Blue Mountain vs Sarina Range

In both, the large majority of households own their home and the large majority of homes are detached houses. In Sarina Range, about half of households are couple families. On these figures, Blue Mountain tends to suit 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

Blue Mountain

ahead on the one thing that separates them

  • is already more of a family suburb (100% vs 63%)

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

First-home buyers

Blue Mountain

ahead on the one thing that separates them

  • leaves households under less mortgage stress (5% vs 21%)

Weighs mortgage stress.

Renters

Blue Mountain

ahead on 2 of the 3 things we measure here

  • has a bigger rental market to choose from (25% vs 7%)
  • has cheaper rent ($200/wk vs $230/wk)

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

Commuting to the city

They split

one each way, out of the 3 things we measure here

  • Blue Mountain sits closer to the CBD (948.3 km vs 951.7 km)
  • Sarina Range has a shorter drive in (652 min vs 659 min)

Weighs distance, drive time, and walkability.

Downsizers and retirees

Too close to call

Nothing among the 4 things we measure here separates them by enough to be worth acting on.

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

Investors

Sarina Range

ahead on the one thing that separates them

  • is growing faster (10.8% vs -9.8%)

Weighs population growth.

Where they sit

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

Blue Mountain Sarina Range
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.

Blue Mountain Sarina Range
Walkability 0 / 0
Blue Mountain — Walkability: 0/100 Sarina Range — Walkability: 0/100
Safety 51 / 47
Blue Mountain — Safety: 51/100 Sarina Range — Safety: 47/100
Low fire risk 52 / 100
Blue Mountain — Low fire risk: 52/100 Sarina Range — Low fire risk: 100/100

Demographics

Sarina Range has more residents (277 vs 83); Sarina Range has higher household incomes ($101,816 vs $79,612).

Blue Mountain Sarina Range
Population 83 277
+234% vs other
Population trend (2016 → 2021) -9.8% +10.8%
Median age 44
same for both
Median household income $79,612/yr $101,816/yr
+28% vs other
Median weekly rent $200/wk $230/wk
+15% vs other

Age profile

Share of residents in each band, 2021 Census.

Blue Mountain Sarina Range
0-4 9.6% / 5.4%
Blue Mountain — 0-4: 9.6% Sarina Range — 0-4: 5.4%
5-14 16.9% / 16.2%
Blue Mountain — 5-14: 16.9% Sarina Range — 5-14: 16.2%
15-19 9.6% / 2.2%
Blue Mountain — 15-19: 9.6% Sarina Range — 15-19: 2.2%
20-24 3.6% / 3.2%
Blue Mountain — 20-24: 3.6% Sarina Range — 20-24: 3.2%
25-34 13.3% / 11.6%
Blue Mountain — 25-34: 13.3% Sarina Range — 25-34: 11.6%
35-44 4.8% / 13.4%
Blue Mountain — 35-44: 4.8% Sarina Range — 35-44: 13.4%
45-54 14.5% / 13.0%
Blue Mountain — 45-54: 14.5% Sarina Range — 45-54: 13.0%
55-64 19.3% / 19.5%
Blue Mountain — 55-64: 19.3% Sarina Range — 55-64: 19.5%
65-74 4.8% / 10.8%
Blue Mountain — 65-74: 4.8% Sarina Range — 65-74: 10.8%
75-84 12.0% / 4.0%
Blue Mountain — 75-84: 12.0% Sarina Range — 75-84: 4.0%
85+ — / 1.4%
Blue Mountain — 85+: not among its largest Sarina Range — 85+: 1.4%

Bars are drawn against the largest share shown (19.5%).

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.

Blue Mountain Sarina Range
England 6.0% / 1.1%
Blue Mountain — England: 6.0% Sarina Range — England: 1.1%
New Zealand — / 1.4%
Blue Mountain — New Zealand: not among its largest Sarina Range — New Zealand: 1.4%

Bars are drawn against the largest share shown (6.0%).

Who lives together

Household composition, 2021 Census.

Blue Mountain 43.8% couple families
Blue Mountain — Couple Families: 43.8% Blue Mountain — One Parent Families: 56.2% Blue Mountain — Lone Person: 0.0% Blue Mountain — Group Household: 0.0%
Sarina Range 50.9% couple families
Sarina Range — Couple Families: 50.9% Sarina Range — One Parent Families: 12.3% Sarina Range — Lone Person: 26.3% Sarina Range — Group Household: 10.5%
Couple Families One Parent Families Lone Person Group Household

What people live in

Occupied private dwellings by structure, 2021 Census.

