Mulgoa vs Wallacia

Wallacia is the younger of the two, with a median age of 38 against 41 in Mulgoa. In both, the large majority of households own their home and the large majority of homes are detached houses. In Mulgoa, most households are couple families. In Wallacia, about half of households are couple families. Houses cost more in Mulgoa: a median of $1.5 million, against $1.19 million in Wallacia, and rent is higher there too. On these figures, Mulgoa tends to suit couples, while Wallacia suits people living alone and 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

Mulgoa

ahead on 3 of the 6 things we measure here

  • has more childcare (3 vs 0)
  • has more separate houses rather than flats (100% vs 85%)
  • is already more of a family suburb (79% vs 68%)
  • But Wallacia has more schools rated above their peers (1 vs 0)

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

First-home buyers

They split

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

  • Mulgoa has cheaper land ($920,000 vs $3,000,000)
  • Wallacia has cheaper houses ($1,190,000 vs $1,505,000)

Weighs house prices, land prices, and mortgage stress.

Renters

Wallacia

ahead on the one thing that separates them

  • has cheaper rent ($400/wk vs $450/wk)

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

Commuting to the city

Mulgoa

ahead on the one thing that separates them

  • sits closer to the CBD (62.4 km vs 68.6 km)

Weighs distance, drive time, and walkability.

Downsizers and retirees

Wallacia

ahead on the one thing that separates them

  • has more units and townhouses to downsize into (15% vs 0%)

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

Investors

Too close to call

Nothing among the 2 things we measure here separates them by enough to be worth acting on.

Weighs house yield and population growth.

Where they sit

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

Mulgoa Wallacia
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.

Mulgoa Wallacia
Walkability 17 / 10
Mulgoa — Walkability: 17/100 Wallacia — Walkability: 10/100
Safety 46 / 52
Mulgoa — Safety: 46/100 Wallacia — Safety: 52/100
Low fire risk 19 / 28
Mulgoa — Low fire risk: 19/100 Wallacia — Low fire risk: 28/100

Demographics

Mulgoa has higher household incomes ($131,716 vs $104,208); Mulgoa rents higher ($450/wk vs $400/wk).

Mulgoa Wallacia
Population 2,044
+16% vs other
 1,711
Population trend (2016 → 2021) +7.7% +5.2%
Median age 41 38
Median household income $131,716/yr
+21% vs other
 $104,208/yr
Median weekly rent $450/wk
+11% vs other
 $400/wk

Age profile

Share of residents in each band, 2021 Census.

Mulgoa Wallacia
0-4 5.3% / 6.7%
Mulgoa — 0-4: 5.3% Wallacia — 0-4: 6.7%
5-14 13.6% / 13.3%
Mulgoa — 5-14: 13.6% Wallacia — 5-14: 13.3%
15-19 9.2% / 6.8%
Mulgoa — 15-19: 9.2% Wallacia — 15-19: 6.8%
20-24 5.9% / 6.3%
Mulgoa — 20-24: 5.9% Wallacia — 20-24: 6.3%
25-34 9.0% / 11.0%
Mulgoa — 25-34: 9.0% Wallacia — 25-34: 11.0%
35-44 11.5% / 12.4%
Mulgoa — 35-44: 11.5% Wallacia — 35-44: 12.4%
45-54 15.2% / 13.2%
Mulgoa — 45-54: 15.2% Wallacia — 45-54: 13.2%
55-64 12.8% / 13.0%
Mulgoa — 55-64: 12.8% Wallacia — 55-64: 13.0%
65-74 10.4% / 11.5%
Mulgoa — 65-74: 10.4% Wallacia — 65-74: 11.5%
75-84 5.6% / 5.0%
Mulgoa — 75-84: 5.6% Wallacia — 75-84: 5.0%
85+ 1.0% / 0.9%
Mulgoa — 85+: 1.0% Wallacia — 85+: 0.9%

Bars are drawn against the largest share shown (15.2%).

Who lives together

Household composition, 2021 Census.

Mulgoa 67.0% couple families
Mulgoa — Couple Families: 67.0% Mulgoa — Lone Person: 17.7% Mulgoa — One Parent Families: 11.8% Mulgoa — Group Household: 1.6% Mulgoa — Other Families: 1.8%
Wallacia 52.2% couple families
Wallacia — Couple Families: 52.2% Wallacia — Lone Person: 30.0% Wallacia — One Parent Families: 15.4% Wallacia — Group Household: 1.4% Wallacia — Other Families: 1.0%
Couple Families Lone Person One Parent Families Group Household Other Families

Who owns and who rents

Occupied private dwellings by tenure, 2021 Census.

