Bald Hills vs Brendale

In Bald Hills, most households own their home, the large majority of homes are detached houses, and about half of households are couple families. In Brendale, about half of households rent. Houses cost more in Bald Hills: a median of $1 million, against $740,000 in Brendale, and rent is higher there too. On these figures, Bald Hills 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

Bald Hills

ahead on 6 of the 6 things we measure here

  • has more childcare (7 vs 0)
  • has more separate houses rather than flats (94% vs 15%)
  • has more schools inside the suburb (2 vs 0)

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 $1,000,000)
  • has cheaper units ($635,000 vs $734,000)

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 26%)
  • has cheaper rent ($350/wk vs $388/wk)
  • But Bald Hills leaves renters under less rental stress (20% vs 29%)

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

Commuting to the city

Bald Hills

ahead on the one thing that separates them

  • is more walkable (41/100 vs 22/100)

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

Downsizers and retirees

Bald Hills

ahead on 2 of the 5 things we measure here

  • is more walkable (41/100 vs 22/100)
  • carries lower crime risk (60/100 vs 89/100)
  • But Brendale has more units and townhouses to downsize into (85% vs 6%)

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

Investors

Brendale

ahead on the one thing that separates them

  • returns a higher gross yield on houses (4.5% vs 4.0%)

Weighs house yield and population growth.

Where they sit

Bald Hills 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.

Bald Hills 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.

Bald Hills Brendale
Walkability 41 / 22
Bald Hills — Walkability: 41/100 Brendale — Walkability: 22/100
Safety 40 / 11
Bald Hills — Safety: 40/100 Brendale — Safety: 11/100
Low fire risk 100 / 100
Bald Hills — Low fire risk: 100/100 Brendale — Low fire risk: 100/100

Demographics

Bald Hills has more residents (7,000 vs 3,100); Bald Hills has higher household incomes ($100,412 vs $63,388).

Bald Hills Brendale
Population 7,000
+56% vs other
 3,100
Population trend (2016 → 2021) +7.7% +12.4%
Median age 36 35
Median household income $100,412/yr
+37% vs other
 $63,388/yr
Median weekly rent $388/wk
+10% vs other
 $350/wk

Age profile

Share of residents in each band, 2021 Census.

Bald Hills Brendale
0-4 6.7% / 7.8%
Bald Hills — 0-4: 6.7% Brendale — 0-4: 7.8%
5-14 14.2% / 12.6%
Bald Hills — 5-14: 14.2% Brendale — 5-14: 12.6%
15-19 5.5% / 5.4%
Bald Hills — 15-19: 5.5% Brendale — 15-19: 5.4%
20-24 5.4% / 6.9%
Bald Hills — 20-24: 5.4% Brendale — 20-24: 6.9%
25-34 15.7% / 17.1%
Bald Hills — 25-34: 15.7% Brendale — 25-34: 17.1%
35-44 15.1% / 14.5%
Bald Hills — 35-44: 15.1% Brendale — 35-44: 14.5%
45-54 12.8% / 11.3%
Bald Hills — 45-54: 12.8% Brendale — 45-54: 11.3%
55-64 10.4% / 10.1%
Bald Hills — 55-64: 10.4% Brendale — 55-64: 10.1%
65-74 8.3% / 8.3%
Bald Hills — 65-74: 8.3% Brendale — 65-74: 8.3%
75-84 4.2% / 4.9%
Bald Hills — 75-84: 4.2% Brendale — 75-84: 4.9%
85+ 1.5% / 1.2%
Bald Hills — 85+: 1.5% Brendale — 85+: 1.2%

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

Who lives together

Household composition, 2021 Census.

Bald Hills 49.5% couple families
Bald Hills — Couple Families: 49.5% Bald Hills — Lone Person: 24.8% Bald Hills — One Parent Families: 19.5% Bald Hills — Group Household: 4.3% Bald Hills — Other Families: 1.9%
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.

Bald Hills 26.0% renting
Bald Hills — Owned Outright: 26.9% Bald Hills — Mortgage: 47.0% Bald Hills — Renting: 26.0%
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.

Bald Hills Brendale
Certificate III & IV 17.2% / 17.5%
Bald Hills — Certificate III & IV: 17.2% Brendale — Certificate III & IV: 17.5%
Bachelor Degree 11.6% / 8.9%
Bald Hills — Bachelor Degree: 11.6% Brendale — Bachelor Degree: 8.9%
Advanced Diploma / Diploma 8.2% / 8.9%
Bald Hills — Advanced Diploma / Diploma: 8.2% Brendale — Advanced Diploma / Diploma: 8.9%
Postgraduate Degree 2.6% / 1.7%
Bald Hills — Postgraduate Degree: 2.6% Brendale — Postgraduate Degree: 1.7%
Graduate Diploma / Certificate 1.4% / 0.8%
Bald Hills — Graduate Diploma / Certificate: 1.4% 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.

Bald Hills Brendale
New Zealand 4.1% / 5.9%
Bald Hills — New Zealand: 4.1% Brendale — New Zealand: 5.9%
England 3.3% / 2.8%
Bald Hills — England: 3.3% Brendale — England: 2.8%
India 2.7% / 1.7%
Bald Hills — India: 2.7% Brendale — India: 1.7%
Iraq — / 4.3%
Bald Hills — Iraq: not among its largest Brendale — Iraq: 4.3%
Philippines 2.5% / 1.5%
Bald Hills — Philippines: 2.5% Brendale — Philippines: 1.5%
Fiji 0.8% / 0.9%
Bald Hills — Fiji: 0.8% Brendale — Fiji: 0.9%

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

What people live in

Occupied private dwellings by structure, 2021 Census.

