Cedar Point vs Ettrick

Ettrick is the younger of the two, with a median age of 46 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 Ettrick, about half of households are couple families. On these figures, Cedar Point tends to suit people living alone, while Ettrick suits families with children and 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

They split

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

  • Cedar Point carries lower crime risk (31/100 vs 51/100)
  • Ettrick is already more of a family suburb (71% vs 50%)

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

First-home buyers

Cedar Point

ahead on the one thing that separates them

  • leaves households under less mortgage stress (28% vs 35%)

Weighs mortgage stress.

Renters

Cedar Point

ahead on the one thing that separates them

  • has a bigger rental market to choose from (20% vs 6%)

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

Commuting to the city

Cedar Point

ahead on 2 of the 3 things we measure here

  • has a shorter drive in (494 min vs 513 min)
  • sits closer to the CBD (735.2 km vs 751.8 km)

Weighs distance, drive time, and walkability.

Downsizers and retirees

Cedar Point

ahead on 2 of the 4 things we measure here

  • carries lower crime risk (31/100 vs 51/100)
  • has more residents already 65 and over (21% vs 14%)

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

Investors

Ettrick

ahead on the one thing that separates them

  • is growing faster (11.2% vs 2.9%)

Weighs population growth.

Where they sit

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

Cedar Point Ettrick
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.

Cedar Point Ettrick
Walkability 10 / 5
Cedar Point — Walkability: 10/100 Ettrick — Walkability: 5/100
Safety 69 / 49
Cedar Point — Safety: 69/100 Ettrick — Safety: 49/100
Low fire risk 100 / 70
Cedar Point — Low fire risk: 100/100 Ettrick — Low fire risk: 70/100

Demographics

Cedar Point has higher household incomes ($73,320 vs $62,504); Cedar Point skews older (50 vs 46).

Cedar Point Ettrick
Population 175
+15% vs other
 149
Population trend (2016 → 2021) +2.9% +11.2%
Median age 50 46
Median household income $73,320/yr
+15% vs other
 $62,504/yr
Median weekly rent $320/wk
same for both

Age profile

Share of residents in each band, 2021 Census.

Cedar Point Ettrick
0-4 2.9% / 4.7%
Cedar Point — 0-4: 2.9% Ettrick — 0-4: 4.7%
5-14 8.6% / 14.1%
Cedar Point — 5-14: 8.6% Ettrick — 5-14: 14.1%
15-19 2.9% / 6.0%
Cedar Point — 15-19: 2.9% Ettrick — 15-19: 6.0%
20-24 2.3% / 5.4%
Cedar Point — 20-24: 2.3% Ettrick — 20-24: 5.4%
25-34 13.7% / 8.7%
Cedar Point — 25-34: 13.7% Ettrick — 25-34: 8.7%
35-44 12.0% / 8.1%
Cedar Point — 35-44: 12.0% Ettrick — 35-44: 8.1%
45-54 10.9% / 17.4%
Cedar Point — 45-54: 10.9% Ettrick — 45-54: 17.4%
55-64 17.1% / 18.1%
Cedar Point — 55-64: 17.1% Ettrick — 55-64: 18.1%
65-74 13.7% / 11.4%
Cedar Point — 65-74: 13.7% Ettrick — 65-74: 11.4%
75-84 6.9% / 2.7%
Cedar Point — 75-84: 6.9% Ettrick — 75-84: 2.7%
85+ — / —
Cedar Point — 85+: not among its largest Ettrick — 85+: not among its largest

Bars are drawn against the largest share shown (18.1%).

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.

Cedar Point Ettrick
New Zealand 2.3% / 3.4%
Cedar Point — New Zealand: 2.3% Ettrick — New Zealand: 3.4%
England — / 2.0%
Cedar Point — England: not among its largest Ettrick — England: 2.0%

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

Who lives together

Household composition, 2021 Census.

Cedar Point 34.8% couple families
Cedar Point — Couple Families: 34.8% Cedar Point — Lone Person: 39.1% Cedar Point — One Parent Families: 15.2% Cedar Point — Group Household: 10.9%
Ettrick 48.4% couple families
Ettrick — Couple Families: 48.4% Ettrick — Lone Person: 29.0% Ettrick — One Parent Families: 22.6% Ettrick — Group Household: 0.0%
Couple Families Lone Person One Parent Families Group Household

What people live in

Occupied private dwellings by structure, 2021 Census.

