Maules Creek vs Tarriaro

In both, most households own their home and the large majority of homes are detached houses. In Maules Creek, most households are couple families. In Tarriaro, about half of households are couple families. On these figures, Maules Creek tends to suit people living alone, families with children, and couples.

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

Tarriaro

ahead on the one thing that separates them

  • is already more of a family suburb (81% vs 70%)

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

First-home buyers

Tarriaro

ahead on the one thing that separates them

  • leaves households under less mortgage stress (10% vs 18%)

Weighs mortgage stress.

Renters

Tarriaro

ahead on 2 of the 3 things we measure here

  • leaves renters under less rental stress (13% vs 24%)
  • has cheaper rent ($275/wk vs $390/wk)
  • But Maules Creek has a bigger rental market to choose from (27% vs 16%)

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

Commuting to the city

They split

one each way, out of the 3 things we measure here

  • Maules Creek sits closer to the CBD (515.7 km vs 525.2 km)
  • Tarriaro has a shorter drive in (370 min vs 377 min)

Weighs distance, drive time, and walkability.

Downsizers and retirees

Too close to call

Nothing among the 4 things we measure here separates them by enough to be worth acting on.

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

Investors

Tarriaro

ahead on the one thing that separates them

  • is growing faster (-12.1% vs -23.0%)

Weighs population growth.

Where they sit

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

Maules Creek Tarriaro
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.

Maules Creek Tarriaro
Walkability 0 / 0
Maules Creek — Walkability: 0/100 Tarriaro — Walkability: 0/100
Safety 59 / 57
Maules Creek — Safety: 59/100 Tarriaro — Safety: 57/100
Low fire risk 47 / 86
Maules Creek — Low fire risk: 47/100 Tarriaro — Low fire risk: 86/100

Demographics

Maules Creek rents higher ($390/wk vs $275/wk); Tarriaro has higher household incomes ($110,500 vs $84,448).

Maules Creek Tarriaro
Population 87 102
+17% vs other
Population trend (2016 → 2021) -23.0% -12.1%
Median age 45 46
Median household income $84,448/yr $110,500/yr
+31% vs other
Median weekly rent $390/wk
+29% vs other
 $275/wk

Age profile

Share of residents in each band, 2021 Census.

Maules Creek Tarriaro
0-4 8.0% / —
Maules Creek — 0-4: 8.0% Tarriaro — 0-4: not among its largest
5-14 19.5% / 14.7%
Maules Creek — 5-14: 19.5% Tarriaro — 5-14: 14.7%
15-19 4.6% / 9.8%
Maules Creek — 15-19: 4.6% Tarriaro — 15-19: 9.8%
20-24 — / 3.9%
Maules Creek — 20-24: not among its largest Tarriaro — 20-24: 3.9%
25-34 8.0% / 7.8%
Maules Creek — 25-34: 8.0% Tarriaro — 25-34: 7.8%
35-44 12.6% / 11.8%
Maules Creek — 35-44: 12.6% Tarriaro — 35-44: 11.8%
45-54 19.5% / 19.6%
Maules Creek — 45-54: 19.5% Tarriaro — 45-54: 19.6%
55-64 14.9% / 14.7%
Maules Creek — 55-64: 14.9% Tarriaro — 55-64: 14.7%
65-74 16.1% / 11.8%
Maules Creek — 65-74: 16.1% Tarriaro — 65-74: 11.8%
75-84 — / 4.9%
Maules Creek — 75-84: not among its largest Tarriaro — 75-84: 4.9%
85+ 4.6% / —
Maules Creek — 85+: 4.6% Tarriaro — 85+: not among its largest

Bars are drawn against the largest share shown (19.6%).

Who lives together

Household composition, 2021 Census.

Maules Creek 70.0% couple families
Maules Creek — Couple Families: 70.0% Maules Creek — Lone Person: 30.0% Maules Creek — One Parent Families: 0.0%
Tarriaro 47.6% couple families
Tarriaro — Couple Families: 47.6% Tarriaro — Lone Person: 19.0% Tarriaro — One Parent Families: 33.3%
Couple Families Lone Person One Parent Families

Who owns and who rents

Occupied private dwellings by tenure, 2021 Census.

Maules Creek 27.3% renting
Maules Creek — Owned Outright: 45.5% Maules Creek — Mortgage: 27.3% Maules Creek — Renting: 27.3%
Tarriaro 16.0% renting
Tarriaro — Owned Outright: 36.0% Tarriaro — Mortgage: 48.0% Tarriaro — Renting: 16.0%
Owned outright Mortgage Renting

What people live in

Occupied private dwellings by structure, 2021 Census.

