Wentworth vs Gol Gol

Gol Gol is the younger of the two, with a median age of 37 against 56 in Wentworth. In both, the large majority of households own their home and the large majority of homes are detached houses. In Wentworth, about half of households are people living alone. In Gol Gol, most households are couple families. Houses cost more in Gol Gol: a median of $640,000, against $420,000 in Wentworth, and rent is higher there too. On these figures, Wentworth tends to suit people living alone, older residents, and buyers on a tighter budget, while Gol Gol suits families with children and 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

Gol Gol

ahead on 2 of the 6 things we measure here

  • is already more of a family suburb (76% vs 40%)
  • carries lower crime risk (66/100 vs 89/100)
  • But Wentworth has more parks and reserves (7 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 3 things we measure here

  • Wentworth has cheaper houses ($420,000 vs $640,000)
  • Gol Gol has cheaper land ($198,500 vs $442,500)

Weighs house prices, land prices, and mortgage stress.

Renters

Wentworth

ahead on 2 of the 3 things we measure here

  • has a bigger rental market to choose from (23% vs 12%)
  • has cheaper rent ($200/wk vs $315/wk)
  • But Gol Gol leaves renters under less rental stress (15% vs 21%)

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

Commuting to the city

Gol Gol

ahead on 3 of the 3 things we measure here

  • is more walkable (13/100 vs 0/100)
  • has a shorter drive in (644 min vs 676 min)
  • sits closer to the CBD (1006.4 km vs 1048.5 km)

Weighs distance, drive time, and walkability.

Downsizers and retirees

Gol Gol

ahead on 2 of the 5 things we measure here

  • is more walkable (13/100 vs 0/100)
  • carries lower crime risk (66/100 vs 89/100)
  • But Wentworth has more residents already 65 and over (34% vs 15%)

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

Investors

Gol Gol

ahead on the one thing that separates them

  • is growing faster (28.4% vs 9.7%)

Weighs population growth.

Where they sit

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

Wentworth Gol Gol
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.

Wentworth Gol Gol
Walkability 0 / 13
Wentworth — Walkability: 0/100 Gol Gol — Walkability: 13/100
Safety 11 / 34
Wentworth — Safety: 11/100 Gol Gol — Safety: 34/100
Low fire risk 79 / 83
Wentworth — Low fire risk: 79/100 Gol Gol — Low fire risk: 83/100

Demographics

Gol Gol has higher household incomes ($109,408 vs $49,504); Gol Gol rents higher ($315/wk vs $200/wk).

Wentworth Gol Gol
Population 1,577 1,956
+24% vs other
Population trend (2016 → 2021) +9.7% +28.4%
Median age 56 37
Median household income $49,504/yr $109,408/yr
+121% vs other
Median weekly rent $200/wk $315/wk
+57% vs other

Age profile

Share of residents in each band, 2021 Census.

Wentworth Gol Gol
0-4 4.8% / 7.8%
Wentworth — 0-4: 4.8% Gol Gol — 0-4: 7.8%
5-14 8.4% / 16.6%
Wentworth — 5-14: 8.4% Gol Gol — 5-14: 16.6%
15-19 4.7% / 6.4%
Wentworth — 15-19: 4.7% Gol Gol — 15-19: 6.4%
20-24 3.8% / 5.6%
Wentworth — 20-24: 3.8% Gol Gol — 20-24: 5.6%
25-34 7.7% / 10.6%
Wentworth — 25-34: 7.7% Gol Gol — 25-34: 10.6%
35-44 7.4% / 13.0%
Wentworth — 35-44: 7.4% Gol Gol — 35-44: 13.0%
45-54 11.1% / 12.7%
Wentworth — 45-54: 11.1% Gol Gol — 45-54: 12.7%
55-64 17.6% / 11.9%
Wentworth — 55-64: 17.6% Gol Gol — 55-64: 11.9%
65-74 19.7% / 10.1%
Wentworth — 65-74: 19.7% Gol Gol — 65-74: 10.1%
75-84 11.0% / 4.2%
Wentworth — 75-84: 11.0% Gol Gol — 75-84: 4.2%
85+ 3.7% / 0.9%
Wentworth — 85+: 3.7% Gol Gol — 85+: 0.9%

Bars are drawn against the largest share shown (19.7%).

