Sarina Beach vs Sarina

Sarina is the younger of the two, with a median age of 40 against 46 in Sarina Beach. In both, most households own their home and the large majority of homes are detached houses. In Sarina Beach, about half of households are couple families. Houses cost more in Sarina Beach: a median of $695,000, against $543,000 in Sarina. On these figures, Sarina Beach tends to suit couples, while Sarina suits 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

Sarina

ahead on 3 of the 6 things we measure here

  • has more parks and reserves (10 vs 1)
  • has more childcare (5 vs 0)
  • has more schools inside the suburb (4 vs 0)
  • But Sarina Beach carries lower crime risk (47/100 vs 79/100)

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

First-home buyers

They split

one each way, out of the 3 things we measure here

  • Sarina Beach has cheaper land ($285,000 vs $372,000)
  • Sarina has cheaper houses ($543,000 vs $695,000)

Weighs house prices, land 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

Sarina

ahead on 3 of the 3 things we measure here

  • is more walkable (15/100 vs 0/100)
  • has a shorter drive in (635 min vs 641 min)
  • sits closer to the CBD (933.4 km vs 940.4 km)

Weighs distance, drive time, and walkability.

Downsizers and retirees

They split

one each way, out of the 5 things we measure here

  • Sarina Beach carries lower crime risk (47/100 vs 79/100)
  • Sarina is more walkable (15/100 vs 0/100)

Weighs smaller dwellings, who already lives there, GPs, walkability, and crime.

Investors

Sarina Beach

ahead on the one thing that separates them

  • is growing faster (8.9% vs 1.8%)

Weighs population growth.

Where they sit

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

Sarina Beach Sarina
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.

Sarina Beach Sarina
Walkability 0 / 15
Sarina Beach — Walkability: 0/100 Sarina — Walkability: 15/100
Safety 53 / 21
Sarina Beach — Safety: 53/100 Sarina — Safety: 21/100
Low fire risk 100 / 86
Sarina Beach — Low fire risk: 100/100 Sarina — Low fire risk: 86/100

Demographics

Sarina has more residents (5,619 vs 661); Sarina Beach skews older (46 vs 40).

Sarina Beach Sarina
Population 661 5,619
+750% vs other
Population trend (2016 → 2021) +8.9% +1.8%
Median age 46 40
Median household income $88,504/yr
+6% vs other
 $83,460/yr
Median weekly rent $300/wk
same for both

Age profile

Share of residents in each band, 2021 Census.

Sarina Beach Sarina
0-4 4.7% / 6.2%
Sarina Beach — 0-4: 4.7% Sarina — 0-4: 6.2%
5-14 14.8% / 13.4%
Sarina Beach — 5-14: 14.8% Sarina — 5-14: 13.4%
15-19 5.1% / 6.9%
Sarina Beach — 15-19: 5.1% Sarina — 15-19: 6.9%
20-24 3.5% / 5.4%
Sarina Beach — 20-24: 3.5% Sarina — 20-24: 5.4%
25-34 7.0% / 10.9%
Sarina Beach — 25-34: 7.0% Sarina — 25-34: 10.9%
35-44 12.4% / 12.2%
Sarina Beach — 35-44: 12.4% Sarina — 35-44: 12.2%
45-54 14.7% / 13.3%
Sarina Beach — 45-54: 14.7% Sarina — 45-54: 13.3%
55-64 13.8% / 14.0%
Sarina Beach — 55-64: 13.8% Sarina — 55-64: 14.0%
65-74 16.5% / 10.7%
Sarina Beach — 65-74: 16.5% Sarina — 65-74: 10.7%
75-84 6.2% / 5.1%
Sarina Beach — 75-84: 6.2% Sarina — 75-84: 5.1%
85+ 2.3% / 1.9%
Sarina Beach — 85+: 2.3% Sarina — 85+: 1.9%

Bars are drawn against the largest share shown (16.5%).

Who lives together

Household composition, 2021 Census.

