Castle Creek vs Prospect
In both, the large majority of households own their home, the large majority of homes are detached houses, and most households are couple families. On these figures, Castle Creek tends to suit families with children and couples.
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
Castle Creek
ahead on the one thing that separates them
- is already more of a family suburb (100% vs 83%)
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
Castle Creek
ahead on 2 of the 2 things we measure here
- leaves renters under less rental stress (4% vs 12%)
- has cheaper rent ($125/wk vs $243/wk)
Weighs rent and rental stress.
Commuting to the city
Prospect
ahead on 2 of the 3 things we measure here
- has a shorter drive in (410 min vs 454 min)
- sits closer to the CBD (587.6 km vs 618.7 km)
Weighs distance, drive time, and walkability.
Downsizers and retirees
Prospect
ahead on the one thing that separates them
- has more residents already 65 and over (11% vs 5%)
Weighs who already lives there, GPs, walkability, and crime.
Investors
Castle Creek
ahead on the one thing that separates them
- is growing faster (111.1% vs -2.7%)
Weighs population growth.
Where they sit
Castle Creek and Prospect 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
Prospect has more residents (289 vs 57); Prospect rents higher ($243/wk vs $125/wk).
| Castle Creek | Prospect | |
|---|---|---|
| Population | 57 | 289 +407% vs other |
| Population trend (2016 → 2021) | +111.1% | -2.7% |
| Median age | 38 | 39 |
| Median household income | $162,448/yr +33% vs other | $109,200/yr |
| Median weekly rent | $125/wk | $243/wk +94% vs other |
Age profile
Share of residents in each band, 2021 Census.
Bars are drawn against the largest share shown (28.1%).
Who lives together
Household composition, 2021 Census.
Who owns and who rents
Occupied private dwellings by tenure, 2021 Census.
What people live in
Occupied private dwellings by structure, 2021 Census.
Qualifications
Highest non-school qualification, residents 15+, 2021 Census.
Bars are drawn against the largest share shown (19.7%).
Development activity
| Castle Creek | Prospect | |
|---|---|---|
| New dwellings approved | 17 across Banana same for both | |
| Approvals change year on year | -93% same for both | |
Ranking within QLD
| Castle Creek | Prospect | |
|---|---|---|
| House price | — same for both | |
| Income | Higher than 98% of QLD | Higher than 81% of QLD |
| Schools | — same for both | |
| Walkability | Higher than 56% of QLD | Higher than 63% of QLD |
| Affordability | — same for both | |
| EV adoption | Higher than 5% of QLD same for both | |
| NBN connectivity | Higher than 19% of QLD | Higher than 37% of QLD |
Liveability
| Castle Creek | Prospect | |
|---|---|---|
| Grade | — same for both | |
| Score | — same for both | |
| Socio-economic band | very advantaged area decile 10/10 | advantaged area decile 8/10 |
Risk profile
| Castle Creek | Prospect | |
|---|---|---|
| Bushfire | Moderate 54/100 same for both | |
| Crime | Low 13/100 | Low 19/100 |
| 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
| Castle Creek | Prospect | |
|---|---|---|
| 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 Castle Creek
No schools recorded inside this suburb's boundary. Children here will be zoned to schools nearby.
Schools in Prospect
- Prospect Creek State School Government · Primary
Amenities in the suburb
| Castle Creek | Prospect | |
|---|---|---|
| Waterways | 7 | 12 |
Mobility
Castle Creek sits further from the CBD (618.7 km vs 587.6 km).
| Castle Creek | Prospect | |
|---|---|---|
| Walkability score | 0/100 same for both | |
| Distance to Brisbane | 618.7 km +5% vs other | 587.6 km |
| Drive time (normal traffic) | 454 min | 410 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.
Bars are drawn against the largest share shown (67.7%).
Setting
| Castle Creek | Prospect | |
|---|---|---|
| Elevation | 351 m above sea level, at the suburb centre | 217 m above sea level, at the suburb centre |
NBN connectivity
| Castle Creek | Prospect | |
|---|---|---|
| Connectivity score | 15/100 | 27/100 |
| Most common technology | Satellite (Sky Muster) | Fixed wireless |
| Full-fibre (FTTP) share | 0% 10 premises | 0% 102 premises |
Climate
| Castle Creek | Prospect | |
|---|---|---|
| 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
| Castle Creek | Prospect | |
|---|---|---|
| Average residential rate | $1,081/yr same for both | |
| Council | Banana same for both | |
Federal electorate
| Castle Creek | Prospect | |
|---|---|---|
| Division | Flynn same for both | |
| Member | Colin Boyce same for both | |
| Party | Liberal National Party of Queensland same for both | |
First Home Owner Grant
| Castle Creek | Prospect | |
|---|---|---|
| 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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