Orange vs Spring Creek

Orange is the younger of the two, with a median age of 36 against 54 in Spring Creek. In both, most households own their home and the large majority of homes are detached houses. In Spring Creek, most households are couple families. Houses cost more in Spring Creek: a median of $3.38 million, against $730,000 in Orange, though rent is higher in Orange. On these figures, Orange tends to suit families with children and buyers on a tighter budget, while Spring Creek suits 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

They split

one each way, out of the 6 things we measure here

  • Orange has more parks and reserves (68 vs 0)
  • Spring Creek carries lower crime risk (24/100 vs 85/100)

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

First-home buyers

Orange

ahead on 2 of the 2 things we measure here

  • has cheaper houses ($730,000 vs $3,375,000)
  • leaves households under less mortgage stress (24% vs 32%)

Weighs house prices and mortgage stress.

Renters

Spring Creek

ahead on 2 of the 3 things we measure here

  • leaves renters under less rental stress (12% vs 20%)
  • has cheaper rent ($250/wk vs $330/wk)
  • But Orange has a bigger rental market to choose from (35% vs 10%)

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

Commuting to the city

Orange

ahead on the one thing that separates them

  • is more walkable (27/100 vs 7/100)

Weighs distance, drive time, and walkability.

Downsizers and retirees

Orange

ahead on 2 of the 4 things we measure here

  • has more GPs (16 vs 0)
  • is more walkable (27/100 vs 7/100)
  • But Spring Creek carries lower crime risk (24/100 vs 85/100)

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

Investors

Orange

ahead on the one thing that separates them

  • is growing faster (8.2% vs 0.8%)

Weighs population growth.

Where they sit

Orange and Spring 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.

Orange Spring 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.

Orange Spring Creek
Walkability 27 / 7
Orange — Walkability: 27/100 Spring Creek — Walkability: 7/100
Safety 15 / 76
Orange — Safety: 15/100 Spring Creek — Safety: 76/100
Low fire risk 71 / 100
Orange — Low fire risk: 71/100 Spring Creek — Low fire risk: 100/100

Demographics

Orange has more residents (41,232 vs 131); Spring Creek skews older (54 vs 36).

Orange Spring Creek
Population 41,232
+100% vs other
 131
Population trend (2016 → 2021) +8.2% +0.8%
Median age 36 54
Median household income $85,332/yr $106,600/yr
+25% vs other
Median weekly rent $330/wk
+24% vs other
 $250/wk

Age profile

Share of residents in each band, 2021 Census.

Orange Spring Creek
0-4 7.1% / 3.8%
Orange — 0-4: 7.1% Spring Creek — 0-4: 3.8%
5-14 14.5% / 12.2%
Orange — 5-14: 14.5% Spring Creek — 5-14: 12.2%
15-19 6.1% / 3.8%
Orange — 15-19: 6.1% Spring Creek — 15-19: 3.8%
20-24 5.6% / 6.1%
Orange — 20-24: 5.6% Spring Creek — 20-24: 6.1%
25-34 13.8% / 5.3%
Orange — 25-34: 13.8% Spring Creek — 25-34: 5.3%
35-44 12.6% / 9.2%
Orange — 35-44: 12.6% Spring Creek — 35-44: 9.2%
45-54 11.6% / 14.5%
Orange — 45-54: 11.6% Spring Creek — 45-54: 14.5%
55-64 10.7% / 27.5%
Orange — 55-64: 10.7% Spring Creek — 55-64: 27.5%
65-74 9.5% / 19.8%
Orange — 65-74: 9.5% Spring Creek — 65-74: 19.8%
75-84 5.8% / 2.3%
Orange — 75-84: 5.8% Spring Creek — 75-84: 2.3%
85+ 2.5% / —
Orange — 85+: 2.5% Spring Creek — 85+: not among its largest

Bars are drawn against the largest share shown (27.5%).

Who lives together

Household composition, 2021 Census.

