Bobs Creek vs Kew

Bobs Creek is the younger of the two, with a median age of 46 against 63 in Kew. In both, the large majority of households own their home and the large majority of homes are detached houses. In Bobs Creek, about half of households are couple families. Houses cost more in Bobs Creek: a median of $1.71 million, against $912,000 in Kew, and rent is higher there too. On these figures, Kew tends to suit older residents and 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

Bobs Creek

ahead on 2 of the 6 things we measure here

  • is already more of a family suburb (100% vs 52%)
  • carries lower crime risk (35/100 vs 54/100)
  • But Kew 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

They split

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

  • Bobs Creek leaves households under less mortgage stress (26% vs 37%)
  • Kew has cheaper houses ($912,500 vs $1,710,000)

Weighs house prices and mortgage stress.

Renters

Kew

ahead on the one thing that separates them

  • has cheaper rent ($370/wk vs $550/wk)

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

Commuting to the city

Kew

ahead on 3 of the 3 things we measure here

  • is more walkable (26/100 vs 0/100)
  • has a shorter drive in (239 min vs 248 min)
  • sits closer to the CBD (354.4 km vs 364.7 km)

Weighs distance, drive time, and walkability.

Downsizers and retirees

Kew

ahead on 2 of the 4 things we measure here

  • is more walkable (26/100 vs 0/100)
  • has more residents already 65 and over (47% vs 27%)
  • But Bobs Creek carries lower crime risk (35/100 vs 54/100)

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

Investors

Kew

ahead on the one thing that separates them

  • is growing faster (61.7% vs 36.8%)

Weighs population growth.

Where they sit

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

Bobs Creek Kew
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.

Bobs Creek Kew
Walkability 0 / 26
Bobs Creek — Walkability: 0/100 Kew — Walkability: 26/100
Safety 65 / 46
Bobs Creek — Safety: 65/100 Kew — Safety: 46/100
Low fire risk 60 / 39
Bobs Creek — Low fire risk: 60/100 Kew — Low fire risk: 39/100

Demographics

Kew has more residents (1,761 vs 119); Bobs Creek rents higher ($550/wk vs $370/wk).

Bobs Creek Kew
Population 119 1,761
+1380% vs other
Population trend (2016 → 2021) +36.8% +61.7%
Median age 46 63
Median household income $79,612/yr
+28% vs other
 $57,564/yr
Median weekly rent $550/wk
+33% vs other
 $370/wk

Age profile

Share of residents in each band, 2021 Census.

Bobs Creek Kew
0-4 — / 2.8%
Bobs Creek — 0-4: not among its largest Kew — 0-4: 2.8%
5-14 16.0% / 8.8%
Bobs Creek — 5-14: 16.0% Kew — 5-14: 8.8%
15-19 7.6% / 5.3%
Bobs Creek — 15-19: 7.6% Kew — 15-19: 5.3%
20-24 4.2% / 2.3%
Bobs Creek — 20-24: 4.2% Kew — 20-24: 2.3%
25-34 8.4% / 5.8%
Bobs Creek — 25-34: 8.4% Kew — 25-34: 5.8%
35-44 11.8% / 6.7%
Bobs Creek — 35-44: 11.8% Kew — 35-44: 6.7%
45-54 10.9% / 8.8%
Bobs Creek — 45-54: 10.9% Kew — 45-54: 8.8%
55-64 16.0% / 12.8%
Bobs Creek — 55-64: 16.0% Kew — 55-64: 12.8%
65-74 17.6% / 27.4%
Bobs Creek — 65-74: 17.6% Kew — 65-74: 27.4%
75-84 4.2% / 16.2%
Bobs Creek — 75-84: 4.2% Kew — 75-84: 16.2%
85+ 5.0% / 3.0%
Bobs Creek — 85+: 5.0% Kew — 85+: 3.0%

Bars are drawn against the largest share shown (27.4%).

Who lives together

Household composition, 2021 Census.

Bobs Creek 46.2% couple families
Bobs Creek — Couple Families: 46.2% Bobs Creek — One Parent Families: 53.8% Bobs Creek — Lone Person: 0.0% Bobs Creek — Group Household: 0.0%
Kew 39.6% couple families
Kew — Couple Families: 39.6% Kew — One Parent Families: 12.9% Kew — Lone Person: 44.4% Kew — Group Household: 3.1%
Couple Families One Parent Families Lone Person Group Household

Who owns and who rents

Occupied private dwellings by tenure, 2021 Census.

Bobs Creek 13.5% renting
Bobs Creek — Owned Outright: 54.1% Bobs Creek — Mortgage: 32.4% Bobs Creek — Renting: 13.5%
Kew 11.3% renting
Kew — Owned Outright: 66.8% Kew — Mortgage: 21.9% Kew — Renting: 11.3%
Owned outright Mortgage Renting

What people live in

Occupied private dwellings by structure, 2021 Census.

