New Italy vs Woodburn
In both, the large majority of households own their home and the large majority of homes are detached houses. Houses cost more in Woodburn: a median of $590,000, against $270,000 in New Italy, and rent is higher there too. On these figures, New Italy 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 5 things we measure here separates them by enough to be worth acting on.
Weighs schools, house stock, parks, childcare, and who already lives there.
First-home buyers
Woodburn
ahead on 2 of the 3 things we measure here
- has cheaper land ($285,000 vs $500,000)
- leaves households under less mortgage stress (26% vs 34%)
- But New Italy has cheaper houses ($270,000 vs $590,000)
Weighs house prices, land prices, and mortgage stress.
Renters
They split
one each way, out of the 3 things we measure here
- New Italy has cheaper rent ($230/wk vs $340/wk)
- Woodburn has a bigger rental market to choose from (24% vs 6%)
Weighs rent, rental stress, and how much is for rent.
Commuting to the city
New Italy
ahead on the one thing that separates them
- sits closer to the CBD (683.9 km vs 689 km)
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 smaller dwellings, who already lives there, GPs, and walkability.
Investors
New Italy
ahead on the one thing that separates them
- is growing faster (33.2% vs 0.5%)
Weighs population growth.
Where they sit
New Italy and Woodburn 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
Woodburn has more residents (743 vs 249); Woodburn rents higher ($340/wk vs $230/wk).
| New Italy | Woodburn | |
|---|---|---|
| Population | 249 | 743 +198% vs other |
| Population trend (2016 → 2021) | +33.2% | +0.5% |
| Median age | 42 | 41 |
| Median household income | $60,216/yr | $72,072/yr +20% vs other |
| Median weekly rent | $230/wk | $340/wk +48% vs other |
Age profile
Share of residents in each band, 2021 Census.
Bars are drawn against the largest share shown (16.5%).
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 (2.8%).
Who lives together
Household composition, 2021 Census.
What people live in
Occupied private dwellings by structure, 2021 Census.
Qualifications
Highest non-school qualification, residents 15+, 2021 Census.
Bars are drawn against the largest share shown (19.7%).
Who owns and who rents
Occupied private dwellings by tenure, 2021 Census.
Property market
| New Italy | Woodburn | |
|---|---|---|
| Median house price | $270,000 | $590,000 |
| Median unit price | — same for both | |
| Median land price | $500,000 | $285,000 |
| Typical days to sell (houses) | — | 80 days from 11 sales |
Zoning mix
New Italy has more rural and farming land (95% vs 71%); Woodburn has more land zoned for conservation (26% vs 4%).
| New Italy | Woodburn | |
|---|---|---|
| Rural and farming | 95% | 71% |
| Environmental | 4% | 26% |
| Infrastructure and transport | 1% | 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
| New Italy | Woodburn | |
|---|---|---|
| New dwellings approved | 24 across Richmond Valley same for both | |
| Approvals change year on year | -78% same for both | |
Ranking within NSW
| New Italy | Woodburn | |
|---|---|---|
| House price | Higher than 6% of NSW | Higher than 16% of NSW |
| Income | Higher than 22% of NSW | Higher than 39% of NSW |
| Schools | — same for both | |
| Walkability | Higher than 48% of NSW | Higher than 3% of NSW |
| Affordability | Higher than 94% of NSW | Higher than 84% of NSW |
| EV adoption | Higher than 25% of NSW | Higher than 24% of NSW |
| NBN connectivity | Higher than 26% of NSW | Higher than 88% of NSW |
Liveability
| New Italy | Woodburn | |
|---|---|---|
| Grade | — | D |
| Score | — | 8/100 |
| Socio-economic band | below-average income decile 2/10 same for both | |
Risk profile
| New Italy | Woodburn | |
|---|---|---|
| Bushfire | High 89/100 | High 85/100 |
| Crime | Moderate 67/100 | — |
| 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
| New Italy | Woodburn | |
|---|---|---|
| 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 | |
Schools in New Italy
No schools recorded inside this suburb's boundary. Children here will be zoned to schools nearby.
Schools in Woodburn
- St Joseph's Primary School Catholic · Primary at peers
- Woodburn Public School Government · Primary at peers
Amenities in the suburb
| New Italy | Woodburn | |
|---|---|---|
| Supermarkets | 0 | 1 |
| Cafes & restaurants | 1 | 7 |
| Parks & reserves | 0 | 2 |
| Childcare | 0 | 1 |
| Pharmacies | 0 | 1 |
| Police stations | 0 | 1 |
| Banks & Bank@Post | 0 | 1 |
| EV chargers | 1 | 0 |
| Beaches | 0 | 1 |
| Waterways | 4 | 15 |
Mobility
Woodburn sits further from the CBD (689 km vs 683.9 km).
| New Italy | Woodburn | |
|---|---|---|
| Walkability score | 5/100 | 0/100 |
| Distance to Sydney | 683.9 km | 689 km |
| Drive time (normal traffic) | 439 min | 443 min |
| Electric vehicle share | 0.2% postcode 2472 same for both | |
| Rooftop solar per 100 dwellings | 79 postcode 2472 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 (76.8%).
Setting
| New Italy | Woodburn | |
|---|---|---|
| Elevation | 16 m above sea level, at the suburb centre | 6 m above sea level, at the suburb centre |
| Distance to the ocean | 11.9 km | 7.6 km 3.1 km to a named beach |
NBN connectivity
| New Italy | Woodburn | |
|---|---|---|
| Connectivity score | 17/100 | 79/100 |
| Most common technology | Satellite (Sky Muster) | Fibre to the premises |
| Full-fibre (FTTP) share | 0% 52 premises | 52% 367 premises |
Climate
| New Italy | Woodburn | |
|---|---|---|
| Annual rainfall | 1,408 mm | 1,557 mm |
| Summer max (Jan) | — | 27.4°C |
| Winter min (Jul) | — | 11.0°C |
Council rates
| New Italy | Woodburn | |
|---|---|---|
| Average residential rate | $1,282/yr same for both | |
| Council | Richmond Valley same for both | |
Federal electorate
| New Italy | Woodburn | |
|---|---|---|
| Division | Page same for both | |
| Member | Kevin Hogan same for both | |
| Party | The Nationals same for both | |
First Home Owner Grant
| New Italy | Woodburn | |
|---|---|---|
| Grant amount | $10,000 same for both | |
| Property price cap | $600,000 same for both | |
| Eligibility | New same for both | |
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