Wallacia vs Warragamba

Warragamba is the younger of the two, with a median age of 34 against 38 in Wallacia. In both, the large majority of households own their home and the large majority of homes are detached houses. In Wallacia, about half of households are couple families. Houses cost more in Wallacia: a median of $1.19 million, against $830,000 in Warragamba. On these figures, Wallacia tends to suit couples, while Warragamba suits 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

Warragamba

ahead on 3 of the 6 things we measure here

  • has more childcare (4 vs 0)
  • has more parks and reserves (7 vs 3)
  • has more separate houses rather than flats (97% vs 85%)
  • But Wallacia has more schools rated above their peers (1 vs 0)

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

First-home buyers

Warragamba

ahead on the one thing that separates them

  • has cheaper houses ($829,500 vs $1,190,000)

Weighs house prices and mortgage stress.

Renters

Too close to call

Nothing among the 3 things we measure here separates them by enough to be worth acting on.

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

Commuting to the city

Wallacia

ahead on 2 of the 3 things we measure here

  • has a shorter drive in (59 min vs 65 min)
  • sits closer to the CBD (68.6 km vs 70.6 km)
  • But Warragamba is more walkable (48/100 vs 10/100)

Weighs distance, drive time, and walkability.

Downsizers and retirees

Wallacia

ahead on 2 of the 5 things we measure here

  • has more units and townhouses to downsize into (15% vs 2%)
  • has more residents already 65 and over (17% vs 12%)
  • But Warragamba is more walkable (48/100 vs 10/100)

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

Investors

They split

one each way, out of the 2 things we measure here

  • Wallacia is growing faster (5.2% vs -3.1%)
  • Warragamba returns a higher gross yield on houses (3.7% vs 2.8%)

Weighs house yield and population growth.

Where they sit

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

Wallacia Warragamba
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.

Wallacia Warragamba
Walkability 10 / 48
Wallacia — Walkability: 10/100 Warragamba — Walkability: 48/100
Safety 52 / 54
Wallacia — Safety: 52/100 Warragamba — Safety: 54/100
Low fire risk 28 / 2
Wallacia — Low fire risk: 28/100 Warragamba — Low fire risk: 2/100

Demographics

Wallacia has more residents (1,711 vs 1,202); Wallacia has higher household incomes ($104,208 vs $80,496).

Wallacia Warragamba
Population 1,711
+30% vs other
 1,202
Population trend (2016 → 2021) +5.2% -3.1%
Median age 38 34
Median household income $104,208/yr
+23% vs other
 $80,496/yr
Median weekly rent $400/wk
+5% vs other
 $380/wk

Age profile

Share of residents in each band, 2021 Census.

Wallacia Warragamba
0-4 6.7% / 8.5%
Wallacia — 0-4: 6.7% Warragamba — 0-4: 8.5%
5-14 13.3% / 11.6%
Wallacia — 5-14: 13.3% Warragamba — 5-14: 11.6%
15-19 6.8% / 5.4%
Wallacia — 15-19: 6.8% Warragamba — 15-19: 5.4%
20-24 6.3% / 6.8%
Wallacia — 20-24: 6.3% Warragamba — 20-24: 6.8%
25-34 11.0% / 18.1%
Wallacia — 25-34: 11.0% Warragamba — 25-34: 18.1%
35-44 12.4% / 11.5%
Wallacia — 35-44: 12.4% Warragamba — 35-44: 11.5%
45-54 13.2% / 12.6%
Wallacia — 45-54: 13.2% Warragamba — 45-54: 12.6%
55-64 13.0% / 13.1%
Wallacia — 55-64: 13.0% Warragamba — 55-64: 13.1%
65-74 11.5% / 7.7%
Wallacia — 65-74: 11.5% Warragamba — 65-74: 7.7%
75-84 5.0% / 3.2%
Wallacia — 75-84: 5.0% Warragamba — 75-84: 3.2%
85+ 0.9% / 0.9%
Wallacia — 85+: 0.9% Warragamba — 85+: 0.9%

Bars are drawn against the largest share shown (18.1%).

Who lives together

Household composition, 2021 Census.

