St Ruth vs Cecil Plains

St Ruth is the younger of the two, with a median age of 30 against 47 in Cecil Plains. In both, most households own their home and the large majority of homes are detached houses. In St Ruth, most households are couple families. In Cecil Plains, about half of households are people living alone. On these figures, St Ruth tends to suit share households, families with children, and couples, while Cecil Plains suits people living alone and older residents.

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

They split

one each way, out of the 6 things we measure here

  • St Ruth carries lower crime risk (26/100 vs 56/100)
  • Cecil Plains has more parks and reserves (4 vs 0)

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

First-home buyers

St Ruth

ahead on the one thing that separates them

  • leaves households under less mortgage stress (6% vs 18%)

Weighs mortgage stress.

Renters

They split

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

  • St Ruth has a bigger rental market to choose from (38% vs 28%)
  • Cecil Plains has cheaper rent ($200/wk vs $220/wk)

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

Commuting to the city

Cecil Plains

ahead on the one thing that separates them

  • sits closer to the CBD (212.1 km vs 220.3 km)

Weighs distance, drive time, and walkability.

Downsizers and retirees

They split

one each way, out of the 4 things we measure here

  • St Ruth carries lower crime risk (26/100 vs 56/100)
  • Cecil Plains has more residents already 65 and over (21% vs 10%)

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

Investors

St Ruth

ahead on the one thing that separates them

  • is growing faster (18.7% vs -11.4%)

Weighs population growth.

Where they sit

St Ruth and Cecil 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.

St Ruth Cecil 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.

St Ruth Cecil Plains
Walkability 0 / 0
St Ruth — Walkability: 0/100 Cecil Plains — Walkability: 0/100
Safety 74 / 44
St Ruth — Safety: 74/100 Cecil Plains — Safety: 44/100
Low fire risk 100 / 39
St Ruth — Low fire risk: 100/100 Cecil Plains — Low fire risk: 39/100

Demographics

Cecil Plains has more residents (380 vs 165); Cecil Plains skews older (47 vs 30).

St Ruth Cecil Plains
Population 165 380
+130% vs other
Population trend (2016 → 2021) +18.7% -11.4%
Median age 30 47
Median household income $94,224/yr
+29% vs other
 $66,612/yr
Median weekly rent $220/wk
+9% vs other
 $200/wk

Age profile

Share of residents in each band, 2021 Census.

St Ruth Cecil Plains
0-4 9.1% / 5.5%
St Ruth — 0-4: 9.1% Cecil Plains — 0-4: 5.5%
5-14 22.4% / 9.5%
St Ruth — 5-14: 22.4% Cecil Plains — 5-14: 9.5%
15-19 9.7% / 4.7%
St Ruth — 15-19: 9.7% Cecil Plains — 15-19: 4.7%
20-24 4.2% / 4.5%
St Ruth — 20-24: 4.2% Cecil Plains — 20-24: 4.5%
25-34 10.9% / 14.2%
St Ruth — 25-34: 10.9% Cecil Plains — 25-34: 14.2%
35-44 12.7% / 8.7%
St Ruth — 35-44: 12.7% Cecil Plains — 35-44: 8.7%
45-54 9.7% / 14.2%
St Ruth — 45-54: 9.7% Cecil Plains — 45-54: 14.2%
55-64 11.5% / 17.9%
St Ruth — 55-64: 11.5% Cecil Plains — 55-64: 17.9%
65-74 7.3% / 12.9%
St Ruth — 65-74: 7.3% Cecil Plains — 65-74: 12.9%
75-84 3.0% / 8.4%
St Ruth — 75-84: 3.0% Cecil Plains — 75-84: 8.4%
85+ — / —
St Ruth — 85+: not among its largest Cecil Plains — 85+: not among its largest

Bars are drawn against the largest share shown (22.4%).

Who lives together

Household composition, 2021 Census.

St Ruth 63.6% couple families
St Ruth — Couple Families: 63.6% St Ruth — Lone Person: 12.1% St Ruth — Group Household: 15.2% St Ruth — One Parent Families: 9.1%
Cecil Plains 35.6% couple families
Cecil Plains — Couple Families: 35.6% Cecil Plains — Lone Person: 47.1% Cecil Plains — Group Household: 6.7% Cecil Plains — One Parent Families: 10.6%
Couple Families Lone Person Group Household One Parent Families

Who owns and who rents

Occupied private dwellings by tenure, 2021 Census.

St Ruth 38.5% renting
St Ruth — Owned Outright: 35.9% St Ruth — Mortgage: 25.6% St Ruth — Renting: 38.5%
Cecil Plains 28.5% renting
Cecil Plains — Owned Outright: 52.8% Cecil Plains — Mortgage: 18.7% Cecil Plains — Renting: 28.5%
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.

St Ruth Cecil Plains
Zimbabwe 3.0% / —
St Ruth — Zimbabwe: 3.0% Cecil Plains — Zimbabwe: not among its largest
England — / 2.1%
St Ruth — England: not among its largest Cecil Plains — England: 2.1%
Philippines — / 1.1%
St Ruth — Philippines: not among its largest Cecil Plains — Philippines: 1.1%

Bars are drawn against the largest share shown (3.0%).

