Berrinba vs Heritage Park

Berrinba is the younger of the two, with a median age of 27 against 37 in Heritage Park. In both, the large majority of homes are detached houses and most households are couple families. In Berrinba, about half of households rent. In Heritage Park, the large majority of households own their home. Berrinba is closer to the city centre: 28 km, against 32.1 km. On these figures, Berrinba tends to suit renters 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

Heritage Park

ahead on 3 of the 6 things we measure here

  • carries lower crime risk (48/100 vs 82/100)
  • has more parks and reserves (12 vs 8)
  • has more separate houses rather than flats (100% vs 88%)
  • But Berrinba has more schools inside the suburb (2 vs 0)

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

First-home buyers

Too close to call

Nothing among the 2 things we measure here separates them by enough to be worth acting on.

Weighs house prices and mortgage stress.

Renters

Berrinba

ahead on the one thing that separates them

  • has a bigger rental market to choose from (48% vs 20%)

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

Commuting to the city

They split

one each way, out of the 4 things we measure here

  • Berrinba sits closer to the CBD (28 km vs 32.1 km)
  • Heritage Park is more walkable (51/100 vs 28/100)

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

Downsizers and retirees

Heritage Park

ahead on 3 of the 5 things we measure here

  • has more residents already 65 and over (11% vs 5%)
  • is more walkable (51/100 vs 28/100)
  • carries lower crime risk (48/100 vs 82/100)
  • But Berrinba has more units and townhouses to downsize into (12% vs 0%)

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

Where they sit

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

Berrinba Heritage Park
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.

Berrinba Heritage Park
Walkability 28 / 51
Berrinba — Walkability: 28/100 Heritage Park — Walkability: 51/100
Safety 18 / 52
Berrinba — Safety: 18/100 Heritage Park — Safety: 52/100
Low fire risk 100 / 100
Berrinba — Low fire risk: 100/100 Heritage Park — Low fire risk: 100/100

Demographics

Heritage Park has more residents (4,930 vs 2,615); Heritage Park skews older (37 vs 27).

Berrinba Heritage Park
Population 2,615 4,930
+89% vs other
Population trend (2016 → 2021) — -0.9%
Median age 27 37
Median household income $94,952/yr $108,680/yr
+14% vs other
Median weekly rent $410/wk
+2% vs other
 $400/wk

Age profile

Share of residents in each band, 2021 Census.

Berrinba Heritage Park
0-4 10.1% / 5.9%
Berrinba — 0-4: 10.1% Heritage Park — 0-4: 5.9%
5-14 21.3% / 15.2%
Berrinba — 5-14: 21.3% Heritage Park — 5-14: 15.2%
15-19 7.8% / 7.8%
Berrinba — 15-19: 7.8% Heritage Park — 15-19: 7.8%
20-24 6.7% / 6.0%
Berrinba — 20-24: 6.7% Heritage Park — 20-24: 6.0%
25-34 14.5% / 12.0%
Berrinba — 25-34: 14.5% Heritage Park — 25-34: 12.0%
35-44 18.5% / 13.0%
Berrinba — 35-44: 18.5% Heritage Park — 35-44: 13.0%
45-54 8.7% / 15.0%
Berrinba — 45-54: 8.7% Heritage Park — 45-54: 15.0%
55-64 6.7% / 13.5%
Berrinba — 55-64: 6.7% Heritage Park — 55-64: 13.5%
65-74 3.9% / 7.6%
Berrinba — 65-74: 3.9% Heritage Park — 65-74: 7.6%
75-84 1.4% / 3.3%
Berrinba — 75-84: 1.4% Heritage Park — 75-84: 3.3%
85+ 0.1% / 0.6%
Berrinba — 85+: 0.1% Heritage Park — 85+: 0.6%

Bars are drawn against the largest share shown (21.3%).

Who lives together

Household composition, 2021 Census.

