Bald Hills vs Griffin

Griffin is the younger of the two, with a median age of 29 against 36 in Bald Hills. In both, most homes are detached houses and about half of households are couple families. In Bald Hills, most households own their home. In Griffin, about half of households rent. Bald Hills is closer to the city centre: 20.6 km, against 27.1 km. On these figures, Griffin tends to suit renters, young adults, and 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

Bald Hills

ahead on 3 of the 6 things we measure here

  • has more schools rated above their peers (1 vs 0)
  • has more parks and reserves (9 vs 5)
  • has more separate houses rather than flats (94% vs 72%)
  • But Griffin carries lower crime risk (38/100 vs 60/100)

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

First-home buyers

Too close to call

Nothing among the 3 things we measure here separates them by enough to be worth acting on.

Weighs house prices, unit prices, and mortgage stress.

Renters

Griffin

ahead on the one thing that separates them

  • has a bigger rental market to choose from (54% vs 26%)

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

Commuting to the city

Bald Hills

ahead on 3 of the 4 things we measure here

  • is more walkable (41/100 vs 14/100)
  • sits closer to the CBD (20.6 km vs 27.1 km)
  • has a shorter drive in (30 min vs 38 min)

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

Downsizers and retirees

They split

one each way, out of the 5 things we measure here

  • Bald Hills has more residents already 65 and over (14% vs 4%)
  • Griffin has more units and townhouses to downsize into (28% vs 6%)

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

Investors

Griffin

ahead on the one thing that separates them

  • is growing faster (79.8% vs 7.7%)

Weighs house yield and population growth.

Where they sit

Bald Hills and Griffin 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 Griffin
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 Griffin
Walkability 41 / 14
Bald Hills — Walkability: 41/100 Griffin — Walkability: 14/100
Safety 40 / 62
Bald Hills — Safety: 40/100 Griffin — Safety: 62/100
Low fire risk 100 / 100
Bald Hills — Low fire risk: 100/100 Griffin — Low fire risk: 100/100

Demographics

Griffin has more residents (12,295 vs 7,000); Bald Hills skews older (36 vs 29).

Bald Hills Griffin
Population 7,000 12,295
+76% vs other
Population trend (2016 → 2021) +7.7% +79.8%
Median age 36 29
Median household income $100,412/yr $104,676/yr
+4% vs other
Median weekly rent $388/wk $385/wk

Age profile

Share of residents in each band, 2021 Census.

Bald Hills Griffin
0-4 6.7% / 12.2%
Bald Hills — 0-4: 6.7% Griffin — 0-4: 12.2%
5-14 14.2% / 16.2%
Bald Hills — 5-14: 14.2% Griffin — 5-14: 16.2%
15-19 5.5% / 4.1%
Bald Hills — 15-19: 5.5% Griffin — 15-19: 4.1%
20-24 5.4% / 7.9%
Bald Hills — 20-24: 5.4% Griffin — 20-24: 7.9%
25-34 15.7% / 24.7%
Bald Hills — 25-34: 15.7% Griffin — 25-34: 24.7%
35-44 15.1% / 17.6%
Bald Hills — 35-44: 15.1% Griffin — 35-44: 17.6%
45-54 12.8% / 8.1%
Bald Hills — 45-54: 12.8% Griffin — 45-54: 8.1%
55-64 10.4% / 5.2%
Bald Hills — 55-64: 10.4% Griffin — 55-64: 5.2%
65-74 8.3% / 2.8%
Bald Hills — 65-74: 8.3% Griffin — 65-74: 2.8%
75-84 4.2% / 1.1%
Bald Hills — 75-84: 4.2% Griffin — 75-84: 1.1%
85+ 1.5% / 0.1%
Bald Hills — 85+: 1.5% Griffin — 85+: 0.1%

Bars are drawn against the largest share shown (24.7%).

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%
Griffin 54.7% couple families
Griffin — Couple Families: 54.7% Griffin — Lone Person: 20.1% Griffin — One Parent Families: 19.5% Griffin — Group Household: 4.5% Griffin — Other Families: 1.1%
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%
Griffin 54.2% renting
Griffin — Owned Outright: 5.9% Griffin — Mortgage: 39.9% Griffin — Renting: 54.2%
Owned outright Mortgage Renting

Qualifications

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

Bald Hills Griffin
Certificate III & IV 17.2% / 16.6%
Bald Hills — Certificate III & IV: 17.2% Griffin — Certificate III & IV: 16.6%
Bachelor Degree 11.6% / 11.5%
Bald Hills — Bachelor Degree: 11.6% Griffin — Bachelor Degree: 11.5%
Advanced Diploma / Diploma 8.2% / 9.2%
Bald Hills — Advanced Diploma / Diploma: 8.2% Griffin — Advanced Diploma / Diploma: 9.2%
Postgraduate Degree 2.6% / 3.1%
Bald Hills — Postgraduate Degree: 2.6% Griffin — Postgraduate Degree: 3.1%
Graduate Diploma / Certificate 1.4% / 1.5%
Bald Hills — Graduate Diploma / Certificate: 1.4% Griffin — Graduate Diploma / Certificate: 1.5%

Bars are drawn against the largest share shown (17.2%).

