Maryville vs Wickham

Wickham is the younger of the two, with a median age of 32 against 39 in Maryville. In Maryville, most households own their home and most homes are detached houses. In Wickham, most households rent, about half of homes are flats or apartments, and most households are people living alone. Houses cost more in Maryville: a median of $1.22 million, against $912,000 in Wickham, and rent is higher there too. On these figures, Wickham tends to suit renters, young adults, and people living alone.

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

Maryville

ahead on 3 of the 6 things we measure here

  • has more separate houses rather than flats (63% vs 21%)
  • is already more of a family suburb (49% vs 24%)
  • carries lower crime risk (63/100 vs 98/100)

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

First-home buyers

Wickham

ahead on 2 of the 3 things we measure here

  • has cheaper units ($790,000 vs $1,337,500)
  • has cheaper houses ($912,000 vs $1,215,000)

Weighs house prices, unit prices, and mortgage stress.

Renters

Wickham

ahead on the one thing that separates them

  • has a bigger rental market to choose from (57% vs 30%)

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

Commuting to the city

Wickham

ahead on the one thing that separates them

  • is more walkable (96/100 vs 71/100)

Weighs distance, drive time, and walkability.

Downsizers and retirees

Wickham

ahead on 3 of the 5 things we measure here

  • has more GPs (2 vs 0)
  • has more units and townhouses to downsize into (79% vs 37%)
  • is more walkable (96/100 vs 71/100)
  • But Maryville carries lower crime risk (63/100 vs 98/100)

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

Investors

Wickham

ahead on the one thing that separates them

  • is growing faster (51.7% vs 15.7%)

Weighs population growth.

Where they sit

Maryville and Wickham 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 Wickham
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 Wickham
Walkability 71 / 96
Maryville — Walkability: 71/100 Wickham — Walkability: 96/100
Safety 37 / 2
Maryville — Safety: 37/100 Wickham — Safety: 2/100
Low fire risk 100 / 100
Maryville — Low fire risk: 100/100 Wickham — Low fire risk: 100/100

Demographics

Maryville skews older (39 vs 32).

Maryville Wickham
Population 1,671
+2% vs other
 1,637
Population trend (2016 → 2021) +15.7% +51.7%
Median age 39 32
Median household income $107,484/yr
+8% vs other
 $98,904/yr
Median weekly rent $505/wk
+7% vs other
 $470/wk

Age profile

Share of residents in each band, 2021 Census.

Maryville Wickham
0-4 6.2% / 3.7%
Maryville — 0-4: 6.2% Wickham — 0-4: 3.7%
5-14 9.6% / 4.1%
Maryville — 5-14: 9.6% Wickham — 5-14: 4.1%
15-19 3.7% / 2.2%
Maryville — 15-19: 3.7% Wickham — 15-19: 2.2%
20-24 7.2% / 14.0%
Maryville — 20-24: 7.2% Wickham — 20-24: 14.0%
25-34 16.0% / 30.1%
Maryville — 25-34: 16.0% Wickham — 25-34: 30.1%
35-44 14.8% / 12.0%
Maryville — 35-44: 14.8% Wickham — 35-44: 12.0%
45-54 12.3% / 10.1%
Maryville — 45-54: 12.3% Wickham — 45-54: 10.1%
55-64 14.6% / 11.3%
Maryville — 55-64: 14.6% Wickham — 55-64: 11.3%
65-74 10.1% / 7.9%
Maryville — 65-74: 10.1% Wickham — 65-74: 7.9%
75-84 4.0% / 2.7%
Maryville — 75-84: 4.0% Wickham — 75-84: 2.7%
85+ 1.1% / 0.7%
Maryville — 85+: 1.1% Wickham — 85+: 0.7%

Bars are drawn against the largest share shown (30.1%).

Who lives together

Household composition, 2021 Census.

Maryville 37.5% lone person
Maryville — Lone Person: 37.5% Maryville — Couple Families: 35.4% Maryville — Group Household: 11.8% Maryville — One Parent Families: 13.7% Maryville — Other Families: 1.7%
Wickham 55.7% lone person
Wickham — Lone Person: 55.7% Wickham — Couple Families: 14.1% Wickham — Group Household: 18.3% Wickham — One Parent Families: 9.9% Wickham — Other Families: 1.9%
Lone Person Couple Families Group Household One Parent Families 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%
Wickham 56.9% renting
Wickham — Owned Outright: 18.2% Wickham — Mortgage: 24.9% Wickham — Renting: 56.9%
Owned outright Mortgage Renting

Qualifications

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

Maryville Wickham
Bachelor Degree 22.2% / 23.2%
Maryville — Bachelor Degree: 22.2% Wickham — Bachelor Degree: 23.2%
Certificate III & IV 12.8% / 15.5%
Maryville — Certificate III & IV: 12.8% Wickham — Certificate III & IV: 15.5%
Advanced Diploma / Diploma 9.3% / 10.1%
Maryville — Advanced Diploma / Diploma: 9.3% Wickham — Advanced Diploma / Diploma: 10.1%
Postgraduate Degree 7.2% / 8.2%
Maryville — Postgraduate Degree: 7.2% Wickham — Postgraduate Degree: 8.2%
Graduate Diploma / Certificate 3.0% / 2.8%
Maryville — Graduate Diploma / Certificate: 3.0% Wickham — Graduate Diploma / Certificate: 2.8%

Bars are drawn against the largest share shown (23.2%).

