Tallwood vs Browns Creek
Browns Creek is the younger of the two, with a median age of 40 against 61 in Tallwood. In both, the large majority of households own their home and the large majority of homes are detached houses. In Tallwood, most households are people living alone. In Browns Creek, most households are couple families. On these figures, Tallwood tends to suit people living alone and older residents, while Browns Creek suits couples.
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
They split
one each way, out of the 6 things we measure here
- Tallwood carries lower crime risk (0/100 vs 49/100)
- Browns Creek is already more of a family suburb (71% vs 43%)
Weighs schools, house stock, crime, parks, childcare, and who already lives there.
First-home buyers
Tallwood
ahead on the one thing that separates them
- leaves households under less mortgage stress (15% vs 21%)
Weighs mortgage stress.
Renters
Browns Creek
ahead on the one thing that separates them
- has cheaper rent ($165/wk vs $200/wk)
Weighs rent, rental stress, and how much is for rent.
Commuting to the city
Too close to call
Nothing among the 3 things we measure here separates them by enough to be worth acting on.
Weighs distance, drive time, and walkability.
Downsizers and retirees
Tallwood
ahead on 2 of the 4 things we measure here
- carries lower crime risk (0/100 vs 49/100)
- has more residents already 65 and over (42% vs 7%)
Weighs who already lives there, GPs, walkability, and crime.
Investors
Browns Creek
ahead on the one thing that separates them
- is growing faster (23.7% vs -8.2%)
Weighs population growth.
Where they sit
Tallwood and Browns Creek 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
Browns Creek has more residents (120 vs 67); Tallwood skews older (61 vs 40).
| Tallwood | Browns Creek | |
|---|---|---|
| Population | 67 | 120 +79% vs other |
| Population trend (2016 → 2021) | -8.2% | +23.7% |
| Median age | 61 | 40 |
| Median household income | $105,872/yr | $149,448/yr +41% vs other |
| Median weekly rent | $200/wk +18% vs other | $165/wk |
Age profile
Share of residents in each band, 2021 Census.
Bars are drawn against the largest share shown (26.9%).
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 (4.5%).
Qualifications
Highest non-school qualification, residents 15+, 2021 Census.
Bars are drawn against the largest share shown (22.4%).
What people live in
Occupied private dwellings by structure, 2021 Census.
Property market
| Tallwood | Browns Creek | |
|---|---|---|
| Median house price | $2,212,500 | — |
| Median unit price | — same for both | |
| Median land price | $975,000 | — |
Zoning mix
| Tallwood | Browns Creek | |
|---|---|---|
| Rural and farming | 100% | 90% |
| Residential | 0% | 10% |
| 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
| Tallwood | Browns Creek | |
|---|---|---|
| New dwellings approved | 51 across Blayney same for both | |
| Approvals change year on year | +14% same for both | |
Ranking within NSW
| Tallwood | Browns Creek | |
|---|---|---|
| House price | Higher than 87% of NSW | — |
| Income | Higher than 72% of NSW | Higher than 94% of NSW |
| Schools | — same for both | |
| Walkability | Higher than 30% of NSW | Higher than 9% of NSW |
| Affordability | Higher than 15% of NSW | — |
| EV adoption | Higher than 72% of NSW | Higher than 35% of NSW |
| NBN connectivity | Higher than 59% of NSW | Higher than 41% of NSW |
Liveability
| Tallwood | Browns Creek | |
|---|---|---|
| Grade | — same for both | |
| Score | — same for both | |
| Socio-economic band | very advantaged area decile 9/10 same for both | |
Risk profile
Browns Creek carries more crime risk (49 vs 0).
| Tallwood | Browns Creek | |
|---|---|---|
| Bushfire | None 0/100 same for both | |
| Crime | None 0/100 | Moderate 49/100 |
| 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
| Tallwood | Browns Creek | |
|---|---|---|
| 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
| Tallwood | Browns Creek | |
|---|---|---|
| Waterways | 8 | 5 |
Mobility
| Tallwood | Browns Creek | |
|---|---|---|
| Walkability score | 0/100 same for both | |
| Distance to Sydney | 259.9 km | 259 km |
| Drive time (normal traffic) | 220 min | 222 min |
| Electric vehicle share | 0.8% postcode 2798 | 0.4% postcode 2799 |
| Rooftop solar per 100 dwellings | 64 postcode 2798 | 44 postcode 2799 |
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 (73.9%).
Setting
| Tallwood | Browns Creek | |
|---|---|---|
| Elevation | 918 m above sea level, at the suburb centre | 876 m above sea level, at the suburb centre |
NBN connectivity
| Tallwood | Browns Creek | |
|---|---|---|
| Connectivity score | 30/100 | 28/100 |
| Most common technology | Fixed wireless same for both | |
| Full-fibre (FTTP) share | 0% 46 premises | 0% 55 premises |
Climate
| Tallwood | Browns Creek | |
|---|---|---|
| Annual rainfall | 894 mm same for both | |
| Summer max (Jan) | 26.3°C same for both | |
| Winter min (Jul) | 2.2°C same for both | |
Air quality (annual mean)
| Tallwood | Browns Creek | |
|---|---|---|
| PM2.5 | 6.0 µg/m³ same for both | |
| PM10 | 10.8 µg/m³ same for both | |
| NO₂ | 0.4 pphm same for both | |
Council rates
| Tallwood | Browns Creek | |
|---|---|---|
| Average residential rate | $925/yr same for both | |
| Council | Blayney same for both | |
Federal electorate
| Tallwood | Browns Creek | |
|---|---|---|
| Division | Calare same for both | |
| Member | Andrew Gee same for both | |
| Party | Independent same for both | |
First Home Owner Grant
| Tallwood | Browns Creek | |
|---|---|---|
| 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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