Bugaldie vs Coonabarabran

Bugaldie is the younger of the two, with a median age of 47 against 50 in Coonabarabran. In both, most households own their home and the large majority of homes are detached houses. In Bugaldie, most households are couple families. In Coonabarabran, about half of households are people living alone. Houses cost more in Bugaldie: a median of $500,000, against $300,000 in Coonabarabran, and rent is higher there too. On these figures, Bugaldie tends to suit couples, while Coonabarabran 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

They split

one each way, out of the 6 things we measure here

  • Bugaldie carries lower crime risk (44/100 vs 88/100)
  • Coonabarabran has more schools inside the suburb (3 vs 0)

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

First-home buyers

Coonabarabran

ahead on 2 of the 3 things we measure here

  • has cheaper houses ($300,000 vs $500,000)
  • leaves households under less mortgage stress (20% vs 27%)

Weighs house prices, land prices, and mortgage stress.

Renters

Coonabarabran

ahead on the one thing that separates them

  • has cheaper rent ($210/wk vs $230/wk)

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

Commuting to the city

Coonabarabran

ahead on 2 of the 3 things we measure here

  • sits closer to the CBD (485.4 km vs 503.6 km)
  • has a shorter drive in (350 min vs 361 min)

Weighs distance, drive time, and walkability.

Downsizers and retirees

Coonabarabran

ahead on 2 of the 5 things we measure here

  • has more GPs (3 vs 0)
  • has more residents already 65 and over (30% vs 24%)
  • But Bugaldie carries lower crime risk (44/100 vs 88/100)

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

Where they sit

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

Bugaldie Coonabarabran
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.

Bugaldie Coonabarabran
Walkability 0 / 4
Bugaldie — Walkability: 0/100 Coonabarabran — Walkability: 4/100
Safety 56 / 12
Bugaldie — Safety: 56/100 Coonabarabran — Safety: 12/100
Low fire risk 35 / 43
Bugaldie — Low fire risk: 35/100 Coonabarabran — Low fire risk: 43/100

Demographics

Coonabarabran has more residents (3,477 vs 162); Bugaldie has higher household incomes ($66,612 vs $60,008).

Bugaldie Coonabarabran
Population 162 3,477
+2046% vs other
Population trend (2016 → 2021) +12.5% —
Median age 47 50
Median household income $66,612/yr
+10% vs other
 $60,008/yr
Median weekly rent $230/wk
+9% vs other
 $210/wk

Age profile

Share of residents in each band, 2021 Census.

Bugaldie Coonabarabran
0-4 4.9% / 5.1%
Bugaldie — 0-4: 4.9% Coonabarabran — 0-4: 5.1%
5-14 15.4% / 11.5%
Bugaldie — 5-14: 15.4% Coonabarabran — 5-14: 11.5%
15-19 2.5% / 5.6%
Bugaldie — 15-19: 2.5% Coonabarabran — 15-19: 5.6%
20-24 — / 3.9%
Bugaldie — 20-24: not among its largest Coonabarabran — 20-24: 3.9%
25-34 13.6% / 9.0%
Bugaldie — 25-34: 13.6% Coonabarabran — 25-34: 9.0%
35-44 8.6% / 9.0%
Bugaldie — 35-44: 8.6% Coonabarabran — 35-44: 9.0%
45-54 13.6% / 11.6%
Bugaldie — 45-54: 13.6% Coonabarabran — 45-54: 11.6%
55-64 16.0% / 14.6%
Bugaldie — 55-64: 16.0% Coonabarabran — 55-64: 14.6%
65-74 14.2% / 15.7%
Bugaldie — 65-74: 14.2% Coonabarabran — 65-74: 15.7%
75-84 6.2% / 9.3%
Bugaldie — 75-84: 6.2% Coonabarabran — 75-84: 9.3%
85+ 3.1% / 5.2%
Bugaldie — 85+: 3.1% Coonabarabran — 85+: 5.2%

Bars are drawn against the largest share shown (16.0%).

