Cedar Creek vs Tamborine

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 Tamborine: a median of $1.48 million, against $1.3 million in Cedar Creek.

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

Cedar Creek

ahead on the one thing that separates them

  • carries lower crime risk (13/100 vs 39/100)

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

First-home buyers

Cedar Creek

ahead on the one thing that separates them

  • has cheaper houses ($1,300,000 vs $1,475,000)

Weighs house prices and mortgage stress.

Renters

Too close to call

Nothing among the 3 things we measure here separates them by enough to be worth acting on.

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

Commuting to the city

Cedar Creek

ahead on 2 of the 4 things we measure here

  • is more walkable (23/100 vs 0/100)
  • sits closer to the CBD (53.1 km vs 58.7 km)

Weighs distance, drive time, rail access, and walkability.

Downsizers and retirees

Cedar Creek

ahead on 2 of the 4 things we measure here

  • is more walkable (23/100 vs 0/100)
  • carries lower crime risk (13/100 vs 39/100)

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

Investors

Tamborine

ahead on the one thing that separates them

  • is growing faster (11.1% vs 2.7%)

Weighs population growth.

Where they sit

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

Cedar Creek Tamborine
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.

Cedar Creek Tamborine
Walkability 23 / 0
Cedar Creek — Walkability: 23/100 Tamborine — Walkability: 0/100
Safety 87 / 61
Cedar Creek — Safety: 87/100 Tamborine — Safety: 61/100
Low fire risk 59 / 51
Cedar Creek — Low fire risk: 59/100 Tamborine — Low fire risk: 51/100

Demographics

Tamborine has more residents (4,388 vs 861); Cedar Creek skews older (43 vs 41).

Cedar Creek Tamborine
Population 861 4,388
+410% vs other
Population trend (2016 → 2021) +2.7% +11.1%
Median age 43 41
Median household income $119,288/yr
+4% vs other
 $114,972/yr
Median weekly rent $433/wk $450/wk
+4% vs other

Age profile

Share of residents in each band, 2021 Census.

Cedar Creek Tamborine
0-4 4.2% / 5.6%
Cedar Creek — 0-4: 4.2% Tamborine — 0-4: 5.6%
5-14 13.7% / 14.5%
Cedar Creek — 5-14: 13.7% Tamborine — 5-14: 14.5%
15-19 8.2% / 6.8%
Cedar Creek — 15-19: 8.2% Tamborine — 15-19: 6.8%
20-24 3.7% / 4.9%
Cedar Creek — 20-24: 3.7% Tamborine — 20-24: 4.9%
25-34 9.6% / 9.4%
Cedar Creek — 25-34: 9.6% Tamborine — 25-34: 9.4%
35-44 12.9% / 13.7%
Cedar Creek — 35-44: 12.9% Tamborine — 35-44: 13.7%
45-54 17.9% / 16.9%
Cedar Creek — 45-54: 17.9% Tamborine — 45-54: 16.9%
55-64 15.2% / 14.4%
Cedar Creek — 55-64: 15.2% Tamborine — 55-64: 14.4%
65-74 10.0% / 9.5%
Cedar Creek — 65-74: 10.0% Tamborine — 65-74: 9.5%
75-84 4.1% / 3.9%
Cedar Creek — 75-84: 4.1% Tamborine — 75-84: 3.9%
85+ 0.5% / 0.7%
Cedar Creek — 85+: 0.5% Tamborine — 85+: 0.7%

Bars are drawn against the largest share shown (17.9%).

Who lives together

Household composition, 2021 Census.

Cedar Creek 67.8% couple families
Cedar Creek — Couple Families: 67.8% Cedar Creek — One Parent Families: 14.0% Cedar Creek — Lone Person: 11.7% Cedar Creek — Group Household: 4.7% Cedar Creek — Other Families: 1.8%
Tamborine 63.1% couple families
Tamborine — Couple Families: 63.1% Tamborine — One Parent Families: 15.4% Tamborine — Lone Person: 16.5% Tamborine — Group Household: 3.7% Tamborine — Other Families: 1.2%
Couple Families One Parent Families Lone Person Group Household Other Families

Who owns and who rents

Occupied private dwellings by tenure, 2021 Census.

Cedar Creek 9.4% renting
Cedar Creek — Owned Outright: 34.5% Cedar Creek — Mortgage: 56.2% Cedar Creek — Renting: 9.4%
Tamborine 9.5% renting
Tamborine — Owned Outright: 25.4% Tamborine — Mortgage: 65.1% Tamborine — Renting: 9.5%
Owned outright Mortgage Renting

Qualifications

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

Cedar Creek Tamborine
Certificate III & IV 19.9% / 21.1%
Cedar Creek — Certificate III & IV: 19.9% Tamborine — Certificate III & IV: 21.1%
Advanced Diploma / Diploma 8.0% / 9.2%
Cedar Creek — Advanced Diploma / Diploma: 8.0% Tamborine — Advanced Diploma / Diploma: 9.2%
Bachelor Degree 8.8% / 7.2%
Cedar Creek — Bachelor Degree: 8.8% Tamborine — Bachelor Degree: 7.2%
Postgraduate Degree 3.3% / 2.4%
Cedar Creek — Postgraduate Degree: 3.3% Tamborine — Postgraduate Degree: 2.4%
Graduate Diploma / Certificate 2.2% / 1.2%
Cedar Creek — Graduate Diploma / Certificate: 2.2% Tamborine — Graduate Diploma / Certificate: 1.2%

Bars are drawn against the largest share shown (21.1%).

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.

