Rugby vs Taylors Flat
Rugby is the younger of the two, with a median age of 53 against 57 in Taylors Flat. In both, the large majority of households own their home, the large majority of homes are detached houses, and most households are people living alone. Houses cost more in Rugby: a median of $495,000, against $215,000 in Taylors Flat, and rent is higher there too. On these figures, Rugby tends to suit families with children and older residents, while Taylors Flat suits 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
Rugby
ahead on the one thing that separates them
- carries lower crime risk (0/100 vs 88/100)
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
- Rugby leaves households under less mortgage stress (22% vs 39%)
- Taylors Flat has cheaper houses ($215,000 vs $495,000)
Weighs house prices and mortgage stress.
Renters
Taylors Flat
ahead on the one thing that separates them
- has cheaper rent ($0/wk vs $105/wk)
Weighs rent.
Commuting to the city
Rugby
ahead on 2 of the 3 things we measure here
- has a shorter drive in (205 min vs 218 min)
- sits closer to the CBD (287.8 km vs 299.8 km)
- But Taylors Flat is more walkable (10/100 vs 0/100)
Weighs distance, drive time, and walkability.
Downsizers and retirees
Rugby
ahead on 2 of the 4 things we measure here
- carries lower crime risk (0/100 vs 88/100)
- has more residents already 65 and over (23% vs 9%)
- But Taylors Flat is more walkable (10/100 vs 0/100)
Weighs who already lives there, GPs, walkability, and crime.
Investors
Rugby
ahead on the one thing that separates them
- is growing faster (13.7% vs -1.7%)
Weighs population growth.
Where they sit
Rugby and Taylors Flat 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
Rugby rents higher ($105/wk vs $0/wk); Rugby has higher household incomes ($74,724 vs $50,232).
| Rugby | Taylors Flat | |
|---|---|---|
| Population | 83 +30% vs other | 58 |
| Population trend (2016 → 2021) | +13.7% | -1.7% |
| Median age | 53 | 57 |
| Median household income | $74,724/yr +33% vs other | $50,232/yr |
| Median weekly rent | $105/wk (not reported on the other side) | — |
Age profile
Share of residents in each band, 2021 Census.
Bars are drawn against the largest share shown (39.7%).
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 (16.9%).
Property market
| Rugby | Taylors Flat | |
|---|---|---|
| Median house price | $495,000 | $215,000 |
| Median unit price | — same for both | |
| Median land price | — | $250,000 |
Zoning mix
| Rugby | Taylors Flat | |
|---|---|---|
| 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
| Rugby | Taylors Flat | |
|---|---|---|
| New dwellings approved | 48 across Hilltops same for both | |
| Approvals change year on year | -47% same for both | |
Ranking within NSW
| Rugby | Taylors Flat | |
|---|---|---|
| House price | Higher than 15% of NSW | Higher than 4% of NSW |
| Income | Higher than 42% of NSW | — |
| Schools | — same for both | |
| Walkability | Higher than 10% of NSW | Higher than 55% of NSW |
| Affordability | Higher than 87% of NSW | — |
| EV adoption | Higher than 6% of NSW | Higher than 4% of NSW |
| NBN connectivity | Higher than 6% of NSW | Higher than 1% of NSW |
Liveability
Taylors Flat is more walkable (10 vs 0).
| Rugby | Taylors Flat | |
|---|---|---|
| Grade | — same for both | |
| Score | — same for both | |
| Socio-economic band | mid-range socio-economic decile 4/10 same for both | |
Risk profile
Taylors Flat carries more crime risk (88 vs 0); Taylors Flat carries more bushfire risk (22 vs 0).
| Rugby | Taylors Flat | |
|---|---|---|
| Bushfire | None 0/100 | Low 22/100 |
| Crime | None 0/100 | High 88/100 |
| 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
| Rugby | Taylors Flat | |
|---|---|---|
| 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
| Rugby | Taylors Flat | |
|---|---|---|
| Waterways | 15 | 10 |
Mobility
Taylors Flat sits further from the CBD (299.8 km vs 287.8 km).
| Rugby | Taylors Flat | |
|---|---|---|
| Walkability score | 0/100 | 10/100 |
| Distance to Sydney | 287.8 km | 299.8 km +4% vs other |
| Drive time (normal traffic) | 205 min | 218 min |
| Electric vehicle share | 0.1% postcode 2583 | 0.1% postcode 2586 |
| Rooftop solar per 100 dwellings | 47 postcode 2583 | 62 postcode 2586 |
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 (70.0%).
Setting
| Rugby | Taylors Flat | |
|---|---|---|
| Elevation | 584 m above sea level, at the suburb centre | 458 m above sea level, at the suburb centre |
NBN connectivity
| Rugby | Taylors Flat | |
|---|---|---|
| Connectivity score | 15/100 same for both | |
| Most common technology | Satellite (Sky Muster) same for both | |
| Full-fibre (FTTP) share | 0% 34 premises | 0% 46 premises |
Climate
| Rugby | Taylors Flat | |
|---|---|---|
| Annual rainfall | 840 mm same for both | |
| Summer max (Jan) | — same for both | |
| Winter min (Jul) | — same for both | |
Council rates
| Rugby | Taylors Flat | |
|---|---|---|
| Average residential rate | $714/yr same for both | |
| Council | Hilltops same for both | |
Federal electorate
| Rugby | Taylors Flat | |
|---|---|---|
| Division | Riverina same for both | |
| Member | Michael Mccormack same for both | |
| Party | The Nationals same for both | |
First Home Owner Grant
| Rugby | Taylors Flat | |
|---|---|---|
| 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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