Bald Hills 93.8% houses
Bald Hills — Houses: 93.8% Bald Hills — Townhouses: 5.6% Bald Hills — Flats / Apartments: 0.6%
Brendale 14.8% houses
Brendale — Houses: 14.8% Brendale — Townhouses: 84.7% Brendale — Flats / Apartments: 0.5%
Houses Townhouses Flats / Apartments

Property market

Bald Hills Brendale
Median house price $1,000,000 $740,000
Median unit price $734,000 $635,000
Median land price —
same for both
Typical days to sell (houses) 19 days
from 60 sales
 33 days
from 11 sales

Development activity

Bald Hills Brendale
New dwellings approved 9,382
across Brisbane
 6,996
across Moreton Bay
Approvals change year on year +9% +49%

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.

Bald Hills Brendale
Houses 4.0%
$700/wk on $900K
 4.5%
$660/wk on $762K
Units —
same for both

Ranking within QLD

Bald Hills Brendale
House price —
same for both
Income Higher than 74% of QLD Higher than 29% of QLD
Schools —
same for both
Walkability Higher than 85% of QLD Higher than 79% of QLD
Affordability —
same for both
EV adoption Higher than 81% of QLD Higher than 84% of QLD
NBN connectivity Higher than 88% of QLD Higher than 76% of QLD
Rental yield (houses) Higher than 57% of QLD Higher than 77% of QLD

Liveability

Bald Hills is more walkable (41 vs 22); Bald Hills scores higher overall (62 vs 34).

Bald Hills Brendale
Grade B D
Score 62/100 34/100
Socio-economic band mid-range socio-economic
decile 5/10
 below-average income
decile 2/10

Risk profile

Brendale carries more crime risk (89 vs 60).

Bald Hills Brendale
Bushfire None
0/100
same for both
Crime Moderate
60/100
 High
89/100
Flood — Not mapped
no mapped data here
Coastal erosion Moderate
41/100
 None
0/100
Aircraft noise None
0/100
same for both
Industrial facilities nearby 3
within 5 km
same for both

Schools

Bald Hills Brendale
Inside the suburb 2 0
Rated above peers 1 0
Rated at peers 1 0
Rated below peers 0
same for both
Universities within 10 km 1
UniSC Moreton Bay, 6.4 km
 1
UniSC Moreton Bay, 6.5 km
Full-time students aged 15–24 1.4% 1.5%

Schools in Bald Hills

  • Bald Hills State School Government · Primary above peers
  • St Paul's School Independent · Combined at peers

Schools in Brendale

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

Amenities in the suburb

Bald Hills Brendale
Supermarkets 1 2
Cafes & restaurants 2 6
Parks & reserves 9 3
Childcare 7 0
GPs 2 1
Pharmacies 2
same for both
Banks & Bank@Post 1
same for both
Fuel stations 2 7
EV chargers 0 1
Waterways 15 9

Mobility

Bald Hills Brendale
Walkability score 41/100 22/100
Distance to Brisbane 20.6 km 20.7 km
Drive time (normal traffic) 30 min 31 min
Public transport score 92/100
Rail · Bus
 78/100
Rail · Bus
Peak arrivals per hour 45.2
7-9am + 5-7pm
 28.5
7-9am + 5-7pm
Median peak wait 1 min
scheduled, not actual
same for both
Electric vehicle share 1.0%
postcode 4036
 1.2%
postcode 4500
Rooftop solar per 100 dwellings 69
postcode 4036
 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.

Bald Hills Brendale
Car (driver) 69.3% / 71.3%
Bald Hills — Car (driver): 69.3% Brendale — Car (driver): 71.3%
Worked from Home 17.0% / 13.5%
Bald Hills — Worked from Home: 17.0% Brendale — Worked from Home: 13.5%
Train 6.8% / 7.0%
Bald Hills — Train: 6.8% Brendale — Train: 7.0%
Car (passenger) 3.9% / 4.2%
Bald Hills — Car (passenger): 3.9% Brendale — Car (passenger): 4.2%
Walked Only 1.3% / 2.5%
Bald Hills — Walked Only: 1.3% Brendale — Walked Only: 2.5%
Bus 1.3% / 0.8%
Bald Hills — Bus: 1.3% Brendale — Bus: 0.8%

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

Setting

Bald Hills Brendale
Elevation 8 m
above sea level, at the suburb centre
 11 m
above sea level, at the suburb centre
Distance to the ocean 2.2 km 6.4 km

NBN connectivity

Bald Hills Brendale
Connectivity score 77/100 65/100
Most common technology Hybrid fibre-coaxial Fibre to the node
Full-fibre (FTTP) share 10%
2,799 premises
 24%
3,422 premises

Climate

Bald Hills 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)

Bald Hills 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

Bald Hills Brendale
Average residential rate $1,519/yr $1,577/yr
Council Brisbane Moreton Bay

Federal electorate

Bald Hills Brendale
Division Petrie Dickson
Member Emma Comer Ali France
Party Australian Labor Party
same for both

First Home Owner Grant

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

Tags

Bald Hills

Coastal Easy Commute Large Blocks Middle-Ring River Trains Transport Hub

Brendale

Middle-Ring River Townhouses

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