Healy vs Mica Creek
Healy is the younger of the two, with a median age of 33 against 41 in Mica Creek. In both, most households own their home and the large majority of homes are detached houses. In Healy, most households are couple families. In Mica Creek, about half of households are couple families. On these figures, Healy tends to suit families with children and couples, while Mica Creek suits people living alone.
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
Healy
ahead on 3 of the 6 things we measure here
- has more schools inside the suburb (2 vs 0)
- is already more of a family suburb (76% vs 65%)
- has more separate houses rather than flats (97% vs 84%)
- But Mica Creek carries lower crime risk (28/100 vs 86/100)
Weighs schools, house stock, crime, parks, childcare, and who already lives there.
First-home buyers
Healy
ahead on the one thing that separates them
- leaves households under less mortgage stress (13% vs 22%)
Weighs mortgage stress.
Renters
Mica Creek
ahead on the one thing that separates them
- has cheaper rent ($350/wk vs $380/wk)
Weighs rent, rental stress, and how much is for rent.
Commuting to the city
Healy
ahead on 3 of the 3 things we measure here
- is more walkable (33/100 vs 4/100)
- has a shorter drive in (1212 min vs 1217 min)
- sits closer to the CBD (1827.3 km vs 1831.2 km)
Weighs distance, drive time, and walkability.
Downsizers and retirees
Mica Creek
ahead on 3 of the 5 things we measure here
- has more units and townhouses to downsize into (16% vs 3%)
- carries lower crime risk (28/100 vs 86/100)
- has more residents already 65 and over (14% vs 7%)
- But Healy is more walkable (33/100 vs 4/100)
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
Healy and Mica 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
Healy has more residents (1,824 vs 182); Mica Creek skews older (41 vs 33).
| Healy | Mica Creek | |
|---|---|---|
| Population | 1,824 +90% vs other | 182 |
| Population trend (2016 → 2021) | -2.9% | -7.6% |
| Median age | 33 | 41 |
| Median household income | $157,248/yr +19% vs other | $126,724/yr |
| Median weekly rent | $380/wk +8% vs other | $350/wk |
Age profile
Share of residents in each band, 2021 Census.
Bars are drawn against the largest share shown (18.4%).
Who lives together
Household composition, 2021 Census.
Who owns and who rents
Occupied private dwellings by tenure, 2021 Census.
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 (3.9%).
Qualifications
Highest non-school qualification, residents 15+, 2021 Census.
Bars are drawn against the largest share shown (23.6%).
What people live in
Occupied private dwellings by structure, 2021 Census.
Property market
| Healy | Mica Creek | |
|---|---|---|
| Median house price | $390,000 | — |
| Median unit price | — same for both | |
| Median land price | — same for both | |
Ranking within QLD
| Healy | Mica Creek | |
|---|---|---|
| House price | — same for both | |
| Income | Higher than 97% of QLD | Higher than 93% of QLD |
| Schools | — same for both | |
| Walkability | Higher than 83% of QLD | Higher than 67% of QLD |
| Affordability | — same for both | |
| EV adoption | Higher than 1% of QLD same for both | |
| NBN connectivity | Higher than 73% of QLD | Higher than 72% of QLD |
Liveability
Healy is more walkable (33 vs 4).
| Healy | Mica Creek | |
|---|---|---|
| Grade | C | — |
| Score | 45/100 | — |
| Socio-economic band | advantaged area decile 8/10 | mid-range socio-economic decile 6/10 |
Risk profile
Healy carries more crime risk (86 vs 28).
| Healy | Mica Creek | |
|---|---|---|
| Bushfire | None 0/100 same for both | |
| Crime | High 86/100 | Low 28/100 |
| 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
| Healy | Mica Creek | |
|---|---|---|
| Inside the suburb | 2 | 0 |
| Rated above peers | 0 same for both | |
| Rated at peers | 1 | 0 |
| Rated below peers | 0 same for both | |
Schools in Healy
- Healy State School Government · Primary at peers
- Queensland Pathways State College - Mount Isa Campus Government · Secondary
Schools in Mica Creek
No schools recorded inside this suburb's boundary. Children here will be zoned to schools nearby.
Amenities in the suburb
| Healy | Mica Creek | |
|---|---|---|
| Waterways | 0 | 1 |
Mobility
Mica Creek sits further from the CBD (1831.2 km vs 1827.3 km).
| Healy | Mica Creek | |
|---|---|---|
| Walkability score | 33/100 | 4/100 |
| Distance to Brisbane | 1827.3 km | 1831.2 km |
| Drive time (normal traffic) | 1212 min | 1217 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 (87.6%).
Setting
| Healy | Mica Creek | |
|---|---|---|
| Elevation | 360 m above sea level, at the suburb centre | 359 m above sea level, at the suburb centre |
NBN connectivity
| Healy | Mica Creek | |
|---|---|---|
| Connectivity score | 62/100 | 61/100 |
| Most common technology | Fibre to the node same for both | |
| Full-fibre (FTTP) share | 30% 698 premises | 29% 86 premises |
Climate
| Healy | Mica Creek | |
|---|---|---|
| Annual rainfall | 502 mm same for both | |
| Summer max (Jan) | — same for both | |
| Winter min (Jul) | — same for both | |
Air quality (annual mean)
| Healy | Mica Creek | |
|---|---|---|
| PM2.5 | 5.0 µg/m³ same for both | |
| PM10 | 14.0 µg/m³ same for both | |
| NO₂ | — same for both | |
Council rates
| Healy | Mica Creek | |
|---|---|---|
| Average residential rate | $893/yr same for both | |
| Council | Mount Isa same for both | |
Federal electorate
| Healy | Mica 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
| Healy | Mica 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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