Rocklea vs Coopers Plains

In both, about half of households rent and the large majority of homes are detached houses. In Rocklea, about half of households are people living alone. Houses cost more in Coopers Plains: a median of $1.23 million, against $795,000 in Rocklea, and rent is higher there too. On these figures, Rocklea tends to suit 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

Coopers Plains

ahead on 2 of the 6 things we measure here

  • has more childcare (7 vs 1)
  • is already more of a family suburb (50% vs 39%)
  • But Rocklea has more separate houses rather than flats (86% vs 75%)

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

First-home buyers

Rocklea

ahead on 2 of the 3 things we measure here

  • has cheaper houses ($795,000 vs $1,230,000)
  • has cheaper land ($830,000 vs $1,132,500)

Weighs house prices, land prices, and mortgage stress.

Renters

Rocklea

ahead on the one thing that separates them

  • has cheaper rent ($335/wk vs $369/wk)

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

Commuting to the city

Coopers Plains

ahead on the one thing that separates them

  • is more walkable (83/100 vs 23/100)

Weighs distance, drive time, rail access, and walkability.

Downsizers and retirees

Coopers Plains

ahead on 2 of the 5 things we measure here

  • is more walkable (83/100 vs 23/100)
  • has more units and townhouses to downsize into (25% vs 14%)

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

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

Rocklea Coopers Plains
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.

Rocklea Coopers Plains
Walkability 23 / 83
Rocklea — Walkability: 23/100 Coopers Plains — Walkability: 83/100
Safety 4 / 13
Rocklea — Safety: 4/100 Coopers Plains — Safety: 13/100
Low fire risk 100 / 100
Rocklea — Low fire risk: 100/100 Coopers Plains — Low fire risk: 100/100

Demographics

Coopers Plains has more residents (5,675 vs 1,672); Coopers Plains rents higher ($369/wk vs $335/wk).

Rocklea Coopers Plains
Population 1,672 5,675
+239% vs other
Population trend (2016 → 2021) +4.8% +3.5%
Median age 34 33
Median household income $77,636/yr $82,836/yr
+7% vs other
Median weekly rent $335/wk $369/wk
+10% vs other

Age profile

Share of residents in each band, 2021 Census.

Rocklea Coopers Plains
0-4 5.7% / 5.6%
Rocklea — 0-4: 5.7% Coopers Plains — 0-4: 5.6%
5-14 10.0% / 9.2%
Rocklea — 5-14: 10.0% Coopers Plains — 5-14: 9.2%
15-19 3.8% / 4.3%
Rocklea — 15-19: 3.8% Coopers Plains — 15-19: 4.3%
20-24 9.9% / 9.2%
Rocklea — 20-24: 9.9% Coopers Plains — 20-24: 9.2%
25-34 21.6% / 24.1%
Rocklea — 25-34: 21.6% Coopers Plains — 25-34: 24.1%
35-44 17.0% / 15.4%
Rocklea — 35-44: 17.0% Coopers Plains — 35-44: 15.4%
45-54 10.4% / 10.4%
Rocklea — 45-54: 10.4% Coopers Plains — 45-54: 10.4%
55-64 8.9% / 8.7%
Rocklea — 55-64: 8.9% Coopers Plains — 55-64: 8.7%
65-74 6.3% / 6.9%
Rocklea — 65-74: 6.3% Coopers Plains — 65-74: 6.9%
75-84 3.0% / 4.7%
Rocklea — 75-84: 3.0% Coopers Plains — 75-84: 4.7%
85+ 4.1% / 1.5%
Rocklea — 85+: 4.1% Coopers Plains — 85+: 1.5%

Bars are drawn against the largest share shown (24.1%).

Who lives together

Household composition, 2021 Census.

Rocklea 47.4% lone person
Rocklea — Lone Person: 47.4% Rocklea — Couple Families: 26.0% Rocklea — One Parent Families: 12.6% Rocklea — Group Household: 11.1% Rocklea — Other Families: 2.9%
Coopers Plains 34.1% lone person
Coopers Plains — Lone Person: 34.1% Coopers Plains — Couple Families: 35.0% Coopers Plains — One Parent Families: 14.8% Coopers Plains — Group Household: 12.7% Coopers Plains — Other Families: 3.4%
Lone Person Couple Families One Parent Families Group Household Other Families

Who owns and who rents

Occupied private dwellings by tenure, 2021 Census.

