Mount Stuart vs Douglas

Mount Stuart is the younger of the two, with a median age of 23 against 26 in Douglas. In Douglas, about half of households rent and the large majority of homes are detached houses. On these figures, Mount Stuart tends to suit young adults.

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

Douglas

ahead on 3 of the 4 things we measure here

  • has more parks and reserves (17 vs 1)
  • has more schools inside the suburb (2 vs 0)
  • carries lower crime risk (79/100 vs 98/100)

Weighs schools, crime, parks, and childcare.

Renters

Mount Stuart

ahead on the one thing that separates them

  • has cheaper rent ($0/wk vs $360/wk)

Weighs rent.

Commuting to the city

Douglas

ahead on 3 of the 3 things we measure here

  • is more walkable (47/100 vs 0/100)
  • has a shorter drive in (924 min vs 961 min)
  • sits closer to the CBD (1353.1 km vs 1370.4 km)

Weighs distance, drive time, and walkability.

Downsizers and retirees

Douglas

ahead on 3 of the 3 things we measure here

  • is more walkable (47/100 vs 0/100)
  • has more GPs (4 vs 0)
  • carries lower crime risk (79/100 vs 98/100)

Weighs GPs, walkability, and crime.

Where they sit

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

Mount Stuart Douglas
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.

Mount Stuart Douglas
Walkability 0 / 47
Mount Stuart — Walkability: 0/100 Douglas — Walkability: 47/100
Safety 2 / 21
Mount Stuart — Safety: 2/100 Douglas — Safety: 21/100
Low fire risk 100 / 100
Mount Stuart — Low fire risk: 100/100 Douglas — Low fire risk: 100/100

Demographics

Douglas rents higher ($360/wk vs $0/wk); Douglas has more residents (7,780 vs 95).

Mount Stuart Douglas
Population 95 7,780
+8089% vs other
Population trend (2016 → 2021) — +0.5%
Median age 23 26
Median household income — $105,300/yr
Median weekly rent — $360/wk
(not reported on the other side)

Age profile

Share of residents in each band, 2021 Census.

Mount Stuart Douglas
0-4 — / 5.0%
Mount Stuart — 0-4: not among its largest Douglas — 0-4: 5.0%
5-14 — / 10.2%
Mount Stuart — 5-14: not among its largest Douglas — 5-14: 10.2%
15-19 9.5% / 12.0%
Mount Stuart — 15-19: 9.5% Douglas — 15-19: 12.0%
20-24 56.8% / 18.5%
Mount Stuart — 20-24: 56.8% Douglas — 20-24: 18.5%
25-34 26.3% / 16.2%
Mount Stuart — 25-34: 26.3% Douglas — 25-34: 16.2%
35-44 3.2% / 11.7%
Mount Stuart — 35-44: 3.2% Douglas — 35-44: 11.7%
45-54 — / 10.1%
Mount Stuart — 45-54: not among its largest Douglas — 45-54: 10.1%
55-64 — / 7.5%
Mount Stuart — 55-64: not among its largest Douglas — 55-64: 7.5%
65-74 — / 5.5%
Mount Stuart — 65-74: not among its largest Douglas — 65-74: 5.5%
75-84 — / 2.0%
Mount Stuart — 75-84: not among its largest Douglas — 75-84: 2.0%
85+ — / 1.3%
Mount Stuart — 85+: not among its largest Douglas — 85+: 1.3%

Bars are drawn against the largest share shown (56.8%).

Qualifications

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

Mount Stuart Douglas
Certificate III & IV 17.9% / 10.4%
Mount Stuart — Certificate III & IV: 17.9% Douglas — Certificate III & IV: 10.4%
Bachelor Degree 3.2% / 17.7%
Mount Stuart — Bachelor Degree: 3.2% Douglas — Bachelor Degree: 17.7%
Advanced Diploma / Diploma 5.3% / 5.9%
Mount Stuart — Advanced Diploma / Diploma: 5.3% Douglas — Advanced Diploma / Diploma: 5.9%
Postgraduate Degree — / 5.8%
Mount Stuart — Postgraduate Degree: not among its largest Douglas — Postgraduate Degree: 5.8%
Graduate Diploma / Certificate — / 2.2%
Mount Stuart — Graduate Diploma / Certificate: not among its largest Douglas — Graduate Diploma / Certificate: 2.2%

Bars are drawn against the largest share shown (17.9%).

