Spring Creek vs Forest Springs

Spring Creek is the younger of the two, with a median age of 45 against 50 in Forest Springs. In both, the large majority of households own their home and the large majority of homes are detached houses. In Spring Creek, about half of households are people living alone. In Forest Springs, most households are couple families. On these figures, Spring Creek tends to suit people living alone, while Forest Springs suits 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

Forest Springs

ahead on the one thing that separates them

  • is already more of a family suburb (70% vs 53%)

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

First-home buyers

Forest Springs

ahead on the one thing that separates them

  • leaves households under less mortgage stress (20% vs 25%)

Weighs mortgage stress.

Renters

Spring Creek

ahead on 2 of the 3 things we measure here

  • has cheaper rent ($200/wk vs $603/wk)
  • leaves renters under less rental stress (13% vs 39%)

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

Commuting to the city

Forest Springs

ahead on the one thing that separates them

  • sits closer to the CBD (153.9 km vs 156.5 km)

Weighs distance, drive time, and walkability.

Downsizers and retirees

Too close to call

Nothing among the 4 things we measure here separates them by enough to be worth acting on.

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

Investors

Forest Springs

ahead on the one thing that separates them

  • is growing faster (50.7% vs 0.5%)

Weighs population growth.

Where they sit

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

Spring Creek Forest Springs
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.

Spring Creek Forest Springs
Walkability 0 / 0
Spring Creek — Walkability: 0/100 Forest Springs — Walkability: 0/100
Safety 59 / 63
Spring Creek — Safety: 59/100 Forest Springs — Safety: 63/100
Low fire risk 100 / 100
Spring Creek — Low fire risk: 100/100 Forest Springs — Low fire risk: 100/100

Demographics

Forest Springs rents higher ($603/wk vs $200/wk); Spring Creek has more residents (195 vs 104).

Spring Creek Forest Springs
Population 195
+47% vs other
 104
Population trend (2016 → 2021) +0.5% +50.7%
Median age 45 50
Median household income $79,040/yr $80,132/yr
+1% vs other
Median weekly rent $200/wk $603/wk
+202% vs other

Age profile

Share of residents in each band, 2021 Census.

Spring Creek Forest Springs
0-4 5.6% / 7.7%
Spring Creek — 0-4: 5.6% Forest Springs — 0-4: 7.7%
5-14 16.4% / 11.5%
Spring Creek — 5-14: 16.4% Forest Springs — 5-14: 11.5%
15-19 5.1% / 9.6%
Spring Creek — 15-19: 5.1% Forest Springs — 15-19: 9.6%
20-24 3.1% / 6.7%
Spring Creek — 20-24: 3.1% Forest Springs — 20-24: 6.7%
25-34 9.2% / 3.8%
Spring Creek — 25-34: 9.2% Forest Springs — 25-34: 3.8%
35-44 11.3% / 6.7%
Spring Creek — 35-44: 11.3% Forest Springs — 35-44: 6.7%
45-54 14.9% / 22.1%
Spring Creek — 45-54: 14.9% Forest Springs — 45-54: 22.1%
55-64 14.9% / 23.1%
Spring Creek — 55-64: 14.9% Forest Springs — 55-64: 23.1%
65-74 10.8% / 11.5%
Spring Creek — 65-74: 10.8% Forest Springs — 65-74: 11.5%
75-84 6.2% / 2.9%
Spring Creek — 75-84: 6.2% Forest Springs — 75-84: 2.9%
85+ 2.1% / 2.9%
Spring Creek — 85+: 2.1% Forest Springs — 85+: 2.9%

Bars are drawn against the largest share shown (23.1%).

Who lives together

Household composition, 2021 Census.

Spring Creek 44.4% couple families
Spring Creek — Couple Families: 44.4% Spring Creek — Lone Person: 46.7% Spring Creek — One Parent Families: 8.9%
Forest Springs 55.0% couple families
Forest Springs — Couple Families: 55.0% Forest Springs — Lone Person: 30.0% Forest Springs — One Parent Families: 15.0%
Couple Families Lone Person One Parent Families

Who owns and who rents

Occupied private dwellings by tenure, 2021 Census.

Spring Creek 13.6% renting
Spring Creek — Owned Outright: 45.5% Spring Creek — Mortgage: 40.9% Spring Creek — Renting: 13.6%
Forest Springs 9.1% renting
Forest Springs — Owned Outright: 63.6% Forest Springs — Mortgage: 27.3% Forest Springs — Renting: 9.1%
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.

