Sippy Downs vs Mountain Creek

Sippy Downs is the younger of the two, with a median age of 33 against 37 in Mountain Creek. In both, most households own their home and most homes are detached houses. In Mountain Creek, about half of households are couple families. Houses cost more in Mountain Creek: a median of $1.22 million, against $1.05 million in Sippy Downs, and rent is higher there too. On these figures, Sippy Downs tends to suit people living alone, while Mountain Creek suits families with children and 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

Mountain Creek

ahead on 5 of the 6 things we measure here

  • has more parks and reserves (17 vs 7)
  • has more schools inside the suburb (5 vs 3)
  • carries lower crime risk (31/100 vs 49/100)

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

  • Sippy Downs has cheaper houses ($1,050,000 vs $1,220,000)
  • Mountain Creek leaves households under less mortgage stress (24% vs 29%)

Weighs house prices, unit prices, and mortgage stress.

Renters

Sippy Downs

ahead on the one thing that separates them

  • has cheaper rent ($460/wk vs $500/wk)

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

Commuting to the city

Mountain Creek

ahead on the one thing that separates them

  • is more walkable (49/100 vs 17/100)

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

Downsizers and retirees

Sippy Downs

ahead on 3 of the 5 things we measure here

  • has more GPs (5 vs 1)
  • has more units and townhouses to downsize into (36% vs 22%)
  • has more residents already 65 and over (17% vs 11%)
  • But Mountain Creek is more walkable (49/100 vs 17/100)

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

Investors

Sippy Downs

ahead on the one thing that separates them

  • is growing faster (12.1% vs 6.2%)

Weighs house yield, unit yield, and population growth.

Where they sit

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

Sippy Downs Mountain Creek
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.

Sippy Downs Mountain Creek
Walkability 17 / 49
Sippy Downs — Walkability: 17/100 Mountain Creek — Walkability: 49/100
Safety 51 / 69
Sippy Downs — Safety: 51/100 Mountain Creek — Safety: 69/100
Low fire risk 37 / 58
Sippy Downs — Low fire risk: 37/100 Mountain Creek — Low fire risk: 58/100

Demographics

Mountain Creek has higher household incomes ($99,372 vs $77,168); Mountain Creek skews older (37 vs 33).

Sippy Downs Mountain Creek
Population 11,544 11,950
+4% vs other
Population trend (2016 → 2021) +12.1% +6.2%
Median age 33 37
Median household income $77,168/yr $99,372/yr
+29% vs other
Median weekly rent $460/wk $500/wk
+9% vs other

Age profile

Share of residents in each band, 2021 Census.

Sippy Downs Mountain Creek
0-4 4.8% / 5.7%
Sippy Downs — 0-4: 4.8% Mountain Creek — 0-4: 5.7%
5-14 13.1% / 16.7%
Sippy Downs — 5-14: 13.1% Mountain Creek — 5-14: 16.7%
15-19 10.5% / 7.5%
Sippy Downs — 15-19: 10.5% Mountain Creek — 15-19: 7.5%
20-24 10.2% / 5.5%
Sippy Downs — 20-24: 10.2% Mountain Creek — 20-24: 5.5%
25-34 13.6% / 11.9%
Sippy Downs — 25-34: 13.6% Mountain Creek — 25-34: 11.9%
35-44 12.1% / 15.4%
Sippy Downs — 35-44: 12.1% Mountain Creek — 35-44: 15.4%
45-54 11.0% / 15.4%
Sippy Downs — 45-54: 11.0% Mountain Creek — 45-54: 15.4%
55-64 7.3% / 10.9%
Sippy Downs — 55-64: 7.3% Mountain Creek — 55-64: 10.9%
65-74 7.0% / 7.3%
Sippy Downs — 65-74: 7.0% Mountain Creek — 65-74: 7.3%
75-84 7.2% / 3.0%
Sippy Downs — 75-84: 7.2% Mountain Creek — 75-84: 3.0%
85+ 3.2% / 0.7%
Sippy Downs — 85+: 3.2% Mountain Creek — 85+: 0.7%

Bars are drawn against the largest share shown (16.7%).

Who lives together

Household composition, 2021 Census.

Sippy Downs 40.6% couple families
Sippy Downs — Couple Families: 40.6% Sippy Downs — Lone Person: 31.3% Sippy Downs — One Parent Families: 18.0% Sippy Downs — Group Household: 8.7% Sippy Downs — Other Families: 1.4%
Mountain Creek 51.2% couple families
Mountain Creek — Couple Families: 51.2% Mountain Creek — Lone Person: 20.2% Mountain Creek — One Parent Families: 22.1% Mountain Creek — Group Household: 5.7% Mountain Creek — Other Families: 0.8%
Couple Families Lone Person One Parent Families Group Household Other Families

Who owns and who rents

Occupied private dwellings by tenure, 2021 Census.