Orange 38.0% couple families
Orange — Couple Families: 38.0% Orange — Lone Person: 39.4% Orange — One Parent Families: 16.8% Orange — Group Household: 4.4% Orange — Other Families: 1.4%
Spring Creek 56.0% couple families
Spring Creek — Couple Families: 56.0% Spring Creek — Lone Person: 32.0% Spring Creek — One Parent Families: 12.0% Spring Creek — Group Household: 0.0% Spring Creek — Other Families: 0.0%
Couple Families Lone Person One Parent Families Group Household Other Families

Who owns and who rents

Occupied private dwellings by tenure, 2021 Census.

Orange 34.8% renting
Orange — Owned Outright: 31.0% Orange — Mortgage: 34.3% Orange — Renting: 34.8%
Spring Creek 9.8% renting
Spring Creek — Owned Outright: 65.9% Spring Creek — Mortgage: 24.4% Spring Creek — Renting: 9.8%
Owned outright Mortgage Renting

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.

Orange Spring Creek
England 1.6% / 3.8%
Orange — England: 1.6% Spring Creek — England: 3.8%
India 1.2% / —
Orange — India: 1.2% Spring Creek — India: not among its largest
New Zealand 1.0% / —
Orange — New Zealand: 1.0% Spring Creek — New Zealand: not among its largest
Philippines 0.7% / —
Orange — Philippines: 0.7% Spring Creek — Philippines: not among its largest
Nepal 0.6% / —
Orange — Nepal: 0.6% Spring Creek — Nepal: not among its largest

Bars are drawn against the largest share shown (3.8%).

Qualifications

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

Orange Spring Creek
Certificate III & IV 15.5% / 24.4%
Orange — Certificate III & IV: 15.5% Spring Creek — Certificate III & IV: 24.4%
Bachelor Degree 11.4% / 8.4%
Orange — Bachelor Degree: 11.4% Spring Creek — Bachelor Degree: 8.4%
Advanced Diploma / Diploma 6.9% / 6.1%
Orange — Advanced Diploma / Diploma: 6.9% Spring Creek — Advanced Diploma / Diploma: 6.1%
Postgraduate Degree 3.4% / 3.8%
Orange — Postgraduate Degree: 3.4% Spring Creek — Postgraduate Degree: 3.8%
Graduate Diploma / Certificate 1.6% / 3.1%
Orange — Graduate Diploma / Certificate: 1.6% Spring Creek — Graduate Diploma / Certificate: 3.1%

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

What people live in

Occupied private dwellings by structure, 2021 Census.

Orange 85.6% houses
Orange — Houses: 85.6% Orange — Townhouses: 10.1% Orange — Flats / Apartments: 4.2%
Spring Creek 100.0% houses
Spring Creek — Houses: 100.0% Spring Creek — Townhouses: 0.0% Spring Creek — Flats / Apartments: 0.0%
Houses Townhouses Flats / Apartments

Property market

Orange Spring Creek
Median house price $730,000 $3,375,000
Median unit price $513,000 —
Median land price $372,500 —
Typical days to sell (houses) 38 days
from 524 sales
 —

Zoning mix

Spring Creek has more land zoned for conservation (92% vs 13%); Orange has more rural and farming land (44% vs 0%).

Orange Spring Creek
Environmental 13% 92%
Rural and farming 44% 0%
Residential 25% 0%
Infrastructure and transport 8%
same for both
Parks and recreation 6% 0%
Industrial 4% 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

Orange Spring Creek
New dwellings approved 238
across Orange
same for both
Approvals change year on year +56%
same for both

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.

Orange Spring Creek
Houses 3.9%
$600/wk on $799K
 —
Units 4.4%
$428/wk on $510K
 —

Ranking within NSW

Orange Spring Creek
House price Higher than 26% of NSW Higher than 95% of NSW
Income Higher than 55% of NSW Higher than 72% of NSW
Schools Higher than 41% of NSW —
Walkability Higher than 73% of NSW Higher than 51% of NSW
Affordability Higher than 77% of NSW Higher than 5% of NSW
EV adoption Higher than 60% of NSW
same for both
NBN connectivity Higher than 75% of NSW Higher than 57% of NSW
Rental yield (houses) Higher than 68% of NSW —
Rental yield (units) Higher than 39% of NSW —

Liveability

Orange is more walkable (27 vs 7).

