Round Mountain vs Cabarita Beach
In both, most households own their home and most homes are detached houses. In Round Mountain, about half of households are couple families. On these figures, Round Mountain tends to suit couples, while Cabarita Beach suits people living alone and older residents.
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
Round Mountain
ahead on 3 of the 6 things we measure here
- carries lower crime risk (17/100 vs 94/100)
- is already more of a family suburb (71% vs 36%)
- has more separate houses rather than flats (100% vs 56%)
- But Cabarita Beach has more parks and reserves (4 vs 0)
Weighs schools, house stock, crime, parks, childcare, and who already lives there.
First-home buyers
Cabarita Beach
ahead on the one thing that separates them
- leaves households under less mortgage stress (28% vs 36%)
Weighs mortgage stress.
Renters
They split
one each way, out of the 3 things we measure here
- Round Mountain has cheaper rent ($338/wk vs $400/wk)
- Cabarita Beach has a bigger rental market to choose from (44% vs 15%)
Weighs rent, rental stress, and how much is for rent.
Commuting to the city
They split
one each way, out of the 3 things we measure here
- Round Mountain sits closer to the CBD (790.4 km vs 796.1 km)
- Cabarita Beach is more walkable (73/100 vs 8/100)
Weighs distance, drive time, and walkability.
Downsizers and retirees
Cabarita Beach
ahead on 3 of the 4 things we measure here
- is more walkable (73/100 vs 8/100)
- has more GPs (2 vs 0)
- has more residents already 65 and over (40% vs 22%)
- But Round Mountain carries lower crime risk (17/100 vs 94/100)
Weighs who already lives there, GPs, walkability, and crime.
Investors
Round Mountain
ahead on the one thing that separates them
- is growing faster (3.5% vs -1.9%)
Weighs population growth.
Where they sit
Round Mountain and Cabarita Beach 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
Round Mountain has more residents (148 vs 101); Cabarita Beach has higher household incomes ($97,500 vs $71,500).
| Round Mountain | Cabarita Beach | |
|---|---|---|
| Population | 148 +32% vs other | 101 |
| Population trend (2016 → 2021) | +3.5% | -1.9% |
| Median age | 50 | 52 |
| Median household income | $71,500/yr | $97,500/yr +36% vs other |
| Median weekly rent | $338/wk | $400/wk +18% vs other |
Age profile
Share of residents in each band, 2021 Census.
Bars are drawn against the largest share shown (25.7%).
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 (7.9%).
Qualifications
Highest non-school qualification, residents 15+, 2021 Census.
Bars are drawn against the largest share shown (14.9%).
What people live in
Occupied private dwellings by structure, 2021 Census.
Property market
| Round Mountain | Cabarita Beach | |
|---|---|---|
| Median house price | $3,100,000 | — |
| Median unit price | — | $963,000 |
| Median land price | — same for both | |
Zoning mix
Round Mountain has more rural and farming land (53% vs 0%); Cabarita Beach has more land zoned for conservation (23% vs 7%).
| Round Mountain | Cabarita Beach | |
|---|---|---|
| Rural and farming | 53% | 0% |
| Other and special use | 37% | 52% |
| Environmental | 7% | 23% |
| Parks and recreation | 0% | 15% |
| Residential | 1% | 5% |
| Infrastructure and transport | 2% same for both | |
| Commercial | 0% | 1% |
| Planning zones cover 100% of Round Mountain and 99% of Cabarita Beach. The rest is unzoned land such as water or road reserve. | ||
| 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
| Round Mountain | Cabarita Beach | |
|---|---|---|
| New dwellings approved | 331 across Tweed same for both | |
| Approvals change year on year | -50% same for both | |
Ranking within NSW
| Round Mountain | Cabarita Beach | |
|---|---|---|
| House price | Higher than 94% of NSW | — |
| Income | Higher than 35% of NSW | Higher than 65% of NSW |
| Schools | — same for both | |
| Walkability | Higher than 51% of NSW | Higher than 89% of NSW |
| Affordability | Higher than 2% of NSW | — |
| EV adoption | Higher than 64% of NSW | Higher than 78% of NSW |
| NBN connectivity | Higher than 40% of NSW | Higher than 73% of NSW |
Liveability
Cabarita Beach is more walkable (73 vs 8).
| Round Mountain | Cabarita Beach | |
|---|---|---|
| Grade | — same for both | |
| Score | — same for both | |
| Socio-economic band | advantaged area decile 7/10 | mid-range socio-economic decile 6/10 |
Risk profile
Cabarita Beach carries more crime risk (94 vs 17).
| Round Mountain | Cabarita Beach | |
|---|---|---|
| Bushfire | Moderate 59/100 | Moderate 54/100 |
| Crime | Low 17/100 | High 94/100 |
| Flood | Not mapped no mapped data here same for both | |
| Coastal erosion | None 0/100 | Moderate 54/100 |
| Aircraft noise | None 0/100 same for both | |
| Industrial facilities nearby | 0 within 5 km same for both | |
Schools
| Round Mountain | Cabarita Beach | |
|---|---|---|
| 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
| Round Mountain | Cabarita Beach | |
|---|---|---|
| Cafes & restaurants | 0 | 3 |
| Parks & reserves | 0 | 4 |
| GPs | 0 | 2 |
| Banks & Bank@Post | 0 | 1 |
| Beaches | 0 | 2 |
Mobility
Cabarita Beach sits further from the CBD (796.1 km vs 790.4 km).
| Round Mountain | Cabarita Beach | |
|---|---|---|
| Walkability score | 8/100 | 73/100 |
| Distance to Sydney | 790.4 km | 796.1 km |
| Drive time (normal traffic) | 512 min | 509 min |
| Electric vehicle share | 0.6% postcode 2484 | 0.9% postcode 2488 |
| Rooftop solar per 100 dwellings | 76 postcode 2484 | 66 postcode 2488 |
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 (79.6%).
Setting
| Round Mountain | Cabarita Beach | |
|---|---|---|
| Elevation | 148 m above sea level, at the suburb centre | 8 m above sea level, at the suburb centre |
| Distance to the ocean | 3.0 km 3.2 km to a named beach | 208 m 332 m to a named beach |
NBN connectivity
| Round Mountain | Cabarita Beach | |
|---|---|---|
| Connectivity score | 28/100 | 65/100 |
| Most common technology | Fixed wireless | Fibre to the node |
| Full-fibre (FTTP) share | 0% 58 premises | 29% 150 premises |
Climate
| Round Mountain | Cabarita Beach | |
|---|---|---|
| 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
| Round Mountain | Cabarita Beach | |
|---|---|---|
| Average residential rate | $1,745/yr same for both | |
| Council | Tweed same for both | |
Federal electorate
| Round Mountain | Cabarita Beach | |
|---|---|---|
| Division | Richmond same for both | |
| Member | Justine Elliot same for both | |
| Party | Australian Labor Party same for both | |
First Home Owner Grant
| Round Mountain | Cabarita Beach | |
|---|---|---|
| Grant amount | $10,000 same for both | |
| Property price cap | $600,000 same for both | |
| Eligibility | New same for both | |
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