Thurgoona vs Lavington

Thurgoona is the younger of the two, with a median age of 34 against 40 in Lavington. In both, most households own their home and the large majority of homes are detached houses. In Thurgoona, most households are couple families. In Lavington, about half of households are people living alone. Houses cost more in Thurgoona: a median of $749,000, against $620,000 in Lavington, and rent is higher there too. On these figures, Thurgoona tends to suit families with children and couples, while Lavington suits people living alone, older residents, and 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

They split

one each way, out of the 6 things we measure here

  • Thurgoona carries lower crime risk (51/100 vs 85/100)
  • Lavington has more schools inside the suburb (6 vs 3)

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

  • Thurgoona has cheaper units ($145,000 vs $342,500)
  • Lavington has cheaper land ($245,000 vs $652,600)

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

Renters

Lavington

ahead on 2 of the 3 things we measure here

  • has a bigger rental market to choose from (41% vs 26%)
  • has cheaper rent ($250/wk vs $360/wk)

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

Commuting to the city

Lavington

ahead on the one thing that separates them

  • is more walkable (58/100 vs 37/100)

Weighs distance, drive time, rail access, and walkability.

Downsizers and retirees

Lavington

ahead on 3 of the 5 things we measure here

  • has more units and townhouses to downsize into (24% vs 3%)
  • has more residents already 65 and over (22% vs 14%)
  • is more walkable (58/100 vs 37/100)
  • But Thurgoona carries lower crime risk (51/100 vs 85/100)

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

Investors

Thurgoona

ahead on the one thing that separates them

  • is growing faster (27.4% vs 4.8%)

Weighs house yield and population growth.

Where they sit

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

Thurgoona Lavington
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.

Thurgoona Lavington
Walkability 37 / 58
Thurgoona — Walkability: 37/100 Lavington — Walkability: 58/100
Safety 49 / 15
Thurgoona — Safety: 49/100 Lavington — Safety: 15/100
Low fire risk 68 / 70
Thurgoona — Low fire risk: 68/100 Lavington — Low fire risk: 70/100

Demographics

Thurgoona has higher household incomes ($101,556 vs $58,760); Thurgoona rents higher ($360/wk vs $250/wk).

Thurgoona Lavington
Population 11,028 13,073
+19% vs other
Population trend (2016 → 2021) +27.4% +4.8%
Median age 34 40
Median household income $101,556/yr
+42% vs other
 $58,760/yr
Median weekly rent $360/wk
+31% vs other
 $250/wk

Age profile

Share of residents in each band, 2021 Census.

Thurgoona Lavington
0-4 8.2% / 6.1%
Thurgoona — 0-4: 8.2% Lavington — 0-4: 6.1%
5-14 15.9% / 11.4%
Thurgoona — 5-14: 15.9% Lavington — 5-14: 11.4%
15-19 5.9% / 5.6%
Thurgoona — 15-19: 5.9% Lavington — 15-19: 5.6%
20-24 6.4% / 6.8%
Thurgoona — 20-24: 6.4% Lavington — 20-24: 6.8%
25-34 14.3% / 13.5%
Thurgoona — 25-34: 14.3% Lavington — 25-34: 13.5%
35-44 14.0% / 11.5%
Thurgoona — 35-44: 14.0% Lavington — 35-44: 11.5%
45-54 11.7% / 10.9%
Thurgoona — 45-54: 11.7% Lavington — 45-54: 10.9%
55-64 9.8% / 12.1%
Thurgoona — 55-64: 9.8% Lavington — 55-64: 12.1%
65-74 8.3% / 12.1%
Thurgoona — 65-74: 8.3% Lavington — 65-74: 12.1%
75-84 4.6% / 7.2%
Thurgoona — 75-84: 4.6% Lavington — 75-84: 7.2%
85+ 1.0% / 2.6%
Thurgoona — 85+: 1.0% Lavington — 85+: 2.6%

Bars are drawn against the largest share shown (15.9%).

Who lives together

Household composition, 2021 Census.

Thurgoona 55.4% couple families
Thurgoona — Couple Families: 55.4% Thurgoona — Lone Person: 23.8% Thurgoona — One Parent Families: 15.0% Thurgoona — Group Household: 4.6% Thurgoona — Other Families: 1.1%
Lavington 26.4% couple families
Lavington — Couple Families: 26.4% Lavington — Lone Person: 48.4% Lavington — One Parent Families: 18.6% Lavington — Group Household: 5.1% Lavington — Other Families: 1.5%
Couple Families Lone Person One Parent Families Group Household Other Families

Who owns and who rents

Occupied private dwellings by tenure, 2021 Census.

