Moore Park Beach vs Welcome Creek
Welcome Creek is the younger of the two, with a median age of 45 against 51 in Moore Park Beach. In both, most households own their home and the large majority of homes are detached houses. In Welcome Creek, about half of households are couple families. Houses cost more in Moore Park Beach: a median of $763,000, against $685,000 in Welcome Creek, and rent is higher there too. On these figures, Moore Park Beach tends to suit people living alone and older residents, while Welcome 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
Welcome Creek
ahead on 2 of the 6 things we measure here
- carries lower crime risk (26/100 vs 46/100)
- is already more of a family suburb (69% vs 55%)
- But Moore Park Beach has more parks and reserves (12 vs 0)
Weighs schools, house stock, crime, parks, childcare, and who already lives there.
First-home buyers
Welcome Creek
ahead on 2 of the 2 things we measure here
- leaves households under less mortgage stress (20% vs 32%)
- has cheaper houses ($685,000 vs $762,750)
Weighs house prices and mortgage stress.
Renters
Welcome Creek
ahead on 2 of the 3 things we measure here
- leaves renters under less rental stress (15% vs 30%)
- has cheaper rent ($270/wk vs $310/wk)
- But Moore Park Beach has a bigger rental market to choose from (29% vs 17%)
Weighs rent, rental stress, and how much is for rent.
Commuting to the city
Welcome Creek
ahead on 2 of the 3 things we measure here
- has a shorter drive in (266 min vs 277 min)
- sits closer to the CBD (375.2 km vs 384.6 km)
Weighs distance, drive time, and walkability.
Downsizers and retirees
They split
one each way, out of the 4 things we measure here
- Moore Park Beach has more residents already 65 and over (26% vs 17%)
- Welcome Creek carries lower crime risk (26/100 vs 46/100)
Weighs who already lives there, GPs, walkability, and crime.
Investors
Moore Park Beach
ahead on the one thing that separates them
- is growing faster (9.1% vs -5.4%)
Weighs population growth.
Where they sit
Moore Park Beach and Welcome 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.
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
Moore Park Beach has more residents (2,890 vs 421); Welcome Creek has higher household incomes ($92,612 vs $54,340).
| Moore Park Beach | Welcome Creek | |
|---|---|---|
| Population | 2,890 +85% vs other | 421 |
| Population trend (2016 → 2021) | +9.1% | -5.4% |
| Median age | 51 | 45 |
| Median household income | $54,340/yr | $92,612/yr +70% vs other |
| Median weekly rent | $310/wk +13% vs other | $270/wk |
Age profile
Share of residents in each band, 2021 Census.
Bars are drawn against the largest share shown (18.3%).
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 (5.1%).
Qualifications
Highest non-school qualification, residents 15+, 2021 Census.
Bars are drawn against the largest share shown (20.1%).
What people live in
Occupied private dwellings by structure, 2021 Census.
Property market
| Moore Park Beach | Welcome Creek | |
|---|---|---|
| Median house price | $762,750 | $685,000 |
| Median unit price | $485,000 | — |
| Median land price | $475,000 | — |
| Typical days to sell (houses) | 51 days from 42 sales | — |
Development activity
| Moore Park Beach | Welcome Creek | |
|---|---|---|
| New dwellings approved | 997 across Bundaberg same for both | |
| Approvals change year on year | -45% same for both | |
Gross rental yield
| Moore Park Beach | Welcome Creek | |
|---|---|---|
| Houses | 3.5% $595/wk on $890K | — |
| Units | — same for both | |
Ranking within QLD
| Moore Park Beach | Welcome Creek | |
|---|---|---|
| House price | — same for both | |
| Income | Higher than 17% of QLD | Higher than 66% of QLD |
| Schools | — same for both | |
| Walkability | Higher than 46% of QLD | Higher than 60% of QLD |
| Affordability | — same for both | |
| EV adoption | Higher than 49% of QLD same for both | |
| NBN connectivity | Higher than 75% of QLD | Higher than 65% of QLD |
| Rental yield (houses) | Higher than 24% of QLD | — |
Liveability
| Moore Park Beach | Welcome Creek | |
|---|---|---|
| Grade | D | — |
| Score | 31/100 | — |
| Socio-economic band | high-need area decile 1/10 | below-average income decile 3/10 |
Risk profile
Moore Park Beach carries more bushfire risk (19 vs 0); Moore Park Beach carries more crime risk (46 vs 26).
