Cumborah vs Goodooga
Goodooga is the younger of the two, with a median age of 41 against 58 in Cumborah. In Cumborah, the large majority of households own their home, most homes are flats or apartments, and the large majority of households are people living alone. In Goodooga, most households rent and the large majority of homes are detached houses. Houses cost more in Cumborah: a median of $160,000, against $34,000 in Goodooga, though rent is higher in Goodooga. On these figures, Cumborah tends to suit people living alone and older residents, while Goodooga suits renters, families with children, 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
Goodooga
ahead on 2 of the 6 things we measure here
- has more separate houses rather than flats (96% vs 37%)
- is already more of a family suburb (49% vs 20%)
Weighs schools, house stock, crime, parks, childcare, and who already lives there.
First-home buyers
Goodooga
ahead on 2 of the 3 things we measure here
- has cheaper houses ($34,000 vs $160,000)
- has cheaper land ($3,750 vs $12,000)
- But Cumborah leaves households under less mortgage stress (30% vs 38%)
Weighs house prices, land prices, and mortgage stress.
Renters
Cumborah
ahead on 2 of the 3 things we measure here
- has cheaper rent ($50/wk vs $170/wk)
- leaves renters under less rental stress (10% vs 22%)
- But Goodooga has a bigger rental market to choose from (62% vs 8%)
Weighs rent, rental stress, and how much is for rent.
Commuting to the city
Cumborah
ahead on 2 of the 3 things we measure here
- sits closer to the CBD (729 km vs 776.3 km)
- has a shorter drive in (564 min vs 592 min)
Weighs distance, drive time, and walkability.
Downsizers and retirees
Cumborah
ahead on 2 of the 5 things we measure here
- has more units and townhouses to downsize into (63% vs 5%)
- has more residents already 65 and over (36% vs 21%)
Weighs smaller dwellings, who already lives there, GPs, walkability, and crime.
Investors
Goodooga
ahead on the one thing that separates them
- is growing faster (-9.7% vs -20.5%)
Weighs population growth.
Where they sit
Cumborah and Goodooga 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
Goodooga rents higher ($170/wk vs $50/wk); Goodooga has higher household incomes ($40,560 vs $25,844).
| Cumborah | Goodooga | |
|---|---|---|
| Population | 198 | 223 +13% vs other |
| Population trend (2016 → 2021) | -20.5% | -9.7% |
| Median age | 58 | 41 |
| Median household income | $25,844/yr | $40,560/yr +57% vs other |
| Median weekly rent | $50/wk | $170/wk +240% vs other |
Age profile
Share of residents in each band, 2021 Census.
Bars are drawn against the largest share shown (28.8%).
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 (22.2%).
Property market
| Cumborah | Goodooga | |
|---|---|---|
| Median house price | $160,000 | $34,000 |
| Median unit price | — same for both | |
| Median land price | $12,000 | $3,750 |
Zoning mix
Goodooga has more rural and farming land (97% vs 87%).
| Cumborah | Goodooga | |
|---|---|---|
| Rural and farming | 87% | 97% |
| Environmental | 12% | 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
| Cumborah | Goodooga | |
|---|---|---|
| New dwellings approved | 13 across Walgett | 2 across Brewarrina |
| Approvals change year on year | -100% | — |
Ranking within NSW
| Cumborah | Goodooga | |
|---|---|---|
| House price | Higher than 2% of NSW | Higher than 1% of NSW |
| Income | Higher than 1% of NSW | Higher than 5% of NSW |
| Schools | — same for both | |
| Walkability | Higher than 19% of NSW | Higher than 14% of NSW |
| Affordability | Higher than 88% of NSW | Higher than 99% of NSW |
| EV adoption | — same for both | |
| NBN connectivity | Higher than 10% of NSW | Higher than 7% of NSW |
Liveability
| Cumborah | Goodooga | |
|---|---|---|
| Grade | — same for both | |
| Score | — same for both | |
| Socio-economic band | high-need area decile 1/10 same for both | |
Risk profile
| Cumborah | Goodooga | |
|---|---|---|
| Bushfire | Moderate 46/100 | Moderate 40/100 |
| Crime | High 90/100 | High 96/100 |
| 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
| Cumborah | Goodooga | |
|---|---|---|
| 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 Cumborah
No schools recorded inside this suburb's boundary. Children here will be zoned to schools nearby.
Schools in Goodooga
- Goodooga Central School Government · Combined
Amenities in the suburb
| Cumborah | Goodooga | |
|---|---|---|
| Cafes & restaurants | 1 | 0 |
| GPs | 0 | 1 |
| Hospitals | 0 | 1 |
| Police stations | 0 | 1 |
| Banks & Bank@Post | 0 | 1 |
| Waterways | 8 | 41 |
Mobility
Goodooga sits further from the CBD (776.3 km vs 729 km).
| Cumborah | Goodooga | |
|---|---|---|
| Walkability score | 0/100 same for both | |
| Distance to Sydney | 729 km | 776.3 km +6% vs other |
| Drive time (normal traffic) | 564 min | 592 min |
| Electric vehicle share | 0.0% postcode 2832 | 0.0% postcode 2838 |
| Rooftop solar per 100 dwellings | — postcode 2832 | 82 postcode 2838 |
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 (73.2%).
Setting
| Cumborah | Goodooga | |
|---|---|---|
| Elevation | 126 m above sea level, at the suburb centre | 138 m above sea level, at the suburb centre |
NBN connectivity
| Cumborah | Goodooga | |
|---|---|---|
| Connectivity score | 15/100 same for both | |
| Most common technology | Satellite (Sky Muster) same for both | |
| Full-fibre (FTTP) share | 0% 42 premises | 0% 45 premises |
Council rates
| Cumborah | Goodooga | |
|---|---|---|
| Average residential rate | $445/yr | $139/yr |
| Council | Walgett | Brewarrina |
Federal electorate
| Cumborah | Goodooga | |
|---|---|---|
| Division | Parkes same for both | |
| Member | Jamie Chaffey same for both | |
| Party | The Nationals same for both | |
First Home Owner Grant
| Cumborah | Goodooga | |
|---|---|---|
| Grant amount | $10,000 same for both | |
| Property price cap | $600,000 same for both | |
| Eligibility | New same for both | |
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