Kooralbyn vs Cannon Creek

In both, most households own their home and the large majority of homes are detached houses. In Kooralbyn, about half of households are people living alone. In Cannon Creek, most households are couple families. On these figures, Kooralbyn tends to suit older residents, while Cannon Creek suits 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

Cannon Creek

ahead on 2 of the 6 things we measure here

  • is already more of a family suburb (100% vs 44%)
  • has more separate houses rather than flats (88% vs 77%)

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

First-home buyers

Too close to call

Nothing among the 1 things we measure here separates them by enough to be worth acting on.

Weighs mortgage stress.

Renters

Cannon Creek

ahead on 2 of the 3 things we measure here

  • leaves renters under less rental stress (12% vs 26%)
  • has cheaper rent ($195/wk vs $250/wk)

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

Commuting to the city

Cannon Creek

ahead on the one thing that separates them

  • sits closer to the CBD (97.1 km vs 99.8 km)

Weighs distance, drive time, and walkability.

Downsizers and retirees

Kooralbyn

ahead on 2 of the 5 things we measure here

  • has more units and townhouses to downsize into (23% vs 12%)
  • has more residents already 65 and over (29% vs 17%)

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

Kooralbyn and Cannon 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.

Kooralbyn Cannon Creek
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.

Kooralbyn Cannon Creek
Walkability 0 / 0
Kooralbyn — Walkability: 0/100 Cannon Creek — Walkability: 0/100
Safety 54 / 52
Kooralbyn — Safety: 54/100 Cannon Creek — Safety: 52/100
Low fire risk 100 / 31
Kooralbyn — Low fire risk: 100/100 Cannon Creek — Low fire risk: 31/100

Demographics

Kooralbyn has more residents (1,697 vs 75); Cannon Creek has higher household incomes ($84,448 vs $48,984).

Kooralbyn Cannon Creek
Population 1,697
+96% vs other
 75
Population trend (2016 → 2021) -1.6% -3.8%
Median age 53 51
Median household income $48,984/yr $84,448/yr
+72% vs other
Median weekly rent $250/wk
+22% vs other
 $195/wk

Age profile

Share of residents in each band, 2021 Census.

Kooralbyn Cannon Creek
0-4 3.7% / —
Kooralbyn — 0-4: 3.7% Cannon Creek — 0-4: not among its largest
5-14 11.1% / 8.0%
Kooralbyn — 5-14: 11.1% Cannon Creek — 5-14: 8.0%
15-19 4.8% / 13.3%
Kooralbyn — 15-19: 4.8% Cannon Creek — 15-19: 13.3%
20-24 3.2% / 5.3%
Kooralbyn — 20-24: 3.2% Cannon Creek — 20-24: 5.3%
25-34 6.0% / 5.3%
Kooralbyn — 25-34: 6.0% Cannon Creek — 25-34: 5.3%
35-44 9.3% / 8.0%
Kooralbyn — 35-44: 9.3% Cannon Creek — 35-44: 8.0%
45-54 15.6% / 12.0%
Kooralbyn — 45-54: 15.6% Cannon Creek — 45-54: 12.0%
55-64 18.0% / 21.3%
Kooralbyn — 55-64: 18.0% Cannon Creek — 55-64: 21.3%
65-74 19.5% / 10.7%
Kooralbyn — 65-74: 19.5% Cannon Creek — 65-74: 10.7%
75-84 8.3% / 6.7%
Kooralbyn — 75-84: 8.3% Cannon Creek — 75-84: 6.7%
85+ 1.6% / —
Kooralbyn — 85+: 1.6% Cannon Creek — 85+: not among its largest

Bars are drawn against the largest share shown (21.3%).

Who lives together

Household composition, 2021 Census.

Kooralbyn 29.3% couple families
Kooralbyn — Couple Families: 29.3% Kooralbyn — Lone Person: 49.4% Kooralbyn — One Parent Families: 14.9% Kooralbyn — Group Household: 4.7% Kooralbyn — Other Families: 1.7%
Cannon Creek 71.4% couple families
Cannon Creek — Couple Families: 71.4% Cannon Creek — Lone Person: 0.0% Cannon Creek — One Parent Families: 28.6% Cannon Creek — Group Household: 0.0% Cannon Creek — 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.

Kooralbyn 20.2% renting
Kooralbyn — Owned Outright: 41.9% Kooralbyn — Mortgage: 37.9% Kooralbyn — Renting: 20.2%
Cannon Creek 27.8% renting
Cannon Creek — Owned Outright: 33.3% Cannon Creek — Mortgage: 38.9% Cannon Creek — Renting: 27.8%
Owned outright Mortgage Renting

What people live in

Occupied private dwellings by structure, 2021 Census.

