Cordeaux Heights vs Farmborough Heights
Farmborough Heights is the younger of the two, with a median age of 38 against 41 in Cordeaux Heights. In both, the large majority of households own their home, the large majority of homes are detached houses, and most households are couple families. Houses cost more in Cordeaux Heights: a median of $1.35 million, against $1.02 million in Farmborough Heights, and rent is higher there too. On these figures, Cordeaux Heights tends to suit couples, while Farmborough Heights suits 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
Cordeaux Heights
ahead on 3 of the 6 things we measure here
- has more schools inside the suburb (3 vs 0)
- has more childcare (4 vs 1)
- is already more of a family suburb (84% vs 74%)
- But Farmborough Heights has more parks and reserves (5 vs 1)
Weighs schools, house stock, crime, parks, childcare, and who already lives there.
First-home buyers
Farmborough Heights
ahead on the one thing that separates them
- has cheaper houses ($1,020,000 vs $1,355,000)
Weighs house prices and mortgage stress.
Renters
Farmborough Heights
ahead on the one thing that separates them
- has cheaper rent ($450/wk vs $495/wk)
Weighs rent, rental stress, and how much is for rent.
Commuting to the city
They split
one each way, out of the 4 things we measure here
- Cordeaux Heights sits closer to the CBD (89.3 km vs 93.2 km)
- Farmborough Heights is more walkable (56/100 vs 44/100)
Weighs distance, drive time, rail access, and walkability.
Downsizers and retirees
Farmborough Heights
ahead on the one thing that separates them
- is more walkable (56/100 vs 44/100)
Weighs smaller dwellings, who already lives there, GPs, walkability, and crime.
Investors
Too close to call
Nothing among the 2 things we measure here separates them by enough to be worth acting on.
Weighs house yield and population growth.
Where they sit
Cordeaux Heights and Farmborough Heights 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
Cordeaux Heights has higher household incomes ($136,968 vs $116,168); Cordeaux Heights rents higher ($495/wk vs $450/wk).
| Cordeaux Heights | Farmborough Heights | |
|---|---|---|
| Population | 4,460 +6% vs other | 4,179 |
| Population trend (2016 → 2021) | -2.2% | -0.5% |
| Median age | 41 | 38 |
| Median household income | $136,968/yr +15% vs other | $116,168/yr |
| Median weekly rent | $495/wk +9% vs other | $450/wk |
Age profile
Share of residents in each band, 2021 Census.
Bars are drawn against the largest share shown (17.6%).
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 (17.0%).
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 (3.7%).
What people live in
Occupied private dwellings by structure, 2021 Census.
Property market
| Cordeaux Heights | Farmborough Heights | |
|---|---|---|
| Median house price | $1,355,000 | $1,020,000 |
| Median unit price | — | $750,000 |
| Median land price | — same for both | |
| Typical days to sell (houses) | 20 days from 8 sales | 17 days from 15 sales |
House price by bedroom count
Only bed counts both suburbs published enough sales for. Sale counts are shown because the buckets differ in depth.
8 vs 48 sales
23 vs 40 sales
10 vs 9 sales
Zoning mix
Cordeaux Heights has more land zoned for conservation (48% vs 29%); Farmborough Heights has more rural and farming land (14% vs 0%).
| Cordeaux Heights | Farmborough Heights | |
|---|---|---|
| Residential | 46% | 48% |
| Environmental | 48% | 29% |
| Rural and farming | 0% | 14% |
| Parks and recreation | 6% same for both | |
| Infrastructure and transport | 0% | 3% |
| 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
| Cordeaux Heights | Farmborough Heights | |
|---|---|---|
| New dwellings approved | 1,476 across Wollongong same for both | |
| Approvals change year on year | -31% same for both | |
Gross rental yield
| Cordeaux Heights | Farmborough Heights | |
|---|---|---|
| Houses | 3.7% $900/wk on $1.27M | 3.8% $800/wk on $1.1M |
| Units | — same for both | |
Ranking within NSW
| Cordeaux Heights | Farmborough Heights | |
|---|---|---|
| House price | Higher than 69% of NSW | Higher than 50% of NSW |
| Income | Higher than 91% of NSW | Higher than 80% of NSW |
| Schools | Higher than 76% of NSW | — |
| Walkability | Higher than 79% of NSW | Higher than 83% of NSW |
| Affordability | Higher than 66% of NSW | Higher than 75% of NSW |
| EV adoption | Higher than 82% of NSW same for both | |
| NBN connectivity | Higher than 89% of NSW | Higher than 70% of NSW |
| Rental yield (houses) | Higher than 55% of NSW | Higher than 61% of NSW |
Liveability
Farmborough Heights is more walkable (56 vs 44).
