Booyal vs Good Night
Booyal is the younger of the two, with a median age of 46 against 52 in Good Night. In both, the large majority of households own their home and the large majority of homes are detached houses. In Good Night, about half of households are people living alone. On these figures, Good Night tends to suit 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
They split
one each way, out of the 6 things we measure here
- Booyal is already more of a family suburb (59% vs 37%)
- Good Night has more separate houses rather than flats (108% vs 97%)
Weighs schools, house stock, crime, parks, childcare, and who already lives there.
First-home buyers
Booyal
ahead on the one thing that separates them
- leaves households under less mortgage stress (19% vs 27%)
Weighs mortgage stress.
Renters
Good Night
ahead on 2 of the 3 things we measure here
- has cheaper rent ($50/wk vs $130/wk)
- leaves renters under less rental stress (5% vs 11%)
Weighs rent, rental stress, and how much is for rent.
Commuting to the city
Booyal
ahead on 2 of the 3 things we measure here
- has a shorter drive in (227 min vs 257 min)
- sits closer to the CBD (329.6 km vs 355.3 km)
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
Good Night
ahead on the one thing that separates them
- is growing faster (29.1% vs 3.6%)
Weighs population growth.
Where they sit
Booyal and Good Night drawn to the same scale. Both outlines are shown together, so the map answers whether they share a border and how their areas compare.
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.
Demographics
Booyal rents higher ($130/wk vs $50/wk); Booyal has more residents (285 vs 151).
| Booyal | Good Night | |
|---|---|---|
| Population | 285 +47% vs other | 151 |
| Population trend (2016 → 2021) | +3.6% | +29.1% |
| Median age | 46 | 52 |
| Median household income | $61,724/yr +23% vs other | $47,788/yr |
| Median weekly rent | $130/wk +62% vs other | $50/wk |
Age profile
Share of residents in each band, 2021 Census.
Bars are drawn against the largest share shown (29.8%).
Who lives together
Household composition, 2021 Census.
Who owns and who rents
Occupied private dwellings by tenure, 2021 Census.
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.
Bars are drawn against the largest share shown (3.3%).
Qualifications
Highest non-school qualification, residents 15+, 2021 Census.
Bars are drawn against the largest share shown (18.2%).
What people live in
Occupied private dwellings by structure, 2021 Census.
Property market
| Booyal | Good Night | |
|---|---|---|
| Median house price | $496,500 | — |
| Median unit price | — same for both | |
| Median land price | $275,000 | — |
Development activity
| Booyal | Good Night | |
|---|---|---|
| New dwellings approved | 997 across Bundaberg same for both | |
| Approvals change year on year | -45% same for both | |
Ranking within QLD
| Booyal | Good Night | |
|---|---|---|
| House price | — same for both | |
| Income | Higher than 27% of QLD | Higher than 10% of QLD |
| Schools | — same for both | |
| Walkability | Higher than 44% of QLD | Higher than 18% of QLD |
| Affordability | — same for both | |
| EV adoption | Higher than 9% of QLD same for both | |
| NBN connectivity | Higher than 15% of QLD | Higher than 6% of QLD |
Liveability
| Booyal | Good Night | |
|---|---|---|
| Grade | — same for both | |
| Score | — same for both | |
| Socio-economic band | below-average income decile 2/10 | high-need area decile 1/10 |
Risk profile
Booyal carries more bushfire risk (46 vs 12).
| Booyal | Good Night | |
|---|---|---|
| Bushfire | Moderate 46/100 | Low 12/100 |
| Crime | Moderate 56/100 | Moderate 62/100 |
| 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 | 1 within 5 km | 0 within 5 km |
Schools
| Booyal | Good Night | |
|---|---|---|
| Inside the suburb | 1 | 0 |
| Rated above peers | 0 same for both | |
| Rated at peers | 0 same for both | |
| Rated below peers | 0 same for both | |
Schools in Booyal
- Booyal Central State School Government · Primary
Schools in Good Night
No schools recorded inside this suburb's boundary. Children here will be zoned to schools nearby.
Amenities in the suburb
| Booyal | Good Night | |
|---|---|---|
| Cafes & restaurants | 1 | 0 |
| Parks & reserves | 1 same for both | |
| Fuel stations | 1 | 0 |
| Waterways | 21 | 24 |
Mobility
Good Night sits further from the CBD (355.3 km vs 329.6 km).
| Booyal | Good Night | |
|---|---|---|
| Walkability score | 0/100 same for both | |
| Distance to Brisbane | 329.6 km | 355.3 km +8% vs other |
| Drive time (normal traffic) | 227 min | 257 min |
| Electric vehicle share | 0.1% postcode 4671 same for both | |
| Rooftop solar per 100 dwellings | 70 postcode 4671 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.
Bars are drawn against the largest share shown (76.7%).
Setting
| Booyal | Good Night | |
|---|---|---|
| Elevation | 120 m above sea level, at the suburb centre | 105 m above sea level, at the suburb centre |
NBN connectivity
| Booyal | Good Night | |
|---|---|---|
| Connectivity score | 15/100 same for both | |
| Most common technology | Satellite (Sky Muster) same for both | |
| Full-fibre (FTTP) share | 0% 81 premises | 0% 55 premises |
Climate
| Booyal | Good Night | |
|---|---|---|
| Annual rainfall | 969 mm | 677 mm |
| Summer max (Jan) | 30.7°C | 32.5°C |
| Winter min (Jul) | 11.2°C | 8.2°C |
Council rates
| Booyal | Good Night | |
|---|---|---|
| Average residential rate | $1,773/yr same for both | |
| Council | Bundaberg same for both | |
Federal electorate
| Booyal | Good Night | |
|---|---|---|
| Division | Hinkler | Flynn |
| Member | David Batt | Colin Boyce |
| Party | Liberal National Party of Queensland same for both | |
First Home Owner Grant
| Booyal | Good Night | |
|---|---|---|
| Grant amount | $30,000 same for both | |
| Property price cap | $750,000 same for both | |
| Eligibility | New same for both | |
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Information shown is provided as-is from Australian government and commercial data sources.
Always verify with the relevant authority before making property decisions.
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