Gumdale vs Tingalpa

In both, most households own their home and the large majority of homes are detached houses. In Gumdale, the large majority of households are couple families. Houses cost more in Gumdale: a median of $2 million, against $1.22 million in Tingalpa, and rent is higher there too. On these figures, Gumdale tends to suit families with children and couples, while Tingalpa suits people living alone and 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

Gumdale

ahead on 4 of the 6 things we measure here

  • has more schools rated above their peers (1 vs 0)
  • is already more of a family suburb (90% vs 61%)
  • carries lower crime risk (47/100 vs 69/100)
  • But Tingalpa has more parks and reserves (18 vs 2)

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

First-home buyers

Tingalpa

ahead on 2 of the 3 things we measure here

  • has cheaper land ($735,000 vs $2,200,000)
  • has cheaper houses ($1,217,500 vs $2,000,000)

Weighs house prices, land prices, and mortgage stress.

Renters

Tingalpa

ahead on 2 of the 3 things we measure here

  • has a bigger rental market to choose from (27% vs 8%)
  • has cheaper rent ($420/wk vs $585/wk)

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

Commuting to the city

Too close to call

Nothing among the 4 things we measure here separates them by enough to be worth acting on.

Weighs distance, drive time, rail access, and walkability.

Downsizers and retirees

They split

one each way, out of the 5 things we measure here

  • Gumdale carries lower crime risk (47/100 vs 69/100)
  • Tingalpa has more units and townhouses to downsize into (20% vs 0%)

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

Investors

Gumdale

ahead on the one thing that separates them

  • is growing faster (8.5% vs 2.1%)

Weighs population growth.

Where they sit

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

Gumdale Tingalpa
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.

Gumdale Tingalpa
Walkability 59 / 52
Gumdale — Walkability: 59/100 Tingalpa — Walkability: 52/100
Safety 53 / 31
Gumdale — Safety: 53/100 Tingalpa — Safety: 31/100
Low fire risk 100 / 100
Gumdale — Low fire risk: 100/100 Tingalpa — Low fire risk: 100/100

Demographics

Tingalpa has more residents (8,461 vs 2,298); Gumdale has higher household incomes ($177,060 vs $100,880).

Gumdale Tingalpa
Population 2,298 8,461
+268% vs other
Population trend (2016 → 2021) +8.5% +2.1%
Median age 38
same for both
Median household income $177,060/yr
+43% vs other
 $100,880/yr
Median weekly rent $585/wk
+28% vs other
 $420/wk

Age profile

Share of residents in each band, 2021 Census.

Gumdale Tingalpa
0-4 5.2% / 7.3%
Gumdale — 0-4: 5.2% Tingalpa — 0-4: 7.3%
5-14 19.7% / 11.3%
Gumdale — 5-14: 19.7% Tingalpa — 5-14: 11.3%
15-19 8.7% / 4.7%
Gumdale — 15-19: 8.7% Tingalpa — 15-19: 4.7%
20-24 5.7% / 5.5%
Gumdale — 20-24: 5.7% Tingalpa — 20-24: 5.5%
25-34 6.6% / 15.7%
Gumdale — 25-34: 6.6% Tingalpa — 25-34: 15.7%
35-44 16.6% / 15.5%
Gumdale — 35-44: 16.6% Tingalpa — 35-44: 15.5%
45-54 15.7% / 12.2%
Gumdale — 45-54: 15.7% Tingalpa — 45-54: 12.2%
55-64 10.1% / 12.2%
Gumdale — 55-64: 10.1% Tingalpa — 55-64: 12.2%
65-74 7.7% / 9.1%
Gumdale — 65-74: 7.7% Tingalpa — 65-74: 9.1%
75-84 2.8% / 5.1%
Gumdale — 75-84: 2.8% Tingalpa — 75-84: 5.1%
85+ 0.8% / 1.4%
Gumdale — 85+: 0.8% Tingalpa — 85+: 1.4%

Bars are drawn against the largest share shown (19.7%).

Who lives together

Household composition, 2021 Census.