Wallacia 52.2% couple families
Wallacia — Couple Families: 52.2% Wallacia — Lone Person: 30.0% Wallacia — One Parent Families: 15.4% Wallacia — Group Household: 1.4% Wallacia — Other Families: 1.0%
Warragamba 36.9% couple families
Warragamba — Couple Families: 36.9% Warragamba — Lone Person: 36.4% Warragamba — One Parent Families: 22.1% Warragamba — Group Household: 3.0% Warragamba — Other Families: 1.6%
Couple Families Lone Person One Parent Families Group Household Other Families

Who owns and who rents

Occupied private dwellings by tenure, 2021 Census.

Wallacia 20.6% renting
Wallacia — Owned Outright: 38.6% Wallacia — Mortgage: 40.8% Wallacia — Renting: 20.6%
Warragamba 20.5% renting
Warragamba — Owned Outright: 29.2% Warragamba — Mortgage: 50.3% Warragamba — Renting: 20.5%
Owned outright Mortgage Renting

Qualifications

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

Wallacia Warragamba
Certificate III & IV 19.0% / 23.8%
Wallacia — Certificate III & IV: 19.0% Warragamba — Certificate III & IV: 23.8%
Advanced Diploma / Diploma 7.4% / 5.1%
Wallacia — Advanced Diploma / Diploma: 7.4% Warragamba — Advanced Diploma / Diploma: 5.1%
Bachelor Degree 6.5% / 4.1%
Wallacia — Bachelor Degree: 6.5% Warragamba — Bachelor Degree: 4.1%
Postgraduate Degree 1.9% / 1.1%
Wallacia — Postgraduate Degree: 1.9% Warragamba — Postgraduate Degree: 1.1%
Graduate Diploma / Certificate 0.7% / 1.3%
Wallacia — Graduate Diploma / Certificate: 0.7% Warragamba — Graduate Diploma / Certificate: 1.3%

Bars are drawn against the largest share shown (23.8%).

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.

Wallacia Warragamba
England 2.6% / 2.1%
Wallacia — England: 2.6% Warragamba — England: 2.1%
New Zealand 1.3% / 1.9%
Wallacia — New Zealand: 1.3% Warragamba — New Zealand: 1.9%
Philippines 0.6% / 0.6%
Wallacia — Philippines: 0.6% Warragamba — Philippines: 0.6%
China 1.1% / —
Wallacia — China: 1.1% Warragamba — China: not among its largest
Netherlands 0.4% / 0.7%
Wallacia — Netherlands: 0.4% Warragamba — Netherlands: 0.7%
Italy 0.7% / —
Wallacia — Italy: 0.7% Warragamba — Italy: not among its largest
Thailand — / 0.4%
Wallacia — Thailand: not among its largest Warragamba — Thailand: 0.4%

Bars are drawn against the largest share shown (2.6%).

What people live in

Occupied private dwellings by structure, 2021 Census.

Wallacia 85.3% houses
Wallacia — Houses: 85.3% Wallacia — Flats / Apartments: 14.0% Wallacia — Townhouses: 0.7%
Warragamba 97.4% houses
Warragamba — Houses: 97.4% Warragamba — Flats / Apartments: 1.9% Warragamba — Townhouses: 0.6%
Houses Flats / Apartments Townhouses

Property market

Wallacia Warragamba
Median house price $1,190,000 $829,500
Median unit price —
same for both
Median land price $3,000,000 —
Typical days to sell (houses) 15 days
from 3 sales
 40 days
from 10 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.

Wallacia Warragamba
3 bed $980K / $815K
Wallacia — 3 bed: $980K (11 sales) Warragamba — 3 bed: $815K (22 sales)

11 vs 22 sales

4 bed $1.25M / $990K
Wallacia — 4 bed: $1.25M (11 sales) Warragamba — 4 bed: $990K (12 sales)

11 vs 12 sales

Zoning mix

Wallacia has more rural and farming land (87% vs 1%).

Wallacia Warragamba
Rural and farming 87% 1%
Infrastructure and transport 2% 64%
Environmental 7% 14%
Residential 3% 8%
Industrial 0% 7%
Parks and recreation 1% 4%
Commercial 0% 2%
Planning zones cover 99% of Wallacia and 100% of Warragamba. 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

Wallacia Warragamba
New dwellings approved 2,229
across Liverpool
 1,338
across Wollondilly
Approvals change year on year +28% +92%

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.

