Mitchells Flat vs Roughit

Mitchells Flat is the younger of the two, with a median age of 43 against 47 in Roughit. In both, the large majority of households own their home, the large majority of homes are detached houses, and most households are couple families. Houses cost more in Mitchells Flat: a median of $1.59 million, against $650,000 in Roughit, and rent is higher there too. On these figures, Roughit tends to suit 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

Too close to call

Nothing among the 6 things we measure here separates them by enough to be worth acting on.

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

First-home buyers

They split

one each way, out of the 2 things we measure here

  • Mitchells Flat leaves households under less mortgage stress (21% vs 40%)
  • Roughit has cheaper houses ($650,000 vs $1,590,000)

Weighs house prices and mortgage stress.

Renters

Roughit

ahead on 2 of the 3 things we measure here

  • has a bigger rental market to choose from (17% vs 4%)
  • has cheaper rent ($300/wk vs $360/wk)
  • But Mitchells Flat leaves renters under less rental stress (12% vs 18%)

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

Commuting to the city

Mitchells Flat

ahead on the one thing that separates them

  • sits closer to the CBD (196 km vs 199.3 km)

Weighs distance, drive time, and walkability.

Downsizers and retirees

Roughit

ahead on the one thing that separates them

  • has more residents already 65 and over (18% vs 12%)

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

Investors

Mitchells Flat

ahead on the one thing that separates them

  • is growing faster (15.8% vs 0.9%)

Weighs population growth.

Where they sit

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

Mitchells Flat Roughit
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.

Mitchells Flat Roughit
Walkability 5 / 6
Mitchells Flat — Walkability: 5/100 Roughit — Walkability: 6/100
Safety 67 / 69
Mitchells Flat — Safety: 67/100 Roughit — Safety: 69/100
Low fire risk 80 / 56
Mitchells Flat — Low fire risk: 80/100 Roughit — Low fire risk: 56/100

Demographics

Mitchells Flat has more residents (242 vs 111); Mitchells Flat has higher household incomes ($151,060 vs $84,448).

Mitchells Flat Roughit
Population 242
+54% vs other
 111
Population trend (2016 → 2021) +15.8% +0.9%
Median age 43 47
Median household income $151,060/yr
+44% vs other
 $84,448/yr
Median weekly rent $360/wk
+17% vs other
 $300/wk

Age profile

Share of residents in each band, 2021 Census.

Mitchells Flat Roughit
0-4 2.9% / 4.5%
Mitchells Flat — 0-4: 2.9% Roughit — 0-4: 4.5%
5-14 12.8% / 14.4%
Mitchells Flat — 5-14: 12.8% Roughit — 5-14: 14.4%
15-19 11.2% / 5.4%
Mitchells Flat — 15-19: 11.2% Roughit — 15-19: 5.4%
20-24 4.5% / 2.7%
Mitchells Flat — 20-24: 4.5% Roughit — 20-24: 2.7%
25-34 5.8% / 2.7%
Mitchells Flat — 25-34: 5.8% Roughit — 25-34: 2.7%
35-44 15.3% / 15.3%
Mitchells Flat — 35-44: 15.3% Roughit — 35-44: 15.3%
45-54 24.4% / 17.1%
Mitchells Flat — 45-54: 24.4% Roughit — 45-54: 17.1%
55-64 11.2% / 10.8%
Mitchells Flat — 55-64: 11.2% Roughit — 55-64: 10.8%
65-74 8.7% / 15.3%
Mitchells Flat — 65-74: 8.7% Roughit — 65-74: 15.3%
75-84 3.3% / 2.7%
Mitchells Flat — 75-84: 3.3% Roughit — 75-84: 2.7%
85+ — / —
Mitchells Flat — 85+: not among its largest Roughit — 85+: not among its largest

Bars are drawn against the largest share shown (24.4%).

Who lives together

Household composition, 2021 Census.

Mitchells Flat 69.2% couple families
Mitchells Flat — Couple Families: 69.2% Mitchells Flat — Lone Person: 15.4% Mitchells Flat — One Parent Families: 15.4%
Roughit 75.0% couple families
Roughit — Couple Families: 75.0% Roughit — Lone Person: 12.5% Roughit — One Parent Families: 12.5%
Couple Families Lone Person One Parent Families

Who owns and who rents

Occupied private dwellings by tenure, 2021 Census.

Mitchells Flat 4.5% renting
Mitchells Flat — Owned Outright: 40.3% Mitchells Flat — Mortgage: 55.2% Mitchells Flat — Renting: 4.5%
Roughit 16.7% renting
Roughit — Owned Outright: 43.3% Roughit — Mortgage: 40.0% Roughit — Renting: 16.7%
Owned outright Mortgage Renting

What people live in

Occupied private dwellings by structure, 2021 Census.