Gumdale 76.5% couple families
Gumdale — Couple Families: 76.5% Gumdale — Lone Person: 6.8% Gumdale — One Parent Families: 14.0% Gumdale — Group Household: 1.4% Gumdale — Other Families: 1.4%
Tingalpa 44.7% couple families
Tingalpa — Couple Families: 44.7% Tingalpa — Lone Person: 31.3% Tingalpa — One Parent Families: 16.6% Tingalpa — Group Household: 5.4% Tingalpa — Other Families: 2.1%
Couple Families Lone Person One Parent Families Group Household Other Families

Who owns and who rents

Occupied private dwellings by tenure, 2021 Census.

Gumdale 8.1% renting
Gumdale — Owned Outright: 36.2% Gumdale — Mortgage: 55.6% Gumdale — Renting: 8.1%
Tingalpa 26.6% renting
Tingalpa — Owned Outright: 29.6% Tingalpa — Mortgage: 43.8% Tingalpa — Renting: 26.6%
Owned outright Mortgage Renting

Qualifications

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

Gumdale Tingalpa
Bachelor Degree 19.1% / 13.8%
Gumdale — Bachelor Degree: 19.1% Tingalpa — Bachelor Degree: 13.8%
Certificate III & IV 10.9% / 16.2%
Gumdale — Certificate III & IV: 10.9% Tingalpa — Certificate III & IV: 16.2%
Advanced Diploma / Diploma 8.4% / 8.3%
Gumdale — Advanced Diploma / Diploma: 8.4% Tingalpa — Advanced Diploma / Diploma: 8.3%
Postgraduate Degree 6.5% / 3.5%
Gumdale — Postgraduate Degree: 6.5% Tingalpa — Postgraduate Degree: 3.5%
Graduate Diploma / Certificate 1.5% / 2.1%
Gumdale — Graduate Diploma / Certificate: 1.5% Tingalpa — Graduate Diploma / Certificate: 2.1%

Bars are drawn against the largest share shown (19.1%).

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.

Gumdale Tingalpa
New Zealand 3.1% / 5.4%
Gumdale — New Zealand: 3.1% Tingalpa — New Zealand: 5.4%
England 3.5% / 3.3%
Gumdale — England: 3.5% Tingalpa — England: 3.3%
South Africa 3.0% / 0.8%
Gumdale — South Africa: 3.0% Tingalpa — South Africa: 0.8%
India 2.1% / 1.2%
Gumdale — India: 2.1% Tingalpa — India: 1.2%
China 1.6% / 0.8%
Gumdale — China: 1.6% Tingalpa — China: 0.8%
Philippines 0.7% / 1.5%
Gumdale — Philippines: 0.7% Tingalpa — Philippines: 1.5%
Ireland — / 1.0%
Gumdale — Ireland: not among its largest Tingalpa — Ireland: 1.0%

Bars are drawn against the largest share shown (5.4%).

What people live in

Occupied private dwellings by structure, 2021 Census.

Gumdale 99.5% houses
Gumdale — Houses: 99.5% Gumdale — Townhouses: 0.0% Gumdale — Flats / Apartments: 0.5%
Tingalpa 79.9% houses
Tingalpa — Houses: 79.9% Tingalpa — Townhouses: 17.6% Tingalpa — Flats / Apartments: 2.6%
Houses Townhouses Flats / Apartments

Property market

Gumdale Tingalpa
Median house price $2,000,000 $1,217,500
Median unit price — $902,750
Median land price $2,200,000 $735,000
Typical days to sell (houses) 40 days
from 19 sales
 24 days
from 45 sales

House price by bedroom count

Only bed counts both suburbs published enough sales for. Sale counts are shown because the buckets differ in depth.

Gumdale Tingalpa
4 bed $1.6M / $1.25M
Gumdale — 4 bed: $1.6M (21 sales) Tingalpa — 4 bed: $1.25M (37 sales)

21 vs 37 sales

5 bed $2.04M / $1.58M
Gumdale — 5 bed: $2.04M (23 sales) Tingalpa — 5 bed: $1.58M (10 sales)

23 vs 10 sales

Development activity

Gumdale Tingalpa
New dwellings approved 9,382
across Brisbane
same for both
Approvals change year on year +9%
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.

