

ahead on the one thing that separates them

  • is more walkable (71/100 vs 58/100)

Weighs distance, drive time, and walkability.

Downsizers and retirees

Maryville

ahead on 3 of the 5 things we measure here

  • has more units and townhouses to downsize into (37% vs 14%)
  • is more walkable (71/100 vs 58/100)
  • carries lower crime risk (63/100 vs 77/100)

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

Investors

Maryville

ahead on the one thing that separates them

  • is growing faster (15.7% vs 7.2%)

Weighs population growth.

Where they sit

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

Maryville Tighes Hill
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.

Maryville Tighes Hill
Walkability 71 / 58
Maryville — Walkability: 71/100 Tighes Hill — Walkability: 58/100
Safety 37 / 23
Maryville — Safety: 37/100 Tighes Hill — Safety: 23/100
Low fire risk 100 / 100
Maryville — Low fire risk: 100/100 Tighes Hill — Low fire risk: 100/100

Demographics

Maryville rents higher ($505/wk vs $400/wk); Maryville skews older (39 vs 36).

Maryville Tighes Hill
Population 1,671 1,801
+8% vs other
Population trend (2016 → 2021) +15.7% +7.2%
Median age 39 36
Median household income $107,484/yr $108,368/yr
Median weekly rent $505/wk
+21% vs other
 $400/wk

Age profile

Share of residents in each band, 2021 Census.

Maryville Tighes Hill
0-4 6.2% / 6.0%
Maryville — 0-4: 6.2% Tighes Hill — 0-4: 6.0%
5-14 9.6% / 10.6%
Maryville — 5-14: 9.6% Tighes Hill — 5-14: 10.6%
15-19 3.7% / 4.7%
Maryville — 15-19: 3.7% Tighes Hill — 15-19: 4.7%
20-24 7.2% / 8.5%
Maryville — 20-24: 7.2% Tighes Hill — 20-24: 8.5%
25-34 16.0% / 18.5%
Maryville — 25-34: 16.0% Tighes Hill — 25-34: 18.5%
35-44 14.8% / 15.2%
Maryville — 35-44: 14.8% Tighes Hill — 35-44: 15.2%
45-54 12.3% / 13.9%
Maryville — 45-54: 12.3% Tighes Hill — 45-54: 13.9%
55-64 14.6% / 12.5%
Maryville — 55-64: 14.6% Tighes Hill — 55-64: 12.5%
65-74 10.1% / 6.5%
Maryville — 65-74: 10.1% Tighes Hill — 65-74: 6.5%
75-84 4.0% / 3.1%
Maryville — 75-84: 4.0% Tighes Hill — 75-84: 3.1%
85+ 1.1% / 1.2%
Maryville — 85+: 1.1% Tighes Hill — 85+: 1.2%

Bars are drawn against the largest share shown (18.5%).

Who lives together

Household composition, 2021 Census.

Maryville 35.4% couple families
Maryville — Couple Families: 35.4% Maryville — Lone Person: 37.5% Maryville — One Parent Families: 13.7% Maryville — Group Household: 11.8% Maryville — Other Families: 1.7%
Tighes Hill 35.6% couple families
Tighes Hill — Couple Families: 35.6% Tighes Hill — Lone Person: 32.5% Tighes Hill — One Parent Families: 17.7% Tighes Hill — Group Household: 12.6% Tighes Hill — Other Families: 1.6%
Couple Families Lone Person One Parent Families Group Household Other Families

Who owns and who rents

Occupied private dwellings by tenure, 2021 Census.

