Parraweena vs Blackville
In both, the large majority of homes are detached houses. In Parraweena, about half of households rent and the large majority of households are couple families. In Blackville, the large majority of households own their home and about half of households are people living alone. On these figures, Parraweena tends to suit renters and 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
Parraweena
ahead on the one thing that separates them
- is already more of a family suburb (100% vs 50%)
Weighs schools, house stock, crime, parks, childcare, and who already lives there.
Renters
Parraweena
ahead on 3 of the 3 things we measure here
- leaves renters under less rental stress (3% vs 12%)
- has a bigger rental market to choose from (47% vs 15%)
- has cheaper rent ($62/wk vs $172/wk)
Weighs rent, rental stress, and how much is for rent.
Commuting to the city
Parraweena
ahead on 2 of the 3 things we measure here
- has a shorter drive in (270 min vs 301 min)
- sits closer to the CBD (364.6 km vs 402.1 km)
Weighs distance, drive time, and walkability.
Downsizers and retirees
Blackville
ahead on the one thing that separates them
- has more residents already 65 and over (18% vs 8%)
Weighs who already lives there, GPs, walkability, and crime.
Investors
Parraweena
ahead on the one thing that separates them
- is growing faster (52.5% vs 13.3%)
Weighs population growth.
Where they sit
Parraweena and Blackville 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
Blackville rents higher ($172/wk vs $62/wk); Blackville has more residents (128 vs 61).
| Parraweena | Blackville | |
|---|---|---|
| Population | 61 | 128 +110% vs other |
| Population trend (2016 → 2021) | +52.5% | +13.3% |
| Median age | 44 | 45 |
| Median household income | $100,724/yr +27% vs other | $73,632/yr |
| Median weekly rent | $62/wk | $172/wk +177% vs other |
Age profile
Share of residents in each band, 2021 Census.
Bars are drawn against the largest share shown (18.8%).
Who lives together
Household composition, 2021 Census.
Who owns and who rents
Occupied private dwellings by tenure, 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 (23.0%).
Property market
| Parraweena | Blackville | |
|---|---|---|
| Median house price | — | $280,000 |
| Median unit price | — same for both | |
| Median land price | — | $96,000 |
Zoning mix
| Parraweena | Blackville | |
|---|---|---|
| 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
| Parraweena | Blackville | |
|---|---|---|
| New dwellings approved | 12 across Liverpool Plains same for both | |
| Approvals change year on year | +33% same for both | |
Ranking within NSW
| Parraweena | Blackville | |
|---|---|---|
| House price | — | Higher than 6% of NSW |
| Income | Higher than 69% of NSW | Higher than 40% of NSW |
| Schools | — same for both | |
| Walkability | Higher than 35% of NSW | Higher than 4% of NSW |
| Affordability | — | Higher than 95% of NSW |
| EV adoption | — | Higher than 5% of NSW |
| NBN connectivity | Higher than 25% of NSW | Higher than 2% of NSW |
Liveability
| Parraweena | Blackville | |
|---|---|---|
| Grade | — same for both | |
| Score | — same for both | |
| Socio-economic band | advantaged area decile 7/10 | mid-range socio-economic decile 6/10 |
Risk profile
Blackville carries more bushfire risk (36 vs 21).
| Parraweena | Blackville | |
|---|---|---|
| Bushfire | Low 21/100 | Low 36/100 |
| Crime | Moderate 50/100 same for both | |
| 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
| Parraweena | Blackville | |
|---|---|---|
| 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 Parraweena
No schools recorded inside this suburb's boundary. Children here will be zoned to schools nearby.
Schools in Blackville
- Blackville Public School Government · Primary
Amenities in the suburb
| Parraweena | Blackville | |
|---|---|---|
| Waterways | 2 same for both | |
Mobility
Blackville sits further from the CBD (402.1 km vs 364.6 km).
| Parraweena | Blackville | |
|---|---|---|
| Walkability score | 0/100 same for both | |
| Distance to Sydney | 364.6 km | 402.1 km +10% vs other |
| Drive time (normal traffic) | 270 min | 301 min |
| Electric vehicle share | 0.0% postcode 2339 | 0.1% postcode 2343 |
| Rooftop solar per 100 dwellings | 54 postcode 2339 | 47 postcode 2343 |
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 (78.6%).
Setting
| Parraweena | Blackville | |
|---|---|---|
| Elevation | 404 m above sea level, at the suburb centre | 378 m above sea level, at the suburb centre |
NBN connectivity
| Parraweena | Blackville | |
|---|---|---|
| Connectivity score | 16/100 | 15/100 |
| Most common technology | Satellite (Sky Muster) same for both | |
| Full-fibre (FTTP) share | 0% 10 premises | 0% 20 premises |
Climate
| Parraweena | Blackville | |
|---|---|---|
| Annual rainfall | 650 mm same for both | |
| Summer max (Jan) | 32.6°C same for both | |
| Winter min (Jul) | 2.6°C same for both | |
Council rates
| Parraweena | Blackville | |
|---|---|---|
| Average residential rate | $934/yr same for both | |
| Council | Liverpool Plains same for both | |
Federal electorate
| Parraweena | Blackville | |
|---|---|---|
| Division | New England same for both | |
| Member | Barnaby Joyce same for both | |
| Party | The Nationals same for both | |
First Home Owner Grant
| Parraweena | Blackville | |
|---|---|---|
| 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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