Monkerai vs Stroud Road
In both, the large majority of households own their home and the large majority of homes are detached houses. In Monkerai, most households are couple families. On these figures, Monkerai tends to suit 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
Stroud Road
ahead on the one thing that separates them
- carries lower crime risk (20/100 vs 48/100)
Weighs schools, house stock, crime, parks, childcare, and who already lives there.
First-home buyers
Too close to call
Nothing among the 2 things we measure here separates them by enough to be worth acting on.
Weighs house prices and mortgage stress.
Renters
Too close to call
Nothing among the 3 things we measure here separates them by enough to be worth acting on.
Weighs rent, rental stress, and how much is for rent.
Commuting to the city
Stroud Road
ahead on 2 of the 3 things we measure here
- sits closer to the CBD (226.1 km vs 243.7 km)
- has a shorter drive in (182 min vs 192 min)
Weighs distance, drive time, and walkability.
Downsizers and retirees
Stroud Road
ahead on the one thing that separates them
- carries lower crime risk (20/100 vs 48/100)
Weighs who already lives there, GPs, walkability, and crime.
Investors
Monkerai
ahead on the one thing that separates them
- is growing faster (45.7% vs 5.2%)
Weighs population growth.
Where they sit
Monkerai and Stroud Road 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
Stroud Road has more residents (242 vs 102); Stroud Road has higher household incomes ($77,116 vs $66,612).
| Monkerai | Stroud Road | |
|---|---|---|
| Population | 102 | 242 +137% vs other |
| Population trend (2016 → 2021) | +45.7% | +5.2% |
| Median age | 51 | 49 |
| Median household income | $66,612/yr | $77,116/yr +16% vs other |
| Median weekly rent | $220/wk | $223/wk +1% vs other |
Age profile
Share of residents in each band, 2021 Census.
Bars are drawn against the largest share shown (18.6%).
Who lives together
Household composition, 2021 Census.
Who owns and who rents
Occupied private dwellings by tenure, 2021 Census.
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 (5.9%).
Qualifications
Highest non-school qualification, residents 15+, 2021 Census.
Bars are drawn against the largest share shown (21.1%).
What people live in
Occupied private dwellings by structure, 2021 Census.
Property market
| Monkerai | Stroud Road | |
|---|---|---|
| Median house price | $900,000 | $850,000 |
| Median unit price | — same for both | |
| Median land price | $850,000 | — |
Zoning mix
| Monkerai | Stroud Road | |
|---|---|---|
| Rural and farming | 98% | 100% |
| Environmental | 2% | 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
| Monkerai | Stroud Road | |
|---|---|---|
| New dwellings approved | 743 across Mid-Coast same for both | |
| Approvals change year on year | +327% same for both | |
Ranking within NSW
| Monkerai | Stroud Road | |
|---|---|---|
| House price | Higher than 43% of NSW | Higher than 38% of NSW |
| Income | Higher than 29% of NSW | — |
| Schools | — same for both | |
| Walkability | Higher than 48% of NSW | Higher than 2% of NSW |
| Affordability | Higher than 41% of NSW | — |
| EV adoption | Higher than 71% of NSW same for both | |
| NBN connectivity | Higher than 25% of NSW | Higher than 44% of NSW |
Liveability
| Monkerai | Stroud Road | |
|---|---|---|
| Grade | — same for both | |
| Score | — same for both | |
| Socio-economic band | below-average income decile 3/10 | mid-range socio-economic decile 4/10 |
Risk profile
Monkerai carries more crime risk (48 vs 20).
| Monkerai | Stroud Road | |
|---|---|---|
| Bushfire | Moderate 52/100 | Moderate 54/100 |
| Crime | Moderate 48/100 | Low 20/100 |
| 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
| Monkerai | Stroud Road | |
|---|---|---|
| Inside the suburb | 0 | 1 |
| Rated above peers | 0 same for both | |
| Rated at peers | 0 same for both | |
| Rated below peers | 0 same for both | |
Schools in Monkerai
No schools recorded inside this suburb's boundary. Children here will be zoned to schools nearby.
Schools in Stroud Road
- Stroud Road Public School Government · Primary
Amenities in the suburb
| Monkerai | Stroud Road | |
|---|---|---|
| Parks & reserves | 0 | 1 |
| Waterways | 19 | 13 |
Mobility
Monkerai sits further from the CBD (243.7 km vs 226.1 km).
| Monkerai | Stroud Road | |
|---|---|---|
| Walkability score | 5/100 | 0/100 |
| Distance to Sydney | 243.7 km +7% vs other | 226.1 km |
| Drive time (normal traffic) | 192 min | 182 min |
| Electric vehicle share | 0.7% postcode 2415 same for both | |
| Rooftop solar per 100 dwellings | 81 postcode 2415 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 (73.3%).
Setting
| Monkerai | Stroud Road | |
|---|---|---|
| Elevation | 128 m above sea level, at the suburb centre | 156 m above sea level, at the suburb centre |
| Distance to the ocean | 46.3 km | 37.6 km |
NBN connectivity
| Monkerai | Stroud Road | |
|---|---|---|
| Connectivity score | 16/100 | 29/100 |
| Most common technology | Satellite (Sky Muster) | Fixed wireless |
| Full-fibre (FTTP) share | 0% 45 premises | 0% 124 premises |
Climate
| Monkerai | Stroud Road | |
|---|---|---|
| Annual rainfall | 1,327 mm same for both | |
| Summer max (Jan) | — same for both | |
| Winter min (Jul) | — same for both | |
Council rates
| Monkerai | Stroud Road | |
|---|---|---|
| Average residential rate | $1,560/yr same for both | |
| Council | Mid-Coast same for both | |
Federal electorate
| Monkerai | Stroud Road | |
|---|---|---|
| Division | Lyne same for both | |
| Member | Alison Penfold same for both | |
| Party | The Nationals same for both | |
First Home Owner Grant
| Monkerai | Stroud Road | |
|---|---|---|
| Grant amount | $10,000 same for both | |
| Property price cap | $600,000 same for both | |
| Eligibility | New same for both | |
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Information shown is provided as-is from Australian government and commercial data sources.
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