Gordonvale vs Wrights Creek

Gordonvale is the younger of the two, with a median age of 38 against 41 in Wrights Creek. In both, most households own their home and the large majority of homes are detached houses. In Wrights Creek, most households are couple families. On these figures, Wrights Creek tends to suit share households and couples.

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

Gordonvale

ahead on 3 of the 6 things we measure here

  • has more parks and reserves (7 vs 1)
  • has more childcare (6 vs 0)
  • has more schools inside the suburb (5 vs 0)
  • But Wrights Creek carries lower crime risk (56/100 vs 79/100)

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

First-home buyers

Wrights Creek

ahead on the one thing that separates them

  • leaves households under less mortgage stress (13% vs 21%)

Weighs mortgage stress.

Renters

Wrights Creek

ahead on the one thing that separates them

  • leaves renters under less rental stress (12% vs 19%)

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

Commuting to the city

Gordonvale

ahead on 3 of the 3 things we measure here

  • is more walkable (21/100 vs 0/100)
  • has a shorter drive in (1154 min vs 1164 min)
  • sits closer to the CBD (1680 km vs 1689.5 km)

Weighs distance, drive time, and walkability.

Downsizers and retirees

Gordonvale

ahead on 2 of the 4 things we measure here

  • is more walkable (21/100 vs 0/100)
  • has more GPs (2 vs 0)
  • But Wrights Creek carries lower crime risk (56/100 vs 79/100)

Weighs 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

Gordonvale and Wrights 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.

Gordonvale Wrights 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.

Gordonvale Wrights Creek
Walkability 21 / 0
Gordonvale — Walkability: 21/100 Wrights Creek — Walkability: 0/100
Safety 21 / 44
Gordonvale — Safety: 21/100 Wrights Creek — Safety: 44/100
Low fire risk 59 / 100
Gordonvale — Low fire risk: 59/100 Wrights Creek — Low fire risk: 100/100

Demographics

Gordonvale has more residents (6,944 vs 160); Wrights Creek has higher household incomes ($135,564 vs $86,268).

Gordonvale Wrights Creek
Population 6,944
+98% vs other
 160
Population trend (2016 → 2021) +4.1% +2.6%
Median age 38 41
Median household income $86,268/yr $135,564/yr
+57% vs other
Median weekly rent $320/wk
+6% vs other
 $300/wk

Age profile

Share of residents in each band, 2021 Census.

Gordonvale Wrights Creek
0-4 5.6% / 8.8%
Gordonvale — 0-4: 5.6% Wrights Creek — 0-4: 8.8%
5-14 16.0% / 11.9%
Gordonvale — 5-14: 16.0% Wrights Creek — 5-14: 11.9%
15-19 6.9% / 5.6%
Gordonvale — 15-19: 6.9% Wrights Creek — 15-19: 5.6%
20-24 5.3% / 4.4%
Gordonvale — 20-24: 5.3% Wrights Creek — 20-24: 4.4%
25-34 12.3% / 10.0%
Gordonvale — 25-34: 12.3% Wrights Creek — 25-34: 10.0%
35-44 12.6% / 16.2%
Gordonvale — 35-44: 12.6% Wrights Creek — 35-44: 16.2%
45-54 12.8% / 13.8%
Gordonvale — 45-54: 12.8% Wrights Creek — 45-54: 13.8%
55-64 12.7% / 11.9%
Gordonvale — 55-64: 12.7% Wrights Creek — 55-64: 11.9%
65-74 9.5% / 10.0%
Gordonvale — 65-74: 9.5% Wrights Creek — 65-74: 10.0%
75-84 4.7% / 4.4%
Gordonvale — 75-84: 4.7% Wrights Creek — 75-84: 4.4%
85+ 1.7% / 1.9%
Gordonvale — 85+: 1.7% Wrights Creek — 85+: 1.9%

Bars are drawn against the largest share shown (16.2%).

