Hermit Park vs Mundingburra

Hermit Park is the younger of the two, with a median age of 36 against 43 in Mundingburra. In both, about half of households are people living alone. In Hermit Park, about half of households rent. In Mundingburra, most households own their home and most homes are detached houses. Houses cost more in Hermit Park: a median of $705,000, against $625,000 in Mundingburra, though rent is higher in Mundingburra. On these figures, Hermit Park tends to suit renters, while Mundingburra suits older residents.

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

Mundingburra

ahead on 3 of the 6 things we measure here

  • has more childcare (6 vs 0)
  • has more schools inside the suburb (4 vs 0)
  • has more separate houses rather than flats (65% vs 55%)

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

First-home buyers

Mundingburra

ahead on the one thing that separates them

  • has cheaper houses ($625,000 vs $705,000)

Weighs house prices, unit prices, and mortgage stress.

Renters

Hermit Park

ahead on the one thing that separates them

  • has a bigger rental market to choose from (49% vs 35%)

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

Commuting to the city

Hermit Park

ahead on the one thing that separates them

  • is more walkable (86/100 vs 71/100)

Weighs distance, drive time, and walkability.

Downsizers and retirees

Hermit Park

ahead on 2 of the 5 things we measure here

  • has more units and townhouses to downsize into (45% vs 35%)
  • is more walkable (86/100 vs 71/100)
  • But Mundingburra has more residents already 65 and over (24% vs 14%)

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

Investors

Mundingburra

ahead on the one thing that separates them

  • returns a higher gross yield on houses (5.2% vs 4.3%)

Weighs house yield and population growth.

Where they sit

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

Hermit Park Mundingburra
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.

Hermit Park Mundingburra
Walkability 86 / 71
Hermit Park — Walkability: 86/100 Mundingburra — Walkability: 71/100
Safety 8 / 17
Hermit Park — Safety: 8/100 Mundingburra — Safety: 17/100
Low fire risk 100 / 100
Hermit Park — Low fire risk: 100/100 Mundingburra — Low fire risk: 100/100

Demographics

Mundingburra skews older (43 vs 36).

Hermit Park Mundingburra
Population 3,512 3,594
+2% vs other
Population trend (2016 → 2021) +2.9% -0.7%
Median age 36 43
Median household income $71,864/yr
+3% vs other
 $69,888/yr
Median weekly rent $255/wk $270/wk
+6% vs other

Age profile

Share of residents in each band, 2021 Census.

Hermit Park Mundingburra
0-4 6.1% / 3.4%
Hermit Park — 0-4: 6.1% Mundingburra — 0-4: 3.4%
5-14 11.3% / 13.6%
Hermit Park — 5-14: 11.3% Mundingburra — 5-14: 13.6%
15-19 6.2% / 8.3%
Hermit Park — 15-19: 6.2% Mundingburra — 15-19: 8.3%
20-24 7.6% / 5.3%
Hermit Park — 20-24: 7.6% Mundingburra — 20-24: 5.3%
25-34 16.9% / 9.5%
Hermit Park — 25-34: 16.9% Mundingburra — 25-34: 9.5%
35-44 12.6% / 11.3%
Hermit Park — 35-44: 12.6% Mundingburra — 35-44: 11.3%
45-54 13.5% / 12.1%
Hermit Park — 45-54: 13.5% Mundingburra — 45-54: 12.1%
55-64 11.7% / 12.0%
Hermit Park — 55-64: 11.7% Mundingburra — 55-64: 12.0%
65-74 8.7% / 9.7%
Hermit Park — 65-74: 8.7% Mundingburra — 65-74: 9.7%
75-84 4.2% / 8.4%
Hermit Park — 75-84: 4.2% Mundingburra — 75-84: 8.4%
85+ 1.2% / 6.1%
Hermit Park — 85+: 1.2% Mundingburra — 85+: 6.1%

Bars are drawn against the largest share shown (16.9%).

Who lives together

Household composition, 2021 Census.

Hermit Park 48.9% lone person
Hermit Park — Lone Person: 48.9% Hermit Park — Couple Families: 26.3% Hermit Park — One Parent Families: 17.9% Hermit Park — Group Household: 5.6% Hermit Park — Other Families: 1.3%
Mundingburra 50.8% lone person
Mundingburra — Lone Person: 50.8% Mundingburra — Couple Families: 28.7% Mundingburra — One Parent Families: 15.3% Mundingburra — Group Household: 3.6% Mundingburra — Other Families: 1.6%
Lone Person Couple Families One Parent Families Group Household Other Families

Who owns and who rents

Occupied private dwellings by tenure, 2021 Census.

