Cedar Point vs Horse Station Creek
In both, the large majority of households own their home and the large majority of homes are detached houses. In Horse Station Creek, about half of households are couple families. On these figures, Horse Station Creek tends to suit 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 81/100)
- Horse Station Creek is already more of a family suburb (58% vs 50%)
Weighs schools, house stock, crime, parks, childcare, and who already lives there.
First-home buyers
Too close to call
Nothing among the 1 things we measure here separates them by enough to be worth acting on.
Weighs mortgage stress.
Renters
They split
one each way, out of the 3 things we measure here
- Cedar Point has a bigger rental market to choose from (20% vs 8%)
- Horse Station Creek has cheaper rent ($270/wk vs $320/wk)
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 508 min)
- sits closer to the CBD (735.2 km vs 746.9 km)
Weighs distance, drive time, and walkability.
Downsizers and retirees
Cedar Point
ahead on 2 of the 4 things we measure here
- is more walkable (10/100 vs 0/100)
- carries lower crime risk (31/100 vs 81/100)
- But Horse Station Creek has more residents already 65 and over (26% vs 21%)
Weighs who already lives there, GPs, walkability, and crime.
Investors
Horse Station Creek
ahead on the one thing that separates them
- is growing faster (45.5% vs 2.9%)
Weighs population growth.
Where they sit
Cedar Point and Horse Station Creek 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
Cedar Point rents higher ($320/wk vs $270/wk); Cedar Point skews older (50 vs 48).
| Cedar Point | Horse Station Creek | |
|---|---|---|
| Population | 175 +16% vs other | 147 |
| Population trend (2016 → 2021) | +2.9% | +45.5% |
| Median age | 50 | 48 |
| Median household income | $73,320/yr +5% vs other | $69,732/yr |
| Median weekly rent | $320/wk +16% vs other | $270/wk |
Age profile
Share of residents in each band, 2021 Census.
Bars are drawn against the largest share shown (19.7%).
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 (3.4%).
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 (20.4%).
Who owns and who rents
Occupied private dwellings by tenure, 2021 Census.
Property market
| Cedar Point | Horse Station Creek | |
|---|---|---|
| Median house price | — | $897,500 |
| Median unit price | — same for both | |
| Median land price | — same for both | |
Zoning mix
| Cedar Point | Horse Station Creek | |
|---|---|---|
| Rural and farming | 99% | 98% |
| Residential | 0% | 2% |
| 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 | Horse Station Creek | |
|---|---|---|
| New dwellings approved | 25 across Kyogle same for both | |
| Approvals change year on year | +0% same for both | |
Ranking within NSW
| Cedar Point | Horse Station Creek | |
|---|---|---|
| House price | — | Higher than 42% of NSW |
| Income | Higher than 40% of NSW | Higher than 33% of NSW |
| Schools | — same for both | |
| Walkability | Higher than 56% of NSW | Higher than 14% of NSW |
| Affordability | — | Higher than 45% of NSW |
| EV adoption | Higher than 11% of NSW same for both | |
| NBN connectivity | Higher than 52% of NSW | Higher than 41% of NSW |
Liveability
Cedar Point is more walkable (10 vs 0).
| Cedar Point | Horse Station Creek | |
|---|---|---|
| Grade | — same for both | |
| Score | — same for both | |
| Socio-economic band | mid-range socio-economic decile 5/10 same for both | |
Risk profile
Horse Station Creek carries more bushfire risk (24 vs 0); Horse Station Creek carries more crime risk (81 vs 31).
| Cedar Point | Horse Station Creek | |
|---|---|---|
| Bushfire | None 0/100 | Low 24/100 |
| Crime | Low 31/100 | High 81/100 |
| 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 | Horse Station Creek | |
|---|---|---|
| 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 | Horse Station Creek | |
|---|---|---|
| Waterways | 3 same for both | |
Mobility
Horse Station Creek sits further from the CBD (746.9 km vs 735.2 km).
| Cedar Point | Horse Station Creek | |
|---|---|---|
| Walkability score | 10/100 | 0/100 |
| Distance to Sydney | 735.2 km | 746.9 km +2% vs other |
| Drive time (normal traffic) | 494 min | 508 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.
Bars are drawn against the largest share shown (75.4%).
Setting
| Cedar Point | Horse Station Creek | |
|---|---|---|
| Elevation | 48 m above sea level, at the suburb centre | 112 m above sea level, at the suburb centre |
NBN connectivity
| Cedar Point | Horse Station Creek | |
|---|---|---|
| Connectivity score | 30/100 | 28/100 |
| Most common technology | Fixed wireless same for both | |
| Full-fibre (FTTP) share | 0% 82 premises | 0% 57 premises |
Council rates
| Cedar Point | Horse Station Creek | |
|---|---|---|
| Average residential rate | $1,264/yr same for both | |
| Council | Kyogle same for both | |
Federal electorate
| Cedar Point | Horse Station Creek | |
|---|---|---|
| Division | Page same for both | |
| Member | Kevin Hogan same for both | |
| Party | The Nationals same for both | |
First Home Owner Grant
| Cedar Point | Horse Station Creek | |
|---|---|---|
| Grant amount | $10,000 same for both | |
| Property price cap | $600,000 same for both | |
| Eligibility | New same for both | |
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