Who lives together

Household composition, 2021 Census.

Wentworth 24.1% couple families
Wentworth — Couple Families: 24.1% Wentworth — Lone Person: 53.9% Wentworth — One Parent Families: 15.9% Wentworth — Group Household: 3.0% Wentworth — Other Families: 3.0%
Gol Gol 67.9% couple families
Gol Gol — Couple Families: 67.9% Gol Gol — Lone Person: 23.7% Gol Gol — One Parent Families: 7.7% Gol Gol — Group Household: 0.7% Gol Gol — Other Families: 0.0%
Couple Families Lone Person One Parent Families Group Household Other Families

Who owns and who rents

Occupied private dwellings by tenure, 2021 Census.

Wentworth 23.3% renting
Wentworth — Owned Outright: 52.3% Wentworth — Mortgage: 24.4% Wentworth — Renting: 23.3%
Gol Gol 12.3% renting
Gol Gol — Owned Outright: 37.1% Gol Gol — Mortgage: 50.6% Gol Gol — Renting: 12.3%
Owned outright Mortgage Renting

Qualifications

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

Wentworth Gol Gol
Certificate III & IV 15.0% / 16.4%
Wentworth — Certificate III & IV: 15.0% Gol Gol — Certificate III & IV: 16.4%
Bachelor Degree 5.6% / 9.3%
Wentworth — Bachelor Degree: 5.6% Gol Gol — Bachelor Degree: 9.3%
Advanced Diploma / Diploma 5.8% / 8.1%
Wentworth — Advanced Diploma / Diploma: 5.8% Gol Gol — Advanced Diploma / Diploma: 8.1%
Graduate Diploma / Certificate 0.9% / 1.9%
Wentworth — Graduate Diploma / Certificate: 0.9% Gol Gol — Graduate Diploma / Certificate: 1.9%
Postgraduate Degree 1.0% / 1.1%
Wentworth — Postgraduate Degree: 1.0% Gol Gol — Postgraduate Degree: 1.1%

Bars are drawn against the largest share shown (16.4%).

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.

Wentworth Gol Gol
New Zealand 1.6% / 0.7%
Wentworth — New Zealand: 1.6% Gol Gol — New Zealand: 0.7%
England 1.4% / 0.9%
Wentworth — England: 1.4% Gol Gol — England: 0.9%
Philippines 1.0% / —
Wentworth — Philippines: 1.0% Gol Gol — Philippines: not among its largest
Italy — / 0.9%
Wentworth — Italy: not among its largest Gol Gol — Italy: 0.9%
Netherlands 0.3% / 0.4%
Wentworth — Netherlands: 0.3% Gol Gol — Netherlands: 0.4%
Thailand — / 0.5%
Wentworth — Thailand: not among its largest Gol Gol — Thailand: 0.5%
Germany 0.3% / —
Wentworth — Germany: 0.3% Gol Gol — Germany: not among its largest

Bars are drawn against the largest share shown (1.6%).

What people live in

Occupied private dwellings by structure, 2021 Census.

Wentworth 89.1% houses
Wentworth — Houses: 89.1% Wentworth — Townhouses: 5.5% Wentworth — Flats / Apartments: 5.4%
Gol Gol 95.7% houses
Gol Gol — Houses: 95.7% Gol Gol — Townhouses: 2.5% Gol Gol — Flats / Apartments: 1.9%
Houses Townhouses Flats / Apartments

Property market

Wentworth Gol Gol
Median house price $420,000 $640,000
Median unit price $230,000 —
Median land price $442,500 $198,500
Typical days to sell (houses) 57 days
from 10 sales
 42 days
from 24 sales

Zoning mix

Wentworth has more rural and farming land (96% vs 67%); Gol Gol has more land zoned for conservation (14% vs 3%).

Wentworth Gol Gol
Rural and farming 96% 67%
Residential 0% 15%
Environmental 3% 14%
Infrastructure and transport 0% 3%
Parks and recreation 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

Wentworth Gol Gol
New dwellings approved 84
across Wentworth
same for both
Approvals change year on year -61%
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.

