Bogee vs Glen Alice
In both, most households own their home and the large majority of homes are detached houses. In Glen Alice, most households are people living alone. Houses cost more in Bogee: a median of $951,000, against $870,000 in Glen Alice. On these figures, Glen Alice tends to suit people living alone.
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
Bogee
ahead on the one thing that separates them
- carries lower crime risk (0/100 vs 11/100)
Weighs schools, house stock, crime, parks, childcare, and who already lives there.
First-home buyers
Glen Alice
ahead on 2 of the 3 things we measure here
- has cheaper land ($740,000 vs $1,750,000)
- leaves households under less mortgage stress (29% vs 43%)
Weighs house prices, land prices, and mortgage stress.
Renters
Glen Alice
ahead on the one thing that separates them
- leaves renters under less rental stress (12% vs 19%)
Weighs rent, rental stress, and how much is for rent.
Commuting to the city
Glen Alice
ahead on the one thing that separates them
- sits closer to the CBD (237.4 km vs 243.1 km)
Weighs distance, drive time, and walkability.
Downsizers and retirees
Bogee
ahead on the one thing that separates them
- carries lower crime risk (0/100 vs 11/100)
Weighs who already lives there, GPs, walkability, and crime.
Investors
Bogee
ahead on the one thing that separates them
- is growing faster (0.0% vs -5.1%)
Weighs population growth.
Where they sit
Bogee and Glen Alice 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
Glen Alice has higher household incomes ($80,184 vs $48,516); Bogee has more residents (82 vs 56).
| Bogee | Glen Alice | |
|---|---|---|
| Population | 82 +32% vs other | 56 |
| Population trend (2016 → 2021) | +0.0% | -5.1% |
| Median age | 52 same for both | |
| Median household income | $48,516/yr | $80,184/yr +65% vs other |
| Median weekly rent | $180/wk | $185/wk +3% vs other |
Age profile
Share of residents in each band, 2021 Census.
Bars are drawn against the largest share shown (25.0%).
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 (10.7%).
Qualifications
Highest non-school qualification, residents 15+, 2021 Census.
Bars are drawn against the largest share shown (15.9%).
What people live in
Occupied private dwellings by structure, 2021 Census.
Property market
| Bogee | Glen Alice | |
|---|---|---|
| Median house price | $951,000 | $870,000 |
| Median unit price | — same for both | |
| Median land price | $1,750,000 | $740,000 |
Zoning mix
| Bogee | Glen Alice | |
|---|---|---|
| Rural and farming | 89% | 98% |
| Environmental | 11% | 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
| Bogee | Glen Alice | |
|---|---|---|
| New dwellings approved | 55 across Lithgow same for both | |
| Approvals change year on year | +0% same for both | |
Ranking within NSW
| Bogee | Glen Alice | |
|---|---|---|
| House price | Higher than 47% of NSW | Higher than 40% of NSW |
| Income | Higher than 10% of NSW | Higher than 47% of NSW |
| Schools | — same for both | |
| Walkability | Higher than 25% of NSW | Higher than 20% of NSW |
| Affordability | Higher than 17% of NSW | Higher than 58% of NSW |
| EV adoption | Higher than 22% of NSW same for both | |
| NBN connectivity | Higher than 13% of NSW | Higher than 11% of NSW |
Liveability
| Bogee | Glen Alice | |
|---|---|---|
| Grade | — same for both | |
| Score | — same for both | |
| Socio-economic band | mid-range socio-economic decile 4/10 same for both | |
Risk profile
Glen Alice carries more crime risk (11 vs 0).
| Bogee | Glen Alice | |
|---|---|---|
| Bushfire | Moderate 67/100 | Moderate 69/100 |
| Crime | None 0/100 | Low 11/100 |
| 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
| Bogee | Glen Alice | |
|---|---|---|
| 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 Bogee
No schools recorded inside this suburb's boundary. Children here will be zoned to schools nearby.
Schools in Glen Alice
- Glen Alice Public School Government · Primary
Amenities in the suburb
| Bogee | Glen Alice | |
|---|---|---|
| Cafes & restaurants | 0 | 1 |
| Waterways | 4 | 10 |
Mobility
Bogee sits further from the CBD (243.1 km vs 237.4 km).
| Bogee | Glen Alice | |
|---|---|---|
| Walkability score | 0/100 same for both | |
| Distance to Sydney | 243.1 km +2% vs other | 237.4 km |
| Drive time (normal traffic) | 216 min | 213 min |
| Electric vehicle share | 0.2% postcode 2849 same for both | |
| Rooftop solar per 100 dwellings | 60 postcode 2849 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.
Bars are drawn against the largest share shown (60.0%).
Setting
| Bogee | Glen Alice | |
|---|---|---|
| Elevation | 460 m above sea level, at the suburb centre | 330 m above sea level, at the suburb centre |
NBN connectivity
| Bogee | Glen Alice | |
|---|---|---|
| Connectivity score | 15/100 same for both | |
| Most common technology | Satellite (Sky Muster) same for both | |
| Full-fibre (FTTP) share | 0% 32 premises | 0% 36 premises |
Climate
| Bogee | Glen Alice | |
|---|---|---|
| Annual rainfall | 965 mm same for both | |
| Summer max (Jan) | 23.4°C same for both | |
| Winter min (Jul) | 3.0°C same for both | |
Council rates
| Bogee | Glen Alice | |
|---|---|---|
| Average residential rate | $1,150/yr same for both | |
| Council | Lithgow same for both | |
Federal electorate
| Bogee | Glen Alice | |
|---|---|---|
| Division | Calare same for both | |
| Member | Andrew Gee same for both | |
| Party | Independent same for both | |
First Home Owner Grant
| Bogee | Glen Alice | |
|---|---|---|
| Grant amount | $10,000 same for both | |
| Property price cap | $600,000 same for both | |
| Eligibility | New same for both | |
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Information shown is provided as-is from Australian government and commercial data sources.
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