| Moore Park Beach | Welcome Creek | |
|---|---|---|
| Bushfire | Low 19/100 | None 0/100 |
| Crime | Moderate 46/100 | Low 26/100 |
| Flood | Not mapped no mapped data here same for both | |
| Coastal erosion | High 96/100 | None 0/100 |
| Aircraft noise | None 0/100 same for both | |
| Industrial facilities nearby | 0 within 5 km same for both | |
Schools
| Moore Park Beach | Welcome Creek | |
|---|---|---|
| Inside the suburb | 1 | 0 |
| Rated above peers | 0 same for both | |
| Rated at peers | 1 | 0 |
| Rated below peers | 0 same for both | |
Schools in Moore Park Beach
- Moore Park Beach State School Government · Primary at peers
Schools in Welcome Creek
No schools recorded inside this suburb's boundary. Children here will be zoned to schools nearby.
Amenities in the suburb
| Moore Park Beach | Welcome Creek | |
|---|---|---|
| Supermarkets | 2 | 0 |
| Cafes & restaurants | 2 | 0 |
| Parks & reserves | 12 | 0 |
| Childcare | 1 | 0 |
| GPs | 1 | 0 |
| Pharmacies | 1 | 0 |
| Fuel stations | 2 | 0 |
| Waterways | 3 same for both | |
Mobility
Moore Park Beach sits further from the CBD (384.6 km vs 375.2 km).
| Moore Park Beach | Welcome Creek | |
|---|---|---|
| Walkability score | 0/100 same for both | |
| Distance to Brisbane | 384.6 km +2% vs other | 375.2 km |
| Drive time (normal traffic) | 277 min | 266 min |
| Electric vehicle share | 0.3% postcode 4670 same for both | |
| Rooftop solar per 100 dwellings | 69 postcode 4670 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 (82.7%).
Setting
| Moore Park Beach | Welcome Creek | |
|---|---|---|
| Elevation | 12 m above sea level, at the suburb centre | 23 m above sea level, at the suburb centre |
| Distance to the ocean | 2.0 km | 6.2 km |
NBN connectivity
| Moore Park Beach | Welcome Creek | |
|---|---|---|
| Connectivity score | 64/100 | 30/100 |
| Most common technology | Fibre to the premises | Fixed wireless |
| Full-fibre (FTTP) share | 35% 1,557 premises | 0% 179 premises |
Climate
| Moore Park Beach | Welcome Creek | |
|---|---|---|
| Annual rainfall | 969 mm same for both | |
| Summer max (Jan) | 30.7°C same for both | |
| Winter min (Jul) | 11.2°C same for both | |
Air quality (annual mean)
| Moore Park Beach | Welcome Creek | |
|---|---|---|
| PM2.5 | — same for both | |
| PM10 | 9.1 µg/m³ same for both | |
| NO₂ | — same for both | |
Council rates
| Moore Park Beach | Welcome Creek | |
|---|---|---|
| Average residential rate | $1,773/yr same for both | |
| Council | Bundaberg same for both | |
Federal electorate
| Moore Park Beach | Welcome Creek | |
|---|---|---|
| Division | Flynn same for both | |
| Member | Colin Boyce same for both | |
| Party | Liberal National Party of Queensland same for both | |
First Home Owner Grant
| Moore Park Beach | Welcome Creek | |
|---|---|---|
| Grant amount | $30,000 same for both | |
| Property price cap | $750,000 same for both | |
| Eligibility | New same for both | |
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