Cooroy Mountain vs Cooroy

In both, the large majority of households own their home and the large majority of homes are detached houses. In Cooroy Mountain, most households are couple families. Houses cost more in Cooroy Mountain: a median of $5.44 million, against $1.1 million in Cooroy, and rent is higher there too. On these figures, Cooroy Mountain tends to suit couples, while Cooroy suits people living alone, older residents, and 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

Cooroy

ahead on 3 of the 6 things we measure here

  • has more childcare (7 vs 0)
  • has more schools inside the suburb (3 vs 0)
  • has more parks and reserves (4 vs 1)
  • But Cooroy Mountain carries lower crime risk (35/100 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

  • Cooroy Mountain leaves households under less mortgage stress (25% vs 31%)
  • Cooroy has cheaper houses ($1,100,000 vs $5,437,500)

Weighs house prices and mortgage stress.

Renters

They split

one each way, out of the 3 things we measure here

  • Cooroy Mountain leaves renters under less rental stress (24% vs 33%)
  • Cooroy has cheaper rent ($430/wk vs $510/wk)

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

Commuting to the city

Cooroy

ahead on 3 of the 3 things we measure here

  • is more walkable (29/100 vs 10/100)
  • has a shorter drive in (95 min vs 104 min)
  • sits closer to the CBD (126.6 km vs 131.1 km)

Weighs distance, drive time, and walkability.

Downsizers and retirees

Cooroy

ahead on 3 of the 5 things we measure here

  • has more GPs (3 vs 0)
  • is more walkable (29/100 vs 10/100)
  • has more residents already 65 and over (32% vs 21%)
  • But Cooroy Mountain carries lower crime risk (35/100 vs 52/100)

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

Investors

Cooroy

ahead on the one thing that separates them

  • is growing faster (26.6% vs 8.8%)

Weighs population growth.

Where they sit

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

Cooroy Mountain Cooroy
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.

Cooroy Mountain Cooroy
Walkability 10 / 29
Cooroy Mountain — Walkability: 10/100 Cooroy — Walkability: 29/100
Safety 65 / 48
Cooroy Mountain — Safety: 65/100 Cooroy — Safety: 48/100
Low fire risk 100 / 100
Cooroy Mountain — Low fire risk: 100/100 Cooroy — Low fire risk: 100/100

Demographics

Cooroy has more residents (4,801 vs 148); Cooroy Mountain has higher household incomes ($109,772 vs $67,028).

Cooroy Mountain Cooroy
Population 148 4,801
+3144% vs other
Population trend (2016 → 2021) +8.8% +26.6%
Median age 51 50
Median household income $109,772/yr
+39% vs other
 $67,028/yr
Median weekly rent $510/wk
+16% vs other
 $430/wk

Age profile

Share of residents in each band, 2021 Census.

Cooroy Mountain Cooroy
0-4 2.0% / 4.2%
Cooroy Mountain — 0-4: 2.0% Cooroy — 0-4: 4.2%
5-14 9.5% / 11.2%
Cooroy Mountain — 5-14: 9.5% Cooroy — 5-14: 11.2%
15-19 13.5% / 5.4%
Cooroy Mountain — 15-19: 13.5% Cooroy — 15-19: 5.4%
20-24 5.4% / 3.9%
Cooroy Mountain — 20-24: 5.4% Cooroy — 20-24: 3.9%
25-34 2.7% / 7.5%
Cooroy Mountain — 25-34: 2.7% Cooroy — 25-34: 7.5%
35-44 4.1% / 10.8%
Cooroy Mountain — 35-44: 4.1% Cooroy — 35-44: 10.8%
45-54 27.0% / 12.1%
Cooroy Mountain — 45-54: 27.0% Cooroy — 45-54: 12.1%
55-64 18.9% / 13.0%
Cooroy Mountain — 55-64: 18.9% Cooroy — 55-64: 13.0%
65-74 14.9% / 16.7%
Cooroy Mountain — 65-74: 14.9% Cooroy — 65-74: 16.7%
75-84 6.1% / 10.7%
Cooroy Mountain — 75-84: 6.1% Cooroy — 75-84: 10.7%
85+ — / 4.4%
Cooroy Mountain — 85+: not among its largest Cooroy — 85+: 4.4%

Bars are drawn against the largest share shown (27.0%).

