Bayview Heights vs Earlville

In both, most households own their home and most homes are detached houses. In Bayview Heights, about half of households are couple families. In Earlville, about half of households are people living alone. On these figures, Bayview Heights tends to suit couples, while Earlville suits people living alone.

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

Bayview Heights

ahead on 3 of the 6 things we measure here

  • has more separate houses rather than flats (100% vs 60%)
  • is already more of a family suburb (65% vs 44%)
  • carries lower crime risk (66/100 vs 95/100)
  • But Earlville has more childcare (3 vs 0)

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

First-home buyers

Bayview Heights

ahead on the one thing that separates them

  • leaves households under less mortgage stress (20% vs 30%)

Weighs house prices and mortgage stress.

Renters

Earlville

ahead on 2 of the 3 things we measure here

  • has a bigger rental market to choose from (38% vs 16%)
  • has cheaper rent ($290/wk vs $390/wk)

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

Commuting to the city

Earlville

ahead on the one thing that separates them

  • is more walkable (65/100 vs 26/100)

Weighs distance, drive time, and walkability.

Downsizers and retirees

Earlville

ahead on 2 of the 5 things we measure here

  • has more units and townhouses to downsize into (40% vs 1%)
  • is more walkable (65/100 vs 26/100)
  • But Bayview Heights carries lower crime risk (66/100 vs 95/100)

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

Investors

Earlville

ahead on the one thing that separates them

  • is growing faster (4.2% vs -1.5%)

Weighs house yield and population growth.

Where they sit

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

Bayview Heights Earlville
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.

Bayview Heights Earlville
Walkability 26 / 65
Bayview Heights — Walkability: 26/100 Earlville — Walkability: 65/100
Safety 34 / 5
Bayview Heights — Safety: 34/100 Earlville — Safety: 5/100
Low fire risk 100 / 100
Bayview Heights — Low fire risk: 100/100 Earlville — Low fire risk: 100/100

Demographics

Bayview Heights has higher household incomes ($99,112 vs $60,632); Bayview Heights rents higher ($390/wk vs $290/wk).

Bayview Heights Earlville
Population 4,175 4,200
Population trend (2016 → 2021) -1.5% +4.2%
Median age 43 44
Median household income $99,112/yr
+39% vs other
 $60,632/yr
Median weekly rent $390/wk
+26% vs other
 $290/wk

Age profile

Share of residents in each band, 2021 Census.

Bayview Heights Earlville
0-4 5.2% / 4.8%
Bayview Heights — 0-4: 5.2% Earlville — 0-4: 4.8%
5-14 13.6% / 11.5%
Bayview Heights — 5-14: 13.6% Earlville — 5-14: 11.5%
15-19 6.0% / 5.3%
Bayview Heights — 15-19: 6.0% Earlville — 15-19: 5.3%
20-24 4.2% / 5.1%
Bayview Heights — 20-24: 4.2% Earlville — 20-24: 5.1%
25-34 10.4% / 12.5%
Bayview Heights — 25-34: 10.4% Earlville — 25-34: 12.5%
35-44 13.3% / 11.9%
Bayview Heights — 35-44: 13.3% Earlville — 35-44: 11.9%
45-54 13.7% / 13.6%
Bayview Heights — 45-54: 13.7% Earlville — 45-54: 13.6%
55-64 13.1% / 11.5%
Bayview Heights — 55-64: 13.1% Earlville — 55-64: 11.5%
65-74 13.4% / 10.7%
Bayview Heights — 65-74: 13.4% Earlville — 65-74: 10.7%
75-84 5.9% / 8.9%
Bayview Heights — 75-84: 5.9% Earlville — 75-84: 8.9%
85+ 1.2% / 4.3%
Bayview Heights — 85+: 1.2% Earlville — 85+: 4.3%

Bars are drawn against the largest share shown (13.7%).

Who lives together

Household composition, 2021 Census.

