Prince Henry Heights vs Redwood
In both, the large majority of households own their home and the large majority of homes are detached houses. In Prince Henry Heights, most households are couple families. In Redwood, about half of households are couple families. On these figures, Redwood tends to suit families with children.
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
Prince Henry Heights
ahead on the one thing that separates them
- carries lower crime risk (19/100 vs 74/100)
Weighs schools, house stock, crime, parks, childcare, and who already lives there.
First-home buyers
Too close to call
Nothing among the 2 things we measure here separates them by enough to be worth acting on.
Weighs house prices and mortgage stress.
Renters
Too close to call
Nothing among the 3 things we measure here separates them by enough to be worth acting on.
Weighs rent, rental stress, and how much is for rent.
Commuting to the city
Redwood
ahead on 3 of the 3 things we measure here
- is more walkable (38/100 vs 21/100)
- has a shorter drive in (91 min vs 100 min)
- sits closer to the CBD (120.1 km vs 126 km)
Weighs distance, drive time, and walkability.
Downsizers and retirees
They split
one each way, out of the 4 things we measure here
- Prince Henry Heights carries lower crime risk (19/100 vs 74/100)
- Redwood is more walkable (38/100 vs 21/100)
Weighs who already lives there, GPs, walkability, and crime.
Investors
Prince Henry Heights
ahead on the one thing that separates them
- is growing faster (5.1% vs -6.5%)
Weighs population growth.
Where they sit
Prince Henry Heights and Redwood 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
Prince Henry Heights has more residents (600 vs 159); Redwood has higher household incomes ($146,692 vs $127,192).
| Prince Henry Heights | Redwood | |
|---|---|---|
| Population | 600 +74% vs other | 159 |
| Population trend (2016 → 2021) | +5.1% | -6.5% |
| Median age | 47 | 48 |
| Median household income | $127,192/yr | $146,692/yr +15% vs other |
| Median weekly rent | $413/wk | $435/wk +5% vs other |
Age profile
Share of residents in each band, 2021 Census.
Bars are drawn against the largest share shown (22.0%).
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 (3.7%).
Qualifications
Highest non-school qualification, residents 15+, 2021 Census.
Bars are drawn against the largest share shown (24.5%).
What people live in
Occupied private dwellings by structure, 2021 Census.
Property market
| Prince Henry Heights | Redwood | |
|---|---|---|
| Median house price | $1,270,250 | $1,237,500 |
| Median unit price | — same for both | |
| Median land price | — same for both | |
| Typical days to sell (houses) | 36 days from 4 sales | — |
Development activity
| Prince Henry Heights | Redwood | |
|---|---|---|
| New dwellings approved | 1,513 across Toowoomba same for both | |
| Approvals change year on year | -25% same for both | |
Ranking within QLD
| Prince Henry Heights | Redwood | |
|---|---|---|
| House price | — same for both | |
| Income | Higher than 93% of QLD | Higher than 96% of QLD |
| Schools | — same for both | |
| Walkability | Higher than 79% of QLD | Higher than 84% of QLD |
| Affordability | — same for both | |
| EV adoption | Higher than 71% of QLD same for both | |
| NBN connectivity | Higher than 99% of QLD | Higher than 98% of QLD |
Liveability
Redwood is more walkable (38 vs 21).
| Prince Henry Heights | Redwood | |
|---|---|---|
| Grade | A | — |
| Score | 79/100 | — |
| Socio-economic band | very advantaged area decile 10/10 | very advantaged area decile 9/10 |
Risk profile
Redwood carries more crime risk (74 vs 19).
| Prince Henry Heights | Redwood | |
|---|---|---|
| Bushfire | None 0/100 same for both | |
| Crime | Low 19/100 | 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 | 2 within 5 km | 3 within 5 km |
Schools
| Prince Henry Heights | Redwood | |
|---|---|---|
| Inside the suburb | 0 same for both | |
| Rated above peers | 0 same for both | |
| Rated at peers | 0 same for both | |
| Rated below peers | 0 same for both | |
| Universities within 10 km | 1 USQ (Toowoomba), 4.4 km | 1 USQ (Toowoomba), 3.9 km |
Amenities in the suburb
| Prince Henry Heights | Redwood | |
|---|---|---|
| Parks & reserves | 3 | 1 |
| Childcare | 0 | 1 |
Mobility
Prince Henry Heights sits further from the CBD (126 km vs 120.1 km).
| Prince Henry Heights | Redwood | |
|---|---|---|
| Walkability score | 21/100 | 38/100 |
| Distance to Brisbane | 126 km +5% vs other | 120.1 km |
| Drive time (normal traffic) | 100 min | 91 min |
| Electric vehicle share | 0.6% postcode 4350 same for both | |
| Rooftop solar per 100 dwellings | 41 postcode 4350 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 (90.7%).
Setting
| Prince Henry Heights | Redwood | |
|---|---|---|
| Elevation | 542 m above sea level, at the suburb centre | 443 m above sea level, at the suburb centre |
NBN connectivity
| Prince Henry Heights | Redwood | |
|---|---|---|
| Connectivity score | 100/100 | 99/100 |
| Most common technology | Fibre to the premises same for both | |
| Full-fibre (FTTP) share | 100% 255 premises | 99% 82 premises |
Climate
| Prince Henry Heights | Redwood | |
|---|---|---|
| Annual rainfall | 643 mm same for both | |
| Summer max (Jan) | — same for both | |
| Winter min (Jul) | — same for both | |
Air quality (annual mean)
| Prince Henry Heights | Redwood | |
|---|---|---|
| PM2.5 | 2.4 µg/m³ same for both | |
| PM10 | 3.8 µg/m³ same for both | |
| NO₂ | — same for both | |
Council rates
| Prince Henry Heights | Redwood | |
|---|---|---|
| Average residential rate | $1,618/yr same for both | |
| Council | Toowoomba same for both | |
Federal electorate
| Prince Henry Heights | Redwood | |
|---|---|---|
| Division | Groom same for both | |
| Member | Garth Hamilton same for both | |
| Party | Liberal National Party of Queensland same for both | |
First Home Owner Grant
| Prince Henry Heights | Redwood | |
|---|---|---|
| Grant amount | $30,000 same for both | |
| Property price cap | $750,000 same for both | |
| Eligibility | New same for both | |
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Information shown is provided as-is from Australian government and commercial data sources.
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