Cooma vs Stanhope

Cooma is the younger of the two, with a median age of 46 against 49 in Stanhope. In both, the large majority of households own their home and the large majority of homes are detached houses. In Cooma, the large majority of households are couple families. In Stanhope, about half of households are people living alone. On these figures, Cooma tends to suit couples, while Stanhope 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

  • Cooma is already more of a family suburb (80% vs 46%)
  • Stanhope carries lower crime risk (43/100 vs 57/100)

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

First-home buyers

Stanhope

ahead on the one thing that separates them

  • leaves households under less mortgage stress (18% vs 25%)

Weighs mortgage stress.

Renters

Stanhope

ahead on the one thing that separates them

  • has cheaper rent ($198/wk vs $250/wk)

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

Commuting to the city

Stanhope

ahead on 2 of the 3 things we measure here

  • has a shorter drive in (136 min vs 141 min)
  • sits closer to the CBD (194.3 km vs 200.1 km)

Weighs distance, drive time, and walkability.

Downsizers and retirees

Stanhope

ahead on 2 of the 4 things we measure here

  • has more residents already 65 and over (26% vs 16%)
  • carries lower crime risk (43/100 vs 57/100)

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

Investors

Stanhope

ahead on the one thing that separates them

  • is growing faster (-0.2% vs -13.0%)

Weighs population growth.

Where they sit

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

Cooma Stanhope
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.

Cooma Stanhope
Walkability 0 / 0
Cooma — Walkability: 0/100 Stanhope — Walkability: 0/100
Safety 43 / 57
Cooma — Safety: 43/100 Stanhope — Safety: 57/100
Low fire risk 77 / 100
Cooma — Low fire risk: 77/100 Stanhope — Low fire risk: 100/100
Low flood risk 26 / 19
Cooma — Low flood risk: 26/100 Stanhope — Low flood risk: 19/100

Demographics

Stanhope has more residents (826 vs 94); Cooma rents higher ($250/wk vs $198/wk).

Cooma Stanhope
Population 94 826
+779% vs other
Population trend (2016 → 2021) -13.0% -0.2%
Median age 46 49
Median household income $71,500/yr
+18% vs other
 $58,500/yr
Median weekly rent $250/wk
+21% vs other
 $198/wk

Age profile

Share of residents in each band, 2021 Census.

Cooma Stanhope
0-4 8.5% / 4.6%
Cooma — 0-4: 8.5% Stanhope — 0-4: 4.6%
5-14 9.6% / 12.5%
Cooma — 5-14: 9.6% Stanhope — 5-14: 12.5%
15-19 9.6% / 4.6%
Cooma — 15-19: 9.6% Stanhope — 15-19: 4.6%
20-24 3.2% / 4.1%
Cooma — 20-24: 3.2% Stanhope — 20-24: 4.1%
25-34 4.3% / 12.0%
Cooma — 25-34: 4.3% Stanhope — 25-34: 12.0%
35-44 10.6% / 9.4%
Cooma — 35-44: 10.6% Stanhope — 35-44: 9.4%
45-54 13.8% / 11.5%
Cooma — 45-54: 13.8% Stanhope — 45-54: 11.5%
55-64 26.6% / 16.7%
Cooma — 55-64: 26.6% Stanhope — 55-64: 16.7%
65-74 10.6% / 14.2%
Cooma — 65-74: 10.6% Stanhope — 65-74: 14.2%
75-84 5.3% / 9.1%
Cooma — 75-84: 5.3% Stanhope — 75-84: 9.1%
85+ — / 3.0%
Cooma — 85+: not among its largest Stanhope — 85+: 3.0%

Bars are drawn against the largest share shown (26.6%).

Who lives together

Household composition, 2021 Census.

Cooma 80.0% couple families
Cooma — Couple Families: 80.0% Cooma — Lone Person: 20.0% Cooma — One Parent Families: 0.0% Cooma — Group Household: 0.0% Cooma — Other Families: 0.0%
Stanhope 28.4% couple families
Stanhope — Couple Families: 28.4% Stanhope — Lone Person: 48.7% Stanhope — One Parent Families: 17.4% Stanhope — Group Household: 3.4% Stanhope — Other Families: 2.1%
Couple Families Lone Person One Parent Families Group Household Other Families

Who owns and who rents

Occupied private dwellings by tenure, 2021 Census.

Cooma 9.1% renting
Cooma — Owned Outright: 69.7% Cooma — Mortgage: 21.2% Cooma — Renting: 9.1%
Stanhope 16.5% renting
Stanhope — Owned Outright: 49.8% Stanhope — Mortgage: 33.6% Stanhope — Renting: 16.5%
Owned outright Mortgage Renting

Qualifications

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

Cooma Stanhope
Certificate III & IV 17.0% / 17.2%
Cooma — Certificate III & IV: 17.0% Stanhope — Certificate III & IV: 17.2%
Advanced Diploma / Diploma 9.6% / 5.8%
Cooma — Advanced Diploma / Diploma: 9.6% Stanhope — Advanced Diploma / Diploma: 5.8%
Bachelor Degree 5.3% / 5.9%
Cooma — Bachelor Degree: 5.3% Stanhope — Bachelor Degree: 5.9%
Graduate Diploma / Certificate 3.2% / 1.3%
Cooma — Graduate Diploma / Certificate: 3.2% Stanhope — Graduate Diploma / Certificate: 1.3%
Postgraduate Degree — / 1.3%
Cooma — Postgraduate Degree: not among its largest Stanhope — Postgraduate Degree: 1.3%

Bars are drawn against the largest share shown (17.2%).

