Mooball vs Cudgera Creek

Mooball is the younger of the two, with a median age of 39 against 45 in Cudgera Creek. In both, the large majority of households own their home and the large majority of homes are detached houses. In Cudgera Creek, most households are couple families. Houses cost more in Cudgera Creek: a median of $2.23 million, against $500,000 in Mooball, and rent is higher there too. On these figures, Mooball tends to suit people living alone and buyers on a tighter budget, while Cudgera Creek suits families with children and couples.

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

  • Mooball carries lower crime risk (40/100 vs 66/100)
  • Cudgera Creek is already more of a family suburb (70% vs 54%)

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

First-home buyers

Mooball

ahead on the one thing that separates them

  • has cheaper houses ($500,000 vs $2,225,000)

Weighs house prices and mortgage stress.

Renters

Mooball

ahead on the one thing that separates them

  • has cheaper rent ($400/wk vs $460/wk)

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

Commuting to the city

Mooball

ahead on 2 of the 3 things we measure here

  • is more walkable (25/100 vs 16/100)
  • sits closer to the CBD (778.3 km vs 783.4 km)

Weighs distance, drive time, and walkability.

Downsizers and retirees

Mooball

ahead on 2 of the 4 things we measure here

  • carries lower crime risk (40/100 vs 66/100)
  • is more walkable (25/100 vs 16/100)

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

Mooball and Cudgera 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.

Mooball Cudgera Creek
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.

Mooball Cudgera Creek
Walkability 25 / 16
Mooball — Walkability: 25/100 Cudgera Creek — Walkability: 16/100
Safety 60 / 34
Mooball — Safety: 60/100 Cudgera Creek — Safety: 34/100
Low fire risk 39 / 53
Mooball — Low fire risk: 39/100 Cudgera Creek — Low fire risk: 53/100

Demographics

Cudgera Creek has more residents (339 vs 193); Cudgera Creek has higher household incomes ($93,600 vs $70,408).

Mooball Cudgera Creek
Population 193 339
+76% vs other
Population trend (2016 → 2021) -0.5% +2.4%
Median age 39 45
Median household income $70,408/yr $93,600/yr
+33% vs other
Median weekly rent $400/wk $460/wk
+15% vs other

Age profile

Share of residents in each band, 2021 Census.

Mooball Cudgera Creek
0-4 4.7% / 4.7%
Mooball — 0-4: 4.7% Cudgera Creek — 0-4: 4.7%
5-14 11.9% / 16.5%
Mooball — 5-14: 11.9% Cudgera Creek — 5-14: 16.5%
15-19 7.8% / 4.1%
Mooball — 15-19: 7.8% Cudgera Creek — 15-19: 4.1%
20-24 5.7% / 3.2%
Mooball — 20-24: 5.7% Cudgera Creek — 20-24: 3.2%
25-34 15.0% / 6.5%
Mooball — 25-34: 15.0% Cudgera Creek — 25-34: 6.5%
35-44 9.3% / 14.2%
Mooball — 35-44: 9.3% Cudgera Creek — 35-44: 14.2%
45-54 10.9% / 15.9%
Mooball — 45-54: 10.9% Cudgera Creek — 45-54: 15.9%
55-64 15.5% / 13.9%
Mooball — 55-64: 15.5% Cudgera Creek — 55-64: 13.9%
65-74 10.9% / 16.5%
Mooball — 65-74: 10.9% Cudgera Creek — 65-74: 16.5%
75-84 6.7% / 3.8%
Mooball — 75-84: 6.7% Cudgera Creek — 75-84: 3.8%
85+ 4.1% / 1.8%
Mooball — 85+: 4.1% Cudgera Creek — 85+: 1.8%

Bars are drawn against the largest share shown (16.5%).

Who lives together

Household composition, 2021 Census.

Mooball 41.1% couple families
Mooball — Couple Families: 41.1% Mooball — Lone Person: 37.5% Mooball — One Parent Families: 12.5% Mooball — Group Household: 8.9%
Cudgera Creek 55.6% couple families
Cudgera Creek — Couple Families: 55.6% Cudgera Creek — Lone Person: 23.6% Cudgera Creek — One Parent Families: 13.9% Cudgera Creek — Group Household: 6.9%
Couple Families Lone Person One Parent Families Group Household

Who owns and who rents

Occupied private dwellings by tenure, 2021 Census.

Mooball 19.7% renting
Mooball — Owned Outright: 36.1% Mooball — Mortgage: 44.3% Mooball — Renting: 19.7%
Cudgera Creek 18.8% renting
Cudgera Creek — Owned Outright: 44.6% Cudgera Creek — Mortgage: 36.6% Cudgera Creek — Renting: 18.8%
Owned outright Mortgage Renting

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.

Mooball Cudgera Creek
England 4.1% / 2.9%
Mooball — England: 4.1% Cudgera Creek — England: 2.9%
New Zealand 2.6% / —
Mooball — New Zealand: 2.6% Cudgera Creek — New Zealand: not among its largest
Japan — / 0.9%
Mooball — Japan: not among its largest Cudgera Creek — Japan: 0.9%
Ireland — / 0.9%
Mooball — Ireland: not among its largest Cudgera Creek — Ireland: 0.9%

Bars are drawn against the largest share shown (4.1%).

