Cawongla vs Wadeville

In both, the large majority of households own their home, the large majority of homes are detached houses, and most households are people living alone. Houses cost more in Cawongla: a median of $673,000, against $340,000 in Wadeville, and rent is higher there too. On these figures, Wadeville tends to suit share households 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

Wadeville

ahead on 2 of the 6 things we measure here

  • carries lower crime risk (19/100 vs 71/100)
  • has more schools rated above their peers (1 vs 0)
  • But Cawongla is already more of a family suburb (36% vs 27%)

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

First-home buyers

Wadeville

ahead on 2 of the 3 things we measure here

  • has cheaper land ($480,000 vs $1,290,000)
  • has cheaper houses ($340,000 vs $673,000)

Weighs house prices, land prices, and mortgage stress.

Renters

They split

one each way, out of the 3 things we measure here

  • Cawongla has a bigger rental market to choose from (23% vs 4%)
  • Wadeville has cheaper rent ($175/wk vs $280/wk)

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

Commuting to the city

Cawongla

ahead on 2 of the 3 things we measure here

  • has a shorter drive in (514 min vs 519 min)
  • sits closer to the CBD (763.6 km vs 769.5 km)

Weighs distance, drive time, and walkability.

Downsizers and retirees

They split

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

  • Cawongla has more residents already 65 and over (31% vs 24%)
  • Wadeville carries lower crime risk (19/100 vs 71/100)

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

Investors

Too close to call

Nothing among the 1 things we measure here separates them by enough to be worth acting on.

Weighs population growth.

Where they sit

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

Cawongla Wadeville
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.

Cawongla Wadeville
Walkability 12 / 10
Cawongla — Walkability: 12/100 Wadeville — Walkability: 10/100
Safety 29 / 81
Cawongla — Safety: 29/100 Wadeville — Safety: 81/100
Low fire risk 80 / 100
Cawongla — Low fire risk: 80/100 Wadeville — Low fire risk: 100/100

Demographics

Cawongla rents higher ($280/wk vs $175/wk); Cawongla has higher household incomes ($42,432 vs $29,328).

Cawongla Wadeville
Population 204
+13% vs other
 177
Population trend (2016 → 2021) +6.2% +4.1%
Median age 57 56
Median household income $42,432/yr
+31% vs other
 $29,328/yr
Median weekly rent $280/wk
+38% vs other
 $175/wk

Age profile

Share of residents in each band, 2021 Census.

Cawongla Wadeville
0-4 4.4% / 6.2%
Cawongla — 0-4: 4.4% Wadeville — 0-4: 6.2%
5-14 7.4% / 9.0%
Cawongla — 5-14: 7.4% Wadeville — 5-14: 9.0%
15-19 1.5% / 2.3%
Cawongla — 15-19: 1.5% Wadeville — 15-19: 2.3%
20-24 — / 2.3%
Cawongla — 20-24: not among its largest Wadeville — 20-24: 2.3%
25-34 4.9% / 2.3%
Cawongla — 25-34: 4.9% Wadeville — 25-34: 2.3%
35-44 9.8% / 13.0%
Cawongla — 35-44: 9.8% Wadeville — 35-44: 13.0%
45-54 11.3% / 14.7%
Cawongla — 45-54: 11.3% Wadeville — 45-54: 14.7%
55-64 25.5% / 21.5%
Cawongla — 55-64: 25.5% Wadeville — 55-64: 21.5%
65-74 24.5% / 22.6%
Cawongla — 65-74: 24.5% Wadeville — 65-74: 22.6%
75-84 3.4% / 1.7%
Cawongla — 75-84: 3.4% Wadeville — 75-84: 1.7%
85+ 2.9% / —
Cawongla — 85+: 2.9% Wadeville — 85+: not among its largest

Bars are drawn against the largest share shown (25.5%).

Who lives together

Household composition, 2021 Census.

Cawongla 59.3% lone person
Cawongla — Lone Person: 59.3% Cawongla — One Parent Families: 22.0% Cawongla — Couple Families: 13.6% Cawongla — Group Household: 5.1%
Wadeville 61.9% lone person
Wadeville — Lone Person: 61.9% Wadeville — One Parent Families: 9.5% Wadeville — Couple Families: 17.5% Wadeville — Group Household: 11.1%
Lone Person One Parent Families Couple Families Group Household

Who owns and who rents

Occupied private dwellings by tenure, 2021 Census.

Cawongla 22.6% renting
Cawongla — Owned Outright: 51.2% Cawongla — Mortgage: 26.2% Cawongla — Renting: 22.6%
Wadeville 4.1% renting
Wadeville — Owned Outright: 82.2% Wadeville — Mortgage: 13.7% Wadeville — Renting: 4.1%
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.

Cawongla Wadeville
England 5.9% / 6.8%
Cawongla — England: 5.9% Wadeville — England: 6.8%
New Zealand 3.9% / 4.5%
Cawongla — New Zealand: 3.9% Wadeville — New Zealand: 4.5%
Philippines — / 4.5%
Cawongla — Philippines: not among its largest Wadeville — Philippines: 4.5%
Germany 2.9% / —
Cawongla — Germany: 2.9% Wadeville — Germany: not among its largest
Netherlands — / 1.7%
Cawongla — Netherlands: not among its largest Wadeville — Netherlands: 1.7%

Bars are drawn against the largest share shown (6.8%).

