Cobaw vs Newham

Cobaw is the younger of the two, with a median age of 39 against 47 in Newham. In both, the large majority of households own their home and the large majority of homes are detached houses. In Cobaw, most households are couple families. In Newham, about half of households are couple families. On these figures, Cobaw tends to suit couples, while Newham suits people living alone and older residents.

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

Cobaw

ahead on 2 of the 6 things we measure here

  • carries lower crime risk (10/100 vs 23/100)
  • is already more of a family suburb (86% vs 59%)

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

Newham

ahead on 2 of the 2 things we measure here

  • has cheaper rent ($200/wk vs $568/wk)
  • leaves renters under less rental stress (10% vs 27%)

Weighs rent and rental stress.

Commuting to the city

Newham

ahead on the one thing that separates them

  • sits closer to the CBD (79 km vs 84.3 km)

Weighs distance, drive time, and walkability.

Downsizers and retirees

They split

one each way, out of the 4 things we measure here

  • Cobaw carries lower crime risk (10/100 vs 23/100)
  • Newham has more residents already 65 and over (24% vs 12%)

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

Investors

Cobaw

ahead on the one thing that separates them

  • is growing faster (48.6% vs 5.3%)

Weighs population growth.

Where they sit

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

Cobaw Newham
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.

Cobaw Newham
Walkability 0 / 0
Cobaw — Walkability: 0/100 Newham — Walkability: 0/100
Safety 90 / 77
Cobaw — Safety: 90/100 Newham — Safety: 77/100
Low fire risk 28 / 46
Cobaw — Low fire risk: 28/100 Newham — Low fire risk: 46/100
Low flood risk 100 / 90
Cobaw — Low flood risk: 100/100 Newham — Low flood risk: 90/100

Demographics

Newham has more residents (533 vs 104); Cobaw rents higher ($568/wk vs $200/wk).

Cobaw Newham
Population 104 533
+412% vs other
Population trend (2016 → 2021) +48.6% +5.3%
Median age 39 47
Median household income $108,316/yr
+6% vs other
 $101,816/yr
Median weekly rent $568/wk
+65% vs other
 $200/wk

Age profile

Share of residents in each band, 2021 Census.

Cobaw Newham
0-4 10.6% / 4.7%
Cobaw — 0-4: 10.6% Newham — 0-4: 4.7%
5-14 11.5% / 14.6%
Cobaw — 5-14: 11.5% Newham — 5-14: 14.6%
15-19 9.6% / 7.1%
Cobaw — 15-19: 9.6% Newham — 15-19: 7.1%
20-24 3.8% / 3.0%
Cobaw — 20-24: 3.8% Newham — 20-24: 3.0%
25-34 9.6% / 5.4%
Cobaw — 25-34: 9.6% Newham — 25-34: 5.4%
35-44 7.7% / 11.4%
Cobaw — 35-44: 7.7% Newham — 35-44: 11.4%
45-54 16.3% / 17.1%
Cobaw — 45-54: 16.3% Newham — 45-54: 17.1%
55-64 18.3% / 15.4%
Cobaw — 55-64: 18.3% Newham — 55-64: 15.4%
65-74 8.7% / 14.6%
Cobaw — 65-74: 8.7% Newham — 65-74: 14.6%
75-84 3.8% / 8.1%
Cobaw — 75-84: 3.8% Newham — 75-84: 8.1%
85+ — / 1.1%
Cobaw — 85+: not among its largest Newham — 85+: 1.1%

Bars are drawn against the largest share shown (18.3%).

Who lives together

Household composition, 2021 Census.

Cobaw 71.4% couple families
Cobaw — Couple Families: 71.4% Cobaw — Lone Person: 14.3% Cobaw — One Parent Families: 14.3% Cobaw — Group Household: 0.0%
Newham 48.9% couple families
Newham — Couple Families: 48.9% Newham — Lone Person: 35.3% Newham — One Parent Families: 10.5% Newham — Group Household: 5.3%
Couple Families Lone Person One Parent Families Group Household

Who owns and who rents

Occupied private dwellings by tenure, 2021 Census.

Cobaw 0.0% renting
Cobaw — Owned Outright: 45.5% Cobaw — Mortgage: 54.5% Cobaw — Renting: 0.0%
Newham 7.8% renting
Newham — Owned Outright: 48.4% Newham — Mortgage: 43.8% Newham — Renting: 7.8%
Owned outright Mortgage Renting

What people live in

Occupied private dwellings by structure, 2021 Census.

