Castle Creek vs Thangool

Castle Creek is the younger of the two, with a median age of 38 against 43 in Thangool. In both, the large majority of households own their home and the large majority of homes are detached houses. In Castle Creek, the large majority of households are couple families. On these figures, Castle Creek tends to suit families with children and couples, while Thangool suits older residents.

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 2 of the 6 things we measure here

  • is already more of a family suburb (100% vs 49%)
  • carries lower crime risk (13/100 vs 24/100)
  • But Thangool has more parks and reserves (3 vs 0)

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 $200/wk)

Weighs rent and rental stress.

Commuting to the city

Thangool

ahead on 2 of the 3 things we measure here

  • has a shorter drive in (389 min vs 454 min)
  • sits closer to the CBD (552.2 km vs 618.7 km)

Weighs distance, drive time, and walkability.

Downsizers and retirees

They split

one each way, out of the 4 things we measure here

  • Castle Creek carries lower crime risk (13/100 vs 24/100)
  • Thangool has more residents already 65 and over (21% 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 -7.6%)

Weighs population growth.

Where they sit

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

Castle Creek Thangool
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.

Castle Creek Thangool
Walkability 0 / 0
Castle Creek — Walkability: 0/100 Thangool — Walkability: 0/100
Safety 87 / 76
Castle Creek — Safety: 87/100 Thangool — Safety: 76/100
Low fire risk 46 / 51
Castle Creek — Low fire risk: 46/100 Thangool — Low fire risk: 51/100

Demographics

Thangool has more residents (685 vs 57); Castle Creek has higher household incomes ($162,448 vs $83,772).

Castle Creek Thangool
Population 57 685
+1102% vs other
Population trend (2016 → 2021) +111.1% -7.6%
Median age 38 43
Median household income $162,448/yr
+48% vs other
 $83,772/yr
Median weekly rent $125/wk $200/wk
+60% vs other

Age profile

Share of residents in each band, 2021 Census.

Castle Creek Thangool
0-4 7.0% / 5.1%
Castle Creek — 0-4: 7.0% Thangool — 0-4: 5.1%
5-14 22.8% / 15.0%
Castle Creek — 5-14: 22.8% Thangool — 5-14: 15.0%
15-19 — / 5.3%
Castle Creek — 15-19: not among its largest Thangool — 15-19: 5.3%
20-24 — / 4.1%
Castle Creek — 20-24: not among its largest Thangool — 20-24: 4.1%
25-34 17.5% / 10.5%
Castle Creek — 25-34: 17.5% Thangool — 25-34: 10.5%
35-44 — / 13.0%
Castle Creek — 35-44: not among its largest Thangool — 35-44: 13.0%
45-54 15.8% / 11.7%
Castle Creek — 45-54: 15.8% Thangool — 45-54: 11.7%
55-64 28.1% / 15.9%
Castle Creek — 55-64: 28.1% Thangool — 55-64: 15.9%
65-74 5.3% / 12.8%
Castle Creek — 65-74: 5.3% Thangool — 65-74: 12.8%
75-84 — / 7.4%
Castle Creek — 75-84: not among its largest Thangool — 75-84: 7.4%
85+ — / 0.9%
Castle Creek — 85+: not among its largest Thangool — 85+: 0.9%

Bars are drawn against the largest share shown (28.1%).

Who lives together

Household composition, 2021 Census.

Castle Creek 100.0% couple families
Castle Creek — Couple Families: 100.0% Castle Creek — Lone Person: 0.0% Castle Creek — Group Household: 0.0% Castle Creek — One Parent Families: 0.0% Castle Creek — Other Families: 0.0%
Thangool 44.9% couple families
Thangool — Couple Families: 44.9% Thangool — Lone Person: 42.5% Thangool — Group Household: 5.4% Thangool — One Parent Families: 4.2% Thangool — Other Families: 3.0%
Couple Families Lone Person Group Household One Parent Families Other Families

Who owns and who rents

Occupied private dwellings by tenure, 2021 Census.

Castle Creek 0.0% renting
Castle Creek — Owned Outright: 100.0% Castle Creek — Mortgage: 0.0% Castle Creek — Renting: 0.0%
Thangool 24.4% renting
Thangool — Owned Outright: 39.0% Thangool — Mortgage: 36.6% Thangool — Renting: 24.4%
Owned outright Mortgage Renting

What people live in

Occupied private dwellings by structure, 2021 Census.

