Colo Vale vs Mittagong

Colo Vale is the younger of the two, with a median age of 38 against 49 in Mittagong. In both, most households own their home and the large majority of homes are detached houses. In Colo Vale, about half of households are couple families. In Mittagong, about half of households are people living alone. Houses cost more in Mittagong: a median of $1.09 million, against $965,000 in Colo Vale, though rent is higher in Colo Vale. On these figures, Colo Vale tends to suit families with children and couples, while Mittagong 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

They split

one each way, out of the 6 things we measure here

  • Colo Vale carries lower crime risk (27/100 vs 68/100)
  • Mittagong has more parks and reserves (9 vs 1)

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

First-home buyers

Colo Vale

ahead on 3 of the 3 things we measure here

  • has cheaper land ($605,000 vs $1,050,000)
  • leaves households under less mortgage stress (26% vs 33%)
  • has cheaper houses ($965,000 vs $1,090,000)

Weighs house prices, land prices, and mortgage stress.

Renters

They split

one each way, out of the 3 things we measure here

  • Colo Vale leaves renters under less rental stress (23% vs 28%)
  • Mittagong has a bigger rental market to choose from (29% vs 18%)

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

Commuting to the city

They split

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

  • Colo Vale sits closer to the CBD (109.2 km vs 113.6 km)
  • Mittagong is more walkable (14/100 vs 0/100)

Weighs distance, drive time, rail access, and walkability.

Downsizers and retirees

Mittagong

ahead on 4 of the 5 things we measure here

  • is more walkable (14/100 vs 0/100)
  • has more units and townhouses to downsize into (16% vs 1%)
  • has more GPs (5 vs 0)
  • But Colo Vale carries lower crime risk (27/100 vs 68/100)

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

Investors

Too close to call

Nothing among the 2 things we measure here separates them by enough to be worth acting on.

Weighs house yield and population growth.

Where they sit

Colo Vale and Mittagong 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 Mittagong
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 Mittagong
Walkability 0 / 14
Colo Vale — Walkability: 0/100 Mittagong — Walkability: 14/100
Safety 73 / 32
Colo Vale — Safety: 73/100 Mittagong — Safety: 32/100
Low fire risk 8 / 24
Colo Vale — Low fire risk: 8/100 Mittagong — Low fire risk: 24/100

Demographics

Mittagong has more residents (6,090 vs 1,775); Colo Vale has higher household incomes ($97,500 vs $74,100).

Colo Vale Mittagong
Population 1,775 6,090
+243% vs other
Population trend (2016 → 2021) +9.7% +5.6%
Median age 38 49
Median household income $97,500/yr
+24% vs other
 $74,100/yr
Median weekly rent $430/wk
+7% vs other
 $400/wk

Age profile

Share of residents in each band, 2021 Census.

Colo Vale Mittagong
0-4 7.5% / 4.8%
Colo Vale — 0-4: 7.5% Mittagong — 0-4: 4.8%
5-14 13.1% / 10.0%
Colo Vale — 5-14: 13.1% Mittagong — 5-14: 10.0%
15-19 6.6% / 5.8%
Colo Vale — 15-19: 6.6% Mittagong — 15-19: 5.8%
20-24 6.1% / 3.7%
Colo Vale — 20-24: 6.1% Mittagong — 20-24: 3.7%
25-34 13.2% / 10.1%
Colo Vale — 25-34: 13.2% Mittagong — 25-34: 10.1%
35-44 10.8% / 10.4%
Colo Vale — 35-44: 10.8% Mittagong — 35-44: 10.4%
45-54 14.6% / 12.6%
Colo Vale — 45-54: 14.6% Mittagong — 45-54: 12.6%
55-64 12.0% / 13.1%
Colo Vale — 55-64: 12.0% Mittagong — 55-64: 13.1%
65-74 11.4% / 14.4%
Colo Vale — 65-74: 11.4% Mittagong — 65-74: 14.4%
75-84 4.5% / 10.5%
Colo Vale — 75-84: 4.5% Mittagong — 75-84: 10.5%
85+ 0.8% / 4.6%
Colo Vale — 85+: 0.8% Mittagong — 85+: 4.6%

Bars are drawn against the largest share shown (14.6%).