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.

Cooma Stanhope
Bangladesh 3.2% / —
Cooma — Bangladesh: 3.2% Stanhope — Bangladesh: not among its largest
England — / 2.2%
Cooma — England: not among its largest Stanhope — England: 2.2%
New Zealand — / 1.8%
Cooma — New Zealand: not among its largest Stanhope — New Zealand: 1.8%
Philippines — / 1.6%
Cooma — Philippines: not among its largest Stanhope — Philippines: 1.6%
Scotland — / 0.6%
Cooma — Scotland: not among its largest Stanhope — Scotland: 0.6%
Thailand — / 0.5%
Cooma — Thailand: not among its largest Stanhope — Thailand: 0.5%

Bars are drawn against the largest share shown (3.2%).

What people live in

Occupied private dwellings by structure, 2021 Census.

Cooma 100.0% houses
Cooma — Houses: 100.0% Cooma — Flats / Apartments: 0.0% Cooma — Townhouses: 0.0%
Stanhope 94.6% houses
Stanhope — Houses: 94.6% Stanhope — Flats / Apartments: 3.1% Stanhope — Townhouses: 2.3%
Houses Flats / Apartments Townhouses

Property market

Cooma Stanhope
Median house price — $387,500
Median unit price — $310,000
Median land price —
same for both

Zoning mix

Cooma Stanhope
Rural and farming 100% 96%
Residential 0% 2%
Infrastructure and transport 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

Cooma Stanhope
New dwellings approved 649
across Greater Shepparton
 264
across Campaspe
Approvals change year on year -23% +63%

Ranking within VIC

Cooma Stanhope
House price — Higher than 5% of VIC
Income Higher than 36% of VIC Higher than 18% of VIC
Schools —
same for both
Walkability Higher than 40% of VIC Higher than 41% of VIC
Affordability — Higher than 90% of VIC
EV adoption Higher than 29% of VIC Higher than 27% of VIC
NBN connectivity Higher than 62% of VIC
same for both

Liveability

Cooma Stanhope
Grade — D
Score — 26/100
Socio-economic band mid-range socio-economic
decile 5/10
 below-average income
decile 2/10

Risk profile

Cooma carries more bushfire risk (23 vs 0); Cooma carries more crime risk (57 vs 43).

Cooma Stanhope
Bushfire Low
23/100
 None
0/100
Crime Moderate
57/100
 Moderate
43/100
Flood High
74/100
 High
81/100
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

Cooma Stanhope
Inside the suburb 0 1
Rated above peers 0
same for both
Rated at peers 0
same for both
Rated below peers 0
same for both

Schools in Cooma

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

Schools in Stanhope

  • Stanhope Primary School Government · Primary

Amenities in the suburb

Cooma Stanhope
Childcare 0 1
GPs 0 1
Pharmacies 0 1
Police stations 0 1
Banks & Bank@Post 0 1
Waterways 0 13

Mobility

Cooma sits further from the CBD (200.1 km vs 194.3 km).

Cooma Stanhope
Walkability score 0/100
same for both
Distance to Melbourne 200.1 km
+3% vs other
 194.3 km
Drive time (normal traffic) 141 min 136 min
Electric vehicle share 0.3%
postcode 3616
 0.3%
postcode 3623
Rooftop solar per 100 dwellings 56
postcode 3616
 55
postcode 3623

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.

Cooma Stanhope
Car (driver) 78.4% / 69.3%
Cooma — Car (driver): 78.4% Stanhope — Car (driver): 69.3%
Worked from Home 21.6% / 20.7%
Cooma — Worked from Home: 21.6% Stanhope — Worked from Home: 20.7%
Walked Only — / 7.5%
Cooma — Walked Only: not among its largest Stanhope — Walked Only: 7.5%
Car (passenger) — / 2.5%
Cooma — Car (passenger): not among its largest Stanhope — Car (passenger): 2.5%

Bars are drawn against the largest share shown (78.4%).

Setting

Cooma Stanhope
Elevation 110 m
above sea level, at the suburb centre
 113 m
above sea level, at the suburb centre

NBN connectivity

Cooma Stanhope
Connectivity score 30/100
same for both
Most common technology Fixed wireless
same for both
Full-fibre (FTTP) share 0%
42 premises
 0%
434 premises

Climate

Cooma Stanhope
Annual rainfall 436 mm
same for both
Summer max (Jan) 31.1°C
same for both
Winter min (Jul) 3.8°C
same for both

Council rates

Cooma Stanhope
Average residential rate $2,449/yr $2,035/yr
Council Greater Shepparton Campaspe

Federal electorate

Cooma Stanhope
Division Nicholls
same for both
Member Sam Birrell
same for both
Party The Nationals
same for both

First Home Owner Grant

Cooma Stanhope
Grant amount $10,000
same for both
Property price cap $750,000
same for both
Eligibility New
same for both

Tags

Cooma

Rural Young Families

Stanhope

Affordable Retirees Rural

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