Collingwood Park vs Redbank
In both, most homes are detached houses. In Collingwood Park, most households own their home and about half of households are couple families. In Redbank, most households rent. On these figures, Collingwood Park tends to suit couples, while Redbank suits renters and people living alone.
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
Collingwood Park
ahead on 5 of the 6 things we measure here
- has more schools inside the suburb (5 vs 1)
- has more childcare (8 vs 3)
- carries lower crime risk (60/100 vs 96/100)
Weighs schools, house stock, crime, parks, childcare, and who already lives there.
First-home buyers
Collingwood Park
ahead on 3 of the 4 things we measure here
- leaves households under less mortgage stress (21% vs 26%)
- has cheaper land ($750,000 vs $866,500)
- has cheaper units ($632,500 vs $713,500)
Weighs house prices, unit prices, land prices, and mortgage stress.
Renters
They split
one each way, out of the 3 things we measure here
- Collingwood Park leaves renters under less rental stress (19% vs 26%)
- Redbank has a bigger rental market to choose from (58% vs 36%)
Weighs rent, rental stress, and how much is for rent.
Commuting to the city
Redbank
ahead on 2 of the 4 things we measure here
- has a shorter drive in (30 min vs 35 min)
- sits closer to the CBD (28 km vs 30.9 km)
Weighs distance, drive time, rail access, and walkability.
Downsizers and retirees
Redbank
ahead on 3 of the 5 things we measure here
- has more units and townhouses to downsize into (32% vs 8%)
- has more GPs (3 vs 1)
- has more residents already 65 and over (13% vs 8%)
- But Collingwood Park carries lower crime risk (60/100 vs 96/100)
Weighs smaller dwellings, who already lives there, GPs, walkability, and crime.
Investors
Redbank
ahead on the one thing that separates them
- is growing faster (59.8% vs 30.2%)
Weighs house yield and population growth.
Where they sit
Collingwood Park and Redbank 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
Collingwood Park has more residents (9,246 vs 2,931); Collingwood Park has higher household incomes ($91,260 vs $68,692).
| Collingwood Park | Redbank | |
|---|---|---|
| Population | 9,246 +68% vs other | 2,931 |
| Population trend (2016 → 2021) | +30.2% | +59.8% |
| Median age | 31 | 30 |
| Median household income | $91,260/yr +25% vs other | $68,692/yr |
| Median weekly rent | $340/wk | $350/wk +3% vs other |
Age profile
Share of residents in each band, 2021 Census.
Bars are drawn against the largest share shown (17.9%).
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 (16.5%).
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 (11.4%).
What people live in
Occupied private dwellings by structure, 2021 Census.
Property market
| Collingwood Park | Redbank | |
|---|---|---|
| Median house price | $850,000 | $855,000 |
| Median unit price | $632,500 | $713,500 |
| Median land price | $750,000 | $866,500 |
| Typical days to sell (houses) | 17 days from 134 sales | 20 days from 16 sales |
House price by bedroom count
Only bed counts both suburbs published enough sales for. Sale counts are shown because the buckets differ in depth.
59 vs 12 sales
148 vs 25 sales
Development activity
| Collingwood Park | Redbank | |
|---|---|---|
| New dwellings approved | 3,476 across Ipswich same for both | |
| Approvals change year on year | -7% same for both | |
Gross rental yield
| Collingwood Park | Redbank | |
|---|---|---|
| Houses | 4.0% $690/wk on $895K | 3.6% $595/wk on $849K |
| Units | — same for both | |
Ranking within QLD
| Collingwood Park | Redbank | |
|---|---|---|
| House price | — same for both | |
| Income | Higher than 64% of QLD | Higher than 35% of QLD |
| Schools | Higher than 4% of QLD | — |
| Walkability | Higher than 94% of QLD | Higher than 93% of QLD |
| Affordability | — same for both | |
| EV adoption | Higher than 77% of QLD | Higher than 78% of QLD |
| NBN connectivity | Higher than 97% of QLD | Higher than 96% of QLD |
| Rental yield (houses) | Higher than 55% of QLD | Higher than 32% of QLD |
Liveability
Collingwood Park scores higher overall (50 vs 37).
