East Trinity vs Yarrabah

Yarrabah is the younger of the two, with a median age of 25 against 47 in East Trinity. In both, most homes are detached houses. In East Trinity, the large majority of households own their home. In Yarrabah, the large majority of households rent. On these figures, East Trinity tends to suit people living alone, while Yarrabah suits renters 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

They split

one each way, out of the 6 things we measure here

  • East Trinity has more parks and reserves (4 vs 1)
  • Yarrabah has more schools inside the suburb (4 vs 0)

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

Yarrabah

ahead on 2 of the 3 things we measure here

  • has a bigger rental market to choose from (88% vs 24%)
  • has cheaper rent ($150/wk vs $280/wk)

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

Commuting to the city

East Trinity

ahead on 2 of the 3 things we measure here

  • has a shorter drive in (1165 min vs 1213 min)
  • sits closer to the CBD (1698.2 km vs 1723.2 km)

Weighs distance, drive time, and walkability.

Downsizers and retirees

Yarrabah

ahead on 2 of the 5 things we measure here

  • has more units and townhouses to downsize into (29% vs 8%)
  • has more GPs (2 vs 0)
  • But East Trinity has more residents already 65 and over (18% vs 5%)

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

Investors

East Trinity

ahead on the one thing that separates them

  • is growing faster (12.3% vs -2.1%)

Weighs population growth.

Where they sit

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

East Trinity Yarrabah
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.

East Trinity Yarrabah
Walkability 0 / 7
East Trinity — Walkability: 0/100 Yarrabah — Walkability: 7/100
Safety 13 / 6
East Trinity — Safety: 13/100 Yarrabah — Safety: 6/100
Low fire risk 27 / 38
East Trinity — Low fire risk: 27/100 Yarrabah — Low fire risk: 38/100

Demographics

Yarrabah has more residents (2,505 vs 238); East Trinity skews older (47 vs 25).

East Trinity Yarrabah
Population 238 2,505
+953% vs other
Population trend (2016 → 2021) +12.3% -2.1%
Median age 47 25
Median household income $97,500/yr
+33% vs other
 $65,208/yr
Median weekly rent $280/wk
+46% vs other
 $150/wk

Age profile

Share of residents in each band, 2021 Census.

East Trinity Yarrabah
0-4 4.6% / 9.3%
East Trinity — 0-4: 4.6% Yarrabah — 0-4: 9.3%
5-14 8.4% / 20.6%
East Trinity — 5-14: 8.4% Yarrabah — 5-14: 20.6%
15-19 8.0% / 10.7%
East Trinity — 15-19: 8.0% Yarrabah — 15-19: 10.7%
20-24 6.7% / 8.5%
East Trinity — 20-24: 6.7% Yarrabah — 20-24: 8.5%
25-34 7.6% / 15.7%
East Trinity — 25-34: 7.6% Yarrabah — 25-34: 15.7%
35-44 12.6% / 11.1%
East Trinity — 35-44: 12.6% Yarrabah — 35-44: 11.1%
45-54 18.5% / 10.1%
East Trinity — 45-54: 18.5% Yarrabah — 45-54: 10.1%
55-64 17.2% / 8.5%
East Trinity — 55-64: 17.2% Yarrabah — 55-64: 8.5%
65-74 12.6% / 3.7%
East Trinity — 65-74: 12.6% Yarrabah — 65-74: 3.7%
75-84 3.8% / 1.2%
East Trinity — 75-84: 3.8% Yarrabah — 75-84: 1.2%
85+ 1.7% / 0.2%
East Trinity — 85+: 1.7% Yarrabah — 85+: 0.2%

Bars are drawn against the largest share shown (20.6%).

Who lives together

Household composition, 2021 Census.

East Trinity 41.8% couple families
East Trinity — Couple Families: 41.8% East Trinity — One Parent Families: 14.5% East Trinity — Lone Person: 30.9% East Trinity — Other Families: 7.3% East Trinity — Group Household: 5.5%
Yarrabah 39.8% couple families
Yarrabah — Couple Families: 39.8% Yarrabah — One Parent Families: 45.5% Yarrabah — Lone Person: 9.6% Yarrabah — Other Families: 3.6% Yarrabah — Group Household: 1.6%
Couple Families One Parent Families Lone Person Other Families Group Household

Who owns and who rents

Occupied private dwellings by tenure, 2021 Census.

East Trinity 23.7% renting
East Trinity — Owned Outright: 32.9% East Trinity — Mortgage: 43.4% East Trinity — Renting: 23.7%
Yarrabah 87.6% renting
Yarrabah — Owned Outright: 11.7% Yarrabah — Mortgage: 0.7% Yarrabah — Renting: 87.6%
Owned outright Mortgage Renting

What people live in

Occupied private dwellings by structure, 2021 Census.