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 Wickham
England 2.4% / 2.9%
Maryville — England: 2.4% Wickham — England: 2.9%
New Zealand 1.4% / 2.1%
Maryville — New Zealand: 1.4% Wickham — New Zealand: 2.1%
Brazil 0.5% / 0.8%
Maryville — Brazil: 0.5% Wickham — Brazil: 0.8%
China — / 1.0%
Maryville — China: not among its largest Wickham — China: 1.0%
Scotland 0.8% / —
Maryville — Scotland: 0.8% Wickham — Scotland: not among its largest
Philippines — / 0.8%
Maryville — Philippines: not among its largest Wickham — Philippines: 0.8%
Pakistan 0.7% / —
Maryville — Pakistan: 0.7% Wickham — Pakistan: not among its largest
South Africa 0.5% / —
Maryville — South Africa: 0.5% Wickham — South Africa: not among its largest

Bars are drawn against the largest share shown (2.9%).

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%
Wickham 20.6% houses
Wickham — Houses: 20.6% Wickham — Townhouses: 31.4% Wickham — Flats / Apartments: 48.0%
Houses Townhouses Flats / Apartments

Property market

Maryville Wickham
Median house price $1,215,000 $912,000
Median unit price $1,337,500 $790,000
Median land price —
same for both
Typical days to sell (houses) 14 days
from 13 sales
 34 days
from 5 sales

Zoning mix

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

Maryville Wickham
Residential 46% 53%
Industrial 32% 15%
Parks and recreation 4% 20%
Environmental 14% 0%
Infrastructure and transport 4% 8%
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 Wickham
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 Wickham
Houses 3.5%
$848/wk on $1.27M
 —
Units — 5.4%
$750/wk on $724K

Ranking within NSW

Maryville Wickham
House price Higher than 61% of NSW Higher than 53% of NSW
Income Higher than 73% of NSW —
Schools —
same for both
Walkability Higher than 88% of NSW Higher than 99% of NSW
Affordability Higher than 57% of NSW —
EV adoption Higher than 83% of NSW
same for both
NBN connectivity Higher than 73% of NSW Higher than 83% of NSW
Rental yield (houses) Higher than 42% of NSW —
Rental yield (units) — Higher than 82% of NSW

Liveability

Wickham is more walkable (96 vs 71).

Maryville Wickham
Grade B
same for both
Score 66/100 63/100
Socio-economic band very advantaged area
decile 9/10
 very advantaged area
decile 10/10

Risk profile

Wickham carries more crime risk (98 vs 63).

Maryville Wickham
Bushfire None
0/100
same for both
Crime Moderate
63/100
 High
98/100
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
same for both

Schools

Maryville Wickham
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
Universities within 10 km 2
The University of Newcastle (Newcastle City), 2.7 km
 2
The University of Newcastle (Newcastle City), 2.2 km
Full-time students aged 15–24 2.4% 4.9%

Amenities in the suburb

Maryville Wickham
Cafes & restaurants 1 3
Parks & reserves 1 2
Childcare 1 2
GPs 0 2
Banks & Bank@Post 0 1
Fuel stations 1 0
Waterways 1 0

Mobility

Maryville Wickham
Walkability score 71/100 96/100
Distance to Sydney 159 km 158.7 km
Drive time (normal traffic) 124 min 123 min
Public transport score 39/100
Bus
 75/100
Rail · Bus
Peak arrivals per hour 8.0
7-9am + 5-7pm
 25.8
7-9am + 5-7pm
Median peak wait 1 min
scheduled, not actual
 2 min
scheduled, not actual
Electric vehicle share 1.1%
postcode 2293
same for both
Rooftop solar per 100 dwellings 20
postcode 2293
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.

Maryville Wickham
Car (driver) 51.3% / 52.0%
Maryville — Car (driver): 51.3% Wickham — Car (driver): 52.0%
Worked from Home 39.6% / 30.8%
Maryville — Worked from Home: 39.6% Wickham — Worked from Home: 30.8%
Walked Only 3.6% / 6.5%
Maryville — Walked Only: 3.6% Wickham — Walked Only: 6.5%
Car (passenger) 2.8% / 3.3%
Maryville — Car (passenger): 2.8% Wickham — Car (passenger): 3.3%
Bicycle 2.8% / 2.3%
Maryville — Bicycle: 2.8% Wickham — Bicycle: 2.3%

Bars are drawn against the largest share shown (52.0%).

Setting

Maryville Wickham
Elevation 2 m
above sea level, at the suburb centre
 5 m
above sea level, at the suburb centre
Distance to the ocean 1.4 km
3.5 km to a named beach
 1.5 km
2.7 km to a named beach

NBN connectivity

Maryville Wickham
Connectivity score 65/100 75/100
Most common technology Fibre to the node Fibre to the premises
Full-fibre (FTTP) share 36%
880 premises
 54%
1,492 premises

Climate

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

Federal electorate

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

First Home Owner Grant

Maryville Wickham
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

Wickham

Apartments Coastal Gentrifying Nightlife Parks Professionals Townhouses Trains

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