Buaraba vs Spring Creek

Spring Creek is the younger of the two, with a median age of 36 against 48 in Buaraba. In both, the large majority of households own their home, the large majority of homes are detached houses, and about half of households are couple families. On these figures, Buaraba tends to suit older residents, while Spring Creek suits young adults and 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

Too close to call

Nothing among the 6 things we measure here separates them by enough to be worth acting on.

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

Spring Creek

ahead on 2 of the 3 things we measure here

  • leaves renters under less rental stress (19% vs 30%)
  • has cheaper rent ($250/wk vs $360/wk)

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

Commuting to the city

Spring Creek

ahead on 2 of the 3 things we measure here

  • sits closer to the CBD (101 km vs 111.8 km)
  • has a shorter drive in (84 min vs 90 min)

Weighs distance, drive time, and walkability.

Downsizers and retirees

Buaraba

ahead on the one thing that separates them

  • has more residents already 65 and over (26% vs 8%)

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

Investors

Buaraba

ahead on the one thing that separates them

  • is growing faster (-6.1% vs -17.8%)

Weighs population growth.

Where they sit

Buaraba and Spring Creek 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 Spring Creek
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 Spring Creek
Walkability 0 / 0
Buaraba — Walkability: 0/100 Spring Creek — Walkability: 0/100
Safety 77 / 80
Buaraba — Safety: 77/100 Spring Creek — Safety: 80/100
Low fire risk 31 / 100
Buaraba — Low fire risk: 31/100 Spring Creek — Low fire risk: 100/100

Demographics

Spring Creek has more residents (494 vs 170); Buaraba rents higher ($360/wk vs $250/wk).

Buaraba Spring Creek
Population 170 494
+191% vs other
Population trend (2016 → 2021) -6.1% -17.8%
Median age 48 36
Median household income $63,336/yr $68,900/yr
+9% vs other
Median weekly rent $360/wk
+31% vs other
 $250/wk

Age profile

Share of residents in each band, 2021 Census.

Buaraba Spring Creek
0-4 5.9% / 3.0%
Buaraba — 0-4: 5.9% Spring Creek — 0-4: 3.0%
5-14 10.0% / 1.6%
Buaraba — 5-14: 10.0% Spring Creek — 5-14: 1.6%
15-19 5.3% / 3.0%
Buaraba — 15-19: 5.3% Spring Creek — 15-19: 3.0%
20-24 2.4% / 13.4%
Buaraba — 20-24: 2.4% Spring Creek — 20-24: 13.4%
25-34 12.4% / 26.5%
Buaraba — 25-34: 12.4% Spring Creek — 25-34: 26.5%
35-44 10.6% / 20.9%
Buaraba — 35-44: 10.6% Spring Creek — 35-44: 20.9%
45-54 14.1% / 12.8%
Buaraba — 45-54: 14.1% Spring Creek — 45-54: 12.8%
55-64 13.5% / 11.3%
Buaraba — 55-64: 13.5% Spring Creek — 55-64: 11.3%
65-74 17.1% / 6.3%
Buaraba — 65-74: 17.1% Spring Creek — 65-74: 6.3%
75-84 6.5% / 2.2%
Buaraba — 75-84: 6.5% Spring Creek — 75-84: 2.2%
85+ 2.4% / —
Buaraba — 85+: 2.4% Spring Creek — 85+: not among its largest

Bars are drawn against the largest share shown (26.5%).