Hermit Park 49.3% renting
Hermit Park — Owned Outright: 21.1% Hermit Park — Mortgage: 29.6% Hermit Park — Renting: 49.3%
Mundingburra 34.7% renting
Mundingburra — Owned Outright: 32.9% Mundingburra — Mortgage: 32.4% Mundingburra — Renting: 34.7%
Owned outright Mortgage Renting

Qualifications

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

Hermit Park Mundingburra
Certificate III & IV 15.5% / 13.7%
Hermit Park — Certificate III & IV: 15.5% Mundingburra — Certificate III & IV: 13.7%
Bachelor Degree 11.8% / 13.2%
Hermit Park — Bachelor Degree: 11.8% Mundingburra — Bachelor Degree: 13.2%
Advanced Diploma / Diploma 7.5% / 6.7%
Hermit Park — Advanced Diploma / Diploma: 7.5% Mundingburra — Advanced Diploma / Diploma: 6.7%
Postgraduate Degree 4.0% / 3.8%
Hermit Park — Postgraduate Degree: 4.0% Mundingburra — Postgraduate Degree: 3.8%
Graduate Diploma / Certificate 2.4% / 1.9%
Hermit Park — Graduate Diploma / Certificate: 2.4% Mundingburra — Graduate Diploma / Certificate: 1.9%

Bars are drawn against the largest share shown (15.5%).

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.

Hermit Park Mundingburra
England 2.4% / 2.9%
Hermit Park — England: 2.4% Mundingburra — England: 2.9%
New Zealand 2.6% / 2.1%
Hermit Park — New Zealand: 2.6% Mundingburra — New Zealand: 2.1%
India 1.0% / 0.9%
Hermit Park — India: 1.0% Mundingburra — India: 0.9%
Philippines 0.7% / 0.5%
Hermit Park — Philippines: 0.7% Mundingburra — Philippines: 0.5%
Scotland — / 0.6%
Hermit Park — Scotland: not among its largest Mundingburra — Scotland: 0.6%
South Africa — / 0.6%
Hermit Park — South Africa: not among its largest Mundingburra — South Africa: 0.6%
Thailand 0.4% / —
Hermit Park — Thailand: 0.4% Mundingburra — Thailand: not among its largest

Bars are drawn against the largest share shown (2.9%).

What people live in

Occupied private dwellings by structure, 2021 Census.

Hermit Park 54.9% houses
Hermit Park — Houses: 54.9% Hermit Park — Townhouses: 35.6% Hermit Park — Flats / Apartments: 9.4%
Mundingburra 64.9% houses
Mundingburra — Houses: 64.9% Mundingburra — Townhouses: 31.0% Mundingburra — Flats / Apartments: 4.0%
Houses Townhouses Flats / Apartments

Property market

Hermit Park Mundingburra
Median house price $705,000 $625,000
Median unit price $392,500 $400,000
Median land price —
same for both
Typical days to sell (houses) 31 days
from 29 sales
 32 days
from 16 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.

Hermit Park Mundingburra
2 bed $700K / $540K
Hermit Park — 2 bed: $700K (6 sales) Mundingburra — 2 bed: $540K (7 sales)

6 vs 7 sales

3 bed $639K / $610K
Hermit Park — 3 bed: $639K (32 sales) Mundingburra — 3 bed: $610K (20 sales)

32 vs 20 sales

4 bed $755K / $644K
Hermit Park — 4 bed: $755K (24 sales) Mundingburra — 4 bed: $644K (13 sales)

24 vs 13 sales

Development activity

Hermit Park Mundingburra
New dwellings approved 1,096
across Townsville
same for both
Approvals change year on year -22%
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.

Hermit Park Mundingburra
Houses 4.3%
$558/wk on $670K
 5.2%
$670/wk on $668K
Units 5.5%
$425/wk on $400K
 —

Ranking within QLD

Hermit Park Mundingburra
House price —
same for both
Income Higher than 41% of QLD Higher than 37% of QLD
Schools — Higher than 63% of QLD
Walkability Higher than 97% of QLD Higher than 93% of QLD
Affordability —
same for both
EV adoption Higher than 73% of QLD
same for both
NBN connectivity Higher than 98% of QLD
same for both
Rental yield (houses) Higher than 70% of QLD Higher than 95% of QLD
Rental yield (units) Higher than 81% of QLD —

Liveability

Hermit Park is more walkable (86 vs 71); Mundingburra scores higher overall (48 vs 41).

