Logan Central vs Karawatha

In both, most homes are detached houses. In Logan Central, most households rent. In Karawatha, the large majority of households own their home and the large majority of households are couple families. Houses cost more in Karawatha: a median of $1.31 million, against $795,000 in Logan Central, and rent is higher there too. On these figures, Logan Central tends to suit renters, people living alone, and buyers on a tighter budget, while Karawatha 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

Logan Central

ahead on 3 of the 6 things we measure here

  • has more childcare (8 vs 1)
  • has more parks and reserves (7 vs 1)
  • has more schools inside the suburb (4 vs 1)
  • But Karawatha is already more of a family suburb (81% vs 58%)

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

  • Logan Central has cheaper houses ($795,000 vs $1,315,000)
  • Karawatha leaves households under less mortgage stress (24% vs 30%)

Weighs house prices and mortgage stress.

Renters

Logan Central

ahead on 2 of the 3 things we measure here

  • has a bigger rental market to choose from (64% vs 5%)
  • has cheaper rent ($280/wk vs $585/wk)

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

Commuting to the city

Logan Central

ahead on 2 of the 3 things we measure here

  • is more walkable (94/100 vs 0/100)
  • has a shorter drive in (27 min vs 34 min)

Weighs distance, drive time, and walkability.

Downsizers and retirees

Logan Central

ahead on 3 of the 5 things we measure here

  • is more walkable (94/100 vs 0/100)
  • has more GPs (12 vs 0)
  • has more residents already 65 and over (13% vs 8%)

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

Investors

Karawatha

ahead on the one thing that separates them

  • is growing faster (1673.7% vs 4.5%)

Weighs population growth.

Where they sit

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

Logan Central Karawatha
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.

Logan Central Karawatha
Walkability 94 / 0
Logan Central — Walkability: 94/100 Karawatha — Walkability: 0/100
Safety 5 / 2
Logan Central — Safety: 5/100 Karawatha — Safety: 2/100
Low fire risk 100 / 100
Logan Central — Low fire risk: 100/100 Karawatha — Low fire risk: 100/100

Demographics

Logan Central has more residents (6,210 vs 337); Karawatha has higher household incomes ($131,612 vs $52,676).

Logan Central Karawatha
Population 6,210
+95% vs other
 337
Population trend (2016 → 2021) +4.5% +1673.7%
Median age 32 31
Median household income $52,676/yr $131,612/yr
+150% vs other
Median weekly rent $280/wk $585/wk
+109% vs other

Age profile

Share of residents in each band, 2021 Census.

Logan Central Karawatha
0-4 7.0% / 11.6%
Logan Central — 0-4: 7.0% Karawatha — 0-4: 11.6%
5-14 16.5% / 19.3%
Logan Central — 5-14: 16.5% Karawatha — 5-14: 19.3%
15-19 8.1% / 5.0%
Logan Central — 15-19: 8.1% Karawatha — 15-19: 5.0%
20-24 7.7% / 4.2%
Logan Central — 20-24: 7.7% Karawatha — 20-24: 4.2%
25-34 14.3% / 13.6%
Logan Central — 25-34: 14.3% Karawatha — 25-34: 13.6%
35-44 12.7% / 25.5%
Logan Central — 35-44: 12.7% Karawatha — 35-44: 25.5%
45-54 11.8% / 9.2%
Logan Central — 45-54: 11.8% Karawatha — 45-54: 9.2%
55-64 9.0% / 3.0%
Logan Central — 55-64: 9.0% Karawatha — 55-64: 3.0%
65-74 8.5% / 4.7%
Logan Central — 65-74: 8.5% Karawatha — 65-74: 4.7%
75-84 3.7% / 3.3%
Logan Central — 75-84: 3.7% Karawatha — 75-84: 3.3%
85+ 0.8% / —
Logan Central — 85+: 0.8% Karawatha — 85+: not among its largest

Bars are drawn against the largest share shown (25.5%).

Who lives together

Household composition, 2021 Census.