Cedar Point 101.4% houses
Cedar Point — Houses: 101.4%
Ettrick 100.0% houses
Ettrick — Houses: 100.0%
Houses

Qualifications

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

Cedar Point Ettrick
Certificate III & IV 16.6% / 16.1%
Cedar Point — Certificate III & IV: 16.6% Ettrick — Certificate III & IV: 16.1%
Advanced Diploma / Diploma 8.0% / 10.1%
Cedar Point — Advanced Diploma / Diploma: 8.0% Ettrick — Advanced Diploma / Diploma: 10.1%
Bachelor Degree 6.3% / 8.1%
Cedar Point — Bachelor Degree: 6.3% Ettrick — Bachelor Degree: 8.1%
Postgraduate Degree 2.9% / —
Cedar Point — Postgraduate Degree: 2.9% Ettrick — Postgraduate Degree: not among its largest
Graduate Diploma / Certificate 2.9% / —
Cedar Point — Graduate Diploma / Certificate: 2.9% Ettrick — Graduate Diploma / Certificate: not among its largest

Bars are drawn against the largest share shown (16.6%).

Who owns and who rents

Occupied private dwellings by tenure, 2021 Census.

Cedar Point 20.3% renting
Cedar Point — Owned Outright: 50.0% Cedar Point — Mortgage: 29.7% Cedar Point — Renting: 20.3%
Ettrick 6.1% renting
Ettrick — Owned Outright: 53.1% Ettrick — Mortgage: 40.8% Ettrick — Renting: 6.1%
Owned outright Mortgage Renting

Property market

Cedar Point Ettrick
Median house price — $365,000
Median unit price —
same for both
Median land price —
same for both

Zoning mix

Cedar Point Ettrick
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 Ettrick
New dwellings approved 25
across Kyogle
same for both
Approvals change year on year +0%
same for both

Ranking within NSW

Cedar Point Ettrick
House price — Higher than 10% of NSW
Income Higher than 40% of NSW Higher than 25% of NSW
Schools —
same for both
Walkability Higher than 56% of NSW Higher than 47% of NSW
Affordability — Higher than 90% of NSW
EV adoption Higher than 11% of NSW
same for both
NBN connectivity Higher than 52% of NSW Higher than 31% of NSW

Liveability

Cedar Point Ettrick
Grade —
same for both
Score —
same for both
Socio-economic band mid-range socio-economic
decile 5/10
 below-average income
decile 3/10

Risk profile

Ettrick carries more bushfire risk (30 vs 0); Ettrick carries more crime risk (51 vs 31).

Cedar Point Ettrick
Bushfire None
0/100
 Low
30/100
Crime Low
31/100
 Moderate
51/100
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 Ettrick
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 Ettrick
Waterways 3 9

Mobility

Ettrick sits further from the CBD (751.8 km vs 735.2 km).

Cedar Point Ettrick
Walkability score 10/100 5/100
Distance to Sydney 735.2 km 751.8 km
+2% vs other
Drive time (normal traffic) 494 min 513 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.

Cedar Point Ettrick
Car (driver) 75.3% / 58.9%
Cedar Point — Car (driver): 75.3% Ettrick — Car (driver): 58.9%
Worked from Home 14.6% / 33.9%
Cedar Point — Worked from Home: 14.6% Ettrick — Worked from Home: 33.9%
Walked Only 3.4% / 7.1%
Cedar Point — Walked Only: 3.4% Ettrick — Walked Only: 7.1%
Car (passenger) 6.7% / —
Cedar Point — Car (passenger): 6.7% Ettrick — Car (passenger): not among its largest

Bars are drawn against the largest share shown (75.3%).

Setting

Cedar Point Ettrick
Elevation 48 m
above sea level, at the suburb centre
 73 m
above sea level, at the suburb centre

NBN connectivity

Cedar Point Ettrick
Connectivity score 30/100 22/100
Most common technology Fixed wireless Satellite (Sky Muster)
Full-fibre (FTTP) share 0%
82 premises
 0%
48 premises

Council rates

Cedar Point Ettrick
Average residential rate $1,264/yr
same for both
Council Kyogle
same for both

Federal electorate

Cedar Point Ettrick
Division Page
same for both
Member Kevin Hogan
same for both
Party The Nationals
same for both

First Home Owner Grant

Cedar Point Ettrick
Grant amount $10,000
same for both
Property price cap $600,000
same for both
Eligibility New
same for both

Tags

Cedar Point

River Rural

Ettrick

Affordable Rural

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