Blue Mountain 100.0% houses
Blue Mountain — Houses: 100.0%
Sarina Range 100.0% houses
Sarina Range — Houses: 100.0%
Houses

Qualifications

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

Blue Mountain Sarina Range
Certificate III & IV 13.3% / 22.4%
Blue Mountain — Certificate III & IV: 13.3% Sarina Range — Certificate III & IV: 22.4%
Bachelor Degree 8.4% / 7.2%
Blue Mountain — Bachelor Degree: 8.4% Sarina Range — Bachelor Degree: 7.2%
Advanced Diploma / Diploma 6.0% / 4.3%
Blue Mountain — Advanced Diploma / Diploma: 6.0% Sarina Range — Advanced Diploma / Diploma: 4.3%

Bars are drawn against the largest share shown (22.4%).

Who owns and who rents

Occupied private dwellings by tenure, 2021 Census.

Blue Mountain 25.0% renting
Blue Mountain — Owned Outright: 57.1% Blue Mountain — Mortgage: 17.9% Blue Mountain — Renting: 25.0%
Sarina Range 6.9% renting
Sarina Range — Owned Outright: 42.5% Sarina Range — Mortgage: 50.6% Sarina Range — Renting: 6.9%
Owned outright Mortgage Renting

Development activity

Blue Mountain Sarina Range
New dwellings approved 27
across Isaac
 574
across Mackay
Approvals change year on year +0% -6%

Ranking within QLD

Blue Mountain Sarina Range
House price —
same for both
Income Higher than 50% of QLD Higher than 75% of QLD
Schools —
same for both
Walkability Higher than 35% of QLD Higher than 47% of QLD
Affordability —
same for both
EV adoption Higher than 5% of QLD
same for both
NBN connectivity Higher than 12% of QLD Higher than 25% of QLD

Liveability

Blue Mountain Sarina Range
Grade —
same for both
Score —
same for both
Socio-economic band below-average income
decile 3/10
 mid-range socio-economic
decile 4/10

Risk profile

Blue Mountain carries more bushfire risk (48 vs 0).

Blue Mountain Sarina Range
Bushfire Moderate
48/100
 None
0/100
Crime Moderate
49/100
 Moderate
53/100
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

Blue Mountain Sarina Range
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

Blue Mountain Sarina Range
Parks & reserves 0 2
Waterways 19 14

Mobility

Sarina Range sits further from the CBD (951.7 km vs 948.3 km).

Blue Mountain Sarina Range
Walkability score 0/100
same for both
Distance to Brisbane 948.3 km 951.7 km
Drive time (normal traffic) 659 min 652 min
Electric vehicle share 0.1%
postcode 4737
same for both
Rooftop solar per 100 dwellings 66
postcode 4737
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.

Blue Mountain Sarina Range
Car (driver) 57.7% / 67.6%
Blue Mountain — Car (driver): 57.7% Sarina Range — Car (driver): 67.6%
Worked from Home 42.3% / 25.5%
Blue Mountain — Worked from Home: 42.3% Sarina Range — Worked from Home: 25.5%
Walked Only — / 3.9%
Blue Mountain — Walked Only: not among its largest Sarina Range — Walked Only: 3.9%
Car (passenger) — / 2.9%
Blue Mountain — Car (passenger): not among its largest Sarina Range — Car (passenger): 2.9%

Bars are drawn against the largest share shown (67.6%).

Setting

Blue Mountain Sarina Range
Elevation 203 m
above sea level, at the suburb centre
 221 m
above sea level, at the suburb centre
Distance to the ocean 28.3 km 18.0 km

NBN connectivity

Blue Mountain Sarina Range
Connectivity score 15/100 17/100
Most common technology Satellite (Sky Muster)
same for both
Full-fibre (FTTP) share 0%
17 premises
 0%
82 premises

Climate

Blue Mountain Sarina Range
Annual rainfall 1,517 mm
same for both
Summer max (Jan) 30.8°C
same for both
Winter min (Jul) 12.4°C
same for both

Council rates

Blue Mountain Sarina Range
Average residential rate $925/yr $1,873/yr
Council Isaac Mackay

Federal electorate

Blue Mountain Sarina Range
Division Capricornia
same for both
Member Michelle Landry
same for both
Party Liberal National Party of Queensland
same for both

First Home Owner Grant

Blue Mountain Sarina Range
Grant amount $30,000
same for both
Property price cap $750,000
same for both
Eligibility New
same for both

Tags

Blue Mountain

Family Rural Young Families

Sarina Range

Rural

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