Callide vs Mount Murchison

Callide is the younger of the two, with a median age of 35 against 43 in Mount Murchison. In both, most households own their home, most homes are detached houses, and most households are couple families.

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

  • Callide has more separate houses rather than flats (96% vs 73%)
  • Mount Murchison carries lower crime risk (39/100 vs 82/100)

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

Callide

ahead on 2 of the 3 things we measure here

  • leaves renters under less rental stress (8% vs 14%)
  • has cheaper rent ($200/wk vs $300/wk)
  • But Mount Murchison has a bigger rental market to choose from (33% vs 23%)

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

Commuting to the city

Mount Murchison

ahead on 2 of the 3 things we measure here

  • sits closer to the CBD (581.5 km vs 594.9 km)
  • has a shorter drive in (411 min vs 418 min)

Weighs distance, drive time, and walkability.

Downsizers and retirees

Mount Murchison

ahead on 3 of the 5 things we measure here

  • has more units and townhouses to downsize into (27% vs 4%)
  • carries lower crime risk (39/100 vs 82/100)
  • has more residents already 65 and over (22% vs 15%)

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

Investors

Callide

ahead on the one thing that separates them

  • is growing faster (-7.0% vs -14.1%)

Weighs population growth.

Where they sit

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

Callide Mount Murchison
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.

Callide Mount Murchison
Walkability 0 / 0
Callide — Walkability: 0/100 Mount Murchison — Walkability: 0/100
Safety 18 / 61
Callide — Safety: 18/100 Mount Murchison — Safety: 61/100
Low fire risk 43 / 44
Callide — Low fire risk: 43/100 Mount Murchison — Low fire risk: 44/100

Demographics

Mount Murchison has more residents (128 vs 80); Mount Murchison rents higher ($300/wk vs $200/wk).

Callide Mount Murchison
Population 80 128
+60% vs other
Population trend (2016 → 2021) -7.0% -14.1%
Median age 35 43
Median household income $125,632/yr
+9% vs other
 $114,816/yr
Median weekly rent $200/wk $300/wk
+50% vs other

Age profile

Share of residents in each band, 2021 Census.

Callide Mount Murchison
0-4 5.0% / 3.9%
Callide — 0-4: 5.0% Mount Murchison — 0-4: 3.9%
5-14 15.0% / 18.8%
Callide — 5-14: 15.0% Mount Murchison — 5-14: 18.8%
15-19 10.0% / 6.2%
Callide — 15-19: 10.0% Mount Murchison — 15-19: 6.2%
20-24 — / 3.1%
Callide — 20-24: not among its largest Mount Murchison — 20-24: 3.1%
25-34 22.5% / 10.9%
Callide — 25-34: 22.5% Mount Murchison — 25-34: 10.9%
35-44 5.0% / 7.0%
Callide — 35-44: 5.0% Mount Murchison — 35-44: 7.0%
45-54 11.2% / 16.4%
Callide — 45-54: 11.2% Mount Murchison — 45-54: 16.4%
55-64 16.2% / 7.8%
Callide — 55-64: 16.2% Mount Murchison — 55-64: 7.8%
65-74 6.2% / 7.8%
Callide — 65-74: 6.2% Mount Murchison — 65-74: 7.8%
75-84 8.8% / 11.7%
Callide — 75-84: 8.8% Mount Murchison — 75-84: 11.7%
85+ — / 2.3%
Callide — 85+: not among its largest Mount Murchison — 85+: 2.3%

Bars are drawn against the largest share shown (22.5%).

Who lives together

Household composition, 2021 Census.

Callide 55.6% couple families
Callide — Couple Families: 55.6% Callide — Lone Person: 27.8% Callide — One Parent Families: 16.7%
Mount Murchison 57.1% couple families
Mount Murchison — Couple Families: 57.1% Mount Murchison — Lone Person: 31.4% Mount Murchison — One Parent Families: 11.4%
Couple Families Lone Person One Parent Families

Who owns and who rents

Occupied private dwellings by tenure, 2021 Census.

Callide 22.7% renting
Callide — Owned Outright: 22.7% Callide — Mortgage: 54.5% Callide — Renting: 22.7%
Mount Murchison 33.3% renting
Mount Murchison — Owned Outright: 36.7% Mount Murchison — Mortgage: 30.0% Mount Murchison — Renting: 33.3%
Owned outright Mortgage Renting

What people live in

Occupied private dwellings by structure, 2021 Census.

