Googa Creek vs Emu Creek

In both, the large majority of households own their home and the large majority of homes are detached houses. In Googa Creek, about half of households are people living alone. On these figures, Googa Creek tends to suit people living alone and older residents.

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

Emu Creek

ahead on 2 of the 6 things we measure here

  • is already more of a family suburb (72% vs 25%)
  • carries lower crime risk (36/100 vs 90/100)

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

First-home buyers

Emu Creek

ahead on the one thing that separates them

  • leaves households under less mortgage stress (15% vs 35%)

Weighs mortgage stress.

Renters

They split

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

  • Googa Creek has cheaper rent ($215/wk vs $260/wk)
  • Emu Creek leaves renters under less rental stress (16% vs 25%)

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

Commuting to the city

Googa Creek

ahead on the one thing that separates them

  • sits closer to the CBD (166 km vs 173.5 km)

Weighs distance, drive time, and walkability.

Downsizers and retirees

They split

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

  • Googa Creek has more residents already 65 and over (30% vs 17%)
  • Emu Creek carries lower crime risk (36/100 vs 90/100)

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

Investors

Emu Creek

ahead on the one thing that separates them

  • is growing faster (41.2% vs 25.6%)

Weighs population growth.

Where they sit

Googa Creek and Emu 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.

Googa Creek Emu Creek
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.

Googa Creek Emu Creek
Walkability 0 / 0
Googa Creek — Walkability: 0/100 Emu Creek — Walkability: 0/100
Safety 10 / 64
Googa Creek — Safety: 10/100 Emu Creek — Safety: 64/100
Low fire risk 100 / 100
Googa Creek — Low fire risk: 100/100 Emu Creek — Low fire risk: 100/100

Demographics

Emu Creek has more residents (113 vs 54); Emu Creek has higher household incomes ($86,632 vs $44,148).

Googa Creek Emu Creek
Population 54 113
+109% vs other
Population trend (2016 → 2021) +25.6% +41.2%
Median age 52 50
Median household income $44,148/yr $86,632/yr
+96% vs other
Median weekly rent $215/wk $260/wk
+21% vs other

Age profile

Share of residents in each band, 2021 Census.

Googa Creek Emu Creek
0-4 — / 2.7%
Googa Creek — 0-4: not among its largest Emu Creek — 0-4: 2.7%
5-14 9.3% / 8.0%
Googa Creek — 5-14: 9.3% Emu Creek — 5-14: 8.0%
15-19 5.6% / 6.2%
Googa Creek — 15-19: 5.6% Emu Creek — 15-19: 6.2%
20-24 — / 3.5%
Googa Creek — 20-24: not among its largest Emu Creek — 20-24: 3.5%
25-34 9.3% / 12.4%
Googa Creek — 25-34: 9.3% Emu Creek — 25-34: 12.4%
35-44 5.6% / 5.3%
Googa Creek — 35-44: 5.6% Emu Creek — 35-44: 5.3%
45-54 7.4% / 14.2%
Googa Creek — 45-54: 7.4% Emu Creek — 45-54: 14.2%
55-64 20.4% / 31.9%
Googa Creek — 55-64: 20.4% Emu Creek — 55-64: 31.9%
65-74 20.4% / 11.5%
Googa Creek — 65-74: 20.4% Emu Creek — 65-74: 11.5%
75-84 9.3% / 5.3%
Googa Creek — 75-84: 9.3% Emu Creek — 75-84: 5.3%
85+ — / —
Googa Creek — 85+: not among its largest Emu Creek — 85+: not among its largest

Bars are drawn against the largest share shown (31.9%).

Who lives together

Household composition, 2021 Census.

Googa Creek 50.0% lone person
Googa Creek — Lone Person: 50.0% Googa Creek — Couple Families: 25.0% Googa Creek — One Parent Families: 0.0% Googa Creek — Group Household: 25.0%
Emu Creek 28.0% lone person
Emu Creek — Lone Person: 28.0% Emu Creek — Couple Families: 44.0% Emu Creek — One Parent Families: 28.0% Emu Creek — Group Household: 0.0%
Lone Person Couple Families One Parent Families Group Household

Who owns and who rents

Occupied private dwellings by tenure, 2021 Census.