Rocklea 48.7% renting
Rocklea — Owned Outright: 18.5% Rocklea — Mortgage: 32.7% Rocklea — Renting: 48.7%
Coopers Plains 49.9% renting
Coopers Plains — Owned Outright: 22.8% Coopers Plains — Mortgage: 27.3% Coopers Plains — Renting: 49.9%
Owned outright Mortgage Renting

Qualifications

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

Rocklea Coopers Plains
Bachelor Degree 15.6% / 18.7%
Rocklea — Bachelor Degree: 15.6% Coopers Plains — Bachelor Degree: 18.7%
Certificate III & IV 13.5% / 10.4%
Rocklea — Certificate III & IV: 13.5% Coopers Plains — Certificate III & IV: 10.4%
Postgraduate Degree 5.3% / 10.0%
Rocklea — Postgraduate Degree: 5.3% Coopers Plains — Postgraduate Degree: 10.0%
Advanced Diploma / Diploma 6.6% / 7.9%
Rocklea — Advanced Diploma / Diploma: 6.6% Coopers Plains — Advanced Diploma / Diploma: 7.9%
Graduate Diploma / Certificate 2.5% / 2.0%
Rocklea — Graduate Diploma / Certificate: 2.5% Coopers Plains — Graduate Diploma / Certificate: 2.0%

Bars are drawn against the largest share shown (18.7%).

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.

Rocklea Coopers Plains
India 2.2% / 10.0%
Rocklea — India: 2.2% Coopers Plains — India: 10.0%
China 2.6% / 6.6%
Rocklea — China: 2.6% Coopers Plains — China: 6.6%
New Zealand 3.5% / 2.2%
Rocklea — New Zealand: 3.5% Coopers Plains — New Zealand: 2.2%
Philippines 2.0% / 3.5%
Rocklea — Philippines: 2.0% Coopers Plains — Philippines: 3.5%
Vietnam 2.9% / 2.3%
Rocklea — Vietnam: 2.9% Coopers Plains — Vietnam: 2.3%
England 2.4% / 1.3%
Rocklea — England: 2.4% Coopers Plains — England: 1.3%
Taiwan — / 2.7%
Rocklea — Taiwan: not among its largest Coopers Plains — Taiwan: 2.7%

Bars are drawn against the largest share shown (10.0%).

What people live in

Occupied private dwellings by structure, 2021 Census.

Rocklea 86.2% houses
Rocklea — Houses: 86.2% Rocklea — Flats / Apartments: 9.5% Rocklea — Townhouses: 4.2%
Coopers Plains 75.4% houses
Coopers Plains — Houses: 75.4% Coopers Plains — Flats / Apartments: 13.7% Coopers Plains — Townhouses: 10.9%
Houses Flats / Apartments Townhouses

Property market

Rocklea Coopers Plains
Median house price $795,000 $1,230,000
Median unit price — $790,000
Median land price $830,000 $1,132,500
Typical days to sell (houses) 41 days
from 21 sales
 21 days
from 37 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.

Rocklea Coopers Plains
3 bed $825K / $1.18M
Rocklea — 3 bed: $825K (19 sales) Coopers Plains — 3 bed: $1.18M (29 sales)

19 vs 29 sales

4 bed $795K / $1.25M
Rocklea — 4 bed: $795K (7 sales) Coopers Plains — 4 bed: $1.25M (19 sales)

7 vs 19 sales

Development activity

Rocklea Coopers Plains
New dwellings approved 9,382
across Brisbane
same for both
Approvals change year on year +9%
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.

Rocklea Coopers Plains
Houses — 4.1%
$780/wk on $990K
Units — 3.0%
$430/wk on $749K

Ranking within QLD

Rocklea Coopers Plains
House price —
same for both
Income Higher than 48% of QLD Higher than 54% of QLD
Schools —
same for both
Walkability Higher than 80% of QLD Higher than 97% of QLD
Affordability —
same for both
EV adoption Higher than 83% of QLD Higher than 93% of QLD
NBN connectivity Higher than 88% of QLD Higher than 90% of QLD
Rental yield (houses) — Higher than 60% of QLD
Rental yield (units) — Higher than 5% of QLD

Liveability

Coopers Plains is more walkable (83 vs 23); Coopers Plains scores higher overall (58 vs 42).

