Causeway Lake vs Kinka Beach
In both, most households own their home and most homes are detached houses. In Kinka Beach, most households are people living alone. On these figures, Kinka Beach tends to suit people living alone and 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
Causeway Lake
ahead on 2 of the 6 things we measure here
- carries lower crime risk (22/100 vs 54/100)
- is already more of a family suburb (59% vs 32%)
Weighs schools, house stock, crime, parks, childcare, and who already lives there.
First-home buyers
Causeway Lake
ahead on the one thing that separates them
- leaves households under less mortgage stress (26% vs 38%)
Weighs mortgage stress.
Renters
Causeway Lake
ahead on 3 of the 3 things we measure here
- has a bigger rental market to choose from (40% vs 22%)
- leaves renters under less rental stress (22% vs 34%)
- has cheaper rent ($263/wk vs $298/wk)
Weighs rent, rental stress, and how much is for rent.
Commuting to the city
Kinka Beach
ahead on the one thing that separates them
- sits closer to the CBD (676.4 km vs 679.3 km)
Weighs distance, drive time, and walkability.
Downsizers and retirees
They split
one each way, out of the 5 things we measure here
- Causeway Lake carries lower crime risk (22/100 vs 54/100)
- Kinka Beach has more residents already 65 and over (34% vs 22%)
Weighs smaller dwellings, who already lives there, GPs, walkability, and crime.
Investors
Kinka Beach
ahead on the one thing that separates them
- is growing faster (8.5% vs 0.0%)
Weighs population growth.
Where they sit
Causeway Lake and Kinka Beach 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
Kinka Beach has more residents (674 vs 121); Causeway Lake has higher household incomes ($62,816 vs $45,084).
| Causeway Lake | Kinka Beach | |
|---|---|---|
| Population | 121 | 674 +457% vs other |
| Population trend (2016 → 2021) | +0.0% | +8.5% |
| Median age | 55 | 56 |
| Median household income | $62,816/yr +28% vs other | $45,084/yr |
| Median weekly rent | $263/wk | $298/wk +13% vs other |
Age profile
Share of residents in each band, 2021 Census.
Bars are drawn against the largest share shown (30.6%).
Who lives together
Household composition, 2021 Census.
Who owns and who rents
Occupied private dwellings by tenure, 2021 Census.
Qualifications
Highest non-school qualification, residents 15+, 2021 Census.
Bars are drawn against the largest share shown (19.7%).
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.
Bars are drawn against the largest share shown (4.1%).
What people live in
Occupied private dwellings by structure, 2021 Census.
Property market
| Causeway Lake | Kinka Beach | |
|---|---|---|
| Median house price | — | $860,000 |
| Median unit price | — same for both | |
| Median land price | — same for both | |
| Typical days to sell (houses) | — | 72 days from 3 sales |
Development activity
| Causeway Lake | Kinka Beach | |
|---|---|---|
| New dwellings approved | 317 across Livingstone same for both | |
| Approvals change year on year | +97% same for both | |
Ranking within QLD
| Causeway Lake | Kinka Beach | |
|---|---|---|
| House price | — same for both | |
| Income | Higher than 28% of QLD | Higher than 7% of QLD |
| Schools | — same for both | |
| Walkability | Higher than 73% of QLD | Higher than 78% of QLD |
| Affordability | — same for both | |
| EV adoption | Higher than 53% of QLD | Higher than 52% of QLD |
| NBN connectivity | Higher than 91% of QLD | Higher than 70% of QLD |
Liveability
| Causeway Lake | Kinka Beach | |
|---|---|---|
| Grade | — | C |
| Score | — | 40/100 |
| Socio-economic band | mid-range socio-economic decile 6/10 | below-average income decile 2/10 |
Risk profile
Kinka Beach carries more crime risk (54 vs 22).
| Causeway Lake | Kinka Beach | |
|---|---|---|
| Bushfire | None 0/100 same for both | |
| Crime | Low 22/100 | Moderate 54/100 |
| Flood | Not mapped no mapped data here same for both | |
| Coastal erosion | High 95/100 | None 0/100 |
| Aircraft noise | None 0/100 same for both | |
| Industrial facilities nearby | 0 within 5 km same for both | |
Schools
| Causeway Lake | Kinka Beach | |
|---|---|---|
| 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
| Causeway Lake | Kinka Beach | |
|---|---|---|
| Waterways | 1 | 0 |
Mobility
Causeway Lake sits further from the CBD (679.3 km vs 676.4 km).
| Causeway Lake | Kinka Beach | |
|---|---|---|
| Walkability score | 12/100 | 18/100 |
| Distance to Brisbane | 679.3 km | 676.4 km |
| Drive time (normal traffic) | 474 min | 470 min |
| Public transport score | 26/100 Bus | 57/100 Bus |
| Peak arrivals per hour | 3.0 7-9am + 5-7pm | 19.8 7-9am + 5-7pm |
| Median peak wait | 21 min scheduled, not actual | 1 min scheduled, not actual |
| Electric vehicle share | 0.3% postcode 4703 same for both | |
| Rooftop solar per 100 dwellings | 68 postcode 4703 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 (81.1%).
Setting
| Causeway Lake | Kinka Beach | |
|---|---|---|
| Elevation | 2 m above sea level, at the suburb centre | 9 m above sea level, at the suburb centre |
| Distance to the ocean | 795 m 1.2 km to a named beach | 362 m 760 m to a named beach |
NBN connectivity
| Causeway Lake | Kinka Beach | |
|---|---|---|
| Connectivity score | 79/100 | 52/100 |
| Most common technology | Fibre to the premises | Fibre to the node |
| Full-fibre (FTTP) share | 62% 55 premises | 13% 334 premises |
Climate
| Causeway Lake | Kinka Beach | |
|---|---|---|
| Annual rainfall | 1,330 mm same for both | |
| Summer max (Jan) | — same for both | |
| Winter min (Jul) | — same for both | |
Air quality (annual mean)
| Causeway Lake | Kinka Beach | |
|---|---|---|
| PM2.5 | 4.3 µg/m³ same for both | |
| PM10 | 8.6 µg/m³ same for both | |
| NO₂ | — same for both | |
Council rates
| Causeway Lake | Kinka Beach | |
|---|---|---|
| Average residential rate | $2,445/yr same for both | |
| Council | Livingstone same for both | |
Federal electorate
| Causeway Lake | Kinka Beach | |
|---|---|---|
| Division | Capricornia same for both | |
| Member | Michelle Landry same for both | |
| Party | Liberal National Party of Queensland same for both | |
First Home Owner Grant
| Causeway Lake | Kinka Beach | |
|---|---|---|
| Grant amount | $30,000 same for both | |
| Property price cap | $750,000 same for both | |
| Eligibility | New same for both | |
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