Sippy Downs 39.2% renting
Sippy Downs — Owned Outright: 22.3% Sippy Downs — Mortgage: 38.5% Sippy Downs — Renting: 39.2%
Mountain Creek 37.1% renting
Mountain Creek — Owned Outright: 23.0% Mountain Creek — Mortgage: 39.9% Mountain Creek — Renting: 37.1%
Owned outright Mortgage Renting

Qualifications

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

Sippy Downs Mountain Creek
Certificate III & IV 16.1% / 16.5%
Sippy Downs — Certificate III & IV: 16.1% Mountain Creek — Certificate III & IV: 16.5%
Bachelor Degree 11.3% / 12.5%
Sippy Downs — Bachelor Degree: 11.3% Mountain Creek — Bachelor Degree: 12.5%
Advanced Diploma / Diploma 8.0% / 8.9%
Sippy Downs — Advanced Diploma / Diploma: 8.0% Mountain Creek — Advanced Diploma / Diploma: 8.9%
Postgraduate Degree 3.1% / 3.1%
Sippy Downs — Postgraduate Degree: 3.1% Mountain Creek — Postgraduate Degree: 3.1%
Graduate Diploma / Certificate 1.3% / 1.9%
Sippy Downs — Graduate Diploma / Certificate: 1.3% Mountain Creek — Graduate Diploma / Certificate: 1.9%

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

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.

Sippy Downs Mountain Creek
England 5.8% / 6.2%
Sippy Downs — England: 5.8% Mountain Creek — England: 6.2%
New Zealand 4.4% / 5.6%
Sippy Downs — New Zealand: 4.4% Mountain Creek — New Zealand: 5.6%
South Africa 1.7% / 2.2%
Sippy Downs — South Africa: 1.7% Mountain Creek — South Africa: 2.2%
India 1.3% / 1.2%
Sippy Downs — India: 1.3% Mountain Creek — India: 1.2%
Nepal 0.9% / —
Sippy Downs — Nepal: 0.9% Mountain Creek — Nepal: not among its largest
Scotland — / 0.6%
Sippy Downs — Scotland: not among its largest Mountain Creek — Scotland: 0.6%

Bars are drawn against the largest share shown (6.2%).

What people live in

Occupied private dwellings by structure, 2021 Census.

Sippy Downs 64.3% houses
Sippy Downs — Houses: 64.3% Sippy Downs — Townhouses: 23.4% Sippy Downs — Flats / Apartments: 12.3%
Mountain Creek 77.7% houses
Mountain Creek — Houses: 77.7% Mountain Creek — Townhouses: 6.8% Mountain Creek — Flats / Apartments: 15.5%
Houses Townhouses Flats / Apartments

Property market

Sippy Downs Mountain Creek
Median house price $1,050,000 $1,220,000
Median unit price $690,517 $716,500
Median land price — $1,195,000
Typical days to sell (houses) 23 days
from 98 sales
 29 days
from 144 sales

Unit price by bedroom count

Only bed counts both suburbs published enough sales for. Sale counts are shown because the buckets differ in depth.

Sippy Downs Mountain Creek
2 bed $670K / $710K
Sippy Downs — 2 bed: $670K (45 sales) Mountain Creek — 2 bed: $710K (20 sales)

45 vs 20 sales

3 bed $802K / $802K
Sippy Downs — 3 bed: $802K (20 sales) Mountain Creek — 3 bed: $802K (15 sales)

20 vs 15 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.

Sippy Downs Mountain Creek
3 bed $930K / $996K
Sippy Downs — 3 bed: $930K (35 sales) Mountain Creek — 3 bed: $996K (71 sales)

35 vs 71 sales

4 bed $1.07M / $1.28M
Sippy Downs — 4 bed: $1.07M (168 sales) Mountain Creek — 4 bed: $1.28M (158 sales)

168 vs 158 sales

5 bed $1.2M / $1.44M
Sippy Downs — 5 bed: $1.2M (14 sales) Mountain Creek — 5 bed: $1.44M (30 sales)

14 vs 30 sales

Development activity

Sippy Downs Mountain Creek
New dwellings approved 2,962
across Sunshine Coast
same for both
Approvals change year on year -41%
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.

Sippy Downs Mountain Creek
Houses 3.9%
$822/wk on $1.1M
 3.8%
$875/wk on $1.2M
Units 4.7%
$695/wk on $775K
 4.3%
$675/wk on $820K

Ranking within QLD

Sippy Downs Mountain Creek
House price —
same for both
Income Higher than 48% of QLD Higher than 74% of QLD
Schools Higher than 10% of QLD Higher than 14% of QLD
Walkability Higher than 77% of QLD Higher than 86% of QLD
Affordability —
same for both
EV adoption Higher than 88% of QLD Higher than 87% of QLD
NBN connectivity Higher than 79% of QLD Higher than 87% of QLD
Rental yield (houses) Higher than 47% of QLD Higher than 41% of QLD
Rental yield (units) Higher than 60% of QLD Higher than 43% of QLD

Liveability

Mountain Creek is more walkable (49 vs 17); Mountain Creek scores higher overall (49 vs 33).

