Loganlea vs Bethania

Loganlea is the younger of the two, with a median age of 31 against 48 in Bethania. In both, most homes are detached houses. In Loganlea, most households rent. In Bethania, most households own their home and about half of households are people living alone. Loganlea is closer to the city centre: 29 km, against 33.3 km. On these figures, Loganlea tends to suit renters, young adults, and families with children, while Bethania suits people living alone and older residents.

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

Loganlea

ahead on 2 of the 6 things we measure here

  • has more parks and reserves (16 vs 10)
  • is already more of a family suburb (62% vs 46%)
  • But Bethania carries lower crime risk (74/100 vs 84/100)

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

First-home buyers

Loganlea

ahead on the one thing that separates them

  • leaves households under less mortgage stress (26% vs 32%)

Weighs house prices, unit prices, and mortgage stress.

Renters

Loganlea

ahead on 2 of the 3 things we measure here

  • has a bigger rental market to choose from (64% vs 35%)
  • leaves renters under less rental stress (26% vs 32%)

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

Commuting to the city

Loganlea

ahead on 2 of the 4 things we measure here

  • has a shorter drive in (28 min vs 36 min)
  • sits closer to the CBD (29 km vs 33.3 km)

Weighs distance, drive time, rail access, and walkability.

Downsizers and retirees

Bethania

ahead on 2 of the 5 things we measure here

  • has more residents already 65 and over (33% vs 10%)
  • carries lower crime risk (74/100 vs 84/100)

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

Investors

Too close to call

Nothing among the 2 things we measure here separates them by enough to be worth acting on.

Weighs house yield and population growth.

Where they sit

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

Loganlea Bethania
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.

Loganlea Bethania
Walkability 76 / 74
Loganlea — Walkability: 76/100 Bethania — Walkability: 74/100
Safety 16 / 26
Loganlea — Safety: 16/100 Bethania — Safety: 26/100
Low fire risk 100 / 100
Loganlea — Low fire risk: 100/100 Bethania — Low fire risk: 100/100

Demographics

Bethania skews older (48 vs 31); Loganlea has more residents (8,716 vs 6,333).

Loganlea Bethania
Population 8,716
+27% vs other
 6,333
Population trend (2016 → 2021) +19.1% +17.6%
Median age 31 48
Median household income $66,664/yr
+16% vs other
 $55,848/yr
Median weekly rent $340/wk
same for both

Age profile

Share of residents in each band, 2021 Census.

Loganlea Bethania
0-4 7.9% / 4.9%
Loganlea — 0-4: 7.9% Bethania — 0-4: 4.9%
5-14 14.9% / 10.2%
Loganlea — 5-14: 14.9% Bethania — 5-14: 10.2%
15-19 7.3% / 4.8%
Loganlea — 15-19: 7.3% Bethania — 15-19: 4.8%
20-24 8.6% / 5.4%
Loganlea — 20-24: 8.6% Bethania — 20-24: 5.4%
25-34 17.5% / 11.8%
Loganlea — 25-34: 17.5% Bethania — 25-34: 11.8%
35-44 13.5% / 9.6%
Loganlea — 35-44: 13.5% Bethania — 35-44: 9.6%
45-54 11.1% / 9.8%
Loganlea — 45-54: 11.1% Bethania — 45-54: 9.8%
55-64 8.9% / 10.4%
Loganlea — 55-64: 8.9% Bethania — 55-64: 10.4%
65-74 6.8% / 13.5%
Loganlea — 65-74: 6.8% Bethania — 65-74: 13.5%
75-84 2.6% / 12.8%
Loganlea — 75-84: 2.6% Bethania — 75-84: 12.8%
85+ 0.6% / 6.8%
Loganlea — 85+: 0.6% Bethania — 85+: 6.8%

Bars are drawn against the largest share shown (17.5%).

Who lives together

Household composition, 2021 Census.

