Pie Creek vs Southside

In both, most households own their home and the large majority of homes are detached houses. In Pie Creek, most households are couple families. Houses cost more in Pie Creek: a median of $1.06 million, against $799,000 in Southside, and rent is higher there too. On these figures, Pie Creek tends to suit couples, while Southside suits people living alone and buyers on a tighter budget.

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

  • Pie Creek carries lower crime risk (23/100 vs 66/100)
  • Southside has more parks and reserves (9 vs 1)

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

First-home buyers

Southside

ahead on 2 of the 3 things we measure here

  • has cheaper land ($640,000 vs $875,000)
  • has cheaper houses ($799,000 vs $1,060,000)

Weighs house prices, land prices, and mortgage stress.

Renters

Southside

ahead on 2 of the 3 things we measure here

  • has a bigger rental market to choose from (30% vs 6%)
  • has cheaper rent ($285/wk vs $310/wk)
  • But Pie Creek leaves renters under less rental stress (19% vs 24%)

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

Commuting to the city

Southside

ahead on 2 of the 3 things we measure here

  • is more walkable (46/100 vs 0/100)
  • sits closer to the CBD (167.5 km vs 170 km)

Weighs distance, drive time, and walkability.

Downsizers and retirees

Southside

ahead on 3 of the 4 things we measure here

  • is more walkable (46/100 vs 0/100)
  • has more GPs (2 vs 0)
  • has more residents already 65 and over (26% vs 21%)
  • But Pie Creek carries lower crime risk (23/100 vs 66/100)

Weighs 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

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

Pie Creek Southside
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.

Pie Creek Southside
Walkability 0 / 46
Pie Creek — Walkability: 0/100 Southside — Walkability: 46/100
Safety 77 / 34
Pie Creek — Safety: 77/100 Southside — Safety: 34/100
Low fire risk 100 / 100
Pie Creek — Low fire risk: 100/100 Southside — Low fire risk: 100/100

Demographics

Southside has more residents (6,312 vs 1,137); Pie Creek has higher household incomes ($85,020 vs $61,100).

Pie Creek Southside
Population 1,137 6,312
+455% vs other
Population trend (2016 → 2021) +12.2% +10.0%
Median age 46
same for both
Median household income $85,020/yr
+28% vs other
 $61,100/yr
Median weekly rent $310/wk
+8% vs other
 $285/wk

Age profile

Share of residents in each band, 2021 Census.

Pie Creek Southside
0-4 3.3% / 4.7%
Pie Creek — 0-4: 3.3% Southside — 0-4: 4.7%
5-14 14.9% / 11.8%
Pie Creek — 5-14: 14.9% Southside — 5-14: 11.8%
15-19 5.7% / 6.7%
Pie Creek — 15-19: 5.7% Southside — 15-19: 6.7%
20-24 3.7% / 5.5%
Pie Creek — 20-24: 3.7% Southside — 20-24: 5.5%
25-34 8.5% / 10.3%
Pie Creek — 25-34: 8.5% Southside — 25-34: 10.3%
35-44 12.0% / 10.1%
Pie Creek — 35-44: 12.0% Southside — 35-44: 10.1%
45-54 13.9% / 12.1%
Pie Creek — 45-54: 13.9% Southside — 45-54: 12.1%
55-64 16.4% / 12.8%
Pie Creek — 55-64: 16.4% Southside — 55-64: 12.8%
65-74 14.5% / 14.4%
Pie Creek — 65-74: 14.5% Southside — 65-74: 14.4%
75-84 5.7% / 8.5%
Pie Creek — 75-84: 5.7% Southside — 75-84: 8.5%
85+ 0.7% / 3.2%
Pie Creek — 85+: 0.7% Southside — 85+: 3.2%

Bars are drawn against the largest share shown (16.4%).

Who lives together

Household composition, 2021 Census.

Pie Creek 60.7% couple families
Pie Creek — Couple Families: 60.7% Pie Creek — Lone Person: 19.7% Pie Creek — One Parent Families: 13.2% Pie Creek — Group Household: 4.7% Pie Creek — Other Families: 1.7%
Southside 34.2% couple families
Southside — Couple Families: 34.2% Southside — Lone Person: 39.6% Southside — One Parent Families: 20.5% Southside — Group Household: 4.0% Southside — Other Families: 1.7%
Couple Families Lone Person One Parent Families Group Household Other Families

Who owns and who rents

Occupied private dwellings by tenure, 2021 Census.

Pie Creek 5.8% renting
Pie Creek — Owned Outright: 46.0% Pie Creek — Mortgage: 48.2% Pie Creek — Renting: 5.8%
Southside 29.8% renting
Southside — Owned Outright: 39.6% Southside — Mortgage: 30.6% Southside — Renting: 29.8%
Owned outright Mortgage Renting

Qualifications

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

Pie Creek Southside
Certificate III & IV 24.8% / 18.5%
Pie Creek — Certificate III & IV: 24.8% Southside — Certificate III & IV: 18.5%
Bachelor Degree 6.9% / 6.7%
Pie Creek — Bachelor Degree: 6.9% Southside — Bachelor Degree: 6.7%
Advanced Diploma / Diploma 6.2% / 6.5%
Pie Creek — Advanced Diploma / Diploma: 6.2% Southside — Advanced Diploma / Diploma: 6.5%
Graduate Diploma / Certificate 1.6% / 1.4%
Pie Creek — Graduate Diploma / Certificate: 1.6% Southside — Graduate Diploma / Certificate: 1.4%
Postgraduate Degree 1.8% / 1.1%
Pie Creek — Postgraduate Degree: 1.8% Southside — Postgraduate Degree: 1.1%

Bars are drawn against the largest share shown (24.8%).

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.