Maryville 30.1% renting
Maryville — Owned Outright: 34.7% Maryville — Mortgage: 35.2% Maryville — Renting: 30.1%
Tighes Hill 34.8% renting
Tighes Hill — Owned Outright: 26.0% Tighes Hill — Mortgage: 39.2% Tighes Hill — Renting: 34.8%
Owned outright Mortgage Renting

Qualifications

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

Maryville Tighes Hill
Bachelor Degree 22.2% / 21.8%
Maryville — Bachelor Degree: 22.2% Tighes Hill — Bachelor Degree: 21.8%
Certificate III & IV 12.8% / 13.0%
Maryville — Certificate III & IV: 12.8% Tighes Hill — Certificate III & IV: 13.0%
Advanced Diploma / Diploma 9.3% / 6.3%
Maryville — Advanced Diploma / Diploma: 9.3% Tighes Hill — Advanced Diploma / Diploma: 6.3%
Postgraduate Degree 7.2% / 7.2%
Maryville — Postgraduate Degree: 7.2% Tighes Hill — Postgraduate Degree: 7.2%
Graduate Diploma / Certificate 3.0% / 3.5%
Maryville — Graduate Diploma / Certificate: 3.0% Tighes Hill — Graduate Diploma / Certificate: 3.5%

Bars are drawn against the largest share shown (22.2%).

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.

Maryville Tighes Hill
England 2.4% / 2.7%
Maryville — England: 2.4% Tighes Hill — England: 2.7%
New Zealand 1.4% / 1.3%
Maryville — New Zealand: 1.4% Tighes Hill — New Zealand: 1.3%
India 0.3% / 0.9%
Maryville — India: 0.3% Tighes Hill — India: 0.9%
Scotland 0.8% / —
Maryville — Scotland: 0.8% Tighes Hill — Scotland: not among its largest
Pakistan 0.7% / —
Maryville — Pakistan: 0.7% Tighes Hill — Pakistan: not among its largest
Afghanistan — / 0.6%
Maryville — Afghanistan: not among its largest Tighes Hill — Afghanistan: 0.6%
South Africa 0.5% / —
Maryville — South Africa: 0.5% Tighes Hill — South Africa: not among its largest
Bangladesh — / 0.5%
Maryville — Bangladesh: not among its largest Tighes Hill — Bangladesh: 0.5%

Bars are drawn against the largest share shown (2.7%).

What people live in

Occupied private dwellings by structure, 2021 Census.

Maryville 62.6% houses
Maryville — Houses: 62.6% Maryville — Townhouses: 29.1% Maryville — Flats / Apartments: 8.3%
Tighes Hill 86.5% houses
Tighes Hill — Houses: 86.5% Tighes Hill — Townhouses: 7.6% Tighes Hill — Flats / Apartments: 5.9%
Houses Townhouses Flats / Apartments

Property market

Maryville Tighes Hill
Median house price $1,215,000 $1,270,000
Median unit price $1,337,500 $847,500
Median land price —
same for both
Typical days to sell (houses) 14 days
from 13 sales
 26 days
from 7 sales

Zoning mix

Maryville has more industrially zoned land (32% vs 15%); Maryville has more land zoned for conservation (14% vs 0%).

Maryville Tighes Hill
Residential 46% 49%
Industrial 32% 15%
Infrastructure and transport 4% 30%
Environmental 14% 0%
Parks and recreation 4% 3%
Commercial 0% 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

Maryville Tighes Hill
New dwellings approved 912
across Newcastle
same for both
Approvals change year on year +77%
same for both

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.

Maryville Tighes Hill
Houses 3.5%
$848/wk on $1.27M
 —
Units —
same for both

Ranking within NSW

Maryville Tighes Hill
House price Higher than 61% of NSW Higher than 65% of NSW
Income Higher than 73% of NSW Higher than 74% of NSW
Schools —
same for both
Walkability Higher than 88% of NSW Higher than 84% of NSW
Affordability Higher than 57% of NSW Higher than 54% of NSW
EV adoption Higher than 83% of NSW Higher than 92% of NSW
NBN connectivity Higher than 73% of NSW Higher than 75% of NSW
Rental yield (houses) Higher than 42% of NSW —

Liveability

Maryville is more walkable (71 vs 58); Maryville scores higher overall (66 vs 56).

