Buaraba vs Churchable

Comparing Buaraba and Churchable, QLD: Buaraba carries more bushfire risk (69 vs 0); Churchable has more residents (256 vs 170); and Buaraba sits further from the CBD (111.8 km vs 95.6 km).

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

Buaraba

ahead on the one thing that separates them

  • carries lower crime risk (23/100 vs 62/100)

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

First-home buyers

Too close to call

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

Weighs mortgage stress.

Renters

They split

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

  • Buaraba has a bigger rental market to choose from (18% vs 8%)
  • Churchable leaves renters under less rental stress (23% vs 30%)

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

Commuting to the city

Churchable

ahead on 2 of the 3 things we measure here

  • sits closer to the CBD (95.6 km vs 111.8 km)
  • has a shorter drive in (82 min vs 90 min)

Weighs distance, drive time, and walkability.

Downsizers and retirees

Buaraba

ahead on the one thing that separates them

  • carries lower crime risk (23/100 vs 62/100)

Weighs 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

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

Buaraba Churchable
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.

Buaraba Churchable
Walkability 0 / 0
Buaraba — Walkability: 0/100 Churchable — Walkability: 0/100
Safety 77 / 38
Buaraba — Safety: 77/100 Churchable — Safety: 38/100
Low fire risk 31 / 100
Buaraba — Low fire risk: 31/100 Churchable — Low fire risk: 100/100

Demographics

Churchable has more residents (256 vs 170); Churchable has higher household incomes ($82,836 vs $63,336).

Buaraba Churchable
Population 170 256
+51% vs other
Population trend (2016 → 2021) -6.1% -1.9%
Median age 48
same for both
Median household income $63,336/yr $82,836/yr
+31% vs other
Median weekly rent $360/wk
same for both

Age profile

Share of residents in each band, 2021 Census.

Buaraba Churchable
0-4 5.9% / 4.3%
Buaraba — 0-4: 5.9% Churchable — 0-4: 4.3%
5-14 10.0% / 9.0%
Buaraba — 5-14: 10.0% Churchable — 5-14: 9.0%
15-19 5.3% / 4.7%
Buaraba — 15-19: 5.3% Churchable — 15-19: 4.7%
20-24 2.4% / 3.1%
Buaraba — 20-24: 2.4% Churchable — 20-24: 3.1%
25-34 12.4% / 12.5%
Buaraba — 25-34: 12.4% Churchable — 25-34: 12.5%
35-44 10.6% / 8.2%
Buaraba — 35-44: 10.6% Churchable — 35-44: 8.2%
45-54 14.1% / 21.5%
Buaraba — 45-54: 14.1% Churchable — 45-54: 21.5%
55-64 13.5% / 15.6%
Buaraba — 55-64: 13.5% Churchable — 55-64: 15.6%
65-74 17.1% / 16.0%
Buaraba — 65-74: 17.1% Churchable — 65-74: 16.0%
75-84 6.5% / 3.9%
Buaraba — 75-84: 6.5% Churchable — 75-84: 3.9%
85+ 2.4% / 2.0%
Buaraba — 85+: 2.4% Churchable — 85+: 2.0%

Bars are drawn against the largest share shown (21.5%).

Who lives together

Household composition, 2021 Census.

Buaraba 48.1% couple families
Buaraba — Couple Families: 48.1% Buaraba — Lone Person: 29.6% Buaraba — One Parent Families: 11.1% Buaraba — Group Household: 11.1%
Churchable 46.6% couple families
Churchable — Couple Families: 46.6% Churchable — Lone Person: 29.3% Churchable — One Parent Families: 19.0% Churchable — Group Household: 5.2%
Couple Families Lone Person One Parent Families Group Household

Who owns and who rents

Occupied private dwellings by tenure, 2021 Census.

Buaraba 18.0% renting
Buaraba — Owned Outright: 54.0% Buaraba — Mortgage: 28.0% Buaraba — Renting: 18.0%
Churchable 7.9% renting
Churchable — Owned Outright: 37.1% Churchable — Mortgage: 55.1% Churchable — Renting: 7.9%
Owned outright Mortgage Renting

Qualifications

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

Buaraba Churchable
Certificate III & IV 19.4% / 22.7%
Buaraba — Certificate III & IV: 19.4% Churchable — Certificate III & IV: 22.7%
Bachelor Degree 10.6% / 7.4%
Buaraba — Bachelor Degree: 10.6% Churchable — Bachelor Degree: 7.4%
Advanced Diploma / Diploma 8.2% / 6.2%
Buaraba — Advanced Diploma / Diploma: 8.2% Churchable — Advanced Diploma / Diploma: 6.2%
Postgraduate Degree 2.9% / —
Buaraba — Postgraduate Degree: 2.9% Churchable — Postgraduate Degree: not among its largest
Graduate Diploma / Certificate — / 1.2%
Buaraba — Graduate Diploma / Certificate: not among its largest Churchable — Graduate Diploma / Certificate: 1.2%

Bars are drawn against the largest share shown (22.7%).