Qualifications

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

Cawongla Wadeville
Certificate III & IV 16.7% / 18.6%
Cawongla — Certificate III & IV: 16.7% Wadeville — Certificate III & IV: 18.6%
Bachelor Degree 13.7% / 15.8%
Cawongla — Bachelor Degree: 13.7% Wadeville — Bachelor Degree: 15.8%
Advanced Diploma / Diploma 11.3% / 11.3%
Cawongla — Advanced Diploma / Diploma: 11.3% Wadeville — Advanced Diploma / Diploma: 11.3%
Postgraduate Degree 1.5% / 2.8%
Cawongla — Postgraduate Degree: 1.5% Wadeville — Postgraduate Degree: 2.8%
Graduate Diploma / Certificate 1.5% / 1.7%
Cawongla — Graduate Diploma / Certificate: 1.5% Wadeville — Graduate Diploma / Certificate: 1.7%

Bars are drawn against the largest share shown (18.6%).

What people live in

Occupied private dwellings by structure, 2021 Census.

Cawongla 94.5% houses
Cawongla — Houses: 94.5% Cawongla — Flats / Apartments: 5.5%
Wadeville 86.7% houses
Wadeville — Houses: 86.7% Wadeville — Flats / Apartments: 13.3%
Houses Flats / Apartments

Property market

Cawongla Wadeville
Median house price $673,000 $340,000
Median unit price —
same for both
Median land price $1,290,000 $480,000

Zoning mix

Cawongla Wadeville
Rural and farming 97%
same for both
Environmental 1%
same for both
Parks and recreation 0% 1%
Residential 1% 0%
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

Cawongla Wadeville
New dwellings approved 25
across Kyogle
same for both
Approvals change year on year +0%
same for both

Ranking within NSW

Cawongla Wadeville
House price Higher than 29% of NSW Higher than 9% of NSW
Income Higher than 5% of NSW Higher than 1% of NSW
Schools —
same for both
Walkability Higher than 59% of NSW Higher than 56% of NSW
Affordability Higher than 23% of NSW Higher than 53% of NSW
EV adoption Higher than 10% of NSW Higher than 11% of NSW
NBN connectivity Higher than 44% of NSW Higher than 35% of NSW

Liveability

Cawongla Wadeville
Grade —
same for both
Score —
same for both
Socio-economic band below-average income
decile 3/10
 high-need area
decile 1/10

Risk profile

Cawongla carries more bushfire risk (20 vs 0); Cawongla carries more crime risk (71 vs 19).

Cawongla Wadeville
Bushfire Low
20/100
 None
0/100
Crime High
71/100
 Low
19/100
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

Cawongla Wadeville
Inside the suburb 0 1
Rated above peers 0 1
Rated at peers 0
same for both
Rated below peers 0
same for both

Schools in Cawongla

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

Schools in Wadeville

  • Barkers Vale Public School Government · Primary above peers

Amenities in the suburb

Cawongla Wadeville
Cafes & restaurants 1 2
Childcare 0 1
Waterways 4 3

Mobility

Wadeville sits further from the CBD (769.5 km vs 763.6 km).

Cawongla Wadeville
Walkability score 12/100 10/100
Distance to Sydney 763.6 km 769.5 km
Drive time (normal traffic) 514 min 519 min
Electric vehicle share 0.1%
postcode 2474
same for both
Rooftop solar per 100 dwellings 71
postcode 2474
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.

Cawongla Wadeville
Car (driver) 56.1% / 65.7%
Cawongla — Car (driver): 56.1% Wadeville — Car (driver): 65.7%
Worked from Home 28.1% / 22.9%
Cawongla — Worked from Home: 28.1% Wadeville — Worked from Home: 22.9%
Walked Only 10.5% / 11.4%
Cawongla — Walked Only: 10.5% Wadeville — Walked Only: 11.4%
Car (passenger) 5.3% / —
Cawongla — Car (passenger): 5.3% Wadeville — Car (passenger): not among its largest

Bars are drawn against the largest share shown (65.7%).

Setting

Cawongla Wadeville
Elevation 205 m
above sea level, at the suburb centre
 225 m
above sea level, at the suburb centre
Distance to the ocean 45.8 km 41.0 km

NBN connectivity

Cawongla Wadeville
Connectivity score 29/100 25/100
Most common technology Fixed wireless
same for both
Full-fibre (FTTP) share 0%
107 premises
 0%
61 premises

Climate

Cawongla Wadeville
Annual rainfall 1,569 mm
same for both
Summer max (Jan) 29.1°C
same for both
Winter min (Jul) 9.1°C
same for both

Council rates

Cawongla Wadeville
Average residential rate $1,264/yr
same for both
Council Kyogle
same for both

Federal electorate

Cawongla Wadeville
Division Page
same for both
Member Kevin Hogan
same for both
Party The Nationals
same for both

First Home Owner Grant

Cawongla Wadeville
Grant amount $10,000
same for both
Property price cap $600,000
same for both
Eligibility New
same for both

Tags

Cawongla

Professionals Quiet Retirees Rural

Wadeville

Affordable Professionals Quiet Rural

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