Kooralbyn 77.1% houses
Kooralbyn — Houses: 77.1% Kooralbyn — Townhouses: 21.2% Kooralbyn — Flats / Apartments: 1.7%
Cannon Creek 88.5% houses
Cannon Creek — Houses: 88.5% Cannon Creek — Townhouses: 0.0% Cannon Creek — Flats / Apartments: 11.5%
Houses Townhouses Flats / Apartments

Qualifications

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

Kooralbyn Cannon Creek
Certificate III & IV 19.1% / 17.3%
Kooralbyn — Certificate III & IV: 19.1% Cannon Creek — Certificate III & IV: 17.3%
Bachelor Degree 5.8% / 13.3%
Kooralbyn — Bachelor Degree: 5.8% Cannon Creek — Bachelor Degree: 13.3%
Advanced Diploma / Diploma 8.3% / —
Kooralbyn — Advanced Diploma / Diploma: 8.3% Cannon Creek — Advanced Diploma / Diploma: not among its largest
Postgraduate Degree 1.9% / —
Kooralbyn — Postgraduate Degree: 1.9% Cannon Creek — Postgraduate Degree: not among its largest
Graduate Diploma / Certificate 1.2% / —
Kooralbyn — Graduate Diploma / Certificate: 1.2% Cannon Creek — Graduate Diploma / Certificate: not among its largest

Bars are drawn against the largest share shown (19.1%).

Property market

Kooralbyn Cannon Creek
Median house price $842,500 —
Median unit price $350,000 —
Median land price $395,000 —
Typical days to sell (houses) 32 days
from 18 sales
 —

Development activity

Kooralbyn Cannon Creek
New dwellings approved 524
across Scenic Rim
same for both
Approvals change year on year +65%
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.

Kooralbyn Cannon Creek
Houses 3.1%
$530/wk on $899K
 —
Units 4.9%
$375/wk on $399K
 —

Ranking within QLD

Kooralbyn Cannon Creek
House price —
same for both
Income Higher than 12% of QLD Higher than 55% of QLD
Schools —
same for both
Walkability Higher than 43% of QLD Higher than 22% of QLD
Affordability —
same for both
EV adoption Higher than 61% of QLD Higher than 51% of QLD
NBN connectivity Higher than 69% of QLD Higher than 32% of QLD
Rental yield (houses) Higher than 13% of QLD —
Rental yield (units) Higher than 71% of QLD —

Liveability

Kooralbyn Cannon Creek
Grade C —
Score 39/100 —
Socio-economic band high-need area
decile 1/10
 mid-range socio-economic
decile 5/10

Risk profile

Cannon Creek carries more bushfire risk (69 vs 0).

Kooralbyn Cannon Creek
Bushfire None
0/100
 Moderate
69/100
Crime Moderate
46/100
 Moderate
48/100
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

Kooralbyn Cannon Creek
Inside the suburb 1 0
Rated above peers 0
same for both
Rated at peers 0
same for both
Rated below peers 1 0

Schools in Kooralbyn

  • The Kooralbyn International School Independent · Combined below peers

Schools in Cannon Creek

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

Amenities in the suburb

Kooralbyn Cannon Creek
Supermarkets 1 0
GPs 1 0
Fuel stations 1 0
Waterways 3 6

Mobility

Kooralbyn sits further from the CBD (99.8 km vs 97.1 km).

Kooralbyn Cannon Creek
Walkability score 0/100
same for both
Distance to Brisbane 99.8 km
+3% vs other
 97.1 km
Drive time (normal traffic) 91 min
same for both
Electric vehicle share 0.4%
postcode 4285
 0.3%
postcode 4310
Rooftop solar per 100 dwellings 84
postcode 4285
 77
postcode 4310

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.

Kooralbyn Cannon Creek
Car (driver) 74.3% / 65.2%
Kooralbyn — Car (driver): 74.3% Cannon Creek — Car (driver): 65.2%
Worked from Home 16.3% / 34.8%
Kooralbyn — Worked from Home: 16.3% Cannon Creek — Worked from Home: 34.8%
Car (passenger) 5.3% / —
Kooralbyn — Car (passenger): 5.3% Cannon Creek — Car (passenger): not among its largest
Walked Only 3.4% / —
Kooralbyn — Walked Only: 3.4% Cannon Creek — Walked Only: not among its largest
Bus 0.7% / —
Kooralbyn — Bus: 0.7% Cannon Creek — Bus: not among its largest

Bars are drawn against the largest share shown (74.3%).

Setting

Kooralbyn Cannon Creek
Elevation 155 m
above sea level, at the suburb centre
 194 m
above sea level, at the suburb centre

NBN connectivity

Kooralbyn Cannon Creek
Connectivity score 50/100 25/100
Most common technology Fibre to the node Fixed wireless
Full-fibre (FTTP) share 6%
1,145 premises
 0%
37 premises

Climate

Kooralbyn Cannon Creek
Annual rainfall 1,682 mm
same for both
Summer max (Jan) —
same for both
Winter min (Jul) —
same for both

Council rates

Kooralbyn Cannon Creek
Average residential rate $1,689/yr
same for both
Council Scenic Rim
same for both

Federal electorate

Kooralbyn Cannon Creek
Division Wright
same for both
Member Scott Buchholz
same for both
Party Liberal National Party of Queensland
same for both

First Home Owner Grant

Kooralbyn Cannon Creek
Grant amount $30,000
same for both
Property price cap $750,000
same for both
Eligibility New
same for both

Tags

Kooralbyn

Retirees Rural Townhouses

Cannon Creek

Rural

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