Thurgoona 25.7% renting
Thurgoona — Owned Outright: 26.3% Thurgoona — Mortgage: 48.0% Thurgoona — Renting: 25.7%
Lavington 41.1% renting
Lavington — Owned Outright: 31.1% Lavington — Mortgage: 27.8% Lavington — Renting: 41.1%
Owned outright Mortgage Renting

Qualifications

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

Thurgoona Lavington
Certificate III & IV 17.4% / 18.4%
Thurgoona — Certificate III & IV: 17.4% Lavington — Certificate III & IV: 18.4%
Bachelor Degree 11.8% / 6.3%
Thurgoona — Bachelor Degree: 11.8% Lavington — Bachelor Degree: 6.3%
Advanced Diploma / Diploma 7.3% / 6.7%
Thurgoona — Advanced Diploma / Diploma: 7.3% Lavington — Advanced Diploma / Diploma: 6.7%
Postgraduate Degree 2.6% / 2.0%
Thurgoona — Postgraduate Degree: 2.6% Lavington — Postgraduate Degree: 2.0%
Graduate Diploma / Certificate 2.2% / 0.9%
Thurgoona — Graduate Diploma / Certificate: 2.2% Lavington — Graduate Diploma / Certificate: 0.9%

Bars are drawn against the largest share shown (18.4%).

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.

Thurgoona Lavington
India 1.2% / 2.8%
Thurgoona — India: 1.2% Lavington — India: 2.8%
England 2.1% / 1.6%
Thurgoona — England: 2.1% Lavington — England: 1.6%
New Zealand 1.1% / 1.1%
Thurgoona — New Zealand: 1.1% Lavington — New Zealand: 1.1%
Nepal 0.4% / 1.3%
Thurgoona — Nepal: 0.4% Lavington — Nepal: 1.3%
Philippines 0.7% / 0.9%
Thurgoona — Philippines: 0.7% Lavington — Philippines: 0.9%
South Africa 0.5% / —
Thurgoona — South Africa: 0.5% Lavington — South Africa: not among its largest

Bars are drawn against the largest share shown (2.8%).

What people live in

Occupied private dwellings by structure, 2021 Census.

Thurgoona 96.9% houses
Thurgoona — Houses: 96.9% Thurgoona — Townhouses: 1.7% Thurgoona — Flats / Apartments: 1.5%
Lavington 75.5% houses
Lavington — Houses: 75.5% Lavington — Townhouses: 22.1% Lavington — Flats / Apartments: 2.4%
Houses Townhouses Flats / Apartments

Property market

Thurgoona Lavington
Median house price $749,000 $620,100
Median unit price $145,000 $342,500
Median land price $652,600 $245,000
Typical days to sell (houses) 29 days
from 127 sales
 27 days
from 85 sales

House price by bedroom count

Only bed counts both suburbs published enough sales for. Sale counts are shown because the buckets differ in depth.

Thurgoona Lavington
3 bed $674K / $610K
Thurgoona — 3 bed: $674K (82 sales) Lavington — 3 bed: $610K (110 sales)

82 vs 110 sales

4 bed $790K / $678K
Thurgoona — 4 bed: $790K (177 sales) Lavington — 4 bed: $678K (48 sales)

177 vs 48 sales

5 bed $1.05M / $820K
Thurgoona — 5 bed: $1.05M (11 sales) Lavington — 5 bed: $820K (5 sales)

11 vs 5 sales

Zoning mix

Thurgoona has more rural and farming land (22% vs 0%).

Thurgoona Lavington
Residential 35% 56%
Environmental 23% 28%
Rural and farming 22% 0%
Infrastructure and transport 9% 2%
Industrial 6% 8%
Parks and recreation 4%
same for both
Commercial 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

Thurgoona Lavington
New dwellings approved 423
across Albury
same for both
Approvals change year on year +14%
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.

Thurgoona Lavington
Houses 3.8%
$628/wk on $849K
 4.1%
$535/wk on $679K
Units — 4.5%
$375/wk on $430K

Ranking within NSW

Thurgoona Lavington
House price Higher than 26% of NSW Higher than 20% of NSW
Income Higher than 69% of NSW Higher than 20% of NSW
Schools Higher than 27% of NSW Higher than 6% of NSW
Walkability Higher than 78% of NSW Higher than 84% of NSW
Affordability Higher than 85% of NSW Higher than 64% of NSW
EV adoption Higher than 63% of NSW Higher than 30% of NSW
NBN connectivity Higher than 89% of NSW Higher than 73% of NSW
Rental yield (houses) Higher than 65% of NSW Higher than 77% of NSW
Rental yield (units) — Higher than 45% of NSW

Liveability

Thurgoona scores higher overall (37 vs 22); Lavington is more walkable (58 vs 37).

