Deebing Heights vs Purga

Deebing Heights is the younger of the two, with a median age of 29 against 44 in Purga. In both, most households own their home, the large majority of homes are detached houses, and most households are couple families. Houses cost more in Deebing Heights: a median of $884,000, against $793,000 in Purga, and rent is higher there too. Deebing Heights is closer to the city centre: 47.2 km, against 53.4 km. On these figures, Deebing Heights tends to suit young adults and 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

Deebing Heights

ahead on 3 of the 6 things we measure here

  • has more childcare (3 vs 0)
  • has more schools rated above their peers (1 vs 0)
  • carries lower crime risk (53/100 vs 91/100)

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

First-home buyers

They split

one each way, out of the 2 things we measure here

  • Deebing Heights leaves households under less mortgage stress (19% vs 27%)
  • Purga has cheaper houses ($793,000 vs $883,500)

Weighs house prices and mortgage stress.

Renters

They split

one each way, out of the 3 things we measure here

  • Deebing Heights has a bigger rental market to choose from (36% vs 23%)
  • Purga has cheaper rent ($300/wk vs $370/wk)

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

Commuting to the city

Deebing Heights

ahead on 2 of the 3 things we measure here

  • has a shorter drive in (43 min vs 49 min)
  • sits closer to the CBD (47.2 km vs 53.4 km)

Weighs distance, drive time, and walkability.

Downsizers and retirees

They split

one each way, out of the 4 things we measure here

  • Deebing Heights carries lower crime risk (53/100 vs 91/100)
  • Purga has more residents already 65 and over (19% vs 4%)

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

Investors

Deebing Heights

ahead on the one thing that separates them

  • is growing faster (94.2% vs -2.6%)

Weighs population growth.

Where they sit

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

Deebing Heights Purga
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.

Deebing Heights Purga
Walkability 0 / 0
Deebing Heights — Walkability: 0/100 Purga — Walkability: 0/100
Safety 47 / 9
Deebing Heights — Safety: 47/100 Purga — Safety: 9/100
Low fire risk 100 / 100
Deebing Heights — Low fire risk: 100/100 Purga — Low fire risk: 100/100

Demographics

Deebing Heights has more residents (3,960 vs 561); Purga skews older (44 vs 29).

Deebing Heights Purga
Population 3,960
+86% vs other
 561
Population trend (2016 → 2021) +94.2% -2.6%
Median age 29 44
Median household income $115,700/yr
+23% vs other
 $88,920/yr
Median weekly rent $370/wk
+19% vs other
 $300/wk

Age profile

Share of residents in each band, 2021 Census.

Deebing Heights Purga
0-4 9.5% / 5.0%
Deebing Heights — 0-4: 9.5% Purga — 0-4: 5.0%
5-14 18.4% / 13.0%
Deebing Heights — 5-14: 18.4% Purga — 5-14: 13.0%
15-19 6.3% / 5.2%
Deebing Heights — 15-19: 6.3% Purga — 15-19: 5.2%
20-24 7.6% / 4.3%
Deebing Heights — 20-24: 7.6% Purga — 20-24: 4.3%
25-34 19.8% / 10.9%
Deebing Heights — 25-34: 19.8% Purga — 25-34: 10.9%
35-44 15.9% / 12.3%
Deebing Heights — 35-44: 15.9% Purga — 35-44: 12.3%
45-54 11.5% / 15.5%
Deebing Heights — 45-54: 11.5% Purga — 45-54: 15.5%
55-64 6.7% / 14.1%
Deebing Heights — 55-64: 6.7% Purga — 55-64: 14.1%
65-74 3.2% / 12.3%
Deebing Heights — 65-74: 3.2% Purga — 65-74: 12.3%
75-84 1.0% / 6.8%
Deebing Heights — 75-84: 1.0% Purga — 75-84: 6.8%
85+ 0.1% / —
Deebing Heights — 85+: 0.1% Purga — 85+: not among its largest

Bars are drawn against the largest share shown (19.8%).

Who lives together

Household composition, 2021 Census.

Deebing Heights 60.3% couple families
Deebing Heights — Couple Families: 60.3% Deebing Heights — Lone Person: 19.1% Deebing Heights — One Parent Families: 15.8% Deebing Heights — Group Household: 3.8% Deebing Heights — Other Families: 1.0%
Purga 57.7% couple families
Purga — Couple Families: 57.7% Purga — Lone Person: 23.8% Purga — One Parent Families: 18.5% Purga — Group Household: 0.0% Purga — Other Families: 0.0%
Couple Families Lone Person One Parent Families Group Household Other Families

Who owns and who rents

Occupied private dwellings by tenure, 2021 Census.

Deebing Heights 36.3% renting
Deebing Heights — Owned Outright: 12.2% Deebing Heights — Mortgage: 51.6% Deebing Heights — Renting: 36.3%
Purga 23.3% renting
Purga — Owned Outright: 41.7% Purga — Mortgage: 35.0% Purga — Renting: 23.3%
Owned outright Mortgage Renting

Qualifications

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

Deebing Heights Purga
Certificate III & IV 19.8% / 21.4%
Deebing Heights — Certificate III & IV: 19.8% Purga — Certificate III & IV: 21.4%
Bachelor Degree 10.5% / 7.7%
Deebing Heights — Bachelor Degree: 10.5% Purga — Bachelor Degree: 7.7%
Advanced Diploma / Diploma 9.7% / 5.2%
Deebing Heights — Advanced Diploma / Diploma: 9.7% Purga — Advanced Diploma / Diploma: 5.2%
Postgraduate Degree 2.3% / 1.2%
Deebing Heights — Postgraduate Degree: 2.3% Purga — Postgraduate Degree: 1.2%
Graduate Diploma / Certificate 1.6% / 1.2%
Deebing Heights — Graduate Diploma / Certificate: 1.6% Purga — Graduate Diploma / Certificate: 1.2%

Bars are drawn against the largest share shown (21.4%).