Cobaw 97.0% houses
Cobaw — Houses: 97.0% Cobaw — Flats / Apartments: 3.0%
Newham 100.0% houses
Newham — Houses: 100.0% Newham — Flats / Apartments: 0.0%
Houses Flats / Apartments

Qualifications

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

Cobaw Newham
Bachelor Degree 17.3% / 16.7%
Cobaw — Bachelor Degree: 17.3% Newham — Bachelor Degree: 16.7%
Certificate III & IV 11.5% / 10.7%
Cobaw — Certificate III & IV: 11.5% Newham — Certificate III & IV: 10.7%
Advanced Diploma / Diploma 8.7% / 9.8%
Cobaw — Advanced Diploma / Diploma: 8.7% Newham — Advanced Diploma / Diploma: 9.8%
Postgraduate Degree 9.6% / 6.9%
Cobaw — Postgraduate Degree: 9.6% Newham — Postgraduate Degree: 6.9%
Graduate Diploma / Certificate 10.6% / 4.1%
Cobaw — Graduate Diploma / Certificate: 10.6% Newham — Graduate Diploma / Certificate: 4.1%

Bars are drawn against the largest share shown (17.3%).

Property market

Cobaw Newham
Median house price — $1,332,500
Median unit price —
same for both
Median land price —
same for both

Zoning mix

Cobaw Newham
Environmental 99% 97%
Infrastructure and transport 1%
same for both
Residential 0% 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

Cobaw Newham
New dwellings approved 331
across Macedon Ranges
same for both
Approvals change year on year +80%
same for both

Ranking within VIC

Cobaw Newham
House price —
same for both
Income Higher than 81% of VIC Higher than 74% of VIC
Schools —
same for both
Walkability Higher than 62% of VIC Higher than 11% of VIC
Affordability —
same for both
EV adoption Higher than 90% of VIC
same for both
NBN connectivity Higher than 47% of VIC Higher than 52% of VIC

Liveability

Cobaw Newham
Grade — B
Score — 63/100
Socio-economic band very advantaged area
decile 9/10
 very advantaged area
decile 10/10

Risk profile

Newham carries more flood risk (10 vs 0); Newham carries more crime risk (23 vs 10).

Cobaw Newham
Bushfire High
72/100
 Moderate
54/100
Crime Low
10/100
 Low
23/100
Flood None
0/100
 Low
10/100
Coastal erosion None
0/100
same for both
Aircraft noise None
0/100
same for both
Industrial facilities nearby 0
within 5 km
 1
within 5 km

Schools

Cobaw Newham
Inside the suburb 0 1
Rated above peers 0
same for both
Rated at peers 0
same for both
Rated below peers 0 1

Schools in Cobaw

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

Schools in Newham

  • Newham Primary School Government · Primary below peers

Amenities in the suburb

Cobaw Newham
Parks & reserves 1 0
Childcare 0 1
Waterways 2 8

Mobility

Cobaw sits further from the CBD (84.3 km vs 79 km).

Cobaw Newham
Walkability score 0/100
same for both
Distance to Melbourne 84.3 km
+6% vs other
 79 km
Drive time (normal traffic) 65 min 62 min
Electric vehicle share 1.6%
postcode 3442
same for both
Rooftop solar per 100 dwellings 58
postcode 3442
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.

Cobaw Newham
Car (driver) 55.6% / 54.2%
Cobaw — Car (driver): 55.6% Newham — Car (driver): 54.2%
Worked from Home 44.4% / 36.9%
Cobaw — Worked from Home: 44.4% Newham — Worked from Home: 36.9%
Walked Only — / 5.3%
Cobaw — Walked Only: not among its largest Newham — Walked Only: 5.3%
Car (passenger) — / 2.2%
Cobaw — Car (passenger): not among its largest Newham — Car (passenger): 2.2%
Train — / 1.3%
Cobaw — Train: not among its largest Newham — Train: 1.3%

Bars are drawn against the largest share shown (55.6%).

Setting

Cobaw Newham
Elevation 498 m
above sea level, at the suburb centre
 567 m
above sea level, at the suburb centre

NBN connectivity

Cobaw Newham
Connectivity score 29/100 30/100
Most common technology Fixed wireless
same for both
Full-fibre (FTTP) share 0%
37 premises
 0%
236 premises

Climate

Cobaw Newham
Annual rainfall 778 mm
same for both
Summer max (Jan) —
same for both
Winter min (Jul) —
same for both

Council rates

Cobaw Newham
Average residential rate $2,065/yr
same for both
Council Macedon Ranges
same for both

Federal electorate

Cobaw Newham
Division Mcewen
same for both
Member Rob Mitchell
same for both
Party Australian Labor Party
same for both

First Home Owner Grant

Cobaw Newham
Grant amount $10,000
same for both
Property price cap $750,000
same for both
Eligibility New
same for both

Tags

Cobaw

Family Professionals Rural Young Families

Newham

Premium Rural

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