Sarina Beach 54.3% couple families
Sarina Beach — Couple Families: 54.3% Sarina Beach — Lone Person: 31.2% Sarina Beach — One Parent Families: 7.2% Sarina Beach — Group Household: 5.1% Sarina Beach — Other Families: 2.2%
Sarina 44.1% couple families
Sarina — Couple Families: 44.1% Sarina — Lone Person: 33.4% Sarina — One Parent Families: 16.9% Sarina — Group Household: 3.7% Sarina — Other Families: 1.9%
Couple Families Lone Person One Parent Families Group Household Other Families

Who owns and who rents

Occupied private dwellings by tenure, 2021 Census.

Sarina Beach 17.5% renting
Sarina Beach — Owned Outright: 46.9% Sarina Beach — Mortgage: 35.5% Sarina Beach — Renting: 17.5%
Sarina 26.8% renting
Sarina — Owned Outright: 35.7% Sarina — Mortgage: 37.4% Sarina — Renting: 26.8%
Owned outright Mortgage Renting

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.

Sarina Beach Sarina
New Zealand 1.7% / 2.0%
Sarina Beach — New Zealand: 1.7% Sarina — New Zealand: 2.0%
England 2.0% / 1.2%
Sarina Beach — England: 2.0% Sarina — England: 1.2%
Philippines 0.8% / 0.9%
Sarina Beach — Philippines: 0.8% Sarina — Philippines: 0.9%
South Africa 0.9% / 0.5%
Sarina Beach — South Africa: 0.9% Sarina — South Africa: 0.5%
Thailand 0.5% / 0.2%
Sarina Beach — Thailand: 0.5% Sarina — Thailand: 0.2%

Bars are drawn against the largest share shown (2.0%).

Qualifications

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

Sarina Beach Sarina
Certificate III & IV 20.9% / 18.9%
Sarina Beach — Certificate III & IV: 20.9% Sarina — Certificate III & IV: 18.9%
Bachelor Degree 6.4% / 3.7%
Sarina Beach — Bachelor Degree: 6.4% Sarina — Bachelor Degree: 3.7%
Advanced Diploma / Diploma 5.3% / 4.0%
Sarina Beach — Advanced Diploma / Diploma: 5.3% Sarina — Advanced Diploma / Diploma: 4.0%
Postgraduate Degree 1.5% / 0.4%
Sarina Beach — Postgraduate Degree: 1.5% Sarina — Postgraduate Degree: 0.4%
Graduate Diploma / Certificate 1.1% / 0.7%
Sarina Beach — Graduate Diploma / Certificate: 1.1% Sarina — Graduate Diploma / Certificate: 0.7%

Bars are drawn against the largest share shown (20.9%).

What people live in

Occupied private dwellings by structure, 2021 Census.

Sarina Beach 95.3% houses
Sarina Beach — Houses: 95.3% Sarina Beach — Townhouses: 6.1% Sarina Beach — Flats / Apartments: 0.0%
Sarina 91.2% houses
Sarina — Houses: 91.2% Sarina — Townhouses: 6.5% Sarina — Flats / Apartments: 2.3%
Houses Townhouses Flats / Apartments

Property market

Sarina Beach Sarina
Median house price $695,000 $543,000
Median unit price — $490,000
Median land price $285,000 $372,000
Typical days to sell (houses) 105 days
from 6 sales
 26 days
from 51 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.

Sarina Beach Sarina
3 bed $735K / $525K
Sarina Beach — 3 bed: $735K (11 sales) Sarina — 3 bed: $525K (55 sales)

11 vs 55 sales

4 bed $685K / $700K
Sarina Beach — 4 bed: $685K (17 sales) Sarina — 4 bed: $700K (31 sales)

17 vs 31 sales

Development activity

Sarina Beach Sarina
New dwellings approved 574
across Mackay
same for both
Approvals change year on year -6%
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.

