Back Creek vs Caragabal

Back Creek is the younger of the two, with a median age of 29 against 42 in Caragabal. In both, the large majority of homes are detached houses. In Back Creek, the large majority of households rent and the large majority of households are couple families. In Caragabal, the large majority of households own their home and about half of households are people living alone. Houses cost more in Back Creek: a median of $538,000, against $125,000 in Caragabal, though rent is higher in Caragabal. On these figures, Back Creek tends to suit families with children and couples, while Caragabal 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

Back Creek

ahead on the one thing that separates them

  • is already more of a family suburb (100% vs 51%)

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

First-home buyers

Caragabal

ahead on 3 of the 3 things we measure here

  • has cheaper land ($4,000 vs $410,322)
  • has cheaper houses ($125,000 vs $537,500)
  • leaves households under less mortgage stress (10% vs 22%)

Weighs house prices, land prices, and mortgage stress.

Renters

Back Creek

ahead on the one thing that separates them

  • leaves renters under less rental stress (6% vs 11%)

Weighs rent and rental stress.

Commuting to the city

Caragabal

ahead on 2 of the 3 things we measure here

  • has a shorter drive in (318 min vs 343 min)
  • sits closer to the CBD (472.6 km vs 506.7 km)

Weighs distance, drive time, and walkability.

Downsizers and retirees

Too close to call

Nothing among the 2 things we measure here separates them by enough to be worth acting on.

Weighs GPs and walkability.

Investors

Back Creek

ahead on the one thing that separates them

  • is growing faster (3.8% vs -5.9%)

Weighs population growth.

Where they sit

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

Back Creek Caragabal
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.

Back Creek Caragabal
Walkability 0 / 0
Back Creek — Walkability: 0/100 Caragabal — Walkability: 0/100
Low fire risk 15 / 86
Back Creek — Low fire risk: 15/100 Caragabal — Low fire risk: 86/100

Demographics

Caragabal has more residents (174 vs 54); Back Creek has higher household incomes ($117,000 vs $66,872).

Back Creek Caragabal
Population 54 174
+222% vs other
Population trend (2016 → 2021) +3.8% -5.9%
Median age 29 42
Median household income $117,000/yr
+43% vs other
 $66,872/yr
Median weekly rent $133/wk $143/wk
+8% vs other

Age profile

Share of residents in each band, 2021 Census.

Back Creek Caragabal
0-4 9.3% / 6.3%
Back Creek — 0-4: 9.3% Caragabal — 0-4: 6.3%
5-14 22.2% / 16.7%
Back Creek — 5-14: 22.2% Caragabal — 5-14: 16.7%
15-19 — / 5.2%
Back Creek — 15-19: not among its largest Caragabal — 15-19: 5.2%
20-24 — / 4.6%
Back Creek — 20-24: not among its largest Caragabal — 20-24: 4.6%
25-34 5.6% / 5.7%
Back Creek — 25-34: 5.6% Caragabal — 25-34: 5.7%
35-44 18.5% / 16.1%
Back Creek — 35-44: 18.5% Caragabal — 35-44: 16.1%
45-54 25.9% / 10.9%
Back Creek — 45-54: 25.9% Caragabal — 45-54: 10.9%
55-64 7.4% / 12.6%
Back Creek — 55-64: 7.4% Caragabal — 55-64: 12.6%
65-74 — / 11.5%
Back Creek — 65-74: not among its largest Caragabal — 65-74: 11.5%
75-84 — / 4.6%
Back Creek — 75-84: not among its largest Caragabal — 75-84: 4.6%
85+ — / —
Back Creek — 85+: not among its largest Caragabal — 85+: not among its largest

Bars are drawn against the largest share shown (25.9%).

Who lives together

Household composition, 2021 Census.

Back Creek 75.0% couple families
Back Creek — Couple Families: 75.0% Back Creek — Lone Person: 0.0% Back Creek — One Parent Families: 25.0%
Caragabal 43.9% couple families
Caragabal — Couple Families: 43.9% Caragabal — Lone Person: 48.8% Caragabal — One Parent Families: 7.3%
Couple Families Lone Person One Parent Families

Who owns and who rents

Occupied private dwellings by tenure, 2021 Census.

Back Creek 100.0% renting
Back Creek — Owned Outright: 0.0% Back Creek — Mortgage: 0.0% Back Creek — Renting: 100.0%
Caragabal 0.0% renting
Caragabal — Owned Outright: 67.3% Caragabal — Mortgage: 32.7% Caragabal — Renting: 0.0%
Owned outright Mortgage Renting

What people live in

Occupied private dwellings by structure, 2021 Census.

