Vincentia vs Worrowing Heights
Vincentia is the younger of the two, with a median age of 50 against 77 in Worrowing Heights. In both, the large majority of households own their home. In Vincentia, the large majority of homes are detached houses. In Worrowing Heights, the large majority of households are people living alone. On these figures, Worrowing Heights tends to suit people living alone and 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
Vincentia
ahead on 4 of the 6 things we measure here
- has more separate houses rather than flats (92% vs 7%)
- is already more of a family suburb (52% vs 10%)
- has more schools inside the suburb (3 vs 0)
- But Worrowing Heights carries lower crime risk (28/100 vs 55/100)
Weighs schools, house stock, crime, parks, childcare, and who already lives there.
First-home buyers
Worrowing Heights
ahead on 2 of the 2 things we measure here
- has cheaper land ($5,000 vs $880,000)
- leaves households under less mortgage stress (15% vs 30%)
Weighs land prices and mortgage stress.
Renters
They split
one each way, out of the 3 things we measure here
- Vincentia has a bigger rental market to choose from (24% vs 9%)
- Worrowing Heights has cheaper rent ($187/wk vs $425/wk)
Weighs rent, rental stress, and how much is for rent.
Commuting to the city
Vincentia
ahead on 3 of the 3 things we measure here
- is more walkable (65/100 vs 8/100)
- has a shorter drive in (160 min vs 166 min)
- sits closer to the CBD (188.9 km vs 192.5 km)
Weighs distance, drive time, and walkability.
Downsizers and retirees
Worrowing Heights
ahead on 3 of the 5 things we measure here
- has more units and townhouses to downsize into (94% vs 8%)
- has more residents already 65 and over (87% vs 29%)
- carries lower crime risk (28/100 vs 55/100)
- But Vincentia is more walkable (65/100 vs 8/100)
Weighs smaller dwellings, who already lives there, GPs, walkability, and crime.
Investors
Worrowing Heights
ahead on the one thing that separates them
- is growing faster (40.9% vs 17.6%)
Weighs population growth.
Where they sit
Vincentia and Worrowing Heights 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
Vincentia has more residents (3,870 vs 713); Vincentia rents higher ($425/wk vs $187/wk).
| Vincentia | Worrowing Heights | |
|---|---|---|
| Population | 3,870 +82% vs other | 713 |
| Population trend (2016 → 2021) | +17.6% | +40.9% |
| Median age | 50 | 77 |
| Median household income | $80,600/yr +51% vs other | $39,884/yr |
| Median weekly rent | $425/wk +56% vs other | $187/wk |
Age profile
Share of residents in each band, 2021 Census.
Bars are drawn against the largest share shown (40.3%).
Who lives together
Household composition, 2021 Census.
Who owns and who rents
Occupied private dwellings by tenure, 2021 Census.
Qualifications
Highest non-school qualification, residents 15+, 2021 Census.
Bars are drawn against the largest share shown (17.3%).
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 (12.3%).
What people live in
Occupied private dwellings by structure, 2021 Census.
Property market
| Vincentia | Worrowing Heights | |
|---|---|---|
| Median house price | $1,260,000 | — |
| Median unit price | $915,000 | — |
| Median land price | $880,000 | $5,000 |
| Typical days to sell (houses) | 47 days from 53 sales | — |
Zoning mix
Worrowing Heights has more rural and farming land (42% vs 0%).
| Vincentia | Worrowing Heights | |
|---|---|---|
| Environmental | 61% | 55% |
| Rural and farming | 0% | 42% |
| Residential | 22% | 0% |
| Parks and recreation | 8% | 0% |
| Infrastructure and transport | 6% | 3% |
| Commercial | 1% | 0% |
| Planning zones cover 99% of Vincentia and 100% of Worrowing Heights. The rest is unzoned land such as water or road reserve. | ||
| 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
| Vincentia | Worrowing Heights | |
|---|---|---|
| New dwellings approved | 854 across Shoalhaven same for both | |
| Approvals change year on year | -10% same for both | |
Gross rental yield
| Vincentia | Worrowing Heights | |
|---|---|---|
| Houses | 2.4% $700/wk on $1.51M | — |
| Units | — same for both | |
Ranking within NSW
| Vincentia | Worrowing Heights | |
|---|---|---|
| House price | Higher than 63% of NSW | — |
| Income | Higher than 48% of NSW | Higher than 4% of NSW |
| Schools | Higher than 66% of NSW | — |
| Walkability | Higher than 86% of NSW | Higher than 55% of NSW |
| Affordability | Higher than 34% of NSW | — |
| EV adoption | Higher than 53% of NSW | Higher than 54% of NSW |
| NBN connectivity | Higher than 68% of NSW | Higher than 69% of NSW |
| Rental yield (houses) | Higher than 6% of NSW | — |
Liveability
Vincentia is more walkable (65 vs 8); Vincentia scores higher overall (48 vs 19).
