Turrella vs Earlwood

Turrella is the younger of the two, with a median age of 32 against 44 in Earlwood. In both, most households own their home and about half of households are couple families. In Turrella, about half of homes are flats or apartments. In Earlwood, the large majority of homes are detached houses. Houses cost more in Earlwood: a median of $2.08 million, against $1.73 million in Turrella, and rent is higher there too. Earlwood is closer to the city centre: 12.7 km, against 17.7 km. On these figures, Turrella tends to suit young adults, share households, and buyers on a tighter budget, while Earlwood suits 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

Earlwood

ahead on 6 of the 6 things we measure here

  • has more parks and reserves (16 vs 1)
  • has more schools inside the suburb (3 vs 1)
  • has more childcare (11 vs 5)

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

First-home buyers

Turrella

ahead on the one thing that separates them

  • has cheaper houses ($1,725,000 vs $2,080,000)

Weighs house prices, unit prices, and mortgage stress.

Renters

Turrella

ahead on 2 of the 3 things we measure here

  • has a bigger rental market to choose from (45% vs 21%)
  • has cheaper rent ($520/wk vs $570/wk)

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

Commuting to the city

They split

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

  • Turrella gets more of its commuters onto trains and trams (15% vs 3%)
  • Earlwood sits closer to the CBD (12.7 km vs 17.7 km)

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

Downsizers and retirees

Earlwood

ahead on 3 of the 5 things we measure here

  • has more GPs (6 vs 0)
  • has more residents already 65 and over (21% vs 10%)
  • carries lower crime risk (33/100 vs 48/100)
  • But Turrella has more units and townhouses to downsize into (53% vs 20%)

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

Investors

Turrella

ahead on the one thing that separates them

  • returns a higher gross yield on units (5.3% vs 3.9%)

Weighs unit yield and population growth.

Where they sit

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

Turrella Earlwood
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.

Turrella Earlwood
Walkability 96 / 91
Turrella — Walkability: 96/100 Earlwood — Walkability: 91/100
Safety 52 / 67
Turrella — Safety: 52/100 Earlwood — Safety: 67/100
Low fire risk 100 / 79
Turrella — Low fire risk: 100/100 Earlwood — Low fire risk: 79/100

Demographics

Earlwood has more residents (18,053 vs 2,673); Earlwood skews older (44 vs 32).

Turrella Earlwood
Population 2,673 18,053
+575% vs other
Population trend (2016 → 2021) +6.5% +1.8%
Median age 32 44
Median household income $111,124/yr $112,528/yr
+1% vs other
Median weekly rent $520/wk $570/wk
+10% vs other

Age profile

Share of residents in each band, 2021 Census.

Turrella Earlwood
0-4 6.8% / 4.8%
Turrella — 0-4: 6.8% Earlwood — 0-4: 4.8%
5-14 9.2% / 11.8%
Turrella — 5-14: 9.2% Earlwood — 5-14: 11.8%
15-19 5.1% / 6.1%
Turrella — 15-19: 5.1% Earlwood — 15-19: 6.1%
20-24 7.9% / 5.4%
Turrella — 20-24: 7.9% Earlwood — 20-24: 5.4%
25-34 26.8% / 10.2%
Turrella — 25-34: 26.8% Earlwood — 25-34: 10.2%
35-44 15.2% / 12.6%
Turrella — 35-44: 15.2% Earlwood — 35-44: 12.6%
45-54 10.5% / 15.7%
Turrella — 45-54: 10.5% Earlwood — 45-54: 15.7%
55-64 8.5% / 12.6%
Turrella — 55-64: 8.5% Earlwood — 55-64: 12.6%
65-74 6.1% / 9.5%
Turrella — 65-74: 6.1% Earlwood — 65-74: 9.5%
75-84 2.9% / 7.6%
Turrella — 75-84: 2.9% Earlwood — 75-84: 7.6%
85+ 0.9% / 3.5%
Turrella — 85+: 0.9% Earlwood — 85+: 3.5%

Bars are drawn against the largest share shown (26.8%).

Who lives together

Household composition, 2021 Census.

Turrella 48.2% couple families
Turrella — Couple Families: 48.2% Turrella — Lone Person: 25.3% Turrella — One Parent Families: 13.9% Turrella — Group Household: 10.3% Turrella — Other Families: 2.4%
Earlwood 54.3% couple families
Earlwood — Couple Families: 54.3% Earlwood — Lone Person: 24.8% Earlwood — One Parent Families: 16.0% Earlwood — Group Household: 3.4% Earlwood — 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.