Callide 95.8% houses
Callide — Houses: 95.8% Callide — Flats / Apartments: 4.2% Callide — Townhouses: 0.0%
Mount Murchison 73.2% houses
Mount Murchison — Houses: 73.2% Mount Murchison — Flats / Apartments: 12.2% Mount Murchison — Townhouses: 14.6%
Houses Flats / Apartments Townhouses

Qualifications

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

Callide Mount Murchison
Certificate III & IV 18.8% / 20.3%
Callide — Certificate III & IV: 18.8% Mount Murchison — Certificate III & IV: 20.3%
Bachelor Degree 11.2% / 10.2%
Callide — Bachelor Degree: 11.2% Mount Murchison — Bachelor Degree: 10.2%
Advanced Diploma / Diploma 8.8% / 2.3%
Callide — Advanced Diploma / Diploma: 8.8% Mount Murchison — Advanced Diploma / Diploma: 2.3%

Bars are drawn against the largest share shown (20.3%).

Development activity

Callide Mount Murchison
New dwellings approved 17
across Banana
same for both
Approvals change year on year -93%
same for both

Ranking within QLD

Callide Mount Murchison
House price —
same for both
Income Higher than 92% of QLD Higher than 85% of QLD
Schools —
same for both
Walkability Higher than 29% of QLD Higher than 56% of QLD
Affordability —
same for both
EV adoption Higher than 5% of QLD
same for both
NBN connectivity Higher than 39% of QLD Higher than 46% of QLD

Liveability

Callide Mount Murchison
Grade —
same for both
Score —
same for both
Socio-economic band mid-range socio-economic
decile 5/10
 mid-range socio-economic
decile 6/10

Risk profile

Callide carries more crime risk (82 vs 39).

Callide Mount Murchison
Bushfire Moderate
57/100
 Moderate
56/100
Crime High
82/100
 Low
39/100
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
 3
within 5 km

Schools

Callide Mount Murchison
Inside the suburb 0 1
Rated above peers 0
same for both
Rated at peers 0
same for both
Rated below peers 0
same for both

Schools in Callide

No schools recorded inside this suburb's boundary. Children here will be zoned to schools nearby.

Schools in Mount Murchison

  • Mount Murchison State School Government · Primary

Amenities in the suburb

Callide Mount Murchison
Parks & reserves 0 1
Waterways 2 3

Mobility

Callide sits further from the CBD (594.9 km vs 581.5 km).

Callide Mount Murchison
Walkability score 0/100
same for both
Distance to Brisbane 594.9 km
+2% vs other
 581.5 km
Drive time (normal traffic) 418 min 411 min
Electric vehicle share 0.1%
postcode 4715
same for both
Rooftop solar per 100 dwellings 47
postcode 4715
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.

Callide Mount Murchison
Car (driver) 64.9% / 85.1%
Callide — Car (driver): 64.9% Mount Murchison — Car (driver): 85.1%
Worked from Home 13.5% / 6.4%
Callide — Worked from Home: 13.5% Mount Murchison — Worked from Home: 6.4%
Walked Only 8.1% / 8.5%
Callide — Walked Only: 8.1% Mount Murchison — Walked Only: 8.5%
Car (passenger) 13.5% / —
Callide — Car (passenger): 13.5% Mount Murchison — Car (passenger): not among its largest

Bars are drawn against the largest share shown (85.1%).

Setting

Callide Mount Murchison
Elevation 193 m
above sea level, at the suburb centre
 278 m
above sea level, at the suburb centre

NBN connectivity

Callide Mount Murchison
Connectivity score 28/100 29/100
Most common technology Fixed wireless
same for both
Full-fibre (FTTP) share 0%
24 premises
 0%
53 premises

Climate

Callide Mount Murchison
Annual rainfall 606 mm
same for both
Summer max (Jan) 33.4°C
same for both
Winter min (Jul) 6.6°C
same for both

Council rates

Callide Mount Murchison
Average residential rate $1,081/yr
same for both
Council Banana
same for both

Federal electorate

Callide Mount Murchison
Division Flynn
same for both
Member Colin Boyce
same for both
Party Liberal National Party of Queensland
same for both

First Home Owner Grant

Callide Mount Murchison
Grant amount $30,000
same for both
Property price cap $750,000
same for both
Eligibility New
same for both

Tags

Callide

Rural

Mount Murchison

Family Rural

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