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%
Mittagong 33.1% couple families
Mittagong — Couple Families: 33.1% Mittagong — Lone Person: 46.9% Mittagong — One Parent Families: 14.5% Mittagong — Group Household: 4.3% Mittagong — Other Families: 1.2%
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%
Mittagong 28.8% renting
Mittagong — Owned Outright: 44.0% Mittagong — Mortgage: 27.2% Mittagong — Renting: 28.8%
Owned outright Mortgage Renting

Qualifications

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

Colo Vale Mittagong
Certificate III & IV 22.0% / 13.0%
Colo Vale — Certificate III & IV: 22.0% Mittagong — Certificate III & IV: 13.0%
Bachelor Degree 8.1% / 16.2%
Colo Vale — Bachelor Degree: 8.1% Mittagong — Bachelor Degree: 16.2%
Advanced Diploma / Diploma 8.2% / 8.5%
Colo Vale — Advanced Diploma / Diploma: 8.2% Mittagong — Advanced Diploma / Diploma: 8.5%
Postgraduate Degree 2.0% / 6.2%
Colo Vale — Postgraduate Degree: 2.0% Mittagong — Postgraduate Degree: 6.2%
Graduate Diploma / Certificate 1.4% / 2.2%
Colo Vale — Graduate Diploma / Certificate: 1.4% Mittagong — Graduate Diploma / Certificate: 2.2%

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 Mittagong
England 3.6% / 5.4%
Colo Vale — England: 3.6% Mittagong — England: 5.4%
Nepal — / 2.2%
Colo Vale — Nepal: not among its largest Mittagong — Nepal: 2.2%
New Zealand 0.5% / 1.6%
Colo Vale — New Zealand: 0.5% Mittagong — New Zealand: 1.6%
India — / 2.0%
Colo Vale — India: not among its largest Mittagong — India: 2.0%
Scotland 0.7% / 0.7%
Colo Vale — Scotland: 0.7% Mittagong — Scotland: 0.7%
Philippines 0.5% / 0.9%
Colo Vale — Philippines: 0.5% Mittagong — Philippines: 0.9%
Germany 0.7% / 0.5%
Colo Vale — Germany: 0.7% Mittagong — Germany: 0.5%

Bars are drawn against the largest share shown (5.4%).

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% Colo Vale — Townhouses: 0.0%
Mittagong 83.6% houses
Mittagong — Houses: 83.6% Mittagong — Flats / Apartments: 8.8% Mittagong — Townhouses: 7.6%
Houses Flats / Apartments Townhouses

Property market

Colo Vale Mittagong
Median house price $965,000 $1,090,000
Median unit price — $710,000
Median land price $605,000 $1,050,000
Typical days to sell (houses) 32 days
from 23 sales
 35 days
from 47 sales

House price by bedroom count

Only bed counts both suburbs published enough sales for. Sale counts are shown because the buckets differ in depth.

Colo Vale Mittagong
3 bed $889K / $975K
Colo Vale — 3 bed: $889K (18 sales) Mittagong — 3 bed: $975K (39 sales)

18 vs 39 sales

4 bed $1.07M / $1.22M
Colo Vale — 4 bed: $1.07M (23 sales) Mittagong — 4 bed: $1.22M (27 sales)

23 vs 27 sales

Zoning mix

Colo Vale has more rural and farming land (21% vs 3%).

