Coonabarabran vs Dandry

Dandry is the younger of the two, with a median age of 41 against 50 in Coonabarabran. In both, most households own their home, the large majority of homes are detached houses, and about half of households are people living alone. On these figures, Dandry tends to suit share households.

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

Coonabarabran

ahead on 3 of the 6 things we measure here

  • has more parks and reserves (7 vs 0)
  • has more schools inside the suburb (3 vs 0)
  • is already more of a family suburb (49% vs 21%)
  • But Dandry carries lower crime risk (48/100 vs 88/100)

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

First-home buyers

Coonabarabran

ahead on 2 of the 3 things we measure here

  • leaves households under less mortgage stress (20% vs 28%)
  • has cheaper land ($99,250 vs $120,000)

Weighs house prices, land prices, and mortgage stress.

Renters

Dandry

ahead on the one thing that separates them

  • has cheaper rent ($0/wk vs $210/wk)

Weighs rent.

Commuting to the city

Coonabarabran

ahead on 2 of the 3 things we measure here

  • sits closer to the CBD (485.4 km vs 516.9 km)
  • has a shorter drive in (350 min vs 368 min)

Weighs distance, drive time, and walkability.

Downsizers and retirees

They split

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

  • Coonabarabran has more GPs (3 vs 0)
  • Dandry carries lower crime risk (48/100 vs 88/100)

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

Where they sit

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

Coonabarabran Dandry
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.

Coonabarabran Dandry
Walkability 4 / 0
Coonabarabran — Walkability: 4/100 Dandry — Walkability: 0/100
Safety 12 / 52
Coonabarabran — Safety: 12/100 Dandry — Safety: 52/100
Low fire risk 43 / 25
Coonabarabran — Low fire risk: 43/100 Dandry — Low fire risk: 25/100

Demographics

Coonabarabran rents higher ($210/wk vs $0/wk); Coonabarabran has more residents (3,477 vs 65).

Coonabarabran Dandry
Population 3,477
+98% vs other
 65
Population trend (2016 → 2021) —
same for both
Median age 50 41
Median household income $60,008/yr
+22% vs other
 $46,800/yr
Median weekly rent $210/wk
(not reported on the other side)
 —

Age profile

Share of residents in each band, 2021 Census.

Coonabarabran Dandry
0-4 5.1% / 6.2%
Coonabarabran — 0-4: 5.1% Dandry — 0-4: 6.2%
5-14 11.5% / 13.8%
Coonabarabran — 5-14: 11.5% Dandry — 5-14: 13.8%
15-19 5.6% / 4.6%
Coonabarabran — 15-19: 5.6% Dandry — 15-19: 4.6%
20-24 3.9% / —
Coonabarabran — 20-24: 3.9% Dandry — 20-24: not among its largest
25-34 9.0% / 9.2%
Coonabarabran — 25-34: 9.0% Dandry — 25-34: 9.2%
35-44 9.0% / 12.3%
Coonabarabran — 35-44: 9.0% Dandry — 35-44: 12.3%
45-54 11.6% / 9.2%
Coonabarabran — 45-54: 11.6% Dandry — 45-54: 9.2%
55-64 14.6% / —
Coonabarabran — 55-64: 14.6% Dandry — 55-64: not among its largest
65-74 15.7% / 23.1%
Coonabarabran — 65-74: 15.7% Dandry — 65-74: 23.1%
75-84 9.3% / 4.6%
Coonabarabran — 75-84: 9.3% Dandry — 75-84: 4.6%
85+ 5.2% / —
Coonabarabran — 85+: 5.2% Dandry — 85+: not among its largest

Bars are drawn against the largest share shown (23.1%).

Who lives together

Household composition, 2021 Census.

Coonabarabran 46.9% lone person
Coonabarabran — Lone Person: 46.9% Coonabarabran — Couple Families: 28.5% Coonabarabran — Group Household: 2.9% Coonabarabran — One Parent Families: 20.2% Coonabarabran — Other Families: 1.6%
Dandry 50.0% lone person
Dandry — Lone Person: 50.0% Dandry — Couple Families: 21.4% Dandry — Group Household: 28.6% Dandry — One Parent Families: 0.0% Dandry — Other Families: 0.0%
Lone Person Couple Families Group Household One Parent Families Other Families

Who owns and who rents

Occupied private dwellings by tenure, 2021 Census.

Coonabarabran 25.3% renting
Coonabarabran — Owned Outright: 48.7% Coonabarabran — Mortgage: 26.0% Coonabarabran — Renting: 25.3%
Dandry 0.0% renting
Dandry — Owned Outright: 100.0% Dandry — Mortgage: 0.0% Dandry — Renting: 0.0%
Owned outright Mortgage Renting

Qualifications

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

Coonabarabran Dandry
Certificate III & IV 14.7% / 16.9%
Coonabarabran — Certificate III & IV: 14.7% Dandry — Certificate III & IV: 16.9%
Bachelor Degree 6.5% / 12.3%
Coonabarabran — Bachelor Degree: 6.5% Dandry — Bachelor Degree: 12.3%
Advanced Diploma / Diploma 5.8% / 4.6%
Coonabarabran — Advanced Diploma / Diploma: 5.8% Dandry — Advanced Diploma / Diploma: 4.6%
Postgraduate Degree 1.8% / —
Coonabarabran — Postgraduate Degree: 1.8% Dandry — Postgraduate Degree: not among its largest
Graduate Diploma / Certificate 1.1% / —
Coonabarabran — Graduate Diploma / Certificate: 1.1% Dandry — Graduate Diploma / Certificate: not among its largest

Bars are drawn against the largest share shown (16.9%).

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.