Spring Creek Forest Springs
New Zealand — / 3.8%
Spring Creek — New Zealand: not among its largest Forest Springs — New Zealand: 3.8%
Japan — / 2.9%
Spring Creek — Japan: not among its largest Forest Springs — Japan: 2.9%
Germany 1.5% / —
Spring Creek — Germany: 1.5% Forest Springs — Germany: not among its largest

Bars are drawn against the largest share shown (3.8%).

Qualifications

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

Spring Creek Forest Springs
Certificate III & IV 19.0% / 19.2%
Spring Creek — Certificate III & IV: 19.0% Forest Springs — Certificate III & IV: 19.2%
Bachelor Degree 13.3% / 9.6%
Spring Creek — Bachelor Degree: 13.3% Forest Springs — Bachelor Degree: 9.6%
Advanced Diploma / Diploma 7.2% / 7.7%
Spring Creek — Advanced Diploma / Diploma: 7.2% Forest Springs — Advanced Diploma / Diploma: 7.7%
Postgraduate Degree — / 2.9%
Spring Creek — Postgraduate Degree: not among its largest Forest Springs — Postgraduate Degree: 2.9%

Bars are drawn against the largest share shown (19.2%).

What people live in

Occupied private dwellings by structure, 2021 Census.

Spring Creek 92.1% houses
Spring Creek — Houses: 92.1% Spring Creek — Flats / Apartments: 7.9%
Forest Springs 100.0% houses
Forest Springs — Houses: 100.0% Forest Springs — Flats / Apartments: 0.0%
Houses Flats / Apartments

Development activity

Spring Creek Forest Springs
New dwellings approved 1,513
across Toowoomba
 291
across Southern Downs
Approvals change year on year -25% +63%

Ranking within QLD

Spring Creek Forest Springs
House price —
same for both
Income Higher than 49% of QLD Higher than 50% of QLD
Schools —
same for both
Walkability Higher than 25% of QLD Higher than 41% of QLD
Affordability —
same for both
EV adoption Higher than 7% of QLD Higher than 16% of QLD
NBN connectivity Higher than 43% of QLD Higher than 36% of QLD

Liveability

Spring Creek Forest Springs
Grade —
same for both
Score —
same for both
Socio-economic band advantaged area
decile 7/10
same for both

Risk profile

Spring Creek Forest Springs
Bushfire None
0/100
same for both
Crime Moderate
41/100
 Low
37/100
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
same for both

Schools

Spring Creek Forest Springs
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

Amenities in the suburb

Spring Creek Forest Springs
Waterways 6 1

Mobility

Spring Creek sits further from the CBD (156.5 km vs 153.9 km).

Spring Creek Forest Springs
Walkability score 0/100
same for both
Distance to Brisbane 156.5 km
+2% vs other
 153.9 km
Drive time (normal traffic) 130 min 133 min
Electric vehicle share 0.1%
postcode 4361
 0.2%
postcode 4362
Rooftop solar per 100 dwellings 66
postcode 4361
 67
postcode 4362

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.

Spring Creek Forest Springs
Car (driver) 63.5% / 66.7%
Spring Creek — Car (driver): 63.5% Forest Springs — Car (driver): 66.7%
Worked from Home 27.1% / 26.7%
Spring Creek — Worked from Home: 27.1% Forest Springs — Worked from Home: 26.7%
Walked Only 5.9% / 6.7%
Spring Creek — Walked Only: 5.9% Forest Springs — Walked Only: 6.7%
Car (passenger) 3.5% / —
Spring Creek — Car (passenger): 3.5% Forest Springs — Car (passenger): not among its largest

Bars are drawn against the largest share shown (66.7%).

Setting

Spring Creek Forest Springs
Elevation 505 m
above sea level, at the suburb centre
 532 m
above sea level, at the suburb centre

NBN connectivity

Spring Creek Forest Springs
Connectivity score 29/100 27/100
Most common technology Fixed wireless
same for both
Full-fibre (FTTP) share 0%
80 premises
 0%
32 premises

Climate

Spring Creek Forest Springs
Annual rainfall 643 mm
same for both
Summer max (Jan) —
same for both
Winter min (Jul) —
same for both

Council rates

Spring Creek Forest Springs
Average residential rate $1,618/yr $1,627/yr
Council Toowoomba Southern Downs

Federal electorate

Spring Creek Forest Springs
Division Maranoa
same for both
Member David Littleproud
same for both
Party Liberal National Party of Queensland
same for both

First Home Owner Grant

Spring Creek Forest Springs
Grant amount $30,000
same for both
Property price cap $750,000
same for both
Eligibility New
same for both

Tags

Spring Creek

Family Rural

Forest Springs

Rural

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