Cypress Gardens vs Millmerran Downs
Millmerran Downs is the younger of the two, with a median age of 50 against 54 in Cypress Gardens. In both, the large majority of households own their home, the large majority of homes are detached houses, and most households are 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
Cypress Gardens
ahead on 3 of the 6 things we measure here
- carries lower crime risk (32/100 vs 49/100)
- is already more of a family suburb (40% vs 31%)
- has more separate houses rather than flats (95% vs 83%)
Weighs schools, house stock, crime, parks, childcare, and who already lives there.
First-home buyers
Cypress Gardens
ahead on the one thing that separates them
- leaves households under less mortgage stress (18% vs 24%)
Weighs mortgage stress.
Renters
Cypress Gardens
ahead on 2 of the 3 things we measure here
- has cheaper rent ($125/wk vs $295/wk)
- leaves renters under less rental stress (18% vs 43%)
Weighs rent, rental stress, and how much is for rent.
Commuting to the city
Millmerran Downs
ahead on the one thing that separates them
- sits closer to the CBD (238.9 km vs 241.4 km)
Weighs distance, drive time, and walkability.
Downsizers and retirees
They split
one each way, out of the 5 things we measure here
- Cypress Gardens carries lower crime risk (32/100 vs 49/100)
- Millmerran Downs has more units and townhouses to downsize into (17% vs 5%)
Weighs smaller dwellings, who already lives there, GPs, walkability, and crime.
Investors
Millmerran Downs
ahead on the one thing that separates them
- is growing faster (15.7% vs 2.2%)
Weighs population growth.
Where they sit
Cypress Gardens and Millmerran Downs 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
Millmerran Downs rents higher ($295/wk vs $125/wk); Cypress Gardens skews older (54 vs 50).
| Cypress Gardens | Millmerran Downs | |
|---|---|---|
| Population | 94 | 103 +10% vs other |
| Population trend (2016 → 2021) | +2.2% | +15.7% |
| Median age | 54 | 50 |
| Median household income | $35,724/yr | $36,036/yr |
| Median weekly rent | $125/wk | $295/wk +136% vs other |
Age profile
Share of residents in each band, 2021 Census.
Bars are drawn against the largest share shown (24.3%).
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 (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.
Bars are drawn against the largest share shown (5.8%).
What people live in
Occupied private dwellings by structure, 2021 Census.
Development activity
| Cypress Gardens | Millmerran Downs | |
|---|---|---|
| New dwellings approved | 1,513 across Toowoomba same for both | |
| Approvals change year on year | -25% same for both | |
Ranking within QLD
| Cypress Gardens | Millmerran Downs | |
|---|---|---|
| House price | — same for both | |
| Income | Higher than 2% of QLD same for both | |
| Schools | — same for both | |
| Walkability | Higher than 50% of QLD | Higher than 17% of QLD |
| Affordability | — same for both | |
| EV adoption | — same for both | |
| NBN connectivity | Higher than 17% of QLD | Higher than 6% of QLD |
Liveability
| Cypress Gardens | Millmerran Downs | |
|---|---|---|
| Grade | — same for both | |
| Score | — same for both | |
| Socio-economic band | high-need area decile 1/10 same for both | |
Risk profile
Millmerran Downs carries more crime risk (49 vs 32).
| Cypress Gardens | Millmerran Downs | |
|---|---|---|
| Bushfire | High 88/100 | High 87/100 |
| Crime | Low 32/100 | Moderate 49/100 |
| 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 same for both | |
Schools
| Cypress Gardens | Millmerran Downs | |
|---|---|---|
| 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 | |
Mobility
Cypress Gardens sits further from the CBD (241.4 km vs 238.9 km).
| Cypress Gardens | Millmerran Downs | |
|---|---|---|
| Walkability score | 0/100 same for both | |
| Distance to Brisbane | 241.4 km +1% vs other | 238.9 km |
| Drive time (normal traffic) | 178 min | 176 min |
| Electric vehicle share | 0.0% postcode 4357 same for both | |
| Rooftop solar per 100 dwellings | 62 postcode 4357 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 (100.0%).
Setting
| Cypress Gardens | Millmerran Downs | |
|---|---|---|
| Elevation | 397 m above sea level, at the suburb centre | 411 m above sea level, at the suburb centre |
NBN connectivity
| Cypress Gardens | Millmerran Downs | |
|---|---|---|
| Connectivity score | 15/100 same for both | |
| Most common technology | Satellite (Sky Muster) same for both | |
| Full-fibre (FTTP) share | 0% 28 premises | 0% 41 premises |
Council rates
| Cypress Gardens | Millmerran Downs | |
|---|---|---|
| Average residential rate | $1,618/yr same for both | |
| Council | Toowoomba same for both | |
Federal electorate
| Cypress Gardens | Millmerran Downs | |
|---|---|---|
| Division | Maranoa same for both | |
| Member | David Littleproud same for both | |
| Party | Liberal National Party of Queensland same for both | |
First Home Owner Grant
| Cypress Gardens | Millmerran Downs | |
|---|---|---|
| Grant amount | $30,000 same for both | |
| Property price cap | $750,000 same for both | |
| Eligibility | New same for both | |
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