New Mexico vs Rushes Creek

In both, the large majority of households own their home and the large majority of homes are detached houses. In New Mexico, most households are people living alone. In Rushes Creek, about half of households are people living alone. Houses cost more in New Mexico: a median of $3.12 million, against $505,000 in Rushes Creek, and rent is higher there too. On these figures, New Mexico tends to suit young adults, people living alone, and older residents, while Rushes Creek suits couples 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

Rushes Creek

ahead on 2 of the 6 things we measure here

  • carries lower crime risk (21/100 vs 58/100)
  • is already more of a family suburb (50% vs 27%)

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

  • New Mexico leaves households under less mortgage stress (13% vs 37%)
  • Rushes Creek has cheaper houses ($505,000 vs $3,120,000)

Weighs house prices and mortgage stress.

Renters

Rushes Creek

ahead on the one thing that separates them

  • has cheaper rent ($190/wk vs $250/wk)

Weighs rent and rental stress.

Commuting to the city

They split

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

  • New Mexico sits closer to the CBD (461.7 km vs 470.3 km)
  • Rushes Creek has a shorter drive in (330 min vs 337 min)

Weighs distance, drive time, and walkability.

Downsizers and retirees

They split

one each way, out of the 4 things we measure here

  • New Mexico has more residents already 65 and over (29% vs 20%)
  • Rushes Creek carries lower crime risk (21/100 vs 58/100)

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

Investors

New Mexico

ahead on the one thing that separates them

  • is growing faster (13.5% vs -7.5%)

Weighs population growth.

Where they sit

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

New Mexico Rushes Creek
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.

New Mexico Rushes Creek
Walkability 0 / 0
New Mexico — Walkability: 0/100 Rushes Creek — Walkability: 0/100
Safety 42 / 79
New Mexico — Safety: 42/100 Rushes Creek — Safety: 79/100
Low fire risk 86 / 67
New Mexico — Low fire risk: 86/100 Rushes Creek — Low fire risk: 67/100

Demographics

Rushes Creek has more residents (98 vs 59); New Mexico has higher household incomes ($110,448 vs $66,612).

New Mexico Rushes Creek
Population 59 98
+66% vs other
Population trend (2016 → 2021) +13.5% -7.5%
Median age 48
same for both
Median household income $110,448/yr
+40% vs other
 $66,612/yr
Median weekly rent $250/wk
+24% vs other
 $190/wk

Age profile

Share of residents in each band, 2021 Census.

New Mexico Rushes Creek
0-4 — / 5.1%
New Mexico — 0-4: not among its largest Rushes Creek — 0-4: 5.1%
5-14 6.8% / 12.2%
New Mexico — 5-14: 6.8% Rushes Creek — 5-14: 12.2%
15-19 10.2% / 6.1%
New Mexico — 15-19: 10.2% Rushes Creek — 15-19: 6.1%
20-24 5.1% / —
New Mexico — 20-24: 5.1% Rushes Creek — 20-24: not among its largest
25-34 20.3% / 9.2%
New Mexico — 25-34: 20.3% Rushes Creek — 25-34: 9.2%
35-44 — / 4.1%
New Mexico — 35-44: not among its largest Rushes Creek — 35-44: 4.1%
45-54 15.3% / 14.3%
New Mexico — 45-54: 15.3% Rushes Creek — 45-54: 14.3%
55-64 11.9% / 25.5%
New Mexico — 55-64: 11.9% Rushes Creek — 55-64: 25.5%
65-74 16.9% / 13.3%
New Mexico — 65-74: 16.9% Rushes Creek — 65-74: 13.3%
75-84 11.9% / 4.1%
New Mexico — 75-84: 11.9% Rushes Creek — 75-84: 4.1%
85+ — / 3.1%
New Mexico — 85+: not among its largest Rushes Creek — 85+: 3.1%

Bars are drawn against the largest share shown (25.5%).

Who lives together

Household composition, 2021 Census.

New Mexico 72.7% lone person
New Mexico — Lone Person: 72.7% New Mexico — Couple Families: 27.3%
Rushes Creek 50.0% lone person
Rushes Creek — Lone Person: 50.0% Rushes Creek — Couple Families: 50.0%
Lone Person Couple Families

Who owns and who rents

Occupied private dwellings by tenure, 2021 Census.

New Mexico 0.0% renting
New Mexico — Owned Outright: 63.2% New Mexico — Mortgage: 36.8% New Mexico — Renting: 0.0%
Rushes Creek 0.0% renting
Rushes Creek — Owned Outright: 75.0% Rushes Creek — Mortgage: 25.0% Rushes Creek — Renting: 0.0%
Owned outright Mortgage Renting

What people live in

Occupied private dwellings by structure, 2021 Census.