Bayview Heights 27.9% lone person
Bayview Heights — Lone Person: 27.9% Bayview Heights — Couple Families: 46.0% Bayview Heights — One Parent Families: 19.1% Bayview Heights — Group Household: 5.4% Bayview Heights — Other Families: 1.7%
Earlville 49.4% lone person
Earlville — Lone Person: 49.4% Earlville — Couple Families: 27.1% Earlville — One Parent Families: 16.9% Earlville — Group Household: 4.8% Earlville — Other Families: 1.7%
Lone Person Couple Families One Parent Families Group Household Other Families

Who owns and who rents

Occupied private dwellings by tenure, 2021 Census.

Bayview Heights 16.5% renting
Bayview Heights — Owned Outright: 41.2% Bayview Heights — Mortgage: 42.3% Bayview Heights — Renting: 16.5%
Earlville 37.9% renting
Earlville — Owned Outright: 31.5% Earlville — Mortgage: 30.6% Earlville — Renting: 37.9%
Owned outright Mortgage Renting

Qualifications

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

Bayview Heights Earlville
Certificate III & IV 19.0% / 15.9%
Bayview Heights — Certificate III & IV: 19.0% Earlville — Certificate III & IV: 15.9%
Bachelor Degree 12.1% / 10.0%
Bayview Heights — Bachelor Degree: 12.1% Earlville — Bachelor Degree: 10.0%
Advanced Diploma / Diploma 8.2% / 7.3%
Bayview Heights — Advanced Diploma / Diploma: 8.2% Earlville — Advanced Diploma / Diploma: 7.3%
Postgraduate Degree 2.4% / 2.1%
Bayview Heights — Postgraduate Degree: 2.4% Earlville — Postgraduate Degree: 2.1%
Graduate Diploma / Certificate 2.2% / 1.3%
Bayview Heights — Graduate Diploma / Certificate: 2.2% Earlville — Graduate Diploma / Certificate: 1.3%

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

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.

Bayview Heights Earlville
England 3.2% / 3.2%
Bayview Heights — England: 3.2% Earlville — England: 3.2%
New Zealand 2.5% / 2.7%
Bayview Heights — New Zealand: 2.5% Earlville — New Zealand: 2.7%
Philippines 1.1% / 1.6%
Bayview Heights — Philippines: 1.1% Earlville — Philippines: 1.6%
Japan 0.7% / 1.0%
Bayview Heights — Japan: 0.7% Earlville — Japan: 1.0%
China 0.5% / 0.7%
Bayview Heights — China: 0.5% Earlville — China: 0.7%
India — / 0.9%
Bayview Heights — India: not among its largest Earlville — India: 0.9%

Bars are drawn against the largest share shown (3.2%).

What people live in

Occupied private dwellings by structure, 2021 Census.

Bayview Heights 99.5% houses
Bayview Heights — Houses: 99.5% Bayview Heights — Townhouses: 0.7% Bayview Heights — Flats / Apartments: 0.0%
Earlville 60.1% houses
Earlville — Houses: 60.1% Earlville — Townhouses: 21.7% Earlville — Flats / Apartments: 18.2%
Houses Townhouses Flats / Apartments

Property market

Bayview Heights Earlville
Median house price $715,000 $700,000
Median unit price — $370,000
Median land price — $305,000
Typical days to sell (houses) 27 days
from 28 sales
 28 days
from 31 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.

Bayview Heights Earlville
3 bed $655K / $680K
Bayview Heights — 3 bed: $655K (28 sales) Earlville — 3 bed: $680K (48 sales)

28 vs 48 sales

4 bed $830K / $800K
Bayview Heights — 4 bed: $830K (23 sales) Earlville — 4 bed: $800K (22 sales)

23 vs 22 sales

5 bed $1.08M / $848K
Bayview Heights — 5 bed: $1.08M (7 sales) Earlville — 5 bed: $848K (6 sales)

7 vs 6 sales

Development activity

Bayview Heights Earlville
New dwellings approved 767
across Cairns
same for both
Approvals change year on year -81%
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.

