Jubilee Pocket vs Mandalay
Jubilee Pocket is the younger of the two, with a median age of 37 against 41 in Mandalay. In both, most households own their home and the large majority of homes are detached houses.
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
Mandalay
ahead on the one thing that separates them
- has more separate houses rather than flats (89% vs 75%)
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
Jubilee Pocket
ahead on the one thing that separates them
- has a bigger rental market to choose from (40% vs 28%)
Weighs rent, rental stress, and how much is for rent.
Commuting to the city
Jubilee Pocket
ahead on 3 of the 3 things we measure here
- is more walkable (33/100 vs 5/100)
- has a shorter drive in (768 min vs 773 min)
- sits closer to the CBD (1115.7 km vs 1118.4 km)
Weighs distance, drive time, and walkability.
Downsizers and retirees
Jubilee Pocket
ahead on 2 of the 5 things we measure here
- is more walkable (33/100 vs 5/100)
- has more units and townhouses to downsize into (25% vs 11%)
- But Mandalay has more residents already 65 and over (19% vs 12%)
Weighs smaller dwellings, who already lives there, GPs, walkability, and crime.
Investors
Jubilee Pocket
ahead on the one thing that separates them
- is growing faster (12.7% vs 0.3%)
Weighs population growth.
Where they sit
Jubilee Pocket and Mandalay 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
Jubilee Pocket has more residents (2,047 vs 338); Mandalay skews older (41 vs 37).
| Jubilee Pocket | Mandalay | |
|---|---|---|
| Population | 2,047 +83% vs other | 338 |
| Population trend (2016 → 2021) | +12.7% | +0.3% |
| Median age | 37 | 41 |
| Median household income | $76,648/yr | $81,900/yr +7% vs other |
| Median weekly rent | $380/wk same for both | |
Age profile
Share of residents in each band, 2021 Census.
Bars are drawn against the largest share shown (17.5%).
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 (21.7%).
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
| Jubilee Pocket | Mandalay | |
|---|---|---|
| Median house price | $781,250 | $720,000 |
| Median unit price | $545,000 | — |
| Median land price | $325,000 | — |
| Typical days to sell (houses) | 32 days from 25 sales | 56 days from 5 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.
42 vs 10 sales
26 vs 5 sales
Development activity
| Jubilee Pocket | Mandalay | |
|---|---|---|
| New dwellings approved | 190 across Whitsunday same for both | |
| Approvals change year on year | +70% same for both | |
Gross rental yield
| Jubilee Pocket | Mandalay | |
|---|---|---|
| Houses | 4.9% $835/wk on $890K | — |
| Units | — same for both | |
Ranking within QLD
| Jubilee Pocket | Mandalay | |
|---|---|---|
| House price | — same for both | |
| Income | — | Higher than 53% of QLD |
| Schools | — same for both | |
| Walkability | Higher than 83% of QLD | Higher than 69% of QLD |
| Affordability | — same for both | |
| EV adoption | Higher than 50% of QLD same for both | |
| NBN connectivity | Higher than 77% of QLD | Higher than 73% of QLD |
| Rental yield (houses) | Higher than 88% of QLD | — |
Liveability
Jubilee Pocket is more walkable (33 vs 5).
| Jubilee Pocket | Mandalay | |
|---|---|---|
| Grade | C | — |
| Score | 46/100 | — |
| Socio-economic band | below-average income decile 3/10 | mid-range socio-economic decile 4/10 |
Risk profile
| Jubilee Pocket | Mandalay | |
|---|---|---|
| Bushfire | None 0/100 same for both | |
| Crime | Moderate 58/100 | Moderate 54/100 |
| Flood | Not mapped no mapped data here same for both | |
| Coastal erosion | None 0/100 | Low 17/100 |
| Aircraft noise | None 0/100 same for both | |
| Industrial facilities nearby | 0 within 5 km same for both | |
Schools
| Jubilee Pocket | Mandalay | |
|---|---|---|
| Inside the suburb | 0 same for both | |
| Rated above peers | 0 same for both | |
| Rated at peers | 0 same for both | |
| Rated below peers | 0 same for both | |
Amenities in the suburb
| Jubilee Pocket | Mandalay | |
|---|---|---|
| Supermarkets | 1 | 0 |
| Cafes & restaurants | 1 | 0 |
| Parks & reserves | 3 | 1 |
| Childcare | 1 same for both | |
| Banks & Bank@Post | 1 | 0 |
| Waterways | 7 | 1 |
Mobility
Mandalay sits further from the CBD (1118.4 km vs 1115.7 km).
| Jubilee Pocket | Mandalay | |
|---|---|---|
| Walkability score | 33/100 | 5/100 |
| Distance to Brisbane | 1115.7 km | 1118.4 km |
| Drive time (normal traffic) | 768 min | 773 min |
| Public transport score | 74/100 Bus | 41/100 Bus |
| Peak arrivals per hour | 27.2 7-9am + 5-7pm | 7.8 7-9am + 5-7pm |
| Median peak wait | 1 min scheduled, not actual | 6.5 min scheduled, not actual |
| Electric vehicle share | 0.3% postcode 4802 same for both | |
| Rooftop solar per 100 dwellings | 56 postcode 4802 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 (74.2%).
Setting
| Jubilee Pocket | Mandalay | |
|---|---|---|
| Elevation | 21 m above sea level, at the suburb centre | 81 m above sea level, at the suburb centre |
| Distance to the ocean | 1.4 km 2.3 km to a named beach | 438 m 1.3 km to a named beach |
NBN connectivity
| Jubilee Pocket | Mandalay | |
|---|---|---|
| Connectivity score | 67/100 | 62/100 |
| Most common technology | Fibre to the node | Fibre to the premises |
| Full-fibre (FTTP) share | 40% 924 premises | 41% 164 premises |
Climate
| Jubilee Pocket | Mandalay | |
|---|---|---|
| Annual rainfall | 1,708 mm same for both | |
| Summer max (Jan) | — same for both | |
| Winter min (Jul) | — same for both | |
Council rates
| Jubilee Pocket | Mandalay | |
|---|---|---|
| Average residential rate | $1,412/yr same for both | |
| Council | Whitsunday same for both | |
Federal electorate
| Jubilee Pocket | Mandalay | |
|---|---|---|
| Division | Dawson same for both | |
| Member | Andrew Willcox same for both | |
| Party | Liberal National Party of Queensland same for both | |
First Home Owner Grant
| Jubilee Pocket | Mandalay | |
|---|---|---|
| Grant amount | $30,000 same for both | |
| Property price cap | $750,000 same for both | |
| Eligibility | New same for both | |
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