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.

Buaraba Churchable
New Zealand 5.9% / 2.3%
Buaraba — New Zealand: 5.9% Churchable — New Zealand: 2.3%
England 2.9% / 2.3%
Buaraba — England: 2.9% Churchable — England: 2.3%
Vietnam 1.8% / 2.7%
Buaraba — Vietnam: 1.8% Churchable — Vietnam: 2.7%
Ireland — / 2.0%
Buaraba — Ireland: not among its largest Churchable — Ireland: 2.0%
South Africa 1.8% / —
Buaraba — South Africa: 1.8% Churchable — South Africa: not among its largest
Philippines — / 1.2%
Buaraba — Philippines: not among its largest Churchable — Philippines: 1.2%

Bars are drawn against the largest share shown (5.9%).

What people live in

Occupied private dwellings by structure, 2021 Census.

Buaraba 100.0% houses
Buaraba — Houses: 100.0%
Churchable 100.0% houses
Churchable — Houses: 100.0%
Houses

Property market

Buaraba Churchable
Median house price — $865,000
Median unit price —
same for both
Median land price —
same for both

Development activity

Buaraba Churchable
New dwellings approved 363
across Somerset
 352
across Lockyer Valley
Approvals change year on year +375% +103%

Ranking within QLD

Buaraba Churchable
House price —
same for both
Income Higher than 29% of QLD Higher than 54% of QLD
Schools —
same for both
Walkability Higher than 48% of QLD Higher than 20% of QLD
Affordability —
same for both
EV adoption Higher than 52% of QLD
same for both
NBN connectivity Higher than 34% of QLD Higher than 42% of QLD

Liveability

Buaraba Churchable
Grade —
same for both
Score —
same for both
Socio-economic band below-average income
decile 3/10
same for both

Risk profile

Buaraba carries more bushfire risk (69 vs 0); Churchable carries more crime risk (62 vs 23).

Buaraba Churchable
Bushfire Moderate
69/100
 None
0/100
Crime Low
23/100
 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 0
within 5 km
 2
within 5 km

Schools

Buaraba Churchable
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

Buaraba Churchable
Parks & reserves 1 0
Waterways 21 2

Mobility

Buaraba sits further from the CBD (111.8 km vs 95.6 km).

Buaraba Churchable
Walkability score 0/100
same for both
Distance to Brisbane 111.8 km
+14% vs other
 95.6 km
Drive time (normal traffic) 90 min 82 min
Electric vehicle share 0.3%
postcode 4311
same for both
Rooftop solar per 100 dwellings 92
postcode 4311
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.

Buaraba Churchable
Car (driver) 56.1% / 58.9%
Buaraba — Car (driver): 56.1% Churchable — Car (driver): 58.9%
Worked from Home 38.6% / 28.9%
Buaraba — Worked from Home: 38.6% Churchable — Worked from Home: 28.9%
Car (passenger) 5.3% / 4.4%
Buaraba — Car (passenger): 5.3% Churchable — Car (passenger): 4.4%
Walked Only — / 7.8%
Buaraba — Walked Only: not among its largest Churchable — Walked Only: 7.8%

Bars are drawn against the largest share shown (58.9%).

Setting

Buaraba Churchable
Elevation 165 m
above sea level, at the suburb centre
 130 m
above sea level, at the suburb centre

NBN connectivity

Buaraba Churchable
Connectivity score 26/100 29/100
Most common technology Fixed wireless
same for both
Full-fibre (FTTP) share 0%
67 premises
 0%
121 premises

Climate

Buaraba Churchable
Annual rainfall 697 mm
same for both
Summer max (Jan) 31.9°C
same for both
Winter min (Jul) 7.1°C
same for both

Council rates

Buaraba Churchable
Average residential rate $1,063/yr $1,952/yr
Council Somerset Lockyer Valley

Federal electorate

Buaraba Churchable
Division Blair Wright
Member Shayne Neumann Scott Buchholz
Party Australian Labor Party Liberal National Party of Queensland

First Home Owner Grant

Buaraba Churchable
Grant amount $30,000
same for both
Property price cap $750,000
same for both
Eligibility New
same for both

Tags

Buaraba

Retirees Rural

Churchable

Rural

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