Colo Vale vs High Range

Colo Vale is the younger of the two, with a median age of 38 against 45 in High Range. In both, the large majority of households own their home and the large majority of homes are detached houses. In Colo Vale, about half of households are couple families. In High Range, most households are couple families. Houses cost more in High Range: a median of $2.96 million, against $965,000 in Colo Vale, and rent is higher there too. On these figures, Colo Vale tends to suit buyers on a tighter budget, while High Range 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

High Range

ahead on 2 of the 6 things we measure here

  • carries lower crime risk (12/100 vs 27/100)
  • is already more of a family suburb (79% vs 70%)

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

First-home buyers

Colo Vale

ahead on the one thing that separates them

  • has cheaper houses ($965,000 vs $2,965,000)

Weighs house prices and mortgage stress.

Renters

Colo Vale

ahead on 2 of the 3 things we measure here

  • has a bigger rental market to choose from (18% vs 6%)
  • has cheaper rent ($430/wk vs $565/wk)

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

Commuting to the city

Colo Vale

ahead on 2 of the 3 things we measure here

  • has a shorter drive in (83 min vs 102 min)
  • sits closer to the CBD (109.2 km vs 132.7 km)

Weighs distance, drive time, and walkability.

Downsizers and retirees

High Range

ahead on the one thing that separates them

  • carries lower crime risk (12/100 vs 27/100)

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

Investors

High Range

ahead on the one thing that separates them

  • is growing faster (26.1% vs 9.7%)

Weighs population growth.

Where they sit

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

Colo Vale High Range
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.

Colo Vale High Range
Walkability 0 / 0
Colo Vale — Walkability: 0/100 High Range — Walkability: 0/100
Safety 73 / 88
Colo Vale — Safety: 73/100 High Range — Safety: 88/100
Low fire risk 8 / 17
Colo Vale — Low fire risk: 8/100 High Range — Low fire risk: 17/100

Demographics

Colo Vale has more residents (1,775 vs 497); High Range has higher household incomes ($143,000 vs $97,500).

Colo Vale High Range
Population 1,775
+72% vs other
 497
Population trend (2016 → 2021) +9.7% +26.1%
Median age 38 45
Median household income $97,500/yr $143,000/yr
+47% vs other
Median weekly rent $430/wk $565/wk
+31% vs other

Age profile

Share of residents in each band, 2021 Census.

Colo Vale High Range
0-4 7.5% / 5.0%
Colo Vale — 0-4: 7.5% High Range — 0-4: 5.0%
5-14 13.1% / 15.3%
Colo Vale — 5-14: 13.1% High Range — 5-14: 15.3%
15-19 6.6% / 7.8%
Colo Vale — 15-19: 6.6% High Range — 15-19: 7.8%
20-24 6.1% / 4.2%
Colo Vale — 20-24: 6.1% High Range — 20-24: 4.2%
25-34 13.2% / 7.6%
Colo Vale — 25-34: 13.2% High Range — 25-34: 7.6%
35-44 10.8% / 7.8%
Colo Vale — 35-44: 10.8% High Range — 35-44: 7.8%
45-54 14.6% / 18.1%
Colo Vale — 45-54: 14.6% High Range — 45-54: 18.1%
55-64 12.0% / 19.3%
Colo Vale — 55-64: 12.0% High Range — 55-64: 19.3%
65-74 11.4% / 9.5%
Colo Vale — 65-74: 11.4% High Range — 65-74: 9.5%
75-84 4.5% / 3.6%
Colo Vale — 75-84: 4.5% High Range — 75-84: 3.6%
85+ 0.8% / 0.6%
Colo Vale — 85+: 0.8% High Range — 85+: 0.6%

Bars are drawn against the largest share shown (19.3%).

Who lives together

Household composition, 2021 Census.

Colo Vale 53.7% couple families
Colo Vale — Couple Families: 53.7% Colo Vale — Lone Person: 25.6% Colo Vale — One Parent Families: 16.3% Colo Vale — Group Household: 2.7% Colo Vale — Other Families: 1.8%
High Range 64.0% couple families
High Range — Couple Families: 64.0% High Range — Lone Person: 17.0% High Range — One Parent Families: 15.0% High Range — Group Household: 4.0% High Range — Other Families: 0.0%
Couple Families Lone Person One Parent Families Group Household Other Families

Who owns and who rents

Occupied private dwellings by tenure, 2021 Census.

Colo Vale 17.9% renting
Colo Vale — Owned Outright: 34.8% Colo Vale — Mortgage: 47.3% Colo Vale — Renting: 17.9%
High Range 5.8% renting
High Range — Owned Outright: 45.3% High Range — Mortgage: 48.9% High Range — Renting: 5.8%
Owned outright Mortgage Renting

Qualifications

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

Colo Vale High Range
Certificate III & IV 22.0% / 12.5%
Colo Vale — Certificate III & IV: 22.0% High Range — Certificate III & IV: 12.5%
Bachelor Degree 8.1% / 16.1%
Colo Vale — Bachelor Degree: 8.1% High Range — Bachelor Degree: 16.1%
Advanced Diploma / Diploma 8.2% / 6.6%
Colo Vale — Advanced Diploma / Diploma: 8.2% High Range — Advanced Diploma / Diploma: 6.6%
Postgraduate Degree 2.0% / 4.4%
Colo Vale — Postgraduate Degree: 2.0% High Range — Postgraduate Degree: 4.4%
Graduate Diploma / Certificate 1.4% / 1.4%
Colo Vale — Graduate Diploma / Certificate: 1.4% High Range — Graduate Diploma / Certificate: 1.4%

Bars are drawn against the largest share shown (22.0%).

