Crooble vs Croppa Creek
In both, most households own their home, the large majority of homes are detached houses, and the large majority of households are couple families. On these figures, Crooble tends to suit 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
Crooble
ahead on 3 of the 6 things we measure here
- carries lower crime risk (30/100 vs 84/100)
- is already more of a family suburb (100% vs 79%)
- has more separate houses rather than flats (100% vs 79%)
Weighs schools, house stock, crime, parks, childcare, and who already lives there.
Renters
Crooble
ahead on the one thing that separates them
- has cheaper rent ($75/wk vs $200/wk)
Weighs rent, rental stress, and how much is for rent.
Commuting to the city
Crooble
ahead on 2 of the 3 things we measure here
- has a shorter drive in (485 min vs 492 min)
- sits closer to the CBD (686.3 km vs 693.9 km)
Weighs distance, drive time, and walkability.
Downsizers and retirees
Crooble
ahead on the one thing that separates them
- carries lower crime risk (30/100 vs 84/100)
Weighs GPs, walkability, and crime.
Investors
Too close to call
Nothing among the 1 things we measure here separates them by enough to be worth acting on.
Weighs population growth.
Where they sit
Crooble and Croppa Creek 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
Croppa Creek rents higher ($200/wk vs $75/wk); Croppa Creek has more residents (104 vs 54).
| Crooble | Croppa Creek | |
|---|---|---|
| Population | 54 | 104 +93% vs other |
| Population trend (2016 → 2021) | -12.9% | -13.3% |
| Median age | 37 | 38 |
| Median household income | $81,224/yr | $125,632/yr +55% vs other |
| Median weekly rent | $75/wk | $200/wk +167% vs other |
Age profile
Share of residents in each band, 2021 Census.
Bars are drawn against the largest share shown (24.1%).
Who lives together
Household composition, 2021 Census.
Who owns and who rents
Occupied private dwellings by tenure, 2021 Census.
What people live in
Occupied private dwellings by structure, 2021 Census.
Qualifications
Highest non-school qualification, residents 15+, 2021 Census.
Bars are drawn against the largest share shown (20.4%).
Zoning mix
| Crooble | Croppa Creek | |
|---|---|---|
| Rural and farming | 100% same for both | |
| 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
| Crooble | Croppa Creek | |
|---|---|---|
| New dwellings approved | 15 across Gwydir same for both | |
| Approvals change year on year | -50% same for both | |
Ranking within NSW
| Crooble | Croppa Creek | |
|---|---|---|
| House price | — same for both | |
| Income | Higher than 49% of NSW | Higher than 87% of NSW |
| Schools | — same for both | |
| Walkability | Higher than 14% of NSW | Higher than 39% of NSW |
| Affordability | — same for both | |
| EV adoption | Higher than 1% of NSW | — |
| NBN connectivity | Higher than 7% of NSW | Higher than 21% of NSW |
Liveability
| Crooble | Croppa Creek | |
|---|---|---|
| Grade | — same for both | |
| Score | — same for both | |
| Socio-economic band | advantaged area decile 7/10 | very advantaged area decile 9/10 |
Risk profile
Crooble carries more bushfire risk (13 vs 0); Croppa Creek carries more crime risk (84 vs 30).
| Crooble | Croppa Creek | |
|---|---|---|
| Bushfire | Low 13/100 | None 0/100 |
| Crime | Low 30/100 | 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
| Crooble | Croppa Creek | |
|---|---|---|
| Inside the suburb | 0 | 1 |
| Rated above peers | 0 same for both | |
| Rated at peers | 0 same for both | |
| Rated below peers | 0 same for both | |
Schools in Crooble
No schools recorded inside this suburb's boundary. Children here will be zoned to schools nearby.
Schools in Croppa Creek
- Croppa Creek Public School Government · Primary
Amenities in the suburb
| Crooble | Croppa Creek | |
|---|---|---|
| Banks & Bank@Post | 0 | 1 |
| Fuel stations | 0 | 1 |
| Waterways | 3 same for both | |
Mobility
Croppa Creek sits further from the CBD (693.9 km vs 686.3 km).
| Crooble | Croppa Creek | |
|---|---|---|
| Walkability score | 0/100 same for both | |
| Distance to Sydney | 686.3 km | 693.9 km +1% vs other |
| Drive time (normal traffic) | 485 min | 492 min |
| Electric vehicle share | 0.0% postcode 2400 | — |
| Rooftop solar per 100 dwellings | 78 postcode 2400 | — |
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 (75.5%).
Setting
| Crooble | Croppa Creek | |
|---|---|---|
| Elevation | 307 m above sea level, at the suburb centre | 271 m above sea level, at the suburb centre |
NBN connectivity
| Crooble | Croppa Creek | |
|---|---|---|
| Connectivity score | 15/100 same for both | |
| Most common technology | Satellite (Sky Muster) same for both | |
| Full-fibre (FTTP) share | 0% 8 premises | 0% 21 premises |
Council rates
| Crooble | Croppa Creek | |
|---|---|---|
| Average residential rate | $825/yr same for both | |
| Council | Gwydir same for both | |
Federal electorate
| Crooble | Croppa Creek | |
|---|---|---|
| Division | New England same for both | |
| Member | Barnaby Joyce same for both | |
| Party | The Nationals same for both | |
First Home Owner Grant
| Crooble | Croppa Creek | |
|---|---|---|
| Grant amount | $10,000 same for both | |
| Property price cap | $600,000 same for both | |
| Eligibility | New same for both | |
Tags
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Information shown is provided as-is from Australian government and commercial data sources.
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