Raworth vs Tenambit

Raworth is the younger of the two, with a median age of 36 against 41 in Tenambit. In both, most households own their home and the large majority of homes are detached houses. In Raworth, most households are couple families. Houses cost more in Raworth: a median of $875,000, against $790,000 in Tenambit, and rent is higher there too. On these figures, Raworth tends to suit families with children and couples, while Tenambit suits people living alone and older residents.

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

Raworth

ahead on 2 of the 6 things we measure here

  • carries lower crime risk (50/100 vs 74/100)
  • is already more of a family suburb (76% vs 56%)
  • But Tenambit has more parks and reserves (7 vs 2)

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

  • Raworth leaves households under less mortgage stress (21% vs 30%)
  • Tenambit has cheaper houses ($790,000 vs $875,000)

Weighs house prices, unit prices, and mortgage stress.

Renters

They split

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

  • Raworth leaves renters under less rental stress (20% vs 28%)
  • Tenambit has cheaper rent ($345/wk vs $440/wk)

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

Commuting to the city

Tenambit

ahead on 3 of the 4 things we measure here

  • is more walkable (56/100 vs 29/100)
  • has a shorter drive in (121 min vs 128 min)
  • sits closer to the CBD (162.8 km vs 165.6 km)

Weighs distance, drive time, rail access, and walkability.

Downsizers and retirees

Tenambit

ahead on 2 of the 5 things we measure here

  • is more walkable (56/100 vs 29/100)
  • has more residents already 65 and over (22% vs 13%)
  • But Raworth carries lower crime risk (50/100 vs 74/100)

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

Investors

Raworth

ahead on the one thing that separates them

  • is growing faster (17.1% vs 6.4%)

Weighs population growth.

Where they sit

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

Raworth Tenambit
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.

Raworth Tenambit
Walkability 29 / 56
Raworth — Walkability: 29/100 Tenambit — Walkability: 56/100
Safety 50 / 26
Raworth — Safety: 50/100 Tenambit — Safety: 26/100
Low fire risk 100 / 67
Raworth — Low fire risk: 100/100 Tenambit — Low fire risk: 67/100

Demographics

Raworth has higher household incomes ($114,556 vs $65,052); Tenambit has more residents (3,088 vs 2,094).

Raworth Tenambit
Population 2,094 3,088
+47% vs other
Population trend (2016 → 2021) +17.1% +6.4%
Median age 36 41
Median household income $114,556/yr
+43% vs other
 $65,052/yr
Median weekly rent $440/wk
+22% vs other
 $345/wk

Age profile

Share of residents in each band, 2021 Census.

Raworth Tenambit
0-4 6.8% / 6.1%
Raworth — 0-4: 6.8% Tenambit — 0-4: 6.1%
5-14 17.8% / 12.5%
Raworth — 5-14: 17.8% Tenambit — 5-14: 12.5%
15-19 6.3% / 5.8%
Raworth — 15-19: 6.3% Tenambit — 15-19: 5.8%
20-24 5.3% / 5.3%
Raworth — 20-24: 5.3% Tenambit — 20-24: 5.3%
25-34 11.2% / 13.2%
Raworth — 25-34: 11.2% Tenambit — 25-34: 13.2%
35-44 15.9% / 10.5%
Raworth — 35-44: 15.9% Tenambit — 35-44: 10.5%
45-54 13.4% / 11.1%
Raworth — 45-54: 13.4% Tenambit — 45-54: 11.1%
55-64 9.6% / 13.2%
Raworth — 55-64: 9.6% Tenambit — 55-64: 13.2%
65-74 9.2% / 12.1%
Raworth — 65-74: 9.2% Tenambit — 65-74: 12.1%
75-84 3.3% / 8.2%
Raworth — 75-84: 3.3% Tenambit — 75-84: 8.2%
85+ 0.8% / 2.0%
Raworth — 85+: 0.8% Tenambit — 85+: 2.0%

Bars are drawn against the largest share shown (17.8%).

Who lives together

Household composition, 2021 Census.