Who lives together

Household composition, 2021 Census.

Bugaldie 41.2% lone person
Bugaldie — Lone Person: 41.2% Bugaldie — Couple Families: 58.8% Bugaldie — One Parent Families: 0.0% Bugaldie — Group Household: 0.0% Bugaldie — Other Families: 0.0%
Coonabarabran 46.9% lone person
Coonabarabran — Lone Person: 46.9% Coonabarabran — Couple Families: 28.5% Coonabarabran — One Parent Families: 20.2% Coonabarabran — Group Household: 2.9% Coonabarabran — Other Families: 1.6%
Lone Person Couple Families One Parent Families Group Household Other Families

Who owns and who rents

Occupied private dwellings by tenure, 2021 Census.

Bugaldie 15.8% renting
Bugaldie — Owned Outright: 55.3% Bugaldie — Mortgage: 28.9% Bugaldie — Renting: 15.8%
Coonabarabran 25.3% renting
Coonabarabran — Owned Outright: 48.7% Coonabarabran — Mortgage: 26.0% Coonabarabran — Renting: 25.3%
Owned outright Mortgage Renting

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.

Bugaldie Coonabarabran
England 1.9% / 1.7%
Bugaldie — England: 1.9% Coonabarabran — England: 1.7%
New Zealand — / 0.6%
Bugaldie — New Zealand: not among its largest Coonabarabran — New Zealand: 0.6%
India — / 0.5%
Bugaldie — India: not among its largest Coonabarabran — India: 0.5%
Philippines — / 0.4%
Bugaldie — Philippines: not among its largest Coonabarabran — Philippines: 0.4%
Netherlands — / 0.3%
Bugaldie — Netherlands: not among its largest Coonabarabran — Netherlands: 0.3%

Bars are drawn against the largest share shown (1.9%).

Qualifications

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

Bugaldie Coonabarabran
Certificate III & IV 13.6% / 14.7%
Bugaldie — Certificate III & IV: 13.6% Coonabarabran — Certificate III & IV: 14.7%
Bachelor Degree 12.3% / 6.5%
Bugaldie — Bachelor Degree: 12.3% Coonabarabran — Bachelor Degree: 6.5%
Advanced Diploma / Diploma 6.2% / 5.8%
Bugaldie — Advanced Diploma / Diploma: 6.2% Coonabarabran — Advanced Diploma / Diploma: 5.8%
Postgraduate Degree — / 1.8%
Bugaldie — Postgraduate Degree: not among its largest Coonabarabran — Postgraduate Degree: 1.8%
Graduate Diploma / Certificate — / 1.1%
Bugaldie — Graduate Diploma / Certificate: not among its largest Coonabarabran — Graduate Diploma / Certificate: 1.1%

Bars are drawn against the largest share shown (14.7%).

What people live in

Occupied private dwellings by structure, 2021 Census.

Bugaldie 92.5% houses
Bugaldie — Houses: 92.5% Bugaldie — Flats / Apartments: 7.5% Bugaldie — Townhouses: 0.0%
Coonabarabran 94.0% houses
Coonabarabran — Houses: 94.0% Coonabarabran — Flats / Apartments: 5.5% Coonabarabran — Townhouses: 0.5%
Houses Flats / Apartments Townhouses

Property market

Bugaldie Coonabarabran
Median house price $500,000 $300,000
Median unit price —
same for both
Median land price $100,000 $99,250
Typical days to sell (houses) — 78 days
from 25 sales

Zoning mix

Bugaldie has more land zoned for conservation (37% vs 3%); Coonabarabran has more rural and farming land (93% vs 63%).

Bugaldie Coonabarabran
Rural and farming 63% 93%
Environmental 37% 3%
Residential 0% 3%
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

Bugaldie Coonabarabran
New dwellings approved 10
across Warrumbungle
same for both
Approvals change year on year -75%
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.