East Trinity 91.7% houses
East Trinity — Houses: 91.7% East Trinity — Flats / Apartments: 8.3% East Trinity — Townhouses: 0.0%
Yarrabah 71.0% houses
Yarrabah — Houses: 71.0% Yarrabah — Flats / Apartments: 23.5% Yarrabah — Townhouses: 5.6%
Houses Flats / Apartments Townhouses

Qualifications

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

East Trinity Yarrabah
Certificate III & IV 19.3% / 13.7%
East Trinity — Certificate III & IV: 19.3% Yarrabah — Certificate III & IV: 13.7%
Bachelor Degree 9.7% / 1.6%
East Trinity — Bachelor Degree: 9.7% Yarrabah — Bachelor Degree: 1.6%
Advanced Diploma / Diploma 6.7% / 2.9%
East Trinity — Advanced Diploma / Diploma: 6.7% Yarrabah — Advanced Diploma / Diploma: 2.9%
Postgraduate Degree 6.7% / —
East Trinity — Postgraduate Degree: 6.7% Yarrabah — Postgraduate Degree: not among its largest
Graduate Diploma / Certificate 2.5% / 0.3%
East Trinity — Graduate Diploma / Certificate: 2.5% Yarrabah — Graduate Diploma / Certificate: 0.3%

Bars are drawn against the largest share shown (19.3%).

Development activity

East Trinity Yarrabah
New dwellings approved 767
across Cairns
 31
across Yarrabah
Approvals change year on year -81% —

Ranking within QLD

East Trinity Yarrabah
House price —
same for both
Income Higher than 72% of QLD Higher than 30% of QLD
Schools — Higher than 21% of QLD
Walkability Higher than 48% of QLD Higher than 70% of QLD
Affordability —
same for both
EV adoption Higher than 26% of QLD Higher than 25% of QLD
NBN connectivity Higher than 30% of QLD Higher than 9% of QLD

Liveability

East Trinity Yarrabah
Grade — D
Score — 10/100
Socio-economic band advantaged area
decile 7/10
 high-need area
decile 1/10

Risk profile

East Trinity carries more bushfire risk (73 vs 62).

East Trinity Yarrabah
Bushfire High
73/100
 Moderate
62/100
Crime High
87/100
 High
94/100
Flood Not mapped
no mapped data here
same for both
Coastal erosion High
88/100
 Moderate
67/100
Aircraft noise None
0/100
same for both
Industrial facilities nearby 0
within 5 km
same for both

Schools

East Trinity Yarrabah
Inside the suburb 0 4
Rated above peers 0
same for both
Rated at peers 0
same for both
Rated below peers 0
same for both

Schools in East Trinity

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

Schools in Yarrabah

  • Yarrabah State School Government · Combined
  • Yarrabah State School - Kindergarten Campus Government · Primary
  • Yarrabah State School - Primary Campus Government · Primary
  • Yarrabah State School - Secondary Campus Government · Secondary

Amenities in the suburb

East Trinity Yarrabah
Parks & reserves 4 1
Childcare 0 1
GPs 0 2
Hospitals 0 1
Police stations 0 1
Banks & Bank@Post 0 1
Beaches 0 1
Waterways 15 10

Mobility

Yarrabah sits further from the CBD (1723.2 km vs 1698.2 km).

East Trinity Yarrabah
Walkability score 0/100 7/100
Distance to Brisbane 1698.2 km 1723.2 km
+1% vs other
Drive time (normal traffic) 1165 min 1213 min
Electric vehicle share 0.2%
postcode 4871
same for both
Rooftop solar per 100 dwellings 51
postcode 4871
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.

East Trinity Yarrabah
Car (driver) 65.2% / 64.3%
East Trinity — Car (driver): 65.2% Yarrabah — Car (driver): 64.3%
Worked from Home 26.1% / 3.0%
East Trinity — Worked from Home: 26.1% Yarrabah — Worked from Home: 3.0%
Car (passenger) 8.7% / 15.5%
East Trinity — Car (passenger): 8.7% Yarrabah — Car (passenger): 15.5%
Walked Only — / 14.7%
East Trinity — Walked Only: not among its largest Yarrabah — Walked Only: 14.7%
Bus — / 1.7%
East Trinity — Bus: not among its largest Yarrabah — Bus: 1.7%

Bars are drawn against the largest share shown (65.2%).

Setting

East Trinity Yarrabah
Elevation 440 m
above sea level, at the suburb centre
 116 m
above sea level, at the suburb centre
Distance to the ocean 2.7 km 340 m

NBN connectivity

East Trinity Yarrabah
Connectivity score 22/100 15/100
Most common technology Satellite (Sky Muster)
same for both
Full-fibre (FTTP) share 0%
70 premises
 0%
162 premises

Climate

East Trinity Yarrabah
Annual rainfall 2,121 mm
same for both
Summer max (Jan) 31.9°C
same for both
Winter min (Jul) 18.1°C
same for both

Air quality (annual mean)

East Trinity Yarrabah
PM2.5 5.6 µg/m³
same for both
PM10 18.6 µg/m³
same for both
NO₂ —
same for both

Federal electorate

East Trinity Yarrabah
Division Kennedy
same for both
Member Bob Katter
same for both
Party Katter's Australian Party (KAP)
same for both

First Home Owner Grant

East Trinity Yarrabah
Grant amount $30,000
same for both
Property price cap $750,000
same for both
Eligibility New
same for both

Tags

East Trinity

Coastal Rural

Yarrabah

Coastal Family Multicultural Rural Young Families

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