New Mexico 100.0% houses
New Mexico — Houses: 100.0% New Mexico — Flats / Apartments: 0.0%
Rushes Creek 90.2% houses
Rushes Creek — Houses: 90.2% Rushes Creek — Flats / Apartments: 9.8%
Houses Flats / Apartments

Qualifications

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

New Mexico Rushes Creek
Certificate III & IV 15.3% / 13.3%
New Mexico — Certificate III & IV: 15.3% Rushes Creek — Certificate III & IV: 13.3%
Advanced Diploma / Diploma 5.1% / 10.2%
New Mexico — Advanced Diploma / Diploma: 5.1% Rushes Creek — Advanced Diploma / Diploma: 10.2%
Bachelor Degree 11.9% / —
New Mexico — Bachelor Degree: 11.9% Rushes Creek — Bachelor Degree: not among its largest
Postgraduate Degree 6.8% / —
New Mexico — Postgraduate Degree: 6.8% Rushes Creek — Postgraduate Degree: not among its largest

Bars are drawn against the largest share shown (15.3%).

Property market

New Mexico Rushes Creek
Median house price $3,120,000 $505,000
Median unit price —
same for both
Median land price —
same for both

Zoning mix

New Mexico Rushes Creek
Rural and farming 100%
same for both
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 Mexico Rushes Creek
New dwellings approved 390
across Tamworth
same for both
Approvals change year on year -35%
same for both

Ranking within NSW

New Mexico Rushes Creek
House price Higher than 94% of NSW Higher than 16% of NSW
Income Higher than 75% of NSW Higher than 29% of NSW
Schools —
same for both
Walkability Higher than 13% of NSW Higher than 32% of NSW
Affordability Higher than 6% of NSW Higher than 81% of NSW
EV adoption Higher than 5% of NSW
same for both
NBN connectivity Higher than 28% of NSW Higher than 40% of NSW

Liveability

New Mexico Rushes Creek
Grade —
same for both
Score —
same for both
Socio-economic band advantaged area
decile 8/10
same for both

Risk profile

New Mexico carries more crime risk (58 vs 21); Rushes Creek carries more bushfire risk (33 vs 14).

New Mexico Rushes Creek
Bushfire Low
14/100
 Low
33/100
Crime Moderate
58/100
 Low
21/100
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

New Mexico Rushes Creek
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

New Mexico Rushes Creek
Waterways 0 2

Mobility

Rushes Creek sits further from the CBD (470.3 km vs 461.7 km).

New Mexico Rushes Creek
Walkability score 0/100
same for both
Distance to Sydney 461.7 km 470.3 km
+2% vs other
Drive time (normal traffic) 337 min 330 min
Electric vehicle share 0.1%
postcode 2346
same for both
Rooftop solar per 100 dwellings 50
postcode 2346
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.

New Mexico Rushes Creek
Car (driver) 59.3% / 46.9%
New Mexico — Car (driver): 59.3% Rushes Creek — Car (driver): 46.9%
Worked from Home 40.7% / 38.8%
New Mexico — Worked from Home: 40.7% Rushes Creek — Worked from Home: 38.8%
Walked Only — / 8.2%
New Mexico — Walked Only: not among its largest Rushes Creek — Walked Only: 8.2%
Bus — / 6.1%
New Mexico — Bus: not among its largest Rushes Creek — Bus: 6.1%

Bars are drawn against the largest share shown (59.3%).

Setting

New Mexico Rushes Creek
Elevation 413 m
above sea level, at the suburb centre
 397 m
above sea level, at the suburb centre

NBN connectivity

New Mexico Rushes Creek
Connectivity score 19/100 27/100
Most common technology Satellite (Sky Muster) Fixed wireless
Full-fibre (FTTP) share 0%
7 premises
 0%
36 premises

Climate

New Mexico Rushes Creek
Annual rainfall 679 mm 626 mm
Summer max (Jan) 32.0°C 32.8°C
Winter min (Jul) 0.9°C 6.0°C

Council rates

New Mexico Rushes Creek
Average residential rate $1,397/yr
same for both
Council Tamworth
same for both

Federal electorate

New Mexico Rushes Creek
Division New England
same for both
Member Barnaby Joyce
same for both
Party The Nationals
same for both

First Home Owner Grant

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

Tags

New Mexico

Premium Retirees Rural

Rushes Creek

Affordable Rural

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