Roughit vs Lower Belford

In both, the large majority of households own their home, the large majority of homes are detached houses, and most households are couple families. Houses cost more in Lower Belford: a median of $1.4 million, against $650,000 in Roughit. On these figures, Roughit tends to suit 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

Roughit

ahead on the one thing that separates them

  • is already more of a family suburb (88% vs 79%)

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

  • Roughit has cheaper houses ($650,000 vs $1,400,000)
  • Lower Belford leaves households under less mortgage stress (21% vs 40%)

Weighs house prices and mortgage stress.

Renters

Lower Belford

ahead on the one thing that separates them

  • leaves renters under less rental stress (13% vs 18%)

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

Commuting to the city

Lower Belford

ahead on 2 of the 3 things we measure here

  • has a shorter drive in (132 min vs 143 min)
  • sits closer to the CBD (189.3 km vs 199.3 km)

Weighs distance, drive time, and walkability.

Downsizers and retirees

Too close to call

Nothing among the 4 things we measure here separates them by enough to be worth acting on.

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

Investors

Too close to call

Nothing among the 1 things we measure here separates them by enough to be worth acting on.

Weighs population growth.

Where they sit

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

Roughit Lower Belford
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.

Roughit Lower Belford
Walkability 6 / 13
Roughit — Walkability: 6/100 Lower Belford — Walkability: 13/100
Safety 69 / 73
Roughit — Safety: 69/100 Lower Belford — Safety: 73/100
Low fire risk 56 / 100
Roughit — Low fire risk: 56/100 Lower Belford — Low fire risk: 100/100

Demographics

Lower Belford has more residents (407 vs 111); Lower Belford has higher household incomes ($123,448 vs $84,448).

Roughit Lower Belford
Population 111 407
+267% vs other
Population trend (2016 → 2021) +0.9% +3.8%
Median age 47 46
Median household income $84,448/yr $123,448/yr
+46% vs other
Median weekly rent $300/wk
same for both

Age profile

Share of residents in each band, 2021 Census.

Roughit Lower Belford
0-4 4.5% / 3.4%
Roughit — 0-4: 4.5% Lower Belford — 0-4: 3.4%
5-14 14.4% / 12.8%
Roughit — 5-14: 14.4% Lower Belford — 5-14: 12.8%
15-19 5.4% / 5.9%
Roughit — 15-19: 5.4% Lower Belford — 15-19: 5.9%
20-24 2.7% / 6.6%
Roughit — 20-24: 2.7% Lower Belford — 20-24: 6.6%
25-34 2.7% / 9.8%
Roughit — 25-34: 2.7% Lower Belford — 25-34: 9.8%
35-44 15.3% / 10.6%
Roughit — 35-44: 15.3% Lower Belford — 35-44: 10.6%
45-54 17.1% / 17.4%
Roughit — 45-54: 17.1% Lower Belford — 45-54: 17.4%
55-64 10.8% / 18.2%
Roughit — 55-64: 10.8% Lower Belford — 55-64: 18.2%
65-74 15.3% / 11.1%
Roughit — 65-74: 15.3% Lower Belford — 65-74: 11.1%
75-84 2.7% / 2.9%
Roughit — 75-84: 2.7% Lower Belford — 75-84: 2.9%
85+ — / 0.7%
Roughit — 85+: not among its largest Lower Belford — 85+: 0.7%

Bars are drawn against the largest share shown (18.2%).

Who lives together

Household composition, 2021 Census.

Roughit 75.0% couple families
Roughit — Couple Families: 75.0% Roughit — Lone Person: 12.5% Roughit — One Parent Families: 12.5%
Lower Belford 63.8% couple families
Lower Belford — Couple Families: 63.8% Lower Belford — Lone Person: 21.3% Lower Belford — One Parent Families: 14.9%
Couple Families Lone Person One Parent Families

Who owns and who rents

Occupied private dwellings by tenure, 2021 Census.

Roughit 16.7% renting
Roughit — Owned Outright: 43.3% Roughit — Mortgage: 40.0% Roughit — Renting: 16.7%
Lower Belford 8.6% renting
Lower Belford — Owned Outright: 39.8% Lower Belford — Mortgage: 51.6% Lower Belford — Renting: 8.6%
Owned outright Mortgage Renting

What people live in

Occupied private dwellings by structure, 2021 Census.

