Murga vs Toogong
Toogong is the younger of the two, with a median age of 41 against 52 in Murga. In both, the large majority of households own their home and the large majority of homes are detached houses. In Murga, most households are people living alone. In Toogong, about half of households are people living alone.
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
Toogong
ahead on 2 of the 6 things we measure here
- carries lower crime risk (44/100 vs 96/100)
- has more separate houses rather than flats (130% vs 100%)
Weighs schools, house stock, crime, parks, childcare, and who already lives there.
First-home buyers
Murga
ahead on the one thing that separates them
- leaves households under less mortgage stress (35% vs 45%)
Weighs mortgage stress.
Renters
Murga
ahead on the one thing that separates them
- has cheaper rent ($0/wk vs $235/wk)
Weighs rent.
Commuting to the city
Toogong
ahead on 2 of the 3 things we measure here
- sits closer to the CBD (316 km vs 326.7 km)
- has a shorter drive in (267 min vs 274 min)
Weighs distance, drive time, and walkability.
Downsizers and retirees
Toogong
ahead on 2 of the 4 things we measure here
- carries lower crime risk (44/100 vs 96/100)
- has more residents already 65 and over (24% vs 19%)
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
Murga and Toogong 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
Toogong rents higher ($235/wk vs $0/wk); Murga has higher household incomes ($84,500 vs $46,800).
| Murga | Toogong | |
|---|---|---|
| Population | 58 | 71 +22% vs other |
| Population trend (2016 → 2021) | -6.5% | -10.1% |
| Median age | 52 | 41 |
| Median household income | $84,500/yr +45% vs other | $46,800/yr |
| Median weekly rent | — | $235/wk (not reported on the other side) |
Age profile
Share of residents in each band, 2021 Census.
Bars are drawn against the largest share shown (24.1%).
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 (18.3%).
Property market
| Murga | Toogong | |
|---|---|---|
| Median house price | — same for both | |
| Median unit price | — same for both | |
| Median land price | — | $325,000 |
Zoning mix
| Murga | Toogong | |
|---|---|---|
| Rural and farming | 94% | 99% |
| Environmental | 6% | 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
| Murga | Toogong | |
|---|---|---|
| New dwellings approved | 29 across Cabonne same for both | |
| Approvals change year on year | -43% same for both | |
Ranking within NSW
| Murga | Toogong | |
|---|---|---|
| House price | — same for both | |
| Income | Higher than 54% of NSW | Higher than 8% of NSW |
| Schools | — same for both | |
| Walkability | Higher than 37% of NSW | Higher than 1% of NSW |
| Affordability | — same for both | |
| EV adoption | Higher than 50% of NSW same for both | |
| NBN connectivity | Higher than 25% of NSW | Higher than 33% of NSW |
Liveability
| Murga | Toogong | |
|---|---|---|
| Grade | — same for both | |
| Score | — same for both | |
| Socio-economic band | advantaged area decile 8/10 same for both | |
Risk profile
Murga carries more crime risk (96 vs 44).
| Murga | Toogong | |
|---|---|---|
| Bushfire | Low 13/100 | Low 21/100 |
| Crime | High 96/100 | Moderate 44/100 |
| 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
| Murga | Toogong | |
|---|---|---|
| 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
| Murga | Toogong | |
|---|---|---|
| Waterways | 1 same for both | |
Mobility
Murga sits further from the CBD (326.7 km vs 316 km).
| Murga | Toogong | |
|---|---|---|
| Walkability score | 0/100 same for both | |
| Distance to Sydney | 326.7 km +3% vs other | 316 km |
| Drive time (normal traffic) | 274 min | 267 min |
| Electric vehicle share | 0.5% postcode 2864 same for both | |
| Rooftop solar per 100 dwellings | 67 postcode 2864 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 (75.0%).
Setting
| Murga | Toogong | |
|---|---|---|
| Elevation | 451 m above sea level, at the suburb centre | 377 m above sea level, at the suburb centre |
NBN connectivity
| Murga | Toogong | |
|---|---|---|
| Connectivity score | 16/100 | 24/100 |
| Most common technology | Satellite (Sky Muster) | Fixed wireless |
| Full-fibre (FTTP) share | 0% 24 premises | 0% 30 premises |
Climate
| Murga | Toogong | |
|---|---|---|
| Annual rainfall | 692 mm same for both | |
| Summer max (Jan) | — same for both | |
| Winter min (Jul) | — same for both | |
Council rates
| Murga | Toogong | |
|---|---|---|
| Average residential rate | $750/yr same for both | |
| Council | Cabonne same for both | |
Federal electorate
| Murga | Toogong | |
|---|---|---|
| Division | Calare same for both | |
| Member | Andrew Gee same for both | |
| Party | Independent same for both | |
First Home Owner Grant
| Murga | Toogong | |
|---|---|---|
| Grant amount | $10,000 same for both | |
| Property price cap | $600,000 same for both | |
| Eligibility | New same for both | |
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Information shown is provided as-is from Australian government and commercial data sources.
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