Coopers Shoot vs Talofa
In both, most households own their home, the large majority of homes are detached houses, and about half of households are couple families. On these figures, Talofa tends to suit young adults.
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
- Coopers Shoot carries lower crime risk (20/100 vs 84/100)
- Talofa is already more of a family suburb (71% vs 59%)
Weighs schools, house stock, crime, parks, childcare, and who already lives there.
First-home buyers
Coopers Shoot
ahead on the one thing that separates them
- leaves households under less mortgage stress (26% vs 31%)
Weighs mortgage stress.
Renters
Talofa
ahead on 2 of the 3 things we measure here
- leaves renters under less rental stress (10% vs 26%)
- has cheaper rent ($300/wk vs $500/wk)
Weighs rent, rental stress, and how much is for rent.
Commuting to the city
Too close to call
Nothing among the 3 things we measure here separates them by enough to be worth acting on.
Weighs distance, drive time, and walkability.
Downsizers and retirees
Coopers Shoot
ahead on the one thing that separates them
- carries lower crime risk (20/100 vs 84/100)
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 -6.4%)
Weighs population growth.
Where they sit
Coopers Shoot and Talofa 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
Coopers Shoot has more residents (409 vs 103); Coopers Shoot rents higher ($500/wk vs $300/wk).
| Coopers Shoot | Talofa | |
|---|---|---|
| Population | 409 +75% vs other | 103 |
| Population trend (2016 → 2021) | +54.3% | -6.4% |
| Median age | 46 | 47 |
| Median household income | $101,608/yr | $159,224/yr +57% vs other |
| Median weekly rent | $500/wk +40% vs other | $300/wk |
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 (4.6%).
What people live in
Occupied private dwellings by structure, 2021 Census.
Property market
| Coopers Shoot | Talofa | |
|---|---|---|
| Median house price | $4,250,000 | — |
| Median unit price | — same for both | |
| Median land price | — same for both | |
Zoning mix
Talofa has more rural and farming land (93% vs 81%).
| Coopers Shoot | Talofa | |
|---|---|---|
| Rural and farming | 81% | 93% |
| Residential | 11% | 1% |
| Environmental | 5% | 0% |
| Infrastructure and transport | 0% | 4% |
| Other and special use | 4% | 2% |
| 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 | Talofa | |
|---|---|---|
| New dwellings approved | 129 across Byron same for both | |
| Approvals change year on year | -65% same for both | |
Ranking within NSW
| Coopers Shoot | Talofa | |
|---|---|---|
| House price | Higher than 98% of NSW | — |
| Income | Higher than 69% of NSW | Higher than 96% of NSW |
| Schools | — same for both | |
| Walkability | Higher than 68% of NSW | Higher than 63% of NSW |
| Affordability | Higher than 2% of NSW | — |
| EV adoption | Higher than 95% of NSW | Higher than 93% of NSW |
| NBN connectivity | Higher than 56% of NSW | Higher than 46% of NSW |
Liveability
| Coopers Shoot | Talofa | |
|---|---|---|
| Grade | — same for both | |
| Score | — same for both | |
| Socio-economic band | very advantaged area decile 10/10 same for both | |
Risk profile
Talofa carries more crime risk (84 vs 20).
| Coopers Shoot | Talofa | |
|---|---|---|
| Bushfire | None 0/100 same for both | |
| Crime | Low 20/100 | High 84/100 |
| 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 | Talofa | |
|---|---|---|
| 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
| Coopers Shoot | Talofa | |
|---|---|---|
| Waterways | 0 | 3 |
Mobility
| Coopers Shoot | Talofa | |
|---|---|---|
| Walkability score | 18/100 | 14/100 |
| Distance to Sydney | 750.8 km | 749.1 km |
| Drive time (normal traffic) | 481 min | 478 min |
| Electric vehicle share | 2.4% postcode 2479 | 1.9% postcode 2481 |
| Rooftop solar per 100 dwellings | 86 postcode 2479 | 61 postcode 2481 |
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 (50.0%).
Setting
| Coopers Shoot | Talofa | |
|---|---|---|
| Elevation | 104 m above sea level, at the suburb centre | 103 m above sea level, at the suburb centre |
| Distance to the ocean | 4.4 km 4.6 km to a named beach | 6.1 km |
NBN connectivity
| Coopers Shoot | Talofa | |
|---|---|---|
| Connectivity score | 30/100 | 29/100 |
| Most common technology | Fixed wireless same for both | |
| Full-fibre (FTTP) share | 0% 158 premises | 0% 59 premises |
Climate
| Coopers Shoot | Talofa | |
|---|---|---|
| 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 | Talofa | |
|---|---|---|
| Average residential rate | $1,577/yr same for both | |
| Council | Byron same for both | |
Federal electorate
| Coopers Shoot | Talofa | |
|---|---|---|
| Division | Richmond same for both | |
| Member | Justine Elliot same for both | |
| Party | Australian Labor Party same for both | |
First Home Owner Grant
| Coopers Shoot | Talofa | |
|---|---|---|
| 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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