Cudal vs Toogong

Toogong is the younger of the two, with a median age of 41 against 44 in Cudal. In both, the large majority of households own their home and the large majority of homes are detached houses. In Toogong, about half of households are people living alone. On these figures, Toogong tends to suit people living alone.

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

  • Cudal has more parks and reserves (4 vs 0)
  • Toogong has more separate houses rather than flats (130% vs 97%)

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

First-home buyers

Cudal

ahead on 2 of the 2 things we measure here

  • leaves households under less mortgage stress (23% vs 45%)
  • has cheaper land ($215,000 vs $325,000)

Weighs land prices and mortgage stress.

Renters

They split

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

  • Cudal leaves renters under less rental stress (20% vs 26%)
  • Toogong has cheaper rent ($235/wk vs $256/wk)

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

Commuting to the city

Cudal

ahead on the one thing that separates them

  • sits closer to the CBD (305.5 km vs 316 km)

Weighs distance, drive time, and walkability.

Downsizers and retirees

Too close to call

Nothing among the 4 things we measure here separates them by enough to be worth acting on.

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

Investors

Cudal

ahead on the one thing that separates them

  • is growing faster (6.0% vs -10.1%)

Weighs population growth.

Where they sit

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

Cudal Toogong
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.

Cudal Toogong
Walkability 0 / 0
Cudal — Walkability: 0/100 Toogong — Walkability: 0/100
Safety 59 / 56
Cudal — Safety: 59/100 Toogong — Safety: 56/100
Low fire risk 82 / 79
Cudal — Low fire risk: 82/100 Toogong — Low fire risk: 79/100

Demographics

Cudal has more residents (586 vs 71); Cudal has higher household incomes ($68,224 vs $46,800).

Cudal Toogong
Population 586
+88% vs other
 71
Population trend (2016 → 2021) +6.0% -10.1%
Median age 44 41
Median household income $68,224/yr
+31% vs other
 $46,800/yr
Median weekly rent $256/wk
+8% vs other
 $235/wk

Age profile

Share of residents in each band, 2021 Census.

Cudal Toogong
0-4 5.6% / 9.9%
Cudal — 0-4: 5.6% Toogong — 0-4: 9.9%
5-14 14.7% / 12.7%
Cudal — 5-14: 14.7% Toogong — 5-14: 12.7%
15-19 5.3% / 4.2%
Cudal — 15-19: 5.3% Toogong — 15-19: 4.2%
20-24 4.3% / 8.5%
Cudal — 20-24: 4.3% Toogong — 20-24: 8.5%
25-34 8.2% / 11.3%
Cudal — 25-34: 8.2% Toogong — 25-34: 11.3%
35-44 12.1% / 16.9%
Cudal — 35-44: 12.1% Toogong — 35-44: 16.9%
45-54 11.1% / 5.6%
Cudal — 45-54: 11.1% Toogong — 45-54: 5.6%
55-64 13.8% / 12.7%
Cudal — 55-64: 13.8% Toogong — 55-64: 12.7%
65-74 15.5% / 9.9%
Cudal — 65-74: 15.5% Toogong — 65-74: 9.9%
75-84 7.7% / 7.0%
Cudal — 75-84: 7.7% Toogong — 75-84: 7.0%
85+ 1.9% / 7.0%
Cudal — 85+: 1.9% Toogong — 85+: 7.0%

Bars are drawn against the largest share shown (16.9%).

Who lives together

Household composition, 2021 Census.

Cudal 42.3% couple families
Cudal — Couple Families: 42.3% Cudal — Lone Person: 39.4% Cudal — One Parent Families: 9.9% Cudal — Group Household: 4.9% Cudal — Other Families: 3.5%
Toogong 50.0% couple families
Toogong — Couple Families: 50.0% Toogong — Lone Person: 50.0% Toogong — One Parent Families: 0.0% Toogong — Group Household: 0.0% Toogong — Other Families: 0.0%
Couple Families Lone Person One Parent Families Group Household Other Families

Who owns and who rents

Occupied private dwellings by tenure, 2021 Census.

Cudal 14.9% renting
Cudal — Owned Outright: 49.3% Cudal — Mortgage: 35.7% Cudal — Renting: 14.9%
Toogong 15.8% renting
Toogong — Owned Outright: 42.1% Toogong — Mortgage: 42.1% Toogong — Renting: 15.8%
Owned outright Mortgage Renting

What people live in

Occupied private dwellings by structure, 2021 Census.