Property market

Mount Stuart Douglas
Median house price — $731,000
Median unit price — $433,000
Median land price — $188,500
Typical days to sell (houses) — 23 days
from 59 sales

Development activity

Mount Stuart Douglas
New dwellings approved 1,096
across Townsville
same for both
Approvals change year on year -22%
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.

Mount Stuart Douglas
Houses — 3.7%
$565/wk on $800K
Units — 5.6%
$520/wk on $487K

Ranking within QLD

Mount Stuart Douglas
House price —
same for both
Income — Higher than 77% of QLD
Schools —
same for both
Walkability Higher than 27% of QLD Higher than 86% of QLD
Affordability —
same for both
EV adoption Higher than 73% of QLD
same for both
NBN connectivity Higher than 69% of QLD Higher than 79% of QLD
Rental yield (houses) — Higher than 33% of QLD
Rental yield (units) — Higher than 82% of QLD

Liveability

Douglas is more walkable (47 vs 0).

Mount Stuart Douglas
Grade — B
Score — 54/100
Socio-economic band very advantaged area
decile 10/10
 very advantaged area
decile 9/10

Risk profile

Mount Stuart carries more crime risk (98 vs 79).

Mount Stuart Douglas
Bushfire None
0/100
same for both
Crime High
98/100
 High
79/100
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

Mount Stuart Douglas
Inside the suburb 0 2
Rated above peers 0
same for both
Rated at peers 0 1
Rated below peers 0
same for both

Schools in Mount Stuart

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

Schools in Douglas

  • Enkindle Village School Independent · Primary at peers
  • Tec-NQ Independent · Secondary

Amenities in the suburb

Mount Stuart Douglas
Cafes & restaurants 0 4
Parks & reserves 1 17
Childcare 2
same for both
GPs 0 4
Pharmacies 0 2
Hospitals 0 1
Banks & Bank@Post 0 1
Fuel stations 0 1
EV chargers 0 1
Waterways 6 18

Mobility

Mount Stuart sits further from the CBD (1370.4 km vs 1353.1 km).

Mount Stuart Douglas
Walkability score 0/100 47/100
Distance to Brisbane 1370.4 km
+1% vs other
 1353.1 km
Drive time (normal traffic) 961 min 924 min
Electric vehicle share 0.7%
postcode 4811
 0.7%
postcode 4814
Rooftop solar per 100 dwellings 61
postcode 4811
 63
postcode 4814

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.

Mount Stuart Douglas
Car (driver) 60.0% / 82.5%
Mount Stuart — Car (driver): 60.0% Douglas — Car (driver): 82.5%
Walked Only 25.0% / 2.8%
Mount Stuart — Walked Only: 25.0% Douglas — Walked Only: 2.8%
Car (passenger) 15.0% / 5.7%
Mount Stuart — Car (passenger): 15.0% Douglas — Car (passenger): 5.7%
Worked from Home — / 5.3%
Mount Stuart — Worked from Home: not among its largest Douglas — Worked from Home: 5.3%
Bicycle — / 2.0%
Mount Stuart — Bicycle: not among its largest Douglas — Bicycle: 2.0%

Bars are drawn against the largest share shown (82.5%).

Setting

Mount Stuart Douglas
Elevation 468 m
above sea level, at the suburb centre
 35 m
above sea level, at the suburb centre
Distance to the ocean 13.4 km 10.2 km

NBN connectivity

Mount Stuart Douglas
Connectivity score 46/100 70/100
Most common technology Fixed wireless Fibre to the node
Full-fibre (FTTP) share 22%
9 premises
 43%
2,842 premises

Climate

Mount Stuart Douglas
Annual rainfall 1,304 mm
same for both
Summer max (Jan) 31.8°C
same for both
Winter min (Jul) 15.0°C
same for both

Air quality (annual mean)

Mount Stuart Douglas
PM2.5 — 6.0 µg/m³
PM10 15.6 µg/m³
same for both
NO₂ — 0.25 pphm

Council rates

Mount Stuart Douglas
Average residential rate $1,810/yr
same for both
Council Townsville
same for both

Federal electorate

Mount Stuart Douglas
Division Kennedy Herbert
Member Bob Katter Phillip Thompson
Party Katter's Australian Party (KAP) Liberal National Party of Queensland

First Home Owner Grant

Mount Stuart Douglas
Grant amount $30,000
same for both
Property price cap $750,000
same for both
Eligibility New
same for both

Tags

Mount Stuart

Multicultural Rural Students

Douglas

Professionals Students

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