Doubtful Creek vs Ettrick

Doubtful Creek is the younger of the two, with a median age of 43 against 46 in Ettrick. In both, the large majority of households own their home and the large majority of homes are detached houses. In Ettrick, about half of households are couple families. Houses cost more in Doubtful Creek: a median of $579,000, against $365,000 in Ettrick, though rent is higher in Ettrick. On these figures, Doubtful Creek tends to suit older residents, while Ettrick suits couples 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

Ettrick

ahead on the one thing that separates them

  • is already more of a family suburb (71% vs 56%)

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

First-home buyers

They split

one each way, out of the 2 things we measure here

  • Doubtful Creek leaves households under less mortgage stress (30% vs 35%)
  • Ettrick has cheaper houses ($365,000 vs $579,000)

Weighs house prices and mortgage stress.

Renters

Doubtful Creek

ahead on the one thing that separates them

  • has cheaper rent ($290/wk vs $320/wk)

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

Commuting to the city

Doubtful Creek

ahead on 2 of the 3 things we measure here

  • has a shorter drive in (503 min vs 513 min)
  • sits closer to the CBD (740.1 km vs 751.8 km)

Weighs distance, drive time, and walkability.

Downsizers and retirees

Doubtful Creek

ahead on the one thing that separates them

  • has more residents already 65 and over (24% vs 14%)

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

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

Doubtful Creek Ettrick
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.

Doubtful Creek Ettrick
Walkability 8 / 5
Doubtful Creek — Walkability: 8/100 Ettrick — Walkability: 5/100
Safety 52 / 49
Doubtful Creek — Safety: 52/100 Ettrick — Safety: 49/100
Low fire risk 65 / 70
Doubtful Creek — Low fire risk: 65/100 Ettrick — Low fire risk: 70/100

Demographics

Ettrick rents higher ($320/wk vs $290/wk); Ettrick skews older (46 vs 43).

Doubtful Creek Ettrick
Population 162
+8% vs other
 149
Population trend (2016 → 2021) +15.7% +11.2%
Median age 43 46
Median household income $60,320/yr $62,504/yr
+4% vs other
Median weekly rent $290/wk $320/wk
+10% vs other

Age profile

Share of residents in each band, 2021 Census.

Doubtful Creek Ettrick
0-4 4.3% / 4.7%
Doubtful Creek — 0-4: 4.3% Ettrick — 0-4: 4.7%
5-14 17.3% / 14.1%
Doubtful Creek — 5-14: 17.3% Ettrick — 5-14: 14.1%
15-19 3.7% / 6.0%
Doubtful Creek — 15-19: 3.7% Ettrick — 15-19: 6.0%
20-24 4.9% / 5.4%
Doubtful Creek — 20-24: 4.9% Ettrick — 20-24: 5.4%
25-34 10.5% / 8.7%
Doubtful Creek — 25-34: 10.5% Ettrick — 25-34: 8.7%
35-44 18.5% / 8.1%
Doubtful Creek — 35-44: 18.5% Ettrick — 35-44: 8.1%
45-54 9.9% / 17.4%
Doubtful Creek — 45-54: 9.9% Ettrick — 45-54: 17.4%
55-64 15.4% / 18.1%
Doubtful Creek — 55-64: 15.4% Ettrick — 55-64: 18.1%
65-74 19.1% / 11.4%
Doubtful Creek — 65-74: 19.1% Ettrick — 65-74: 11.4%
75-84 1.9% / 2.7%
Doubtful Creek — 75-84: 1.9% Ettrick — 75-84: 2.7%
85+ 3.1% / —
Doubtful Creek — 85+: 3.1% Ettrick — 85+: not among its largest

Bars are drawn against the largest share shown (19.1%).

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.

Doubtful Creek Ettrick
New Zealand 2.5% / 3.4%
Doubtful Creek — New Zealand: 2.5% Ettrick — New Zealand: 3.4%
England — / 2.0%
Doubtful Creek — England: not among its largest Ettrick — England: 2.0%

Bars are drawn against the largest share shown (3.4%).

Who lives together

Household composition, 2021 Census.

Doubtful Creek 31.7% couple families
Doubtful Creek — Couple Families: 31.7% Doubtful Creek — Lone Person: 36.6% Doubtful Creek — One Parent Families: 24.4% Doubtful Creek — Other Families: 7.3%
Ettrick 48.4% couple families
Ettrick — Couple Families: 48.4% Ettrick — Lone Person: 29.0% Ettrick — One Parent Families: 22.6% Ettrick — Other Families: 0.0%
Couple Families Lone Person One Parent Families Other Families

What people live in

Occupied private dwellings by structure, 2021 Census.