Berrinba 59.0% couple families
Berrinba — Couple Families: 59.0% Berrinba — One Parent Families: 22.8% Berrinba — Lone Person: 14.1% Berrinba — Group Household: 2.9% Berrinba — Other Families: 1.3%
Heritage Park 61.6% couple families
Heritage Park — Couple Families: 61.6% Heritage Park — One Parent Families: 20.6% Heritage Park — Lone Person: 13.5% Heritage Park — Group Household: 3.0% Heritage Park — Other Families: 1.3%
Couple Families One Parent Families Lone Person Group Household Other Families

Who owns and who rents

Occupied private dwellings by tenure, 2021 Census.

Berrinba 47.9% renting
Berrinba — Owned Outright: 9.9% Berrinba — Mortgage: 42.2% Berrinba — Renting: 47.9%
Heritage Park 20.1% renting
Heritage Park — Owned Outright: 26.4% Heritage Park — Mortgage: 53.5% Heritage Park — Renting: 20.1%
Owned outright Mortgage Renting

Qualifications

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

Berrinba Heritage Park
Certificate III & IV 11.7% / 18.4%
Berrinba — Certificate III & IV: 11.7% Heritage Park — Certificate III & IV: 18.4%
Bachelor Degree 8.5% / 7.6%
Berrinba — Bachelor Degree: 8.5% Heritage Park — Bachelor Degree: 7.6%
Advanced Diploma / Diploma 6.6% / 8.0%
Berrinba — Advanced Diploma / Diploma: 6.6% Heritage Park — Advanced Diploma / Diploma: 8.0%
Postgraduate Degree 1.8% / 1.6%
Berrinba — Postgraduate Degree: 1.8% Heritage Park — Postgraduate Degree: 1.6%
Graduate Diploma / Certificate 1.3% / 1.4%
Berrinba — Graduate Diploma / Certificate: 1.3% Heritage Park — Graduate Diploma / Certificate: 1.4%

Bars are drawn against the largest share shown (18.4%).

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.

Berrinba Heritage Park
New Zealand 10.6% / 8.0%
Berrinba — New Zealand: 10.6% Heritage Park — New Zealand: 8.0%
India 3.9% / 2.3%
Berrinba — India: 3.9% Heritage Park — India: 2.3%
England 0.9% / 3.3%
Berrinba — England: 0.9% Heritage Park — England: 3.3%
Philippines 2.1% / 1.4%
Berrinba — Philippines: 2.1% Heritage Park — Philippines: 1.4%
Fiji 2.3% / 0.9%
Berrinba — Fiji: 2.3% Heritage Park — Fiji: 0.9%
Afghanistan 3.0% / —
Berrinba — Afghanistan: 3.0% Heritage Park — Afghanistan: not among its largest

Bars are drawn against the largest share shown (10.6%).

What people live in

Occupied private dwellings by structure, 2021 Census.

Berrinba 88.5% houses
Berrinba — Houses: 88.5% Berrinba — Townhouses: 11.1% Berrinba — Flats / Apartments: 0.4%
Heritage Park 99.5% houses
Heritage Park — Houses: 99.5% Heritage Park — Townhouses: 0.3% Heritage Park — Flats / Apartments: 0.2%
Houses Townhouses Flats / Apartments

Property market

Berrinba Heritage Park
Median house price $980,000 $951,250
Median unit price $640,000 —
Median land price $625,000 —
Typical days to sell (houses) 14 days
from 15 sales
 21 days
from 48 sales

Development activity

Berrinba Heritage Park
New dwellings approved 4,950
across Logan
same for both
Approvals change year on year -8%
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.

Berrinba Heritage Park
Houses — 3.9%
$760/wk on $1.01M
Units —
same for both

Ranking within QLD

Berrinba Heritage Park
House price —
same for both
Income Higher than 68% of QLD Higher than 81% of QLD
Schools —
same for both
Walkability Higher than 82% of QLD Higher than 87% of QLD
Affordability —
same for both
EV adoption Higher than 93% of QLD Higher than 80% of QLD
NBN connectivity Higher than 86% of QLD Higher than 95% of QLD
Rental yield (houses) — Higher than 49% of QLD

Liveability

Heritage Park is more walkable (51 vs 28); Heritage Park scores higher overall (64 vs 42).