Who lives together

Household composition, 2021 Census.

Gordonvale 44.6% couple families
Gordonvale — Couple Families: 44.6% Gordonvale — Lone Person: 29.3% Gordonvale — One Parent Families: 20.9% Gordonvale — Group Household: 3.9% Gordonvale — Other Families: 1.4%
Wrights Creek 59.5% couple families
Wrights Creek — Couple Families: 59.5% Wrights Creek — Lone Person: 27.0% Wrights Creek — One Parent Families: 0.0% Wrights Creek — Group Household: 13.5% Wrights Creek — 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.

Gordonvale 25.0% renting
Gordonvale — Owned Outright: 31.5% Gordonvale — Mortgage: 43.5% Gordonvale — Renting: 25.0%
Wrights Creek 25.6% renting
Wrights Creek — Owned Outright: 41.9% Wrights Creek — Mortgage: 32.6% Wrights Creek — Renting: 25.6%
Owned outright Mortgage Renting

Qualifications

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

Gordonvale Wrights Creek
Certificate III & IV 20.0% / 16.2%
Gordonvale — Certificate III & IV: 20.0% Wrights Creek — Certificate III & IV: 16.2%
Advanced Diploma / Diploma 6.6% / 10.6%
Gordonvale — Advanced Diploma / Diploma: 6.6% Wrights Creek — Advanced Diploma / Diploma: 10.6%
Bachelor Degree 6.5% / 2.5%
Gordonvale — Bachelor Degree: 6.5% Wrights Creek — Bachelor Degree: 2.5%
Graduate Diploma / Certificate 1.4% / 2.5%
Gordonvale — Graduate Diploma / Certificate: 1.4% Wrights Creek — Graduate Diploma / Certificate: 2.5%
Postgraduate Degree 1.2% / —
Gordonvale — Postgraduate Degree: 1.2% Wrights Creek — Postgraduate Degree: not among its largest

Bars are drawn against the largest share shown (20.0%).

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.

Gordonvale Wrights Creek
England 2.2% / 2.5%
Gordonvale — England: 2.2% Wrights Creek — England: 2.5%
New Zealand 1.5% / 1.9%
Gordonvale — New Zealand: 1.5% Wrights Creek — New Zealand: 1.9%
Italy 0.4% / 1.9%
Gordonvale — Italy: 0.4% Wrights Creek — Italy: 1.9%
India 0.6% / —
Gordonvale — India: 0.6% Wrights Creek — India: not among its largest
Philippines 0.6% / —
Gordonvale — Philippines: 0.6% Wrights Creek — Philippines: not among its largest
Germany 0.4% / —
Gordonvale — Germany: 0.4% Wrights Creek — Germany: not among its largest

Bars are drawn against the largest share shown (2.5%).

What people live in

Occupied private dwellings by structure, 2021 Census.

Gordonvale 95.2% houses
Gordonvale — Houses: 95.2% Gordonvale — Townhouses: 2.7% Gordonvale — Flats / Apartments: 2.0%
Wrights Creek 100.0% houses
Wrights Creek — Houses: 100.0% Wrights Creek — Townhouses: 0.0% Wrights Creek — Flats / Apartments: 0.0%
Houses Townhouses Flats / Apartments

Property market

Gordonvale Wrights Creek
Median house price $700,000 —
Median unit price —
same for both
Median land price $1,050,000 —
Typical days to sell (houses) 28 days
from 70 sales
 —

Development activity

Gordonvale Wrights Creek
New dwellings approved 767
across Cairns
same for both
Approvals change year on year -81%
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.

Gordonvale Wrights Creek
Houses 5.2%
$725/wk on $725K
 —
Units —
same for both

Ranking within QLD

Gordonvale Wrights Creek
House price —
same for both
Income Higher than 60% of QLD Higher than 94% of QLD
Schools Higher than 54% of QLD —
Walkability Higher than 79% of QLD Higher than 8% of QLD
Affordability —
same for both
EV adoption Higher than 59% of QLD Higher than 54% of QLD
NBN connectivity Higher than 80% of QLD Higher than 50% of QLD
Rental yield (houses) Higher than 94% of QLD —

Liveability

Gordonvale is more walkable (21 vs 0).