| Vincentia | Worrowing Heights | |
|---|---|---|
| Grade | C | D |
| Score | 48/100 | 19/100 |
| Socio-economic band | very advantaged area decile 9/10 | below-average income decile 2/10 |
Risk profile
Vincentia carries more crime risk (55 vs 28).
| Vincentia | Worrowing Heights | |
|---|---|---|
| Bushfire | High 93/100 same for both | |
| Crime | Moderate 55/100 | Low 28/100 |
| Flood | Not mapped no mapped data here same for both | |
| Coastal erosion | High 87/100 | None 0/100 |
| Aircraft noise | None 0/100 same for both | |
| Industrial facilities nearby | 1 within 5 km | 2 within 5 km |
Schools
| Vincentia | Worrowing Heights | |
|---|---|---|
| Inside the suburb | 3 | 0 |
| Rated above peers | 1 | 0 |
| Rated at peers | 1 | 0 |
| Rated below peers | 0 same for both | |
Schools in Vincentia
- Vincentia Public School Government · Primary above peers
- Vincentia High School Government · Secondary at peers
- Novo Education Space Vincentia Independent · Secondary · Special school
Schools in Worrowing Heights
No schools recorded inside this suburb's boundary. Children here will be zoned to schools nearby.
Amenities in the suburb
| Vincentia | Worrowing Heights | |
|---|---|---|
| Supermarkets | 3 | 0 |
| Cafes & restaurants | 8 | 0 |
| Parks & reserves | 4 | 1 |
| Childcare | 2 | 0 |
| GPs | 3 | 0 |
| Pharmacies | 3 | 0 |
| Banks & Bank@Post | 2 | 0 |
| Fuel stations | 2 | 0 |
| Beaches | 4 | 0 |
| Waterways | 1 | 2 |
Mobility
Worrowing Heights sits further from the CBD (192.5 km vs 188.9 km).
| Vincentia | Worrowing Heights | |
|---|---|---|
| Walkability score | 65/100 | 8/100 |
| Distance to Sydney | 188.9 km | 192.5 km +2% vs other |
| Drive time (normal traffic) | 160 min | 166 min |
| Electric vehicle share | 0.5% postcode 2540 same for both | |
| Rooftop solar per 100 dwellings | 44 postcode 2540 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 (73.2%).
Setting
| Vincentia | Worrowing Heights | |
|---|---|---|
| Elevation | 36 m above sea level, at the suburb centre | 33 m above sea level, at the suburb centre |
| Distance to the ocean | 784 m 1.3 km to a named beach | 3.3 km 3.7 km to a named beach |
NBN connectivity
| Vincentia | Worrowing Heights | |
|---|---|---|
| Connectivity score | 56/100 | 58/100 |
| Most common technology | Fibre to the node | Fibre to the building |
| Full-fibre (FTTP) share | 20% 2,848 premises | 0% 417 premises |
Climate
| Vincentia | Worrowing Heights | |
|---|---|---|
| Annual rainfall | 1,302 mm same for both | |
| Summer max (Jan) | 23.9°C same for both | |
| Winter min (Jul) | 9.6°C same for both | |
Council rates
| Vincentia | Worrowing Heights | |
|---|---|---|
| Average residential rate | $1,501/yr same for both | |
| Council | Shoalhaven same for both | |
Federal electorate
| Vincentia | Worrowing Heights | |
|---|---|---|
| Division | Gilmore same for both | |
| Member | Fiona Phillips same for both | |
| Party | Australian Labor Party same for both | |
First Home Owner Grant
| Vincentia | Worrowing Heights | |
|---|---|---|
| Grant amount | $10,000 same for both | |
| Property price cap | $600,000 same for both | |
| Eligibility | New same for both | |
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