| Collingwood Park | Redbank | |
|---|---|---|
| Grade | B | C |
| Score | 50/100 | 37/100 |
| Socio-economic band | below-average income decile 3/10 | high-need area decile 1/10 |
Risk profile
Redbank carries more crime risk (96 vs 60).
| Collingwood Park | Redbank | |
|---|---|---|
| Bushfire | None 0/100 same for both | |
| Crime | Moderate 60/100 | High 96/100 |
| 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 | 12 within 5 km | 7 within 5 km |
Schools
| Collingwood Park | Redbank | |
|---|---|---|
| Inside the suburb | 5 | 1 |
| Rated above peers | 0 same for both | |
| Rated at peers | 2 | 1 |
| Rated below peers | 1 | 0 |
Schools in Collingwood Park
- Collingwood Park State School Government · Primary at peers
- WoodLinks State School Government · Primary at peers
- Collingwood Park State Secondary College Government · Secondary below peers
- Challenge Trade and Business College Independent · Secondary
- The BUSY School - Collingwood Park Temporary Facility Independent · Secondary
Schools in Redbank
- Redbank State School Government · Primary at peers
Amenities in the suburb
| Collingwood Park | Redbank | |
|---|---|---|
| Supermarkets | 1 | 2 |
| Cafes & restaurants | 1 | 2 |
| Parks & reserves | 8 | 6 |
| Childcare | 8 | 3 |
| GPs | 1 | 3 |
| Pharmacies | 1 same for both | |
| Banks & Bank@Post | 0 | 3 |
| Fuel stations | 1 same for both | |
| Waterways | 4 | 6 |
Mobility
Collingwood Park sits further from the CBD (30.9 km vs 28 km).
| Collingwood Park | Redbank | |
|---|---|---|
| Walkability score | 75/100 | 73/100 |
| Distance to Brisbane | 30.9 km +9% vs other | 28 km |
| Drive time (normal traffic) | 35 min | 30 min |
| Public transport score | 92/100 Bus | 94/100 Rail · Bus |
| Peak arrivals per hour | 77.8 7-9am + 5-7pm | 56.2 7-9am + 5-7pm |
| Median peak wait | 1 min scheduled, not actual same for both | |
| Electric vehicle share | 0.8% postcode 4301 same for both | |
| Rooftop solar per 100 dwellings | 61 postcode 4301 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 (76.3%).
Setting
| Collingwood Park | Redbank | |
|---|---|---|
| Elevation | 49 m above sea level, at the suburb centre | 14 m above sea level, at the suburb centre |
| Distance to the ocean | 33.8 km | 31.0 km |
NBN connectivity
| Collingwood Park | Redbank | |
|---|---|---|
| Connectivity score | 96/100 | 91/100 |
| Most common technology | Fibre to the premises same for both | |
| Full-fibre (FTTP) share | 85% 3,922 premises | 80% 1,615 premises |
Climate
| Collingwood Park | Redbank | |
|---|---|---|
| Annual rainfall | — same for both | |
| Summer max (Jan) | — same for both | |
| Winter min (Jul) | — same for both | |
Air quality (annual mean)
| Collingwood Park | Redbank | |
|---|---|---|
| PM2.5 | 6.8 µg/m³ same for both | |
| PM10 | 20.4 µg/m³ same for both | |
| NO₂ | 0.64 pphm same for both | |
Council rates
| Collingwood Park | Redbank | |
|---|---|---|
| Average residential rate | $1,713/yr same for both | |
| Council | Ipswich same for both | |
Federal electorate
| Collingwood Park | Redbank | |
|---|---|---|
| Division | Blair | Oxley |
| Member | Shayne Neumann | Milton Dick |
| Party | Australian Labor Party same for both | |
First Home Owner Grant
| Collingwood Park | Redbank | |
|---|---|---|
| Grant amount | $30,000 same for both | |
| Property price cap | $750,000 same for both | |
| Eligibility | New same for both | |
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