Gumdale Tingalpa
Houses — 3.9%
$825/wk on $1.1M
Units —
same for both

Ranking within QLD

Gumdale Tingalpa
House price —
same for both
Income Higher than 99% of QLD Higher than 75% of QLD
Schools —
same for both
Walkability Higher than 89% of QLD Higher than 87% of QLD
Affordability —
same for both
EV adoption Higher than 95% of QLD Higher than 90% of QLD
NBN connectivity Higher than 95% of QLD Higher than 91% of QLD
Rental yield (houses) — Higher than 48% of QLD

Liveability

Gumdale scores higher overall (83 vs 64).

Gumdale Tingalpa
Grade A+ B
Score 83/100 64/100
Socio-economic band very advantaged area
decile 10/10
 advantaged area
decile 7/10

Risk profile

Tingalpa carries more crime risk (69 vs 47).

Gumdale Tingalpa
Bushfire None
0/100
same for both
Crime Moderate
47/100
 Moderate
69/100
Flood —
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
 14
within 5 km

Schools

Gumdale Tingalpa
Inside the suburb 1
same for both
Rated above peers 1 0
Rated at peers 0 1
Rated below peers 0
same for both
Universities within 10 km None 1
90 Bowen Terrace, Fortitude Valley QLD 4006, 9.2 km

Schools in Gumdale

  • Gumdale State School Government · Primary above peers

Schools in Tingalpa

  • Tingalpa State School Government · Primary at peers

Amenities in the suburb

Gumdale Tingalpa
Supermarkets 1
same for both
Cafes & restaurants 0 1
Parks & reserves 2 18
Childcare 4 6
GPs 1 2
Pharmacies 1
same for both
Banks & Bank@Post 1
same for both
Fuel stations 1 6
Waterways 6
same for both

Mobility

Gumdale Tingalpa
Walkability score 59/100 52/100
Distance to Brisbane 17.2 km
+8% vs other
 15.9 km
Drive time (normal traffic) 26 min 24 min
Public transport score 54/100
Bus
 79/100
Bus
Peak arrivals per hour 17.0
7-9am + 5-7pm
 121.8
7-9am + 5-7pm
Median peak wait 1 min
scheduled, not actual
 0 min
scheduled, not actual
Electric vehicle share 2.2%
postcode 4154
 1.4%
postcode 4173
Rooftop solar per 100 dwellings 84
postcode 4154
 62
postcode 4173

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.

Gumdale Tingalpa
Car (driver) 63.5% / 68.1%
Gumdale — Car (driver): 63.5% Tingalpa — Car (driver): 68.1%
Worked from Home 27.6% / 19.4%
Gumdale — Worked from Home: 27.6% Tingalpa — Worked from Home: 19.4%
Car (passenger) 3.8% / 5.0%
Gumdale — Car (passenger): 3.8% Tingalpa — Car (passenger): 5.0%
Train 2.0% / 3.0%
Gumdale — Train: 2.0% Tingalpa — Train: 3.0%
Bus 1.9% / 2.5%
Gumdale — Bus: 1.9% Tingalpa — Bus: 2.5%

Bars are drawn against the largest share shown (68.1%).

Setting

Gumdale Tingalpa
Elevation 28 m
above sea level, at the suburb centre
 11 m
above sea level, at the suburb centre
Distance to the ocean 4.2 km 4.6 km

NBN connectivity

Gumdale Tingalpa
Connectivity score 89/100 80/100
Most common technology Fibre to the premises Hybrid fibre-coaxial
Full-fibre (FTTP) share 69%
788 premises
 24%
4,234 premises

Climate

Gumdale Tingalpa
Annual rainfall 1,032 mm
same for both
Summer max (Jan) 30.5°C
same for both
Winter min (Jul) 8.9°C
same for both

Air quality (annual mean)

Gumdale Tingalpa
PM2.5 3.1 µg/m³ 5.3 µg/m³
PM10 14.5 µg/m³ 15.0 µg/m³
NO₂ — 0.68 pphm

Council rates

Gumdale Tingalpa
Average residential rate $1,519/yr
same for both
Council Brisbane
same for both

Federal electorate

Gumdale Tingalpa
Division Bonner
same for both
Member Kara Cook
same for both
Party Australian Labor Party
same for both

First Home Owner Grant

Gumdale Tingalpa
Grant amount $30,000
same for both
Property price cap $750,000
same for both
Eligibility New
same for both

Tags

Gumdale

Acreage Family Middle-Ring Parks Premium

Tingalpa

Middle-Ring Quiet River

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