Cawarral vs Bondoola

In both, the large majority of households own their home, the large majority of homes are detached houses, and most households are couple families. Houses cost more in Bondoola: a median of $1.18 million, against $900,000 in Cawarral, though rent is higher in Cawarral. On these figures, Cawarral tends to suit buyers on a tighter budget.

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

Cawarral

ahead on 3 of the 6 things we measure here

  • has more parks and reserves (8 vs 1)
  • carries lower crime risk (25/100 vs 72/100)
  • has more schools rated above their peers (1 vs 0)

Weighs schools, house stock, crime, parks, childcare, and who already lives there.

First-home buyers

They split

one each way, out of the 3 things we measure here

  • Cawarral has cheaper houses ($900,000 vs $1,180,000)
  • Bondoola has cheaper land ($935,000 vs $1,142,500)

Weighs house prices, land prices, and mortgage stress.

Renters

Bondoola

ahead on the one thing that separates them

  • has cheaper rent ($250/wk vs $300/wk)

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

Commuting to the city

Cawarral

ahead on 2 of the 3 things we measure here

  • is more walkable (32/100 vs 6/100)
  • sits closer to the CBD (659.4 km vs 662.5 km)

Weighs distance, drive time, and walkability.

Downsizers and retirees

Cawarral

ahead on 2 of the 4 things we measure here

  • is more walkable (32/100 vs 6/100)
  • carries lower crime risk (25/100 vs 72/100)

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

Investors

Too close to call

Nothing among the 1 things we measure here separates them by enough to be worth acting on.

Weighs population growth.

Where they sit

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

Cawarral Bondoola
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.

Cawarral Bondoola
Walkability 32 / 6
Cawarral — Walkability: 32/100 Bondoola — Walkability: 6/100
Safety 75 / 28
Cawarral — Safety: 75/100 Bondoola — Safety: 28/100
Low fire risk 56 / 100
Cawarral — Low fire risk: 56/100 Bondoola — Low fire risk: 100/100

Demographics

Cawarral has more residents (831 vs 551); Cawarral rents higher ($300/wk vs $250/wk).

Cawarral Bondoola
Population 831
+34% vs other
 551
Population trend (2016 → 2021) +0.0% +4.0%
Median age 43
same for both
Median household income $91,416/yr $104,520/yr
+14% vs other
Median weekly rent $300/wk
+17% vs other
 $250/wk

Age profile

Share of residents in each band, 2021 Census.

Cawarral Bondoola
0-4 4.9% / 3.8%
Cawarral — 0-4: 4.9% Bondoola — 0-4: 3.8%
5-14 13.4% / 15.8%
Cawarral — 5-14: 13.4% Bondoola — 5-14: 15.8%
15-19 6.3% / 7.3%
Cawarral — 15-19: 6.3% Bondoola — 15-19: 7.3%
20-24 6.3% / 5.4%
Cawarral — 20-24: 6.3% Bondoola — 20-24: 5.4%
25-34 9.7% / 8.0%
Cawarral — 25-34: 9.7% Bondoola — 25-34: 8.0%
35-44 11.4% / 12.7%
Cawarral — 35-44: 11.4% Bondoola — 35-44: 12.7%
45-54 12.9% / 15.6%
Cawarral — 45-54: 12.9% Bondoola — 45-54: 15.6%
55-64 18.4% / 16.3%
Cawarral — 55-64: 18.4% Bondoola — 55-64: 16.3%
65-74 11.2% / 11.6%
Cawarral — 65-74: 11.2% Bondoola — 65-74: 11.6%
75-84 4.5% / 4.0%
Cawarral — 75-84: 4.5% Bondoola — 75-84: 4.0%
85+ 1.0% / 1.3%
Cawarral — 85+: 1.0% Bondoola — 85+: 1.3%

Bars are drawn against the largest share shown (18.4%).

Who lives together

Household composition, 2021 Census.

Cawarral 55.4% couple families
Cawarral — Couple Families: 55.4% Cawarral — Lone Person: 23.9% Cawarral — One Parent Families: 15.8% Cawarral — Group Household: 4.9%
Bondoola 60.7% couple families
Bondoola — Couple Families: 60.7% Bondoola — Lone Person: 22.3% Bondoola — One Parent Families: 17.0% Bondoola — Group Household: 0.0%
Couple Families Lone Person One Parent Families Group Household

Who owns and who rents

Occupied private dwellings by tenure, 2021 Census.

Cawarral 6.1% renting
Cawarral — Owned Outright: 46.4% Cawarral — Mortgage: 47.5% Cawarral — Renting: 6.1%
Bondoola 10.3% renting
Bondoola — Owned Outright: 44.8% Bondoola — Mortgage: 44.8% Bondoola — Renting: 10.3%
Owned outright Mortgage Renting

Qualifications

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

Cawarral Bondoola
Certificate III & IV 20.0% / 23.2%
Cawarral — Certificate III & IV: 20.0% Bondoola — Certificate III & IV: 23.2%
Advanced Diploma / Diploma 5.3% / 5.8%
Cawarral — Advanced Diploma / Diploma: 5.3% Bondoola — Advanced Diploma / Diploma: 5.8%
Bachelor Degree 5.3% / 5.6%
Cawarral — Bachelor Degree: 5.3% Bondoola — Bachelor Degree: 5.6%
Postgraduate Degree 2.2% / 1.5%
Cawarral — Postgraduate Degree: 2.2% Bondoola — Postgraduate Degree: 1.5%
Graduate Diploma / Certificate 1.1% / 1.8%
Cawarral — Graduate Diploma / Certificate: 1.1% Bondoola — Graduate Diploma / Certificate: 1.8%

Bars are drawn against the largest share shown (23.2%).

