Best Sunshine Coast suburbs for owner-occupiers

Black Mountain tops the list, with 93% of its occupied dwellings owner-occupied. Across the ranking, owner-occupier shares run from 84.2% to 93%. These 15 suburbs came from a field of 75 eligible Sunshine Coast suburbs.

This ranking scores every eligible Sunshine Coast suburb on the share of occupied dwellings that are owner-occupied, from the ABS 2021 census, blended with residential stability (low dwelling churn), walkability and safety. These are the settled, owner-heavy neighbourhoods where most residents own the home they live in.

Owner-occupier share leads the score, but stability matters too: a suburb where most homes are owned and the dwelling stock isn't churning through constant construction reads as an established community rather than a transient one. Walkability and safety round out the blend so the list favours neighbourhoods that are pleasant to live in, not merely owned. Percentiles are computed within Sunshine Coast, so each suburb ranks against its own metro.

Sunshine Coast's most owner-occupied suburbs

Ranked on the share of occupied dwellings that are owner-occupied (ABS 2021 census tenure), blended with residential stability (low dwelling churn), walkability and safety — the settled, owner-heavy neighbourhoods where most residents own the home they live in.

Black Mountain

QLD 4563 · 1,560 residents

7% renting · 93% owner-occupied · 88/100 safety

B 87.7

Cooroibah

QLD 4565 · 2,178 residents

10% renting · 90% owner-occupied · 53/100 safety

C 79.1

Eudlo

QLD 4554 · 1,192 residents

13% renting · 87% owner-occupied · 84/100 safety

B 77.9

Lake Macdonald

QLD 4563 · 1,352 residents

10% renting · 90% owner-occupied · 88/100 safety

B 77.8

West Woombye

QLD 4559 · 1,083 residents

12% renting · 88% owner-occupied · 85/100 safety

B 77.7

Twin Waters

QLD 4564 · 2,966 residents

12% renting · 88% owner-occupied · 86/100 safety

A 75.4

Tinbeerwah

QLD 4563 · 1,160 residents

9% renting · 91% owner-occupied · 77/100 safety

B 74.8

Aroona

QLD 4551 · 3,466 residents

14% renting · 86% owner-occupied · 84/100 safety

A 74.5

Pomona

QLD 4568 · 2,931 residents

13% renting · 87% owner-occupied · 57/100 safety

C 74.4

Cooran

QLD 4569 · 1,756 residents

11% renting · 89% owner-occupied · 86/100 safety

B 74.4

Peachester

QLD 4519 · 1,460 residents

12% renting · 88% owner-occupied · 64/100 safety

B 73.5

Glenview

QLD 4553 · 1,396 residents

10% renting · 90% owner-occupied · 60/100 safety

B 73.1

Ninderry

QLD 4561 · 1,301 residents

10% renting · 90% owner-occupied · 92/100 safety

A 72.4

Tanawha

QLD 4556 · 1,312 residents

16% renting · 84% owner-occupied · 80/100 safety

A 71.7

Coes Creek

QLD 4560 · 1,515 residents

13% renting · 87% owner-occupied · 90/100 safety

B 70.8

Ranked from 75 qualifying suburbs.

How we ranked these

55% owner-occupier share (percentile within Sunshine Coast) · 25% residential stability (low 2016→2021 dwelling churn) · 10% walkability · 10% safety (bushfire, crime, flood combined). Owner-occupier share comes from ABS 2021 census tenure — the share of occupied dwellings owned outright or with a mortgage. Percentiles are computed within Sunshine Coast's candidate pool. See how we calculate for the full methodology.

Common questions about this ranking

What are the best Sunshine Coast suburbs for owner-occupiers?

How is this ranking scored?

Each eligible Sunshine Coast suburb is scored on four factors: 55% owner-occupier share (the share of occupied dwellings owned outright or with a mortgage, from the ABS 2021 census, ranked as a percentile within Sunshine Coast), 25% residential stability (low dwelling churn between the 2016 and 2021 censuses), 10% walkability, and 10% safety (bushfire, crime and flood risks combined).

What counts as owner-occupied?

A dwelling lived in by its owner — whether owned outright or with a mortgage — as opposed to rented. The figure is the owner-occupied share of all tenure-classified occupied private dwellings in the ABS 2021 census, and it's the exact complement of the rental share our investor ranking uses.

Which suburbs are eligible?

A suburb needs a resident population of at least 1,000 and a 2021 census tenure record. Suburbs below the threshold or missing census tenure data are excluded, not penalised, so the ranking isn't dominated by tiny outliers.

How often is this list updated?

The top 15 is recomputed whenever the underlying data refreshes. Tenure comes from the ABS census (every five years); the growth and safety inputs refresh alongside their own datasets.

Same list in other cities

Rankings last computed 28 September 2026. Recomputed after each ACARA schools data refresh.

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