Noosaville vs Marcus Beach
Marcus Beach is the younger of the two, with a median age of 48 against 56 in Noosaville. In both, the large majority of households own their home and most homes are detached houses. In Noosaville, about half of households are people living alone. In Marcus Beach, about half of households are couple families. Houses cost more in Marcus Beach: a median of $2.05 million, against $1.8 million in Noosaville. On these figures, Noosaville tends to suit people living alone and older residents, while Marcus Beach 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
They split
one each way, out of the 6 things we measure here
- Noosaville has more childcare (6 vs 0)
- Marcus Beach carries lower crime risk (19/100 vs 64/100)
Weighs schools, house stock, crime, parks, childcare, and who already lives there.
First-home buyers
Noosaville
ahead on the one thing that separates them
- has cheaper houses ($1,800,000 vs $2,050,000)
Weighs house prices, unit prices, and mortgage stress.
Renters
Marcus Beach
ahead on the one thing that separates them
- leaves renters under less rental stress (29% vs 35%)
Weighs rent, rental stress, and how much is for rent.
Commuting to the city
Marcus Beach
ahead on 2 of the 3 things we measure here
- is more walkable (12/100 vs 4/100)
- sits closer to the CBD (128.6 km vs 131.6 km)
Weighs distance, drive time, and walkability.
Downsizers and retirees
Noosaville
ahead on 3 of the 5 things we measure here
- has more GPs (3 vs 0)
- has more units and townhouses to downsize into (39% vs 10%)
- has more residents already 65 and over (38% vs 20%)
- But Marcus Beach carries lower crime risk (19/100 vs 64/100)
Weighs smaller dwellings, who already lives there, GPs, walkability, and crime.
Investors
Too close to call
Nothing among the 1 things we measure here separates them by enough to be worth acting on.
Weighs population growth.
Where they sit
Noosaville and Marcus Beach 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
Noosaville has more residents (8,716 vs 839); Noosaville skews older (56 vs 48).
| Noosaville | Marcus Beach | |
|---|---|---|
| Population | 8,716 +90% vs other | 839 |
| Population trend (2016 → 2021) | +7.3% | +10.8% |
| Median age | 56 | 48 |
| Median household income | $72,748/yr | $83,876/yr +15% vs other |
| Median weekly rent | $490/wk +4% vs other | $468/wk |
Age profile
Share of residents in each band, 2021 Census.
Bars are drawn against the largest share shown (19.8%).
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 (20.0%).
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.
Bars are drawn against the largest share shown (9.6%).
What people live in
Occupied private dwellings by structure, 2021 Census.
Property market
| Noosaville | Marcus Beach | |
|---|---|---|
| Median house price | $1,800,000 | $2,050,000 |
| Median unit price | $1,030,000 | $975,000 |
| Median land price | $2,550,000 | — |
| Typical days to sell (houses) | 39 days from 99 sales | 64 days from 8 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.
60 vs 10 sales
81 vs 12 sales
Development activity
| Noosaville | Marcus Beach | |
|---|---|---|
| New dwellings approved | 239 across Noosa same for both | |
| Approvals change year on year | -9% same for both | |
Gross rental yield
| Noosaville | Marcus Beach | |
|---|---|---|
| Houses | 3.3% $1,400/wk on $2.23M | — |
| Units | 3.9% $820/wk on $1.1M | — |
Ranking within QLD
| Noosaville | Marcus Beach | |
|---|---|---|
| House price | — same for both | |
| Income | Higher than 42% of QLD | Higher than 55% of QLD |
| Schools | Higher than 66% of QLD | — |
| Walkability | Higher than 66% of QLD | Higher than 73% of QLD |
| Affordability | — same for both | |
| EV adoption | Higher than 89% of QLD | Higher than 92% of QLD |
| NBN connectivity | Higher than 72% of QLD | Higher than 86% of QLD |
| Rental yield (houses) | Higher than 17% of QLD | — |
| Rental yield (units) | Higher than 26% of QLD | — |
Liveability
Marcus Beach is more walkable (12 vs 4).
