Healy vs Spreadborough

Comparing Healy and Spreadborough, QLD: Healy has more residents (1,824 vs 55); Healy is more walkable (33 vs 4); and Spreadborough sits further from the CBD (1830.5 km vs 1827.3 km).

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 2 of the 5 things we measure here

  • has more schools inside the suburb (2 vs 0)
  • has more separate houses rather than flats (97% vs 71%)

Weighs schools, house stock, 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 27%)

Weighs mortgage stress.

Renters

Healy

ahead on 2 of the 3 things we measure here

  • leaves renters under less rental stress (13% vs 19%)
  • has cheaper rent ($380/wk vs $450/wk)

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

Commuting to the city

Healy

ahead on 2 of the 3 things we measure here

  • is more walkable (33/100 vs 4/100)
  • sits closer to the CBD (1827.3 km vs 1830.5 km)

Weighs distance, drive time, and walkability.

Downsizers and retirees

They split

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

  • Healy is more walkable (33/100 vs 4/100)
  • Spreadborough has more units and townhouses to downsize into (29% vs 3%)

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

Where they sit

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

Healy Spreadborough
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.

Healy Spreadborough
Walkability 33 / 4
Healy — Walkability: 33/100 Spreadborough — Walkability: 4/100
Low fire risk 100 / 100
Healy — Low fire risk: 100/100 Spreadborough — Low fire risk: 100/100

Demographics

Healy has more residents (1,824 vs 55); Healy has higher household incomes ($157,248 vs $123,448).

Healy Spreadborough
Population 1,824
+97% vs other
 55
Population trend (2016 → 2021) -2.9% —
Median age 33 32
Median household income $157,248/yr
+21% vs other
 $123,448/yr
Median weekly rent $380/wk $450/wk
+18% vs other

Age profile

Share of residents in each band, 2021 Census.

Healy Spreadborough
0-4 8.0% / 5.5%
Healy — 0-4: 8.0% Spreadborough — 0-4: 5.5%
5-14 18.4% / 23.6%
Healy — 5-14: 18.4% Spreadborough — 5-14: 23.6%
15-19 7.0% / —
Healy — 15-19: 7.0% Spreadborough — 15-19: not among its largest
20-24 4.6% / —
Healy — 20-24: 4.6% Spreadborough — 20-24: not among its largest
25-34 14.2% / 18.2%
Healy — 25-34: 14.2% Spreadborough — 25-34: 18.2%
35-44 16.7% / 16.4%
Healy — 35-44: 16.7% Spreadborough — 35-44: 16.4%
45-54 13.5% / 18.2%
Healy — 45-54: 13.5% Spreadborough — 45-54: 18.2%
55-64 11.2% / —
Healy — 55-64: 11.2% Spreadborough — 55-64: not among its largest
65-74 4.7% / 7.3%
Healy — 65-74: 4.7% Spreadborough — 65-74: 7.3%
75-84 1.6% / —
Healy — 75-84: 1.6% Spreadborough — 75-84: not among its largest
85+ 0.2% / —
Healy — 85+: 0.2% Spreadborough — 85+: not among its largest

Bars are drawn against the largest share shown (23.6%).

Who lives together

Household composition, 2021 Census.

Healy 64.8% couple families
Healy — Couple Families: 64.8% Healy — Lone Person: 19.5% Healy — One Parent Families: 11.4% Healy — Group Household: 3.1% Healy — Other Families: 1.2%
Spreadborough 60.0% couple families
Spreadborough — Couple Families: 60.0% Spreadborough — Lone Person: 20.0% Spreadborough — One Parent Families: 20.0% Spreadborough — Group Household: 0.0% Spreadborough — 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.

Healy 33.5% renting
Healy — Owned Outright: 20.0% Healy — Mortgage: 46.6% Healy — Renting: 33.5%
Spreadborough 26.7% renting
Spreadborough — Owned Outright: 33.3% Spreadborough — Mortgage: 40.0% Spreadborough — Renting: 26.7%
Owned outright Mortgage Renting

What people live in

Occupied private dwellings by structure, 2021 Census.