Back Creek 100.0% houses
Back Creek — Houses: 100.0% Back Creek — Flats / Apartments: 0.0%
Caragabal 96.6% houses
Caragabal — Houses: 96.6% Caragabal — Flats / Apartments: 3.4%
Houses Flats / Apartments

Qualifications

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

Back Creek Caragabal
Certificate III & IV 20.4% / 8.0%
Back Creek — Certificate III & IV: 20.4% Caragabal — Certificate III & IV: 8.0%
Bachelor Degree 9.3% / 8.0%
Back Creek — Bachelor Degree: 9.3% Caragabal — Bachelor Degree: 8.0%
Advanced Diploma / Diploma — / 6.9%
Back Creek — Advanced Diploma / Diploma: not among its largest Caragabal — Advanced Diploma / Diploma: 6.9%
Postgraduate Degree — / 2.9%
Back Creek — Postgraduate Degree: not among its largest Caragabal — Postgraduate Degree: 2.9%

Bars are drawn against the largest share shown (20.4%).

Property market

Back Creek Caragabal
Median house price $537,500 $125,000
Median unit price —
same for both
Median land price $410,322 $4,000

Zoning mix

Back Creek Caragabal
Rural and farming 100% 99%
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

Back Creek Caragabal
New dwellings approved 15
across Bland
 6
across Weddin
Approvals change year on year -100% —

Ranking within NSW

Back Creek Caragabal
House price Higher than 17% of NSW Higher than 2% of NSW
Income Higher than 82% of NSW Higher than 29% of NSW
Schools —
same for both
Walkability Higher than 21% of NSW Higher than 36% of NSW
Affordability Higher than 93% of NSW Higher than 99% of NSW
EV adoption — Higher than 9% of NSW
NBN connectivity Higher than 24% of NSW Higher than 19% of NSW

Liveability

Back Creek Caragabal
Grade —
same for both
Score —
same for both
Socio-economic band advantaged area
decile 7/10
same for both

Risk profile

Back Creek carries more bushfire risk (85 vs 14).

Back Creek Caragabal
Bushfire High
85/100
 Low
14/100
Crime — High
78/100
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
same for both

Schools

Back Creek Caragabal
Inside the suburb 0 1
Rated above peers 0
same for both
Rated at peers 0
same for both
Rated below peers 0
same for both

Schools in Back Creek

No schools recorded inside this suburb's boundary. Children here will be zoned to schools nearby.

Schools in Caragabal

  • Caragabal Public School Government · Primary

Amenities in the suburb

Back Creek Caragabal
Parks & reserves 0 1
Police stations 0 1
Waterways 7 18

Mobility

Back Creek sits further from the CBD (506.7 km vs 472.6 km).

Back Creek Caragabal
Walkability score 0/100
same for both
Distance to Sydney 506.7 km
+7% vs other
 472.6 km
Drive time (normal traffic) 343 min 318 min
Electric vehicle share 0.0%
postcode 2671
 0.1%
postcode 2810
Rooftop solar per 100 dwellings 52
postcode 2671
 55
postcode 2810

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.

Back Creek Caragabal
Car (driver) 76.9% / 57.7%
Back Creek — Car (driver): 76.9% Caragabal — Car (driver): 57.7%
Worked from Home 23.1% / 36.6%
Back Creek — Worked from Home: 23.1% Caragabal — Worked from Home: 36.6%
Walked Only — / 5.6%
Back Creek — Walked Only: not among its largest Caragabal — Walked Only: 5.6%

Bars are drawn against the largest share shown (76.9%).

Setting

Back Creek Caragabal
Elevation 214 m
above sea level, at the suburb centre
 218 m
above sea level, at the suburb centre

NBN connectivity

Back Creek Caragabal
Connectivity score 16/100 15/100
Most common technology Satellite (Sky Muster)
same for both
Full-fibre (FTTP) share 0%
11 premises
 0%
27 premises

Climate

Back Creek Caragabal
Annual rainfall 506 mm 553 mm
Summer max (Jan) 32.8°C 32.9°C
Winter min (Jul) 4.2°C 4.0°C

Council rates

Back Creek Caragabal
Average residential rate $1,508/yr $734/yr
Council Bland Weddin

Federal electorate

Back Creek Caragabal
Division Parkes Riverina
Member Jamie Chaffey Michael Mccormack
Party The Nationals
same for both

First Home Owner Grant

Back Creek Caragabal
Grant amount $10,000
same for both
Property price cap $600,000
same for both
Eligibility New
same for both

Tags

Back Creek

Affordable Family Rural Young Families

Caragabal

Affordable Family Rural

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