Wentworth Gol Gol
Houses — 3.3%
$550/wk on $875K
Units —
same for both

Ranking within NSW

Wentworth Gol Gol
House price Higher than 9% of NSW Higher than 20% of NSW
Income Higher than 11% of NSW Higher than 75% of NSW
Schools —
same for both
Walkability Higher than 1% of NSW Higher than 61% of NSW
Affordability Higher than 83% of NSW Higher than 91% of NSW
EV adoption —
same for both
NBN connectivity Higher than 68% of NSW Higher than 85% of NSW
Rental yield (houses) — Higher than 32% of NSW

Liveability

Gol Gol is more walkable (13 vs 0); Gol Gol scores higher overall (40 vs 14).

Wentworth Gol Gol
Grade D C
Score 14/100 40/100
Socio-economic band high-need area
decile 1/10
 advantaged area
decile 7/10

Risk profile

Wentworth carries more crime risk (89 vs 66).

Wentworth Gol Gol
Bushfire Low
21/100
 Low
17/100
Crime High
89/100
 Moderate
66/100
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 0
within 5 km
 2
within 5 km

Schools

Wentworth Gol Gol
Inside the suburb 1
same for both
Rated above peers 0
same for both
Rated at peers 0
same for both
Rated below peers 1
same for both

Schools in Wentworth

  • Wentworth Public School Government · Primary below peers

Schools in Gol Gol

  • Gol Gol Public School Government · Primary below peers

Amenities in the suburb

Wentworth Gol Gol
Supermarkets 1 0
Cafes & restaurants 5 1
Parks & reserves 7 3
Childcare 1
same for both
GPs 1 0
Pharmacies 0 1
Hospitals 1 0
Police stations 1 0
Banks & Bank@Post 2 1
Fuel stations 2 0
Waterways 24 3

Mobility

Wentworth sits further from the CBD (1048.5 km vs 1006.4 km).

Wentworth Gol Gol
Walkability score 0/100 13/100
Distance to Sydney 1048.5 km
+4% vs other
 1006.4 km
Drive time (normal traffic) 676 min 644 min
Public transport score 22/100
Bus
 20/100
Bus
Peak arrivals per hour 3.0
7-9am + 5-7pm
 3.5
7-9am + 5-7pm
Median peak wait 8 min
scheduled, not actual
 2 min
scheduled, not actual
Electric vehicle share 0.0%
postcode 2648
 0.0%
postcode 2738
Rooftop solar per 100 dwellings 60
postcode 2648
 67
postcode 2738

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.

Wentworth Gol Gol
Car (driver) 69.1% / 83.0%
Wentworth — Car (driver): 69.1% Gol Gol — Car (driver): 83.0%
Worked from Home 13.8% / 11.1%
Wentworth — Worked from Home: 13.8% Gol Gol — Worked from Home: 11.1%
Walked Only 11.6% / 0.8%
Wentworth — Walked Only: 11.6% Gol Gol — Walked Only: 0.8%
Car (passenger) 4.8% / 4.6%
Wentworth — Car (passenger): 4.8% Gol Gol — Car (passenger): 4.6%
Bicycle 0.7% / —
Wentworth — Bicycle: 0.7% Gol Gol — Bicycle: not among its largest
Bus — / 0.6%
Wentworth — Bus: not among its largest Gol Gol — Bus: 0.6%

Bars are drawn against the largest share shown (83.0%).

Setting

Wentworth Gol Gol
Elevation 52 m
above sea level, at the suburb centre
 47 m
above sea level, at the suburb centre

NBN connectivity

Wentworth Gol Gol
Connectivity score 56/100 76/100
Most common technology Fibre to the node Fibre to the premises
Full-fibre (FTTP) share 25%
880 premises
 40%
1,027 premises

Climate

Wentworth Gol Gol
Annual rainfall 257 mm 278 mm
Summer max (Jan) — 33.0°C
Winter min (Jul) — 4.9°C

Council rates

Wentworth Gol Gol
Average residential rate $891/yr
same for both
Council Wentworth
same for both

Federal electorate

Wentworth Gol Gol
Division Farrer
same for both
Member David Farley
same for both
Party One Nation
same for both

First Home Owner Grant

Wentworth Gol Gol
Grant amount $10,000
same for both
Property price cap $600,000
same for both
Eligibility New
same for both

Tags

Wentworth

Affordable Retirees Rural

Gol Gol

Acreage Affordable Family

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