Berrinba Heritage Park
Grade C B
Score 42/100 64/100
Socio-economic band below-average income
decile 3/10
 mid-range socio-economic
decile 4/10

Risk profile

Berrinba carries more crime risk (82 vs 48).

Berrinba Heritage Park
Bushfire None
0/100
same for both
Crime High
82/100
 Moderate
48/100
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 2
within 5 km
same for both

Schools

Berrinba Heritage Park
Inside the suburb 2 0
Rated above peers 0
same for both
Rated at peers 0
same for both
Rated below peers 1 0

Schools in Berrinba

  • Berrinba East State School Government · Primary below peers
  • Arethusa College - Berrinba Campus Independent · Secondary

Schools in Heritage Park

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

Amenities in the suburb

Berrinba Heritage Park
Supermarkets 0 1
Cafes & restaurants 2 1
Parks & reserves 8 12
Childcare 2 3
Fuel stations 1
same for both
Waterways 6 3

Mobility

Heritage Park sits further from the CBD (32.1 km vs 28 km).

Berrinba Heritage Park
Walkability score 28/100 51/100
Distance to Brisbane 28 km 32.1 km
+15% vs other
Drive time (normal traffic) 28 min 32 min
Public transport score 76/100
Bus
 75/100
Bus
Peak arrivals per hour 38.5
7-9am + 5-7pm
 36.5
7-9am + 5-7pm
Median peak wait 1 min
scheduled, not actual
same for both
Electric vehicle share 1.8%
postcode 4117
 1.0%
postcode 4118
Rooftop solar per 100 dwellings 69
postcode 4117
 78
postcode 4118

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.

Berrinba Heritage Park
Car (driver) 80.2% / 80.5%
Berrinba — Car (driver): 80.2% Heritage Park — Car (driver): 80.5%
Worked from Home 9.7% / 10.8%
Berrinba — Worked from Home: 9.7% Heritage Park — Worked from Home: 10.8%
Car (passenger) 6.4% / 5.4%
Berrinba — Car (passenger): 6.4% Heritage Park — Car (passenger): 5.4%
Bus 2.6% / 2.3%
Berrinba — Bus: 2.6% Heritage Park — Bus: 2.3%
Train 1.0% / 0.7%
Berrinba — Train: 1.0% Heritage Park — Train: 0.7%

Bars are drawn against the largest share shown (80.5%).

Setting

Berrinba Heritage Park
Elevation 29 m
above sea level, at the suburb centre
 43 m
above sea level, at the suburb centre
Distance to the ocean 21.9 km 23.4 km

NBN connectivity

Berrinba Heritage Park
Connectivity score 75/100 89/100
Most common technology Fibre to the premises
same for both
Full-fibre (FTTP) share 51%
957 premises
 55%
1,676 premises

Climate

Berrinba Heritage Park
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)

Berrinba Heritage Park
PM2.5 5.3 µg/m³ 4.9 µg/m³
PM10 14.6 µg/m³ 13.1 µg/m³
NO₂ 0.48 pphm 0.27 pphm

Council rates

Berrinba Heritage Park
Average residential rate $1,681/yr
same for both
Council Logan
same for both

Federal electorate

Berrinba Heritage Park
Division Rankin
same for both
Member Jim Chalmers
same for both
Party Australian Labor Party
same for both

First Home Owner Grant

Berrinba Heritage Park
Grant amount $30,000
same for both
Property price cap $750,000
same for both
Eligibility New
same for both

Tags

Berrinba

Family Large Blocks Multicultural Outer Parks Quiet Young Families

Heritage Park

Large Blocks Outer Parks Quiet

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