Who lives together

Household composition, 2021 Census.

Cooroy Mountain 57.1% couple families
Cooroy Mountain — Couple Families: 57.1% Cooroy Mountain — Lone Person: 28.6% Cooroy Mountain — One Parent Families: 14.3% Cooroy Mountain — Group Household: 0.0% Cooroy Mountain — Other Families: 0.0%
Cooroy 37.1% couple families
Cooroy — Couple Families: 37.1% Cooroy — Lone Person: 40.4% Cooroy — One Parent Families: 17.6% Cooroy — Group Household: 3.7% Cooroy — Other Families: 1.1%
Couple Families Lone Person One Parent Families Group Household Other Families

Who owns and who rents

Occupied private dwellings by tenure, 2021 Census.

Cooroy Mountain 14.5% renting
Cooroy Mountain — Owned Outright: 45.2% Cooroy Mountain — Mortgage: 40.3% Cooroy Mountain — Renting: 14.5%
Cooroy 20.5% renting
Cooroy — Owned Outright: 47.4% Cooroy — Mortgage: 32.1% Cooroy — Renting: 20.5%
Owned outright Mortgage Renting

Qualifications

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

Cooroy Mountain Cooroy
Certificate III & IV 12.2% / 18.7%
Cooroy Mountain — Certificate III & IV: 12.2% Cooroy — Certificate III & IV: 18.7%
Bachelor Degree 12.8% / 8.7%
Cooroy Mountain — Bachelor Degree: 12.8% Cooroy — Bachelor Degree: 8.7%
Advanced Diploma / Diploma 11.5% / 8.8%
Cooroy Mountain — Advanced Diploma / Diploma: 11.5% Cooroy — Advanced Diploma / Diploma: 8.8%
Postgraduate Degree 6.1% / 2.2%
Cooroy Mountain — Postgraduate Degree: 6.1% Cooroy — Postgraduate Degree: 2.2%
Graduate Diploma / Certificate 2.7% / 1.8%
Cooroy Mountain — Graduate Diploma / Certificate: 2.7% Cooroy — Graduate Diploma / Certificate: 1.8%

Bars are drawn against the largest share shown (18.7%).

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.

Cooroy Mountain Cooroy
England 8.1% / 6.4%
Cooroy Mountain — England: 8.1% Cooroy — England: 6.4%
New Zealand 3.4% / 3.5%
Cooroy Mountain — New Zealand: 3.4% Cooroy — New Zealand: 3.5%
Scotland 2.0% / 0.5%
Cooroy Mountain — Scotland: 2.0% Cooroy — Scotland: 0.5%
South Africa — / 0.8%
Cooroy Mountain — South Africa: not among its largest Cooroy — South Africa: 0.8%
Germany — / 0.6%
Cooroy Mountain — Germany: not among its largest Cooroy — Germany: 0.6%
Netherlands — / 0.6%
Cooroy Mountain — Netherlands: not among its largest Cooroy — Netherlands: 0.6%

Bars are drawn against the largest share shown (8.1%).

What people live in

Occupied private dwellings by structure, 2021 Census.

Cooroy Mountain 94.6% houses
Cooroy Mountain — Houses: 94.6% Cooroy Mountain — Flats / Apartments: 5.4% Cooroy Mountain — Townhouses: 0.0%
Cooroy 87.8% houses
Cooroy — Houses: 87.8% Cooroy — Flats / Apartments: 10.6% Cooroy — Townhouses: 1.6%
Houses Flats / Apartments Townhouses

Property market

Cooroy Mountain Cooroy
Median house price $5,437,500 $1,100,000
Median unit price — $870,000
Median land price — $1,100,000
Typical days to sell (houses) — 35 days
from 77 sales

Development activity

Cooroy Mountain Cooroy
New dwellings approved 239
across Noosa
same for both
Approvals change year on year -9%
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.

