Cooee Bay vs Taranganba

Taranganba is the younger of the two, with a median age of 40 against 46 in Cooee Bay. In both, most households own their home and most homes are detached houses. In Cooee Bay, about half of households are people living alone. On these figures, Cooee Bay tends to suit people living alone, while Taranganba suits families with children.

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

Taranganba

ahead on 4 of the 6 things we measure here

  • has more childcare (4 vs 0)
  • is already more of a family suburb (61% vs 39%)
  • carries lower crime risk (43/100 vs 65/100)

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

First-home buyers

Taranganba

ahead on 2 of the 4 things we measure here

  • has cheaper land ($340,000 vs $1,075,000)
  • leaves households under less mortgage stress (20% vs 29%)

Weighs house prices, unit prices, land prices, and mortgage stress.

Renters

Cooee Bay

ahead on 2 of the 3 things we measure here

  • has a bigger rental market to choose from (42% vs 29%)
  • has cheaper rent ($300/wk vs $350/wk)

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

Commuting to the city

Too close to call

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

Weighs distance, drive time, and walkability.

Downsizers and retirees

They split

one each way, out of the 5 things we measure here

  • Cooee Bay has more units and townhouses to downsize into (32% vs 10%)
  • Taranganba carries lower crime risk (43/100 vs 65/100)

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

Investors

Too close to call

Nothing among the 2 things we measure here separates them by enough to be worth acting on.

Weighs house yield and population growth.

Where they sit

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

Cooee Bay Taranganba
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.

Cooee Bay Taranganba
Walkability 63 / 69
Cooee Bay — Walkability: 63/100 Taranganba — Walkability: 69/100
Safety 35 / 57
Cooee Bay — Safety: 35/100 Taranganba — Safety: 57/100
Low fire risk 100 / 100
Cooee Bay — Low fire risk: 100/100 Taranganba — Low fire risk: 100/100

Demographics

Taranganba has more residents (2,275 vs 942); Taranganba has higher household incomes ($90,064 vs $62,920).

Cooee Bay Taranganba
Population 942 2,275
+142% vs other
Population trend (2016 → 2021) +3.2% +0.0%
Median age 46 40
Median household income $62,920/yr $90,064/yr
+43% vs other
Median weekly rent $300/wk $350/wk
+17% vs other

Age profile

Share of residents in each band, 2021 Census.

Cooee Bay Taranganba
0-4 4.4% / 5.1%
Cooee Bay — 0-4: 4.4% Taranganba — 0-4: 5.1%
5-14 10.0% / 14.0%
Cooee Bay — 5-14: 10.0% Taranganba — 5-14: 14.0%
15-19 5.6% / 6.1%
Cooee Bay — 15-19: 5.6% Taranganba — 15-19: 6.1%
20-24 6.9% / 5.5%
Cooee Bay — 20-24: 6.9% Taranganba — 20-24: 5.5%
25-34 10.6% / 12.8%
Cooee Bay — 25-34: 10.6% Taranganba — 25-34: 12.8%
35-44 10.5% / 11.3%
Cooee Bay — 35-44: 10.5% Taranganba — 35-44: 11.3%
45-54 12.4% / 12.0%
Cooee Bay — 45-54: 12.4% Taranganba — 45-54: 12.0%
55-64 18.4% / 14.5%
Cooee Bay — 55-64: 18.4% Taranganba — 55-64: 14.5%
65-74 11.8% / 11.2%
Cooee Bay — 65-74: 11.8% Taranganba — 65-74: 11.2%
75-84 6.9% / 6.1%
Cooee Bay — 75-84: 6.9% Taranganba — 75-84: 6.1%
85+ 2.0% / 1.7%
Cooee Bay — 85+: 2.0% Taranganba — 85+: 1.7%

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

Who lives together

Household composition, 2021 Census.