Colo Vale Mittagong
Environmental 76% 82%
Rural and farming 21% 3%
Residential 2% 11%
Parks and recreation 0% 1%
Infrastructure and transport 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

Colo Vale Mittagong
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 Mittagong
Houses 3.0%
$700/wk on $1.2M
 3.2%
$750/wk on $1.21M
Units — 3.6%
$550/wk on $785K

Ranking within NSW

Colo Vale Mittagong
House price Higher than 51% of NSW Higher than 60% of NSW
Income Higher than 66% of NSW Higher than 41% of NSW
Schools — Higher than 57% of NSW
Walkability Higher than 26% of NSW Higher than 64% of NSW
Affordability Higher than 62% of NSW Higher than 32% of NSW
EV adoption Higher than 72% of NSW
same for both
NBN connectivity Higher than 67% of NSW Higher than 71% of NSW
Rental yield (houses) Higher than 23% of NSW Higher than 31% of NSW
Rental yield (units) — Higher than 14% of NSW

Liveability

Mittagong is more walkable (14 vs 0); Mittagong scores higher overall (37 vs 31).

Colo Vale Mittagong
Grade C
same for both
Score 31/100 37/100
Socio-economic band mid-range socio-economic
decile 6/10
 advantaged area
decile 7/10

Risk profile

Mittagong carries more crime risk (68 vs 27); Colo Vale carries more bushfire risk (92 vs 76).

Colo Vale Mittagong
Bushfire High
92/100
 High
76/100
Crime Low
27/100
 Moderate
68/100
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
 2
within 5 km

Schools

Colo Vale Mittagong
Inside the suburb 1 4
Rated above peers 0 1
Rated at peers 0 2
Rated below peers 1
same for both

Schools in Colo Vale

  • Colo Vale Public School Government · Primary below peers

Schools in Mittagong

  • St Michael's Catholic Primary School Catholic · Primary above peers
  • Frensham Junior School Independent · Primary at peers
  • Frensham School Independent · Secondary at peers
  • Mittagong Public School Government · Primary below peers

Amenities in the suburb

Colo Vale Mittagong
Supermarkets 0 2
Cafes & restaurants 0 19
Parks & reserves 1 9
Childcare 2 5
GPs 0 5
Pharmacies 0 4
Banks & Bank@Post 0 2
Fuel stations 0 4
EV chargers 0 2
Waterways 9 18

Mobility

Mittagong sits further from the CBD (113.6 km vs 109.2 km).

Colo Vale Mittagong
Walkability score 0/100 14/100
Distance to Sydney 109.2 km 113.6 km
+4% vs other
Drive time (normal traffic) 83 min 86 min
Public transport score 49/100
Bus
 77/100
Rail · Bus
Peak arrivals per hour 20.5
7-9am + 5-7pm
 61.2
7-9am + 5-7pm
Median peak wait 1 min
scheduled, not actual
 0 min
scheduled, not actual
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 Mittagong
Car (driver) 75.8% / 61.7%
Colo Vale — Car (driver): 75.8% Mittagong — Car (driver): 61.7%
Worked from Home 18.6% / 27.5%
Colo Vale — Worked from Home: 18.6% Mittagong — Worked from Home: 27.5%
Car (passenger) 4.1% / 5.3%
Colo Vale — Car (passenger): 4.1% Mittagong — Car (passenger): 5.3%
Walked Only 1.1% / 4.3%
Colo Vale — Walked Only: 1.1% Mittagong — Walked Only: 4.3%
Train 0.5% / 1.0%
Colo Vale — Train: 0.5% Mittagong — Train: 1.0%

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

Setting

Colo Vale Mittagong
Elevation 684 m
above sea level, at the suburb centre
 620 m
above sea level, at the suburb centre
Distance to the ocean 40.7 km 35.8 km

NBN connectivity

Colo Vale Mittagong
Connectivity score 51/100 61/100
Most common technology Fibre to the node
same for both
Full-fibre (FTTP) share 17%
695 premises
 29%
3,572 premises

Climate

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

Council rates

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

Federal electorate

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

First Home Owner Grant

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

Tags

Colo Vale

Acreage

Mittagong

Retirees

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