Carool vs Glengarrie
In both, the large majority of households own their home and the large majority of homes are detached houses. In Glengarrie, about half of households are people living alone. On these figures, Glengarrie 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
Carool
ahead on 2 of the 6 things we measure here
- carries lower crime risk (35/100 vs 48/100)
- is already more of a family suburb (61% vs 52%)
Weighs schools, house stock, crime, parks, childcare, and who already lives there.
First-home buyers
Carool
ahead on the one thing that separates them
- leaves households under less mortgage stress (28% vs 50%)
Weighs mortgage stress.
Renters
Carool
ahead on the one thing that separates them
- leaves renters under less rental stress (23% vs 34%)
Weighs rent and rental stress.
Commuting to the city
Carool
ahead on the one thing that separates them
- is more walkable (21/100 vs 13/100)
Weighs distance, drive time, and walkability.
Downsizers and retirees
Carool
ahead on 2 of the 4 things we measure here
- is more walkable (21/100 vs 13/100)
- carries lower crime risk (35/100 vs 48/100)
- But Glengarrie has more residents already 65 and over (31% vs 26%)
Weighs who already lives there, GPs, walkability, and crime.
Investors
Carool
ahead on the one thing that separates them
- is growing faster (17.2% vs -27.7%)
Weighs population growth.
Where they sit
Carool and Glengarrie 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
Carool has more residents (204 vs 102); Carool has higher household incomes ($79,092 vs $54,132).
| Carool | Glengarrie | |
|---|---|---|
| Population | 204 +50% vs other | 102 |
| Population trend (2016 → 2021) | +17.2% | -27.7% |
| Median age | 49 | 51 |
| Median household income | $79,092/yr +32% vs other | $54,132/yr |
| Median weekly rent | $350/wk same for both | |
Age profile
Share of residents in each band, 2021 Census.
Bars are drawn against the largest share shown (21.6%).
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 (5.9%).
Qualifications
Highest non-school qualification, residents 15+, 2021 Census.
Bars are drawn against the largest share shown (14.7%).
What people live in
Occupied private dwellings by structure, 2021 Census.
Property market
| Carool | Glengarrie | |
|---|---|---|
| Median house price | $2,000,000 | — |
| Median unit price | — same for both | |
| Median land price | — same for both | |
Zoning mix
Carool has more rural and farming land (99% vs 54%).
| Carool | Glengarrie | |
|---|---|---|
| Rural and farming | 99% | 54% |
| Other and special use | 0% | 45% |
| Planning zones cover 100% of Carool and 99% of Glengarrie. 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
| Carool | Glengarrie | |
|---|---|---|
| New dwellings approved | 331 across Tweed same for both | |
| Approvals change year on year | -50% same for both | |
Ranking within NSW
| Carool | Glengarrie | |
|---|---|---|
| House price | Higher than 85% of NSW | — |
| Income | Higher than 46% of NSW | Higher than 14% of NSW |
| Schools | — same for both | |
| Walkability | Higher than 70% of NSW | Higher than 62% of NSW |
| Affordability | Higher than 8% of NSW | — |
| EV adoption | Higher than 62% of NSW | Higher than 63% of NSW |
| NBN connectivity | Higher than 44% of NSW | Higher than 43% of NSW |
Liveability
Carool is more walkable (21 vs 13).
| Carool | Glengarrie | |
|---|---|---|
| Grade | — same for both | |
| Score | — same for both | |
| Socio-economic band | mid-range socio-economic decile 5/10 same for both | |
Risk profile
Glengarrie carries more crime risk (48 vs 35).
| Carool | Glengarrie | |
|---|---|---|
| Bushfire | None 0/100 same for both | |
| Crime | Low 35/100 | Moderate 48/100 |
| 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
| Carool | Glengarrie | |
|---|---|---|
| Inside the suburb | 1 | 0 |
| Rated above peers | 0 same for both | |
| Rated at peers | 0 same for both | |
| Rated below peers | 0 same for both | |
Schools in Carool
- Carool Public School Government · Primary
Schools in Glengarrie
No schools recorded inside this suburb's boundary. Children here will be zoned to schools nearby.
Amenities in the suburb
| Carool | Glengarrie | |
|---|---|---|
| Waterways | 3 | 1 |
Mobility
| Carool | Glengarrie | |
|---|---|---|
| Walkability score | 21/100 | 13/100 |
| Distance to Sydney | 823.3 km | 823 km |
| Drive time (normal traffic) | 534 min same for both | |
| Electric vehicle share | 0.6% postcode 2486 same for both | |
| Rooftop solar per 100 dwellings | 74 postcode 2486 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 (63.6%).
Setting
| Carool | Glengarrie | |
|---|---|---|
| Elevation | 133 m above sea level, at the suburb centre | 272 m above sea level, at the suburb centre |
| Distance to the ocean | 11.2 km | 13.0 km |
NBN connectivity
| Carool | Glengarrie | |
|---|---|---|
| Connectivity score | 29/100 | 28/100 |
| Most common technology | Fixed wireless same for both | |
| Full-fibre (FTTP) share | 0% 86 premises | 0% 24 premises |
Climate
| Carool | Glengarrie | |
|---|---|---|
| Annual rainfall | 1,637 mm same for both | |
| Summer max (Jan) | 28.6°C same for both | |
| Winter min (Jul) | 10.5°C same for both | |
Council rates
| Carool | Glengarrie | |
|---|---|---|
| Average residential rate | $1,745/yr same for both | |
| Council | Tweed same for both | |
Federal electorate
| Carool | Glengarrie | |
|---|---|---|
| Division | Richmond same for both | |
| Member | Justine Elliot same for both | |
| Party | Australian Labor Party same for both | |
First Home Owner Grant
| Carool | Glengarrie | |
|---|---|---|
| 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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