Thurgoona Lavington
Grade C D
Score 37/100 22/100
Socio-economic band advantaged area
decile 7/10
 high-need area
decile 1/10

Risk profile

Lavington carries more crime risk (85 vs 51).

Thurgoona Lavington
Bushfire Low
32/100
 Low
30/100
Crime Moderate
51/100
 High
85/100
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 3
within 5 km
same for both

Schools

Thurgoona Lavington
Inside the suburb 3 6
Rated above peers 0
same for both
Rated at peers 1 3
Rated below peers 2 3

Schools in Thurgoona

  • Border Christian College Independent · Combined at peers
  • Thurgoona Public School Government · Primary below peers
  • Trinity Anglican College - Albury Independent · Combined below peers

Schools in Lavington

  • Holy Spirit Primary School Catholic · Primary at peers
  • Hume Public School Government · Primary at peers
  • Lavington East Public School Government · Primary at peers
  • Lavington Public School Government · Primary below peers
  • Murray High School Government · Secondary below peers
  • OneSchool Global NSW - Albury Independent · Combined below peers

Amenities in the suburb

Thurgoona Lavington
Supermarkets 2 3
Cafes & restaurants 1 8
Parks & reserves 6 9
Childcare 7 10
GPs 2
same for both
Pharmacies 1 2
Banks & Bank@Post 1 3
Fuel stations 0 4
EV chargers 0 1
Waterways 10
same for both

Mobility

Thurgoona Lavington
Walkability score 37/100 58/100
Distance to Sydney 548.3 km 548.7 km
Drive time (normal traffic) 336 min 337 min
Public transport score 73/100
Bus
same for both
Peak arrivals per hour 37.0
7-9am + 5-7pm
 73.2
7-9am + 5-7pm
Median peak wait 1 min
scheduled, not actual
 0 min
scheduled, not actual
Electric vehicle share 0.6%
postcode 2640
 0.3%
postcode 2641
Rooftop solar per 100 dwellings 54
postcode 2640
 42
postcode 2641

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.

Thurgoona Lavington
Car (driver) 83.8% / 83.0%
Thurgoona — Car (driver): 83.8% Lavington — Car (driver): 83.0%
Worked from Home 10.3% / 6.9%
Thurgoona — Worked from Home: 10.3% Lavington — Worked from Home: 6.9%
Car (passenger) 4.2% / 6.2%
Thurgoona — Car (passenger): 4.2% Lavington — Car (passenger): 6.2%
Walked Only 1.0% / 2.2%
Thurgoona — Walked Only: 1.0% Lavington — Walked Only: 2.2%
Bicycle 0.4% / 0.7%
Thurgoona — Bicycle: 0.4% Lavington — Bicycle: 0.7%
Bus 0.2% / 0.9%
Thurgoona — Bus: 0.2% Lavington — Bus: 0.9%

Bars are drawn against the largest share shown (83.8%).

Setting

Thurgoona Lavington
Elevation 188 m
above sea level, at the suburb centre
 198 m
above sea level, at the suburb centre

NBN connectivity

Thurgoona Lavington
Connectivity score 79/100 65/100
Most common technology Fibre to the premises Fibre to the node
Full-fibre (FTTP) share 64%
5,410 premises
 36%
7,141 premises

Climate

Thurgoona Lavington
Annual rainfall 645 mm
same for both
Summer max (Jan) 33.3°C
same for both
Winter min (Jul) 2.5°C
same for both

Air quality (annual mean)

Thurgoona Lavington
PM2.5 7.3 µg/m³
same for both
PM10 18.1 µg/m³
same for both
NO₂ 0.64 pphm
same for both

Council rates

Thurgoona Lavington
Average residential rate $1,574/yr
same for both
Council Albury
same for both

Federal electorate

Thurgoona Lavington
Division Farrer
same for both
Member David Farley
same for both
Party One Nation
same for both

First Home Owner Grant

Thurgoona Lavington
Grant amount $10,000
same for both
Property price cap $600,000
same for both
Eligibility New
same for both

Tags

Thurgoona

Family Regional Centre

Lavington

Affordable Regional Centre River Townhouses

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