Whittingham vs Lower Belford
In both, the large majority of households own their home and the large majority of homes are detached houses. In Whittingham, about half of households are couple families. In Lower Belford, most households are couple families. On these figures, Lower Belford 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
Lower Belford
ahead on the one thing that separates them
- carries lower crime risk (27/100 vs 77/100)
Weighs schools, house stock, crime, parks, childcare, and who already lives there.
First-home buyers
Too close to call
Nothing among the 2 things we measure here separates them by enough to be worth acting on.
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
Lower Belford
ahead on the one thing that separates them
- sits closer to the CBD (189.3 km vs 194.3 km)
Weighs distance, drive time, and walkability.
Downsizers and retirees
Lower Belford
ahead on the one thing that separates them
- carries lower crime risk (27/100 vs 77/100)
Weighs who already lives there, GPs, walkability, and crime.
Investors
Whittingham
ahead on the one thing that separates them
- is growing faster (15.7% vs 3.8%)
Weighs population growth.
Where they sit
Whittingham and Lower Belford 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
Lower Belford has higher household incomes ($123,448 vs $101,816).
| Whittingham | Lower Belford | |
|---|---|---|
| Population | 421 +3% vs other | 407 |
| Population trend (2016 → 2021) | +15.7% | +3.8% |
| Median age | 45 | 46 |
| Median household income | $101,816/yr | $123,448/yr +21% vs other |
| Median weekly rent | $320/wk +6% vs other | $300/wk |
Age profile
Share of residents in each band, 2021 Census.
Bars are drawn against the largest share shown (18.2%).
Who lives together
Household composition, 2021 Census.
Who owns and who rents
Occupied private dwellings by tenure, 2021 Census.
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 (2.0%).
Qualifications
Highest non-school qualification, residents 15+, 2021 Census.
Bars are drawn against the largest share shown (23.1%).
What people live in
Occupied private dwellings by structure, 2021 Census.
Property market
| Whittingham | Lower Belford | |
|---|---|---|
| Median house price | $1,340,000 | $1,400,000 |
| Median unit price | — same for both | |
| Median land price | — | $690,000 |
Zoning mix
| Whittingham | Lower Belford | |
|---|---|---|
| Rural and farming | 86% | 95% |
| Industrial | 7% | 0% |
| Environmental | 2% | 5% |
| Infrastructure and transport | 3% | 0% |
| Residential | 2% | 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
| Whittingham | Lower Belford | |
|---|---|---|
| New dwellings approved | 121 across Singleton same for both | |
| Approvals change year on year | +46% same for both | |
Ranking within NSW
| Whittingham | Lower Belford | |
|---|---|---|
| House price | Higher than 69% of NSW | Higher than 71% of NSW |
| Income | Higher than 70% of NSW | Higher than 85% of NSW |
| Schools | — same for both | |
| Walkability | Higher than 53% of NSW | Higher than 61% of NSW |
| Affordability | Higher than 43% of NSW | Higher than 55% of NSW |
| EV adoption | Higher than 26% of NSW | Higher than 30% of NSW |
| NBN connectivity | Higher than 53% of NSW | Higher than 66% of NSW |
Liveability
| Whittingham | Lower Belford | |
|---|---|---|
| Grade | — same for both | |
| Score | — same for both | |
| Socio-economic band | advantaged area decile 8/10 same for both | |
Risk profile
Whittingham carries more bushfire risk (25 vs 0); Whittingham carries more crime risk (77 vs 27).
| Whittingham | Lower Belford | |
|---|---|---|
| Bushfire | Low 25/100 | None 0/100 |
| Crime | High 77/100 | Low 27/100 |
| 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 | 2 within 5 km | 0 within 5 km |
Schools
| Whittingham | Lower Belford | |
|---|---|---|
| Inside the suburb | 0 | 1 |
| Rated above peers | 0 same for both | |
| Rated at peers | 0 same for both | |
| Rated below peers | 0 | 1 |
Schools in Whittingham
No schools recorded inside this suburb's boundary. Children here will be zoned to schools nearby.
Schools in Lower Belford
- Kirkton Public School Government · Primary below peers
Amenities in the suburb
| Whittingham | Lower Belford | |
|---|---|---|
| Fuel stations | 1 | 0 |
| Waterways | 4 | 1 |
Mobility
Whittingham sits further from the CBD (194.3 km vs 189.3 km).
| Whittingham | Lower Belford | |
|---|---|---|
| Walkability score | 8/100 | 13/100 |
| Distance to Sydney | 194.3 km +3% vs other | 189.3 km |
| Drive time (normal traffic) | 133 min | 132 min |
| Electric vehicle share | 0.2% postcode 2330 | 0.3% postcode 2335 |
| Rooftop solar per 100 dwellings | 54 postcode 2330 | 82 postcode 2335 |
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 (62.8%).
Setting
| Whittingham | Lower Belford | |
|---|---|---|
| Elevation | 30 m above sea level, at the suburb centre | 64 m above sea level, at the suburb centre |
NBN connectivity
| Whittingham | Lower Belford | |
|---|---|---|
| Connectivity score | 30/100 | 47/100 |
| Most common technology | Fixed wireless same for both | |
| Full-fibre (FTTP) share | 0% 164 premises | 24% 198 premises |
Climate
| Whittingham | Lower Belford | |
|---|---|---|
| Annual rainfall | 804 mm same for both | |
| Summer max (Jan) | 30.0°C same for both | |
| Winter min (Jul) | 5.1°C same for both | |
Air quality (annual mean)
| Whittingham | Lower Belford | |
|---|---|---|
| PM2.5 | — same for both | |
| PM10 | 19.5 µg/m³ same for both | |
| NO₂ | — same for both | |
Council rates
| Whittingham | Lower Belford | |
|---|---|---|
| Average residential rate | $1,287/yr same for both | |
| Council | Singleton same for both | |
Federal electorate
| Whittingham | Lower Belford | |
|---|---|---|
| Division | Hunter same for both | |
| Member | Dan Repacholi same for both | |
| Party | Australian Labor Party same for both | |
First Home Owner Grant
| Whittingham | Lower Belford | |
|---|---|---|
| Grant amount | $10,000 same for both | |
| Property price cap | $600,000 same for both | |
| Eligibility | New same for both | |
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