Mulgoa 13.9% renting
Mulgoa — Owned Outright: 46.3% Mulgoa — Mortgage: 39.7% Mulgoa — Renting: 13.9%
Wallacia 20.6% renting
Wallacia — Owned Outright: 38.6% Wallacia — Mortgage: 40.8% Wallacia — Renting: 20.6%
Owned outright Mortgage Renting

Qualifications

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

Mulgoa Wallacia
Certificate III & IV 17.0% / 19.0%
Mulgoa — Certificate III & IV: 17.0% Wallacia — Certificate III & IV: 19.0%
Bachelor Degree 11.0% / 6.5%
Mulgoa — Bachelor Degree: 11.0% Wallacia — Bachelor Degree: 6.5%
Advanced Diploma / Diploma 7.9% / 7.4%
Mulgoa — Advanced Diploma / Diploma: 7.9% Wallacia — Advanced Diploma / Diploma: 7.4%
Postgraduate Degree 3.1% / 1.9%
Mulgoa — Postgraduate Degree: 3.1% Wallacia — Postgraduate Degree: 1.9%
Graduate Diploma / Certificate 1.9% / 0.7%
Mulgoa — Graduate Diploma / Certificate: 1.9% Wallacia — Graduate Diploma / Certificate: 0.7%

Bars are drawn against the largest share shown (19.0%).

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.

Mulgoa Wallacia
England 2.4% / 2.6%
Mulgoa — England: 2.4% Wallacia — England: 2.6%
Italy 1.1% / 0.7%
Mulgoa — Italy: 1.1% Wallacia — Italy: 0.7%
New Zealand 0.5% / 1.3%
Mulgoa — New Zealand: 0.5% Wallacia — New Zealand: 1.3%
Germany 1.3% / 0.4%
Mulgoa — Germany: 1.3% Wallacia — Germany: 0.4%
China — / 1.1%
Mulgoa — China: not among its largest Wallacia — China: 1.1%
Lebanon 0.9% / —
Mulgoa — Lebanon: 0.9% Wallacia — Lebanon: not among its largest
India 0.6% / —
Mulgoa — India: 0.6% Wallacia — India: not among its largest
Philippines — / 0.6%
Mulgoa — Philippines: not among its largest Wallacia — Philippines: 0.6%

Bars are drawn against the largest share shown (2.6%).

What people live in

Occupied private dwellings by structure, 2021 Census.

Mulgoa 99.7% houses
Mulgoa — Houses: 99.7% Mulgoa — Flats / Apartments: 0.3% Mulgoa — Townhouses: 0.0%
Wallacia 85.3% houses
Wallacia — Houses: 85.3% Wallacia — Flats / Apartments: 14.0% Wallacia — Townhouses: 0.7%
Houses Flats / Apartments Townhouses

Property market

Mulgoa Wallacia
Median house price $1,505,000 $1,190,000
Median unit price —
same for both
Median land price $920,000 $3,000,000
Typical days to sell (houses) 46 days
from 8 sales
 15 days
from 3 sales

House price by bedroom count

Only bed counts both suburbs published enough sales for. Sale counts are shown because the buckets differ in depth.

Mulgoa Wallacia
3 bed $1.23M / $980K
Mulgoa — 3 bed: $1.23M (10 sales) Wallacia — 3 bed: $980K (11 sales)

10 vs 11 sales

4 bed $1.7M / $1.25M
Mulgoa — 4 bed: $1.7M (9 sales) Wallacia — 4 bed: $1.25M (11 sales)

9 vs 11 sales

Zoning mix

Mulgoa has more land zoned for conservation (92% vs 7%); Wallacia has more rural and farming land (87% vs 2%).

Mulgoa Wallacia
Environmental 92% 7%
Rural and farming 2% 87%
Residential 2% 3%
Infrastructure and transport 2%
same for both
Planning zones cover 100% of Mulgoa and 99% of Wallacia. The rest is unzoned land such as water or road reserve.
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

Mulgoa Wallacia
New dwellings approved 1,063
across Penrith
 2,229
across Liverpool
Approvals change year on year -78% +28%

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.

