Coopers Shoot vs Newrybar
In both, most households own their home and the large majority of homes are detached houses. In Coopers Shoot, about half of households are couple families. Houses cost more in Coopers Shoot: a median of $4.25 million, against $3.4 million in Newrybar, though rent is higher in Newrybar. On these figures, Newrybar tends to suit buyers on a tighter budget.
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
Coopers Shoot
ahead on the one thing that separates them
- carries lower crime risk (20/100 vs 52/100)
Weighs schools, house stock, crime, parks, childcare, and who already lives there.
First-home buyers
They split
one each way, out of the 2 things we measure here
- Coopers Shoot leaves households under less mortgage stress (26% vs 33%)
- Newrybar has cheaper houses ($3,397,500 vs $4,250,000)
Weighs house prices and mortgage stress.
Renters
Too close to call
Nothing among the 3 things we measure here separates them by enough to be worth acting on.
Weighs rent, rental stress, and how much is for rent.
Commuting to the city
Newrybar
ahead on the one thing that separates them
- sits closer to the CBD (742.5 km vs 750.8 km)
Weighs distance, drive time, and walkability.
Downsizers and retirees
They split
one each way, out of the 5 things we measure here
- Coopers Shoot carries lower crime risk (20/100 vs 52/100)
- Newrybar has more residents already 65 and over (27% vs 21%)
Weighs smaller dwellings, who already lives there, GPs, walkability, and crime.
Investors
Coopers Shoot
ahead on the one thing that separates them
- is growing faster (54.3% vs 19.8%)
Weighs population growth.
Where they sit
Coopers Shoot and Newrybar 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
Newrybar has more residents (532 vs 409).
| Coopers Shoot | Newrybar | |
|---|---|---|
| Population | 409 | 532 +30% vs other |
| Population trend (2016 → 2021) | +54.3% | +19.8% |
| Median age | 46 | 47 |
| Median household income | $101,608/yr +6% vs other | $95,836/yr |
| Median weekly rent | $500/wk | $530/wk +6% vs other |
Age profile
Share of residents in each band, 2021 Census.
Bars are drawn against the largest share shown (19.8%).
Who lives together
Household composition, 2021 Census.
Who owns and who rents
Occupied private dwellings by tenure, 2021 Census.
Qualifications
Highest non-school qualification, residents 15+, 2021 Census.
Bars are drawn against the largest share shown (26.4%).
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.
Bars are drawn against the largest share shown (6.4%).
What people live in
Occupied private dwellings by structure, 2021 Census.
Property market
| Coopers Shoot | Newrybar | |
|---|---|---|
| Median house price | $4,250,000 | $3,397,500 |
| Median unit price | — same for both | |
| Median land price | — same for both | |
Zoning mix
Coopers Shoot has more rural and farming land (81% vs 46%).
| Coopers Shoot | Newrybar | |
|---|---|---|
| Rural and farming | 81% | 46% |
| Other and special use | 4% | 54% |
| Residential | 11% | 0% |
| Environmental | 5% | 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
| Coopers Shoot | Newrybar | |
|---|---|---|
| New dwellings approved | 129 across Byron | 238 across Ballina |
| Approvals change year on year | -65% | +210% |
Ranking within NSW
| Coopers Shoot | Newrybar | |
|---|---|---|
| House price | Higher than 98% of NSW | Higher than 100% of NSW |
| Income | Higher than 69% of NSW | Higher than 63% of NSW |
| Schools | — same for both | |
| Walkability | Higher than 68% of NSW | Higher than 64% of NSW |
| Affordability | Higher than 2% of NSW | Higher than 1% of NSW |
| EV adoption | Higher than 95% of NSW same for both | |
| NBN connectivity | Higher than 56% of NSW | Higher than 58% of NSW |
Liveability
| Coopers Shoot | Newrybar | |
|---|---|---|
| Grade | — | B |
| Score | — | 56/100 |
| Socio-economic band | very advantaged area decile 10/10 same for both | |
Risk profile
Newrybar carries more crime risk (52 vs 20).
| Coopers Shoot | Newrybar | |
|---|---|---|
| Bushfire | None 0/100 same for both | |
| Crime | Low 20/100 | Moderate 52/100 |
| 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
| Coopers Shoot | Newrybar | |
|---|---|---|
| Inside the suburb | 0 | 1 |
| Rated above peers | 0 same for both | |
| Rated at peers | 0 same for both | |
| Rated below peers | 0 | 1 |
Schools in Coopers Shoot
No schools recorded inside this suburb's boundary. Children here will be zoned to schools nearby.
Schools in Newrybar
- Newrybar Public School Government · Primary below peers
Amenities in the suburb
| Coopers Shoot | Newrybar | |
|---|---|---|
| Waterways | 0 | 4 |
Mobility
Coopers Shoot sits further from the CBD (750.8 km vs 742.5 km).
| Coopers Shoot | Newrybar | |
|---|---|---|
| Walkability score | 18/100 | 14/100 |
| Distance to Sydney | 750.8 km +1% vs other | 742.5 km |
| Drive time (normal traffic) | 481 min | 477 min |
| Electric vehicle share | 2.4% postcode 2479 same for both | |
| Rooftop solar per 100 dwellings | 86 postcode 2479 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 (51.4%).
Setting
| Coopers Shoot | Newrybar | |
|---|---|---|
| Elevation | 104 m above sea level, at the suburb centre | 43 m above sea level, at the suburb centre |
| Distance to the ocean | 4.4 km 4.6 km to a named beach | 5.9 km |
NBN connectivity
| Coopers Shoot | Newrybar | |
|---|---|---|
| Connectivity score | 30/100 same for both | |
| Most common technology | Fixed wireless same for both | |
| Full-fibre (FTTP) share | 0% 158 premises | 0% 232 premises |
Climate
| Coopers Shoot | Newrybar | |
|---|---|---|
| Annual rainfall | 1,569 mm same for both | |
| Summer max (Jan) | 29.1°C same for both | |
| Winter min (Jul) | 9.1°C same for both | |
Council rates
| Coopers Shoot | Newrybar | |
|---|---|---|
| Average residential rate | $1,577/yr | $1,264/yr |
| Council | Byron | Ballina |
Federal electorate
| Coopers Shoot | Newrybar | |
|---|---|---|
| Division | Richmond same for both | |
| Member | Justine Elliot same for both | |
| Party | Australian Labor Party same for both | |
First Home Owner Grant
| Coopers Shoot | Newrybar | |
|---|---|---|
| Grant amount | $10,000 same for both | |
| Property price cap | $600,000 same for both | |
| Eligibility | New same for both | |
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