Bringelly vs Cobbitty

Cobbitty is the younger of the two, with a median age of 35 against 42 in Bringelly. In both, the large majority of households own their home, the large majority of homes are detached houses, and most households are couple families. Houses cost more in Bringelly: a median of $2.95 million, against $1.2 million in Cobbitty, though rent is higher in Cobbitty. On these figures, Cobbitty tends to suit families with children 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

Cobbitty

ahead on 3 of the 6 things we measure here

  • has more childcare (6 vs 1)
  • has more schools inside the suburb (4 vs 1)
  • carries lower crime risk (37/100 vs 69/100)

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

First-home buyers

Cobbitty

ahead on 2 of the 3 things we measure here

  • has cheaper land ($800,000 vs $3,550,000)
  • has cheaper houses ($1,202,500 vs $2,950,500)

Weighs house prices, land prices, and mortgage stress.

Renters

Too close to call

Nothing among the 3 things we measure here separates them by enough to be worth acting on.

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

Commuting to the city

Bringelly

ahead on 3 of the 4 things we measure here

  • is more walkable (14/100 vs 6/100)
  • sits closer to the CBD (57.6 km vs 71.6 km)
  • has a shorter drive in (55 min vs 65 min)

Weighs distance, drive time, rail access, and walkability.

Downsizers and retirees

They split

one each way, out of the 5 things we measure here

  • Bringelly is more walkable (14/100 vs 6/100)
  • Cobbitty carries lower crime risk (37/100 vs 69/100)

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

Investors

Cobbitty

ahead on 2 of the 2 things we measure here

  • is growing faster (103.9% vs -3.0%)
  • returns a higher gross yield on houses (3.4% vs 1.2%)

Weighs house yield and population growth.

Where they sit

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

Bringelly Cobbitty
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.

Bringelly Cobbitty
Walkability 14 / 6
Bringelly — Walkability: 14/100 Cobbitty — Walkability: 6/100
Safety 31 / 63
Bringelly — Safety: 31/100 Cobbitty — Safety: 63/100
Low fire risk 70 / 83
Bringelly — Low fire risk: 70/100 Cobbitty — Low fire risk: 83/100

Demographics

Cobbitty has more residents (4,206 vs 2,433); Cobbitty has higher household incomes ($120,276 vs $95,316).

Bringelly Cobbitty
Population 2,433 4,206
+73% vs other
Population trend (2016 → 2021) -3.0% +103.9%
Median age 42 35
Median household income $95,316/yr $120,276/yr
+26% vs other
Median weekly rent $500/wk $530/wk
+6% vs other

Age profile

Share of residents in each band, 2021 Census.

Bringelly Cobbitty
0-4 4.1% / 8.7%
Bringelly — 0-4: 4.1% Cobbitty — 0-4: 8.7%
5-14 12.2% / 13.6%
Bringelly — 5-14: 12.2% Cobbitty — 5-14: 13.6%
15-19 7.6% / 6.0%
Bringelly — 15-19: 7.6% Cobbitty — 15-19: 6.0%
20-24 8.0% / 5.6%
Bringelly — 20-24: 8.0% Cobbitty — 20-24: 5.6%
25-34 10.6% / 16.1%
Bringelly — 25-34: 10.6% Cobbitty — 25-34: 16.1%
35-44 10.4% / 13.7%
Bringelly — 35-44: 10.4% Cobbitty — 35-44: 13.7%
45-54 13.5% / 11.5%
Bringelly — 45-54: 13.5% Cobbitty — 45-54: 11.5%
55-64 14.6% / 9.6%
Bringelly — 55-64: 14.6% Cobbitty — 55-64: 9.6%
65-74 12.7% / 9.1%
Bringelly — 65-74: 12.7% Cobbitty — 65-74: 9.1%
75-84 4.9% / 5.3%
Bringelly — 75-84: 4.9% Cobbitty — 75-84: 5.3%
85+ 1.7% / 1.0%
Bringelly — 85+: 1.7% Cobbitty — 85+: 1.0%

Bars are drawn against the largest share shown (16.1%).

Who lives together

Household composition, 2021 Census.

Bringelly 59.1% couple families
Bringelly — Couple Families: 59.1% Bringelly — Lone Person: 20.0% Bringelly — One Parent Families: 15.6% Bringelly — Group Household: 4.2% Bringelly — Other Families: 1.1%
Cobbitty 62.1% couple families
Cobbitty — Couple Families: 62.1% Cobbitty — Lone Person: 20.7% Cobbitty — One Parent Families: 14.5% Cobbitty — Group Household: 1.6% Cobbitty — Other Families: 1.1%
Couple Families Lone Person One Parent Families Group Household Other Families

Who owns and who rents

Occupied private dwellings by tenure, 2021 Census.

