Crabbes Creek vs Middle Pocket

Middle Pocket is the younger of the two, with a median age of 44 against 47 in Crabbes Creek. In both, the large majority of households own their home and the large majority of homes are detached houses. In Middle Pocket, about half of households are couple families. Houses cost more in Middle Pocket: a median of $1.83 million, against $1.67 million in Crabbes Creek, and rent is higher there too. On these figures, Middle Pocket tends to suit people living alone, families with children, and couples.

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

Middle Pocket

ahead on the one thing that separates them

  • carries lower crime risk (28/100 vs 59/100)

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

First-home buyers

Too close to call

Nothing among the 2 things we measure here separates them by enough to be worth acting on.

Weighs house prices and mortgage stress.

Renters

Crabbes Creek

ahead on 2 of the 3 things we measure here

  • has cheaper rent ($400/wk vs $580/wk)
  • leaves renters under less rental stress (28% vs 34%)

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

Commuting to the city

Crabbes Creek

ahead on 2 of the 3 things we measure here

  • is more walkable (23/100 vs 0/100)
  • sits closer to the CBD (776.2 km vs 778.6 km)

Weighs distance, drive time, and walkability.

Downsizers and retirees

They split

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

  • Crabbes Creek is more walkable (23/100 vs 0/100)
  • Middle Pocket carries lower crime risk (28/100 vs 59/100)

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

Investors

Crabbes Creek

ahead on the one thing that separates them

  • is growing faster (18.3% vs 2.2%)

Weighs population growth.

Where they sit

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

Crabbes Creek Middle Pocket
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.

Crabbes Creek Middle Pocket
Walkability 23 / 0
Crabbes Creek — Walkability: 23/100 Middle Pocket — Walkability: 0/100
Safety 41 / 72
Crabbes Creek — Safety: 41/100 Middle Pocket — Safety: 72/100
Low fire risk 41 / 34
Crabbes Creek — Low fire risk: 41/100 Middle Pocket — Low fire risk: 34/100

Demographics

Crabbes Creek has more residents (343 vs 141); Middle Pocket rents higher ($580/wk vs $400/wk).

Crabbes Creek Middle Pocket
Population 343
+59% vs other
 141
Population trend (2016 → 2021) +18.3% +2.2%
Median age 47 44
Median household income $73,840/yr $89,336/yr
+21% vs other
Median weekly rent $400/wk $580/wk
+45% vs other

Age profile

Share of residents in each band, 2021 Census.

Crabbes Creek Middle Pocket
0-4 4.4% / 9.2%
Crabbes Creek — 0-4: 4.4% Middle Pocket — 0-4: 9.2%
5-14 9.0% / 16.3%
Crabbes Creek — 5-14: 9.0% Middle Pocket — 5-14: 16.3%
15-19 5.8% / —
Crabbes Creek — 15-19: 5.8% Middle Pocket — 15-19: not among its largest
20-24 3.8% / 2.8%
Crabbes Creek — 20-24: 3.8% Middle Pocket — 20-24: 2.8%
25-34 15.5% / 9.2%
Crabbes Creek — 25-34: 15.5% Middle Pocket — 25-34: 9.2%
35-44 10.2% / 16.3%
Crabbes Creek — 35-44: 10.2% Middle Pocket — 35-44: 16.3%
45-54 13.7% / 14.9%
Crabbes Creek — 45-54: 13.7% Middle Pocket — 45-54: 14.9%
55-64 20.7% / 17.0%
Crabbes Creek — 55-64: 20.7% Middle Pocket — 55-64: 17.0%
65-74 9.3% / 14.9%
Crabbes Creek — 65-74: 9.3% Middle Pocket — 65-74: 14.9%
75-84 5.2% / 2.1%
Crabbes Creek — 75-84: 5.2% Middle Pocket — 75-84: 2.1%
85+ 1.5% / —
Crabbes Creek — 85+: 1.5% Middle Pocket — 85+: not among its largest

Bars are drawn against the largest share shown (20.7%).

Who lives together

Household composition, 2021 Census.

Crabbes Creek 41.8% couple families
Crabbes Creek — Couple Families: 41.8% Crabbes Creek — Lone Person: 22.8% Crabbes Creek — One Parent Families: 22.8% Crabbes Creek — Group Household: 12.7%
Middle Pocket 53.6% couple families
Middle Pocket — Couple Families: 53.6% Middle Pocket — Lone Person: 32.1% Middle Pocket — One Parent Families: 14.3% Middle Pocket — Group Household: 0.0%
Couple Families Lone Person One Parent Families Group Household

Who owns and who rents

Occupied private dwellings by tenure, 2021 Census.

Crabbes Creek 19.6% renting
Crabbes Creek — Owned Outright: 34.6% Crabbes Creek — Mortgage: 45.8% Crabbes Creek — Renting: 19.6%
Middle Pocket 25.0% renting
Middle Pocket — Owned Outright: 43.2% Middle Pocket — Mortgage: 31.8% Middle Pocket — Renting: 25.0%
Owned outright Mortgage Renting

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.

Crabbes Creek Middle Pocket
England 5.5% / 8.5%
Crabbes Creek — England: 5.5% Middle Pocket — England: 8.5%
New Zealand 0.9% / 5.0%
Crabbes Creek — New Zealand: 0.9% Middle Pocket — New Zealand: 5.0%
Germany 2.3% / —
Crabbes Creek — Germany: 2.3% Middle Pocket — Germany: not among its largest
Thailand 0.9% / —
Crabbes Creek — Thailand: 0.9% Middle Pocket — Thailand: not among its largest

Bars are drawn against the largest share shown (8.5%).