Maules Creek 100.0% houses
Maules Creek — Houses: 100.0%
Tarriaro 103.0% houses
Tarriaro — Houses: 103.0%
Houses

Qualifications

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

Maules Creek Tarriaro
Certificate III & IV 11.5% / 18.6%
Maules Creek — Certificate III & IV: 11.5% Tarriaro — Certificate III & IV: 18.6%
Bachelor Degree 8.0% / 7.8%
Maules Creek — Bachelor Degree: 8.0% Tarriaro — Bachelor Degree: 7.8%
Advanced Diploma / Diploma — / 4.9%
Maules Creek — Advanced Diploma / Diploma: not among its largest Tarriaro — Advanced Diploma / Diploma: 4.9%
Postgraduate Degree — / 3.9%
Maules Creek — Postgraduate Degree: not among its largest Tarriaro — Postgraduate Degree: 3.9%
Graduate Diploma / Certificate 3.4% / —
Maules Creek — Graduate Diploma / Certificate: 3.4% Tarriaro — Graduate Diploma / Certificate: not among its largest

Bars are drawn against the largest share shown (18.6%).

Zoning mix

Tarriaro has more rural and farming land (100% vs 84%); Maules Creek has more land zoned for conservation (16% vs 0%).

Maules Creek Tarriaro
Rural and farming 84% 100%
Environmental 16% 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

Maules Creek Tarriaro
New dwellings approved 14
across Narrabri
same for both

Ranking within NSW

Maules Creek Tarriaro
House price —
same for both
Income Higher than 52% of NSW Higher than 76% of NSW
Schools —
same for both
Walkability Higher than 12% of NSW Higher than 33% of NSW
Affordability —
same for both
EV adoption Higher than 20% of NSW Higher than 6% of NSW
NBN connectivity Higher than 7% of NSW Higher than 17% of NSW

Liveability

Maules Creek Tarriaro
Grade —
same for both
Score —
same for both
Socio-economic band advantaged area
decile 7/10
same for both

Risk profile

Maules Creek carries more bushfire risk (53 vs 14).

Maules Creek Tarriaro
Bushfire Moderate
53/100
 Low
14/100
Crime Moderate
41/100
 Moderate
43/100
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

Maules Creek Tarriaro
Inside the suburb 1 0
Rated above peers 0
same for both
Rated at peers 0
same for both
Rated below peers 0
same for both

Schools in Maules Creek

  • Fairfax Public School Government · Primary

Schools in Tarriaro

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

Amenities in the suburb

Maules Creek Tarriaro
Waterways 2 0

Mobility

Tarriaro sits further from the CBD (525.2 km vs 515.7 km).

Maules Creek Tarriaro
Walkability score 0/100
same for both
Distance to Sydney 515.7 km 525.2 km
+2% vs other
Drive time (normal traffic) 377 min 370 min
Electric vehicle share 0.2%
postcode 2382
 0.1%
postcode 2390
Rooftop solar per 100 dwellings 48
postcode 2382
 84
postcode 2390

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.

Maules Creek Tarriaro
Car (driver) 65.8% / 57.7%
Maules Creek — Car (driver): 65.8% Tarriaro — Car (driver): 57.7%
Worked from Home 26.3% / 34.6%
Maules Creek — Worked from Home: 26.3% Tarriaro — Worked from Home: 34.6%
Walked Only 7.9% / 7.7%
Maules Creek — Walked Only: 7.9% Tarriaro — Walked Only: 7.7%

Bars are drawn against the largest share shown (65.8%).

Setting

Maules Creek Tarriaro
Elevation 358 m
above sea level, at the suburb centre
 247 m
above sea level, at the suburb centre

NBN connectivity

Maules Creek Tarriaro
Connectivity score 15/100
same for both
Most common technology Satellite (Sky Muster)
same for both
Full-fibre (FTTP) share 0%
32 premises
 0%
17 premises

Council rates

Maules Creek Tarriaro
Average residential rate $1,140/yr
same for both
Council Narrabri
same for both

Federal electorate

Maules Creek Tarriaro
Division Parkes
same for both
Member Jamie Chaffey
same for both
Party The Nationals
same for both

First Home Owner Grant

Maules Creek Tarriaro
Grant amount $10,000
same for both
Property price cap $600,000
same for both
Eligibility New
same for both

Tags

Maules Creek

Family Rural

Tarriaro

Rural

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