Cooroy Mountain Cooroy
Houses — 3.4%
$808/wk on $1.25M
Units —
same for both

Ranking within QLD

Cooroy Mountain Cooroy
House price —
same for both
Income Higher than 81% of QLD Higher than 33% of QLD
Schools — Higher than 35% of QLD
Walkability Higher than 72% of QLD Higher than 82% of QLD
Affordability —
same for both
EV adoption Higher than 82% of QLD
same for both
NBN connectivity Higher than 66% of QLD Higher than 75% of QLD
Rental yield (houses) — Higher than 19% of QLD

Liveability

Cooroy is more walkable (29 vs 10).

Cooroy Mountain Cooroy
Grade — C
Score — 46/100
Socio-economic band very advantaged area
decile 9/10
 mid-range socio-economic
decile 4/10

Risk profile

Cooroy carries more crime risk (52 vs 35).

Cooroy Mountain Cooroy
Bushfire None
0/100
same for both
Crime Low
35/100
 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 1
within 5 km
same for both

Schools

Cooroy Mountain Cooroy
Inside the suburb 0 3
Rated above peers 0
same for both
Rated at peers 0 2
Rated below peers 0 1

Schools in Cooroy Mountain

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

Schools in Cooroy

  • Noosa Christian College Independent · Combined at peers
  • Noosa District State High School Government · Secondary at peers
  • Cooroy State School Government · Primary below peers

Amenities in the suburb

Cooroy Mountain Cooroy
Supermarkets 0 1
Cafes & restaurants 0 5
Parks & reserves 1 4
Childcare 0 7
GPs 0 3
Pharmacies 0 2
Police stations 0 1
Banks & Bank@Post 0 3
Fuel stations 0 2
EV chargers 0 1
Waterways 0 4

Mobility

Cooroy Mountain sits further from the CBD (131.1 km vs 126.6 km).

Cooroy Mountain Cooroy
Walkability score 10/100 29/100
Distance to Brisbane 131.1 km
+3% vs other
 126.6 km
Drive time (normal traffic) 104 min 95 min
Electric vehicle share 1.0%
postcode 4563
same for both
Rooftop solar per 100 dwellings 96
postcode 4563
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.

Cooroy Mountain Cooroy
Car (driver) 63.3% / 75.5%
Cooroy Mountain — Car (driver): 63.3% Cooroy — Car (driver): 75.5%
Worked from Home 30.0% / 14.5%
Cooroy Mountain — Worked from Home: 30.0% Cooroy — Worked from Home: 14.5%
Walked Only 6.7% / 4.0%
Cooroy Mountain — Walked Only: 6.7% Cooroy — Walked Only: 4.0%
Car (passenger) — / 5.4%
Cooroy Mountain — Car (passenger): not among its largest Cooroy — Car (passenger): 5.4%
Bus — / 0.7%
Cooroy Mountain — Bus: not among its largest Cooroy — Bus: 0.7%

Bars are drawn against the largest share shown (75.5%).

Setting

Cooroy Mountain Cooroy
Elevation 268 m
above sea level, at the suburb centre
 115 m
above sea level, at the suburb centre
Distance to the ocean 12.3 km 17.0 km

NBN connectivity

Cooroy Mountain Cooroy
Connectivity score 30/100 64/100
Most common technology Fixed wireless Fibre to the node
Full-fibre (FTTP) share 0%
74 premises
 39%
2,272 premises

Climate

Cooroy Mountain Cooroy
Annual rainfall 1,045 mm
same for both
Summer max (Jan) 30.9°C
same for both
Winter min (Jul) 7.7°C
same for both

Air quality (annual mean)

Cooroy Mountain Cooroy
PM2.5 4.3 µg/m³
same for both
PM10 12.3 µg/m³
same for both
NO₂ —
same for both

Council rates

Cooroy Mountain Cooroy
Average residential rate $1,614/yr
same for both
Council Noosa
same for both

Federal electorate

Cooroy Mountain Cooroy
Division Wide Bay
same for both
Member Llew O'Brien
same for both
Party Liberal National Party of Queensland
same for both

First Home Owner Grant

Cooroy Mountain Cooroy
Grant amount $30,000
same for both
Property price cap $750,000
same for both
Eligibility New
same for both

Tags

Cooroy Mountain

Rural

Cooroy

Acreage Retirees River

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