Shannon Brook vs Yorklea
Shannon Brook is the younger of the two, with a median age of 39 against 47 in Yorklea. In both, the large majority of households own their home, the large majority of homes are detached houses, and about half of households are couple families. Houses cost more in Shannon Brook: a median of $945,000, against $730,000 in Yorklea. On these figures, Shannon Brook tends to suit people living alone, while Yorklea 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
Yorklea
ahead on the one thing that separates them
- carries lower crime risk (33/100 vs 50/100)
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
- Shannon Brook leaves households under less mortgage stress (20% vs 25%)
- Yorklea has cheaper houses ($730,000 vs $945,000)
Weighs house prices and mortgage stress.
Renters
Shannon Brook
ahead on the one thing that separates them
- has a bigger rental market to choose from (19% vs 9%)
Weighs rent, rental stress, and how much is for rent.
Commuting to the city
Shannon Brook
ahead on the one thing that separates them
- sits closer to the CBD (706.9 km vs 716.4 km)
Weighs distance, drive time, and walkability.
Downsizers and retirees
Yorklea
ahead on 2 of the 4 things we measure here
- carries lower crime risk (33/100 vs 50/100)
- has more residents already 65 and over (24% vs 18%)
Weighs who already lives there, GPs, walkability, and crime.
Investors
Shannon Brook
ahead on the one thing that separates them
- is growing faster (2.8% vs -14.7%)
Weighs population growth.
Where they sit
Shannon Brook and Yorklea 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
Yorklea has more residents (349 vs 182); Yorklea skews older (47 vs 39).
| Shannon Brook | Yorklea | |
|---|---|---|
| Population | 182 | 349 +92% vs other |
| Population trend (2016 → 2021) | +2.8% | -14.7% |
| Median age | 39 | 47 |
| Median household income | $81,900/yr +12% vs other | $72,020/yr |
| Median weekly rent | $270/wk | $280/wk +4% vs other |
Age profile
Share of residents in each band, 2021 Census.
Bars are drawn against the largest share shown (18.3%).
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 (21.4%).
Property market
| Shannon Brook | Yorklea | |
|---|---|---|
| Median house price | $945,000 | $730,000 |
| Median unit price | — same for both | |
| Median land price | — same for both | |
| Typical days to sell (houses) | — | 85 days from 3 sales |
Zoning mix
| Shannon Brook | Yorklea | |
|---|---|---|
| Rural and farming | 99% | 98% |
| Parks and recreation | 0% | 1% |
| 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
| Shannon Brook | Yorklea | |
|---|---|---|
| New dwellings approved | 24 across Richmond Valley same for both | |
| Approvals change year on year | -78% same for both | |
Ranking within NSW
| Shannon Brook | Yorklea | |
|---|---|---|
| House price | Higher than 47% of NSW | Higher than 25% of NSW |
| Income | Higher than 50% of NSW | Higher than 39% of NSW |
| Schools | — same for both | |
| Walkability | Higher than 51% of NSW | Higher than 53% of NSW |
| Affordability | Higher than 53% of NSW | Higher than 67% of NSW |
| EV adoption | Higher than 16% of NSW same for both | |
| NBN connectivity | Higher than 47% of NSW | Higher than 56% of NSW |
Liveability
| Shannon Brook | Yorklea | |
|---|---|---|
| Grade | — same for both | |
| Score | — same for both | |
| Socio-economic band | below-average income decile 3/10 same for both | |
Risk profile
Shannon Brook carries more crime risk (50 vs 33); Shannon Brook carries more bushfire risk (47 vs 36).
| Shannon Brook | Yorklea | |
|---|---|---|
| Bushfire | Moderate 47/100 | Low 36/100 |
| Crime | Moderate 50/100 | Low 33/100 |
| 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 | 1 within 5 km |
Schools
| Shannon Brook | Yorklea | |
|---|---|---|
| Inside the suburb | 1 | 0 |
| Rated above peers | 0 same for both | |
| Rated at peers | 1 | 0 |
| Rated below peers | 0 same for both | |
Schools in Shannon Brook
- Leeville Public School Government · Primary at peers
Schools in Yorklea
No schools recorded inside this suburb's boundary. Children here will be zoned to schools nearby.
Amenities in the suburb
| Shannon Brook | Yorklea | |
|---|---|---|
| Waterways | 6 | 0 |
Mobility
Yorklea sits further from the CBD (716.4 km vs 706.9 km).
| Shannon Brook | Yorklea | |
|---|---|---|
| Walkability score | 6/100 | 8/100 |
| Distance to Sydney | 706.9 km | 716.4 km +1% vs other |
| Drive time (normal traffic) | 474 min | 477 min |
| Electric vehicle share | 0.2% postcode 2470 same for both | |
| Rooftop solar per 100 dwellings | 67 postcode 2470 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 (78.9%).
Setting
| Shannon Brook | Yorklea | |
|---|---|---|
| Elevation | 41 m above sea level, at the suburb centre | 23 m above sea level, at the suburb centre |
| Distance to the ocean | 49.8 km | 37.9 km |
NBN connectivity
| Shannon Brook | Yorklea | |
|---|---|---|
| Connectivity score | 29/100 | 30/100 |
| Most common technology | Fixed wireless same for both | |
| Full-fibre (FTTP) share | 0% 82 premises | 0% 140 premises |
Council rates
| Shannon Brook | Yorklea | |
|---|---|---|
| Average residential rate | $1,282/yr same for both | |
| Council | Richmond Valley same for both | |
Federal electorate
| Shannon Brook | Yorklea | |
|---|---|---|
| Division | Page same for both | |
| Member | Kevin Hogan same for both | |
| Party | The Nationals same for both | |
First Home Owner Grant
| Shannon Brook | Yorklea | |
|---|---|---|
| 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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