Cedar Point vs Boorabee Park
Boorabee Park is the younger of the two, with a median age of 43 against 50 in Cedar Point. In both, the large majority of households own their home and the large majority of homes are detached houses. In Boorabee Park, the large majority of households are couple families. On these figures, Cedar Point tends to suit people living alone, while Boorabee Park suits couples.
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
Boorabee Park
ahead on the one thing that separates them
- is already more of a family suburb (75% vs 50%)
Weighs schools, house stock, crime, parks, childcare, and who already lives there.
First-home buyers
Boorabee Park
ahead on the one thing that separates them
- leaves households under less mortgage stress (20% vs 28%)
Weighs mortgage stress.
Renters
Boorabee Park
ahead on the one thing that separates them
- leaves renters under less rental stress (17% vs 23%)
Weighs rent, rental stress, and how much is for rent.
Commuting to the city
Cedar Point
ahead on 3 of the 3 things we measure here
- is more walkable (10/100 vs 0/100)
- has a shorter drive in (494 min vs 503 min)
- sits closer to the CBD (735.2 km vs 742.6 km)
Weighs distance, drive time, and walkability.
Downsizers and retirees
Cedar Point
ahead on the one thing that separates them
- is more walkable (10/100 vs 0/100)
Weighs who already lives there, GPs, walkability, and crime.
Investors
Boorabee Park
ahead on the one thing that separates them
- is growing faster (40.4% vs 2.9%)
Weighs population growth.
Where they sit
Cedar Point and Boorabee Park 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
Boorabee Park has higher household incomes ($104,884 vs $73,320); Cedar Point skews older (50 vs 43).
| Cedar Point | Boorabee Park | |
|---|---|---|
| Population | 175 +17% vs other | 146 |
| Population trend (2016 → 2021) | +2.9% | +40.4% |
| Median age | 50 | 43 |
| Median household income | $73,320/yr | $104,884/yr +43% vs other |
| Median weekly rent | $320/wk | $335/wk +5% vs other |
Age profile
Share of residents in each band, 2021 Census.
Bars are drawn against the largest share shown (18.5%).
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 (5.5%).
Who lives together
Household composition, 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 (19.9%).
Who owns and who rents
Occupied private dwellings by tenure, 2021 Census.
Property market
| Cedar Point | Boorabee Park | |
|---|---|---|
| Median house price | — | $831,000 |
| Median unit price | — same for both | |
| Median land price | — same for both | |
Zoning mix
| Cedar Point | Boorabee Park | |
|---|---|---|
| Rural and farming | 99% same for both | |
| Environmental | 1% same for both | |
| 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
| Cedar Point | Boorabee Park | |
|---|---|---|
| New dwellings approved | 25 across Kyogle same for both | |
| Approvals change year on year | +0% same for both | |
Ranking within NSW
| Cedar Point | Boorabee Park | |
|---|---|---|
| House price | — | Higher than 37% of NSW |
| Income | Higher than 40% of NSW | Higher than 71% of NSW |
| Schools | — same for both | |
| Walkability | Higher than 56% of NSW | Higher than 25% of NSW |
| Affordability | — | Higher than 79% of NSW |
| EV adoption | Higher than 11% of NSW | Higher than 58% of NSW |
| NBN connectivity | Higher than 52% of NSW | Higher than 32% of NSW |
Liveability
Cedar Point is more walkable (10 vs 0).
| Cedar Point | Boorabee Park | |
|---|---|---|
| Grade | — same for both | |
| Score | — same for both | |
| Socio-economic band | mid-range socio-economic decile 5/10 same for both | |
Risk profile
Boorabee Park carries more bushfire risk (44 vs 0).
| Cedar Point | Boorabee Park | |
|---|---|---|
| Bushfire | None 0/100 | Moderate 44/100 |
| Crime | Low 31/100 | Low 33/100 |
| 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
| Cedar Point | Boorabee Park | |
|---|---|---|
| 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
| Cedar Point | Boorabee Park | |
|---|---|---|
| Waterways | 3 | 4 |
Mobility
Boorabee Park sits further from the CBD (742.6 km vs 735.2 km).
| Cedar Point | Boorabee Park | |
|---|---|---|
| Walkability score | 10/100 | 0/100 |
| Distance to Sydney | 735.2 km | 742.6 km +1% vs other |
| Drive time (normal traffic) | 494 min | 503 min |
| Electric vehicle share | 0.1% postcode 2474 | 0.6% postcode 2480 |
| Rooftop solar per 100 dwellings | 71 postcode 2474 | 69 postcode 2480 |
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 (81.1%).
Setting
| Cedar Point | Boorabee Park | |
|---|---|---|
| Elevation | 48 m above sea level, at the suburb centre | 87 m above sea level, at the suburb centre |
NBN connectivity
| Cedar Point | Boorabee Park | |
|---|---|---|
| Connectivity score | 30/100 | 22/100 |
| Most common technology | Fixed wireless | Satellite (Sky Muster) |
| Full-fibre (FTTP) share | 0% 82 premises | 0% 73 premises |
Council rates
| Cedar Point | Boorabee Park | |
|---|---|---|
| Average residential rate | $1,264/yr same for both | |
| Council | Kyogle same for both | |
Federal electorate
| Cedar Point | Boorabee Park | |
|---|---|---|
| Division | Page same for both | |
| Member | Kevin Hogan same for both | |
| Party | The Nationals same for both | |
First Home Owner Grant
| Cedar Point | Boorabee Park | |
|---|---|---|
| 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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