Dalrymple Creek vs Long Pocket

Long Pocket is the younger of the two, with a median age of 47 against 54 in Dalrymple Creek. In both, the large majority of households own their home, the large majority of homes are detached houses, and most households are couple families.

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

Long Pocket

ahead on the one thing that separates them

  • carries lower crime risk (12/100 vs 38/100)

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

First-home buyers

Too close to call

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

Weighs mortgage stress.

Renters

Dalrymple Creek

ahead on 2 of the 2 things we measure here

  • leaves renters under less rental stress (3% vs 10%)
  • has cheaper rent ($50/wk vs $150/wk)

Weighs rent and rental stress.

Commuting to the city

Long Pocket

ahead on 2 of the 3 things we measure here

  • has a shorter drive in (1015 min vs 1055 min)
  • sits closer to the CBD (1489.6 km vs 1503.7 km)

Weighs distance, drive time, and walkability.

Downsizers and retirees

Long Pocket

ahead on the one thing that separates them

  • carries lower crime risk (12/100 vs 38/100)

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

Investors

Long Pocket

ahead on the one thing that separates them

  • is growing faster (-24.2% vs -47.4%)

Weighs population growth.

Where they sit

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

Dalrymple Creek Long Pocket
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.

Dalrymple Creek Long Pocket
Walkability 0 / 0
Dalrymple Creek — Walkability: 0/100 Long Pocket — Walkability: 0/100
Safety 62 / 88
Dalrymple Creek — Safety: 62/100 Long Pocket — Safety: 88/100
Low fire risk 46 / 22
Dalrymple Creek — Low fire risk: 46/100 Long Pocket — Low fire risk: 22/100

Demographics

Long Pocket rents higher ($150/wk vs $50/wk); Long Pocket has more residents (150 vs 51).

Dalrymple Creek Long Pocket
Population 51 150
+194% vs other
Population trend (2016 → 2021) -47.4% -24.2%
Median age 54 47
Median household income $84,500/yr
+6% vs other
 $79,612/yr
Median weekly rent $50/wk $150/wk
+200% vs other

Age profile

Share of residents in each band, 2021 Census.

Dalrymple Creek Long Pocket
0-4 — / 2.7%
Dalrymple Creek — 0-4: not among its largest Long Pocket — 0-4: 2.7%
5-14 7.8% / 14.0%
Dalrymple Creek — 5-14: 7.8% Long Pocket — 5-14: 14.0%
15-19 5.9% / 6.0%
Dalrymple Creek — 15-19: 5.9% Long Pocket — 15-19: 6.0%
20-24 — / 2.0%
Dalrymple Creek — 20-24: not among its largest Long Pocket — 20-24: 2.0%
25-34 5.9% / 6.0%
Dalrymple Creek — 25-34: 5.9% Long Pocket — 25-34: 6.0%
35-44 5.9% / 10.0%
Dalrymple Creek — 35-44: 5.9% Long Pocket — 35-44: 10.0%
45-54 17.6% / 19.3%
Dalrymple Creek — 45-54: 17.6% Long Pocket — 45-54: 19.3%
55-64 23.5% / 11.3%
Dalrymple Creek — 55-64: 23.5% Long Pocket — 55-64: 11.3%
65-74 13.7% / 15.3%
Dalrymple Creek — 65-74: 13.7% Long Pocket — 65-74: 15.3%
75-84 9.8% / 4.0%
Dalrymple Creek — 75-84: 9.8% Long Pocket — 75-84: 4.0%
85+ — / —
Dalrymple Creek — 85+: not among its largest Long Pocket — 85+: not among its largest

Bars are drawn against the largest share shown (23.5%).

Who lives together

Household composition, 2021 Census.

Dalrymple Creek 76.9% couple families
Dalrymple Creek — Couple Families: 76.9% Dalrymple Creek — Lone Person: 23.1%
Long Pocket 70.0% couple families
Long Pocket — Couple Families: 70.0% Long Pocket — Lone Person: 30.0%
Couple Families Lone Person

Who owns and who rents

Occupied private dwellings by tenure, 2021 Census.

Dalrymple Creek 0.0% renting
Dalrymple Creek — Owned Outright: 81.2% Dalrymple Creek — Mortgage: 18.8% Dalrymple Creek — Renting: 0.0%
Long Pocket 9.6% renting
Long Pocket — Owned Outright: 48.1% Long Pocket — Mortgage: 42.3% Long Pocket — Renting: 9.6%
Owned outright Mortgage Renting

What people live in

Occupied private dwellings by structure, 2021 Census.