Turrella 44.9% renting
Turrella — Owned Outright: 23.2% Turrella — Mortgage: 31.9% Turrella — Renting: 44.9%
Earlwood 21.1% renting
Earlwood — Owned Outright: 45.6% Earlwood — Mortgage: 33.3% Earlwood — Renting: 21.1%
Owned outright Mortgage Renting

Qualifications

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

Turrella Earlwood
Bachelor Degree 20.4% / 16.4%
Turrella — Bachelor Degree: 20.4% Earlwood — Bachelor Degree: 16.4%
Advanced Diploma / Diploma 8.6% / 7.8%
Turrella — Advanced Diploma / Diploma: 8.6% Earlwood — Advanced Diploma / Diploma: 7.8%
Certificate III & IV 6.9% / 9.4%
Turrella — Certificate III & IV: 6.9% Earlwood — Certificate III & IV: 9.4%
Postgraduate Degree 7.4% / 6.0%
Turrella — Postgraduate Degree: 7.4% Earlwood — Postgraduate Degree: 6.0%
Graduate Diploma / Certificate 1.2% / 1.8%
Turrella — Graduate Diploma / Certificate: 1.2% Earlwood — Graduate Diploma / Certificate: 1.8%

Bars are drawn against the largest share shown (20.4%).

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.

Turrella Earlwood
China 6.4% / 3.0%
Turrella — China: 6.4% Earlwood — China: 3.0%
Lebanon 5.8% / 2.4%
Turrella — Lebanon: 5.8% Earlwood — Lebanon: 2.4%
Greece — / 7.4%
Turrella — Greece: not among its largest Earlwood — Greece: 7.4%
Vietnam 2.6% / 2.4%
Turrella — Vietnam: 2.6% Earlwood — Vietnam: 2.4%
Philippines 2.7% / 0.9%
Turrella — Philippines: 2.7% Earlwood — Philippines: 0.9%
Italy — / 2.2%
Turrella — Italy: not among its largest Earlwood — Italy: 2.2%
Brazil 1.9% / —
Turrella — Brazil: 1.9% Earlwood — Brazil: not among its largest

Bars are drawn against the largest share shown (7.4%).

What people live in

Occupied private dwellings by structure, 2021 Census.

Turrella 46.9% houses
Turrella — Houses: 46.9% Turrella — Flats / Apartments: 45.1% Turrella — Townhouses: 8.0%
Earlwood 80.1% houses
Earlwood — Houses: 80.1% Earlwood — Flats / Apartments: 11.6% Earlwood — Townhouses: 8.3%
Houses Flats / Apartments Townhouses

Property market

Turrella Earlwood
Median house price $1,725,000 $2,080,000
Median unit price $815,000 $881,000
Median land price —
same for both
Typical days to sell (houses) 25 days
from 7 sales
 24 days
from 166 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.

Turrella Earlwood
3 bed $1.57M / $2M
Turrella — 3 bed: $1.57M (8 sales) Earlwood — 3 bed: $2M (131 sales)

8 vs 131 sales

4 bed $1.89M / $2.4M
Turrella — 4 bed: $1.89M (5 sales) Earlwood — 4 bed: $2.4M (44 sales)

5 vs 44 sales

Zoning mix

Turrella has more industrially zoned land (24% vs 0%).

Turrella Earlwood
Residential 57% 74%
Industrial 24% 0%
Infrastructure and transport 13% 2%
Parks and recreation 2% 11%
Environmental 3% 10%
Commercial 0% 2%
Other and special use 1%
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

Turrella Earlwood
New dwellings approved 857
across Bayside (NSW)
 1,785
across Canterbury-Bankstown
Approvals change year on year +98% +50%

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.

Turrella Earlwood
Houses — 2.8%
$1,140/wk on $2.1M
Units 5.3%
$815/wk on $792K
 3.9%
$640/wk on $848K

Ranking within NSW

Turrella Earlwood
House price Higher than 83% of NSW Higher than 86% of NSW
Income Higher than 77% of NSW Higher than 78% of NSW
Schools — Higher than 69% of NSW
Walkability Higher than 99% of NSW Higher than 97% of NSW
Affordability Higher than 27% of NSW Higher than 21% of NSW
EV adoption Higher than 91% of NSW Higher than 86% of NSW
NBN connectivity Higher than 95% of NSW Higher than 86% of NSW
Rental yield (houses) — Higher than 15% of NSW
Rental yield (units) Higher than 79% of NSW Higher than 21% of NSW

Liveability

Turrella Earlwood
Grade A
same for both
Score 78/100 77/100
Socio-economic band advantaged area
decile 8/10
 very advantaged area
decile 9/10

Risk profile

Earlwood carries more bushfire risk (21 vs 0); Turrella carries more crime risk (48 vs 33).