Logan Central 32.7% couple families
Logan Central — Couple Families: 32.7% Logan Central — Lone Person: 33.2% Logan Central — One Parent Families: 25.5% Logan Central — Group Household: 5.6% Logan Central — Other Families: 2.9%
Karawatha 75.6% couple families
Karawatha — Couple Families: 75.6% Karawatha — Lone Person: 11.5% Karawatha — One Parent Families: 5.1% Karawatha — Group Household: 7.7% Karawatha — 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.

Logan Central 63.8% renting
Logan Central — Owned Outright: 18.8% Logan Central — Mortgage: 17.5% Logan Central — Renting: 63.8%
Karawatha 5.3% renting
Karawatha — Owned Outright: 17.1% Karawatha — Mortgage: 77.6% Karawatha — Renting: 5.3%
Owned outright Mortgage Renting

Qualifications

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

Logan Central Karawatha
Bachelor Degree 3.1% / 22.0%
Logan Central — Bachelor Degree: 3.1% Karawatha — Bachelor Degree: 22.0%
Certificate III & IV 11.6% / 5.3%
Logan Central — Certificate III & IV: 11.6% Karawatha — Certificate III & IV: 5.3%
Advanced Diploma / Diploma 4.4% / 4.7%
Logan Central — Advanced Diploma / Diploma: 4.4% Karawatha — Advanced Diploma / Diploma: 4.7%
Postgraduate Degree 0.8% / 5.0%
Logan Central — Postgraduate Degree: 0.8% Karawatha — Postgraduate Degree: 5.0%
Graduate Diploma / Certificate 0.4% / 2.4%
Logan Central — Graduate Diploma / Certificate: 0.4% Karawatha — Graduate Diploma / Certificate: 2.4%

Bars are drawn against the largest share shown (22.0%).

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.

Logan Central Karawatha
New Zealand 7.4% / 1.5%
Logan Central — New Zealand: 7.4% Karawatha — New Zealand: 1.5%
India 1.0% / 6.8%
Logan Central — India: 1.0% Karawatha — India: 6.8%
Myanmar 7.7% / —
Logan Central — Myanmar: 7.7% Karawatha — Myanmar: not among its largest
Afghanistan 2.0% / 4.2%
Logan Central — Afghanistan: 2.0% Karawatha — Afghanistan: 4.2%
China — / 6.2%
Logan Central — China: not among its largest Karawatha — China: 6.2%
Pakistan — / 4.2%
Logan Central — Pakistan: not among its largest Karawatha — Pakistan: 4.2%
Fiji — / 4.2%
Logan Central — Fiji: not among its largest Karawatha — Fiji: 4.2%
Thailand 2.4% / —
Logan Central — Thailand: 2.4% Karawatha — Thailand: not among its largest
England 1.6% / —
Logan Central — England: 1.6% Karawatha — England: not among its largest

Bars are drawn against the largest share shown (7.7%).

What people live in

Occupied private dwellings by structure, 2021 Census.

Logan Central 68.8% houses
Logan Central — Houses: 68.8% Logan Central — Townhouses: 8.5% Logan Central — Flats / Apartments: 22.7%
Karawatha 77.2% houses
Karawatha — Houses: 77.2% Karawatha — Townhouses: 22.8% Karawatha — Flats / Apartments: 0.0%
Houses Townhouses Flats / Apartments

Property market

Logan Central Karawatha
Median house price $795,000 $1,315,000
Median unit price $460,000 —
Median land price —
same for both
Typical days to sell (houses) 27 days
from 55 sales
 20 days
from 4 sales

Development activity

Logan Central Karawatha
New dwellings approved 4,950
across Logan
 9,382
across Brisbane
Approvals change year on year -8% +9%

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.

Logan Central Karawatha
Houses 4.4%
$592/wk on $700K
 —
Units 4.2%
$480/wk on $599K
 —

Ranking within QLD

Logan Central Karawatha
House price —
same for both
Income — Higher than 94% of QLD
Schools Higher than 66% of QLD —
Walkability Higher than 100% of QLD Higher than 5% of QLD
Affordability —
same for both
EV adoption Higher than 64% of QLD Higher than 93% of QLD
NBN connectivity Higher than 84% of QLD Higher than 97% of QLD
Rental yield (houses) Higher than 72% of QLD —
Rental yield (units) Higher than 38% of QLD —

Liveability

Logan Central is more walkable (94 vs 0).

