Reserve Creek vs Round Mountain
Reserve Creek is the younger of the two, with a median age of 41 against 50 in Round Mountain. In both, most households own their home, the large majority of homes are detached houses, and about half of households are couple families. Houses cost more in Round Mountain: a median of $3.1 million, against $1.6 million in Reserve Creek, and rent is higher there too. On these figures, Reserve Creek 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 6 things we measure here separates them by enough to be worth acting on.
Weighs schools, house stock, crime, parks, childcare, and who already lives there.
First-home buyers
Reserve Creek
ahead on the one thing that separates them
- has cheaper houses ($1,600,000 vs $3,100,000)
Weighs house prices and mortgage stress.
Renters
Reserve Creek
ahead on 2 of the 3 things we measure here
- has a bigger rental market to choose from (27% vs 15%)
- has cheaper rent ($303/wk vs $338/wk)
Weighs rent, rental stress, and how much is for rent.
Commuting to the city
Round Mountain
ahead on the one thing that separates them
- sits closer to the CBD (790.4 km vs 796.6 km)
Weighs distance, drive time, and walkability.
Downsizers and retirees
Round Mountain
ahead on the one thing that separates them
- has more residents already 65 and over (22% vs 15%)
Weighs who already lives there, GPs, walkability, and crime.
Investors
Reserve Creek
ahead on the one thing that separates them
- is growing faster (59.5% vs 3.5%)
Weighs population growth.
Where they sit
Reserve Creek and Round Mountain 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
Reserve Creek has more residents (201 vs 148); Round Mountain skews older (50 vs 41).
| Reserve Creek | Round Mountain | |
|---|---|---|
| Population | 201 +26% vs other | 148 |
| Population trend (2016 → 2021) | +59.5% | +3.5% |
| Median age | 41 | 50 |
| Median household income | $72,956/yr +2% vs other | $71,500/yr |
| Median weekly rent | $303/wk | $338/wk +12% vs other |
Age profile
Share of residents in each band, 2021 Census.
Bars are drawn against the largest share shown (20.3%).
Who lives together
Household composition, 2021 Census.
Who owns and who rents
Occupied private dwellings by tenure, 2021 Census.
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 (4.7%).
Qualifications
Highest non-school qualification, residents 15+, 2021 Census.
Bars are drawn against the largest share shown (16.4%).
What people live in
Occupied private dwellings by structure, 2021 Census.
Property market
| Reserve Creek | Round Mountain | |
|---|---|---|
| Median house price | $1,600,000 | $3,100,000 |
| Median unit price | — same for both | |
| Median land price | — same for both | |
| Typical days to sell (houses) | 73 days from 3 sales | — |
Zoning mix
Reserve Creek has more rural and farming land (93% vs 53%).
| Reserve Creek | Round Mountain | |
|---|---|---|
| Rural and farming | 93% | 53% |
| Other and special use | 6% | 37% |
| Environmental | 0% | 7% |
| Infrastructure and transport | 0% | 2% |
| Parks and recreation | 1% | 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
| Reserve Creek | Round Mountain | |
|---|---|---|
| New dwellings approved | 331 across Tweed same for both | |
| Approvals change year on year | -50% same for both | |
Ranking within NSW
| Reserve Creek | Round Mountain | |
|---|---|---|
| House price | Higher than 73% of NSW | Higher than 94% of NSW |
| Income | Higher than 40% of NSW | Higher than 35% of NSW |
| Schools | — same for both | |
| Walkability | Higher than 57% of NSW | Higher than 51% of NSW |
| Affordability | Higher than 17% of NSW | Higher than 2% of NSW |
| EV adoption | Higher than 64% of NSW same for both | |
| NBN connectivity | Higher than 39% of NSW | Higher than 40% of NSW |
Liveability
| Reserve Creek | Round Mountain | |
|---|---|---|
| Grade | — same for both | |
| Score | — same for both | |
| Socio-economic band | mid-range socio-economic decile 4/10 | advantaged area decile 7/10 |
Risk profile
Round Mountain carries more bushfire risk (59 vs 42).
| Reserve Creek | Round Mountain | |
|---|---|---|
| Bushfire | Moderate 42/100 | Moderate 59/100 |
| Crime | Low 25/100 | Low 17/100 |
| 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
| Reserve Creek | Round Mountain | |
|---|---|---|
| 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
| Reserve Creek | Round Mountain | |
|---|---|---|
| Waterways | 20 | 0 |
Mobility
Reserve Creek sits further from the CBD (796.6 km vs 790.4 km).
| Reserve Creek | Round Mountain | |
|---|---|---|
| Walkability score | 10/100 | 8/100 |
| Distance to Sydney | 796.6 km | 790.4 km |
| Drive time (normal traffic) | 514 min | 512 min |
| Electric vehicle share | 0.6% postcode 2484 same for both | |
| Rooftop solar per 100 dwellings | 76 postcode 2484 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 (79.6%).
Setting
| Reserve Creek | Round Mountain | |
|---|---|---|
| Elevation | 46 m above sea level, at the suburb centre | 148 m above sea level, at the suburb centre |
| Distance to the ocean | 8.1 km | 3.0 km 3.2 km to a named beach |
NBN connectivity
| Reserve Creek | Round Mountain | |
|---|---|---|
| Connectivity score | 27/100 | 28/100 |
| Most common technology | Fixed wireless same for both | |
| Full-fibre (FTTP) share | 0% 63 premises | 0% 58 premises |
Climate
| Reserve Creek | Round Mountain | |
|---|---|---|
| Annual rainfall | 1,569 mm same for both | |
| Summer max (Jan) | 29.1°C same for both | |
| Winter min (Jul) | 9.1°C same for both | |
Council rates
| Reserve Creek | Round Mountain | |
|---|---|---|
| Average residential rate | $1,745/yr same for both | |
| Council | Tweed same for both | |
Federal electorate
| Reserve Creek | Round Mountain | |
|---|---|---|
| Division | Richmond same for both | |
| Member | Justine Elliot same for both | |
| Party | Australian Labor Party same for both | |
First Home Owner Grant
| Reserve Creek | Round Mountain | |
|---|---|---|
| Grant amount | $10,000 same for both | |
| Property price cap | $600,000 same for both | |
| Eligibility | New same for both | |
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