Bayview Heights Earlville
Houses 4.8%
$780/wk on $849K
 4.5%
$680/wk on $790K
Units — 5.3%
$420/wk on $410K

Ranking within QLD

Bayview Heights Earlville
House price —
same for both
Income Higher than 73% of QLD Higher than 25% of QLD
Schools —
same for both
Walkability Higher than 81% of QLD Higher than 90% of QLD
Affordability —
same for both
EV adoption Higher than 63% of QLD Higher than 75% of QLD
NBN connectivity Higher than 91% of QLD Higher than 74% of QLD
Rental yield (houses) Higher than 85% of QLD Higher than 75% of QLD
Rental yield (units) — Higher than 79% of QLD

Liveability

Earlville is more walkable (65 vs 26); Bayview Heights scores higher overall (51 vs 32).

Bayview Heights Earlville
Grade B D
Score 51/100 32/100
Socio-economic band advantaged area
decile 7/10
 below-average income
decile 3/10

Risk profile

Earlville carries more crime risk (95 vs 66).

Bayview Heights Earlville
Bushfire None
0/100
same for both
Crime Moderate
66/100
 High
95/100
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 3
within 5 km
 6
within 5 km

Schools

Bayview Heights Earlville
Inside the suburb 0 1
Rated above peers 0
same for both
Rated at peers 0 1
Rated below peers 0
same for both

Schools in Bayview Heights

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

Schools in Earlville

  • Our Lady Help of Christians School Catholic · Primary at peers

Amenities in the suburb

Bayview Heights Earlville
Supermarkets 0 2
Parks & reserves 10 12
Childcare 0 3
GPs 0 1
Pharmacies 0 3
Banks & Bank@Post 0 7
Fuel stations 0 1
Waterways 5 7

Mobility

Bayview Heights Earlville
Walkability score 26/100 65/100
Distance to Brisbane 1696.1 km 1695.7 km
Drive time (normal traffic) 1167 min 1166 min
Public transport score 58/100
Bus
 79/100
Bus
Peak arrivals per hour 15.2
7-9am + 5-7pm
 53.0
7-9am + 5-7pm
Median peak wait 1 min
scheduled, not actual
same for both
Electric vehicle share 0.5%
postcode 4868
 0.7%
postcode 4870
Rooftop solar per 100 dwellings 56
postcode 4868
 45
postcode 4870

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.

Bayview Heights Earlville
Car (driver) 75.4% / 73.5%
Bayview Heights — Car (driver): 75.4% Earlville — Car (driver): 73.5%
Worked from Home 17.1% / 11.8%
Bayview Heights — Worked from Home: 17.1% Earlville — Worked from Home: 11.8%
Car (passenger) 5.2% / 8.0%
Bayview Heights — Car (passenger): 5.2% Earlville — Car (passenger): 8.0%
Walked Only 0.6% / 3.6%
Bayview Heights — Walked Only: 0.6% Earlville — Walked Only: 3.6%
Bus 1.4% / 1.6%
Bayview Heights — Bus: 1.4% Earlville — Bus: 1.6%

Bars are drawn against the largest share shown (75.4%).

Setting

Bayview Heights Earlville
Elevation 82 m
above sea level, at the suburb centre
 21 m
above sea level, at the suburb centre
Distance to the ocean 5.9 km 4.8 km

NBN connectivity

Bayview Heights Earlville
Connectivity score 79/100 63/100
Most common technology Fibre to the premises Fibre to the node
Full-fibre (FTTP) share 62%
1,700 premises
 33%
2,402 premises

Climate

Bayview Heights Earlville
Annual rainfall 2,121 mm
same for both
Summer max (Jan) 31.9°C
same for both
Winter min (Jul) 18.1°C
same for both

Air quality (annual mean)

Bayview Heights Earlville
PM2.5 5.6 µg/m³
same for both
PM10 18.6 µg/m³
same for both
NO₂ —
same for both

Council rates

Bayview Heights Earlville
Average residential rate $1,354/yr
same for both
Council Cairns
same for both

Federal electorate

Bayview Heights Earlville
Division Leichhardt
same for both
Member Matt Smith
same for both
Party Australian Labor Party
same for both

First Home Owner Grant

Bayview Heights Earlville
Grant amount $30,000
same for both
Property price cap $750,000
same for both
Eligibility New
same for both

Tags

Bayview Heights

Large Blocks Parks River

Earlville

Parks River Townhouses

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