Boomey vs Larras Lee
In both, most households own their home, the large majority of homes are detached houses, and most households are couple families. On these figures, Boomey tends to suit families with children, while Larras Lee suits older residents.
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
Boomey
ahead on the one thing that separates them
- carries lower crime risk (0/100 vs 70/100)
Weighs schools, house stock, crime, parks, childcare, and who already lives there.
First-home buyers
Larras Lee
ahead on the one thing that separates them
- leaves households under less mortgage stress (18% vs 27%)
Weighs mortgage stress.
Renters
Larras Lee
ahead on 2 of the 3 things we measure here
- leaves renters under less rental stress (6% vs 12%)
- has cheaper rent ($133/wk vs $200/wk)
Weighs rent, rental stress, and how much is for rent.
Commuting to the city
Boomey
ahead on the one thing that separates them
- sits closer to the CBD (311 km vs 315.9 km)
Weighs distance, drive time, and walkability.
Downsizers and retirees
They split
one each way, out of the 4 things we measure here
- Boomey carries lower crime risk (0/100 vs 70/100)
- Larras Lee has more residents already 65 and over (33% vs 8%)
Weighs who already lives there, GPs, walkability, and crime.
Investors
Boomey
ahead on the one thing that separates them
- is growing faster (15.8% vs -16.2%)
Weighs population growth.
Where they sit
Boomey and Larras Lee 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
Boomey has more residents (88 vs 57); Boomey rents higher ($200/wk vs $133/wk).
| Boomey | Larras Lee | |
|---|---|---|
| Population | 88 +35% vs other | 57 |
| Population trend (2016 → 2021) | +15.8% | -16.2% |
| Median age | 39 | 40 |
| Median household income | $87,724/yr | $110,448/yr +26% vs other |
| Median weekly rent | $200/wk +34% vs other | $133/wk |
Age profile
Share of residents in each band, 2021 Census.
Bars are drawn against the largest share shown (36.4%).
Who lives together
Household composition, 2021 Census.
Who owns and who rents
Occupied private dwellings by tenure, 2021 Census.
What people live in
Occupied private dwellings by structure, 2021 Census.
Qualifications
Highest non-school qualification, residents 15+, 2021 Census.
Bars are drawn against the largest share shown (22.8%).
Property market
| Boomey | Larras Lee | |
|---|---|---|
| Median house price | $1,705,000 | — |
| Median unit price | — same for both | |
| Median land price | $915,000 | — |
Zoning mix
| Boomey | Larras Lee | |
|---|---|---|
| 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
| Boomey | Larras Lee | |
|---|---|---|
| New dwellings approved | 29 across Cabonne same for both | |
| Approvals change year on year | -43% same for both | |
Ranking within NSW
| Boomey | Larras Lee | |
|---|---|---|
| House price | Higher than 80% of NSW | — |
| Income | Higher than 56% of NSW | Higher than 75% of NSW |
| Schools | — same for both | |
| Walkability | Higher than 12% of NSW | Higher than 10% of NSW |
| Affordability | Higher than 18% of NSW | — |
| EV adoption | Higher than 14% of NSW same for both | |
| NBN connectivity | Higher than 37% of NSW | Higher than 35% of NSW |
Liveability
| Boomey | Larras Lee | |
|---|---|---|
| Grade | — same for both | |
| Score | — same for both | |
| Socio-economic band | very advantaged area decile 10/10 same for both | |
Risk profile
Larras Lee carries more crime risk (70 vs 0).
| Boomey | Larras Lee | |
|---|---|---|
| Bushfire | Low 18/100 | Low 15/100 |
| Crime | None 0/100 | High 70/100 |
| 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
| Boomey | Larras Lee | |
|---|---|---|
| Inside the suburb | 0 same for both | |
| Rated above peers | 0 same for both | |
| Rated at peers | 0 same for both | |
| Rated below peers | 0 same for both | |
Amenities in the suburb
| Boomey | Larras Lee | |
|---|---|---|
| Waterways | 8 | 11 |
Mobility
Larras Lee sits further from the CBD (315.9 km vs 311 km).
| Boomey | Larras Lee | |
|---|---|---|
| Walkability score | 0/100 same for both | |
| Distance to Sydney | 311 km | 315.9 km +2% vs other |
| Drive time (normal traffic) | 260 min | 259 min |
| Electric vehicle share | 0.2% postcode 2866 same for both | |
| Rooftop solar per 100 dwellings | 52 postcode 2866 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 (58.7%).
Setting
| Boomey | Larras Lee | |
|---|---|---|
| Elevation | 610 m above sea level, at the suburb centre | 553 m above sea level, at the suburb centre |
NBN connectivity
| Boomey | Larras Lee | |
|---|---|---|
| Connectivity score | 26/100 | 25/100 |
| Most common technology | Fixed wireless same for both | |
| Full-fibre (FTTP) share | 0% 33 premises | 0% 15 premises |
Climate
| Boomey | Larras Lee | |
|---|---|---|
| Annual rainfall | 692 mm same for both | |
| Summer max (Jan) | — same for both | |
| Winter min (Jul) | — same for both | |
Council rates
| Boomey | Larras Lee | |
|---|---|---|
| Average residential rate | $750/yr same for both | |
| Council | Cabonne same for both | |
Federal electorate
| Boomey | Larras Lee | |
|---|---|---|
| Division | Calare same for both | |
| Member | Andrew Gee same for both | |
| Party | Independent same for both | |
First Home Owner Grant
| Boomey | Larras Lee | |
|---|---|---|
| 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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