Turrella Earlwood
Bushfire None
0/100
 Low
21/100
Crime Moderate
48/100
 Low
33/100
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 7
within 5 km
 6
within 5 km

Schools

Turrella Earlwood
Inside the suburb 1 3
Rated above peers 0 1
Rated at peers 0 2
Rated below peers 0
same for both
Universities within 10 km 3
The University of Sydney, 5.9 km
 3
The University of Sydney, 6.4 km
Full-time students aged 15–24 3.0% 2.8%

Schools in Turrella

  • Arncliffe West Infants School Government · Primary

Schools in Earlwood

  • Earlwood Public School Government · Primary above peers
  • Our Lady of Lourdes Catholic Primary School Catholic · Primary at peers
  • Undercliffe Public School Government · Primary at peers

Amenities in the suburb

Turrella Earlwood
Supermarkets 1
same for both
Cafes & restaurants 1 8
Parks & reserves 1 16
Childcare 5 11
GPs 0 6
Pharmacies 0 6
Banks & Bank@Post 0 1
Waterways 1 3

Mobility

Turrella sits further from the CBD (17.7 km vs 12.7 km).

Turrella Earlwood
Walkability score 96/100 91/100
Distance to Sydney 17.7 km
+28% vs other
 12.7 km
Drive time (normal traffic) 23 min 25 min
Public transport score 90/100
Rail · Bus
 79/100
Bus
Peak arrivals per hour 26.8
7-9am + 5-7pm
 448.8
7-9am + 5-7pm
Median peak wait 1 min
scheduled, not actual
 0 min
scheduled, not actual
Electric vehicle share 1.6%
postcode 2205
 1.3%
postcode 2206
Rooftop solar per 100 dwellings 8
postcode 2205
 25
postcode 2206

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.

Turrella Earlwood
Worked from Home 41.3% / 57.6%
Turrella — Worked from Home: 41.3% Earlwood — Worked from Home: 57.6%
Car (driver) 38.7% / 33.9%
Turrella — Car (driver): 38.7% Earlwood — Car (driver): 33.9%
Train 14.8% / 3.0%
Turrella — Train: 14.8% Earlwood — Train: 3.0%
Car (passenger) 4.4% / 2.6%
Turrella — Car (passenger): 4.4% Earlwood — Car (passenger): 2.6%
Walked Only 0.9% / 1.4%
Turrella — Walked Only: 0.9% Earlwood — Walked Only: 1.4%

Bars are drawn against the largest share shown (57.6%).

Setting

Turrella Earlwood
Elevation 14 m
above sea level, at the suburb centre
 48 m
above sea level, at the suburb centre
Distance to the ocean 3.0 km 4.5 km

NBN connectivity

Turrella Earlwood
Connectivity score 90/100 77/100
Most common technology Fibre to the premises Hybrid fibre-coaxial
Full-fibre (FTTP) share 61%
1,064 premises
 12%
7,143 premises

Climate

Turrella Earlwood
Annual rainfall 1,129 mm
same for both
Summer max (Jan) 27.5°C
same for both
Winter min (Jul) 9.5°C
same for both

Air quality (annual mean)

Turrella Earlwood
PM2.5 6.5 µg/m³
same for both
PM10 16.1 µg/m³
same for both
NO₂ 0.79 pphm
same for both

Council rates

Turrella Earlwood
Average residential rate $1,217/yr $1,322/yr
Council Bayside (NSW) Canterbury-Bankstown

Federal electorate

Turrella Earlwood
Division Barton
same for both
Member Ash Ambihaipahar
same for both
Party Australian Labor Party
same for both

First Home Owner Grant

Turrella Earlwood
Grant amount $10,000
same for both
Property price cap $600,000
same for both
Eligibility New
same for both

Tags

Turrella

Apartments Coastal Easy Commute Gentrifying Middle-Ring Multicultural Parks River Trains Transport Hub Urban

Earlwood

Middle-Ring Multicultural Parks Premium Professionals Urban

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