Cudal 96.9% houses
Cudal — Houses: 96.9% Cudal — Flats / Apartments: 3.1%
Toogong 130.0% houses
Toogong — Houses: 130.0% Toogong — Flats / Apartments: 0.0%
Houses Flats / Apartments

Qualifications

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

Cudal Toogong
Certificate III & IV 18.4% / 18.3%
Cudal — Certificate III & IV: 18.4% Toogong — Certificate III & IV: 18.3%
Bachelor Degree 7.2% / 9.9%
Cudal — Bachelor Degree: 7.2% Toogong — Bachelor Degree: 9.9%
Advanced Diploma / Diploma 7.3% / 5.6%
Cudal — Advanced Diploma / Diploma: 7.3% Toogong — Advanced Diploma / Diploma: 5.6%
Graduate Diploma / Certificate 1.7% / 4.2%
Cudal — Graduate Diploma / Certificate: 1.7% Toogong — Graduate Diploma / Certificate: 4.2%
Postgraduate Degree 1.4% / —
Cudal — Postgraduate Degree: 1.4% Toogong — Postgraduate Degree: not among its largest

Bars are drawn against the largest share shown (18.4%).

Property market

Cudal Toogong
Median house price $522,500 —
Median unit price —
same for both
Median land price $215,000 $325,000
Typical days to sell (houses) 24 days
from 3 sales
 —

Zoning mix

Cudal Toogong
Rural and farming 97% 99%
Residential 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

Cudal Toogong
New dwellings approved 29
across Cabonne
same for both
Approvals change year on year -43%
same for both

Ranking within NSW

Cudal Toogong
House price Higher than 12% of NSW —
Income Higher than 31% of NSW Higher than 8% of NSW
Schools —
same for both
Walkability Higher than 34% of NSW Higher than 1% of NSW
Affordability Higher than 88% of NSW —
EV adoption Higher than 50% of NSW
same for both
NBN connectivity Higher than 60% of NSW Higher than 33% of NSW

Liveability

Cudal Toogong
Grade C —
Score 39/100 —
Socio-economic band below-average income
decile 3/10
 advantaged area
decile 8/10

Risk profile

Cudal Toogong
Bushfire Low
18/100
 Low
21/100
Crime Moderate
41/100
 Moderate
44/100
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

Cudal Toogong
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 Cudal

  • Cudal Public School Government · Primary below peers

Schools in Toogong

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

Amenities in the suburb

Cudal Toogong
Cafes & restaurants 3 0
Parks & reserves 4 0
Childcare 2 0
Police stations 1 0
Banks & Bank@Post 1 0
Waterways 4 1

Mobility

Toogong sits further from the CBD (316 km vs 305.5 km).

Cudal Toogong
Walkability score 0/100
same for both
Distance to Sydney 305.5 km 316 km
+3% vs other
Drive time (normal traffic) 264 min 267 min
Electric vehicle share 0.5%
postcode 2864
same for both
Rooftop solar per 100 dwellings 67
postcode 2864
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.

Cudal Toogong
Car (driver) 74.6% / 33.3%
Cudal — Car (driver): 74.6% Toogong — Car (driver): 33.3%
Worked from Home 16.9% / 55.6%
Cudal — Worked from Home: 16.9% Toogong — Worked from Home: 55.6%
Car (passenger) 5.9% / 11.1%
Cudal — Car (passenger): 5.9% Toogong — Car (passenger): 11.1%
Walked Only 2.5% / —
Cudal — Walked Only: 2.5% Toogong — Walked Only: not among its largest

Bars are drawn against the largest share shown (74.6%).

Setting

Cudal Toogong
Elevation 410 m
above sea level, at the suburb centre
 377 m
above sea level, at the suburb centre

NBN connectivity

Cudal Toogong
Connectivity score 30/100 24/100
Most common technology Fixed wireless
same for both
Full-fibre (FTTP) share 0%
275 premises
 0%
30 premises

Climate

Cudal Toogong
Annual rainfall 692 mm
same for both
Summer max (Jan) —
same for both
Winter min (Jul) —
same for both

Council rates

Cudal Toogong
Average residential rate $750/yr
same for both
Council Cabonne
same for both

Federal electorate

Cudal Toogong
Division Calare
same for both
Member Andrew Gee
same for both
Party Independent
same for both

First Home Owner Grant

Cudal Toogong
Grant amount $10,000
same for both
Property price cap $600,000
same for both
Eligibility New
same for both

Tags

Cudal

Affordable Retirees Rural

Toogong

Family Rural Young Families

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