Logan Central Karawatha
Grade C —
Score 42/100 —
Socio-economic band high-need area
decile 1/10
 very advantaged area
decile 10/10

Risk profile

Logan Central Karawatha
Bushfire None
0/100
same for both
Crime High
95/100
 High
98/100
Flood Not mapped
no mapped data here
 —
Coastal erosion None
0/100
same for both
Aircraft noise None
0/100
same for both
Industrial facilities nearby 2
within 5 km
 3
within 5 km

Schools

Logan Central Karawatha
Inside the suburb 4 1
Rated above peers 1 0
Rated at peers 0 1
Rated below peers 1 0
Universities within 10 km None 1
Brisbane South (Nathan), 10.0 km

Schools in Logan Central

  • Woodridge State School Government · Primary above peers
  • Woodridge State High School Government · Secondary below peers
  • Logan City Special School Government · Combined · Special school
  • Logan City Special School - Charles Avenue Campus Government · Secondary · Special school

Schools in Karawatha

  • Islamic College of Brisbane Independent · Combined at peers

Amenities in the suburb

Logan Central Karawatha
Supermarkets 7 0
Cafes & restaurants 4 0
Parks & reserves 7 1
Childcare 8 1
GPs 12 0
Pharmacies 8 0
Police stations 1 0
Banks & Bank@Post 1 0
Fuel stations 2
same for both
Waterways 0 4

Mobility

Logan Central Karawatha
Walkability score 94/100 0/100
Distance to Brisbane 25.1 km 26.7 km
+6% vs other
Drive time (normal traffic) 27 min 34 min
Electric vehicle share 0.5%
postcode 4114
 1.8%
postcode 4117
Rooftop solar per 100 dwellings 39
postcode 4114
 69
postcode 4117

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.

Logan Central Karawatha
Car (driver) 75.8% / 66.7%
Logan Central — Car (driver): 75.8% Karawatha — Car (driver): 66.7%
Worked from Home 5.8% / 25.4%
Logan Central — Worked from Home: 5.8% Karawatha — Worked from Home: 25.4%
Car (passenger) 9.9% / 4.4%
Logan Central — Car (passenger): 9.9% Karawatha — Car (passenger): 4.4%
Bus 1.8% / 3.5%
Logan Central — Bus: 1.8% Karawatha — Bus: 3.5%
Train 4.2% / —
Logan Central — Train: 4.2% Karawatha — Train: not among its largest
Walked Only 2.1% / —
Logan Central — Walked Only: 2.1% Karawatha — Walked Only: not among its largest

Bars are drawn against the largest share shown (75.8%).

Setting

Logan Central Karawatha
Elevation 36 m
above sea level, at the suburb centre
 60 m
above sea level, at the suburb centre
Distance to the ocean 19.7 km 20.9 km

NBN connectivity

Logan Central Karawatha
Connectivity score 74/100 94/100
Most common technology Hybrid fibre-coaxial Fibre to the premises
Full-fibre (FTTP) share 7%
2,904 premises
 88%
196 premises

Climate

Logan Central Karawatha
Annual rainfall 1,032 mm
same for both
Summer max (Jan) 30.5°C
same for both
Winter min (Jul) 8.9°C
same for both

Air quality (annual mean)

Logan Central Karawatha
PM2.5 5.3 µg/m³
same for both
PM10 14.6 µg/m³
same for both
NO₂ 0.48 pphm
same for both

Council rates

Logan Central Karawatha
Average residential rate $1,681/yr $1,519/yr
Council Logan Brisbane

Federal electorate

Logan Central Karawatha
Division Rankin
same for both
Member Jim Chalmers
same for both
Party Australian Labor Party
same for both

First Home Owner Grant

Logan Central Karawatha
Grant amount $30,000
same for both
Property price cap $750,000
same for both
Eligibility New
same for both

Tags

Logan Central

Easy Commute Family Multicultural Outer Parks Transport Hub

Karawatha

Family Middle-Ring Multicultural Townhouses Young Families

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