Rocklea Coopers Plains
Grade C B
Score 42/100 58/100
Socio-economic band mid-range socio-economic
decile 4/10
 mid-range socio-economic
decile 6/10

Risk profile

Rocklea Coopers Plains
Bushfire None
0/100
same for both
Crime High
96/100
 High
87/100
Flood —
same for both
Coastal erosion None
0/100
same for both
Aircraft noise High
83/100
 Moderate
50/100
Industrial facilities nearby 21
within 5 km
 20
within 5 km

Schools

Rocklea Coopers Plains
Inside the suburb 1
same for both
Rated above peers 0
same for both
Rated at peers 0
same for both
Rated below peers 1
same for both
Universities within 10 km 3
Brisbane South (Nathan), 5.1 km
 3
Brisbane South (Nathan), 2.5 km
Full-time students aged 15–24 3.3% 3.7%

Schools in Rocklea

  • Rocklea State School Government · Primary below peers

Schools in Coopers Plains

  • Coopers Plains State School Government · Primary below peers

Amenities in the suburb

Rocklea Coopers Plains
Supermarkets 0 2
Cafes & restaurants 2 3
Parks & reserves 9
same for both
Childcare 1 7
GPs 1
same for both
Pharmacies 1
same for both
Banks & Bank@Post 1 0
Fuel stations 6 4
EV chargers 1 0
Waterways 14 5

Mobility

Rocklea Coopers Plains
Walkability score 23/100 83/100
Distance to Brisbane 14.2 km
+4% vs other
 13.6 km
Drive time (normal traffic) 22 min 19 min
Public transport score 80/100
Rail · Bus
 79/100
Rail · Bus
Peak arrivals per hour 39.8
7-9am + 5-7pm
 156.0
7-9am + 5-7pm
Median peak wait 1 min
scheduled, not actual
 0 min
scheduled, not actual
Electric vehicle share 1.1%
postcode 4106
 1.9%
postcode 4108
Rooftop solar per 100 dwellings 78
postcode 4106
 62
postcode 4108

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.

Rocklea Coopers Plains
Car (driver) 67.7% / 65.2%
Rocklea — Car (driver): 67.7% Coopers Plains — Car (driver): 65.2%
Worked from Home 17.6% / 14.9%
Rocklea — Worked from Home: 17.6% Coopers Plains — Worked from Home: 14.9%
Train 6.3% / 5.3%
Rocklea — Train: 6.3% Coopers Plains — Train: 5.3%
Car (passenger) 2.8% / 5.8%
Rocklea — Car (passenger): 2.8% Coopers Plains — Car (passenger): 5.8%
Bus 2.3% / 6.2%
Rocklea — Bus: 2.3% Coopers Plains — Bus: 6.2%
Walked Only 2.8% / 1.7%
Rocklea — Walked Only: 2.8% Coopers Plains — Walked Only: 1.7%

Bars are drawn against the largest share shown (67.7%).

Setting

Rocklea Coopers Plains
Elevation 9 m
above sea level, at the suburb centre
 27 m
above sea level, at the suburb centre
Distance to the ocean 17.8 km 17.1 km

NBN connectivity

Rocklea Coopers Plains
Connectivity score 76/100 78/100
Most common technology Hybrid fibre-coaxial
same for both
Full-fibre (FTTP) share 9%
1,819 premises
 13%
3,366 premises

Climate

Rocklea Coopers Plains
Annual rainfall 1,032 mm
same for both
Summer max (Jan) 30.5°C
same for both
Winter min (Jul) 8.9°C
same for both

Air quality (annual mean)

Rocklea Coopers Plains
PM2.5 6.5 µg/m³
same for both
PM10 17.3 µg/m³
same for both
NO₂ 0.99 pphm
same for both

Council rates

Rocklea Coopers Plains
Average residential rate $1,519/yr
same for both
Council Brisbane
same for both

Federal electorate

Rocklea Coopers Plains
Division Moreton
same for both
Member Julie-Ann Campbell
same for both
Party Australian Labor Party
same for both

First Home Owner Grant

Rocklea Coopers Plains
Grant amount $30,000
same for both
Property price cap $750,000
same for both
Eligibility New
same for both

Tags

Rocklea

Acreage Middle-Ring Parks River Trains Transport Hub

Coopers Plains

Middle-Ring Multicultural Parks River

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