Loganlea 28.5% lone person
Loganlea — Lone Person: 28.5% Loganlea — Couple Families: 35.4% Loganlea — One Parent Families: 27.1% Loganlea — Group Household: 6.5% Loganlea — Other Families: 2.5%
Bethania 48.1% lone person
Bethania — Lone Person: 48.1% Bethania — Couple Families: 26.8% Bethania — One Parent Families: 19.1% Bethania — Group Household: 4.3% Bethania — Other Families: 1.7%
Lone Person Couple Families One Parent Families Group Household Other Families

Who owns and who rents

Occupied private dwellings by tenure, 2021 Census.

Loganlea 64.1% renting
Loganlea — Owned Outright: 12.4% Loganlea — Mortgage: 23.5% Loganlea — Renting: 64.1%
Bethania 34.8% renting
Bethania — Owned Outright: 39.4% Bethania — Mortgage: 25.8% Bethania — Renting: 34.8%
Owned outright Mortgage Renting

Qualifications

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

Loganlea Bethania
Certificate III & IV 14.1% / 16.8%
Loganlea — Certificate III & IV: 14.1% Bethania — Certificate III & IV: 16.8%
Advanced Diploma / Diploma 6.5% / 6.6%
Loganlea — Advanced Diploma / Diploma: 6.5% Bethania — Advanced Diploma / Diploma: 6.6%
Bachelor Degree 6.2% / 5.6%
Loganlea — Bachelor Degree: 6.2% Bethania — Bachelor Degree: 5.6%
Postgraduate Degree 1.6% / 1.5%
Loganlea — Postgraduate Degree: 1.6% Bethania — Postgraduate Degree: 1.5%
Graduate Diploma / Certificate 0.8% / 1.0%
Loganlea — Graduate Diploma / Certificate: 0.8% Bethania — Graduate Diploma / Certificate: 1.0%

Bars are drawn against the largest share shown (16.8%).

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.

Loganlea Bethania
New Zealand 7.7% / 7.6%
Loganlea — New Zealand: 7.7% Bethania — New Zealand: 7.6%
England 1.9% / 6.0%
Loganlea — England: 1.9% Bethania — England: 6.0%
Afghanistan 2.8% / —
Loganlea — Afghanistan: 2.8% Bethania — Afghanistan: not among its largest
India 2.1% / 0.7%
Loganlea — India: 2.1% Bethania — India: 0.7%
Iraq 2.3% / —
Loganlea — Iraq: 2.3% Bethania — Iraq: not among its largest
Philippines 1.2% / 1.0%
Loganlea — Philippines: 1.2% Bethania — Philippines: 1.0%
China — / 1.0%
Loganlea — China: not among its largest Bethania — China: 1.0%
Scotland — / 0.9%
Loganlea — Scotland: not among its largest Bethania — Scotland: 0.9%

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

What people live in

Occupied private dwellings by structure, 2021 Census.

Loganlea 73.8% houses
Loganlea — Houses: 73.8% Loganlea — Townhouses: 17.7% Loganlea — Flats / Apartments: 8.5%
Bethania 74.5% houses
Bethania — Houses: 74.5% Bethania — Townhouses: 25.1% Bethania — Flats / Apartments: 0.4%
Houses Townhouses Flats / Apartments

Property market

Loganlea Bethania
Median house price $850,250 $860,000
Median unit price $600,000 $595,625
Median land price —
same for both
Typical days to sell (houses) 27 days
from 89 sales
 26 days
from 82 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.

Loganlea Bethania
3 bed $820K / $830K
Loganlea — 3 bed: $820K (63 sales) Bethania — 3 bed: $830K (86 sales)

63 vs 86 sales

4 bed $860K / $901K
Loganlea — 4 bed: $860K (59 sales) Bethania — 4 bed: $901K (38 sales)

59 vs 38 sales

5 bed $1.02M / $942K
Loganlea — 5 bed: $1.02M (20 sales) Bethania — 5 bed: $942K (10 sales)

20 vs 10 sales

Development activity

Loganlea Bethania
New dwellings approved 4,950
across Logan
same for both
Approvals change year on year -8%
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.

