South Windsor vs Vineyard

South Windsor is the younger of the two, with a median age of 34 against 50 in Vineyard. In both, most homes are detached houses. In South Windsor, about half of households rent. In Vineyard, most households own their home and about half of households are people living alone. Houses cost more in Vineyard: a median of $1.34 million, against $960,000 in South Windsor, and rent is higher there too. On these figures, South Windsor tends to suit renters, families with children, and buyers on a tighter budget, while Vineyard 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

South Windsor

ahead on 5 of the 6 things we measure here

  • has more parks and reserves (7 vs 2)
  • has more childcare (10 vs 3)
  • has more schools inside the suburb (3 vs 1)

Weighs schools, house stock, crime, parks, childcare, and who already lives there.

First-home buyers

They split

one each way, out of the 4 things we measure here

  • South Windsor has cheaper houses ($960,000 vs $1,339,500)
  • Vineyard has cheaper units ($360,000 vs $815,500)

Weighs house prices, unit prices, land prices, and mortgage stress.

Renters

South Windsor

ahead on 3 of the 3 things we measure here

  • has a bigger rental market to choose from (45% vs 26%)
  • leaves renters under less rental stress (25% vs 37%)
  • has cheaper rent ($360/wk vs $450/wk)

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

Commuting to the city

Vineyard

ahead on 2 of the 3 things we measure here

  • sits closer to the CBD (51.5 km vs 60.6 km)
  • has a shorter drive in (51 min vs 58 min)
  • But South Windsor is more walkable (57/100 vs 31/100)

Weighs distance, drive time, and walkability.

Downsizers and retirees

Vineyard

ahead on 2 of the 5 things we measure here

  • has more residents already 65 and over (25% vs 13%)
  • has more units and townhouses to downsize into (36% vs 24%)
  • But South Windsor is more walkable (57/100 vs 31/100)

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

Investors

Too close to call

Nothing among the 2 things we measure here separates them by enough to be worth acting on.

Weighs house yield and population growth.

Where they sit

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

South Windsor Vineyard
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.

South Windsor Vineyard
Walkability 57 / 31
South Windsor — Walkability: 57/100 Vineyard — Walkability: 31/100
Safety 15 / 9
South Windsor — Safety: 15/100 Vineyard — Safety: 9/100
Low fire risk 38 / 72
South Windsor — Low fire risk: 38/100 Vineyard — Low fire risk: 72/100

Demographics

South Windsor has more residents (5,948 vs 1,143); Vineyard skews older (50 vs 34).

South Windsor Vineyard
Population 5,948
+81% vs other
 1,143
Population trend (2016 → 2021) +1.0% -2.0%
Median age 34 50
Median household income $76,232/yr
+17% vs other
 $63,128/yr
Median weekly rent $360/wk $450/wk
+25% vs other

Age profile

Share of residents in each band, 2021 Census.

South Windsor Vineyard
0-4 7.4% / 3.2%
South Windsor — 0-4: 7.4% Vineyard — 0-4: 3.2%
5-14 13.3% / 10.0%
South Windsor — 5-14: 13.3% Vineyard — 5-14: 10.0%
15-19 6.2% / 7.1%
South Windsor — 15-19: 6.2% Vineyard — 15-19: 7.1%
20-24 6.4% / 6.3%
South Windsor — 20-24: 6.4% Vineyard — 20-24: 6.3%
25-34 16.6% / 8.5%
South Windsor — 25-34: 16.6% Vineyard — 25-34: 8.5%
35-44 12.6% / 8.1%
South Windsor — 35-44: 12.6% Vineyard — 35-44: 8.1%
45-54 11.6% / 15.1%
South Windsor — 45-54: 11.6% Vineyard — 45-54: 15.1%
55-64 12.4% / 17.4%
South Windsor — 55-64: 12.4% Vineyard — 55-64: 17.4%
65-74 8.0% / 13.6%
South Windsor — 65-74: 8.0% Vineyard — 65-74: 13.6%
75-84 4.4% / 8.7%
South Windsor — 75-84: 4.4% Vineyard — 75-84: 8.7%
85+ 1.0% / 3.1%
South Windsor — 85+: 1.0% Vineyard — 85+: 3.1%

Bars are drawn against the largest share shown (17.4%).

Who lives together

Household composition, 2021 Census.

