Bancroft vs Mungungo

In both, the large majority of households own their home and the large majority of homes are detached houses. In Bancroft, most households are people living alone. In Mungungo, about half of households are couple families. On these figures, Bancroft tends to suit people living alone and older residents, while Mungungo suits 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

Mungungo

ahead on the one thing that separates them

  • is already more of a family suburb (73% vs 42%)

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

First-home buyers

Too close to call

Nothing among the 1 things we measure here separates them by enough to be worth acting on.

Weighs mortgage stress.

Renters

Mungungo

ahead on 2 of the 3 things we measure here

  • leaves renters under less rental stress (10% vs 22%)
  • has cheaper rent ($108/wk vs $200/wk)
  • But Bancroft has a bigger rental market to choose from (22% vs 12%)

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

Commuting to the city

Mungungo

ahead on 2 of the 3 things we measure here

  • has a shorter drive in (348 min vs 363 min)
  • sits closer to the CBD (492.1 km vs 504 km)

Weighs distance, drive time, and walkability.

Downsizers and retirees

Bancroft

ahead on the one thing that separates them

  • has more residents already 65 and over (26% vs 13%)

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

Investors

Mungungo

ahead on the one thing that separates them

  • is growing faster (9.1% vs 2.1%)

Weighs population growth.

Where they sit

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

Bancroft Mungungo
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.

Bancroft Mungungo
Walkability 0 / 0
Bancroft — Walkability: 0/100 Mungungo — Walkability: 0/100
Safety 89 / 88
Bancroft — Safety: 89/100 Mungungo — Safety: 88/100
Low fire risk 60 / 100
Bancroft — Low fire risk: 60/100 Mungungo — Low fire risk: 100/100

Demographics

Bancroft rents higher ($200/wk vs $108/wk); Mungungo has higher household incomes ($58,500 vs $46,800).

Bancroft Mungungo
Population 98
+14% vs other
 84
Population trend (2016 → 2021) +2.1% +9.1%
Median age 44 46
Median household income $46,800/yr $58,500/yr
+25% vs other
Median weekly rent $200/wk
+46% vs other
 $108/wk

Age profile

Share of residents in each band, 2021 Census.

Bancroft Mungungo
0-4 — / 10.7%
Bancroft — 0-4: not among its largest Mungungo — 0-4: 10.7%
5-14 11.2% / 10.7%
Bancroft — 5-14: 11.2% Mungungo — 5-14: 10.7%
15-19 5.1% / 8.3%
Bancroft — 15-19: 5.1% Mungungo — 15-19: 8.3%
20-24 3.1% / —
Bancroft — 20-24: 3.1% Mungungo — 20-24: not among its largest
25-34 3.1% / 10.7%
Bancroft — 25-34: 3.1% Mungungo — 25-34: 10.7%
35-44 15.3% / 11.9%
Bancroft — 35-44: 15.3% Mungungo — 35-44: 11.9%
45-54 13.3% / 17.9%
Bancroft — 45-54: 13.3% Mungungo — 45-54: 17.9%
55-64 15.3% / 13.1%
Bancroft — 55-64: 15.3% Mungungo — 55-64: 13.1%
65-74 17.3% / 9.5%
Bancroft — 65-74: 17.3% Mungungo — 65-74: 9.5%
75-84 4.1% / 3.6%
Bancroft — 75-84: 4.1% Mungungo — 75-84: 3.6%
85+ 4.1% / —
Bancroft — 85+: 4.1% Mungungo — 85+: not among its largest

Bars are drawn against the largest share shown (17.9%).

Who lives together

Household composition, 2021 Census.

Bancroft 42.3% couple families
Bancroft — Couple Families: 42.3% Bancroft — Lone Person: 57.7% Bancroft — One Parent Families: 0.0%
Mungungo 45.5% couple families
Mungungo — Couple Families: 45.5% Mungungo — Lone Person: 27.3% Mungungo — One Parent Families: 27.3%
Couple Families Lone Person One Parent Families

Who owns and who rents

Occupied private dwellings by tenure, 2021 Census.

