Breddan vs Toll

Toll is the younger of the two, with a median age of 40 against 46 in Breddan. In both, the large majority of households own their home and the large majority of homes are detached houses. In Breddan, about half of households are couple families. In Toll, most households are couple families. Houses cost more in Breddan: a median of $785,000, against $491,000 in Toll, and rent is higher there too. On these figures, Toll tends to suit families with children and buyers on a tighter budget.

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

Toll

ahead on the one thing that separates them

  • carries lower crime risk (27/100 vs 58/100)

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

First-home buyers

Toll

ahead on the one thing that separates them

  • has cheaper houses ($491,250 vs $785,000)

Weighs house prices and mortgage stress.

Renters

Toll

ahead on 3 of the 3 things we measure here

  • has a bigger rental market to choose from (17% vs 6%)
  • leaves renters under less rental stress (12% vs 20%)
  • has cheaper rent ($220/wk vs $360/wk)

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

Commuting to the city

Toll

ahead on 2 of the 3 things we measure here

  • has a shorter drive in (921 min vs 930 min)
  • sits closer to the CBD (1360 km vs 1372.2 km)

Weighs distance, drive time, and walkability.

Downsizers and retirees

Toll

ahead on the one thing that separates them

  • carries lower crime risk (27/100 vs 58/100)

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

Investors

Too close to call

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

Weighs population growth.

Where they sit

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

Breddan Toll
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.

Breddan Toll
Walkability 0 / 4
Breddan — Walkability: 0/100 Toll — Walkability: 4/100
Safety 42 / 73
Breddan — Safety: 42/100 Toll — Safety: 73/100
Low fire risk 100 / 100
Breddan — Low fire risk: 100/100 Toll — Low fire risk: 100/100

Demographics

Breddan rents higher ($360/wk vs $220/wk); Toll has more residents (711 vs 478).

Breddan Toll
Population 478 711
+49% vs other
Population trend (2016 → 2021) -1.4% +2.2%
Median age 46 40
Median household income $95,316/yr $98,748/yr
+4% vs other
Median weekly rent $360/wk
+39% vs other
 $220/wk

Age profile

Share of residents in each band, 2021 Census.

Breddan Toll
0-4 4.0% / 5.5%
Breddan — 0-4: 4.0% Toll — 0-4: 5.5%
5-14 13.4% / 18.1%
Breddan — 5-14: 13.4% Toll — 5-14: 18.1%
15-19 7.3% / 5.1%
Breddan — 15-19: 7.3% Toll — 15-19: 5.1%
20-24 3.3% / 4.1%
Breddan — 20-24: 3.3% Toll — 20-24: 4.1%
25-34 9.2% / 11.3%
Breddan — 25-34: 9.2% Toll — 25-34: 11.3%
35-44 10.9% / 13.2%
Breddan — 35-44: 10.9% Toll — 35-44: 13.2%
45-54 15.9% / 16.6%
Breddan — 45-54: 15.9% Toll — 45-54: 16.6%
55-64 15.3% / 9.1%
Breddan — 55-64: 15.3% Toll — 55-64: 9.1%
65-74 13.2% / 13.4%
Breddan — 65-74: 13.2% Toll — 65-74: 13.4%
75-84 5.9% / 4.5%
Breddan — 75-84: 5.9% Toll — 75-84: 4.5%
85+ 1.3% / 0.6%
Breddan — 85+: 1.3% Toll — 85+: 0.6%

Bars are drawn against the largest share shown (18.1%).

Who lives together

Household composition, 2021 Census.

Breddan 50.0% couple families
Breddan — Couple Families: 50.0% Breddan — Lone Person: 35.2% Breddan — One Parent Families: 12.0% Breddan — Other Families: 2.8%
Toll 55.3% couple families
Toll — Couple Families: 55.3% Toll — Lone Person: 28.7% Toll — One Parent Families: 13.3% Toll — Other Families: 2.7%
Couple Families Lone Person One Parent Families Other Families

Who owns and who rents

Occupied private dwellings by tenure, 2021 Census.

Breddan 6.2% renting
Breddan — Owned Outright: 50.0% Breddan — Mortgage: 43.8% Breddan — Renting: 6.2%
Toll 17.0% renting
Toll — Owned Outright: 37.4% Toll — Mortgage: 45.7% Toll — Renting: 17.0%
Owned outright Mortgage Renting

Qualifications

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

Breddan Toll
Certificate III & IV 20.9% / 14.6%
Breddan — Certificate III & IV: 20.9% Toll — Certificate III & IV: 14.6%
Bachelor Degree 6.3% / 10.8%
Breddan — Bachelor Degree: 6.3% Toll — Bachelor Degree: 10.8%
Advanced Diploma / Diploma 4.0% / 4.9%
Breddan — Advanced Diploma / Diploma: 4.0% Toll — Advanced Diploma / Diploma: 4.9%
Graduate Diploma / Certificate 0.8% / 2.0%
Breddan — Graduate Diploma / Certificate: 0.8% Toll — Graduate Diploma / Certificate: 2.0%
Postgraduate Degree 1.0% / 1.3%
Breddan — Postgraduate Degree: 1.0% Toll — Postgraduate Degree: 1.3%

Bars are drawn against the largest share shown (20.9%).