Cooee Bay 51.8% lone person
Cooee Bay — Lone Person: 51.8% Cooee Bay — Couple Families: 18.2% Cooee Bay — One Parent Families: 20.6% Cooee Bay — Group Household: 6.1% Cooee Bay — Other Families: 3.3%
Taranganba 32.9% lone person
Taranganba — Lone Person: 32.9% Taranganba — Couple Families: 42.1% Taranganba — One Parent Families: 19.2% Taranganba — Group Household: 5.3% Taranganba — Other Families: 0.5%
Lone Person Couple Families One Parent Families Group Household Other Families

Who owns and who rents

Occupied private dwellings by tenure, 2021 Census.

Cooee Bay 42.0% renting
Cooee Bay — Owned Outright: 31.9% Cooee Bay — Mortgage: 26.2% Cooee Bay — Renting: 42.0%
Taranganba 28.8% renting
Taranganba — Owned Outright: 33.8% Taranganba — Mortgage: 37.4% Taranganba — Renting: 28.8%
Owned outright Mortgage Renting

Qualifications

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

Cooee Bay Taranganba
Certificate III & IV 20.2% / 19.9%
Cooee Bay — Certificate III & IV: 20.2% Taranganba — Certificate III & IV: 19.9%
Bachelor Degree 10.8% / 8.9%
Cooee Bay — Bachelor Degree: 10.8% Taranganba — Bachelor Degree: 8.9%
Advanced Diploma / Diploma 7.2% / 6.1%
Cooee Bay — Advanced Diploma / Diploma: 7.2% Taranganba — Advanced Diploma / Diploma: 6.1%
Postgraduate Degree 3.5% / 1.8%
Cooee Bay — Postgraduate Degree: 3.5% Taranganba — Postgraduate Degree: 1.8%
Graduate Diploma / Certificate 1.5% / 1.6%
Cooee Bay — Graduate Diploma / Certificate: 1.5% Taranganba — Graduate Diploma / Certificate: 1.6%

Bars are drawn against the largest share shown (20.2%).

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.

Cooee Bay Taranganba
England 3.3% / 3.5%
Cooee Bay — England: 3.3% Taranganba — England: 3.5%
New Zealand 3.0% / 3.2%
Cooee Bay — New Zealand: 3.0% Taranganba — New Zealand: 3.2%
South Africa 1.5% / 0.7%
Cooee Bay — South Africa: 1.5% Taranganba — South Africa: 0.7%
Netherlands 0.7% / 0.3%
Cooee Bay — Netherlands: 0.7% Taranganba — Netherlands: 0.3%
Philippines — / 0.9%
Cooee Bay — Philippines: not among its largest Taranganba — Philippines: 0.9%
Ireland 0.6% / —
Cooee Bay — Ireland: 0.6% Taranganba — Ireland: not among its largest
Scotland — / 0.4%
Cooee Bay — Scotland: not among its largest Taranganba — Scotland: 0.4%

Bars are drawn against the largest share shown (3.5%).

What people live in

Occupied private dwellings by structure, 2021 Census.

Cooee Bay 68.2% houses
Cooee Bay — Houses: 68.2% Cooee Bay — Flats / Apartments: 24.4% Cooee Bay — Townhouses: 7.4%
Taranganba 89.9% houses
Taranganba — Houses: 89.9% Taranganba — Flats / Apartments: 8.1% Taranganba — Townhouses: 2.0%
Houses Flats / Apartments Townhouses

Property market

Cooee Bay Taranganba
Median house price $745,000 $803,000
Median unit price $500,000 $520,000
Median land price $1,075,000 $340,000
Typical days to sell (houses) 30 days
from 11 sales
 37 days
from 11 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.

Cooee Bay Taranganba
3 bed $768K / $700K
Cooee Bay — 3 bed: $768K (12 sales) Taranganba — 3 bed: $700K (13 sales)

12 vs 13 sales

4 bed $880K / $828K
Cooee Bay — 4 bed: $880K (9 sales) Taranganba — 4 bed: $828K (20 sales)

9 vs 20 sales

Development activity

Cooee Bay Taranganba
New dwellings approved 317
across Livingstone
same for both
Approvals change year on year +97%
same for both

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.