Qualifications

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

St Ruth Cecil Plains
Certificate III & IV 13.9% / 15.0%
St Ruth — Certificate III & IV: 13.9% Cecil Plains — Certificate III & IV: 15.0%
Advanced Diploma / Diploma 5.5% / 6.3%
St Ruth — Advanced Diploma / Diploma: 5.5% Cecil Plains — Advanced Diploma / Diploma: 6.3%
Bachelor Degree 3.0% / 4.7%
St Ruth — Bachelor Degree: 3.0% Cecil Plains — Bachelor Degree: 4.7%
Graduate Diploma / Certificate — / 1.8%
St Ruth — Graduate Diploma / Certificate: not among its largest Cecil Plains — Graduate Diploma / Certificate: 1.8%

Bars are drawn against the largest share shown (15.0%).

What people live in

Occupied private dwellings by structure, 2021 Census.

St Ruth 100.0% houses
St Ruth — Houses: 100.0% St Ruth — Flats / Apartments: 0.0% St Ruth — Townhouses: 0.0%
Cecil Plains 96.0% houses
Cecil Plains — Houses: 96.0% Cecil Plains — Flats / Apartments: 2.0% Cecil Plains — Townhouses: 2.0%
Houses Flats / Apartments Townhouses

Property market

St Ruth Cecil Plains
Median house price — $347,888
Median unit price —
same for both
Median land price —
same for both

Development activity

St Ruth Cecil Plains
New dwellings approved 53
across Western Downs
 1,513
across Toowoomba
Approvals change year on year -40% -25%

Ranking within QLD

St Ruth Cecil Plains
House price —
same for both
Income Higher than 67% of QLD Higher than 32% of QLD
Schools —
same for both
Walkability Higher than 34% of QLD Higher than 57% of QLD
Affordability —
same for both
EV adoption Higher than 32% of QLD —
NBN connectivity Higher than 36% of QLD Higher than 23% of QLD

Liveability

St Ruth Cecil Plains
Grade —
same for both
Score —
same for both
Socio-economic band advantaged area
decile 8/10
 below-average income
decile 2/10

Risk profile

Cecil Plains carries more bushfire risk (61 vs 0); Cecil Plains carries more crime risk (56 vs 26).

St Ruth Cecil Plains
Bushfire None
0/100
 Moderate
61/100
Crime Low
26/100
 Moderate
56/100
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

St Ruth Cecil Plains
Inside the suburb 0 1
Rated above peers 0 1
Rated at peers 0
same for both
Rated below peers 0
same for both

Schools in St Ruth

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

Schools in Cecil Plains

  • Cecil Plains State School Government · Combined above peers

Amenities in the suburb

St Ruth Cecil Plains
Parks & reserves 0 4
Police stations 0 1
Banks & Bank@Post 0 1
Waterways 3 11

Mobility

St Ruth sits further from the CBD (220.3 km vs 212.1 km).

St Ruth Cecil Plains
Walkability score 0/100
same for both
Distance to Brisbane 220.3 km
+4% vs other
 212.1 km
Drive time (normal traffic) 160 min 161 min
Electric vehicle share 0.2%
postcode 4405
 0.0%
postcode 4407
Rooftop solar per 100 dwellings 54
postcode 4405
 64
postcode 4407

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.

St Ruth Cecil Plains
Car (driver) 64.7% / 72.2%
St Ruth — Car (driver): 64.7% Cecil Plains — Car (driver): 72.2%
Worked from Home 35.3% / 14.6%
St Ruth — Worked from Home: 35.3% Cecil Plains — Worked from Home: 14.6%
Walked Only — / 10.8%
St Ruth — Walked Only: not among its largest Cecil Plains — Walked Only: 10.8%
Car (passenger) — / 2.5%
St Ruth — Car (passenger): not among its largest Cecil Plains — Car (passenger): 2.5%

Bars are drawn against the largest share shown (72.2%).

Setting

St Ruth Cecil Plains
Elevation 343 m
above sea level, at the suburb centre
 359 m
above sea level, at the suburb centre

NBN connectivity

St Ruth Cecil Plains
Connectivity score 27/100 16/100
Most common technology Fixed wireless Satellite (Sky Muster)
Full-fibre (FTTP) share 0%
46 premises
 0%
40 premises

Council rates

St Ruth Cecil Plains
Average residential rate $1,238/yr $1,618/yr
Council Western Downs Toowoomba

Federal electorate

St Ruth Cecil Plains
Division Maranoa
same for both
Member David Littleproud
same for both
Party Liberal National Party of Queensland
same for both

First Home Owner Grant

St Ruth Cecil Plains
Grant amount $30,000
same for both
Property price cap $750,000
same for both
Eligibility New
same for both

Tags

St Ruth

Family Rural Young Families

Cecil Plains

Rural

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