Healy 96.8% houses
Healy — Houses: 96.8% Healy — Flats / Apartments: 1.5% Healy — Townhouses: 1.7%
Spreadborough 70.6% houses
Spreadborough — Houses: 70.6% Spreadborough — Flats / Apartments: 29.4% Spreadborough — Townhouses: 0.0%
Houses Flats / Apartments Townhouses

Qualifications

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

Healy Spreadborough
Certificate III & IV 20.3% / 23.6%
Healy — Certificate III & IV: 20.3% Spreadborough — Certificate III & IV: 23.6%
Bachelor Degree 8.5% / 5.5%
Healy — Bachelor Degree: 8.5% Spreadborough — Bachelor Degree: 5.5%
Advanced Diploma / Diploma 5.6% / —
Healy — Advanced Diploma / Diploma: 5.6% Spreadborough — Advanced Diploma / Diploma: not among its largest
Postgraduate Degree 2.7% / —
Healy — Postgraduate Degree: 2.7% Spreadborough — Postgraduate Degree: not among its largest
Graduate Diploma / Certificate 1.8% / —
Healy — Graduate Diploma / Certificate: 1.8% Spreadborough — Graduate Diploma / Certificate: not among its largest

Bars are drawn against the largest share shown (23.6%).

Property market

Healy Spreadborough
Median house price $390,000 —
Median unit price —
same for both
Median land price —
same for both

Ranking within QLD

Healy Spreadborough
House price —
same for both
Income Higher than 97% of QLD Higher than 91% 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 79% of QLD

Liveability

Healy is more walkable (33 vs 4).

Healy Spreadborough
Grade C —
Score 45/100 —
Socio-economic band advantaged area
decile 8/10
 mid-range socio-economic
decile 6/10

Risk profile

Healy Spreadborough
Bushfire None
0/100
same for both
Crime High
86/100
 —
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 Spreadborough
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 Spreadborough

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

Mobility

Spreadborough sits further from the CBD (1830.5 km vs 1827.3 km).

Healy Spreadborough
Walkability score 33/100 4/100
Distance to Brisbane 1827.3 km 1830.5 km
Drive time (normal traffic) 1212 min 1216 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.

Healy Spreadborough
Car (driver) 87.6% / 87.0%
Healy — Car (driver): 87.6% Spreadborough — Car (driver): 87.0%
Walked Only 0.6% / 13.0%
Healy — Walked Only: 0.6% Spreadborough — Walked Only: 13.0%
Car (passenger) 7.0% / —
Healy — Car (passenger): 7.0% Spreadborough — Car (passenger): not among its largest
Worked from Home 3.3% / —
Healy — Worked from Home: 3.3% Spreadborough — Worked from Home: not among its largest
Bicycle 1.2% / —
Healy — Bicycle: 1.2% Spreadborough — Bicycle: not among its largest

Bars are drawn against the largest share shown (87.6%).

Setting

Healy Spreadborough
Elevation 360 m
above sea level, at the suburb centre
 365 m
above sea level, at the suburb centre

NBN connectivity

Healy Spreadborough
Connectivity score 62/100 70/100
Most common technology Fibre to the node
same for both
Full-fibre (FTTP) share 30%
698 premises
 45%
22 premises

Climate

Healy Spreadborough
Annual rainfall 502 mm
same for both
Summer max (Jan) —
same for both
Winter min (Jul) —
same for both

Air quality (annual mean)

Healy Spreadborough
PM2.5 5.0 µg/m³
same for both
PM10 14.0 µg/m³
same for both
NO₂ —
same for both

Council rates

Healy Spreadborough
Average residential rate $893/yr
same for both
Council Mount Isa
same for both

Federal electorate

Healy Spreadborough
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 Spreadborough
Grant amount $30,000
same for both
Property price cap $750,000
same for both
Eligibility New
same for both

Tags

Healy

Affordable Family Large Blocks

Spreadborough

Family

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