Comobella vs Spicers Creek
Comobella is the younger of the two, with a median age of 38 against 51 in Spicers Creek. In both, most households own their home, the large majority of homes are detached houses, and the large majority of households are couple families. On these figures, Comobella tends to suit families with children.
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
Spicers Creek
ahead on the one thing that separates them
- carries lower crime risk (37/100 vs 83/100)
Weighs schools, house stock, crime, parks, childcare, and who already lives there.
First-home buyers
Spicers Creek
ahead on the one thing that separates them
- leaves households under less mortgage stress (44% vs 54%)
Weighs mortgage stress.
Renters
Comobella
ahead on the one thing that separates them
- has cheaper rent ($125/wk vs $150/wk)
Weighs rent and rental stress.
Commuting to the city
Spicers Creek
ahead on 2 of the 3 things we measure here
- has a shorter drive in (270 min vs 298 min)
- sits closer to the CBD (334.4 km vs 363 km)
- But Comobella is more walkable (12/100 vs 0/100)
Weighs distance, drive time, and walkability.
Downsizers and retirees
They split
one each way, out of the 4 things we measure here
- Comobella is more walkable (12/100 vs 0/100)
- Spicers Creek carries lower crime risk (37/100 vs 83/100)
Weighs who already lives there, GPs, walkability, and crime.
Investors
Comobella
ahead on the one thing that separates them
- is growing faster (10.2% vs -26.7%)
Weighs population growth.
Where they sit
Comobella and Spicers 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
Spicers Creek skews older (51 vs 38); Spicers Creek rents higher ($150/wk vs $125/wk).
| Comobella | Spicers Creek | |
|---|---|---|
| Population | 65 +15% vs other | 55 |
| Population trend (2016 → 2021) | +10.2% | -26.7% |
| Median age | 38 | 51 |
| Median household income | $67,184/yr +13% vs other | $58,500/yr |
| Median weekly rent | $125/wk | $150/wk +20% vs other |
Age profile
Share of residents in each band, 2021 Census.
Bars are drawn against the largest share shown (21.5%).
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 (12.7%).
Property market
| Comobella | Spicers Creek | |
|---|---|---|
| Median house price | — | $470,000 |
| Median unit price | — same for both | |
| Median land price | — same for both | |
Zoning mix
| Comobella | Spicers Creek | |
|---|---|---|
| Rural and farming | 99% | 100% |
| 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
| Comobella | Spicers Creek | |
|---|---|---|
| New dwellings approved | 405 across Dubbo same for both | |
| Approvals change year on year | -12% same for both | |
Ranking within NSW
| Comobella | Spicers Creek | |
|---|---|---|
| House price | — | Higher than 14% of NSW |
| Income | Higher than 30% of NSW | Higher than 19% of NSW |
| Schools | — same for both | |
| Walkability | Higher than 59% of NSW | Higher than 26% of NSW |
| Affordability | — | Higher than 78% of NSW |
| EV adoption | Higher than 8% of NSW same for both | |
| NBN connectivity | Higher than 23% of NSW | Higher than 24% of NSW |
Liveability
Comobella is more walkable (12 vs 0).
| Comobella | Spicers Creek | |
|---|---|---|
| Grade | — same for both | |
| Score | — same for both | |
| Socio-economic band | very advantaged area decile 10/10 | very advantaged area decile 9/10 |
Risk profile
Comobella carries more crime risk (83 vs 37).
| Comobella | Spicers Creek | |
|---|---|---|
| Bushfire | Low 24/100 | Low 26/100 |
| Crime | High 83/100 | Low 37/100 |
| 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
| Comobella | Spicers Creek | |
|---|---|---|
| Inside the suburb | 0 same for both | |
| Rated above peers | 0 same for both | |
| Rated at peers | 0 same for both | |
| Rated below peers | 0 same for both | |
Amenities in the suburb
| Comobella | Spicers Creek | |
|---|---|---|
| Waterways | 2 | 42 |
Mobility
Comobella sits further from the CBD (363 km vs 334.4 km).
| Comobella | Spicers Creek | |
|---|---|---|
| Walkability score | 12/100 | 0/100 |
| Distance to Sydney | 363 km +8% vs other | 334.4 km |
| Drive time (normal traffic) | 298 min | 270 min |
| Electric vehicle share | 0.1% postcode 2820 same for both | |
| Rooftop solar per 100 dwellings | 50 postcode 2820 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 (64.0%).
Setting
| Comobella | Spicers Creek | |
|---|---|---|
| Elevation | 381 m above sea level, at the suburb centre | 541 m above sea level, at the suburb centre |
NBN connectivity
| Comobella | Spicers Creek | |
|---|---|---|
| Connectivity score | 16/100 same for both | |
| Most common technology | Satellite (Sky Muster) same for both | |
| Full-fibre (FTTP) share | 0% 13 premises | 0% 21 premises |
Climate
| Comobella | Spicers Creek | |
|---|---|---|
| Annual rainfall | 641 mm same for both | |
| Summer max (Jan) | 32.5°C same for both | |
| Winter min (Jul) | 3.0°C same for both | |
Council rates
| Comobella | Spicers Creek | |
|---|---|---|
| Average residential rate | $1,233/yr same for both | |
| Council | Dubbo same for both | |
Federal electorate
| Comobella | Spicers Creek | |
|---|---|---|
| Division | Calare same for both | |
| Member | Andrew Gee same for both | |
| Party | Independent same for both | |
First Home Owner Grant
| Comobella | Spicers 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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