Googa Creek 16.7% renting
Googa Creek — Owned Outright: 38.9% Googa Creek — Mortgage: 44.4% Googa Creek — Renting: 16.7%
Emu Creek 7.1% renting
Emu Creek — Owned Outright: 54.8% Emu Creek — Mortgage: 38.1% Emu Creek — Renting: 7.1%
Owned outright Mortgage Renting

What people live in

Occupied private dwellings by structure, 2021 Census.

Googa Creek 100.0% houses
Googa Creek — Houses: 100.0%
Emu Creek 100.0% houses
Emu Creek — Houses: 100.0%
Houses

Qualifications

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

Googa Creek Emu Creek
Certificate III & IV 16.7% / 19.5%
Googa Creek — Certificate III & IV: 16.7% Emu Creek — Certificate III & IV: 19.5%
Bachelor Degree 5.6% / 8.0%
Googa Creek — Bachelor Degree: 5.6% Emu Creek — Bachelor Degree: 8.0%
Advanced Diploma / Diploma — / 11.5%
Googa Creek — Advanced Diploma / Diploma: not among its largest Emu Creek — Advanced Diploma / Diploma: 11.5%
Graduate Diploma / Certificate — / 3.5%
Googa Creek — Graduate Diploma / Certificate: not among its largest Emu Creek — Graduate Diploma / Certificate: 3.5%
Postgraduate Degree — / 2.7%
Googa Creek — Postgraduate Degree: not among its largest Emu Creek — Postgraduate Degree: 2.7%

Bars are drawn against the largest share shown (19.5%).

Property market

Googa Creek Emu Creek
Median house price — $1,110,000
Median unit price —
same for both
Median land price —
same for both

Development activity

Googa Creek Emu Creek
New dwellings approved 1,513
across Toowoomba
same for both
Approvals change year on year -25%
same for both

Ranking within QLD

Googa Creek Emu Creek
House price —
same for both
Income Higher than 6% of QLD Higher than 60% of QLD
Schools —
same for both
Walkability Higher than 51% of QLD Higher than 39% of QLD
Affordability —
same for both
EV adoption Higher than 57% of QLD Higher than 17% of QLD
NBN connectivity Higher than 27% of QLD Higher than 31% of QLD

Liveability

Googa Creek Emu Creek
Grade —
same for both
Score —
same for both
Socio-economic band mid-range socio-economic
decile 4/10
 mid-range socio-economic
decile 6/10

Risk profile

Googa Creek carries more crime risk (90 vs 36).

Googa Creek Emu Creek
Bushfire None
0/100
same for both
Crime High
90/100
 Low
36/100
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

Googa Creek Emu Creek
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

Googa Creek Emu Creek
Waterways 6 11

Mobility

Emu Creek sits further from the CBD (173.5 km vs 166 km).

Googa Creek Emu Creek
Walkability score 0/100
same for both
Distance to Brisbane 166 km 173.5 km
+5% vs other
Drive time (normal traffic) 141 min 145 min
Electric vehicle share 0.4%
postcode 4314
 0.2%
postcode 4355
Rooftop solar per 100 dwellings 33
postcode 4314
 68
postcode 4355

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.

Googa Creek Emu Creek
Car (driver) 100.0% / 56.2%
Googa Creek — Car (driver): 100.0% Emu Creek — Car (driver): 56.2%
Worked from Home — / 43.8%
Googa Creek — Worked from Home: not among its largest Emu Creek — Worked from Home: 43.8%

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

Setting

Googa Creek Emu Creek
Elevation 499 m
above sea level, at the suburb centre
 380 m
above sea level, at the suburb centre

NBN connectivity

Googa Creek Emu Creek
Connectivity score 19/100 23/100
Most common technology Satellite (Sky Muster) Fixed wireless
Full-fibre (FTTP) share 0%
17 premises
 0%
35 premises

Council rates

Googa Creek Emu Creek
Average residential rate $1,618/yr
same for both
Council Toowoomba
same for both

Federal electorate

Googa Creek Emu Creek
Division Maranoa
same for both
Member David Littleproud
same for both
Party Liberal National Party of Queensland
same for both

First Home Owner Grant

Googa Creek Emu Creek
Grant amount $30,000
same for both
Property price cap $750,000
same for both
Eligibility New
same for both

Tags

Googa Creek

Retirees Rural

Emu Creek

Rural

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