Doubtful Creek 100.0% houses
Doubtful Creek — Houses: 100.0%
Ettrick 100.0% houses
Ettrick — Houses: 100.0%
Houses

Qualifications

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

Doubtful Creek Ettrick
Certificate III & IV 13.6% / 16.1%
Doubtful Creek — Certificate III & IV: 13.6% Ettrick — Certificate III & IV: 16.1%
Advanced Diploma / Diploma 4.3% / 10.1%
Doubtful Creek — Advanced Diploma / Diploma: 4.3% Ettrick — Advanced Diploma / Diploma: 10.1%
Bachelor Degree 1.9% / 8.1%
Doubtful Creek — Bachelor Degree: 1.9% Ettrick — Bachelor Degree: 8.1%

Bars are drawn against the largest share shown (16.1%).

Who owns and who rents

Occupied private dwellings by tenure, 2021 Census.

Doubtful Creek 7.4% renting
Doubtful Creek — Owned Outright: 57.4% Doubtful Creek — Mortgage: 35.2% Doubtful Creek — Renting: 7.4%
Ettrick 6.1% renting
Ettrick — Owned Outright: 53.1% Ettrick — Mortgage: 40.8% Ettrick — Renting: 6.1%
Owned outright Mortgage Renting

Property market

Doubtful Creek Ettrick
Median house price $579,000 $365,000
Median unit price —
same for both
Median land price —
same for both

Zoning mix

Doubtful Creek Ettrick
Rural and farming 99%
same for both
Environmental 1%
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

Doubtful Creek Ettrick
New dwellings approved 25
across Kyogle
same for both
Approvals change year on year +0%
same for both

Ranking within NSW

Doubtful Creek Ettrick
House price Higher than 19% of NSW Higher than 10% of NSW
Income Higher than 22% of NSW Higher than 25% of NSW
Schools —
same for both
Walkability Higher than 52% of NSW Higher than 47% of NSW
Affordability Higher than 68% of NSW Higher than 90% of NSW
EV adoption Higher than 16% of NSW Higher than 11% of NSW
NBN connectivity Higher than 31% of NSW
same for both

Liveability

Doubtful Creek Ettrick
Grade —
same for both
Score —
same for both
Socio-economic band below-average income
decile 3/10
same for both

Risk profile

Doubtful Creek Ettrick
Bushfire Low
35/100
 Low
30/100
Crime Moderate
48/100
 Moderate
51/100
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

Doubtful Creek Ettrick
Inside the suburb 0
same for both
Rated above peers 0
same for both
Rated at peers 0
same for both
Rated below peers 0
same for both

Amenities in the suburb

Doubtful Creek Ettrick
Waterways 3 9

Mobility

Ettrick sits further from the CBD (751.8 km vs 740.1 km).

Doubtful Creek Ettrick
Walkability score 8/100 5/100
Distance to Sydney 740.1 km 751.8 km
+2% vs other
Drive time (normal traffic) 503 min 513 min
Electric vehicle share 0.2%
postcode 2470
 0.1%
postcode 2474
Rooftop solar per 100 dwellings 67
postcode 2470
 71
postcode 2474

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.

Doubtful Creek Ettrick
Car (driver) 67.7% / 58.9%
Doubtful Creek — Car (driver): 67.7% Ettrick — Car (driver): 58.9%
Worked from Home 32.3% / 33.9%
Doubtful Creek — Worked from Home: 32.3% Ettrick — Worked from Home: 33.9%
Walked Only — / 7.1%
Doubtful Creek — Walked Only: not among its largest Ettrick — Walked Only: 7.1%

Bars are drawn against the largest share shown (67.7%).

Setting

Doubtful Creek Ettrick
Elevation 116 m
above sea level, at the suburb centre
 73 m
above sea level, at the suburb centre

NBN connectivity

Doubtful Creek Ettrick
Connectivity score 22/100
same for both
Most common technology Satellite (Sky Muster)
same for both
Full-fibre (FTTP) share 0%
53 premises
 0%
48 premises

Climate

Doubtful Creek Ettrick
Annual rainfall 1,374 mm 1,016 mm
Summer max (Jan) 27.1°C —
Winter min (Jul) 8.2°C —

Council rates

Doubtful Creek Ettrick
Average residential rate $1,264/yr
same for both
Council Kyogle
same for both

Federal electorate

Doubtful Creek Ettrick
Division Page
same for both
Member Kevin Hogan
same for both
Party The Nationals
same for both

First Home Owner Grant

Doubtful Creek Ettrick
Grant amount $10,000
same for both
Property price cap $600,000
same for both
Eligibility New
same for both

Tags

Doubtful Creek

Affordable Rural

Ettrick

Affordable Rural

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