Wallacia Warragamba
Houses 2.8%
$700/wk on $1.31M
 3.7%
$650/wk on $918K
Units —
same for both

Ranking within NSW

Wallacia Warragamba
House price Higher than 59% of NSW Higher than 33% of NSW
Income Higher than 71% of NSW Higher than 48% of NSW
Schools —
same for both
Walkability Higher than 56% of NSW Higher than 81% of NSW
Affordability Higher than 57% of NSW Higher than 65% of NSW
EV adoption Higher than 80% of NSW Higher than 35% of NSW
NBN connectivity Higher than 69% of NSW Higher than 74% of NSW
Rental yield (houses) Higher than 13% of NSW Higher than 56% of NSW

Liveability

Warragamba is more walkable (48 vs 10); Wallacia scores higher overall (35 vs 25).

Wallacia Warragamba
Grade C D
Score 35/100 25/100
Socio-economic band mid-range socio-economic
decile 6/10
 below-average income
decile 2/10

Risk profile

Warragamba carries more bushfire risk (98 vs 72).

Wallacia Warragamba
Bushfire High
72/100
 High
98/100
Crime Moderate
48/100
 Moderate
46/100
Flood Not mapped
no mapped data here
same for both
Coastal erosion None
0/100
same for both
Aircraft noise High
83/100
 None
0/100
Industrial facilities nearby 4
within 5 km
 1
within 5 km

Schools

Wallacia Warragamba
Inside the suburb 1
same for both
Rated above peers 1 0
Rated at peers 0 1
Rated below peers 0
same for both

Schools in Wallacia

  • Wallacia Public School Government · Primary above peers

Schools in Warragamba

  • Warragamba Public School Government · Primary at peers

Amenities in the suburb

Wallacia Warragamba
Parks & reserves 3 7
Childcare 0 4
Pharmacies 0 1
Police stations 0 1
Banks & Bank@Post 1 0
Fuel stations 1 0
Waterways 16 1

Mobility

Warragamba sits further from the CBD (70.6 km vs 68.6 km).

Wallacia Warragamba
Walkability score 10/100 48/100
Distance to Sydney 68.6 km 70.6 km
+3% vs other
Drive time (normal traffic) 59 min 65 min
Public transport score 71/100
Bus
 44/100
Bus
Peak arrivals per hour 37.8
7-9am + 5-7pm
 17.2
7-9am + 5-7pm
Median peak wait 0 min
scheduled, not actual
 1 min
scheduled, not actual
Electric vehicle share 0.9%
postcode 2745
 0.4%
postcode 2752
Rooftop solar per 100 dwellings 56
postcode 2745
 78
postcode 2752

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.

Wallacia Warragamba
Car (driver) 57.1% / 70.4%
Wallacia — Car (driver): 57.1% Warragamba — Car (driver): 70.4%
Worked from Home 35.8% / 21.2%
Wallacia — Worked from Home: 35.8% Warragamba — Worked from Home: 21.2%
Car (passenger) 4.0% / 3.4%
Wallacia — Car (passenger): 4.0% Warragamba — Car (passenger): 3.4%
Walked Only 2.6% / 2.4%
Wallacia — Walked Only: 2.6% Warragamba — Walked Only: 2.4%
Bus 0.5% / 1.3%
Wallacia — Bus: 0.5% Warragamba — Bus: 1.3%
Train — / 1.3%
Wallacia — Train: not among its largest Warragamba — Train: 1.3%

Bars are drawn against the largest share shown (70.4%).

Setting

Wallacia Warragamba
Elevation 65 m
above sea level, at the suburb centre
 173 m
above sea level, at the suburb centre

NBN connectivity

Wallacia Warragamba
Connectivity score 57/100 67/100
Most common technology Fibre to the node
same for both
Full-fibre (FTTP) share 29%
658 premises
 40%
590 premises

Climate

Wallacia Warragamba
Annual rainfall 822 mm
same for both
Summer max (Jan) —
same for both
Winter min (Jul) —
same for both

Air quality (annual mean)

Wallacia Warragamba
PM2.5 6.7 µg/m³
same for both
PM10 16.9 µg/m³
same for both
NO₂ 0.37 pphm
same for both

Council rates

Wallacia Warragamba
Average residential rate $1,322/yr $2,099/yr
Council Liverpool Wollondilly

Federal electorate

Wallacia Warragamba
Division Hume
same for both
Member Angus Taylor
same for both
Party Liberal
same for both

First Home Owner Grant

Wallacia Warragamba
Grant amount $10,000
same for both
Property price cap $600,000
same for both
Eligibility New
same for both

Tags

Wallacia

Acreage River

Warragamba

Acreage Parks Quiet

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