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%
Spring Creek 46.2% couple families
Spring Creek — Couple Families: 46.2% Spring Creek — Lone Person: 38.5% Spring Creek — One Parent Families: 7.7% Spring Creek — Group Household: 7.7%
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%
Spring Creek 10.3% renting
Spring Creek — Owned Outright: 50.0% Spring Creek — Mortgage: 39.7% Spring Creek — Renting: 10.3%
Owned outright Mortgage Renting

Qualifications

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

Buaraba Spring Creek
Certificate III & IV 19.4% / 10.5%
Buaraba — Certificate III & IV: 19.4% Spring Creek — Certificate III & IV: 10.5%
Bachelor Degree 10.6% / 11.3%
Buaraba — Bachelor Degree: 10.6% Spring Creek — Bachelor Degree: 11.3%
Advanced Diploma / Diploma 8.2% / 2.2%
Buaraba — Advanced Diploma / Diploma: 8.2% Spring Creek — Advanced Diploma / Diploma: 2.2%
Postgraduate Degree 2.9% / 1.0%
Buaraba — Postgraduate Degree: 2.9% Spring Creek — Postgraduate Degree: 1.0%

Bars are drawn against the largest share shown (19.4%).

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.

Buaraba Spring Creek
New Zealand 5.9% / 4.3%
Buaraba — New Zealand: 5.9% Spring Creek — New Zealand: 4.3%
Vietnam 1.8% / 2.6%
Buaraba — Vietnam: 1.8% Spring Creek — Vietnam: 2.6%
England 2.9% / 1.0%
Buaraba — England: 2.9% Spring Creek — England: 1.0%
South Africa 1.8% / 1.4%
Buaraba — South Africa: 1.8% Spring Creek — South Africa: 1.4%
Zimbabwe — / 0.8%
Buaraba — Zimbabwe: not among its largest Spring Creek — Zimbabwe: 0.8%

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%
Spring Creek 100.0% houses
Spring Creek — Houses: 100.0%
Houses

Property market

Buaraba Spring Creek
Median house price — $940,000
Median unit price —
same for both
Median land price —
same for both

Development activity

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

Ranking within QLD

Buaraba Spring Creek
House price —
same for both
Income Higher than 29% of QLD Higher than 36% of QLD
Schools —
same for both
Walkability Higher than 48% of QLD Higher than 11% of QLD
Affordability —
same for both
EV adoption Higher than 52% of QLD Higher than 33% of QLD
NBN connectivity Higher than 34% of QLD Higher than 38% of QLD

Liveability

Buaraba Spring Creek
Grade —
same for both
Score —
same for both
Socio-economic band below-average income
decile 3/10
 below-average income
decile 2/10

Risk profile

Buaraba carries more bushfire risk (69 vs 0).

Buaraba Spring Creek
Bushfire Moderate
69/100
 None
0/100
Crime Low
23/100
 Low
20/100
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
 1
within 5 km

Schools

Buaraba Spring Creek
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 Spring Creek
Parks & reserves 1 0
Waterways 21 4

Mobility

Buaraba sits further from the CBD (111.8 km vs 101 km).

Buaraba Spring Creek
Walkability score 0/100
same for both
Distance to Brisbane 111.8 km
+10% vs other
 101 km
Drive time (normal traffic) 90 min 84 min
Electric vehicle share 0.3%
postcode 4311
 0.2%
postcode 4343
Rooftop solar per 100 dwellings 92
postcode 4311
 83
postcode 4343

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 Spring Creek
Car (driver) 56.1% / 62.8%
Buaraba — Car (driver): 56.1% Spring Creek — Car (driver): 62.8%
Worked from Home 38.6% / 23.3%
Buaraba — Worked from Home: 38.6% Spring Creek — Worked from Home: 23.3%
Car (passenger) 5.3% / 10.5%
Buaraba — Car (passenger): 5.3% Spring Creek — Car (passenger): 10.5%
Walked Only — / 3.5%
Buaraba — Walked Only: not among its largest Spring Creek — Walked Only: 3.5%

Bars are drawn against the largest share shown (62.8%).

Setting

Buaraba Spring Creek
Elevation 165 m
above sea level, at the suburb centre
 123 m
above sea level, at the suburb centre

NBN connectivity

Buaraba Spring Creek
Connectivity score 26/100 28/100
Most common technology Fixed wireless
same for both
Full-fibre (FTTP) share 0%
67 premises
 0%
125 premises

Climate

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

Federal electorate

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

First Home Owner Grant

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

Tags

Buaraba

Retirees Rural

Spring Creek

Multicultural Rural

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