Albany Creek vs Brendale

Brendale is the younger of the two, with a median age of 35 against 40 in Albany Creek. In Albany Creek, the large majority of households own their home, the large majority of homes are detached houses, and most households are couple families. In Brendale, about half of households rent. Houses cost more in Albany Creek: a median of $1.27 million, against $740,000 in Brendale, and rent is higher there too. Albany Creek is closer to the city centre: 15.9 km, against 20.7 km. On these figures, Albany Creek tends to suit couples, while Brendale suits renters, people living alone, and buyers on a tighter budget.

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

Albany Creek

ahead on 6 of the 6 things we measure here

  • has more childcare (11 vs 0)
  • has more schools inside the suburb (5 vs 0)
  • has more separate houses rather than flats (85% vs 15%)

Weighs schools, house stock, crime, parks, childcare, and who already lives there.

First-home buyers

Brendale

ahead on 2 of the 3 things we measure here

  • has cheaper houses ($740,000 vs $1,272,500)
  • has cheaper units ($635,000 vs $790,000)

Weighs house prices, unit prices, and mortgage stress.

Renters

Brendale

ahead on 2 of the 3 things we measure here

  • has a bigger rental market to choose from (55% vs 16%)
  • has cheaper rent ($350/wk vs $440/wk)
  • But Albany Creek leaves renters under less rental stress (19% vs 29%)

Weighs rent, rental stress, and how much is for rent.

Commuting to the city

Albany Creek

ahead on 3 of the 4 things we measure here

  • is more walkable (87/100 vs 22/100)
  • sits closer to the CBD (15.9 km vs 20.7 km)
  • has a shorter drive in (26 min vs 31 min)

Weighs distance, drive time, rail access, and walkability.

Downsizers and retirees

Albany Creek

ahead on 3 of the 5 things we measure here

  • has more GPs (5 vs 1)
  • is more walkable (87/100 vs 22/100)
  • carries lower crime risk (26/100 vs 89/100)
  • But Brendale has more units and townhouses to downsize into (85% vs 15%)

Weighs smaller dwellings, who already lives there, GPs, walkability, and crime.

Investors

Brendale

ahead on 2 of the 2 things we measure here

  • is growing faster (12.4% vs 3.9%)
  • returns a higher gross yield on houses (4.5% vs 3.2%)

Weighs house yield and population growth.

Where they sit

Albany Creek and Brendale drawn to the same scale. Both outlines are shown together, so the map answers whether they share a border and how their areas compare.

Albany Creek Brendale
Hides rows where both suburbs match

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.

Albany Creek Brendale
Walkability 87 / 22
Albany Creek — Walkability: 87/100 Brendale — Walkability: 22/100
Safety 74 / 11
Albany Creek — Safety: 74/100 Brendale — Safety: 11/100
Low fire risk 100 / 100
Albany Creek — Low fire risk: 100/100 Brendale — Low fire risk: 100/100

Demographics

Albany Creek has more residents (16,385 vs 3,100); Albany Creek has higher household incomes ($117,884 vs $63,388).

Albany Creek Brendale
Population 16,385
+81% vs other
 3,100
Population trend (2016 → 2021) +3.9% +12.4%
Median age 40 35
Median household income $117,884/yr
+46% vs other
 $63,388/yr
Median weekly rent $440/wk
+20% vs other
 $350/wk

Age profile

Share of residents in each band, 2021 Census.

Albany Creek Brendale
0-4 5.1% / 7.8%
Albany Creek — 0-4: 5.1% Brendale — 0-4: 7.8%
5-14 14.8% / 12.6%
Albany Creek — 5-14: 14.8% Brendale — 5-14: 12.6%
15-19 7.4% / 5.4%
Albany Creek — 15-19: 7.4% Brendale — 15-19: 5.4%
20-24 5.5% / 6.9%
Albany Creek — 20-24: 5.5% Brendale — 20-24: 6.9%
25-34 9.9% / 17.1%
Albany Creek — 25-34: 9.9% Brendale — 25-34: 17.1%
35-44 13.2% / 14.5%
Albany Creek — 35-44: 13.2% Brendale — 35-44: 14.5%
45-54 14.7% / 11.3%
Albany Creek — 45-54: 14.7% Brendale — 45-54: 11.3%
55-64 13.2% / 10.1%
Albany Creek — 55-64: 13.2% Brendale — 55-64: 10.1%
65-74 9.3% / 8.3%
Albany Creek — 65-74: 9.3% Brendale — 65-74: 8.3%
75-84 5.1% / 4.9%
Albany Creek — 75-84: 5.1% Brendale — 75-84: 4.9%
85+ 1.8% / 1.2%
Albany Creek — 85+: 1.8% Brendale — 85+: 1.2%

Bars are drawn against the largest share shown (17.1%).