Loganlea Bethania
Houses 3.7%
$600/wk on $844K
 3.8%
$635/wk on $875K
Units —
same for both

Ranking within QLD

Loganlea Bethania
House price —
same for both
Income — Higher than 18% of QLD
Schools —
same for both
Walkability Higher than 94% of QLD
same for both
Affordability —
same for both
EV adoption Higher than 83% of QLD Higher than 66% of QLD
NBN connectivity Higher than 90% of QLD Higher than 79% of QLD
Rental yield (houses) Higher than 35% of QLD Higher than 39% of QLD

Liveability

Bethania scores higher overall (47 vs 40).

Loganlea Bethania
Grade C
same for both
Score 40/100 47/100
Socio-economic band high-need area
decile 1/10
same for both

Risk profile

Loganlea carries more crime risk (84 vs 74).

Loganlea Bethania
Bushfire None
0/100
same for both
Crime High
84/100
 High
74/100
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
 2
within 5 km

Schools

Loganlea Bethania
Inside the suburb 1
same for both
Rated above peers 0
same for both
Rated at peers 1 0
Rated below peers 0 1

Schools in Loganlea

  • Loganlea State High School Government · Secondary at peers

Schools in Bethania

  • Bethania Lutheran Primary School Independent · Primary below peers

Amenities in the suburb

Loganlea Bethania
Supermarkets 1 2
Cafes & restaurants 1 3
Parks & reserves 16 10
Childcare 5 3
GPs 3
same for both
Pharmacies 1
same for both
Fuel stations 2 1
Waterways 1 3

Mobility

Bethania sits further from the CBD (33.3 km vs 29 km).

Loganlea Bethania
Walkability score 76/100 74/100
Distance to Brisbane 29 km 33.3 km
+15% vs other
Drive time (normal traffic) 28 min 36 min
Public transport score 79/100
Rail · Bus
 80/100
Rail · Bus
Peak arrivals per hour 137.0
7-9am + 5-7pm
 31.0
7-9am + 5-7pm
Median peak wait 0 min
scheduled, not actual
 1 min
scheduled, not actual
Electric vehicle share 1.0%
postcode 4131
 0.6%
postcode 4205
Rooftop solar per 100 dwellings 52
postcode 4131
 65
postcode 4205

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.

Loganlea Bethania
Car (driver) 77.3% / 78.0%
Loganlea — Car (driver): 77.3% Bethania — Car (driver): 78.0%
Worked from Home 8.6% / 9.9%
Loganlea — Worked from Home: 8.6% Bethania — Worked from Home: 9.9%
Car (passenger) 7.3% / 5.9%
Loganlea — Car (passenger): 7.3% Bethania — Car (passenger): 5.9%
Train 3.9% / 4.2%
Loganlea — Train: 3.9% Bethania — Train: 4.2%
Bus 1.7% / 0.5%
Loganlea — Bus: 1.7% Bethania — Bus: 0.5%
Walked Only 0.9% / 1.2%
Loganlea — Walked Only: 0.9% Bethania — Walked Only: 1.2%

Bars are drawn against the largest share shown (78.0%).

Setting

Loganlea Bethania
Elevation 8 m
above sea level, at the suburb centre
 12 m
above sea level, at the suburb centre
Distance to the ocean 16.5 km 14.0 km

NBN connectivity

Loganlea Bethania
Connectivity score 79/100 70/100
Most common technology Hybrid fibre-coaxial
same for both
Full-fibre (FTTP) share 21%
3,629 premises
 18%
3,331 premises

Climate

Loganlea Bethania
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)

Loganlea Bethania
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

Loganlea Bethania
Average residential rate $1,681/yr
same for both
Council Logan
same for both

Federal electorate

Loganlea Bethania
Division Forde
same for both
Member Rowan Holzberger
same for both
Party Australian Labor Party
same for both

First Home Owner Grant

Loganlea Bethania
Grant amount $30,000
same for both
Property price cap $750,000
same for both
Eligibility New
same for both

Tags

Loganlea

Family Outer Parks

Bethania

Outer Parks Quiet Retirees Townhouses Trains Transport Hub

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