Raworth 59.6% couple families
Raworth — Couple Families: 59.6% Raworth — Lone Person: 19.6% Raworth — One Parent Families: 16.6% Raworth — Group Household: 3.0% Raworth — Other Families: 1.1%
Tenambit 31.7% couple families
Tenambit — Couple Families: 31.7% Tenambit — Lone Person: 41.0% Tenambit — One Parent Families: 23.8% Tenambit — Group Household: 2.3% Tenambit — Other Families: 1.2%
Couple Families Lone Person One Parent Families Group Household Other Families

Who owns and who rents

Occupied private dwellings by tenure, 2021 Census.

Raworth 27.5% renting
Raworth — Owned Outright: 29.3% Raworth — Mortgage: 43.2% Raworth — Renting: 27.5%
Tenambit 32.2% renting
Tenambit — Owned Outright: 37.0% Tenambit — Mortgage: 30.8% Tenambit — Renting: 32.2%
Owned outright Mortgage Renting

Qualifications

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

Raworth Tenambit
Certificate III & IV 19.4% / 18.0%
Raworth — Certificate III & IV: 19.4% Tenambit — Certificate III & IV: 18.0%
Bachelor Degree 10.2% / 7.3%
Raworth — Bachelor Degree: 10.2% Tenambit — Bachelor Degree: 7.3%
Advanced Diploma / Diploma 8.8% / 7.3%
Raworth — Advanced Diploma / Diploma: 8.8% Tenambit — Advanced Diploma / Diploma: 7.3%
Postgraduate Degree 2.7% / 1.8%
Raworth — Postgraduate Degree: 2.7% Tenambit — Postgraduate Degree: 1.8%
Graduate Diploma / Certificate 1.1% / 1.2%
Raworth — Graduate Diploma / Certificate: 1.1% Tenambit — Graduate Diploma / Certificate: 1.2%

Bars are drawn against the largest share shown (19.4%).

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.

Raworth Tenambit
England 1.9% / 2.0%
Raworth — England: 1.9% Tenambit — England: 2.0%
New Zealand 0.9% / 1.3%
Raworth — New Zealand: 0.9% Tenambit — New Zealand: 1.3%
Germany 0.4% / 0.6%
Raworth — Germany: 0.4% Tenambit — Germany: 0.6%
South Africa 0.6% / 0.2%
Raworth — South Africa: 0.6% Tenambit — South Africa: 0.2%
Philippines 0.3% / 0.3%
Raworth — Philippines: 0.3% Tenambit — Philippines: 0.3%
Scotland 0.4% / —
Raworth — Scotland: 0.4% Tenambit — Scotland: not among its largest
Fiji — / 0.3%
Raworth — Fiji: not among its largest Tenambit — Fiji: 0.3%

Bars are drawn against the largest share shown (2.0%).

What people live in

Occupied private dwellings by structure, 2021 Census.

Raworth 89.4% houses
Raworth — Houses: 89.4% Raworth — Townhouses: 9.0% Raworth — Flats / Apartments: 1.7%
Tenambit 88.0% houses
Tenambit — Houses: 88.0% Tenambit — Townhouses: 11.4% Tenambit — Flats / Apartments: 0.6%
Houses Townhouses Flats / Apartments

Property market

Raworth Tenambit
Median house price $875,000 $790,000
Median unit price $695,000 $653,500
Median land price —
same for both
Typical days to sell (houses) 34 days
from 12 sales
 26 days
from 30 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.

Raworth Tenambit
3 bed $690K / $770K
Raworth — 3 bed: $690K (15 sales) Tenambit — 3 bed: $770K (49 sales)

15 vs 49 sales

4 bed $898K / $876K
Raworth — 4 bed: $898K (34 sales) Tenambit — 4 bed: $876K (18 sales)

34 vs 18 sales

Zoning mix

Raworth has more rural and farming land (71% vs 25%).

Raworth Tenambit
Rural and farming 71% 25%
Residential 23% 62%
Parks and recreation 1% 8%
Environmental 5%
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

Raworth Tenambit
New dwellings approved 1,413
across Maitland
same for both
Approvals change year on year +20%
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.