Bancroft 21.9% renting
Bancroft — Owned Outright: 59.4% Bancroft — Mortgage: 18.8% Bancroft — Renting: 21.9%
Mungungo 11.5% renting
Mungungo — Owned Outright: 50.0% Mungungo — Mortgage: 38.5% Mungungo — Renting: 11.5%
Owned outright Mortgage Renting

What people live in

Occupied private dwellings by structure, 2021 Census.

Bancroft 100.0% houses
Bancroft — Houses: 100.0%
Mungungo 100.0% houses
Mungungo — Houses: 100.0%
Houses

Qualifications

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

Bancroft Mungungo
Certificate III & IV 14.3% / 19.0%
Bancroft — Certificate III & IV: 14.3% Mungungo — Certificate III & IV: 19.0%
Advanced Diploma / Diploma 3.1% / 9.5%
Bancroft — Advanced Diploma / Diploma: 3.1% Mungungo — Advanced Diploma / Diploma: 9.5%
Bachelor Degree — / 9.5%
Bancroft — Bachelor Degree: not among its largest Mungungo — Bachelor Degree: 9.5%

Bars are drawn against the largest share shown (19.0%).

Development activity

Bancroft Mungungo
New dwellings approved 30
across North Burnett
same for both
Approvals change year on year -33%
same for both

Ranking within QLD

Bancroft Mungungo
House price —
same for both
Income Higher than 8% of QLD Higher than 22% of QLD
Schools —
same for both
Walkability Higher than 8% of QLD Higher than 31% of QLD
Affordability —
same for both
EV adoption —
same for both
NBN connectivity Higher than 28% of QLD Higher than 24% of QLD

Liveability

Bancroft Mungungo
Grade —
same for both
Score —
same for both
Socio-economic band below-average income
decile 2/10
 mid-range socio-economic
decile 5/10

Risk profile

Bancroft carries more bushfire risk (40 vs 0).

Bancroft Mungungo
Bushfire Moderate
40/100
 None
0/100
Crime Low
11/100
 Low
12/100
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

Bancroft Mungungo
Inside the suburb 0
same for both
Rated above peers 0
same for both
Rated at peers 0
same for both
Rated below peers 0
same for both

Amenities in the suburb

Bancroft Mungungo
Waterways 20 7

Mobility

Bancroft sits further from the CBD (504 km vs 492.1 km).

Bancroft Mungungo
Walkability score 0/100
same for both
Distance to Brisbane 504 km
+2% vs other
 492.1 km
Drive time (normal traffic) 363 min 348 min
Electric vehicle share 0.0%
postcode 4630
same for both
Rooftop solar per 100 dwellings 44
postcode 4630
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.

Bancroft Mungungo
Car (driver) 63.9% / 63.9%
Bancroft — Car (driver): 63.9% Mungungo — Car (driver): 63.9%
Worked from Home 36.1% / 27.8%
Bancroft — Worked from Home: 36.1% Mungungo — Worked from Home: 27.8%
Walked Only — / 8.3%
Bancroft — Walked Only: not among its largest Mungungo — Walked Only: 8.3%

Bars are drawn against the largest share shown (63.9%).

Setting

Bancroft Mungungo
Elevation 292 m
above sea level, at the suburb centre
 294 m
above sea level, at the suburb centre

NBN connectivity

Bancroft Mungungo
Connectivity score 21/100 17/100
Most common technology Satellite (Sky Muster)
same for both
Full-fibre (FTTP) share 0%
42 premises
 0%
26 premises

Climate

Bancroft Mungungo
Annual rainfall 721 mm
same for both
Summer max (Jan) 32.1°C
same for both
Winter min (Jul) 6.6°C
same for both

Council rates

Bancroft Mungungo
Average residential rate $1,183/yr
same for both
Council North Burnett
same for both

Federal electorate

Bancroft Mungungo
Division Flynn
same for both
Member Colin Boyce
same for both
Party Liberal National Party of Queensland
same for both

First Home Owner Grant

Bancroft Mungungo
Grant amount $30,000
same for both
Property price cap $750,000
same for both
Eligibility New
same for both

Tags

Bancroft

Retirees Rural

Mungungo

River Rural Young Families

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Information shown is provided as-is from Australian government and commercial data sources.
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