| Cordeaux Heights | Farmborough Heights | |
|---|---|---|
| Grade | A same for both | |
| Score | 72/100 | 71/100 |
| Socio-economic band | very advantaged area decile 10/10 | very advantaged area decile 9/10 |
Risk profile
| Cordeaux Heights | Farmborough Heights | |
|---|---|---|
| Bushfire | None 0/100 same for both | |
| Crime | Low 19/100 | Low 28/100 |
| 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 | 12 within 5 km | 10 within 5 km |
Schools
| Cordeaux Heights | Farmborough Heights | |
|---|---|---|
| Inside the suburb | 3 | 0 |
| Rated above peers | 1 | 0 |
| Rated at peers | 0 same for both | |
| Rated below peers | 2 | 0 |
| Universities within 10 km | 1 UOW Wollongong, 6.3 km | 1 UOW Wollongong, 7.8 km |
| Full-time students aged 15–24 | 3.4% | 1.8% |
Schools in Cordeaux Heights
- Illawarra Christian School Independent · Combined above peers
- Unanderra Public School Government · Primary below peers
- Craig Davis College Independent · Secondary · Special school below peers
Schools in Farmborough Heights
No schools recorded inside this suburb's boundary. Children here will be zoned to schools nearby.
Amenities in the suburb
| Cordeaux Heights | Farmborough Heights | |
|---|---|---|
| Parks & reserves | 1 | 5 |
| Childcare | 4 | 1 |
| Waterways | 0 | 7 |
Mobility
Farmborough Heights sits further from the CBD (93.2 km vs 89.3 km).
| Cordeaux Heights | Farmborough Heights | |
|---|---|---|
| Walkability score | 44/100 | 56/100 |
| Distance to Sydney | 89.3 km | 93.2 km +4% vs other |
| Drive time (normal traffic) | 85 min | 88 min |
| Public transport score | 75/100 Bus same for both | |
| Peak arrivals per hour | 71.0 7-9am + 5-7pm | 81.8 7-9am + 5-7pm |
| Median peak wait | 0 min scheduled, not actual same for both | |
| Electric vehicle share | 1.1% postcode 2526 same for both | |
| Rooftop solar per 100 dwellings | 47 postcode 2526 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 (61.5%).
Setting
| Cordeaux Heights | Farmborough Heights | |
|---|---|---|
| Elevation | 113 m above sea level, at the suburb centre | 127 m above sea level, at the suburb centre |
| Distance to the ocean | 5.8 km | 6.7 km |
NBN connectivity
| Cordeaux Heights | Farmborough Heights | |
|---|---|---|
| Connectivity score | 79/100 | 60/100 |
| Most common technology | Fibre to the premises | Fibre to the node |
| Full-fibre (FTTP) share | 62% 1,530 premises | 28% 1,537 premises |
Climate
| Cordeaux Heights | Farmborough Heights | |
|---|---|---|
| Annual rainfall | 974 mm same for both | |
| Summer max (Jan) | — same for both | |
| Winter min (Jul) | — same for both | |
Air quality (annual mean)
| Cordeaux Heights | Farmborough Heights | |
|---|---|---|
| PM2.5 | 5.9 µg/m³ same for both | |
| PM10 | 19.8 µg/m³ same for both | |
| NO₂ | 0.45 pphm same for both | |
Council rates
| Cordeaux Heights | Farmborough Heights | |
|---|---|---|
| Average residential rate | $1,751/yr same for both | |
| Council | Wollongong same for both | |
Federal electorate
| Cordeaux Heights | Farmborough Heights | |
|---|---|---|
| Division | Cunningham same for both | |
| Member | Alison Byrnes same for both | |
| Party | Australian Labor Party same for both | |
First Home Owner Grant
| Cordeaux Heights | Farmborough Heights | |
|---|---|---|
| Grant amount | $10,000 same for both | |
| Property price cap | $600,000 same for both | |
| Eligibility | New same for both | |
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