Landers Shoot vs Montville
Landers Shoot is the younger of the two, with a median age of 45 against 56 in Montville. In both, the large majority of households own their home and the large majority of homes are detached houses. In Landers Shoot, about half of households are couple families. Houses cost more in Landers Shoot: a median of $1.73 million, against $1.4 million in Montville, though rent is higher in Montville. On these figures, Landers Shoot tends to suit families with children and couples, while Montville suits people living alone, older residents, and buyers on a tighter budget.
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
Landers Shoot
ahead on 2 of the 6 things we measure here
- carries lower crime risk (10/100 vs 28/100)
- is already more of a family suburb (75% vs 55%)
- But Montville has more parks and reserves (6 vs 0)
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
- Landers Shoot leaves households under less mortgage stress (21% vs 30%)
- Montville has cheaper houses ($1,400,000 vs $1,729,000)
Weighs house prices and mortgage stress.
Renters
Landers Shoot
ahead on 2 of the 3 things we measure here
- leaves renters under less rental stress (16% vs 24%)
- has cheaper rent ($340/wk vs $375/wk)
Weighs rent, rental stress, and how much is for rent.
Commuting to the city
Montville
ahead on 2 of the 3 things we measure here
- is more walkable (30/100 vs 0/100)
- sits closer to the CBD (99.4 km vs 105.9 km)
Weighs distance, drive time, and walkability.
Downsizers and retirees
Montville
ahead on 2 of the 5 things we measure here
- is more walkable (30/100 vs 0/100)
- has more residents already 65 and over (30% vs 13%)
- But Landers Shoot carries lower crime risk (10/100 vs 28/100)
Weighs smaller dwellings, who already lives there, GPs, walkability, and crime.
Investors
Landers Shoot
ahead on the one thing that separates them
- is growing faster (22.2% vs 12.6%)
Weighs population growth.
Where they sit
Landers Shoot and Montville 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
Montville has more residents (1,092 vs 308); Landers Shoot has higher household incomes ($114,400 vs $80,600).
| Landers Shoot | Montville | |
|---|---|---|
| Population | 308 | 1,092 +255% vs other |
| Population trend (2016 → 2021) | +22.2% | +12.6% |
| Median age | 45 | 56 |
| Median household income | $114,400/yr +30% vs other | $80,600/yr |
| Median weekly rent | $340/wk | $375/wk +10% vs other |
Age profile
Share of residents in each band, 2021 Census.
Bars are drawn against the largest share shown (22.2%).
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 (18.5%).
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.
Bars are drawn against the largest share shown (8.6%).
What people live in
Occupied private dwellings by structure, 2021 Census.
Property market
| Landers Shoot | Montville | |
|---|---|---|
| Median house price | $1,729,000 | $1,400,000 |
| Median unit price | — | $440,000 |
| Median land price | — | $855,000 |
| Typical days to sell (houses) | — | 45 days from 21 sales |
Development activity
| Landers Shoot | Montville | |
|---|---|---|
| New dwellings approved | 2,962 across Sunshine Coast same for both | |
| Approvals change year on year | -41% same for both | |
Gross rental yield
| Landers Shoot | Montville | |
|---|---|---|
| Houses | — | 2.7% $860/wk on $1.65M |
| Units | — same for both | |
Ranking within QLD
| Landers Shoot | Montville | |
|---|---|---|
| House price | — same for both | |
| Income | Higher than 85% of QLD | Higher than 51% of QLD |
| Schools | — same for both | |
| Walkability | Higher than 10% of QLD | Higher than 82% of QLD |
| Affordability | — same for both | |
| EV adoption | Higher than 83% of QLD | Higher than 79% of QLD |
| NBN connectivity | Higher than 51% of QLD | Higher than 66% of QLD |
| Rental yield (houses) | — | Higher than 7% of QLD |
Liveability
Montville is more walkable (30 vs 0).
| Landers Shoot | Montville | |
|---|---|---|
| Grade | — | A |
| Score | — | 72/100 |
| Socio-economic band | advantaged area decile 8/10 same for both | |
Risk profile
Montville carries more crime risk (28 vs 10).
| Landers Shoot | Montville | |
|---|---|---|
| Bushfire | None 0/100 same for both | |
| Crime | Low 10/100 | Low 28/100 |
| 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
| Landers Shoot | Montville | |
|---|---|---|
| Inside the suburb | 0 | 1 |
| Rated above peers | 0 same for both | |
| Rated at peers | 0 | 1 |
| Rated below peers | 0 same for both | |
Schools in Landers Shoot
No schools recorded inside this suburb's boundary. Children here will be zoned to schools nearby.
Schools in Montville
- Montville State School Government · Primary at peers
Amenities in the suburb
| Landers Shoot | Montville | |
|---|---|---|
| Supermarkets | 0 | 1 |
| Cafes & restaurants | 0 | 15 |
| Parks & reserves | 0 | 6 |
| Banks & Bank@Post | 0 | 1 |
| Waterways | 0 | 3 |
Mobility
Landers Shoot sits further from the CBD (105.9 km vs 99.4 km).
| Landers Shoot | Montville | |
|---|---|---|
| Walkability score | 0/100 | 30/100 |
| Distance to Brisbane | 105.9 km +6% vs other | 99.4 km |
| Drive time (normal traffic) | 91 min | 93 min |
| Electric vehicle share | 1.1% postcode 4555 | 0.9% postcode 4560 |
| Rooftop solar per 100 dwellings | 92 postcode 4555 | 74 postcode 4560 |
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 (77.2%).
Setting
| Landers Shoot | Montville | |
|---|---|---|
| Elevation | 87 m above sea level, at the suburb centre | 392 m above sea level, at the suburb centre |
| Distance to the ocean | 16.7 km | 19.7 km |
NBN connectivity
| Landers Shoot | Montville | |
|---|---|---|
| Connectivity score | 30/100 | 31/100 |
| Most common technology | Fixed wireless same for both | |
| Full-fibre (FTTP) share | 0% 91 premises | 1% 599 premises |
Air quality (annual mean)
| Landers Shoot | Montville | |
|---|---|---|
| PM2.5 | 4.3 µg/m³ same for both | |
| PM10 | 12.3 µg/m³ same for both | |
| NO₂ | — same for both | |
Council rates
| Landers Shoot | Montville | |
|---|---|---|
| Average residential rate | $1,690/yr same for both | |
| Council | Sunshine Coast same for both | |
Federal electorate
| Landers Shoot | Montville | |
|---|---|---|
| Division | Fisher same for both | |
| Member | Andrew Wallace same for both | |
| Party | Liberal National Party of Queensland same for both | |
First Home Owner Grant
| Landers Shoot | Montville | |
|---|---|---|
| Grant amount | $30,000 same for both | |
| Property price cap | $750,000 same for both | |
| Eligibility | New same for both | |
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