Cooee Bay Taranganba
Houses 4.2%
$615/wk on $770K
 4.1%
$660/wk on $829K
Units 5.7%
$570/wk on $524K
 —

Ranking within QLD

Cooee Bay Taranganba
House price —
same for both
Income Higher than 28% of QLD Higher than 63% of QLD
Schools —
same for both
Walkability Higher than 90% of QLD Higher than 91% of QLD
Affordability —
same for both
EV adoption Higher than 53% of QLD
same for both
NBN connectivity Higher than 76% of QLD Higher than 78% of QLD
Rental yield (houses) Higher than 62% of QLD
same for both
Rental yield (units) Higher than 85% of QLD —

Liveability

Taranganba scores higher overall (59 vs 48).

Cooee Bay Taranganba
Grade C B
Score 48/100 59/100
Socio-economic band below-average income
decile 3/10
 mid-range socio-economic
decile 4/10

Risk profile

Cooee Bay carries more crime risk (65 vs 43).

Cooee Bay Taranganba
Bushfire None
0/100
same for both
Crime Moderate
65/100
 Moderate
43/100
Flood Not mapped
no mapped data here
same for both
Coastal erosion Low
24/100
 None
0/100
Aircraft noise None
0/100
same for both
Industrial facilities nearby 0
within 5 km
same for both

Schools

Cooee Bay Taranganba
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 Cooee Bay

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

Schools in Taranganba

  • Taranganba State School Government · Primary at peers

Amenities in the suburb

Cooee Bay Taranganba
Supermarkets 0 1
Cafes & restaurants 1 0
Parks & reserves 4 3
Childcare 0 4
GPs 0 1
Pharmacies 0 1
Beaches 1 0

Mobility

Cooee Bay Taranganba
Walkability score 63/100 69/100
Distance to Brisbane 681.5 km 681 km
Drive time (normal traffic) 478 min 477 min
Public transport score 44/100
Bus
 25/100
Bus
Peak arrivals per hour 13.0
7-9am + 5-7pm
 2.5
7-9am + 5-7pm
Median peak wait 1 min
scheduled, not actual
 4 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.

Cooee Bay Taranganba
Car (driver) 77.5% / 83.4%
Cooee Bay — Car (driver): 77.5% Taranganba — Car (driver): 83.4%
Worked from Home 8.9% / 6.7%
Cooee Bay — Worked from Home: 8.9% Taranganba — Worked from Home: 6.7%
Car (passenger) 8.4% / 5.8%
Cooee Bay — Car (passenger): 8.4% Taranganba — Car (passenger): 5.8%
Bus 2.4% / 1.9%
Cooee Bay — Bus: 2.4% Taranganba — Bus: 1.9%
Walked Only 1.9% / 1.8%
Cooee Bay — Walked Only: 1.9% Taranganba — Walked Only: 1.8%

Bars are drawn against the largest share shown (83.4%).

Setting

Cooee Bay Taranganba
Elevation 21 m
above sea level, at the suburb centre
 56 m
above sea level, at the suburb centre
Distance to the ocean 72 m
534 m to a named beach
 1.1 km
1.1 km to a named beach

NBN connectivity

Cooee Bay Taranganba
Connectivity score 65/100 69/100
Most common technology Fibre to the node
same for both
Full-fibre (FTTP) share 36%
559 premises
 43%
1,028 premises

Climate

Cooee Bay Taranganba
Annual rainfall 1,330 mm
same for both
Summer max (Jan) —
same for both
Winter min (Jul) —
same for both

Council rates

Cooee Bay Taranganba
Average residential rate $2,445/yr
same for both
Council Livingstone
same for both

Federal electorate

Cooee Bay Taranganba
Division Capricornia
same for both
Member Michelle Landry
same for both
Party Liberal National Party of Queensland
same for both

First Home Owner Grant

Cooee Bay Taranganba
Grant amount $30,000
same for both
Property price cap $750,000
same for both
Eligibility New
same for both

Tags

Cooee Bay

Beach Coastal Parks Quiet

Taranganba

Beach Coastal Large Blocks Parks Quiet

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