Bobs Creek 100.0% houses
Bobs Creek — Houses: 100.0% Bobs Creek — Townhouses: 0.0% Bobs Creek — Flats / Apartments: 0.0%
Kew 97.6% houses
Kew — Houses: 97.6% Kew — Townhouses: 1.8% Kew — Flats / Apartments: 0.7%
Houses Townhouses Flats / Apartments

Qualifications

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

Bobs Creek Kew
Certificate III & IV 21.8% / 22.4%
Bobs Creek — Certificate III & IV: 21.8% Kew — Certificate III & IV: 22.4%
Bachelor Degree 7.6% / 7.8%
Bobs Creek — Bachelor Degree: 7.6% Kew — Bachelor Degree: 7.8%
Advanced Diploma / Diploma 2.5% / 7.8%
Bobs Creek — Advanced Diploma / Diploma: 2.5% Kew — Advanced Diploma / Diploma: 7.8%
Graduate Diploma / Certificate — / 2.2%
Bobs Creek — Graduate Diploma / Certificate: not among its largest Kew — Graduate Diploma / Certificate: 2.2%
Postgraduate Degree — / 1.9%
Bobs Creek — Postgraduate Degree: not among its largest Kew — Postgraduate Degree: 1.9%

Bars are drawn against the largest share shown (22.4%).

Property market

Bobs Creek Kew
Median house price $1,710,000 $912,500
Median unit price — $910,000
Median land price — $679,500
Typical days to sell (houses) — 64 days
from 12 sales

Zoning mix

Bobs Creek has more rural and farming land (79% vs 52%).

Bobs Creek Kew
Rural and farming 79% 52%
Environmental 21% 20%
Residential 0% 20%
Infrastructure and transport 0% 6%
Parks and recreation 0% 2%
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

Bobs Creek Kew
New dwellings approved 546
across Port Macquarie-Hastings
same for both
Approvals change year on year +33%
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.

Bobs Creek Kew
Houses — 2.7%
$600/wk on $1.15M
Units —
same for both

Ranking within NSW

Bobs Creek Kew
House price Higher than 80% of NSW Higher than 36% of NSW
Income Higher than 47% of NSW —
Schools —
same for both
Walkability Higher than 44% of NSW Higher than 73% of NSW
Affordability Higher than 14% of NSW —
EV adoption Higher than 38% of NSW
same for both
NBN connectivity Higher than 31% of NSW Higher than 77% of NSW
Rental yield (houses) — Higher than 11% of NSW

Liveability

Kew is more walkable (26 vs 0).

Bobs Creek Kew
Grade — D
Score — 27/100
Socio-economic band mid-range socio-economic
decile 4/10
 below-average income
decile 3/10

Risk profile

Kew carries more crime risk (54 vs 35); Kew carries more bushfire risk (61 vs 40).

Bobs Creek Kew
Bushfire Moderate
40/100
 Moderate
61/100
Crime Low
35/100
 Moderate
54/100
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 1
within 5 km
 0
within 5 km

Schools

Bobs Creek Kew
Inside the suburb 0 1
Rated above peers 0 1
Rated at peers 0
same for both
Rated below peers 0
same for both

Schools in Bobs Creek

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

Schools in Kew

  • Camden Haven High School Government · Secondary above peers

Amenities in the suburb

Bobs Creek Kew
Supermarkets 0 1
Cafes & restaurants 0 2
Parks & reserves 1 0
Childcare 0 1
GPs 0 1
Pharmacies 0 1
Fuel stations 0 3
EV chargers 0 1
Waterways 2 1

Mobility

Bobs Creek sits further from the CBD (364.7 km vs 354.4 km).

Bobs Creek Kew
Walkability score 0/100 26/100
Distance to Sydney 364.7 km
+3% vs other
 354.4 km
Drive time (normal traffic) 248 min 239 min
Electric vehicle share 0.4%
postcode 2439
same for both
Rooftop solar per 100 dwellings 86
postcode 2439
same for both

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.

Bobs Creek Kew
Car (driver) 77.8% / 79.1%
Bobs Creek — Car (driver): 77.8% Kew — Car (driver): 79.1%
Worked from Home 11.1% / 13.2%
Bobs Creek — Worked from Home: 11.1% Kew — Worked from Home: 13.2%
Car (passenger) 11.1% / 5.6%
Bobs Creek — Car (passenger): 11.1% Kew — Car (passenger): 5.6%
Bus — / 1.1%
Bobs Creek — Bus: not among its largest Kew — Bus: 1.1%
Walked Only — / 0.9%
Bobs Creek — Walked Only: not among its largest Kew — Walked Only: 0.9%

Bars are drawn against the largest share shown (79.1%).

Setting

Bobs Creek Kew
Elevation 13 m
above sea level, at the suburb centre
 3 m
above sea level, at the suburb centre
Distance to the ocean 8.1 km 7.6 km

NBN connectivity

Bobs Creek Kew
Connectivity score 21/100 71/100
Most common technology Satellite (Sky Muster) Fibre to the premises
Full-fibre (FTTP) share 0%
34 premises
 46%
897 premises

Climate

Bobs Creek Kew
Annual rainfall 1,331 mm
same for both
Summer max (Jan) —
same for both
Winter min (Jul) —
same for both

Air quality (annual mean)

Bobs Creek Kew
PM2.5 5.1 µg/m³
same for both
PM10 11.3 µg/m³
same for both
NO₂ 0.92 pphm
same for both

Council rates

Bobs Creek Kew
Average residential rate $1,325/yr
same for both
Council Port Macquarie-Hastings
same for both

Federal electorate

Bobs Creek Kew
Division Lyne
same for both
Member Alison Penfold
same for both
Party The Nationals
same for both

First Home Owner Grant

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

Tags

Bobs Creek

Retirees Rural

Kew

Acreage Retirees

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