Darbalara vs Adjungbilly
Darbalara is the younger of the two, with a median age of 29 against 41 in Adjungbilly. In both, the large majority of households own their home, most homes are detached houses, and most households are couple families. On these figures, Darbalara tends to suit families with children.
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
Darbalara
ahead on 2 of the 6 things we measure here
- carries lower crime risk (12/100 vs 47/100)
- has more separate houses rather than flats (100% vs 73%)
Weighs schools, house stock, crime, parks, childcare, and who already lives there.
First-home buyers
Adjungbilly
ahead on the one thing that separates them
- leaves households under less mortgage stress (6% vs 16%)
Weighs mortgage stress.
Renters
Adjungbilly
ahead on 2 of the 3 things we measure here
- leaves renters under less rental stress (6% vs 15%)
- has cheaper rent ($150/wk vs $325/wk)
Weighs rent, rental stress, and how much is for rent.
Commuting to the city
Darbalara
ahead on 2 of the 3 things we measure here
- has a shorter drive in (249 min vs 266 min)
- sits closer to the CBD (385.4 km vs 404 km)
Weighs distance, drive time, and walkability.
Downsizers and retirees
They split
one each way, out of the 4 things we measure here
- Darbalara carries lower crime risk (12/100 vs 47/100)
- Adjungbilly has more residents already 65 and over (21% vs 15%)
Weighs who already lives there, 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
Darbalara and Adjungbilly 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
Darbalara rents higher ($325/wk vs $150/wk); Adjungbilly has more residents (101 vs 62).
| Darbalara | Adjungbilly | |
|---|---|---|
| Population | 62 | 101 +63% vs other |
| Population trend (2016 → 2021) | +24.0% | +24.7% |
| Median age | 29 | 41 |
| Median household income | $110,500/yr | $120,224/yr +9% vs other |
| Median weekly rent | $325/wk +54% vs other | $150/wk |
Age profile
Share of residents in each band, 2021 Census.
Bars are drawn against the largest share shown (21.8%).
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 (17.7%).
Property market
| Darbalara | Adjungbilly | |
|---|---|---|
| Median house price | $1,100,000 | — |
| Median unit price | — same for both | |
| Median land price | — | $3,118,500 |
Zoning mix
| Darbalara | Adjungbilly | |
|---|---|---|
| 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
| Darbalara | Adjungbilly | |
|---|---|---|
| New dwellings approved | 26 across Cootamundra-Gundagai same for both | |
| Approvals change year on year | +167% same for both | |
Ranking within NSW
| Darbalara | Adjungbilly | |
|---|---|---|
| House price | Higher than 57% of NSW | — |
| Income | Higher than 76% of NSW | Higher than 84% of NSW |
| Schools | — same for both | |
| Walkability | Higher than 38% of NSW | Higher than 25% of NSW |
| Affordability | Higher than 64% of NSW | — |
| EV adoption | Higher than 19% of NSW | — |
| NBN connectivity | Higher than 43% of NSW | Higher than 13% of NSW |
Liveability
| Darbalara | Adjungbilly | |
|---|---|---|
| Grade | — same for both | |
| Score | — same for both | |
| Socio-economic band | very advantaged area decile 9/10 same for both | |
Risk profile
Adjungbilly carries more crime risk (47 vs 12); Adjungbilly carries more bushfire risk (51 vs 19).
| Darbalara | Adjungbilly | |
|---|---|---|
| Bushfire | Low 19/100 | Moderate 51/100 |
| Crime | Low 12/100 | Moderate 47/100 |
| 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
| Darbalara | Adjungbilly | |
|---|---|---|
| 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 Darbalara
No schools recorded inside this suburb's boundary. Children here will be zoned to schools nearby.
Schools in Adjungbilly
- Bongongo Public School Government · Primary
Amenities in the suburb
| Darbalara | Adjungbilly | |
|---|---|---|
| Parks & reserves | 0 | 1 |
| Waterways | 14 | 52 |
Mobility
Adjungbilly sits further from the CBD (404 km vs 385.4 km).
| Darbalara | Adjungbilly | |
|---|---|---|
| Walkability score | 0/100 same for both | |
| Distance to Sydney | 385.4 km | 404 km +5% vs other |
| Drive time (normal traffic) | 249 min | 266 min |
| Electric vehicle share | 0.2% postcode 2722 | 0.0% postcode 2727 |
| Rooftop solar per 100 dwellings | 57 postcode 2722 | 49 postcode 2727 |
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 (73.1%).
Setting
| Darbalara | Adjungbilly | |
|---|---|---|
| Elevation | 394 m above sea level, at the suburb centre | 612 m above sea level, at the suburb centre |
NBN connectivity
| Darbalara | Adjungbilly | |
|---|---|---|
| Connectivity score | 28/100 | 15/100 |
| Most common technology | Fixed wireless | Satellite (Sky Muster) |
| Full-fibre (FTTP) share | 0% 18 premises | 0% 23 premises |
Climate
| Darbalara | Adjungbilly | |
|---|---|---|
| Annual rainfall | 889 mm same for both | |
| Summer max (Jan) | 30.7°C same for both | |
| Winter min (Jul) | 3.9°C same for both | |
Council rates
| Darbalara | Adjungbilly | |
|---|---|---|
| Average residential rate | $974/yr same for both | |
| Council | Cootamundra-Gundagai same for both | |
Federal electorate
| Darbalara | Adjungbilly | |
|---|---|---|
| Division | Riverina same for both | |
| Member | Michael Mccormack same for both | |
| Party | The Nationals same for both | |
First Home Owner Grant
| Darbalara | Adjungbilly | |
|---|---|---|
| Grant amount | $10,000 same for both | |
| Property price cap | $600,000 same for both | |
| Eligibility | New same for both | |
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