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.

Colo Vale High Range
England 3.6% / 4.2%
Colo Vale — England: 3.6% High Range — England: 4.2%
Germany 0.7% / 1.0%
Colo Vale — Germany: 0.7% High Range — Germany: 1.0%
New Zealand 0.5% / 1.2%
Colo Vale — New Zealand: 0.5% High Range — New Zealand: 1.2%
South Africa 0.5% / 1.2%
Colo Vale — South Africa: 0.5% High Range — South Africa: 1.2%
Greece — / 0.8%
Colo Vale — Greece: not among its largest High Range — Greece: 0.8%
Scotland 0.7% / —
Colo Vale — Scotland: 0.7% High Range — Scotland: not among its largest
Philippines 0.5% / —
Colo Vale — Philippines: 0.5% High Range — Philippines: not among its largest

Bars are drawn against the largest share shown (4.2%).

What people live in

Occupied private dwellings by structure, 2021 Census.

Colo Vale 98.7% houses
Colo Vale — Houses: 98.7% Colo Vale — Flats / Apartments: 1.3%
High Range 100.0% houses
High Range — Houses: 100.0% High Range — Flats / Apartments: 0.0%
Houses Flats / Apartments

Property market

Colo Vale High Range
Median house price $965,000 $2,965,000
Median unit price —
same for both
Median land price $605,000 —
Typical days to sell (houses) 32 days
from 23 sales
 —

Zoning mix

Colo Vale High Range
Environmental 76% 83%
Rural and farming 21% 17%
Residential 2% 0%
Infrastructure and transport 1% 0%
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

Colo Vale High Range
New dwellings approved 335
across Wingecarribee
same for both
Approvals change year on year +6%
same for both

Gross rental yield

Gross — before strata, rates, management, insurance and vacancy. From median advertised rents and median asking prices over the last 6 months. How we calculate.

Colo Vale High Range
Houses 3.0%
$700/wk on $1.2M
 —
Units —
same for both

Ranking within NSW

Colo Vale High Range
House price Higher than 51% of NSW Higher than 93% of NSW
Income Higher than 66% of NSW Higher than 92% of NSW
Schools —
same for both
Walkability Higher than 26% of NSW Higher than 4% of NSW
Affordability Higher than 62% of NSW Higher than 16% of NSW
EV adoption Higher than 72% of NSW Higher than 71% of NSW
NBN connectivity Higher than 67% of NSW Higher than 35% of NSW
Rental yield (houses) Higher than 23% of NSW —

Liveability

Colo Vale High Range
Grade C —
Score 31/100 —
Socio-economic band mid-range socio-economic
decile 6/10
 very advantaged area
decile 10/10

Risk profile

Colo Vale carries more crime risk (27 vs 12).

Colo Vale High Range
Bushfire High
92/100
 High
83/100
Crime Low
27/100
 Low
12/100
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

Colo Vale High Range
Inside the suburb 1 0
Rated above peers 0
same for both
Rated at peers 0
same for both
Rated below peers 1 0

Schools in Colo Vale

  • Colo Vale Public School Government · Primary below peers

Schools in High Range

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

Amenities in the suburb

Colo Vale High Range
Parks & reserves 1 2
Childcare 2 0
Waterways 9 17

Mobility

High Range sits further from the CBD (132.7 km vs 109.2 km).

Colo Vale High Range
Walkability score 0/100
same for both
Distance to Sydney 109.2 km 132.7 km
+22% vs other
Drive time (normal traffic) 83 min 102 min
Electric vehicle share 0.7%
postcode 2575
same for both
Rooftop solar per 100 dwellings 52
postcode 2575
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.

Colo Vale High Range
Car (driver) 75.8% / 57.9%
Colo Vale — Car (driver): 75.8% High Range — Car (driver): 57.9%
Worked from Home 18.6% / 34.9%
Colo Vale — Worked from Home: 18.6% High Range — Worked from Home: 34.9%
Walked Only 1.1% / 5.6%
Colo Vale — Walked Only: 1.1% High Range — Walked Only: 5.6%
Car (passenger) 4.1% / 1.5%
Colo Vale — Car (passenger): 4.1% High Range — Car (passenger): 1.5%
Train 0.5% / —
Colo Vale — Train: 0.5% High Range — Train: not among its largest

Bars are drawn against the largest share shown (75.8%).

Setting

Colo Vale High Range
Elevation 684 m
above sea level, at the suburb centre
 692 m
above sea level, at the suburb centre

NBN connectivity

Colo Vale High Range
Connectivity score 51/100 25/100
Most common technology Fibre to the node Fixed wireless
Full-fibre (FTTP) share 17%
695 premises
 0%
123 premises

Climate

Colo Vale High Range
Annual rainfall 974 mm
same for both
Summer max (Jan) —
same for both
Winter min (Jul) —
same for both

Council rates

Colo Vale High Range
Average residential rate $2,072/yr
same for both
Council Wingecarribee
same for both

Federal electorate

Colo Vale High Range
Division Whitlam
same for both
Member Carol Berry
same for both
Party Australian Labor Party
same for both

First Home Owner Grant

Colo Vale High Range
Grant amount $10,000
same for both
Property price cap $600,000
same for both
Eligibility New
same for both

Tags

Colo Vale

Acreage

High Range

Rural

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