Foreshores vs Tannum Sands

Tannum Sands is the younger of the two, with a median age of 41 against 52 in Foreshores. In both, most households own their home and most homes are detached houses. In Tannum Sands, about half of households are couple families. On these figures, Foreshores tends to suit people living alone, while Tannum Sands 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

Tannum Sands

ahead on 5 of the 6 things we measure here

  • has more parks and reserves (20 vs 1)
  • has more schools inside the suburb (4 vs 0)
  • has more childcare (4 vs 0)
  • But Foreshores carries lower crime risk (31/100 vs 56/100)

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

Tannum Sands

ahead on the one thing that separates them

  • has a bigger rental market to choose from (31% vs 12%)

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

Commuting to the city

Foreshores

ahead on 2 of the 3 things we measure here

  • sits closer to the CBD (495.8 km vs 508.4 km)
  • has a shorter drive in (344 min vs 350 min)

Weighs distance, drive time, and walkability.

Downsizers and retirees

Foreshores

ahead on 2 of the 5 things we measure here

  • carries lower crime risk (31/100 vs 56/100)
  • has more units and townhouses to downsize into (29% vs 17%)

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

Investors

Too close to call

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

Weighs population growth.

Where they sit

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

Foreshores Tannum Sands
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.

Foreshores Tannum Sands
Walkability 0 / 0
Foreshores — Walkability: 0/100 Tannum Sands — Walkability: 0/100
Safety 69 / 44
Foreshores — Safety: 69/100 Tannum Sands — Safety: 44/100
Low fire risk 55 / 88
Foreshores — Low fire risk: 55/100 Tannum Sands — Low fire risk: 88/100

Demographics

Tannum Sands has more residents (5,227 vs 142); Foreshores skews older (52 vs 41).

Foreshores Tannum Sands
Population 142 5,227
+3581% vs other
Population trend (2016 → 2021) +5.2% +1.6%
Median age 52 41
Median household income $88,816/yr $105,820/yr
+19% vs other
Median weekly rent $290/wk
same for both

Age profile

Share of residents in each band, 2021 Census.

Foreshores Tannum Sands
0-4 2.1% / 5.1%
Foreshores — 0-4: 2.1% Tannum Sands — 0-4: 5.1%
5-14 10.6% / 16.5%
Foreshores — 5-14: 10.6% Tannum Sands — 5-14: 16.5%
15-19 5.6% / 7.6%
Foreshores — 15-19: 5.6% Tannum Sands — 15-19: 7.6%
20-24 2.1% / 3.7%
Foreshores — 20-24: 2.1% Tannum Sands — 20-24: 3.7%
25-34 8.5% / 9.1%
Foreshores — 25-34: 8.5% Tannum Sands — 25-34: 9.1%
35-44 6.3% / 13.6%
Foreshores — 35-44: 6.3% Tannum Sands — 35-44: 13.6%
45-54 20.4% / 17.0%
Foreshores — 45-54: 20.4% Tannum Sands — 45-54: 17.0%
55-64 24.6% / 14.9%
Foreshores — 55-64: 24.6% Tannum Sands — 55-64: 14.9%
65-74 12.7% / 8.6%
Foreshores — 65-74: 12.7% Tannum Sands — 65-74: 8.6%
75-84 4.2% / 3.3%
Foreshores — 75-84: 4.2% Tannum Sands — 75-84: 3.3%
85+ — / 0.8%
Foreshores — 85+: not among its largest Tannum Sands — 85+: 0.8%

Bars are drawn against the largest share shown (24.6%).

Who lives together

Household composition, 2021 Census.