Bringelly 22.3% renting
Bringelly — Owned Outright: 51.5% Bringelly — Mortgage: 26.3% Bringelly — Renting: 22.3%
Cobbitty 21.7% renting
Cobbitty — Owned Outright: 26.7% Cobbitty — Mortgage: 51.6% Cobbitty — Renting: 21.7%
Owned outright Mortgage Renting

Qualifications

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

Bringelly Cobbitty
Certificate III & IV 18.0% / 16.4%
Bringelly — Certificate III & IV: 18.0% Cobbitty — Certificate III & IV: 16.4%
Bachelor Degree 6.3% / 10.6%
Bringelly — Bachelor Degree: 6.3% Cobbitty — Bachelor Degree: 10.6%
Advanced Diploma / Diploma 5.1% / 9.1%
Bringelly — Advanced Diploma / Diploma: 5.1% Cobbitty — Advanced Diploma / Diploma: 9.1%
Postgraduate Degree 1.5% / 3.5%
Bringelly — Postgraduate Degree: 1.5% Cobbitty — Postgraduate Degree: 3.5%
Graduate Diploma / Certificate 0.7% / 1.5%
Bringelly — Graduate Diploma / Certificate: 0.7% Cobbitty — Graduate Diploma / Certificate: 1.5%

Bars are drawn against the largest share shown (18.0%).

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.

Bringelly Cobbitty
England 1.3% / 3.4%
Bringelly — England: 1.3% Cobbitty — England: 3.4%
Italy 2.3% / 0.5%
Bringelly — Italy: 2.3% Cobbitty — Italy: 0.5%
New Zealand 1.0% / 1.1%
Bringelly — New Zealand: 1.0% Cobbitty — New Zealand: 1.1%
China 1.1% / 0.6%
Bringelly — China: 1.1% Cobbitty — China: 0.6%
Lebanon 1.6% / —
Bringelly — Lebanon: 1.6% Cobbitty — Lebanon: not among its largest
Iraq 1.3% / —
Bringelly — Iraq: 1.3% Cobbitty — Iraq: not among its largest
Philippines — / 0.8%
Bringelly — Philippines: not among its largest Cobbitty — Philippines: 0.8%
India — / 0.6%
Bringelly — India: not among its largest Cobbitty — India: 0.6%

Bars are drawn against the largest share shown (3.4%).

What people live in

Occupied private dwellings by structure, 2021 Census.

Bringelly 98.0% houses
Bringelly — Houses: 98.0% Bringelly — Townhouses: 0.0% Bringelly — Flats / Apartments: 2.0%
Cobbitty 95.8% houses
Cobbitty — Houses: 95.8% Cobbitty — Townhouses: 3.5% Cobbitty — Flats / Apartments: 0.7%
Houses Townhouses Flats / Apartments

Property market

Bringelly Cobbitty
Median house price $2,950,500 $1,202,500
Median unit price —
same for both
Median land price $3,550,000 $800,000
Typical days to sell (houses) 120 days
from 6 sales
 31 days
from 98 sales

Zoning mix

Cobbitty has more rural and farming land (74% vs 48%); Bringelly has more commercially zoned land (12% vs 0%).

Bringelly Cobbitty
Rural and farming 48% 74%
Residential 14% 5%
Other and special use 12% 0%
Commercial 12% 0%
Infrastructure and transport 2% 11%
Environmental 7% 10%
Parks and recreation 2% 0%
Planning zones cover 99% of Bringelly and 100% of Cobbitty. The rest is unzoned land such as water or road reserve.
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

Bringelly Cobbitty
New dwellings approved 1,671
across Camden
same for both
Approvals change year on year -21%
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.

Bringelly Cobbitty
Houses 1.2%
$750/wk on $3.39M
 3.4%
$800/wk on $1.23M
Units —
same for both

Ranking within NSW

Bringelly Cobbitty
House price Higher than 97% of NSW Higher than 59% of NSW
Income Higher than 63% of NSW Higher than 84% of NSW
Schools — Higher than 87% of NSW
Walkability Higher than 65% of NSW Higher than 51% of NSW
Affordability Higher than 2% of NSW Higher than 68% of NSW
EV adoption Higher than 62% of NSW Higher than 76% of NSW
NBN connectivity Higher than 97% of NSW Higher than 94% of NSW
Rental yield (houses) Higher than 1% of NSW Higher than 39% of NSW

Liveability

Bringelly is more walkable (14 vs 6); Cobbitty scores higher overall (67 vs 42).

