Collins Creek vs Horseshoe Creek
In both, the large majority of households own their home and the large majority of homes are detached houses. In Horseshoe Creek, most households are couple families. On these figures, Collins Creek tends to suit older residents, while Horseshoe Creek 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
Collins Creek
ahead on the one thing that separates them
- carries lower crime risk (13/100 vs 23/100)
Weighs schools, house stock, crime, parks, childcare, and who already lives there.
First-home buyers
Too close to call
Nothing among the 2 things we measure here separates them by enough to be worth acting on.
Weighs house prices and mortgage stress.
Renters
Horseshoe Creek
ahead on 2 of the 2 things we measure here
- leaves renters under less rental stress (17% vs 25%)
- has cheaper rent ($238/wk vs $265/wk)
Weighs rent and rental stress.
Commuting to the city
Horseshoe Creek
ahead on 2 of the 3 things we measure here
- has a shorter drive in (516 min vs 529 min)
- sits closer to the CBD (754 km vs 760.1 km)
Weighs distance, drive time, and walkability.
Downsizers and retirees
Collins Creek
ahead on 2 of the 4 things we measure here
- carries lower crime risk (13/100 vs 23/100)
- has more residents already 65 and over (20% vs 12%)
Weighs who already lives there, GPs, walkability, and crime.
Investors
Collins Creek
ahead on the one thing that separates them
- is growing faster (26.5% vs -18.8%)
Weighs population growth.
Where they sit
Collins Creek and Horseshoe 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
Collins Creek has more residents (167 vs 69); Horseshoe Creek has higher household incomes ($71,500 vs $54,964).
| Collins Creek | Horseshoe Creek | |
|---|---|---|
| Population | 167 +59% vs other | 69 |
| Population trend (2016 → 2021) | +26.5% | -18.8% |
| Median age | 50 | 49 |
| Median household income | $54,964/yr | $71,500/yr +30% vs other |
| Median weekly rent | $265/wk +10% vs other | $238/wk |
Age profile
Share of residents in each band, 2021 Census.
Bars are drawn against the largest share shown (25.7%).
Who lives together
Household composition, 2021 Census.
Who owns and who rents
Occupied private dwellings by tenure, 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 (24.6%).
Property market
| Collins Creek | Horseshoe Creek | |
|---|---|---|
| Median house price | $760,000 | $750,000 |
| Median unit price | — same for both | |
| Median land price | — same for both | |
Zoning mix
| Collins Creek | Horseshoe Creek | |
|---|---|---|
| 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
| Collins Creek | Horseshoe Creek | |
|---|---|---|
| New dwellings approved | 25 across Kyogle same for both | |
| Approvals change year on year | +0% same for both | |
Ranking within NSW
| Collins Creek | Horseshoe Creek | |
|---|---|---|
| House price | Higher than 30% of NSW same for both | |
| Income | Higher than 15% of NSW | Higher than 38% of NSW |
| Schools | — same for both | |
| Walkability | Higher than 50% of NSW | Higher than 59% of NSW |
| Affordability | Higher than 40% of NSW | Higher than 61% of NSW |
| EV adoption | Higher than 11% of NSW | Higher than 12% of NSW |
| NBN connectivity | Higher than 31% of NSW | Higher than 63% of NSW |
Liveability
| Collins Creek | Horseshoe Creek | |
|---|---|---|
| Grade | — same for both | |
| Score | — same for both | |
| Socio-economic band | below-average income decile 2/10 | below-average income decile 3/10 |
Risk profile
Collins Creek carries more bushfire risk (62 vs 0); Horseshoe Creek carries more crime risk (23 vs 13).
| Collins Creek | Horseshoe Creek | |
|---|---|---|
| Bushfire | Moderate 62/100 | None 0/100 |
| Crime | Low 13/100 | Low 23/100 |
| 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 | 0 within 5 km same for both | |
Schools
| Collins Creek | Horseshoe Creek | |
|---|---|---|
| Inside the suburb | 1 | 0 |
| Rated above peers | 0 same for both | |
| Rated at peers | 0 same for both | |
| Rated below peers | 0 same for both | |
Schools in Collins Creek
- Collins Creek Public School Government · Primary
Schools in Horseshoe Creek
No schools recorded inside this suburb's boundary. Children here will be zoned to schools nearby.
Amenities in the suburb
| Collins Creek | Horseshoe Creek | |
|---|---|---|
| Waterways | 4 | 0 |
Mobility
Collins Creek sits further from the CBD (760.1 km vs 754 km).
| Collins Creek | Horseshoe Creek | |
|---|---|---|
| Walkability score | 6/100 | 10/100 |
| Distance to Sydney | 760.1 km | 754 km |
| Drive time (normal traffic) | 529 min | 516 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 (68.8%).
Setting
| Collins Creek | Horseshoe Creek | |
|---|---|---|
| Elevation | 195 m above sea level, at the suburb centre | 78 m above sea level, at the suburb centre |
NBN connectivity
| Collins Creek | Horseshoe Creek | |
|---|---|---|
| Connectivity score | 21/100 | 30/100 |
| Most common technology | Satellite (Sky Muster) | Fixed wireless |
| Full-fibre (FTTP) share | 0% 70 premises | 0% 31 premises |
Climate
| Collins Creek | Horseshoe Creek | |
|---|---|---|
| Annual rainfall | 1,569 mm same for both | |
| Summer max (Jan) | 29.1°C same for both | |
| Winter min (Jul) | 9.1°C same for both | |
Council rates
| Collins Creek | Horseshoe Creek | |
|---|---|---|
| Average residential rate | $1,264/yr same for both | |
| Council | Kyogle same for both | |
Federal electorate
| Collins Creek | Horseshoe Creek | |
|---|---|---|
| Division | Page same for both | |
| Member | Kevin Hogan same for both | |
| Party | The Nationals same for both | |
First Home Owner Grant
| Collins Creek | Horseshoe 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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Information shown is provided as-is from Australian government and commercial data sources.
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