Kinka Beach vs Tanby
Tanby is the younger of the two, with a median age of 38 against 56 in Kinka Beach. In both, the large majority of households own their home and most homes are detached houses. In Kinka Beach, most households are people living alone. In Tanby, most households are couple families. Houses cost more in Tanby: a median of $1.15 million, against $860,000 in Kinka Beach, and rent is higher there too. On these figures, Kinka Beach tends to suit people living alone, older residents, and buyers on a tighter budget, while Tanby suits families with children and 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
Tanby
ahead on 3 of the 6 things we measure here
- is already more of a family suburb (80% vs 32%)
- carries lower crime risk (35/100 vs 54/100)
- has more separate houses rather than flats (97% vs 65%)
Weighs schools, house stock, crime, parks, childcare, and who already lives there.
First-home buyers
They split
one each way, out of the 2 things we measure here
- Kinka Beach has cheaper houses ($860,000 vs $1,150,000)
- Tanby leaves households under less mortgage stress (22% vs 38%)
Weighs house prices and mortgage stress.
Renters
Kinka Beach
ahead on 2 of the 3 things we measure here
- has a bigger rental market to choose from (22% vs 9%)
- has cheaper rent ($298/wk vs $365/wk)
- But Tanby leaves renters under less rental stress (16% vs 34%)
Weighs rent, rental stress, and how much is for rent.
Commuting to the city
They split
one each way, out of the 3 things we measure here
- Kinka Beach is more walkable (18/100 vs 0/100)
- Tanby sits closer to the CBD (671.4 km vs 676.4 km)
Weighs distance, drive time, and walkability.
Downsizers and retirees
Kinka Beach
ahead on 3 of the 5 things we measure here
- is more walkable (18/100 vs 0/100)
- has more units and townhouses to downsize into (35% vs 3%)
- has more residents already 65 and over (34% vs 13%)
- But Tanby carries lower crime risk (35/100 vs 54/100)
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
Kinka Beach and Tanby 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
Tanby has higher household incomes ($119,548 vs $45,084); Kinka Beach skews older (56 vs 38).
| Kinka Beach | Tanby | |
|---|---|---|
| Population | 674 +14% vs other | 577 |
| Population trend (2016 → 2021) | +8.5% | +7.1% |
| Median age | 56 | 38 |
| Median household income | $45,084/yr | $119,548/yr +165% vs other |
| Median weekly rent | $298/wk | $365/wk +22% vs other |
Age profile
Share of residents in each band, 2021 Census.
Bars are drawn against the largest share shown (19.6%).
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 (19.7%).
What people live in
Occupied private dwellings by structure, 2021 Census.
Property market
| Kinka Beach | Tanby | |
|---|---|---|
| Median house price | $860,000 | $1,150,000 |
| Median unit price | — same for both | |
| Median land price | — | $572,500 |
| Typical days to sell (houses) | 72 days from 3 sales | 32 days from 8 sales |
Development activity
| Kinka Beach | Tanby | |
|---|---|---|
| New dwellings approved | 317 across Livingstone same for both | |
| Approvals change year on year | +97% same for both | |
Ranking within QLD
| Kinka Beach | Tanby | |
|---|---|---|
| House price | — same for both | |
| Income | Higher than 7% of QLD | Higher than 90% of QLD |
| Schools | — same for both | |
| Walkability | Higher than 78% of QLD | Higher than 6% of QLD |
| Affordability | — same for both | |
| EV adoption | Higher than 52% of QLD same for both | |
| NBN connectivity | Higher than 70% of QLD | Higher than 49% of QLD |
Liveability
Kinka Beach is more walkable (18 vs 0); Tanby scores higher overall (58 vs 40).
| Kinka Beach | Tanby | |
|---|---|---|
| Grade | C | B |
| Score | 40/100 | 58/100 |
| Socio-economic band | below-average income decile 2/10 | advantaged area decile 8/10 |
Risk profile
Kinka Beach carries more crime risk (54 vs 35).
| Kinka Beach | Tanby | |
|---|---|---|
| Bushfire | None 0/100 same for both | |
| Crime | Moderate 54/100 | Low 35/100 |
| 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 | 0 within 5 km same for both | |
Schools
| Kinka Beach | Tanby | |
|---|---|---|
| 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 | |
Mobility
Kinka Beach sits further from the CBD (676.4 km vs 671.4 km).
| Kinka Beach | Tanby | |
|---|---|---|
| Walkability score | 18/100 | 0/100 |
| Distance to Brisbane | 676.4 km | 671.4 km |
| Drive time (normal traffic) | 470 min | 467 min |
| Electric vehicle share | 0.3% postcode 4703 same for both | |
| Rooftop solar per 100 dwellings | 68 postcode 4703 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 (81.1%).
Setting
| Kinka Beach | Tanby | |
|---|---|---|
| Elevation | 9 m above sea level, at the suburb centre | 67 m above sea level, at the suburb centre |
| Distance to the ocean | 362 m 760 m to a named beach | 5.4 km |
NBN connectivity
| Kinka Beach | Tanby | |
|---|---|---|
| Connectivity score | 52/100 | 30/100 |
| Most common technology | Fibre to the node | Fixed wireless |
| Full-fibre (FTTP) share | 13% 334 premises | 0% 238 premises |
Climate
| Kinka Beach | Tanby | |
|---|---|---|
| Annual rainfall | 1,330 mm same for both | |
| Summer max (Jan) | — same for both | |
| Winter min (Jul) | — same for both | |
Air quality (annual mean)
| Kinka Beach | Tanby | |
|---|---|---|
| PM2.5 | 4.3 µg/m³ same for both | |
| PM10 | 8.6 µg/m³ same for both | |
| NO₂ | — same for both | |
Council rates
| Kinka Beach | Tanby | |
|---|---|---|
| Average residential rate | $2,445/yr same for both | |
| Council | Livingstone same for both | |
Federal electorate
| Kinka Beach | Tanby | |
|---|---|---|
| Division | Capricornia same for both | |
| Member | Michelle Landry same for both | |
| Party | Liberal National Party of Queensland same for both | |
First Home Owner Grant
| Kinka Beach | Tanby | |
|---|---|---|
| Grant amount | $30,000 same for both | |
| Property price cap | $750,000 same for both | |
| Eligibility | New same for both | |
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