Maryville Tighes Hill
Grade B
same for both
Score 66/100 56/100
Socio-economic band very advantaged area
decile 9/10
 advantaged area
decile 8/10

Risk profile

Tighes Hill carries more crime risk (77 vs 63).

Maryville Tighes Hill
Bushfire None
0/100
same for both
Crime Moderate
63/100
 High
77/100
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 22
within 5 km
 21
within 5 km

Schools

Maryville Tighes Hill
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 2
The University of Newcastle (Newcastle City), 2.7 km
 2
The University of Newcastle (Newcastle City), 3.2 km
Full-time students aged 15–24 2.4% 3.9%

Schools in Maryville

No schools recorded inside this suburb's boundary. Children here will be zoned to schools nearby.

Schools in Tighes Hill

  • Tighes Hill Public School Government · Primary above peers

Amenities in the suburb

Maryville Tighes Hill
Cafes & restaurants 1
same for both
Parks & reserves 1
same for both
Childcare 1 2
Fuel stations 1
same for both
Waterways 1 0

Mobility

Maryville Tighes Hill
Walkability score 71/100 58/100
Distance to Sydney 159 km 160.6 km
+1% vs other
Drive time (normal traffic) 124 min 123 min
Public transport score 39/100
Bus
 79/100
Bus
Peak arrivals per hour 8.0
7-9am + 5-7pm
 34.8
7-9am + 5-7pm
Median peak wait 1 min
scheduled, not actual
same for both
Electric vehicle share 1.1%
postcode 2293
 1.9%
postcode 2297
Rooftop solar per 100 dwellings 20
postcode 2293
 40
postcode 2297

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.

Maryville Tighes Hill
Car (driver) 51.3% / 54.0%
Maryville — Car (driver): 51.3% Tighes Hill — Car (driver): 54.0%
Worked from Home 39.6% / 33.6%
Maryville — Worked from Home: 39.6% Tighes Hill — Worked from Home: 33.6%
Bicycle 2.8% / 5.0%
Maryville — Bicycle: 2.8% Tighes Hill — Bicycle: 5.0%
Car (passenger) 2.8% / 3.6%
Maryville — Car (passenger): 2.8% Tighes Hill — Car (passenger): 3.6%
Walked Only 3.6% / 2.5%
Maryville — Walked Only: 3.6% Tighes Hill — Walked Only: 2.5%

Bars are drawn against the largest share shown (54.0%).

Setting

Maryville Tighes Hill
Elevation 2 m
above sea level, at the suburb centre
 7 m
above sea level, at the suburb centre
Distance to the ocean 1.4 km
3.5 km to a named beach
 1.3 km
3.9 km to a named beach

NBN connectivity

Maryville Tighes Hill
Connectivity score 65/100 67/100
Most common technology Fibre to the node
same for both
Full-fibre (FTTP) share 36%
880 premises
 40%
924 premises

Climate

Maryville Tighes Hill
Annual rainfall 1,025 mm
same for both
Summer max (Jan) 25.4°C
same for both
Winter min (Jul) 10.2°C
same for both

Air quality (annual mean)

Maryville Tighes Hill
PM2.5 6.8 µg/m³
same for both
PM10 22.6 µg/m³
same for both
NO₂ 0.89 pphm
same for both

Council rates

Maryville Tighes Hill
Average residential rate $1,783/yr
same for both
Council Newcastle
same for both

Federal electorate

Maryville Tighes Hill
Division Newcastle
same for both
Member Sharon Claydon
same for both
Party Australian Labor Party
same for both

First Home Owner Grant

Maryville Tighes Hill
Grant amount $10,000
same for both
Property price cap $600,000
same for both
Eligibility New
same for both

Tags

Maryville

Coastal Parks Professionals River Townhouses Village Feel

Tighes Hill

Coastal Parks Professionals

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