Gordonvale Wrights Creek
Grade D —
Score 31/100 —
Socio-economic band below-average income
decile 3/10
 advantaged area
decile 7/10

Risk profile

Gordonvale carries more bushfire risk (41 vs 0); Gordonvale carries more crime risk (79 vs 56).

Gordonvale Wrights Creek
Bushfire Moderate
41/100
 None
0/100
Crime High
79/100
 Moderate
56/100
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 2
within 5 km
 1
within 5 km

Schools

Gordonvale Wrights Creek
Inside the suburb 5 0
Rated above peers 1 0
Rated at peers 2 0
Rated below peers 1 0

Schools in Gordonvale

  • Gordonvale State School Government · Primary above peers
  • Gordonvale State High School Government · Secondary at peers
  • St Michael's School Catholic · Primary at peers
  • Cairns Adventist College Independent · Combined below peers
  • Djarragun College Independent · Combined

Schools in Wrights Creek

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

Amenities in the suburb

Gordonvale Wrights Creek
Supermarkets 2 0
Cafes & restaurants 4 0
Parks & reserves 7 1
Childcare 6 0
GPs 2 0
Pharmacies 1 0
Hospitals 1 0
Police stations 1 0
Banks & Bank@Post 1 0
Fuel stations 3 0
Waterways 22 3

Mobility

Wrights Creek sits further from the CBD (1689.5 km vs 1680 km).

Gordonvale Wrights Creek
Walkability score 21/100 0/100
Distance to Brisbane 1680 km 1689.5 km
Drive time (normal traffic) 1154 min 1164 min
Electric vehicle share 0.4%
postcode 4865
 0.4%
postcode 4869
Rooftop solar per 100 dwellings 74
postcode 4865
 72
postcode 4869

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.

Gordonvale Wrights Creek
Car (driver) 77.9% / 64.7%
Gordonvale — Car (driver): 77.9% Wrights Creek — Car (driver): 64.7%
Worked from Home 11.4% / 23.5%
Gordonvale — Worked from Home: 11.4% Wrights Creek — Worked from Home: 23.5%
Walked Only 2.9% / 7.4%
Gordonvale — Walked Only: 2.9% Wrights Creek — Walked Only: 7.4%
Car (passenger) 5.6% / 4.4%
Gordonvale — Car (passenger): 5.6% Wrights Creek — Car (passenger): 4.4%
Bus 1.2% / —
Gordonvale — Bus: 1.2% Wrights Creek — Bus: not among its largest

Bars are drawn against the largest share shown (77.9%).

Setting

Gordonvale Wrights Creek
Elevation 21 m
above sea level, at the suburb centre
 5 m
above sea level, at the suburb centre
Distance to the ocean 10.4 km 8.1 km

NBN connectivity

Gordonvale Wrights Creek
Connectivity score 71/100 30/100
Most common technology Fibre to the premises Fixed wireless
Full-fibre (FTTP) share 49%
3,056 premises
 0%
76 premises

Climate

Gordonvale Wrights Creek
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)

Gordonvale Wrights Creek
PM2.5 5.6 µg/m³
same for both
PM10 18.6 µg/m³
same for both
NO₂ —
same for both

Council rates

Gordonvale Wrights Creek
Average residential rate $1,354/yr
same for both
Council Cairns
same for both

Federal electorate

Gordonvale Wrights Creek
Division Kennedy
same for both
Member Bob Katter
same for both
Party Katter's Australian Party (KAP)
same for both

First Home Owner Grant

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

Tags

Gordonvale

Acreage

Wrights Creek

Rural Young Families

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