Qualifications

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

Crabbes Creek Middle Pocket
Certificate III & IV 17.2% / 12.1%
Crabbes Creek — Certificate III & IV: 17.2% Middle Pocket — Certificate III & IV: 12.1%
Bachelor Degree 8.5% / 11.3%
Crabbes Creek — Bachelor Degree: 8.5% Middle Pocket — Bachelor Degree: 11.3%
Advanced Diploma / Diploma 7.3% / 7.8%
Crabbes Creek — Advanced Diploma / Diploma: 7.3% Middle Pocket — Advanced Diploma / Diploma: 7.8%
Postgraduate Degree 2.3% / 6.4%
Crabbes Creek — Postgraduate Degree: 2.3% Middle Pocket — Postgraduate Degree: 6.4%
Graduate Diploma / Certificate 1.2% / —
Crabbes Creek — Graduate Diploma / Certificate: 1.2% Middle Pocket — Graduate Diploma / Certificate: not among its largest

Bars are drawn against the largest share shown (17.2%).

What people live in

Occupied private dwellings by structure, 2021 Census.

Crabbes Creek 99.1% houses
Crabbes Creek — Houses: 99.1% Crabbes Creek — Flats / Apartments: 0.9%
Middle Pocket 100.0% houses
Middle Pocket — Houses: 100.0% Middle Pocket — Flats / Apartments: 0.0%
Houses Flats / Apartments

Property market

Crabbes Creek Middle Pocket
Median house price $1,672,000 $1,827,500
Median unit price —
same for both
Median land price —
same for both

Zoning mix

Middle Pocket has more land zoned for conservation (36% vs 1%); Crabbes Creek has more rural and farming land (98% vs 62%).

Crabbes Creek Middle Pocket
Rural and farming 98% 62%
Environmental 1% 36%
Other and special use 0% 1%
Infrastructure and transport 1% 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

Crabbes Creek Middle Pocket
New dwellings approved 331
across Tweed
 129
across Byron
Approvals change year on year -50% -65%

Ranking within NSW

Crabbes Creek Middle Pocket
House price Higher than 71% of NSW Higher than 78% of NSW
Income Higher than 41% of NSW Higher than 57% of NSW
Schools —
same for both
Walkability Higher than 72% of NSW Higher than 22% of NSW
Affordability Higher than 19% of NSW Higher than 22% of NSW
EV adoption Higher than 85% of NSW
same for both
NBN connectivity Higher than 35% of NSW Higher than 39% of NSW

Liveability

Crabbes Creek is more walkable (23 vs 0).

Crabbes Creek Middle Pocket
Grade —
same for both
Score —
same for both
Socio-economic band mid-range socio-economic
decile 5/10
 advantaged area
decile 8/10

Risk profile

Crabbes Creek carries more crime risk (59 vs 28).

Crabbes Creek Middle Pocket
Bushfire Moderate
59/100
 Moderate
66/100
Crime Moderate
59/100
 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 1
within 5 km
 0
within 5 km

Schools

Crabbes Creek Middle Pocket
Inside the suburb 1 0
Rated above peers 0
same for both
Rated at peers 0
same for both
Rated below peers 1 0

Schools in Crabbes Creek

  • Crabbes Creek Public School Government · Primary below peers

Schools in Middle Pocket

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

Amenities in the suburb

Crabbes Creek Middle Pocket
Supermarkets 1 0
Parks & reserves 0 1
Banks & Bank@Post 1 0
Waterways 10 2

Mobility

Middle Pocket sits further from the CBD (778.6 km vs 776.2 km).

Crabbes Creek Middle Pocket
Walkability score 23/100 0/100
Distance to Sydney 776.2 km 778.6 km
Drive time (normal traffic) 496 min 499 min
Electric vehicle share 1.2%
postcode 2483
same for both
Rooftop solar per 100 dwellings 72
postcode 2483
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.

Crabbes Creek Middle Pocket
Car (driver) 73.5% / 61.0%
Crabbes Creek — Car (driver): 73.5% Middle Pocket — Car (driver): 61.0%
Worked from Home 15.9% / 39.0%
Crabbes Creek — Worked from Home: 15.9% Middle Pocket — Worked from Home: 39.0%
Walked Only 8.3% / —
Crabbes Creek — Walked Only: 8.3% Middle Pocket — Walked Only: not among its largest
Car (passenger) 2.3% / —
Crabbes Creek — Car (passenger): 2.3% Middle Pocket — Car (passenger): not among its largest

Bars are drawn against the largest share shown (73.5%).

Setting

Crabbes Creek Middle Pocket
Elevation 30 m
above sea level, at the suburb centre
 47 m
above sea level, at the suburb centre
Distance to the ocean 6.8 km 8.2 km

NBN connectivity

Crabbes Creek Middle Pocket
Connectivity score 25/100 27/100
Most common technology Fixed wireless
same for both
Full-fibre (FTTP) share 0%
115 premises
 0%
77 premises

Climate

Crabbes Creek Middle Pocket
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

Crabbes Creek Middle Pocket
Average residential rate $1,745/yr $1,577/yr
Council Tweed Byron

Federal electorate

Crabbes Creek Middle Pocket
Division Richmond
same for both
Member Justine Elliot
same for both
Party Australian Labor Party
same for both

First Home Owner Grant

Crabbes Creek Middle Pocket
Grant amount $10,000
same for both
Property price cap $600,000
same for both
Eligibility New
same for both

Tags

Crabbes Creek

River Rural

Middle Pocket

Family Rural Young Families

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