Upper Coopers Creek vs Wanganui
In both, most households own their home and the large majority of homes are detached houses. In Upper Coopers Creek, about half of households are couple families. On these figures, Wanganui tends to suit families with children.
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
Wanganui
ahead on the one thing that separates them
- carries lower crime risk (31/100 vs 95/100)
Weighs schools, house stock, crime, parks, childcare, and who already lives there.
First-home buyers
Upper Coopers Creek
ahead on the one thing that separates them
- leaves households under less mortgage stress (20% vs 27%)
Weighs mortgage stress.
Renters
Upper Coopers Creek
ahead on 2 of the 3 things we measure here
- has cheaper rent ($300/wk vs $500/wk)
- leaves renters under less rental stress (27% vs 44%)
- But Wanganui has a bigger rental market to choose from (30% vs 12%)
Weighs rent, rental stress, and how much is for rent.
Commuting to the city
Upper Coopers Creek
ahead on 3 of the 3 things we measure here
- is more walkable (23/100 vs 0/100)
- sits closer to the CBD (759 km vs 783.3 km)
- has a shorter drive in (521 min vs 528 min)
Weighs distance, drive time, and walkability.
Downsizers and retirees
They split
one each way, out of the 4 things we measure here
- Upper Coopers Creek is more walkable (23/100 vs 0/100)
- Wanganui carries lower crime risk (31/100 vs 95/100)
Weighs who already lives there, GPs, walkability, and crime.
Investors
Upper Coopers Creek
ahead on the one thing that separates them
- is growing faster (20.0% vs -1.9%)
Weighs population growth.
Where they sit
Upper Coopers Creek and Wanganui 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
Wanganui rents higher ($500/wk vs $300/wk); Upper Coopers Creek has more residents (78 vs 51).
| Upper Coopers Creek | Wanganui | |
|---|---|---|
| Population | 78 +35% vs other | 51 |
| Population trend (2016 → 2021) | +20.0% | -1.9% |
| Median age | 50 same for both | |
| Median household income | $58,500/yr same for both | |
| Median weekly rent | $300/wk | $500/wk +67% vs other |
Age profile
Share of residents in each band, 2021 Census.
Bars are drawn against the largest share shown (25.6%).
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 (5.9%).
Who lives together
Household composition, 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 (16.7%).
Who owns and who rents
Occupied private dwellings by tenure, 2021 Census.
Zoning mix
Wanganui has more land zoned for conservation (57% vs 32%); Upper Coopers Creek has more rural and farming land (65% vs 43%).
| Upper Coopers Creek | Wanganui | |
|---|---|---|
| Rural and farming | 65% | 43% |
| Environmental | 32% | 57% |
| Other and special use | 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
| Upper Coopers Creek | Wanganui | |
|---|---|---|
| New dwellings approved | 129 across Byron same for both | |
| Approvals change year on year | -65% same for both | |
Ranking within NSW
| Upper Coopers Creek | Wanganui | |
|---|---|---|
| House price | — same for both | |
| Income | Higher than 20% of NSW same for both | |
| Schools | — same for both | |
| Walkability | Higher than 72% of NSW | Higher than 39% of NSW |
| Affordability | — same for both | |
| EV adoption | Higher than 89% of NSW same for both | |
| NBN connectivity | Higher than 26% of NSW | Higher than 21% of NSW |
Liveability
Upper Coopers Creek is more walkable (23 vs 0).
| Upper Coopers Creek | Wanganui | |
|---|---|---|
| Grade | — same for both | |
| Score | — same for both | |
| Socio-economic band | advantaged area decile 8/10 | mid-range socio-economic decile 6/10 |
Risk profile
Upper Coopers Creek carries more crime risk (95 vs 31).
| Upper Coopers Creek | Wanganui | |
|---|---|---|
| Bushfire | High 81/100 | High 89/100 |
| Crime | High 95/100 | Low 31/100 |
| 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
| Upper Coopers Creek | Wanganui | |
|---|---|---|
| Inside the suburb | 1 | 0 |
| Rated above peers | 0 same for both | |
| Rated at peers | 0 same for both | |
| Rated below peers | 0 same for both | |
Schools in Upper Coopers Creek
- Upper Coopers Creek Public School Government · Primary
Schools in Wanganui
No schools recorded inside this suburb's boundary. Children here will be zoned to schools nearby.
Amenities in the suburb
| Upper Coopers Creek | Wanganui | |
|---|---|---|
| Parks & reserves | 1 | 0 |
| Waterways | 3 | 0 |
Mobility
Wanganui sits further from the CBD (783.3 km vs 759 km).
| Upper Coopers Creek | Wanganui | |
|---|---|---|
| Walkability score | 23/100 | 0/100 |
| Distance to Sydney | 759 km | 783.3 km +3% vs other |
| Drive time (normal traffic) | 521 min | 528 min |
| Electric vehicle share | 1.5% postcode 2482 same for both | |
| Rooftop solar per 100 dwellings | 89 postcode 2482 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 (70.0%).
Setting
| Upper Coopers Creek | Wanganui | |
|---|---|---|
| Elevation | 102 m above sea level, at the suburb centre | 212 m above sea level, at the suburb centre |
| Distance to the ocean | 16.0 km | 17.1 km |
NBN connectivity
| Upper Coopers Creek | Wanganui | |
|---|---|---|
| Connectivity score | 17/100 | 15/100 |
| Most common technology | Satellite (Sky Muster) same for both | |
| Full-fibre (FTTP) share | 0% 42 premises | 0% 22 premises |
Climate
| Upper Coopers Creek | Wanganui | |
|---|---|---|
| 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
| Upper Coopers Creek | Wanganui | |
|---|---|---|
| Average residential rate | $1,577/yr same for both | |
| Council | Byron same for both | |
Federal electorate
| Upper Coopers Creek | Wanganui | |
|---|---|---|
| Division | Richmond same for both | |
| Member | Justine Elliot same for both | |
| Party | Australian Labor Party same for both | |
First Home Owner Grant
| Upper Coopers Creek | Wanganui | |
|---|---|---|
| Grant amount | $10,000 same for both | |
| Property price cap | $600,000 same for both | |
| Eligibility | New same for both | |
Tags
Upper Coopers Creek
Wanganui
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