Repton vs Valery
Repton is the younger of the two, with a median age of 49 against 57 in Valery. In both, the large majority of households own their home and the large majority of homes are detached houses. In Repton, about half of households are couple families. In Valery, about half of households are people living alone. Houses cost more in Valery: a median of $3.3 million, against $1.05 million in Repton, though rent is higher in Repton. On these figures, Repton tends to suit buyers on a tighter budget, while Valery suits 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
Repton
ahead on the one thing that separates them
- is already more of a family suburb (62% vs 50%)
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
- Repton has cheaper houses ($1,050,000 vs $3,300,000)
- Valery leaves households under less mortgage stress (12% vs 27%)
Weighs house prices and mortgage stress.
Renters
Valery
ahead on 2 of the 2 things we measure here
- leaves renters under less rental stress (13% vs 27%)
- has cheaper rent ($209/wk vs $405/wk)
Weighs rent and rental stress.
Commuting to the city
Repton
ahead on 3 of the 3 things we measure here
- is more walkable (29/100 vs 8/100)
- has a shorter drive in (331 min vs 344 min)
- sits closer to the CBD (511.3 km vs 516.2 km)
Weighs distance, drive time, and walkability.
Downsizers and retirees
Repton
ahead on the one thing that separates them
- is more walkable (29/100 vs 8/100)
Weighs who already lives there, GPs, walkability, and crime.
Where they sit
Repton and Valery 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
Repton has more residents (667 vs 53); Repton rents higher ($405/wk vs $209/wk).
| Repton | Valery | |
|---|---|---|
| Population | 667 +92% vs other | 53 |
| Population trend (2016 → 2021) | +3.3% | — |
| Median age | 49 | 57 |
| Median household income | $76,960/yr | $81,224/yr +6% vs other |
| Median weekly rent | $405/wk +48% vs other | $209/wk |
Age profile
Share of residents in each band, 2021 Census.
Bars are drawn against the largest share shown (24.5%).
Who lives together
Household composition, 2021 Census.
Who owns and who rents
Occupied private dwellings by tenure, 2021 Census.
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.
Bars are drawn against the largest share shown (7.5%).
Qualifications
Highest non-school qualification, residents 15+, 2021 Census.
Bars are drawn against the largest share shown (17.4%).
What people live in
Occupied private dwellings by structure, 2021 Census.
Property market
| Repton | Valery | |
|---|---|---|
| Median house price | $1,050,000 | $3,300,000 |
| Median unit price | — same for both | |
| Median land price | $1,700,000 | — |
| Typical days to sell (houses) | 52 days from 6 sales | — |
Zoning mix
Valery has more rural and farming land (58% vs 27%).
| Repton | Valery | |
|---|---|---|
| Rural and farming | 27% | 58% |
| Environmental | 46% | 41% |
| Residential | 25% | 0% |
| Infrastructure and transport | 1% | 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
| Repton | Valery | |
|---|---|---|
| New dwellings approved | 40 across Bellingen same for both | |
| Approvals change year on year | +12% same for both | |
Ranking within NSW
| Repton | Valery | |
|---|---|---|
| House price | Higher than 61% of NSW | Higher than 95% of NSW |
| Income | Higher than 45% of NSW | Higher than 49% of NSW |
| Schools | — same for both | |
| Walkability | Higher than 74% of NSW | Higher than 53% of NSW |
| Affordability | Higher than 33% of NSW | Higher than 3% of NSW |
| EV adoption | Higher than 79% of NSW same for both | |
| NBN connectivity | Higher than 65% of NSW | Higher than 24% of NSW |
Liveability
Repton is more walkable (29 vs 8).
| Repton | Valery | |
|---|---|---|
| Grade | C | — |
| Score | 34/100 | — |
| Socio-economic band | mid-range socio-economic decile 6/10 same for both | |
Risk profile
Repton carries more bushfire risk (71 vs 23).
| Repton | Valery | |
|---|---|---|
| Bushfire | High 71/100 | Low 23/100 |
| Crime | Moderate 42/100 | Low 38/100 |
| 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
| Repton | Valery | |
|---|---|---|
| Inside the suburb | 1 | 0 |
| Rated above peers | 0 same for both | |
| Rated at peers | 1 | 0 |
| Rated below peers | 0 same for both | |
Schools in Repton
- Repton Public School Government · Primary at peers
Schools in Valery
No schools recorded inside this suburb's boundary. Children here will be zoned to schools nearby.
Amenities in the suburb
| Repton | Valery | |
|---|---|---|
| Parks & reserves | 0 | 1 |
| Waterways | 5 | 6 |
Mobility
Valery sits further from the CBD (516.2 km vs 511.3 km).
| Repton | Valery | |
|---|---|---|
| Walkability score | 29/100 | 8/100 |
| Distance to Sydney | 511.3 km | 516.2 km |
| Drive time (normal traffic) | 331 min | 344 min |
| Electric vehicle share | 0.9% postcode 2454 same for both | |
| Rooftop solar per 100 dwellings | 70 postcode 2454 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 (77.8%).
Setting
| Repton | Valery | |
|---|---|---|
| Elevation | 46 m above sea level, at the suburb centre | 44 m above sea level, at the suburb centre |
| Distance to the ocean | 2.4 km 3.0 km to a named beach | 10.9 km |
NBN connectivity
| Repton | Valery | |
|---|---|---|
| Connectivity score | 44/100 | 16/100 |
| Most common technology | Fibre to the node | Satellite (Sky Muster) |
| Full-fibre (FTTP) share | 0% 287 premises | 0% 20 premises |
Climate
| Repton | Valery | |
|---|---|---|
| Annual rainfall | 1,827 mm same for both | |
| Summer max (Jan) | — same for both | |
| Winter min (Jul) | — same for both | |
Air quality (annual mean)
| Repton | Valery | |
|---|---|---|
| PM2.5 | 4.3 µg/m³ same for both | |
| PM10 | 10.8 µg/m³ same for both | |
| NO₂ | 0.22 pphm same for both | |
Council rates
| Repton | Valery | |
|---|---|---|
| Average residential rate | $1,592/yr same for both | |
| Council | Bellingen same for both | |
Federal electorate
| Repton | Valery | |
|---|---|---|
| Division | Cowper same for both | |
| Member | Pat Conaghan same for both | |
| Party | The Nationals same for both | |
First Home Owner Grant
| Repton | Valery | |
|---|---|---|
| Grant amount | $10,000 same for both | |
| Property price cap | $600,000 same for both | |
| Eligibility | New same for both | |
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