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.

Deebing Heights Purga
New Zealand 3.1% / 2.3%
Deebing Heights — New Zealand: 3.1% Purga — New Zealand: 2.3%
England 1.8% / 2.3%
Deebing Heights — England: 1.8% Purga — England: 2.3%
India 3.5% / —
Deebing Heights — India: 3.5% Purga — India: not among its largest
Philippines 0.8% / —
Deebing Heights — Philippines: 0.8% Purga — Philippines: not among its largest
Canada — / 0.7%
Deebing Heights — Canada: not among its largest Purga — Canada: 0.7%
Zimbabwe — / 0.7%
Deebing Heights — Zimbabwe: not among its largest Purga — Zimbabwe: 0.7%
South Africa 0.3% / —
Deebing Heights — South Africa: 0.3% Purga — South Africa: not among its largest

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

What people live in

Occupied private dwellings by structure, 2021 Census.

Deebing Heights 99.2% houses
Deebing Heights — Houses: 99.2% Deebing Heights — Townhouses: 0.8%
Purga 102.2% houses
Purga — Houses: 102.2% Purga — Townhouses: 0.0%
Houses Townhouses

Property market

Deebing Heights Purga
Median house price $883,500 $793,000
Median unit price —
same for both
Median land price $674,995 —
Typical days to sell (houses) 21 days
from 85 sales
 25 days
from 4 sales

Development activity

Deebing Heights Purga
New dwellings approved 3,476
across Ipswich
same for both
Approvals change year on year -7%
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.

Deebing Heights Purga
Houses 3.6%
$670/wk on $959K
 —
Units —
same for both

Ranking within QLD

Deebing Heights Purga
House price —
same for both
Income Higher than 86% of QLD Higher than 62% of QLD
Schools —
same for both
Walkability Higher than 40% of QLD Higher than 37% of QLD
Affordability —
same for both
EV adoption Higher than 86% of QLD
same for both
NBN connectivity Higher than 98% of QLD Higher than 58% of QLD
Rental yield (houses) Higher than 32% of QLD —

Liveability

Deebing Heights scores higher overall (61 vs 37).

Deebing Heights Purga
Grade B C
Score 61/100 37/100
Socio-economic band advantaged area
decile 8/10
 mid-range socio-economic
decile 5/10

Risk profile

Purga carries more crime risk (91 vs 53).

Deebing Heights Purga
Bushfire None
0/100
same for both
Crime Moderate
53/100
 High
91/100
Flood Not mapped
no mapped data here
same for both
Coastal erosion None
0/100
same for both
Aircraft noise Moderate
50/100
 High
100/100
Industrial facilities nearby 0
within 5 km
 3
within 5 km

Schools

Deebing Heights Purga
Inside the suburb 1 0
Rated above peers 1 0
Rated at peers 0
same for both
Rated below peers 0
same for both

Schools in Deebing Heights

  • Deebing Heights State School Government · Primary above peers

Schools in Purga

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

Amenities in the suburb

Deebing Heights Purga
Cafes & restaurants 0 1
Parks & reserves 2
same for both
Childcare 3 0
GPs 0 1
Pharmacies 0 1
Fuel stations 0 2
Waterways 1 5

Mobility

Purga sits further from the CBD (53.4 km vs 47.2 km).

Deebing Heights Purga
Walkability score 0/100
same for both
Distance to Brisbane 47.2 km 53.4 km
+13% vs other
Drive time (normal traffic) 43 min 49 min
Electric vehicle share 1.2%
postcode 4306
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.

Deebing Heights Purga
Car (driver) 80.2% / 70.3%
Deebing Heights — Car (driver): 80.2% Purga — Car (driver): 70.3%
Worked from Home 13.1% / 21.5%
Deebing Heights — Worked from Home: 13.1% Purga — Worked from Home: 21.5%
Car (passenger) 4.7% / 3.2%
Deebing Heights — Car (passenger): 4.7% Purga — Car (passenger): 3.2%
Walked Only 0.2% / 5.0%
Deebing Heights — Walked Only: 0.2% Purga — Walked Only: 5.0%
Train 1.8% / —
Deebing Heights — Train: 1.8% Purga — Train: not among its largest

Bars are drawn against the largest share shown (80.2%).

Setting

Deebing Heights Purga
Elevation 77 m
above sea level, at the suburb centre
 67 m
above sea level, at the suburb centre

NBN connectivity

Deebing Heights Purga
Connectivity score 97/100 30/100
Most common technology Fibre to the premises Fixed wireless
Full-fibre (FTTP) share 92%
1,931 premises
 0%
170 premises

Climate

Deebing Heights Purga
Annual rainfall 897 mm
same for both
Summer max (Jan) 31.3°C
same for both
Winter min (Jul) 6.1°C
same for both

Air quality (annual mean)

Deebing Heights Purga
PM2.5 6.8 µg/m³ 5.0 µg/m³
PM10 20.4 µg/m³ 17.9 µg/m³
NO₂ 0.64 pphm 0.27 pphm

Council rates

Deebing Heights Purga
Average residential rate $1,713/yr
same for both
Council Ipswich
same for both

Federal electorate

Deebing Heights Purga
Division Blair
same for both
Member Shayne Neumann
same for both
Party Australian Labor Party
same for both

First Home Owner Grant

Deebing Heights Purga
Grant amount $30,000
same for both
Property price cap $750,000
same for both
Eligibility New
same for both

Tags

Deebing Heights

Acreage Family Outer Young Families

Purga

Outer

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