Kangaroobie vs Mullion Creek
Mullion Creek is the younger of the two, with a median age of 39 against 48 in Kangaroobie. In both, the large majority of households own their home, the large majority of homes are detached houses, and most households are couple families.
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
Mullion Creek
ahead on the one thing that separates them
- carries lower crime risk (54/100 vs 67/100)
Weighs schools, house stock, crime, parks, childcare, and who already lives there.
First-home buyers
Mullion Creek
ahead on the one thing that separates them
- leaves households under less mortgage stress (22% vs 32%)
Weighs mortgage stress.
Renters
Kangaroobie
ahead on 3 of the 3 things we measure here
- has a bigger rental market to choose from (23% vs 3%)
- leaves renters under less rental stress (4% vs 17%)
- has cheaper rent ($100/wk vs $300/wk)
Weighs rent, rental stress, and how much is for rent.
Commuting to the city
Kangaroobie
ahead on 2 of the 3 things we measure here
- sits closer to the CBD (279.3 km vs 289.6 km)
- has a shorter drive in (234 min vs 241 min)
Weighs distance, drive time, and walkability.
Downsizers and retirees
They split
one each way, out of the 4 things we measure here
- Kangaroobie has more residents already 65 and over (22% vs 17%)
- Mullion Creek carries lower crime risk (54/100 vs 67/100)
Weighs who already lives there, GPs, walkability, and crime.
Investors
Kangaroobie
ahead on the one thing that separates them
- is growing faster (46.3% vs 0.7%)
Weighs population growth.
Where they sit
Kangaroobie and Mullion 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
Mullion Creek has more residents (561 vs 60); Mullion Creek rents higher ($300/wk vs $100/wk).
| Kangaroobie | Mullion Creek | |
|---|---|---|
| Population | 60 | 561 +835% vs other |
| Population trend (2016 → 2021) | +46.3% | +0.7% |
| Median age | 48 | 39 |
| Median household income | $117,000/yr +20% vs other | $93,600/yr |
| Median weekly rent | $100/wk | $300/wk +200% vs other |
Age profile
Share of residents in each band, 2021 Census.
Bars are drawn against the largest share shown (23.3%).
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 (22.3%).
Property market
| Kangaroobie | Mullion Creek | |
|---|---|---|
| Median house price | — | $942,500 |
| Median unit price | — same for both | |
| Median land price | — same for both | |
Zoning mix
| Kangaroobie | Mullion Creek | |
|---|---|---|
| Rural and farming | 100% | 98% |
| Residential | 0% | 2% |
| 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
| Kangaroobie | Mullion Creek | |
|---|---|---|
| New dwellings approved | 29 across Cabonne same for both | |
| Approvals change year on year | -43% same for both | |
Ranking within NSW
| Kangaroobie | Mullion Creek | |
|---|---|---|
| House price | — | Higher than 43% of NSW |
| Income | Higher than 82% of NSW | Higher than 60% of NSW |
| Schools | — same for both | |
| Walkability | Higher than 41% of NSW | Higher than 5% of NSW |
| Affordability | — | Higher than 67% of NSW |
| EV adoption | Higher than 60% of NSW same for both | |
| NBN connectivity | Higher than 62% of NSW | Higher than 36% of NSW |
Liveability
| Kangaroobie | Mullion Creek | |
|---|---|---|
| Grade | — | C |
| Score | — | 42/100 |
| Socio-economic band | very advantaged area decile 10/10 | advantaged area decile 8/10 |
Risk profile
Kangaroobie carries more crime risk (67 vs 54).
| Kangaroobie | Mullion Creek | |
|---|---|---|
| Bushfire | Low 34/100 | Low 35/100 |
| Crime | Moderate 67/100 | Moderate 54/100 |
| 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
| Kangaroobie | Mullion Creek | |
|---|---|---|
| Inside the suburb | 0 | 1 |
| Rated above peers | 0 same for both | |
| Rated at peers | 0 | 1 |
| Rated below peers | 0 same for both | |
Schools in Kangaroobie
No schools recorded inside this suburb's boundary. Children here will be zoned to schools nearby.
Schools in Mullion Creek
- Mullion Creek Public School Government · Primary at peers
Amenities in the suburb
| Kangaroobie | Mullion Creek | |
|---|---|---|
| Childcare | 0 | 1 |
| Waterways | 2 | 20 |
Mobility
Mullion Creek sits further from the CBD (289.6 km vs 279.3 km).
| Kangaroobie | Mullion Creek | |
|---|---|---|
| Walkability score | 0/100 same for both | |
| Distance to Sydney | 279.3 km | 289.6 km +4% vs other |
| Drive time (normal traffic) | 234 min | 241 min |
| Electric vehicle share | 0.6% postcode 2800 same for both | |
| Rooftop solar per 100 dwellings | 48 postcode 2800 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.
Bars are drawn against the largest share shown (83.3%).
Setting
| Kangaroobie | Mullion Creek | |
|---|---|---|
| Elevation | 694 m above sea level, at the suburb centre | 911 m above sea level, at the suburb centre |
NBN connectivity
| Kangaroobie | Mullion Creek | |
|---|---|---|
| Connectivity score | 30/100 | 26/100 |
| Most common technology | Fixed wireless same for both | |
| Full-fibre (FTTP) share | 0% 23 premises | 0% 160 premises |
Climate
| Kangaroobie | Mullion Creek | |
|---|---|---|
| Annual rainfall | 894 mm same for both | |
| Summer max (Jan) | 26.3°C same for both | |
| Winter min (Jul) | 2.2°C same for both | |
Air quality (annual mean)
| Kangaroobie | Mullion Creek | |
|---|---|---|
| PM2.5 | 6.0 µg/m³ same for both | |
| PM10 | 10.8 µg/m³ same for both | |
| NO₂ | 0.4 pphm same for both | |
Council rates
| Kangaroobie | Mullion Creek | |
|---|---|---|
| Average residential rate | $750/yr same for both | |
| Council | Cabonne same for both | |
Federal electorate
| Kangaroobie | Mullion Creek | |
|---|---|---|
| Division | Calare same for both | |
| Member | Andrew Gee same for both | |
| Party | Independent same for both | |
First Home Owner Grant
| Kangaroobie | Mullion Creek | |
|---|---|---|
| Grant amount | $10,000 same for both | |
| Property price cap | $600,000 same for both | |
| Eligibility | New same for both | |
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