Foreshores 44.1% couple families
Foreshores — Couple Families: 44.1% Foreshores — Lone Person: 44.1% Foreshores — One Parent Families: 11.8% Foreshores — Group Household: 0.0% Foreshores — Other Families: 0.0%
Tannum Sands 51.7% couple families
Tannum Sands — Couple Families: 51.7% Tannum Sands — Lone Person: 31.5% Tannum Sands — One Parent Families: 13.9% Tannum Sands — Group Household: 2.6% Tannum Sands — Other Families: 0.4%
Couple Families Lone Person One Parent Families Group Household Other Families

Who owns and who rents

Occupied private dwellings by tenure, 2021 Census.

Foreshores 11.8% renting
Foreshores — Owned Outright: 54.9% Foreshores — Mortgage: 33.3% Foreshores — Renting: 11.8%
Tannum Sands 30.8% renting
Tannum Sands — Owned Outright: 28.9% Tannum Sands — Mortgage: 40.3% Tannum Sands — Renting: 30.8%
Owned outright Mortgage Renting

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.

Foreshores Tannum Sands
New Zealand 2.1% / 4.7%
Foreshores — New Zealand: 2.1% Tannum Sands — New Zealand: 4.7%
England 2.1% / 3.2%
Foreshores — England: 2.1% Tannum Sands — England: 3.2%
South Africa — / 2.3%
Foreshores — South Africa: not among its largest Tannum Sands — South Africa: 2.3%
Scotland — / 0.7%
Foreshores — Scotland: not among its largest Tannum Sands — Scotland: 0.7%
Ireland — / 0.3%
Foreshores — Ireland: not among its largest Tannum Sands — Ireland: 0.3%

Bars are drawn against the largest share shown (4.7%).

Qualifications

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

Foreshores Tannum Sands
Certificate III & IV 23.2% / 21.6%
Foreshores — Certificate III & IV: 23.2% Tannum Sands — Certificate III & IV: 21.6%
Advanced Diploma / Diploma 8.5% / 7.1%
Foreshores — Advanced Diploma / Diploma: 8.5% Tannum Sands — Advanced Diploma / Diploma: 7.1%
Bachelor Degree 4.2% / 8.2%
Foreshores — Bachelor Degree: 4.2% Tannum Sands — Bachelor Degree: 8.2%
Postgraduate Degree — / 1.6%
Foreshores — Postgraduate Degree: not among its largest Tannum Sands — Postgraduate Degree: 1.6%
Graduate Diploma / Certificate — / 1.3%
Foreshores — Graduate Diploma / Certificate: not among its largest Tannum Sands — Graduate Diploma / Certificate: 1.3%

Bars are drawn against the largest share shown (23.2%).

What people live in

Occupied private dwellings by structure, 2021 Census.

Foreshores 70.9% houses
Foreshores — Houses: 70.9% Foreshores — Townhouses: 25.5% Foreshores — Flats / Apartments: 3.6%
Tannum Sands 83.3% houses
Tannum Sands — Houses: 83.3% Tannum Sands — Townhouses: 7.5% Tannum Sands — Flats / Apartments: 9.2%
Houses Townhouses Flats / Apartments

Property market

Foreshores Tannum Sands
Median house price — $757,500
Median unit price — $380,000
Median land price — $240,000
Typical days to sell (houses) — 39 days
from 85 sales

Development activity

Foreshores Tannum Sands
New dwellings approved 274
across Gladstone
same for both
Approvals change year on year +132%
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.

Foreshores Tannum Sands
Houses — 3.7%
$590/wk on $819K
Units — 4.8%
$445/wk on $478K

Ranking within QLD

Foreshores Tannum Sands
House price —
same for both
Income Higher than 62% of QLD Higher than 78% of QLD
Schools — Higher than 86% of QLD
Walkability Higher than 51% of QLD Higher than 19% of QLD
Affordability —
same for both
EV adoption — Higher than 35% of QLD
NBN connectivity Higher than 26% of QLD Higher than 89% of QLD
Rental yield (houses) — Higher than 37% of QLD
Rental yield (units) — Higher than 68% of QLD

Liveability

Foreshores Tannum Sands
Grade — B
Score — 53/100
Socio-economic band high-need area
decile 1/10
 mid-range socio-economic
decile 5/10

Risk profile

Foreshores carries more bushfire risk (45 vs 12); Tannum Sands carries more crime risk (56 vs 31).

