Happy Valley vs Parkside
In both, the large majority of homes are detached houses. In Happy Valley, most households own their home and most households are couple families. In Parkside, about half of households rent. On these figures, Happy Valley tends to suit 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
Happy Valley
ahead on 2 of the 6 things we measure here
- has more separate houses rather than flats (98% vs 75%)
- is already more of a family suburb (70% vs 54%)
- But Parkside has more schools inside the suburb (3 vs 1)
Weighs schools, house stock, crime, parks, childcare, and who already lives there.
First-home buyers
Too close to call
Nothing among the 2 things we measure here separates them by enough to be worth acting on.
Weighs house prices and mortgage stress.
Renters
Parkside
ahead on the one thing that separates them
- has cheaper rent ($320/wk vs $420/wk)
Weighs rent, rental stress, and how much is for rent.
Commuting to the city
Parkside
ahead on the one thing that separates them
- is more walkable (73/100 vs 51/100)
Weighs distance, drive time, and walkability.
Downsizers and retirees
Parkside
ahead on 2 of the 5 things we measure here
- has more units and townhouses to downsize into (25% vs 2%)
- is more walkable (73/100 vs 51/100)
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
Happy Valley and Parkside 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
Parkside has more residents (1,530 vs 733); Happy Valley rents higher ($420/wk vs $320/wk).
| Happy Valley | Parkside | |
|---|---|---|
| Population | 733 | 1,530 +109% vs other |
| Population trend (2016 → 2021) | -4.4% | -0.1% |
| Median age | 30 | 31 |
| Median household income | $136,708/yr +11% vs other | $122,044/yr |
| Median weekly rent | $420/wk +24% vs other | $320/wk |
Age profile
Share of residents in each band, 2021 Census.
Bars are drawn against the largest share shown (20.5%).
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 (19.2%).
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 (5.9%).
What people live in
Occupied private dwellings by structure, 2021 Census.
Property market
| Happy Valley | Parkside | |
|---|---|---|
| Median house price | $275,000 | $259,000 |
| Median unit price | — same for both | |
| Median land price | — same for both | |
| Typical days to sell (houses) | 13 days from 3 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.
15 vs 21 sales
5 vs 7 sales
Ranking within QLD
| Happy Valley | Parkside | |
|---|---|---|
| House price | — same for both | |
| Income | Higher than 95% of QLD | Higher than 90% of QLD |
| Schools | — | Higher than 33% of QLD |
| Walkability | Higher than 87% of QLD | Higher than 93% of QLD |
| Affordability | — same for both | |
| EV adoption | Higher than 2% of QLD | Higher than 1% of QLD |
| NBN connectivity | Higher than 69% of QLD same for both | |
Liveability
Parkside is more walkable (73 vs 51).
| Happy Valley | Parkside | |
|---|---|---|
| Grade | C same for both | |
| Score | 38/100 | 36/100 |
| Socio-economic band | mid-range socio-economic decile 5/10 | mid-range socio-economic decile 6/10 |
Risk profile
| Happy Valley | Parkside | |
|---|---|---|
| Bushfire | None 0/100 same for both | |
| Crime | High 89/100 | High 94/100 |
| 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 | 9 within 5 km | 7 within 5 km |
Schools
| Happy Valley | Parkside | |
|---|---|---|
| Inside the suburb | 1 | 3 |
| Rated above peers | 0 same for both | |
| Rated at peers | 1 same for both | |
| Rated below peers | 0 | 1 |
Schools in Happy Valley
- Happy Valley State School Government · Primary at peers
Schools in Parkside
- St Joseph's Catholic School Catholic · Primary at peers
- Spinifex State College - Mount Isa - Junior Campus Government · Secondary below peers
- Spinifex State College - Mount Isa Education and Training Precinct Government · Secondary
Amenities in the suburb
| Happy Valley | Parkside | |
|---|---|---|
| Parks & reserves | 1 | 3 |
| Childcare | 3 | 2 |
| Waterways | 1 | 4 |
Mobility
| Happy Valley | Parkside | |
|---|---|---|
| Walkability score | 51/100 | 73/100 |
| Distance to Brisbane | 1829.4 km | 1828.1 km |
| Drive time (normal traffic) | 1214 min | 1212 min |
| Electric vehicle share | 0.1% postcode 4825 same for both | |
| Rooftop solar per 100 dwellings | 38 postcode 4825 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 (86.2%).
Setting
| Happy Valley | Parkside | |
|---|---|---|
| Elevation | 359 m above sea level, at the suburb centre same for both | |
NBN connectivity
| Happy Valley | Parkside | |
|---|---|---|
| Connectivity score | 45/100 same for both | |
| Most common technology | Fibre to the node same for both | |
| Full-fibre (FTTP) share | 0% 292 premises | 0% 846 premises |
Climate
| Happy Valley | Parkside | |
|---|---|---|
| Annual rainfall | 502 mm same for both | |
| Summer max (Jan) | — same for both | |
| Winter min (Jul) | — same for both | |
Air quality (annual mean)
| Happy Valley | Parkside | |
|---|---|---|
| PM2.5 | 5.0 µg/m³ same for both | |
| PM10 | 14.0 µg/m³ same for both | |
| NO₂ | — same for both | |
Council rates
| Happy Valley | Parkside | |
|---|---|---|
| Average residential rate | $893/yr same for both | |
| Council | Mount Isa same for both | |
Federal electorate
| Happy Valley | Parkside | |
|---|---|---|
| Division | Kennedy same for both | |
| Member | Bob Katter same for both | |
| Party | Katter's Australian Party (KAP) same for both | |
First Home Owner Grant
| Happy Valley | Parkside | |
|---|---|---|
| Grant amount | $30,000 same for both | |
| Property price cap | $750,000 same for both | |
| Eligibility | New same for both | |
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Information shown is provided as-is from Australian government and commercial data sources.
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