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.

Breddan Toll
New Zealand 1.0% / 2.0%
Breddan — New Zealand: 1.0% Toll — New Zealand: 2.0%
England 0.6% / 1.0%
Breddan — England: 0.6% Toll — England: 1.0%
South Africa 0.8% / 0.4%
Breddan — South Africa: 0.8% Toll — South Africa: 0.4%
India — / 1.0%
Breddan — India: not among its largest Toll — India: 1.0%
Philippines — / 0.8%
Breddan — Philippines: not among its largest Toll — Philippines: 0.8%
Ireland — / 0.8%
Breddan — Ireland: not among its largest Toll — Ireland: 0.8%
Germany 0.6% / —
Breddan — Germany: 0.6% Toll — Germany: not among its largest

Bars are drawn against the largest share shown (2.0%).

What people live in

Occupied private dwellings by structure, 2021 Census.

Breddan 93.7% houses
Breddan — Houses: 93.7% Breddan — Flats / Apartments: 2.5% Breddan — Townhouses: 3.8%
Toll 91.3% houses
Toll — Houses: 91.3% Toll — Flats / Apartments: 6.2% Toll — Townhouses: 2.5%
Houses Flats / Apartments Townhouses

Property market

Breddan Toll
Median house price $785,000 $491,250
Median unit price —
same for both
Median land price —
same for both

Development activity

Breddan Toll
New dwellings approved 24
across Charters Towers
same for both
Approvals change year on year -67%
same for both

Ranking within QLD

Breddan Toll
House price —
same for both
Income Higher than 69% of QLD Higher than 73% of QLD
Schools —
same for both
Walkability Higher than 28% of QLD Higher than 68% of QLD
Affordability —
same for both
EV adoption Higher than 23% of QLD
same for both
NBN connectivity Higher than 34% of QLD Higher than 72% of QLD

Liveability

Breddan Toll
Grade — B
Score — 52/100
Socio-economic band mid-range socio-economic
decile 4/10
same for both

Risk profile

Breddan carries more crime risk (58 vs 27).

Breddan Toll
Bushfire None
0/100
same for both
Crime Moderate
58/100
 Low
27/100
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

Breddan Toll
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

Breddan Toll
Waterways 10 0

Mobility

Breddan sits further from the CBD (1372.2 km vs 1360 km).

Breddan Toll
Walkability score 0/100 4/100
Distance to Brisbane 1372.2 km 1360 km
Drive time (normal traffic) 930 min 921 min
Electric vehicle share 0.2%
postcode 4820
same for both
Rooftop solar per 100 dwellings 49
postcode 4820
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.

Breddan Toll
Car (driver) 76.1% / 78.7%
Breddan — Car (driver): 76.1% Toll — Car (driver): 78.7%
Worked from Home 16.7% / 10.0%
Breddan — Worked from Home: 16.7% Toll — Worked from Home: 10.0%
Bus 5.6% / 4.5%
Breddan — Bus: 5.6% Toll — Bus: 4.5%
Car (passenger) 1.7% / 5.8%
Breddan — Car (passenger): 1.7% Toll — Car (passenger): 5.8%
Bicycle — / 1.0%
Breddan — Bicycle: not among its largest Toll — Bicycle: 1.0%

Bars are drawn against the largest share shown (78.7%).

Setting

Breddan Toll
Elevation 257 m
above sea level, at the suburb centre
 294 m
above sea level, at the suburb centre

NBN connectivity

Breddan Toll
Connectivity score 26/100 58/100
Most common technology Fixed wireless Fibre to the node
Full-fibre (FTTP) share 0%
180 premises
 26%
291 premises

Climate

Breddan Toll
Annual rainfall 690 mm
same for both
Summer max (Jan) 33.9°C
same for both
Winter min (Jul) 12.0°C
same for both

Council rates

Breddan Toll
Average residential rate $1,328/yr
same for both
Council Charters Towers
same for both

Federal electorate

Breddan Toll
Division Kennedy
same for both
Member Bob Katter
same for both
Party Katter's Australian Party (KAP)
same for both

First Home Owner Grant

Breddan Toll
Grant amount $30,000
same for both
Property price cap $750,000
same for both
Eligibility New
same for both

Tags

Breddan

Rural

Toll

Acreage Affordable Family

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