Gooburrum vs Welcome Creek
Welcome Creek is the younger of the two, with a median age of 45 against 49 in Gooburrum. In both, the large majority of households own their home and the large majority of homes are detached houses. In Gooburrum, most households are couple families. In Welcome Creek, about half of households are couple families. Houses cost more in Gooburrum: a median of $880,000, against $685,000 in Welcome Creek, and rent is higher there too. On these figures, Welcome Creek tends to suit buyers on a tighter budget.
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
Too close to call
Nothing among the 6 things we measure here separates them by enough to be worth acting on.
Weighs schools, house stock, crime, parks, childcare, and who already lives there.
First-home buyers
Welcome Creek
ahead on the one thing that separates them
- has cheaper houses ($685,000 vs $880,000)
Weighs house prices and mortgage stress.
Renters
Welcome Creek
ahead on the one thing that separates them
- has cheaper rent ($270/wk vs $300/wk)
Weighs rent, rental stress, and how much is for rent.
Commuting to the city
Gooburrum
ahead on 2 of the 3 things we measure here
- has a shorter drive in (261 min vs 266 min)
- sits closer to the CBD (368.4 km vs 375.2 km)
Weighs distance, drive time, and walkability.
Downsizers and retirees
Gooburrum
ahead on the one thing that separates them
- has more residents already 65 and over (24% vs 17%)
Weighs who already lives there, GPs, walkability, and crime.
Investors
Gooburrum
ahead on the one thing that separates them
- is growing faster (5.3% vs -5.4%)
Weighs population growth.
Where they sit
Gooburrum and Welcome Creek 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
Gooburrum has more residents (1,518 vs 421); Gooburrum rents higher ($300/wk vs $270/wk).
| Gooburrum | Welcome Creek | |
|---|---|---|
| Population | 1,518 +72% vs other | 421 |
| Population trend (2016 → 2021) | +5.3% | -5.4% |
| Median age | 49 | 45 |
| Median household income | $87,568/yr | $92,612/yr +6% vs other |
| Median weekly rent | $300/wk +10% vs other | $270/wk |
Age profile
Share of residents in each band, 2021 Census.
Bars are drawn against the largest share shown (18.3%).
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 (20.4%).
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.
Bars are drawn against the largest share shown (3.8%).
What people live in
Occupied private dwellings by structure, 2021 Census.
Property market
| Gooburrum | Welcome Creek | |
|---|---|---|
| Median house price | $880,000 | $685,000 |
| Median unit price | — same for both | |
| Median land price | $530,000 | — |
| Typical days to sell (houses) | 61 days from 12 sales | — |
Development activity
| Gooburrum | Welcome Creek | |
|---|---|---|
| New dwellings approved | 997 across Bundaberg same for both | |
| Approvals change year on year | -45% same for both | |
Ranking within QLD
| Gooburrum | Welcome Creek | |
|---|---|---|
| House price | — same for both | |
| Income | Higher than 61% of QLD | Higher than 66% of QLD |
| Schools | — same for both | |
| Walkability | Higher than 59% of QLD | Higher than 60% of QLD |
| Affordability | — same for both | |
| EV adoption | Higher than 49% of QLD same for both | |
| NBN connectivity | Higher than 69% of QLD | Higher than 65% of QLD |
Liveability
| Gooburrum | Welcome Creek | |
|---|---|---|
| Grade | B | — |
| Score | 55/100 | — |
| Socio-economic band | mid-range socio-economic decile 5/10 | below-average income decile 3/10 |
Risk profile
| Gooburrum | Welcome Creek | |
|---|---|---|
| Bushfire | None 0/100 same for both | |
| Crime | Low 24/100 | Low 26/100 |
| 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
| Gooburrum | Welcome Creek | |
|---|---|---|
| Inside the suburb | 1 | 0 |
| Rated above peers | 0 same for both | |
| Rated at peers | 1 | 0 |
| Rated below peers | 0 same for both | |
Schools in Gooburrum
- Gooburrum State School Government · Primary at peers
Schools in Welcome Creek
No schools recorded inside this suburb's boundary. Children here will be zoned to schools nearby.
Amenities in the suburb
| Gooburrum | Welcome Creek | |
|---|---|---|
| Childcare | 1 | 0 |
| Waterways | 2 | 3 |
Mobility
Welcome Creek sits further from the CBD (375.2 km vs 368.4 km).
| Gooburrum | Welcome Creek | |
|---|---|---|
| Walkability score | 0/100 same for both | |
| Distance to Brisbane | 368.4 km | 375.2 km +2% vs other |
| Drive time (normal traffic) | 261 min | 266 min |
| Electric vehicle share | 0.3% postcode 4670 same for both | |
| Rooftop solar per 100 dwellings | 69 postcode 4670 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 (83.3%).
Setting
| Gooburrum | Welcome Creek | |
|---|---|---|
| Elevation | 9 m above sea level, at the suburb centre | 23 m above sea level, at the suburb centre |
| Distance to the ocean | 8.8 km | 6.2 km |
NBN connectivity
| Gooburrum | Welcome Creek | |
|---|---|---|
| Connectivity score | 49/100 | 30/100 |
| Most common technology | Fixed wireless same for both | |
| Full-fibre (FTTP) share | 21% 651 premises | 0% 179 premises |
Climate
| Gooburrum | Welcome Creek | |
|---|---|---|
| Annual rainfall | 969 mm same for both | |
| Summer max (Jan) | 30.7°C same for both | |
| Winter min (Jul) | 11.2°C same for both | |
Air quality (annual mean)
| Gooburrum | Welcome Creek | |
|---|---|---|
| PM2.5 | — same for both | |
| PM10 | 9.1 µg/m³ same for both | |
| NO₂ | — same for both | |
Council rates
| Gooburrum | Welcome Creek | |
|---|---|---|
| Average residential rate | $1,773/yr same for both | |
| Council | Bundaberg same for both | |
Federal electorate
| Gooburrum | Welcome Creek | |
|---|---|---|
| Division | Flynn same for both | |
| Member | Colin Boyce same for both | |
| Party | Liberal National Party of Queensland same for both | |
First Home Owner Grant
| Gooburrum | Welcome Creek | |
|---|---|---|
| Grant amount | $30,000 same for both | |
| Property price cap | $750,000 same for both | |
| Eligibility | New same for both | |
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