Pie Creek Southside
England 4.0% / 2.6%
Pie Creek — England: 4.0% Southside — England: 2.6%
New Zealand 2.2% / 1.8%
Pie Creek — New Zealand: 2.2% Southside — New Zealand: 1.8%
Germany 1.0% / 0.4%
Pie Creek — Germany: 1.0% Southside — Germany: 0.4%
Netherlands 0.7% / 0.4%
Pie Creek — Netherlands: 0.7% Southside — Netherlands: 0.4%
South Africa 0.3% / 0.8%
Pie Creek — South Africa: 0.3% Southside — South Africa: 0.8%
Philippines — / 0.6%
Pie Creek — Philippines: not among its largest Southside — Philippines: 0.6%
Italy 0.4% / —
Pie Creek — Italy: 0.4% Southside — Italy: not among its largest

Bars are drawn against the largest share shown (4.0%).

What people live in

Occupied private dwellings by structure, 2021 Census.

Pie Creek 100.3% houses
Pie Creek — Houses: 100.3% Pie Creek — Townhouses: 0.0% Pie Creek — Flats / Apartments: 0.0%
Southside 88.2% houses
Southside — Houses: 88.2% Southside — Townhouses: 10.9% Southside — Flats / Apartments: 0.9%
Houses Townhouses Flats / Apartments

Property market

Pie Creek Southside
Median house price $1,060,000 $799,000
Median unit price — $503,000
Median land price $875,000 $640,000
Typical days to sell (houses) 51 days
from 17 sales
 28 days
from 96 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.

Pie Creek Southside
3 bed $880K / $724K
Pie Creek — 3 bed: $880K (9 sales) Southside — 3 bed: $724K (52 sales)

9 vs 52 sales

4 bed $1.11M / $817K
Pie Creek — 4 bed: $1.11M (36 sales) Southside — 4 bed: $817K (106 sales)

36 vs 106 sales

5 bed $1.15M / $890K
Pie Creek — 5 bed: $1.15M (5 sales) Southside — 5 bed: $890K (11 sales)

5 vs 11 sales

Development activity

Pie Creek Southside
New dwellings approved 467
across Gympie
same for both
Approvals change year on year +16%
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.

Pie Creek Southside
Houses — 4.0%
$675/wk on $882K
Units —
same for both

Ranking within QLD

Pie Creek Southside
House price —
same for both
Income Higher than 58% of QLD Higher than 26% of QLD
Schools —
same for both
Walkability Higher than 47% of QLD Higher than 86% of QLD
Affordability —
same for both
EV adoption Higher than 44% of QLD
same for both
NBN connectivity Higher than 61% of QLD Higher than 81% of QLD
Rental yield (houses) — Higher than 54% of QLD

Liveability

Southside is more walkable (46 vs 0); Pie Creek scores higher overall (55 vs 42).

Pie Creek Southside
Grade B C
Score 55/100 42/100
Socio-economic band mid-range socio-economic
decile 4/10
 below-average income
decile 2/10

Risk profile

Southside carries more crime risk (66 vs 23).

Pie Creek Southside
Bushfire None
0/100
same for both
Crime Low
23/100
 Moderate
66/100
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
 5
within 5 km

Schools

Pie Creek Southside
Inside the suburb 0 2
Rated above peers 0
same for both
Rated at peers 0 1
Rated below peers 0 1

Schools in Pie Creek

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

Schools in Southside

  • Cooloola Christian College Independent · Combined at peers
  • Gympie South State School Government · Primary below peers

Amenities in the suburb

Pie Creek Southside
Supermarkets 0 1
Parks & reserves 1 9
Childcare 0 6
GPs 0 2
Pharmacies 0 1
Fuel stations 0 1
EV chargers 0 1
Waterways 8 4

Mobility

Pie Creek sits further from the CBD (170 km vs 167.5 km).

Pie Creek Southside
Walkability score 0/100 46/100
Distance to Brisbane 170 km
+1% vs other
 167.5 km
Drive time (normal traffic) 125 min 124 min
Electric vehicle share 0.3%
postcode 4570
same for both
Rooftop solar per 100 dwellings 83
postcode 4570
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.

Pie Creek Southside
Car (driver) 83.1% / 85.8%
Pie Creek — Car (driver): 83.1% Southside — Car (driver): 85.8%
Worked from Home 10.2% / 5.6%
Pie Creek — Worked from Home: 10.2% Southside — Worked from Home: 5.6%
Car (passenger) 5.1% / 6.7%
Pie Creek — Car (passenger): 5.1% Southside — Car (passenger): 6.7%
Walked Only 0.9% / 1.0%
Pie Creek — Walked Only: 0.9% Southside — Walked Only: 1.0%
Bus 0.7% / 0.8%
Pie Creek — Bus: 0.7% Southside — Bus: 0.8%

Bars are drawn against the largest share shown (85.8%).

Setting

Pie Creek Southside
Elevation 110 m
above sea level, at the suburb centre
 78 m
above sea level, at the suburb centre
Distance to the ocean 45.5 km 42.4 km

NBN connectivity

Pie Creek Southside
Connectivity score 30/100 72/100
Most common technology Fixed wireless Fibre to the premises
Full-fibre (FTTP) share 0%
508 premises
 50%
3,485 premises

Climate

Pie Creek Southside
Annual rainfall 1,045 mm
same for both
Summer max (Jan) 30.9°C
same for both
Winter min (Jul) 7.7°C
same for both

Council rates

Pie Creek Southside
Average residential rate $1,936/yr
same for both
Council Gympie
same for both

Federal electorate

Pie Creek Southside
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

Pie Creek Southside
Grant amount $30,000
same for both
Property price cap $750,000
same for both
Eligibility New
same for both

Tags

Pie Creek

Acreage

Southside

Acreage Retirees

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