Dalrymple Creek 105.6% houses
Dalrymple Creek — Houses: 105.6%
Long Pocket 100.0% houses
Long Pocket — Houses: 100.0%
Houses

Qualifications

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

Dalrymple Creek Long Pocket
Certificate III & IV 21.6% / 23.3%
Dalrymple Creek — Certificate III & IV: 21.6% Long Pocket — Certificate III & IV: 23.3%
Bachelor Degree 15.7% / 6.7%
Dalrymple Creek — Bachelor Degree: 15.7% Long Pocket — Bachelor Degree: 6.7%
Advanced Diploma / Diploma — / 3.3%
Dalrymple Creek — Advanced Diploma / Diploma: not among its largest Long Pocket — Advanced Diploma / Diploma: 3.3%

Bars are drawn against the largest share shown (23.3%).

Development activity

Dalrymple Creek Long Pocket
New dwellings approved 23
across Hinchinbrook
same for both
Approvals change year on year -86%
same for both

Ranking within QLD

Dalrymple Creek Long Pocket
House price —
same for both
Income Higher than 57% of QLD —
Schools —
same for both
Walkability Higher than 38% of QLD Higher than 32% of QLD
Affordability —
same for both
EV adoption Higher than 4% of QLD
same for both
NBN connectivity Higher than 13% of QLD Higher than 26% of QLD

Liveability

Dalrymple Creek Long Pocket
Grade —
same for both
Score —
same for both
Socio-economic band mid-range socio-economic
decile 6/10
 mid-range socio-economic
decile 4/10

Risk profile

Dalrymple Creek carries more crime risk (38 vs 12); Long Pocket carries more bushfire risk (78 vs 54).

Dalrymple Creek Long Pocket
Bushfire Moderate
54/100
 High
78/100
Crime Low
38/100
 Low
12/100
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

Dalrymple Creek Long Pocket
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

Amenities in the suburb

Dalrymple Creek Long Pocket
Waterways 5 4

Mobility

Dalrymple Creek sits further from the CBD (1503.7 km vs 1489.6 km).

Dalrymple Creek Long Pocket
Walkability score 0/100
same for both
Distance to Brisbane 1503.7 km 1489.6 km
Drive time (normal traffic) 1055 min 1015 min
Electric vehicle share 0.1%
postcode 4850
same for both
Rooftop solar per 100 dwellings 51
postcode 4850
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.

Dalrymple Creek Long Pocket
Car (driver) 100.0% / 77.8%
Dalrymple Creek — Car (driver): 100.0% Long Pocket — Car (driver): 77.8%
Worked from Home — / 11.1%
Dalrymple Creek — Worked from Home: not among its largest Long Pocket — Worked from Home: 11.1%
Car (passenger) — / 6.9%
Dalrymple Creek — Car (passenger): not among its largest Long Pocket — Car (passenger): 6.9%
Bus — / 4.2%
Dalrymple Creek — Bus: not among its largest Long Pocket — Bus: 4.2%

Bars are drawn against the largest share shown (100.0%).

Setting

Dalrymple Creek Long Pocket
Elevation 68 m
above sea level, at the suburb centre
 38 m
above sea level, at the suburb centre
Distance to the ocean 11.4 km 21.8 km

NBN connectivity

Dalrymple Creek Long Pocket
Connectivity score 15/100 19/100
Most common technology Satellite (Sky Muster)
same for both
Full-fibre (FTTP) share 0%
18 premises
 0%
34 premises

Climate

Dalrymple Creek Long Pocket
Annual rainfall 2,433 mm
same for both
Summer max (Jan) 32.4°C
same for both
Winter min (Jul) 14.8°C
same for both

Council rates

Dalrymple Creek Long Pocket
Average residential rate $1,516/yr
same for both
Council Hinchinbrook
same for both

Federal electorate

Dalrymple Creek Long Pocket
Division Kennedy
same for both
Member Bob Katter
same for both
Party Katter's Australian Party (KAP)
same for both

First Home Owner Grant

Dalrymple Creek Long Pocket
Grant amount $30,000
same for both
Property price cap $750,000
same for both
Eligibility New
same for both

Tags

Dalrymple Creek

Rural

Long Pocket

River Rural

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