Cedar Creek Tamborine
New Zealand 5.5% / 5.5%
Cedar Creek — New Zealand: 5.5% Tamborine — New Zealand: 5.5%
England 4.1% / 6.4%
Cedar Creek — England: 4.1% Tamborine — England: 6.4%
Germany 1.2% / 0.4%
Cedar Creek — Germany: 1.2% Tamborine — Germany: 0.4%
Zimbabwe 1.2% / 0.3%
Cedar Creek — Zimbabwe: 1.2% Tamborine — Zimbabwe: 0.3%
Scotland 0.6% / 0.4%
Cedar Creek — Scotland: 0.6% Tamborine — Scotland: 0.4%
Netherlands 0.8% / —
Cedar Creek — Netherlands: 0.8% Tamborine — Netherlands: not among its largest
South Africa — / 0.5%
Cedar Creek — South Africa: not among its largest Tamborine — South Africa: 0.5%

Bars are drawn against the largest share shown (6.4%).

What people live in

Occupied private dwellings by structure, 2021 Census.

Cedar Creek 101.6% houses
Cedar Creek — Houses: 101.6% Cedar Creek — Flats / Apartments: 0.0%
Tamborine 99.1% houses
Tamborine — Houses: 99.1% Tamborine — Flats / Apartments: 0.9%
Houses Flats / Apartments

Property market

Cedar Creek Tamborine
Median house price $1,300,000 $1,475,000
Median unit price —
same for both
Median land price — $1,455,000
Typical days to sell (houses) — 34 days
from 17 sales

Development activity

Cedar Creek Tamborine
New dwellings approved 7,196
across Gold Coast
 524
across Scenic Rim
Approvals change year on year -35% +65%

Gross rental yield

Gross — before strata, rates, management, insurance and vacancy. From median advertised rents and median asking prices over the last 6 months. How we calculate.

Cedar Creek Tamborine
Houses — 2.8%
$950/wk on $1.75M
Units —
same for both

Ranking within QLD

Cedar Creek Tamborine
House price —
same for both
Income Higher than 89% of QLD Higher than 85% of QLD
Schools —
same for both
Walkability Higher than 80% of QLD Higher than 42% of QLD
Affordability —
same for both
EV adoption Higher than 76% of QLD Higher than 77% of QLD
NBN connectivity Higher than 38% of QLD Higher than 69% of QLD
Rental yield (houses) — Higher than 8% of QLD

Liveability

Cedar Creek is more walkable (23 vs 0); Cedar Creek scores higher overall (66 vs 41).

Cedar Creek Tamborine
Grade B C
Score 66/100 41/100
Socio-economic band advantaged area
decile 8/10
 advantaged area
decile 7/10

Risk profile

Tamborine carries more crime risk (39 vs 13).

Cedar Creek Tamborine
Bushfire Moderate
41/100
 Moderate
49/100
Crime Low
13/100
 Low
39/100
Flood — Not mapped
no mapped data here
Coastal erosion None
0/100
same for both
Aircraft noise None
0/100
same for both
Industrial facilities nearby 2
within 5 km
 0
within 5 km

Schools

Cedar Creek Tamborine
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

Schools in Cedar Creek

  • Cedar Creek State School Government · Primary at peers

Schools in Tamborine

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

Amenities in the suburb

Cedar Creek Tamborine
Parks & reserves 8 6
Childcare 1 0
GPs 0 1
Pharmacies 0 1
Banks & Bank@Post 0 1
Fuel stations 0 2
Waterways 27 41

Mobility

Tamborine sits further from the CBD (58.7 km vs 53.1 km).

Cedar Creek Tamborine
Walkability score 23/100 0/100
Distance to Brisbane 53.1 km 58.7 km
+11% vs other
Drive time (normal traffic) 47 min 51 min
Electric vehicle share 0.8%
postcode 4207
 0.8%
postcode 4270
Rooftop solar per 100 dwellings 70
postcode 4207
 —
postcode 4270

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.

Cedar Creek Tamborine
Car (driver) 78.3% / 75.1%
Cedar Creek — Car (driver): 78.3% Tamborine — Car (driver): 75.1%
Worked from Home 15.3% / 18.4%
Cedar Creek — Worked from Home: 15.3% Tamborine — Worked from Home: 18.4%
Car (passenger) 3.8% / 4.1%
Cedar Creek — Car (passenger): 3.8% Tamborine — Car (passenger): 4.1%
Walked Only 1.7% / 1.3%
Cedar Creek — Walked Only: 1.7% Tamborine — Walked Only: 1.3%
Train 0.9% / 0.9%
Cedar Creek — Train: 0.9% Tamborine — Train: 0.9%

Bars are drawn against the largest share shown (78.3%).

Setting

Cedar Creek Tamborine
Elevation 53 m
above sea level, at the suburb centre
 46 m
above sea level, at the suburb centre
Distance to the ocean 18.1 km 24.0 km

NBN connectivity

Cedar Creek Tamborine
Connectivity score 28/100 47/100
Most common technology Fixed wireless
same for both
Full-fibre (FTTP) share 0%
254 premises
 21%
1,498 premises

Climate

Cedar Creek Tamborine
Annual rainfall 1,682 mm
same for both
Summer max (Jan) —
same for both
Winter min (Jul) —
same for both

Air quality (annual mean)

Cedar Creek Tamborine
PM2.5 5.0 µg/m³ 4.9 µg/m³
PM10 14.5 µg/m³ 13.1 µg/m³
NO₂ 0.42 pphm 0.27 pphm

Council rates

Cedar Creek Tamborine
Average residential rate $1,298/yr $1,689/yr
Council Gold Coast Scenic Rim

Federal electorate

Cedar Creek Tamborine
Division Forde Wright
Member Rowan Holzberger Scott Buchholz
Party Australian Labor Party Liberal National Party of Queensland

First Home Owner Grant

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

Tags

Cedar Creek

Acreage Outer

Tamborine

Acreage Outer Premium River

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