Foreshores Tannum Sands
Bushfire Moderate
45/100
 Low
12/100
Crime Low
31/100
 Moderate
56/100
Flood Not mapped
no mapped data here
same for both
Coastal erosion High
88/100
 High
81/100
Aircraft noise None
0/100
same for both
Industrial facilities nearby 0
within 5 km
 1
within 5 km

Schools

Foreshores Tannum Sands
Inside the suburb 0 4
Rated above peers 0 2
Rated at peers 0 1
Rated below peers 0 1

Schools in Foreshores

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

Schools in Tannum Sands

  • Clearview Christian College Independent · Secondary above peers
  • Tannum Sands State School Government · Primary above peers
  • Tannum Sands State High School Government · Secondary at peers
  • St Francis Catholic Primary School Catholic · Primary below peers

Amenities in the suburb

Foreshores Tannum Sands
Supermarkets 0 1
Cafes & restaurants 0 1
Parks & reserves 1 20
Childcare 0 4
GPs 0 1
Pharmacies 0 1
Police stations 0 1
Banks & Bank@Post 0 1
Fuel stations 0 1
Beaches 1 0
Waterways 7 5

Mobility

Tannum Sands sits further from the CBD (508.4 km vs 495.8 km).

Foreshores Tannum Sands
Walkability score 0/100
same for both
Distance to Brisbane 495.8 km 508.4 km
+3% vs other
Drive time (normal traffic) 344 min 350 min
Electric vehicle share 0.0%
postcode 4678
 0.3%
postcode 4680
Rooftop solar per 100 dwellings 68
postcode 4678
 59
postcode 4680

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.

Foreshores Tannum Sands
Car (driver) 75.0% / 83.0%
Foreshores — Car (driver): 75.0% Tannum Sands — Car (driver): 83.0%
Worked from Home 16.1% / 6.7%
Foreshores — Worked from Home: 16.1% Tannum Sands — Worked from Home: 6.7%
Car (passenger) 8.9% / 5.3%
Foreshores — Car (passenger): 8.9% Tannum Sands — Car (passenger): 5.3%
Walked Only — / 3.1%
Foreshores — Walked Only: not among its largest Tannum Sands — Walked Only: 3.1%
Bicycle — / 0.9%
Foreshores — Bicycle: not among its largest Tannum Sands — Bicycle: 0.9%

Bars are drawn against the largest share shown (83.0%).

Setting

Foreshores Tannum Sands
Elevation 12 m
above sea level, at the suburb centre
 25 m
above sea level, at the suburb centre
Distance to the ocean 2.3 km 3.7 km

NBN connectivity

Foreshores Tannum Sands
Connectivity score 18/100 77/100
Most common technology Satellite (Sky Muster) Fibre to the premises
Full-fibre (FTTP) share 0%
42 premises
 51%
2,342 premises

Climate

Foreshores Tannum Sands
Annual rainfall 952 mm 851 mm
Summer max (Jan) — 31.8°C
Winter min (Jul) — 14.5°C

Air quality (annual mean)

Foreshores Tannum Sands
PM2.5 4.9 µg/m³
same for both
PM10 13.2 µg/m³
same for both
NO₂ 0.16 pphm
same for both

Council rates

Foreshores Tannum Sands
Average residential rate $2,358/yr
same for both
Council Gladstone
same for both

Federal electorate

Foreshores Tannum Sands
Division Flynn
same for both
Member Colin Boyce
same for both
Party Liberal National Party of Queensland
same for both

First Home Owner Grant

Foreshores Tannum Sands
Grant amount $30,000
same for both
Property price cap $750,000
same for both
Eligibility New
same for both

Tags

Foreshores

Coastal Rural Townhouses

Tannum Sands

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