Sydney's great divide

Red Rooster Line.Which side are you?

In 2016 someone noticed that Sydney's Red Rooster stores stop at a line. It runs from the airport, past Parramatta and up to the north-west. Roast chicken and big blocks on one side, oat milk and terraces on the other. Twelve questions will tell you which side you grew up on.

12 questions2 minutes

The line people really care about is the price of land

Joke all you like about chicken shops. The Red Rooster Line, like the Latte Line before it, points at something real: house prices, jobs and how far your dollar goes in different parts of Sydney.

Leafy Mosman street with harbour glimpse
Mosman
Woollahra terraces under plane trees
Woollahra
Blacktown street of brick homes
Blacktown
Fairfield street with palm trees
Fairfield
About $1mRoughly where the line sits on house prices: mostly above it to the north and east, mostly below it to the south and west.
Ku-ring-gaiRanked the most advantaged council area in Australia on the ABS index. North of the line, obviously.
FairfieldAbout 25 km west of the line, and among the least advantaged council areas in the country.
Block Checker

Whichever side you are on, your land might carry more than one home. Enter your address and see what you can build today: duplex, granny flat, terraces.

Check my block → Cost Checker

Build costs do not care which side of the line you live on. Get a Sydney cost range for a knockdown rebuild, duplex or terraces before you spend money on anyone.

What will it cost →

Read more about the line

UNSW SydneyThe imaginary line exposing a real Sydney divideA property researcher on why the line is more than a joke. Honi SoitFood fault lines: mapping class through food chainsThe 2017 student paper map that put the Red Rooster Line on the map. news.com.auIt's the line that divides Sydney, and it hides a 'shameful secret'Housing, jobs and what the line hides. news.com.auRed Rooster's epic response to 'conspiracy' claimsRed Rooster answers the line itself.