Bringelly Cobbitty
Grade C B
Score 42/100 67/100
Socio-economic band mid-range socio-economic
decile 6/10
 very advantaged area
decile 10/10

Risk profile

Bringelly carries more crime risk (69 vs 37); Bringelly carries more bushfire risk (30 vs 17).

Bringelly Cobbitty
Bushfire Low
30/100
 Low
17/100
Crime Moderate
69/100
 Low
37/100
Flood Not mapped
no mapped data here
same for both
Coastal erosion None
0/100
same for both
Aircraft noise High
91/100
 Moderate
50/100
Industrial facilities nearby 1
within 5 km
 0
within 5 km

Schools

Bringelly Cobbitty
Inside the suburb 1 4
Rated above peers 0 2
Rated at peers 0
same for both
Rated below peers 1 2

Schools in Bringelly

  • Bringelly Public School Government · Primary below peers

Schools in Cobbitty

  • Cobbitty Public School Government · Primary above peers
  • Macarthur Anglican School Independent · Combined above peers
  • Aspect Macarthur School Independent · Primary · Special school below peers
  • Mater Dei School Independent · Secondary · Special school below peers

Amenities in the suburb

Bringelly Cobbitty
Supermarkets 0 1
Cafes & restaurants 1
same for both
Parks & reserves 1
same for both
Childcare 1 6
GPs 1 0
Banks & Bank@Post 1 0
Fuel stations 1
same for both
Waterways 6
same for both

Mobility

Cobbitty sits further from the CBD (71.6 km vs 57.6 km).

Bringelly Cobbitty
Walkability score 14/100 6/100
Distance to Sydney 57.6 km 71.6 km
+24% vs other
Drive time (normal traffic) 55 min 65 min
Public transport score 78/100
Bus
 64/100
Bus
Peak arrivals per hour 50.5
7-9am + 5-7pm
 23.8
7-9am + 5-7pm
Median peak wait 1 min
scheduled, not actual
same for both
Electric vehicle share 0.6%
postcode 2556
 0.9%
postcode 2570
Rooftop solar per 100 dwellings 33
postcode 2556
 56
postcode 2570

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.

Bringelly Cobbitty
Car (driver) 52.9% / 59.1%
Bringelly — Car (driver): 52.9% Cobbitty — Car (driver): 59.1%
Worked from Home 36.3% / 35.9%
Bringelly — Worked from Home: 36.3% Cobbitty — Worked from Home: 35.9%
Car (passenger) 4.0% / 3.2%
Bringelly — Car (passenger): 4.0% Cobbitty — Car (passenger): 3.2%
Walked Only 3.9% / 0.8%
Bringelly — Walked Only: 3.9% Cobbitty — Walked Only: 0.8%
Train 1.7% / 0.8%
Bringelly — Train: 1.7% Cobbitty — Train: 0.8%

Bars are drawn against the largest share shown (59.1%).

Setting

Bringelly Cobbitty
Elevation 99 m
above sea level, at the suburb centre
 108 m
above sea level, at the suburb centre
Distance to the ocean 38.3 km 38.9 km

NBN connectivity

Bringelly Cobbitty
Connectivity score 95/100 89/100
Most common technology Fibre to the premises
same for both
Full-fibre (FTTP) share 75%
863 premises
 82%
2,376 premises

Climate

Bringelly Cobbitty
Annual rainfall 817 mm
same for both
Summer max (Jan) 29.4°C
same for both
Winter min (Jul) 4.2°C
same for both

Air quality (annual mean)

Bringelly Cobbitty
PM2.5 6.7 µg/m³ 5.1 µg/m³
PM10 16.9 µg/m³ 13.2 µg/m³
NO₂ 0.37 pphm
same for both

Council rates

Bringelly Cobbitty
Average residential rate $1,504/yr
same for both
Council Camden
same for both

Federal electorate

Bringelly Cobbitty
Division Hume
same for both
Member Angus Taylor
same for both
Party Liberal
same for both

First Home Owner Grant

Bringelly Cobbitty
Grant amount $10,000
same for both
Property price cap $600,000
same for both
Eligibility New
same for both

Tags

Bringelly

Acreage Outer Premium

Cobbitty

Acreage Family River Young Families

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