Sarina Beach Sarina
Houses — 4.8%
$650/wk on $699K
Units —
same for both

Ranking within QLD

Sarina Beach Sarina
House price —
same for both
Income Higher than 62% of QLD Higher than 55% of QLD
Schools — Higher than 30% of QLD
Walkability Higher than 12% of QLD Higher than 76% of QLD
Affordability —
same for both
EV adoption Higher than 5% of QLD
same for both
NBN connectivity Higher than 51% of QLD Higher than 70% of QLD
Rental yield (houses) — Higher than 87% of QLD

Liveability

Sarina is more walkable (15 vs 0); Sarina Beach scores higher overall (49 vs 23).

Sarina Beach Sarina
Grade B D
Score 49/100 23/100
Socio-economic band mid-range socio-economic
decile 5/10
 below-average income
decile 2/10

Risk profile

Sarina carries more bushfire risk (14 vs 0); Sarina carries more crime risk (79 vs 47).

Sarina Beach Sarina
Bushfire None
0/100
 Low
14/100
Crime Moderate
47/100
 High
79/100
Flood Not mapped
no mapped data here
same for both
Coastal erosion Moderate
68/100
 High
80/100
Aircraft noise None
0/100
same for both
Industrial facilities nearby 0
within 5 km
 2
within 5 km

Schools

Sarina Beach Sarina
Inside the suburb 0 4
Rated above peers 0
same for both
Rated at peers 0 1
Rated below peers 0 3

Schools in Sarina Beach

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

Schools in Sarina

  • Sarina State High School Government · Secondary at peers
  • Sarina State School Government · Primary below peers
  • St Anne's Catholic Primary School Catholic · Primary below peers
  • Swayneville State School Government · Primary below peers

Amenities in the suburb

Sarina Beach Sarina
Supermarkets 0 2
Cafes & restaurants 1 3
Parks & reserves 1 10
Childcare 0 5
GPs 0 3
Pharmacies 0 3
Hospitals 0 1
Police stations 0 1
Banks & Bank@Post 0 3
Fuel stations 0 2
Beaches 2 0
Waterways 4 44

Mobility

Sarina Beach sits further from the CBD (940.4 km vs 933.4 km).

Sarina Beach Sarina
Walkability score 0/100 15/100
Distance to Brisbane 940.4 km 933.4 km
Drive time (normal traffic) 641 min 635 min
Electric vehicle share 0.1%
postcode 4737
same for both
Rooftop solar per 100 dwellings 66
postcode 4737
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.

Sarina Beach Sarina
Car (driver) 83.3% / 81.4%
Sarina Beach — Car (driver): 83.3% Sarina — Car (driver): 81.4%
Car (passenger) 9.3% / 6.4%
Sarina Beach — Car (passenger): 9.3% Sarina — Car (passenger): 6.4%
Worked from Home 7.4% / 6.0%
Sarina Beach — Worked from Home: 7.4% Sarina — Worked from Home: 6.0%
Walked Only — / 4.5%
Sarina Beach — Walked Only: not among its largest Sarina — Walked Only: 4.5%
Bus — / 1.3%
Sarina Beach — Bus: not among its largest Sarina — Bus: 1.3%

Bars are drawn against the largest share shown (83.3%).

Setting

Sarina Beach Sarina
Elevation 5 m
above sea level, at the suburb centre
 111 m
above sea level, at the suburb centre
Distance to the ocean 463 m
2.1 km to a named beach
 9.7 km

NBN connectivity

Sarina Beach Sarina
Connectivity score 30/100 52/100
Most common technology Fixed wireless Fibre to the node
Full-fibre (FTTP) share 0%
319 premises
 23%
2,568 premises

Climate

Sarina Beach Sarina
Annual rainfall 1,517 mm
same for both
Summer max (Jan) 30.8°C
same for both
Winter min (Jul) 12.4°C
same for both

Council rates

Sarina Beach Sarina
Average residential rate $1,873/yr
same for both
Council Mackay
same for both

Federal electorate

Sarina Beach Sarina
Division Capricornia
same for both
Member Michelle Landry
same for both
Party Liberal National Party of Queensland
same for both

First Home Owner Grant

Sarina Beach Sarina
Grant amount $30,000
same for both
Property price cap $750,000
same for both
Eligibility New
same for both

Tags

Sarina Beach

Acreage Coastal

Sarina

Acreage Affordable

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