Coonabarabran Dandry
Germany 0.3% / 4.6%
Coonabarabran — Germany: 0.3% Dandry — Germany: 4.6%
England 1.7% / —
Coonabarabran — England: 1.7% Dandry — England: not among its largest
New Zealand 0.6% / —
Coonabarabran — New Zealand: 0.6% Dandry — New Zealand: not among its largest
India 0.5% / —
Coonabarabran — India: 0.5% Dandry — India: not among its largest
Philippines 0.4% / —
Coonabarabran — Philippines: 0.4% Dandry — Philippines: not among its largest
Netherlands 0.3% / —
Coonabarabran — Netherlands: 0.3% Dandry — Netherlands: not among its largest

Bars are drawn against the largest share shown (4.6%).

What people live in

Occupied private dwellings by structure, 2021 Census.

Coonabarabran 94.0% houses
Coonabarabran — Houses: 94.0% Coonabarabran — Flats / Apartments: 5.5% Coonabarabran — Townhouses: 0.5%
Dandry 105.6% houses
Dandry — Houses: 105.6% Dandry — Flats / Apartments: 0.0% Dandry — Townhouses: 0.0%
Houses Flats / Apartments Townhouses

Property market

Coonabarabran Dandry
Median house price $300,000 $285,000
Median unit price —
same for both
Median land price $99,250 $120,000
Typical days to sell (houses) 78 days
from 25 sales
 —

Zoning mix

Dandry has more land zoned for conservation (74% vs 3%); Coonabarabran has more rural and farming land (93% vs 25%).

Coonabarabran Dandry
Rural and farming 93% 25%
Environmental 3% 74%
Residential 3% 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

Coonabarabran Dandry
New dwellings approved 10
across Warrumbungle
same for both
Approvals change year on year -75%
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.

Coonabarabran Dandry
Houses 4.4%
$400/wk on $478K
 —
Units —
same for both

Ranking within NSW

Coonabarabran Dandry
House price Higher than 6% of NSW Higher than 7% of NSW
Income Higher than 21% of NSW Higher than 8% of NSW
Schools Higher than 27% of NSW —
Walkability Higher than 45% of NSW Higher than 7% of NSW
Affordability Higher than 93% of NSW Higher than 89% of NSW
EV adoption Higher than 1% of NSW
same for both
NBN connectivity Higher than 70% of NSW Higher than 4% of NSW
Rental yield (houses) Higher than 88% of NSW —

Liveability

Coonabarabran Dandry
Grade D —
Score 12/100 —
Socio-economic band below-average income
decile 2/10
 below-average income
decile 3/10

Risk profile

Coonabarabran carries more crime risk (88 vs 48); Dandry carries more bushfire risk (75 vs 57).

Coonabarabran Dandry
Bushfire Moderate
57/100
 High
75/100
Crime High
88/100
 Moderate
48/100
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

Coonabarabran Dandry
Inside the suburb 3 0
Rated above peers 0
same for both
Rated at peers 3 0
Rated below peers 0
same for both

Schools in Coonabarabran

  • Coonabarabran High School Government · Secondary at peers
  • Coonabarabran Public School Government · Primary at peers
  • St Lawrence's Catholic Primary School Coonabarabran Catholic · Primary at peers

Schools in Dandry

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

Amenities in the suburb

Coonabarabran Dandry
Supermarkets 1 0
Cafes & restaurants 7 1
Parks & reserves 7 0
Childcare 2 0
GPs 3 0
Pharmacies 2 0
Hospitals 1 0
Police stations 1 0
Banks & Bank@Post 4 0
Fuel stations 2 0
EV chargers 1 0
Waterways 37 8

Mobility

Dandry sits further from the CBD (516.9 km vs 485.4 km).

Coonabarabran Dandry
Walkability score 4/100 0/100
Distance to Sydney 485.4 km 516.9 km
+6% vs other
Drive time (normal traffic) 350 min 368 min
Electric vehicle share 0.1%
postcode 2357
same for both
Rooftop solar per 100 dwellings 88
postcode 2357
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.

Coonabarabran Dandry
Car (driver) 74.5% / 38.5%
Coonabarabran — Car (driver): 74.5% Dandry — Car (driver): 38.5%
Worked from Home 11.8% / 30.8%
Coonabarabran — Worked from Home: 11.8% Dandry — Worked from Home: 30.8%
Walked Only 6.7% / 30.8%
Coonabarabran — Walked Only: 6.7% Dandry — Walked Only: 30.8%
Car (passenger) 6.6% / —
Coonabarabran — Car (passenger): 6.6% Dandry — Car (passenger): not among its largest
Bus 0.3% / —
Coonabarabran — Bus: 0.3% Dandry — Bus: not among its largest

Bars are drawn against the largest share shown (74.5%).

Setting

Coonabarabran Dandry
Elevation 628 m
above sea level, at the suburb centre
 477 m
above sea level, at the suburb centre

NBN connectivity

Coonabarabran Dandry
Connectivity score 60/100 15/100
Most common technology Fibre to the node Satellite (Sky Muster)
Full-fibre (FTTP) share 35%
1,626 premises
 0%
20 premises

Climate

Coonabarabran Dandry
Annual rainfall 761 mm
same for both
Summer max (Jan) 31.1°C
same for both
Winter min (Jul) 1.2°C
same for both

Council rates

Coonabarabran Dandry
Average residential rate $671/yr
same for both
Council Warrumbungle
same for both

Federal electorate

Coonabarabran Dandry
Division Parkes
same for both
Member Jamie Chaffey
same for both
Party The Nationals
same for both

First Home Owner Grant

Coonabarabran Dandry
Grant amount $10,000
same for both
Property price cap $600,000
same for both
Eligibility New
same for both

Tags

Coonabarabran

Affordable Retirees Rural

Dandry

Affordable Professionals Retirees Rural

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