Bugaldie Coonabarabran
Houses — 4.4%
$400/wk on $478K
Units —
same for both

Ranking within NSW

Bugaldie Coonabarabran
House price Higher than 15% of NSW Higher than 6% of NSW
Income Higher than 29% of NSW Higher than 21% of NSW
Schools — Higher than 27% of NSW
Walkability Higher than 26% of NSW Higher than 45% of NSW
Affordability Higher than 82% of NSW Higher than 93% of NSW
EV adoption Higher than 1% of NSW
same for both
NBN connectivity Higher than 14% of NSW Higher than 70% of NSW
Rental yield (houses) — Higher than 88% of NSW

Liveability

Bugaldie Coonabarabran
Grade — D
Score — 12/100
Socio-economic band very advantaged area
decile 9/10
 below-average income
decile 2/10

Risk profile

Coonabarabran carries more crime risk (88 vs 44).

Bugaldie Coonabarabran
Bushfire Moderate
65/100
 Moderate
57/100
Crime Moderate
44/100
 High
88/100
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

Bugaldie Coonabarabran
Inside the suburb 0 3
Rated above peers 0
same for both
Rated at peers 0 3
Rated below peers 0
same for both

Schools in Bugaldie

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

Schools in Coonabarabran

  • Coonabarabran High School Government · Secondary at peers
  • Coonabarabran Public School Government · Primary at peers
  • St Lawrence's Catholic Primary School Coonabarabran Catholic · Primary at peers

Amenities in the suburb

Bugaldie Coonabarabran
Supermarkets 0 1
Cafes & restaurants 0 7
Parks & reserves 4 7
Childcare 0 2
GPs 0 3
Pharmacies 0 2
Hospitals 0 1
Police stations 0 1
Banks & Bank@Post 0 4
Fuel stations 0 2
EV chargers 0 1
Waterways 5 37

Mobility

Bugaldie sits further from the CBD (503.6 km vs 485.4 km).

Bugaldie Coonabarabran
Walkability score 0/100 4/100
Distance to Sydney 503.6 km
+4% vs other
 485.4 km
Drive time (normal traffic) 361 min 350 min
Electric vehicle share 0.1%
postcode 2357
same for both
Rooftop solar per 100 dwellings 88
postcode 2357
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.

Bugaldie Coonabarabran
Car (driver) 52.9% / 74.5%
Bugaldie — Car (driver): 52.9% Coonabarabran — Car (driver): 74.5%
Worked from Home 35.3% / 11.8%
Bugaldie — Worked from Home: 35.3% Coonabarabran — Worked from Home: 11.8%
Walked Only 11.8% / 6.7%
Bugaldie — Walked Only: 11.8% Coonabarabran — Walked Only: 6.7%
Car (passenger) — / 6.6%
Bugaldie — Car (passenger): not among its largest Coonabarabran — Car (passenger): 6.6%
Bus — / 0.3%
Bugaldie — Bus: not among its largest Coonabarabran — Bus: 0.3%

Bars are drawn against the largest share shown (74.5%).

Setting

Bugaldie Coonabarabran
Elevation 443 m
above sea level, at the suburb centre
 628 m
above sea level, at the suburb centre

NBN connectivity

Bugaldie Coonabarabran
Connectivity score 15/100 60/100
Most common technology Satellite (Sky Muster) Fibre to the node
Full-fibre (FTTP) share 0%
41 premises
 35%
1,626 premises

Climate

Bugaldie Coonabarabran
Annual rainfall 761 mm
same for both
Summer max (Jan) 31.1°C
same for both
Winter min (Jul) 1.2°C
same for both

Council rates

Bugaldie Coonabarabran
Average residential rate $671/yr
same for both
Council Warrumbungle
same for both

Federal electorate

Bugaldie Coonabarabran
Division Parkes
same for both
Member Jamie Chaffey
same for both
Party The Nationals
same for both

First Home Owner Grant

Bugaldie Coonabarabran
Grant amount $10,000
same for both
Property price cap $600,000
same for both
Eligibility New
same for both

Tags

Bugaldie

Rural

Coonabarabran

Affordable Retirees Rural

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