Hermit Park Mundingburra
Grade C
same for both
Score 41/100 48/100
Socio-economic band below-average income
decile 3/10
 mid-range socio-economic
decile 4/10

Risk profile

Hermit Park Mundingburra
Bushfire None
0/100
same for both
Crime High
92/100
 High
83/100
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 10
within 5 km
 2
within 5 km

Schools

Hermit Park Mundingburra
Inside the suburb 0 4
Rated above peers 0 1
Rated at peers 0 2
Rated below peers 0
same for both
Universities within 10 km 1
James Cook University - Townsville, 3.0 km
 1
James Cook University - Townsville, 5.3 km
Full-time students aged 15–24 1.7% 1.8%

Schools in Hermit Park

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

Schools in Mundingburra

  • St Joseph's Catholic School Catholic · Primary above peers
  • Mundingburra State School Government · Primary at peers
  • The Cathedral School of St Anne and St James Independent · Combined at peers
  • Townsville Community Learning Centre - A State Special School Government · Combined · Special school

Amenities in the suburb

Hermit Park Mundingburra
Supermarkets 1 0
Cafes & restaurants 1 0
Parks & reserves 4 6
Childcare 0 6
GPs 1
same for both
Pharmacies 1
same for both
Police stations 1 0
Banks & Bank@Post 1 0
Fuel stations 1
same for both
Waterways 1 0

Mobility

Hermit Park Mundingburra
Walkability score 86/100 71/100
Distance to Brisbane 1350.2 km 1349.4 km
Drive time (normal traffic) 923 min 922 min
Public transport score 78/100
Bus
same for both
Peak arrivals per hour 54.8
7-9am + 5-7pm
 83.2
7-9am + 5-7pm
Median peak wait 1 min
scheduled, not actual
same for both
Electric vehicle share 0.7%
postcode 4812
same for both
Rooftop solar per 100 dwellings 44
postcode 4812
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.

Hermit Park Mundingburra
Car (driver) 80.3% / 78.4%
Hermit Park — Car (driver): 80.3% Mundingburra — Car (driver): 78.4%
Car (passenger) 7.0% / 6.6%
Hermit Park — Car (passenger): 7.0% Mundingburra — Car (passenger): 6.6%
Worked from Home 6.2% / 6.9%
Hermit Park — Worked from Home: 6.2% Mundingburra — Worked from Home: 6.9%
Walked Only 2.6% / 3.4%
Hermit Park — Walked Only: 2.6% Mundingburra — Walked Only: 3.4%
Bicycle 2.0% / 2.5%
Hermit Park — Bicycle: 2.0% Mundingburra — Bicycle: 2.5%

Bars are drawn against the largest share shown (80.3%).

Setting

Hermit Park Mundingburra
Elevation 5 m
above sea level, at the suburb centre
 7 m
above sea level, at the suburb centre
Distance to the ocean 3.4 km
3.8 km to a named beach
 5.9 km

NBN connectivity

Hermit Park Mundingburra
Connectivity score 99/100 96/100
Most common technology Fibre to the premises
same for both
Full-fibre (FTTP) share 98%
2,014 premises
 89%
1,956 premises

Climate

Hermit Park Mundingburra
Annual rainfall 1,304 mm
same for both
Summer max (Jan) 31.8°C
same for both
Winter min (Jul) 15.0°C
same for both

Air quality (annual mean)

Hermit Park Mundingburra
PM2.5 — 6.0 µg/m³
PM10 15.5 µg/m³ 15.6 µg/m³
NO₂ — 0.25 pphm

Council rates

Hermit Park Mundingburra
Average residential rate $1,810/yr
same for both
Council Townsville
same for both

Federal electorate

Hermit Park Mundingburra
Division Herbert
same for both
Member Phillip Thompson
same for both
Party Liberal National Party of Queensland
same for both

First Home Owner Grant

Hermit Park Mundingburra
Grant amount $30,000
same for both
Property price cap $750,000
same for both
Eligibility New
same for both

Tags

Hermit Park

Parks River Townhouses

Mundingburra

Affordable Parks Quiet Townhouses

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