Qualifications

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

Mooball Cudgera Creek
Certificate III & IV 19.7% / 16.5%
Mooball — Certificate III & IV: 19.7% Cudgera Creek — Certificate III & IV: 16.5%
Bachelor Degree 9.8% / 9.7%
Mooball — Bachelor Degree: 9.8% Cudgera Creek — Bachelor Degree: 9.7%
Advanced Diploma / Diploma 9.3% / 8.0%
Mooball — Advanced Diploma / Diploma: 9.3% Cudgera Creek — Advanced Diploma / Diploma: 8.0%
Graduate Diploma / Certificate 1.6% / 2.1%
Mooball — Graduate Diploma / Certificate: 1.6% Cudgera Creek — Graduate Diploma / Certificate: 2.1%
Postgraduate Degree 2.6% / 0.9%
Mooball — Postgraduate Degree: 2.6% Cudgera Creek — Postgraduate Degree: 0.9%

Bars are drawn against the largest share shown (19.7%).

What people live in

Occupied private dwellings by structure, 2021 Census.

Mooball 100.0% houses
Mooball — Houses: 100.0%
Cudgera Creek 100.0% houses
Cudgera Creek — Houses: 100.0%
Houses

Property market

Mooball Cudgera Creek
Median house price $500,000 $2,225,000
Median unit price —
same for both
Median land price $478,000 —

Zoning mix

Mooball Cudgera Creek
Rural and farming 86% 88%
Other and special use 8% 9%
Infrastructure and transport 3% 2%
Residential 3% 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

Mooball Cudgera Creek
New dwellings approved 331
across Tweed
same for both
Approvals change year on year -50%
same for both

Ranking within NSW

Mooball Cudgera Creek
House price Higher than 15% of NSW Higher than 87% of NSW
Income Higher than 34% of NSW Higher than 60% of NSW
Schools —
same for both
Walkability Higher than 72% of NSW Higher than 66% of NSW
Affordability Higher than 84% of NSW Higher than 10% of NSW
EV adoption Higher than 85% of NSW Higher than 64% of NSW
NBN connectivity Higher than 45% of NSW Higher than 55% of NSW

Liveability

Mooball is more walkable (25 vs 16).

Mooball Cudgera Creek
Grade —
same for both
Score —
same for both
Socio-economic band mid-range socio-economic
decile 4/10
 advantaged area
decile 7/10

Risk profile

Cudgera Creek carries more crime risk (66 vs 40); Mooball carries more bushfire risk (61 vs 47).

Mooball Cudgera Creek
Bushfire Moderate
61/100
 Moderate
47/100
Crime Moderate
40/100
 Moderate
66/100
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 1
within 5 km
 0
within 5 km

Schools

Mooball Cudgera Creek
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

Mooball Cudgera Creek
Cafes & restaurants 2 0
Parks & reserves 1 0
Fuel stations 1 0
Waterways 2 6

Mobility

Cudgera Creek sits further from the CBD (783.4 km vs 778.3 km).

Mooball Cudgera Creek
Walkability score 25/100 16/100
Distance to Sydney 778.3 km 783.4 km
Drive time (normal traffic) 498 min
same for both
Public transport score 31/100
Bus
 26/100
Bus
Peak arrivals per hour 5.5
7-9am + 5-7pm
 8.2
7-9am + 5-7pm
Median peak wait 2 min
scheduled, not actual
 1 min
scheduled, not actual
Electric vehicle share 1.2%
postcode 2483
 0.6%
postcode 2484
Rooftop solar per 100 dwellings 72
postcode 2483
 76
postcode 2484

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.

Mooball Cudgera Creek
Car (driver) 79.2% / 67.7%
Mooball — Car (driver): 79.2% Cudgera Creek — Car (driver): 67.7%
Worked from Home 20.8% / 22.8%
Mooball — Worked from Home: 20.8% Cudgera Creek — Worked from Home: 22.8%
Walked Only — / 7.1%
Mooball — Walked Only: not among its largest Cudgera Creek — Walked Only: 7.1%
Car (passenger) — / 2.4%
Mooball — Car (passenger): not among its largest Cudgera Creek — Car (passenger): 2.4%

Bars are drawn against the largest share shown (79.2%).

Setting

Mooball Cudgera Creek
Elevation 24 m
above sea level, at the suburb centre
 16 m
above sea level, at the suburb centre
Distance to the ocean 5.9 km 5.0 km

NBN connectivity

Mooball Cudgera Creek
Connectivity score 29/100 30/100
Most common technology Fixed wireless
same for both
Full-fibre (FTTP) share 0%
78 premises
 0%
129 premises

Climate

Mooball Cudgera Creek
Annual rainfall 1,569 mm
same for both
Summer max (Jan) 29.1°C
same for both
Winter min (Jul) 9.1°C
same for both

Council rates

Mooball Cudgera Creek
Average residential rate $1,745/yr
same for both
Council Tweed
same for both

Federal electorate

Mooball Cudgera Creek
Division Richmond
same for both
Member Justine Elliot
same for both
Party Australian Labor Party
same for both

First Home Owner Grant

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

Tags

Mooball

Affordable Rural

Cudgera Creek

Premium Rural

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