Who lives together

Household composition, 2021 Census.

Albany Creek 58.0% couple families
Albany Creek — Couple Families: 58.0% Albany Creek — Lone Person: 24.2% Albany Creek — One Parent Families: 15.1% Albany Creek — Group Household: 1.8% Albany Creek — Other Families: 1.0%
Brendale 25.9% couple families
Brendale — Couple Families: 25.9% Brendale — Lone Person: 43.2% Brendale — One Parent Families: 23.4% Brendale — Group Household: 4.6% Brendale — Other Families: 2.9%
Couple Families Lone Person One Parent Families Group Household Other Families

Who owns and who rents

Occupied private dwellings by tenure, 2021 Census.

Albany Creek 16.0% renting
Albany Creek — Owned Outright: 35.0% Albany Creek — Mortgage: 49.0% Albany Creek — Renting: 16.0%
Brendale 54.8% renting
Brendale — Owned Outright: 20.0% Brendale — Mortgage: 25.3% Brendale — Renting: 54.8%
Owned outright Mortgage Renting

Qualifications

Highest non-school qualification, residents 15+, 2021 Census.

Albany Creek Brendale
Certificate III & IV 15.1% / 17.5%
Albany Creek — Certificate III & IV: 15.1% Brendale — Certificate III & IV: 17.5%
Bachelor Degree 15.0% / 8.9%
Albany Creek — Bachelor Degree: 15.0% Brendale — Bachelor Degree: 8.9%
Advanced Diploma / Diploma 9.8% / 8.9%
Albany Creek — Advanced Diploma / Diploma: 9.8% Brendale — Advanced Diploma / Diploma: 8.9%
Postgraduate Degree 4.1% / 1.7%
Albany Creek — Postgraduate Degree: 4.1% Brendale — Postgraduate Degree: 1.7%
Graduate Diploma / Certificate 2.4% / 0.8%
Albany Creek — Graduate Diploma / Certificate: 2.4% Brendale — Graduate Diploma / Certificate: 0.8%

Bars are drawn against the largest share shown (17.5%).

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.

Albany Creek Brendale
New Zealand 3.2% / 5.9%
Albany Creek — New Zealand: 3.2% Brendale — New Zealand: 5.9%
England 5.0% / 2.8%
Albany Creek — England: 5.0% Brendale — England: 2.8%
Iraq — / 4.3%
Albany Creek — Iraq: not among its largest Brendale — Iraq: 4.3%
South Africa 2.2% / 0.9%
Albany Creek — South Africa: 2.2% Brendale — South Africa: 0.9%
India 0.8% / 1.7%
Albany Creek — India: 0.8% Brendale — India: 1.7%
Philippines 0.5% / 1.5%
Albany Creek — Philippines: 0.5% Brendale — Philippines: 1.5%
Scotland 0.6% / —
Albany Creek — Scotland: 0.6% Brendale — Scotland: not among its largest

Bars are drawn against the largest share shown (5.9%).

What people live in

Occupied private dwellings by structure, 2021 Census.

Albany Creek 85.1% houses
Albany Creek — Houses: 85.1% Albany Creek — Townhouses: 13.4% Albany Creek — Flats / Apartments: 1.5%
Brendale 14.8% houses
Brendale — Houses: 14.8% Brendale — Townhouses: 84.7% Brendale — Flats / Apartments: 0.5%
Houses Townhouses Flats / Apartments

Property market

Albany Creek Brendale
Median house price $1,272,500 $740,000
Median unit price $790,000 $635,000
Median land price $1,492,500 —
Typical days to sell (houses) 18 days
from 166 sales
 33 days
from 11 sales

Development activity

Albany Creek Brendale
New dwellings approved 6,996
across Moreton Bay
same for both
Approvals change year on year +49%
same for both

Gross rental yield

Gross — before strata, rates, management, insurance and vacancy. From median advertised rents and median asking prices over the last 6 months. How we calculate.

Albany Creek Brendale
Houses 3.2%
$825/wk on $1.32M
 4.5%
$660/wk on $762K
Units —
same for both

Ranking within QLD

Albany Creek Brendale
House price —
same for both
Income Higher than 89% of QLD Higher than 29% of QLD
Schools Higher than 53% of QLD —
Walkability Higher than 98% of QLD Higher than 79% of QLD
Affordability —
same for both
EV adoption Higher than 95% of QLD Higher than 84% of QLD
NBN connectivity Higher than 90% of QLD Higher than 76% of QLD
Rental yield (houses) Higher than 16% of QLD Higher than 77% of QLD

Liveability

Albany Creek is more walkable (87 vs 22); Albany Creek scores higher overall (81 vs 34).