Mitchells Flat 91.7% houses
Mitchells Flat — Houses: 91.7% Mitchells Flat — Flats / Apartments: 8.3%
Roughit 100.0% houses
Roughit — Houses: 100.0% Roughit — Flats / Apartments: 0.0%
Houses Flats / Apartments

Qualifications

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

Mitchells Flat Roughit
Certificate III & IV 26.4% / 24.3%
Mitchells Flat — Certificate III & IV: 26.4% Roughit — Certificate III & IV: 24.3%
Advanced Diploma / Diploma 6.2% / 6.3%
Mitchells Flat — Advanced Diploma / Diploma: 6.2% Roughit — Advanced Diploma / Diploma: 6.3%
Bachelor Degree 3.7% / —
Mitchells Flat — Bachelor Degree: 3.7% Roughit — Bachelor Degree: not among its largest
Postgraduate Degree — / 3.6%
Mitchells Flat — Postgraduate Degree: not among its largest Roughit — Postgraduate Degree: 3.6%
Graduate Diploma / Certificate — / 2.7%
Mitchells Flat — Graduate Diploma / Certificate: not among its largest Roughit — Graduate Diploma / Certificate: 2.7%

Bars are drawn against the largest share shown (26.4%).

Property market

Mitchells Flat Roughit
Median house price $1,590,000 $650,000
Median unit price —
same for both
Median land price —
same for both

Zoning mix

Mitchells Flat Roughit
Rural and farming 100% 96%
Environmental 0% 4%
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

Mitchells Flat Roughit
New dwellings approved 121
across Singleton
same for both
Approvals change year on year +46%
same for both

Ranking within NSW

Mitchells Flat Roughit
House price Higher than 77% of NSW Higher than 23% of NSW
Income Higher than 95% of NSW Higher than 52% of NSW
Schools —
same for both
Walkability Higher than 46% of NSW Higher than 50% of NSW
Affordability Higher than 60% of NSW Higher than 81% of NSW
EV adoption Higher than 26% of NSW
same for both
NBN connectivity Higher than 52% of NSW Higher than 53% of NSW

Liveability

Mitchells Flat Roughit
Grade —
same for both
Score —
same for both
Socio-economic band advantaged area
decile 8/10
 advantaged area
decile 7/10

Risk profile

Roughit carries more bushfire risk (44 vs 20).

Mitchells Flat Roughit
Bushfire Low
20/100
 Moderate
44/100
Crime Low
33/100
 Low
31/100
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
 1
within 5 km

Schools

Mitchells Flat Roughit
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

Mitchells Flat Roughit
Childcare 1 0
Waterways 4 0

Mobility

Roughit sits further from the CBD (199.3 km vs 196 km).

Mitchells Flat Roughit
Walkability score 5/100 6/100
Distance to Sydney 196 km 199.3 km
+2% vs other
Drive time (normal traffic) 140 min 143 min
Electric vehicle share 0.2%
postcode 2330
same for both
Rooftop solar per 100 dwellings 54
postcode 2330
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.

Mitchells Flat Roughit
Car (driver) 73.6% / 77.8%
Mitchells Flat — Car (driver): 73.6% Roughit — Car (driver): 77.8%
Worked from Home 23.6% / 13.3%
Mitchells Flat — Worked from Home: 23.6% Roughit — Worked from Home: 13.3%
Walked Only — / 8.9%
Mitchells Flat — Walked Only: not among its largest Roughit — Walked Only: 8.9%
Car (passenger) 2.7% / —
Mitchells Flat — Car (passenger): 2.7% Roughit — Car (passenger): not among its largest

Bars are drawn against the largest share shown (77.8%).

Setting

Mitchells Flat Roughit
Elevation 34 m
above sea level, at the suburb centre
 49 m
above sea level, at the suburb centre

NBN connectivity

Mitchells Flat Roughit
Connectivity score 30/100
same for both
Most common technology Fixed wireless
same for both
Full-fibre (FTTP) share 0%
75 premises
 0%
44 premises

Climate

Mitchells Flat Roughit
Annual rainfall 804 mm
same for both
Summer max (Jan) 30.0°C
same for both
Winter min (Jul) 5.1°C
same for both

Air quality (annual mean)

Mitchells Flat Roughit
PM2.5 —
same for both
PM10 19.5 µg/m³
same for both
NO₂ —
same for both

Council rates

Mitchells Flat Roughit
Average residential rate $1,287/yr
same for both
Council Singleton
same for both

Federal electorate

Mitchells Flat Roughit
Division Hunter
same for both
Member Dan Repacholi
same for both
Party Australian Labor Party
same for both

First Home Owner Grant

Mitchells Flat Roughit
Grant amount $10,000
same for both
Property price cap $600,000
same for both
Eligibility New
same for both

Tags

Mitchells Flat

Rural

Roughit

Affordable Rural

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