Raworth Tenambit
Houses — 4.3%
$640/wk on $775K
Units —
same for both

Ranking within NSW

Raworth Tenambit
House price Higher than 44% of NSW Higher than 29% of NSW
Income Higher than 79% of NSW Higher than 27% of NSW
Schools —
same for both
Walkability Higher than 75% of NSW Higher than 83% of NSW
Affordability Higher than 79% of NSW Higher than 54% of NSW
EV adoption Higher than 57% of NSW Higher than 56% of NSW
NBN connectivity Higher than 98% of NSW
same for both
Rental yield (houses) — Higher than 85% of NSW

Liveability

Tenambit is more walkable (56 vs 29); Raworth scores higher overall (55 vs 30).

Raworth Tenambit
Grade B C
Score 55/100 30/100
Socio-economic band advantaged area
decile 7/10
 high-need area
decile 1/10

Risk profile

Tenambit carries more bushfire risk (33 vs 0); Tenambit carries more crime risk (74 vs 50).

Raworth Tenambit
Bushfire None
0/100
 Low
33/100
Crime Moderate
50/100
 High
74/100
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
same for both

Schools

Raworth Tenambit
Inside the suburb 0 1
Rated above peers 0
same for both
Rated at peers 0
same for both
Rated below peers 0 1

Schools in Raworth

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

Schools in Tenambit

  • Tenambit Public School Government · Primary below peers

Amenities in the suburb

Raworth Tenambit
Supermarkets 0 1
Cafes & restaurants 0 2
Parks & reserves 2 7
Childcare 0 1
GPs 0 1
Pharmacies 0 1

Mobility

Raworth sits further from the CBD (165.6 km vs 162.8 km).

Raworth Tenambit
Walkability score 29/100 56/100
Distance to Sydney 165.6 km
+2% vs other
 162.8 km
Drive time (normal traffic) 128 min 121 min
Public transport score 41/100
Bus
 77/100
Bus
Peak arrivals per hour 14.8
7-9am + 5-7pm
 48.8
7-9am + 5-7pm
Median peak wait 1 min
scheduled, not actual
 0 min
scheduled, not actual
Electric vehicle share 0.6%
postcode 2321
 0.5%
postcode 2323
Rooftop solar per 100 dwellings 69
postcode 2321
 44
postcode 2323

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.

Raworth Tenambit
Car (driver) 69.9% / 73.9%
Raworth — Car (driver): 69.9% Tenambit — Car (driver): 73.9%
Worked from Home 26.0% / 20.2%
Raworth — Worked from Home: 26.0% Tenambit — Worked from Home: 20.2%
Car (passenger) 3.3% / 3.7%
Raworth — Car (passenger): 3.3% Tenambit — Car (passenger): 3.7%
Walked Only 0.5% / 1.2%
Raworth — Walked Only: 0.5% Tenambit — Walked Only: 1.2%
Train 0.3% / 0.5%
Raworth — Train: 0.3% Tenambit — Train: 0.5%
Bus — / 0.6%
Raworth — Bus: not among its largest Tenambit — Bus: 0.6%

Bars are drawn against the largest share shown (73.9%).

Setting

Raworth Tenambit
Elevation 5 m
above sea level, at the suburb centre
 18 m
above sea level, at the suburb centre
Distance to the ocean 19.8 km 18.2 km

NBN connectivity

Raworth Tenambit
Connectivity score 99/100 100/100
Most common technology Fibre to the premises
same for both
Full-fibre (FTTP) share 99%
825 premises
 100%
1,502 premises

Climate

Raworth Tenambit
Annual rainfall 996 mm
same for both
Summer max (Jan) 30.0°C
same for both
Winter min (Jul) 7.1°C
same for both

Air quality (annual mean)

Raworth Tenambit
PM2.5 6.3 µg/m³
same for both
PM10 17.5 µg/m³
same for both
NO₂ 0.72 pphm
same for both

Council rates

Raworth Tenambit
Average residential rate $1,908/yr
same for both
Council Maitland
same for both

Federal electorate

Raworth Tenambit
Division Paterson
same for both
Member Meryl Swanson
same for both
Party Australian Labor Party
same for both

First Home Owner Grant

Raworth Tenambit
Grant amount $10,000
same for both
Property price cap $600,000
same for both
Eligibility New
same for both

Tags

Raworth

Acreage Family

Tenambit

Large Blocks Parks Quiet

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