Albany Creek Brendale
Grade A+ D
Score 81/100 34/100
Socio-economic band very advantaged area
decile 9/10
 below-average income
decile 2/10

Risk profile

Brendale carries more crime risk (89 vs 26).

Albany Creek Brendale
Bushfire None
0/100
same for both
Crime Low
26/100
 High
89/100
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 4
within 5 km
 3
within 5 km

Schools

Albany Creek Brendale
Inside the suburb 5 0
Rated above peers 1 0
Rated at peers 2 0
Rated below peers 2 0
Universities within 10 km 1
UniSC Moreton Bay, 10.0 km
 1
UniSC Moreton Bay, 6.5 km
Full-time students aged 15–24 2.8% 1.5%

Schools in Albany Creek

  • Albany Hills State School Government · Primary above peers
  • Albany Creek State High School Government · Secondary at peers
  • All Saints Primary School Catholic · Primary at peers
  • Albany Creek State School Government · Primary below peers
  • Good Shepherd Christian School Independent · Combined below peers

Schools in Brendale

No schools recorded inside this suburb's boundary. Children here will be zoned to schools nearby.

Amenities in the suburb

Albany Creek Brendale
Supermarkets 3 2
Cafes & restaurants 8 6
Parks & reserves 12 3
Childcare 11 0
GPs 5 1
Pharmacies 5 2
Police stations 1 0
Banks & Bank@Post 3 1
Fuel stations 2 7
EV chargers 1
same for both
Waterways 13 9

Mobility

Brendale sits further from the CBD (20.7 km vs 15.9 km).

Albany Creek Brendale
Walkability score 87/100 22/100
Distance to Brisbane 15.9 km 20.7 km
+30% vs other
Drive time (normal traffic) 26 min 31 min
Public transport score 79/100
Bus
 78/100
Rail · Bus
Peak arrivals per hour 92.0
7-9am + 5-7pm
 28.5
7-9am + 5-7pm
Median peak wait 1 min
scheduled, not actual
same for both
Electric vehicle share 2.2%
postcode 4035
 1.2%
postcode 4500
Rooftop solar per 100 dwellings 79
postcode 4035
 74
postcode 4500

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.

Albany Creek Brendale
Car (driver) 68.7% / 71.3%
Albany Creek — Car (driver): 68.7% Brendale — Car (driver): 71.3%
Worked from Home 21.7% / 13.5%
Albany Creek — Worked from Home: 21.7% Brendale — Worked from Home: 13.5%
Train 2.4% / 7.0%
Albany Creek — Train: 2.4% Brendale — Train: 7.0%
Car (passenger) 4.1% / 4.2%
Albany Creek — Car (passenger): 4.1% Brendale — Car (passenger): 4.2%
Walked Only 0.8% / 2.5%
Albany Creek — Walked Only: 0.8% Brendale — Walked Only: 2.5%
Bus 2.0% / 0.8%
Albany Creek — Bus: 2.0% Brendale — Bus: 0.8%

Bars are drawn against the largest share shown (71.3%).

Setting

Albany Creek Brendale
Elevation 40 m
above sea level, at the suburb centre
 11 m
above sea level, at the suburb centre
Distance to the ocean 9.5 km 6.4 km

NBN connectivity

Albany Creek Brendale
Connectivity score 78/100 65/100
Most common technology Hybrid fibre-coaxial Fibre to the node
Full-fibre (FTTP) share 13%
6,229 premises
 24%
3,422 premises

Climate

Albany Creek Brendale
Annual rainfall 1,032 mm
same for both
Summer max (Jan) 30.5°C
same for both
Winter min (Jul) 8.9°C
same for both

Air quality (annual mean)

Albany Creek Brendale
PM2.5 4.6 µg/m³
same for both
PM10 13.4 µg/m³
same for both
NO₂ 0.74 pphm
same for both

Council rates

Albany Creek Brendale
Average residential rate $1,577/yr
same for both
Council Moreton Bay
same for both

Federal electorate

Albany Creek Brendale
Division Dickson
same for both
Member Ali France
same for both
Party Australian Labor Party
same for both

First Home Owner Grant

Albany Creek Brendale
Grant amount $30,000
same for both
Property price cap $750,000
same for both
Eligibility New
same for both

Tags

Albany Creek

Large Blocks Middle-Ring Parks

Brendale

Middle-Ring River Townhouses

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