Tumut vs Wermatong
Tumut is the younger of the two, with a median age of 42 against 45 in Wermatong. In both, most households own their home and the large majority of homes are detached houses. In Wermatong, about half of households are people living alone. On these figures, Wermatong tends to suit 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
Tumut
ahead on 4 of the 6 things we measure here
- has more parks and reserves (19 vs 0)
- has more schools inside the suburb (5 vs 0)
- has more childcare (5 vs 0)
- But Wermatong carries lower crime risk (63/100 vs 81/100)
Weighs schools, house stock, crime, parks, childcare, and who already lives there.
First-home buyers
Tumut
ahead on the one thing that separates them
- leaves households under less mortgage stress (24% vs 31%)
Weighs mortgage stress.
Renters
Tumut
ahead on 2 of the 3 things we measure here
- has a bigger rental market to choose from (33% vs 20%)
- has cheaper rent ($245/wk vs $290/wk)
Weighs rent, rental stress, and how much is for rent.
Commuting to the city
Tumut
ahead on 3 of the 3 things we measure here
- is more walkable (48/100 vs 0/100)
- has a shorter drive in (262 min vs 269 min)
- sits closer to the CBD (410.3 km vs 420.3 km)
Weighs distance, drive time, and walkability.
Downsizers and retirees
They split
one each way, out of the 5 things we measure here
- Tumut is more walkable (48/100 vs 0/100)
- Wermatong has more units and townhouses to downsize into (25% vs 15%)
Weighs smaller dwellings, who already lives there, GPs, walkability, and crime.
Investors
Wermatong
ahead on the one thing that separates them
- is growing faster (13.3% vs 6.1%)
Weighs population growth.
Where they sit
Tumut and Wermatong 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
Tumut has more residents (6,613 vs 51); Wermatong has higher household incomes ($90,948 vs $64,584).
| Tumut | Wermatong | |
|---|---|---|
| Population | 6,613 +99% vs other | 51 |
| Population trend (2016 → 2021) | +6.1% | +13.3% |
| Median age | 42 | 45 |
| Median household income | $64,584/yr | $90,948/yr +41% vs other |
| Median weekly rent | $245/wk | $290/wk +18% vs other |
Age profile
Share of residents in each band, 2021 Census.
Bars are drawn against the largest share shown (19.6%).
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 (16.9%).
Property market
| Tumut | Wermatong | |
|---|---|---|
| Median house price | $525,000 | — |
| Median unit price | $353,000 | — |
| Median land price | $192,500 | — |
| Typical days to sell (houses) | 108 days from 88 sales | — |
Zoning mix
Wermatong has more rural and farming land (87% vs 63%); Wermatong has more land zoned for conservation (12% vs 1%).
| Tumut | Wermatong | |
|---|---|---|
| Rural and farming | 63% | 87% |
| Residential | 19% | 0% |
| Environmental | 1% | 12% |
| Parks and recreation | 8% | 0% |
| Industrial | 4% | 0% |
| Infrastructure and transport | 3% | 1% |
| Commercial | 1% | 0% |
| 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
| Tumut | Wermatong | |
|---|---|---|
| New dwellings approved | 36 across Snowy Valleys same for both | |
| Approvals change year on year | -50% same for both | |
Gross rental yield
| Tumut | Wermatong | |
|---|---|---|
| Houses | 4.8% $550/wk on $600K | — |
| Units | — same for both | |
Ranking within NSW
| Tumut | Wermatong | |
|---|---|---|
| House price | Higher than 16% of NSW | — |
| Income | Higher than 27% of NSW | Higher than 59% of NSW |
| Schools | Higher than 80% of NSW | — |
| Walkability | Higher than 81% of NSW | Higher than 41% of NSW |
| Affordability | Higher than 78% of NSW | — |
| EV adoption | Higher than 9% of NSW same for both | |
| NBN connectivity | Higher than 72% of NSW | Higher than 49% of NSW |
| Rental yield (houses) | Higher than 95% of NSW | — |
Liveability
Tumut is more walkable (48 vs 0).
| Tumut | Wermatong | |
|---|---|---|
| Grade | C | — |
| Score | 38/100 | — |
| Socio-economic band | below-average income decile 2/10 | advantaged area decile 8/10 |
Risk profile
Wermatong carries more bushfire risk (69 vs 38); Tumut carries more crime risk (81 vs 63).
| Tumut | Wermatong | |
|---|---|---|
| Bushfire | Low 38/100 | Moderate 69/100 |
| Crime | High 81/100 | Moderate 63/100 |
| 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 | 4 within 5 km | 0 within 5 km |
Schools
| Tumut | Wermatong | |
|---|---|---|
| Inside the suburb | 5 | 0 |
| Rated above peers | 2 | 0 |
| Rated at peers | 1 | 0 |
| Rated below peers | 1 | 0 |
Schools in Tumut
- Franklin Public School Government · Primary above peers
- Tumut High School Government · Secondary above peers
- McAuley Catholic College Catholic · Combined at peers
- Tumut Public School Government · Primary below peers
- Snowy Valleys School Government · Combined · Special school
Schools in Wermatong
No schools recorded inside this suburb's boundary. Children here will be zoned to schools nearby.
Amenities in the suburb
| Tumut | Wermatong | |
|---|---|---|
| Supermarkets | 2 | 0 |
| Cafes & restaurants | 8 | 0 |
| Parks & reserves | 19 | 0 |
| Childcare | 5 | 0 |
| GPs | 2 | 0 |
| Pharmacies | 2 | 0 |
| Hospitals | 1 | 0 |
| Police stations | 1 | 0 |
| Banks & Bank@Post | 5 | 0 |
| Fuel stations | 5 | 0 |
| Waterways | 28 | 3 |
Mobility
Wermatong sits further from the CBD (420.3 km vs 410.3 km).
| Tumut | Wermatong | |
|---|---|---|
| Walkability score | 48/100 | 0/100 |
| Distance to Sydney | 410.3 km | 420.3 km +2% vs other |
| Drive time (normal traffic) | 262 min | 269 min |
| Electric vehicle share | 0.1% postcode 2720 same for both | |
| Rooftop solar per 100 dwellings | 51 postcode 2720 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 (81.1%).
Setting
| Tumut | Wermatong | |
|---|---|---|
| Elevation | 314 m above sea level, at the suburb centre | 406 m above sea level, at the suburb centre |
NBN connectivity
| Tumut | Wermatong | |
|---|---|---|
| Connectivity score | 64/100 | 29/100 |
| Most common technology | Fibre to the node | Fixed wireless |
| Full-fibre (FTTP) share | 34% 3,537 premises | 0% 21 premises |
Climate
| Tumut | Wermatong | |
|---|---|---|
| Annual rainfall | 889 mm same for both | |
| Summer max (Jan) | 30.7°C same for both | |
| Winter min (Jul) | 3.9°C same for both | |
Council rates
| Tumut | Wermatong | |
|---|---|---|
| Average residential rate | $945/yr same for both | |
| Council | Snowy Valleys same for both | |
Federal electorate
| Tumut | Wermatong | |
|---|---|---|
| Division | Riverina same for both | |
| Member | Michael Mccormack same for both | |
| Party | The Nationals same for both | |
First Home Owner Grant
| Tumut | Wermatong | |
|---|---|---|
| Grant amount | $10,000 same for both | |
| Property price cap | $600,000 same for both | |
| Eligibility | New same for both | |
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