Chatsworth vs Woombah
In both, the large majority of households own their home, the large majority of homes are detached houses, and about half of households are people living alone. Houses cost more in Woombah: a median of $950,000, against $595,000 in Chatsworth. On these figures, Chatsworth tends to suit people living alone 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
Chatsworth
ahead on 2 of the 6 things we measure here
- has more schools rated above their peers (1 vs 0)
- has more separate houses rather than flats (100% vs 84%)
Weighs schools, house stock, crime, parks, childcare, and who already lives there.
First-home buyers
Chatsworth
ahead on the one thing that separates them
- has cheaper houses ($595,000 vs $950,000)
Weighs house prices and mortgage stress.
Renters
Chatsworth
ahead on the one thing that separates them
- leaves renters under less rental stress (24% vs 31%)
Weighs rent, rental stress, and how much is for rent.
Commuting to the city
Chatsworth
ahead on 2 of the 3 things we measure here
- has a shorter drive in (419 min vs 441 min)
- sits closer to the CBD (650.9 km vs 664.5 km)
Weighs distance, drive time, and walkability.
Downsizers and retirees
Too close to call
Nothing among the 4 things we measure here separates them by enough to be worth acting on.
Weighs who already lives there, GPs, walkability, and crime.
Investors
Woombah
ahead on the one thing that separates them
- is growing faster (14.3% vs -3.7%)
Weighs population growth.
Where they sit
Chatsworth and Woombah 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
Woombah has more residents (965 vs 157); Chatsworth has higher household incomes ($59,904 vs $49,556).
| Chatsworth | Woombah | |
|---|---|---|
| Population | 157 | 965 +515% vs other |
| Population trend (2016 → 2021) | -3.7% | +14.3% |
| Median age | 57 | 56 |
| Median household income | $59,904/yr +17% vs other | $49,556/yr |
| Median weekly rent | $280/wk | $293/wk +5% vs other |
Age profile
Share of residents in each band, 2021 Census.
Bars are drawn against the largest share shown (22.4%).
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 (4.2%).
Qualifications
Highest non-school qualification, residents 15+, 2021 Census.
Bars are drawn against the largest share shown (22.2%).
What people live in
Occupied private dwellings by structure, 2021 Census.
Property market
| Chatsworth | Woombah | |
|---|---|---|
| Median house price | $595,000 | $950,000 |
| Median unit price | — | $252,500 |
| Median land price | — | $515,000 |
| Typical days to sell (houses) | — | 70 days from 15 sales |
Zoning mix
Chatsworth has more rural and farming land (84% vs 14%); Woombah has more land zoned for conservation (80% vs 10%).
| Chatsworth | Woombah | |
|---|---|---|
| Rural and farming | 84% | 14% |
| Environmental | 10% | 80% |
| Residential | 1% | 5% |
| Infrastructure and transport | 5% | 1% |
| 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
| Chatsworth | Woombah | |
|---|---|---|
| New dwellings approved | 246 across Clarence Valley same for both | |
| Approvals change year on year | -80% same for both | |
Ranking within NSW
| Chatsworth | Woombah | |
|---|---|---|
| House price | Higher than 20% of NSW | Higher than 42% of NSW |
| Income | Higher than 21% of NSW | Higher than 11% of NSW |
| Schools | — same for both | |
| Walkability | Higher than 8% of NSW | Higher than 9% of NSW |
| Affordability | Higher than 65% of NSW | Higher than 22% of NSW |
| EV adoption | Higher than 19% of NSW same for both | |
| NBN connectivity | Higher than 52% of NSW same for both | |
Liveability
| Chatsworth | Woombah | |
|---|---|---|
| Grade | — | D |
| Score | — | 13/100 |
| Socio-economic band | below-average income decile 3/10 | below-average income decile 2/10 |
Risk profile
Woombah carries more bushfire risk (90 vs 0).
| Chatsworth | Woombah | |
|---|---|---|
| Bushfire | None 0/100 | High 90/100 |
| Crime | Low 32/100 same for both | |
| 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
| Chatsworth | Woombah | |
|---|---|---|
| Inside the suburb | 1 | 0 |
| Rated above peers | 1 | 0 |
| Rated at peers | 0 same for both | |
| Rated below peers | 0 same for both | |
Schools in Chatsworth
- Chatsworth Island Public School Government · Primary above peers
Schools in Woombah
No schools recorded inside this suburb's boundary. Children here will be zoned to schools nearby.
Amenities in the suburb
| Chatsworth | Woombah | |
|---|---|---|
| Parks & reserves | 0 | 1 |
| Waterways | 1 | 8 |
Mobility
Woombah sits further from the CBD (664.5 km vs 650.9 km).
| Chatsworth | Woombah | |
|---|---|---|
| Walkability score | 0/100 same for both | |
| Distance to Sydney | 650.9 km | 664.5 km +2% vs other |
| Drive time (normal traffic) | 419 min | 441 min |
| Public transport score | 22/100 Bus | 29/100 Bus |
| Peak arrivals per hour | 2.8 7-9am + 5-7pm | 7.2 7-9am + 5-7pm |
| Median peak wait | 8 min scheduled, not actual | 2 min scheduled, not actual |
| Electric vehicle share | 0.2% postcode 2469 same for both | |
| Rooftop solar per 100 dwellings | 61 postcode 2469 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 (81.0%).
Setting
| Chatsworth | Woombah | |
|---|---|---|
| Elevation | 1 m above sea level, at the suburb centre | 19 m above sea level, at the suburb centre |
| Distance to the ocean | 2.4 km | 5.2 km |
NBN connectivity
| Chatsworth | Woombah | |
|---|---|---|
| Connectivity score | 30/100 same for both | |
| Most common technology | Fixed wireless same for both | |
| Full-fibre (FTTP) share | 0% 82 premises | 0% 443 premises |
Climate
| Chatsworth | Woombah | |
|---|---|---|
| Annual rainfall | 1,408 mm same for both | |
| Summer max (Jan) | — same for both | |
| Winter min (Jul) | — same for both | |
Council rates
| Chatsworth | Woombah | |
|---|---|---|
| Average residential rate | $1,380/yr same for both | |
| Council | Clarence Valley same for both | |
Federal electorate
| Chatsworth | Woombah | |
|---|---|---|
| Division | Page same for both | |
| Member | Kevin Hogan same for both | |
| Party | The Nationals same for both | |
First Home Owner Grant
| Chatsworth | Woombah | |
|---|---|---|
| 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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