| Noosaville | Marcus Beach | |
|---|---|---|
| Grade | C same for both | |
| Score | 46/100 | 44/100 |
| Socio-economic band | advantaged area decile 8/10 | very advantaged area decile 9/10 |
Risk profile
Noosaville carries more crime risk (64 vs 19); Marcus Beach carries more bushfire risk (82 vs 63).
| Noosaville | Marcus Beach | |
|---|---|---|
| Bushfire | Moderate 63/100 | High 82/100 |
| Crime | Moderate 64/100 | Low 19/100 |
| 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 | 3 within 5 km | 1 within 5 km |
Schools
| Noosaville | Marcus Beach | |
|---|---|---|
| Inside the suburb | 3 | 0 |
| Rated above peers | 1 | 0 |
| Rated at peers | 0 same for both | |
| Rated below peers | 2 | 0 |
Schools in Noosaville
- St Teresa's Catholic College Catholic · Secondary above peers
- Good Shepherd Lutheran College Independent · Combined below peers
- Noosaville State School Government · Primary below peers
Schools in Marcus Beach
No schools recorded inside this suburb's boundary. Children here will be zoned to schools nearby.
Amenities in the suburb
| Noosaville | Marcus Beach | |
|---|---|---|
| Supermarkets | 3 | 0 |
| Cafes & restaurants | 16 | 0 |
| Parks & reserves | 34 | 8 |
| Childcare | 6 | 0 |
| GPs | 3 | 0 |
| Pharmacies | 5 | 0 |
| Hospitals | 1 | 0 |
| Banks & Bank@Post | 8 | 0 |
| Fuel stations | 7 | 0 |
| EV chargers | 2 | 0 |
| Beaches | 1 | 0 |
| Waterways | 6 | 8 |
Mobility
Noosaville sits further from the CBD (131.6 km vs 128.6 km).
| Noosaville | Marcus Beach | |
|---|---|---|
| Walkability score | 4/100 | 12/100 |
| Distance to Brisbane | 131.6 km +2% vs other | 128.6 km |
| Drive time (normal traffic) | 109 min | 105 min |
| Public transport score | 79/100 Bus | 46/100 Bus |
| Peak arrivals per hour | 142.0 7-9am + 5-7pm | 8.0 7-9am + 5-7pm |
| Median peak wait | 0 min scheduled, not actual | 1 min scheduled, not actual |
| Electric vehicle share | 1.4% postcode 4566 | 1.7% postcode 4573 |
| Rooftop solar per 100 dwellings | 61 postcode 4566 | 59 postcode 4573 |
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 (66.4%).
Setting
| Noosaville | Marcus Beach | |
|---|---|---|
| Elevation | 3 m above sea level, at the suburb centre | 2 m above sea level, at the suburb centre |
| Distance to the ocean | 3.4 km 3.2 km to a named beach | 1.0 km 2.3 km to a named beach |
NBN connectivity
| Noosaville | Marcus Beach | |
|---|---|---|
| Connectivity score | 61/100 | 76/100 |
| Most common technology | Fibre to the node | Fibre to the premises |
| Full-fibre (FTTP) share | 29% 7,290 premises | 57% 403 premises |
Air quality (annual mean)
| Noosaville | Marcus Beach | |
|---|---|---|
| PM2.5 | 4.3 µg/m³ same for both | |
| PM10 | 12.3 µg/m³ same for both | |
| NO₂ | — same for both | |
Council rates
| Noosaville | Marcus Beach | |
|---|---|---|
| Average residential rate | $1,614/yr same for both | |
| Council | Noosa same for both | |
Federal electorate
| Noosaville | Marcus Beach | |
|---|---|---|
| Division | Wide Bay same for both | |
| Member | Llew O'Brien same for both | |
| Party | Liberal National Party of Queensland same for both | |
First Home Owner Grant
| Noosaville | Marcus Beach | |
|---|---|---|
| Grant amount | $30,000 same for both | |
| Property price cap | $750,000 same for both | |
| Eligibility | New same for both | |
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