South Windsor 36.9% lone person
South Windsor — Lone Person: 36.9% South Windsor — Couple Families: 34.6% South Windsor — One Parent Families: 23.4% South Windsor — Group Household: 4.0% South Windsor — Other Families: 1.1%
Vineyard 50.5% lone person
Vineyard — Lone Person: 50.5% Vineyard — Couple Families: 35.2% Vineyard — One Parent Families: 12.8% Vineyard — Group Household: 1.6% Vineyard — Other Families: 0.0%
Lone Person Couple Families One Parent Families Group Household Other Families

Who owns and who rents

Occupied private dwellings by tenure, 2021 Census.

South Windsor 45.1% renting
South Windsor — Owned Outright: 17.8% South Windsor — Mortgage: 37.1% South Windsor — Renting: 45.1%
Vineyard 25.8% renting
Vineyard — Owned Outright: 56.3% Vineyard — Mortgage: 17.9% Vineyard — Renting: 25.8%
Owned outright Mortgage Renting

Qualifications

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

South Windsor Vineyard
Certificate III & IV 17.7% / 17.0%
South Windsor — Certificate III & IV: 17.7% Vineyard — Certificate III & IV: 17.0%
Advanced Diploma / Diploma 6.3% / 6.9%
South Windsor — Advanced Diploma / Diploma: 6.3% Vineyard — Advanced Diploma / Diploma: 6.9%
Bachelor Degree 6.4% / 5.3%
South Windsor — Bachelor Degree: 6.4% Vineyard — Bachelor Degree: 5.3%
Postgraduate Degree 2.2% / 1.9%
South Windsor — Postgraduate Degree: 2.2% Vineyard — Postgraduate Degree: 1.9%
Graduate Diploma / Certificate 1.0% / 1.3%
South Windsor — Graduate Diploma / Certificate: 1.0% Vineyard — Graduate Diploma / Certificate: 1.3%

Bars are drawn against the largest share shown (17.7%).

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.

South Windsor Vineyard
England 3.0% / 2.5%
South Windsor — England: 3.0% Vineyard — England: 2.5%
New Zealand 1.6% / 1.7%
South Windsor — New Zealand: 1.6% Vineyard — New Zealand: 1.7%
China 0.3% / 2.0%
South Windsor — China: 0.3% Vineyard — China: 2.0%
India 1.7% / —
South Windsor — India: 1.7% Vineyard — India: not among its largest
Philippines 1.5% / —
South Windsor — Philippines: 1.5% Vineyard — Philippines: not among its largest
Germany 0.3% / 1.2%
South Windsor — Germany: 0.3% Vineyard — Germany: 1.2%
Italy — / 0.9%
South Windsor — Italy: not among its largest Vineyard — Italy: 0.9%
Scotland 0.5% / —
South Windsor — Scotland: 0.5% Vineyard — Scotland: not among its largest

Bars are drawn against the largest share shown (3.0%).

What people live in

Occupied private dwellings by structure, 2021 Census.

South Windsor 76.0% houses
South Windsor — Houses: 76.0% South Windsor — Flats / Apartments: 2.0% South Windsor — Townhouses: 22.0%
Vineyard 64.4% houses
Vineyard — Houses: 64.4% Vineyard — Flats / Apartments: 35.6% Vineyard — Townhouses: 0.0%
Houses Flats / Apartments Townhouses

Property market

South Windsor Vineyard
Median house price $960,000 $1,339,500
Median unit price $815,500 $360,000
Median land price $2,205,500 $1,050,000
Typical days to sell (houses) 34 days
from 44 sales
 41 days
from 24 sales

Zoning mix

Vineyard has more rural and farming land (69% vs 41%).

South Windsor Vineyard
Rural and farming 41% 69%
Residential 20% 13%
Infrastructure and transport 12% 6%
Industrial 12% 3%
Parks and recreation 10% 4%
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

South Windsor Vineyard
New dwellings approved 459
across Hawkesbury
same for both
Approvals change year on year +3%
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.

South Windsor Vineyard
Houses 4.3%
$690/wk on $840K
 4.0%
$1,100/wk on $1.43M
Units —
same for both

Ranking within NSW

South Windsor Vineyard
House price Higher than 45% of NSW Higher than 56% of NSW
Income Higher than 44% of NSW Higher than 26% of NSW
Schools Higher than 3% of NSW —
Walkability Higher than 83% of NSW Higher than 75% of NSW
Affordability Higher than 49% of NSW Higher than 25% of NSW
EV adoption Higher than 47% of NSW Higher than 96% of NSW
NBN connectivity Higher than 98% of NSW Higher than 90% of NSW
Rental yield (houses) Higher than 85% of NSW Higher than 73% of NSW

Liveability

South Windsor is more walkable (57 vs 31); Vineyard scores higher overall (33 vs 25).