Orange Spring Creek
Grade C —
Score 34/100 —
Socio-economic band mid-range socio-economic
decile 5/10
 very advantaged area
decile 9/10

Risk profile

Orange carries more bushfire risk (29 vs 0); Orange carries more crime risk (85 vs 24).

Orange Spring Creek
Bushfire Low
29/100
 None
0/100
Crime High
85/100
 Low
24/100
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 1
within 5 km
 3
within 5 km

Schools

Orange Spring Creek
Inside the suburb 17 0
Rated above peers 3 0
Rated at peers 5 0
Rated below peers 7 0

Schools in Orange

  • Catherine McAuley Catholic Primary School Orange Catholic · Primary above peers
  • OneSchool Global NSW - Orange Independent · Combined above peers
  • Orange High School Government · Secondary above peers
  • Bletchington Public School Government · Primary at peers
  • James Sheahan Catholic High School Orange Catholic · Secondary at peers
  • Kinross Wolaroi School Independent · Combined at peers

Schools in Spring Creek

No schools recorded inside this suburb's boundary. Children here will be zoned to schools nearby.

Amenities in the suburb

Orange Spring Creek
Supermarkets 10 0
Cafes & restaurants 38 0
Parks & reserves 68 0
Childcare 33 0
GPs 16 0
Pharmacies 12 0
Hospitals 4 0
Police stations 1 0
Banks & Bank@Post 10 0
Fuel stations 14 0
EV chargers 3 0
Waterways 107 7

Mobility

Orange Spring Creek
Walkability score 27/100 7/100
Distance to Sydney 268.8 km 268.5 km
Drive time (normal traffic) 225 min 227 min
Electric vehicle share 0.6%
postcode 2800
same for both
Rooftop solar per 100 dwellings 48
postcode 2800
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.

Orange Spring Creek
Car (driver) 77.6% / 71.4%
Orange — Car (driver): 77.6% Spring Creek — Car (driver): 71.4%
Worked from Home 11.5% / 28.6%
Orange — Worked from Home: 11.5% Spring Creek — Worked from Home: 28.6%
Car (passenger) 6.8% / —
Orange — Car (passenger): 6.8% Spring Creek — Car (passenger): not among its largest
Walked Only 3.0% / —
Orange — Walked Only: 3.0% Spring Creek — Walked Only: not among its largest
Bus 0.6% / —
Orange — Bus: 0.6% Spring Creek — Bus: not among its largest

Bars are drawn against the largest share shown (77.6%).

Setting

Orange Spring Creek
Elevation 845 m
above sea level, at the suburb centre
 919 m
above sea level, at the suburb centre

NBN connectivity

Orange Spring Creek
Connectivity score 68/100 30/100
Most common technology Fibre to the node Fixed wireless
Full-fibre (FTTP) share 43%
21,826 premises
 0%
66 premises

Climate

Orange Spring Creek
Annual rainfall 894 mm
same for both
Summer max (Jan) 26.3°C
same for both
Winter min (Jul) 2.2°C
same for both

Air quality (annual mean)

Orange Spring Creek
PM2.5 6.0 µg/m³
same for both
PM10 10.8 µg/m³
same for both
NO₂ 0.4 pphm
same for both

Council rates

Orange Spring Creek
Average residential rate $1,668/yr
same for both
Council Orange
same for both

Federal electorate

Orange Spring Creek
Division Calare
same for both
Member Andrew Gee
same for both
Party Independent
same for both

First Home Owner Grant

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

Tags

Orange

Regional Centre River

Spring Creek

Premium Rural

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