Tabbita vs Myall Park
Tabbita is the younger of the two, with a median age of 34 against 47 in Myall Park. In both, most homes are detached houses and most households are couple families. In Tabbita, the large majority of households rent. In Myall Park, the large majority of households own their home. On these figures, Tabbita tends to suit renters, people living alone, and families with children.
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
Myall Park
ahead on 3 of the 6 things we measure here
- carries lower crime risk (21/100 vs 78/100)
- has more separate houses rather than flats (92% vs 73%)
- is already more of a family suburb (79% vs 64%)
Weighs schools, house stock, crime, parks, childcare, and who already lives there.
First-home buyers
Tabbita
ahead on the one thing that separates them
- leaves households under less mortgage stress (17% vs 24%)
Weighs mortgage stress.
Renters
Tabbita
ahead on 3 of the 3 things we measure here
- has a bigger rental market to choose from (81% vs 12%)
- leaves renters under less rental stress (7% vs 13%)
- has cheaper rent ($200/wk vs $250/wk)
Weighs rent, rental stress, and how much is for rent.
Commuting to the city
Myall Park
ahead on 2 of the 3 things we measure here
- sits closer to the CBD (575.7 km vs 606.6 km)
- has a shorter drive in (399 min vs 418 min)
Weighs distance, drive time, and walkability.
Downsizers and retirees
They split
one each way, out of the 5 things we measure here
- Tabbita has more units and townhouses to downsize into (27% vs 8%)
- Myall Park carries lower crime risk (21/100 vs 78/100)
Weighs smaller dwellings, who already lives there, GPs, walkability, and crime.
Investors
Myall Park
ahead on the one thing that separates them
- is growing faster (14.1% vs 4.1%)
Weighs population growth.
Where they sit
Tabbita and Myall Park 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
Myall Park has more residents (226 vs 76); Tabbita has higher household incomes ($143,000 vs $102,648).
| Tabbita | Myall Park | |
|---|---|---|
| Population | 76 | 226 +197% vs other |
| Population trend (2016 → 2021) | +4.1% | +14.1% |
| Median age | 34 | 47 |
| Median household income | $143,000/yr +28% vs other | $102,648/yr |
| Median weekly rent | $200/wk | $250/wk +25% vs other |
Age profile
Share of residents in each band, 2021 Census.
Bars are drawn against the largest share shown (22.6%).
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 (14.5%).
Qualifications
Highest non-school qualification, residents 15+, 2021 Census.
Bars are drawn against the largest share shown (17.3%).
What people live in
Occupied private dwellings by structure, 2021 Census.
Property market
| Tabbita | Myall Park | |
|---|---|---|
| Median house price | — | $952,500 |
| Median unit price | — same for both | |
| Median land price | — same for both | |
Zoning mix
| Tabbita | Myall Park | |
|---|---|---|
| Rural and farming | 93% | 84% |
| Environmental | 7% | 15% |
| 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
| Tabbita | Myall Park | |
|---|---|---|
| New dwellings approved | 92 across Griffith | 3 across Carrathool |
| Approvals change year on year | -43% | -100% |
Ranking within NSW
| Tabbita | Myall Park | |
|---|---|---|
| House price | — | Higher than 48% of NSW |
| Income | Higher than 93% of NSW | Higher than 70% of NSW |
| Schools | — same for both | |
| Walkability | Higher than 34% of NSW | Higher than 42% of NSW |
| Affordability | — | Higher than 70% of NSW |
| EV adoption | Higher than 3% of NSW | — |
| NBN connectivity | Higher than 25% of NSW | Higher than 62% of NSW |
Liveability
| Tabbita | Myall Park | |
|---|---|---|
| Grade | — same for both | |
| Score | — same for both | |
| Socio-economic band | mid-range socio-economic decile 6/10 | very advantaged area decile 9/10 |
Risk profile
Tabbita carries more crime risk (78 vs 21); Tabbita carries more bushfire risk (30 vs 18).
| Tabbita | Myall Park | |
|---|---|---|
| Bushfire | Low 30/100 | Low 18/100 |
| Crime | High 78/100 | Low 21/100 |
| 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
| Tabbita | Myall Park | |
|---|---|---|
| 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
| Tabbita | Myall Park | |
|---|---|---|
| Waterways | 3 | 9 |
Mobility
Tabbita sits further from the CBD (606.6 km vs 575.7 km).
| Tabbita | Myall Park | |
|---|---|---|
| Walkability score | 0/100 same for both | |
| Distance to Sydney | 606.6 km +5% vs other | 575.7 km |
| Drive time (normal traffic) | 418 min | 399 min |
| Electric vehicle share | 0.1% postcode 2652 | 0.0% postcode 2681 |
| Rooftop solar per 100 dwellings | 58 postcode 2652 | 50 postcode 2681 |
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 (71.7%).
Setting
| Tabbita | Myall Park | |
|---|---|---|
| Elevation | 119 m above sea level, at the suburb centre | 145 m above sea level, at the suburb centre |
NBN connectivity
| Tabbita | Myall Park | |
|---|---|---|
| Connectivity score | 16/100 | 30/100 |
| Most common technology | Satellite (Sky Muster) | Fixed wireless |
| Full-fibre (FTTP) share | 0% 35 premises | 0% 91 premises |
Climate
| Tabbita | Myall Park | |
|---|---|---|
| Annual rainfall | 406 mm | 447 mm |
| Summer max (Jan) | 33.2°C | — |
| Winter min (Jul) | 3.9°C | — |
Council rates
| Tabbita | Myall Park | |
|---|---|---|
| Average residential rate | $1,235/yr | $510/yr |
| Council | Griffith | Carrathool |
Federal electorate
| Tabbita | Myall Park | |
|---|---|---|
| Division | Farrer same for both | |
| Member | David Farley same for both | |
| Party | One Nation same for both | |
First Home Owner Grant
| Tabbita | Myall Park | |
|---|---|---|
| Grant amount | $10,000 same for both | |
| Property price cap | $600,000 same for both | |
| Eligibility | New same for both | |
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