Mulgoa Wallacia
Houses 2.9%
$1,035/wk on $1.82M
 2.8%
$700/wk on $1.31M
Units —
same for both

Ranking within NSW

Mulgoa Wallacia
House price Higher than 90% of NSW Higher than 59% of NSW
Income Higher than 89% of NSW Higher than 71% of NSW
Schools —
same for both
Walkability Higher than 68% of NSW Higher than 56% of NSW
Affordability Higher than 20% of NSW Higher than 57% of NSW
EV adoption Higher than 80% of NSW
same for both
NBN connectivity Higher than 67% of NSW Higher than 69% of NSW
Rental yield (houses) Higher than 20% of NSW Higher than 13% of NSW

Liveability

Mulgoa scores higher overall (41 vs 35).

Mulgoa Wallacia
Grade C
same for both
Score 41/100 35/100
Socio-economic band very advantaged area
decile 9/10
 mid-range socio-economic
decile 6/10

Risk profile

Mulgoa Wallacia
Bushfire High
81/100
 High
72/100
Crime Moderate
54/100
 Moderate
48/100
Flood Not mapped
no mapped data here
same for both
Coastal erosion None
0/100
same for both
Aircraft noise None
0/100
 High
83/100
Industrial facilities nearby 0
within 5 km
 4
within 5 km

Schools

Mulgoa Wallacia
Inside the suburb 2 1
Rated above peers 0 1
Rated at peers 1 0
Rated below peers 1 0

Schools in Mulgoa

  • Mulgoa Public School Government · Primary at peers
  • Nepean Christian School Independent · Combined below peers

Schools in Wallacia

  • Wallacia Public School Government · Primary above peers

Amenities in the suburb

Mulgoa Wallacia
Supermarkets 1 0
Cafes & restaurants 1 0
Parks & reserves 3
same for both
Childcare 3 0
Pharmacies 1 0
Banks & Bank@Post 1
same for both
Fuel stations 0 1
Waterways 5 16

Mobility

Wallacia sits further from the CBD (68.6 km vs 62.4 km).

Mulgoa Wallacia
Walkability score 17/100 10/100
Distance to Sydney 62.4 km 68.6 km
+10% vs other
Drive time (normal traffic) 55 min 59 min
Public transport score 79/100
Bus
 71/100
Bus
Peak arrivals per hour 42.0
7-9am + 5-7pm
 37.8
7-9am + 5-7pm
Median peak wait 1 min
scheduled, not actual
 0 min
scheduled, not actual
Electric vehicle share 0.9%
postcode 2745
same for both
Rooftop solar per 100 dwellings 56
postcode 2745
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.

Mulgoa Wallacia
Car (driver) 57.3% / 57.1%
Mulgoa — Car (driver): 57.3% Wallacia — Car (driver): 57.1%
Worked from Home 36.4% / 35.8%
Mulgoa — Worked from Home: 36.4% Wallacia — Worked from Home: 35.8%
Car (passenger) 3.5% / 4.0%
Mulgoa — Car (passenger): 3.5% Wallacia — Car (passenger): 4.0%
Walked Only 2.4% / 2.6%
Mulgoa — Walked Only: 2.4% Wallacia — Walked Only: 2.6%
Bus — / 0.5%
Mulgoa — Bus: not among its largest Wallacia — Bus: 0.5%
Train 0.3% / —
Mulgoa — Train: 0.3% Wallacia — Train: not among its largest

Bars are drawn against the largest share shown (57.3%).

Setting

Mulgoa Wallacia
Elevation 81 m
above sea level, at the suburb centre
 65 m
above sea level, at the suburb centre
Distance to the ocean 49.0 km 46.7 km

NBN connectivity

Mulgoa Wallacia
Connectivity score 49/100 57/100
Most common technology Fixed wireless Fibre to the node
Full-fibre (FTTP) share 22%
655 premises
 29%
658 premises

Climate

Mulgoa Wallacia
Annual rainfall 822 mm
same for both
Summer max (Jan) —
same for both
Winter min (Jul) —
same for both

Air quality (annual mean)

Mulgoa Wallacia
PM2.5 5.6 µg/m³ 6.7 µg/m³
PM10 17.6 µg/m³ 16.9 µg/m³
NO₂ 0.55 pphm 0.37 pphm

Council rates

Mulgoa Wallacia
Average residential rate $1,547/yr $1,322/yr
Council Penrith Liverpool

Federal electorate

Mulgoa Wallacia
Division Lindsay Hume
Member Melissa Mcintosh Angus Taylor
Party Liberal
same for both

First Home Owner Grant

Mulgoa Wallacia
Grant amount $10,000
same for both
Property price cap $600,000
same for both
Eligibility New
same for both

Tags

Mulgoa

Acreage

Wallacia

Acreage River

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