Roughit 100.0% houses
Roughit — Houses: 100.0%
Lower Belford 100.0% houses
Lower Belford — Houses: 100.0%
Houses

Qualifications

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

Roughit Lower Belford
Certificate III & IV 24.3% / 23.1%
Roughit — Certificate III & IV: 24.3% Lower Belford — Certificate III & IV: 23.1%
Advanced Diploma / Diploma 6.3% / 7.6%
Roughit — Advanced Diploma / Diploma: 6.3% Lower Belford — Advanced Diploma / Diploma: 7.6%
Bachelor Degree — / 8.8%
Roughit — Bachelor Degree: not among its largest Lower Belford — Bachelor Degree: 8.8%
Postgraduate Degree 3.6% / 1.5%
Roughit — Postgraduate Degree: 3.6% Lower Belford — Postgraduate Degree: 1.5%
Graduate Diploma / Certificate 2.7% / —
Roughit — Graduate Diploma / Certificate: 2.7% Lower Belford — Graduate Diploma / Certificate: not among its largest

Bars are drawn against the largest share shown (24.3%).

Property market

Roughit Lower Belford
Median house price $650,000 $1,400,000
Median unit price —
same for both
Median land price — $690,000

Zoning mix

Roughit Lower Belford
Rural and farming 96% 95%
Environmental 4% 5%
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

Roughit Lower Belford
New dwellings approved 121
across Singleton
same for both
Approvals change year on year +46%
same for both

Ranking within NSW

Roughit Lower Belford
House price Higher than 23% of NSW Higher than 71% of NSW
Income Higher than 52% of NSW Higher than 85% of NSW
Schools —
same for both
Walkability Higher than 50% of NSW Higher than 61% of NSW
Affordability Higher than 81% of NSW Higher than 55% of NSW
EV adoption Higher than 26% of NSW Higher than 30% of NSW
NBN connectivity Higher than 53% of NSW Higher than 66% of NSW

Liveability

Roughit Lower Belford
Grade —
same for both
Score —
same for both
Socio-economic band advantaged area
decile 7/10
 advantaged area
decile 8/10

Risk profile

Roughit carries more bushfire risk (44 vs 0).

Roughit Lower Belford
Bushfire Moderate
44/100
 None
0/100
Crime Low
31/100
 Low
27/100
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
 0
within 5 km

Schools

Roughit Lower Belford
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 Roughit

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

Schools in Lower Belford

  • Kirkton Public School Government · Primary below peers

Amenities in the suburb

Roughit Lower Belford
Waterways 0 1

Mobility

Roughit sits further from the CBD (199.3 km vs 189.3 km).

Roughit Lower Belford
Walkability score 6/100 13/100
Distance to Sydney 199.3 km
+5% vs other
 189.3 km
Drive time (normal traffic) 143 min 132 min
Electric vehicle share 0.2%
postcode 2330
 0.3%
postcode 2335
Rooftop solar per 100 dwellings 54
postcode 2330
 82
postcode 2335

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.

Roughit Lower Belford
Car (driver) 77.8% / 61.4%
Roughit — Car (driver): 77.8% Lower Belford — Car (driver): 61.4%
Worked from Home 13.3% / 33.3%
Roughit — Worked from Home: 13.3% Lower Belford — Worked from Home: 33.3%
Walked Only 8.9% / 2.4%
Roughit — Walked Only: 8.9% Lower Belford — Walked Only: 2.4%
Car (passenger) — / 2.9%
Roughit — Car (passenger): not among its largest Lower Belford — Car (passenger): 2.9%

Bars are drawn against the largest share shown (77.8%).

Setting

Roughit Lower Belford
Elevation 49 m
above sea level, at the suburb centre
 64 m
above sea level, at the suburb centre

NBN connectivity

Roughit Lower Belford
Connectivity score 30/100 47/100
Most common technology Fixed wireless
same for both
Full-fibre (FTTP) share 0%
44 premises
 24%
198 premises

Climate

Roughit Lower Belford
Annual rainfall 804 mm
same for both
Summer max (Jan) 30.0°C
same for both
Winter min (Jul) 5.1°C
same for both

Air quality (annual mean)

Roughit Lower Belford
PM2.5 —
same for both
PM10 19.5 µg/m³
same for both
NO₂ —
same for both

Council rates

Roughit Lower Belford
Average residential rate $1,287/yr
same for both
Council Singleton
same for both

Federal electorate

Roughit Lower Belford
Division Hunter
same for both
Member Dan Repacholi
same for both
Party Australian Labor Party
same for both

First Home Owner Grant

Roughit Lower Belford
Grant amount $10,000
same for both
Property price cap $600,000
same for both
Eligibility New
same for both

Tags

Roughit

Affordable Rural

Lower Belford

Rural

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