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 Griffin
New Zealand 4.1% / 6.5%
Bald Hills — New Zealand: 4.1% Griffin — New Zealand: 6.5%
India 2.7% / 6.9%
Bald Hills — India: 2.7% Griffin — India: 6.9%
England 3.3% / 2.7%
Bald Hills — England: 3.3% Griffin — England: 2.7%
Philippines 2.5% / 2.3%
Bald Hills — Philippines: 2.5% Griffin — Philippines: 2.3%
South Africa 0.6% / 1.4%
Bald Hills — South Africa: 0.6% Griffin — South Africa: 1.4%
Fiji 0.8% / 0.8%
Bald Hills — Fiji: 0.8% Griffin — Fiji: 0.8%

Bars are drawn against the largest share shown (6.9%).

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%
Griffin 72.2% houses
Griffin — Houses: 72.2% Griffin — Townhouses: 26.7% Griffin — Flats / Apartments: 1.1%
Houses Townhouses Flats / Apartments

Property market

Bald Hills Griffin
Median house price $1,000,000 $960,000
Median unit price $734,000 $687,500
Median land price — $877,500
Typical days to sell (houses) 19 days
from 60 sales
 26 days
from 181 sales

House price by bedroom count

Only bed counts both suburbs published enough sales for. Sale counts are shown because the buckets differ in depth.

Bald Hills Griffin
3 bed $920K / $850K
Bald Hills — 3 bed: $920K (91 sales) Griffin — 3 bed: $850K (41 sales)

91 vs 41 sales

4 bed $1.11M / $970K
Bald Hills — 4 bed: $1.11M (61 sales) Griffin — 4 bed: $970K (214 sales)

61 vs 214 sales

5 bed $1.27M / $1.11M
Bald Hills — 5 bed: $1.27M (6 sales) Griffin — 5 bed: $1.11M (14 sales)

6 vs 14 sales

Development activity

Bald Hills Griffin
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 Griffin
Houses 4.0%
$700/wk on $900K
 3.6%
$660/wk on $959K
Units —
same for both

Ranking within QLD

Bald Hills Griffin
House price —
same for both
Income Higher than 74% of QLD Higher than 77% of QLD
Schools —
same for both
Walkability Higher than 85% of QLD Higher than 76% of QLD
Affordability —
same for both
EV adoption Higher than 81% of QLD Higher than 82% of QLD
NBN connectivity Higher than 88% of QLD Higher than 97% of QLD
Rental yield (houses) Higher than 57% of QLD Higher than 28% of QLD

Liveability

Bald Hills is more walkable (41 vs 14); Griffin scores higher overall (67 vs 62).

Bald Hills Griffin
Grade B A
Score 62/100 67/100
Socio-economic band mid-range socio-economic
decile 5/10
 mid-range socio-economic
decile 6/10

Risk profile

Bald Hills carries more crime risk (60 vs 38).

Bald Hills Griffin
Bushfire None
0/100
same for both
Crime Moderate
60/100
 Low
38/100
Flood — Not mapped
no mapped data here
Coastal erosion Moderate
41/100
 High
85/100
Aircraft noise None
0/100
same for both
Industrial facilities nearby 3
within 5 km
 2
within 5 km

Schools

Bald Hills Griffin
Inside the suburb 2 1
Rated above peers 1 0
Rated at peers 1 0
Rated below peers 0 1
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% 1.3%

Schools in Bald Hills

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

Schools in Griffin

  • Griffin State School Government · Primary below peers

Amenities in the suburb

Bald Hills Griffin
Supermarkets 1 0
Cafes & restaurants 2 4
Parks & reserves 9 5
Childcare 7
same for both
GPs 2 1
Pharmacies 2 1
Banks & Bank@Post 1 0
Fuel stations 2 1
Waterways 15 3

Mobility

Griffin sits further from the CBD (27.1 km vs 20.6 km).

Bald Hills Griffin
Walkability score 41/100 14/100
Distance to Brisbane 20.6 km 27.1 km
+32% vs other
Drive time (normal traffic) 30 min 38 min
Public transport score 92/100
Rail · Bus
 70/100
Bus
Peak arrivals per hour 45.2
7-9am + 5-7pm
 27.2
7-9am + 5-7pm
Median peak wait 1 min
scheduled, not actual
same for both
Electric vehicle share 1.0%
postcode 4036
 1.0%
postcode 4503
Rooftop solar per 100 dwellings 69
postcode 4036
 56
postcode 4503

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 Griffin
Car (driver) 69.3% / 75.9%
Bald Hills — Car (driver): 69.3% Griffin — Car (driver): 75.9%
Worked from Home 17.0% / 15.1%
Bald Hills — Worked from Home: 17.0% Griffin — Worked from Home: 15.1%
Train 6.8% / 4.0%
Bald Hills — Train: 6.8% Griffin — Train: 4.0%
Car (passenger) 3.9% / 4.2%
Bald Hills — Car (passenger): 3.9% Griffin — Car (passenger): 4.2%
Bus 1.3% / 0.5%
Bald Hills — Bus: 1.3% Griffin — Bus: 0.5%

Bars are drawn against the largest share shown (75.9%).

Setting

Bald Hills Griffin
Elevation 8 m
above sea level, at the suburb centre
 1 m
above sea level, at the suburb centre
Distance to the ocean 2.2 km 747 m
4.3 km to a named beach

NBN connectivity

Bald Hills Griffin
Connectivity score 77/100 96/100
Most common technology Hybrid fibre-coaxial Fibre to the premises
Full-fibre (FTTP) share 10%
2,799 premises
 91%
5,339 premises

Climate

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

Federal electorate

Bald Hills Griffin
Division Petrie
same for both
Member Emma Comer
same for both
Party Australian Labor Party
same for both

First Home Owner Grant

Bald Hills Griffin
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

Griffin

Coastal Family Outer Quiet Townhouses Young Families

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