South Windsor Vineyard
Grade D C
Score 25/100 33/100
Socio-economic band below-average income
decile 2/10
 below-average income
decile 3/10

Risk profile

South Windsor carries more bushfire risk (62 vs 28).

South Windsor Vineyard
Bushfire Moderate
62/100
 Low
28/100
Crime High
85/100
 High
91/100
Flood Not mapped
no mapped data here
same for both
Coastal erosion None
0/100
same for both
Aircraft noise High
70/100
 None
0/100
Industrial facilities nearby 7
within 5 km
 5
within 5 km

Schools

South Windsor Vineyard
Inside the suburb 3 1
Rated above peers 0
same for both
Rated at peers 2 1
Rated below peers 1 0

Schools in South Windsor

  • Bede Polding College Catholic · Secondary at peers
  • Chisholm Catholic Primary School Catholic · Primary at peers
  • Windsor South Public School Government · Primary below peers

Schools in Vineyard

  • Vineyard Public School Government · Primary at peers

Amenities in the suburb

South Windsor Vineyard
Supermarkets 0 1
Cafes & restaurants 0 1
Parks & reserves 7 2
Childcare 10 3
GPs 1 0
Pharmacies 1 0
Banks & Bank@Post 1 0
Waterways 0 3

Mobility

South Windsor sits further from the CBD (60.6 km vs 51.5 km).

South Windsor Vineyard
Walkability score 57/100 31/100
Distance to Sydney 60.6 km
+15% vs other
 51.5 km
Drive time (normal traffic) 58 min 51 min
Public transport score 78/100
Bus
 66/100
Bus
Peak arrivals per hour 110.8
7-9am + 5-7pm
 23.8
7-9am + 5-7pm
Median peak wait 0 min
scheduled, not actual
 1 min
scheduled, not actual
Electric vehicle share 0.5%
postcode 2756
 2.7%
postcode 2765
Rooftop solar per 100 dwellings 46
postcode 2756
 —
postcode 2765

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.

South Windsor Vineyard
Car (driver) 66.4% / 57.1%
South Windsor — Car (driver): 66.4% Vineyard — Car (driver): 57.1%
Worked from Home 23.6% / 28.6%
South Windsor — Worked from Home: 23.6% Vineyard — Worked from Home: 28.6%
Car (passenger) 4.3% / 7.0%
South Windsor — Car (passenger): 4.3% Vineyard — Car (passenger): 7.0%
Walked Only 2.4% / 7.3%
South Windsor — Walked Only: 2.4% Vineyard — Walked Only: 7.3%
Train 2.6% / —
South Windsor — Train: 2.6% Vineyard — Train: not among its largest

Bars are drawn against the largest share shown (66.4%).

Setting

South Windsor Vineyard
Elevation 15 m
above sea level, at the suburb centre
 19 m
above sea level, at the suburb centre
Distance to the ocean 39.0 km 35.9 km

NBN connectivity

South Windsor Vineyard
Connectivity score 100/100 82/100
Most common technology Fibre to the premises
same for both
Full-fibre (FTTP) share 100%
3,113 premises
 68%
841 premises

Climate

South Windsor Vineyard
Annual rainfall 806 mm
same for both
Summer max (Jan) —
same for both
Winter min (Jul) —
same for both

Air quality (annual mean)

South Windsor Vineyard
PM2.5 6.3 µg/m³ 6.1 µg/m³
PM10 14.5 µg/m³ 15.5 µg/m³
NO₂ 0.23 pphm 0.53 pphm

Council rates

South Windsor Vineyard
Average residential rate $1,650/yr
same for both
Council Hawkesbury
same for both

Federal electorate

South Windsor Vineyard
Division Macquarie
same for both
Member Susan Templeman
same for both
Party Australian Labor Party
same for both

First Home Owner Grant

South Windsor Vineyard
Grant amount $10,000
same for both
Property price cap $600,000
same for both
Eligibility New
same for both

Tags

South Windsor

Outer Townhouses

Vineyard

Outer Retirees

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