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.

Cawarral Bondoola
England 2.0% / 3.4%
Cawarral — England: 2.0% Bondoola — England: 3.4%
New Zealand 2.3% / 2.4%
Cawarral — New Zealand: 2.3% Bondoola — New Zealand: 2.4%
South Africa — / 0.9%
Cawarral — South Africa: not among its largest Bondoola — South Africa: 0.9%
Philippines 0.6% / —
Cawarral — Philippines: 0.6% Bondoola — Philippines: not among its largest
Netherlands 0.5% / —
Cawarral — Netherlands: 0.5% Bondoola — Netherlands: not among its largest
India 0.4% / —
Cawarral — India: 0.4% Bondoola — India: not among its largest

Bars are drawn against the largest share shown (3.4%).

What people live in

Occupied private dwellings by structure, 2021 Census.

Cawarral 100.4% houses
Cawarral — Houses: 100.4% Cawarral — Flats / Apartments: 0.0%
Bondoola 98.3% houses
Bondoola — Houses: 98.3% Bondoola — Flats / Apartments: 1.7%
Houses Flats / Apartments

Property market

Cawarral Bondoola
Median house price $900,000 $1,180,000
Median unit price —
same for both
Median land price $1,142,500 $935,000
Typical days to sell (houses) 50 days
from 13 sales
 —

Development activity

Cawarral Bondoola
New dwellings approved 317
across Livingstone
same for both
Approvals change year on year +97%
same for both

Ranking within QLD

Cawarral Bondoola
House price —
same for both
Income Higher than 64% of QLD Higher than 77% of QLD
Schools —
same for both
Walkability Higher than 82% of QLD Higher than 69% of QLD
Affordability —
same for both
EV adoption Higher than 20% of QLD Higher than 53% of QLD
NBN connectivity Higher than 46% of QLD Higher than 65% of QLD

Liveability

Cawarral is more walkable (32 vs 6).

Cawarral Bondoola
Grade C
same for both
Score 44/100 40/100
Socio-economic band mid-range socio-economic
decile 4/10
same for both

Risk profile

Cawarral carries more bushfire risk (44 vs 0); Bondoola carries more crime risk (72 vs 25).

Cawarral Bondoola
Bushfire Moderate
44/100
 None
0/100
Crime Low
25/100
 High
72/100
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

Cawarral Bondoola
Inside the suburb 1 0
Rated above peers 1 0
Rated at peers 0
same for both
Rated below peers 0
same for both

Schools in Cawarral

  • Cawarral State School Government · Primary above peers

Schools in Bondoola

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

Amenities in the suburb

Cawarral Bondoola
Parks & reserves 8 1
Fuel stations 0 1

Mobility

Bondoola sits further from the CBD (662.5 km vs 659.4 km).

Cawarral Bondoola
Walkability score 32/100 6/100
Distance to Brisbane 659.4 km 662.5 km
Drive time (normal traffic) 459 min 460 min
Electric vehicle share 0.2%
postcode 4702
 0.3%
postcode 4703
Rooftop solar per 100 dwellings 58
postcode 4702
 68
postcode 4703

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.

Cawarral Bondoola
Car (driver) 83.9% / 77.4%
Cawarral — Car (driver): 83.9% Bondoola — Car (driver): 77.4%
Worked from Home 11.5% / 12.5%
Cawarral — Worked from Home: 11.5% Bondoola — Worked from Home: 12.5%
Car (passenger) 3.6% / 5.2%
Cawarral — Car (passenger): 3.6% Bondoola — Car (passenger): 5.2%
Walked Only 0.9% / 3.2%
Cawarral — Walked Only: 0.9% Bondoola — Walked Only: 3.2%
Bus — / 1.6%
Cawarral — Bus: not among its largest Bondoola — Bus: 1.6%

Bars are drawn against the largest share shown (83.9%).

Setting

Cawarral Bondoola
Elevation 93 m
above sea level, at the suburb centre
 61 m
above sea level, at the suburb centre
Distance to the ocean 11.8 km 8.5 km

NBN connectivity

Cawarral Bondoola
Connectivity score 29/100 30/100
Most common technology Fixed wireless
same for both
Full-fibre (FTTP) share 0%
339 premises
 0%
210 premises

Climate

Cawarral Bondoola
Annual rainfall 1,330 mm
same for both
Summer max (Jan) —
same for both
Winter min (Jul) —
same for both

Air quality (annual mean)

Cawarral Bondoola
PM2.5 4.3 µg/m³
same for both
PM10 8.6 µg/m³
same for both
NO₂ —
same for both

Council rates

Cawarral Bondoola
Average residential rate $2,445/yr
same for both
Council Livingstone
same for both

Federal electorate

Cawarral Bondoola
Division Capricornia
same for both
Member Michelle Landry
same for both
Party Liberal National Party of Queensland
same for both

First Home Owner Grant

Cawarral Bondoola
Grant amount $30,000
same for both
Property price cap $750,000
same for both
Eligibility New
same for both

Tags

Cawarral

Quiet Rural

Bondoola

Rural

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