Castle Creek 100.0% houses
Castle Creek — Houses: 100.0% Castle Creek — Flats / Apartments: 0.0%
Thangool 96.3% houses
Thangool — Houses: 96.3% Thangool — Flats / Apartments: 3.7%
Houses Flats / Apartments

Qualifications

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

Castle Creek Thangool
Certificate III & IV 8.8% / 19.1%
Castle Creek — Certificate III & IV: 8.8% Thangool — Certificate III & IV: 19.1%
Bachelor Degree 5.3% / 4.2%
Castle Creek — Bachelor Degree: 5.3% Thangool — Bachelor Degree: 4.2%
Advanced Diploma / Diploma 5.3% / 4.1%
Castle Creek — Advanced Diploma / Diploma: 5.3% Thangool — Advanced Diploma / Diploma: 4.1%
Postgraduate Degree — / 0.4%
Castle Creek — Postgraduate Degree: not among its largest Thangool — Postgraduate Degree: 0.4%
Graduate Diploma / Certificate — / 0.4%
Castle Creek — Graduate Diploma / Certificate: not among its largest Thangool — Graduate Diploma / Certificate: 0.4%

Bars are drawn against the largest share shown (19.1%).

Property market

Castle Creek Thangool
Median house price — $300,000
Median unit price —
same for both
Median land price — $70,000

Development activity

Castle Creek Thangool
New dwellings approved 17
across Banana
same for both
Approvals change year on year -93%
same for both

Ranking within QLD

Castle Creek Thangool
House price —
same for both
Income Higher than 98% of QLD Higher than 55% of QLD
Schools —
same for both
Walkability Higher than 56% of QLD Higher than 17% of QLD
Affordability —
same for both
EV adoption Higher than 5% of QLD —
NBN connectivity Higher than 19% of QLD Higher than 42% of QLD

Liveability

Castle Creek Thangool
Grade — D
Score — 33/100
Socio-economic band very advantaged area
decile 10/10
 below-average income
decile 3/10

Risk profile

Thangool carries more crime risk (24 vs 13).

Castle Creek Thangool
Bushfire Moderate
54/100
 Moderate
49/100
Crime Low
13/100
 Low
24/100
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 Thangool
Inside the suburb 0 1
Rated above peers 0
same for both
Rated at peers 0 1
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 Thangool

  • Thangool State School Government · Primary at peers

Amenities in the suburb

Castle Creek Thangool
Parks & reserves 0 3
Banks & Bank@Post 0 1
Fuel stations 0 1
Waterways 7 8

Mobility

Castle Creek sits further from the CBD (618.7 km vs 552.2 km).

Castle Creek Thangool
Walkability score 0/100
same for both
Distance to Brisbane 618.7 km
+11% vs other
 552.2 km
Drive time (normal traffic) 454 min 389 min
Electric vehicle share 0.1%
postcode 4715
 0.0%
postcode 4716
Rooftop solar per 100 dwellings 47
postcode 4715
 46
postcode 4716

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.

Castle Creek Thangool
Car (driver) 32.3% / 68.1%
Castle Creek — Car (driver): 32.3% Thangool — Car (driver): 68.1%
Worked from Home 67.7% / 21.5%
Castle Creek — Worked from Home: 67.7% Thangool — Worked from Home: 21.5%
Car (passenger) — / 5.2%
Castle Creek — Car (passenger): not among its largest Thangool — Car (passenger): 5.2%
Walked Only — / 5.2%
Castle Creek — Walked Only: not among its largest Thangool — Walked Only: 5.2%

Bars are drawn against the largest share shown (68.1%).

Setting

Castle Creek Thangool
Elevation 351 m
above sea level, at the suburb centre
 233 m
above sea level, at the suburb centre

NBN connectivity

Castle Creek Thangool
Connectivity score 15/100 29/100
Most common technology Satellite (Sky Muster) Fixed wireless
Full-fibre (FTTP) share 0%
10 premises
 0%
325 premises

Climate

Castle Creek Thangool
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 Thangool
Average residential rate $1,081/yr
same for both
Council Banana
same for both

Federal electorate

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

Tags

Castle Creek

Family Rural

Thangool

Affordable Rural

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