Sippy Downs Mountain Creek
Grade D C
Score 33/100 49/100
Socio-economic band mid-range socio-economic
decile 6/10
 advantaged area
decile 7/10

Risk profile

Sippy Downs carries more crime risk (49 vs 31); Sippy Downs carries more bushfire risk (63 vs 42).

Sippy Downs Mountain Creek
Bushfire Moderate
63/100
 Moderate
42/100
Crime Moderate
49/100
 Low
31/100
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
same for both

Schools

Sippy Downs Mountain Creek
Inside the suburb 3 5
Rated above peers 0
same for both
Rated at peers 3 1
Rated below peers 0 2
Universities within 10 km 1
UniSC Sunshine Coast, 0.0 km
 1
UniSC Sunshine Coast, 3.0 km
Full-time students aged 15–24 7.2% 1.7%

Schools in Sippy Downs

  • Chancellor State College Government · Combined at peers
  • Siena Catholic College Catholic · Secondary at peers
  • Siena Catholic Primary School Catholic · Primary at peers

Schools in Mountain Creek

  • Brightwater State School Government · Primary at peers
  • Mountain Creek State High School Government · Secondary below peers
  • Mountain Creek State School Government · Primary below peers
  • The Industry School - Sunshine Coast - Mountain Creek Campus Independent · Secondary
  • Autism Queensland Education & Therapy Centre - Mountain Creek Campus Independent · Combined · Special school

Amenities in the suburb

Sippy Downs Mountain Creek
Supermarkets 3 1
Cafes & restaurants 9 1
Parks & reserves 7 17
Childcare 8 7
GPs 5 1
Pharmacies 3 1
Police stations 1 0
Banks & Bank@Post 1 0
Fuel stations 2 0
Waterways 18 8

Mobility

Sippy Downs Mountain Creek
Walkability score 17/100 49/100
Distance to Brisbane 92 km 93.9 km
+2% vs other
Drive time (normal traffic) 74 min 75 min
Public transport score 78/100
Bus
 75/100
Bus
Peak arrivals per hour 98.2
7-9am + 5-7pm
 46.0
7-9am + 5-7pm
Median peak wait 1 min
scheduled, not actual
same for both
Electric vehicle share 1.3%
postcode 4556
 1.3%
postcode 4557
Rooftop solar per 100 dwellings 73
postcode 4556
 50
postcode 4557

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.

Sippy Downs Mountain Creek
Car (driver) 78.1% / 75.7%
Sippy Downs — Car (driver): 78.1% Mountain Creek — Car (driver): 75.7%
Worked from Home 11.3% / 16.1%
Sippy Downs — Worked from Home: 11.3% Mountain Creek — Worked from Home: 16.1%
Car (passenger) 5.1% / 5.2%
Sippy Downs — Car (passenger): 5.1% Mountain Creek — Car (passenger): 5.2%
Bus 2.4% / 0.8%
Sippy Downs — Bus: 2.4% Mountain Creek — Bus: 0.8%
Walked Only 2.2% / 1.0%
Sippy Downs — Walked Only: 2.2% Mountain Creek — Walked Only: 1.0%
Bicycle 0.8% / 1.0%
Sippy Downs — Bicycle: 0.8% Mountain Creek — Bicycle: 1.0%

Bars are drawn against the largest share shown (78.1%).

Setting

Sippy Downs Mountain Creek
Elevation 1 m
above sea level, at the suburb centre
 2 m
above sea level, at the suburb centre
Distance to the ocean 5.4 km 3.2 km
3.3 km to a named beach

NBN connectivity

Sippy Downs Mountain Creek
Connectivity score 70/100 76/100
Most common technology Fibre to the node Fibre to the premises
Full-fibre (FTTP) share 46%
4,718 premises
 56%
4,417 premises

Air quality (annual mean)

Sippy Downs Mountain Creek
PM2.5 5.0 µg/m³
same for both
PM10 14.0 µg/m³
same for both
NO₂ 0.31 pphm
same for both

Council rates

Sippy Downs Mountain Creek
Average residential rate $1,690/yr
same for both
Council Sunshine Coast
same for both

Federal electorate

Sippy Downs Mountain Creek
Division Fisher Fairfax
Member Andrew Wallace Ted O'Brien
Party Liberal National Party of Queensland
same for both

First Home Owner Grant

Sippy Downs Mountain Creek
Grant amount $30,000
same for both
Property price cap $750,000
same for both
Eligibility New
same for both

Tags

Sippy Downs

Regional Centre River Students Townhouses

Mountain Creek

Family Parks Regional Centre River

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