Yandina Creek vs Verrierdale

Yandina Creek is the younger of the two, with a median age of 42 against 46 in Verrierdale. In both, the large majority of households own their home and the large majority of homes are detached houses. In Yandina Creek, most households are couple families. In Verrierdale, about half of households are couple families. Houses cost more in Yandina Creek: a median of $2.17 million, against $1.9 million in Verrierdale, and rent is higher there too. On these figures, Yandina Creek tends to suit 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

Verrierdale

ahead on the one thing that separates them

  • has more parks and reserves (4 vs 1)

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

First-home buyers

Verrierdale

ahead on 2 of the 3 things we measure here

  • has cheaper land ($1,225,000 vs $1,505,000)
  • has cheaper houses ($1,900,000 vs $2,175,000)

Weighs house prices, land prices, and mortgage stress.

Renters

Verrierdale

ahead on the one thing that separates them

  • has cheaper rent ($430/wk vs $468/wk)

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

Commuting to the city

Yandina Creek

ahead on 2 of the 3 things we measure here

  • has a shorter drive in (93 min vs 100 min)
  • sits closer to the CBD (120.4 km vs 125.4 km)

Weighs distance, drive time, and walkability.

Downsizers and retirees

Too close to call

Nothing among the 5 things we measure here separates them by enough to be worth acting on.

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

Investors

Yandina Creek

ahead on the one thing that separates them

  • is growing faster (14.7% vs 4.4%)

Weighs population growth.

Where they sit

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

Yandina Creek Verrierdale
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.

Yandina Creek Verrierdale
Walkability 0 / 0
Yandina Creek — Walkability: 0/100 Verrierdale — Walkability: 0/100
Safety 78 / 83
Yandina Creek — Safety: 78/100 Verrierdale — Safety: 83/100
Low fire risk 51 / 49
Yandina Creek — Low fire risk: 51/100 Verrierdale — Low fire risk: 49/100

Demographics

Yandina Creek has higher household incomes ($111,696 vs $95,212); Verrierdale skews older (46 vs 42).

Yandina Creek Verrierdale
Population 872
+7% vs other
 809
Population trend (2016 → 2021) +14.7% +4.4%
Median age 42 46
Median household income $111,696/yr
+15% vs other
 $95,212/yr
Median weekly rent $468/wk
+8% vs other
 $430/wk

Age profile

Share of residents in each band, 2021 Census.

Yandina Creek Verrierdale
0-4 4.5% / 2.2%
Yandina Creek — 0-4: 4.5% Verrierdale — 0-4: 2.2%
5-14 14.7% / 14.1%
Yandina Creek — 5-14: 14.7% Verrierdale — 5-14: 14.1%
15-19 6.8% / 7.9%
Yandina Creek — 15-19: 6.8% Verrierdale — 15-19: 7.9%
20-24 5.0% / 4.0%
Yandina Creek — 20-24: 5.0% Verrierdale — 20-24: 4.0%
25-34 9.1% / 5.8%
Yandina Creek — 25-34: 9.1% Verrierdale — 25-34: 5.8%
35-44 11.1% / 12.9%
Yandina Creek — 35-44: 11.1% Verrierdale — 35-44: 12.9%
45-54 20.1% / 18.4%
Yandina Creek — 45-54: 20.1% Verrierdale — 45-54: 18.4%
55-64 16.2% / 18.2%
Yandina Creek — 55-64: 16.2% Verrierdale — 55-64: 18.2%
65-74 9.5% / 10.5%
Yandina Creek — 65-74: 9.5% Verrierdale — 65-74: 10.5%
75-84 2.3% / 4.7%
Yandina Creek — 75-84: 2.3% Verrierdale — 75-84: 4.7%
85+ — / 1.2%
Yandina Creek — 85+: not among its largest Verrierdale — 85+: 1.2%

Bars are drawn against the largest share shown (20.1%).

Who lives together

Household composition, 2021 Census.

Yandina Creek 61.3% couple families
Yandina Creek — Couple Families: 61.3% Yandina Creek — Lone Person: 17.8% Yandina Creek — One Parent Families: 16.2% Yandina Creek — Group Household: 4.7% Yandina Creek — Other Families: 0.0%
Verrierdale 51.1% couple families
Verrierdale — Couple Families: 51.1% Verrierdale — Lone Person: 23.7% Verrierdale — One Parent Families: 18.9% Verrierdale — Group Household: 2.6% Verrierdale — Other Families: 3.7%
Couple Families Lone Person One Parent Families Group Household Other Families

Who owns and who rents

Occupied private dwellings by tenure, 2021 Census.

Yandina Creek 13.7% renting
Yandina Creek — Owned Outright: 29.5% Yandina Creek — Mortgage: 56.8% Yandina Creek — Renting: 13.7%
Verrierdale 9.6% renting
Verrierdale — Owned Outright: 41.5% Verrierdale — Mortgage: 48.9% Verrierdale — Renting: 9.6%
Owned outright Mortgage Renting

Qualifications

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

Yandina Creek Verrierdale
Certificate III & IV 18.5% / 16.3%
Yandina Creek — Certificate III & IV: 18.5% Verrierdale — Certificate III & IV: 16.3%
Bachelor Degree 13.5% / 15.1%
Yandina Creek — Bachelor Degree: 13.5% Verrierdale — Bachelor Degree: 15.1%
Advanced Diploma / Diploma 10.0% / 8.0%
Yandina Creek — Advanced Diploma / Diploma: 10.0% Verrierdale — Advanced Diploma / Diploma: 8.0%
Postgraduate Degree 2.9% / 3.8%
Yandina Creek — Postgraduate Degree: 2.9% Verrierdale — Postgraduate Degree: 3.8%
Graduate Diploma / Certificate 2.3% / 2.5%
Yandina Creek — Graduate Diploma / Certificate: 2.3% Verrierdale — Graduate Diploma / Certificate: 2.5%

Bars are drawn against the largest share shown (18.5%).

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.

Yandina Creek Verrierdale
England 4.4% / 8.2%
Yandina Creek — England: 4.4% Verrierdale — England: 8.2%
New Zealand 3.0% / 3.1%
Yandina Creek — New Zealand: 3.0% Verrierdale — New Zealand: 3.1%
Canada 1.0% / 0.7%
Yandina Creek — Canada: 1.0% Verrierdale — Canada: 0.7%
Netherlands 1.5% / —
Yandina Creek — Netherlands: 1.5% Verrierdale — Netherlands: not among its largest
South Africa 1.4% / —
Yandina Creek — South Africa: 1.4% Verrierdale — South Africa: not among its largest
Germany — / 1.2%
Yandina Creek — Germany: not among its largest Verrierdale — Germany: 1.2%
France — / 1.0%
Yandina Creek — France: not among its largest Verrierdale — France: 1.0%

Bars are drawn against the largest share shown (8.2%).

What people live in

Occupied private dwellings by structure, 2021 Census.

Yandina Creek 97.9% houses
Yandina Creek — Houses: 97.9% Yandina Creek — Flats / Apartments: 2.1%
Verrierdale 98.2% houses
Verrierdale — Houses: 98.2% Verrierdale — Flats / Apartments: 1.8%
Houses Flats / Apartments

Property market

Yandina Creek Verrierdale
Median house price $2,175,000 $1,900,000
Median unit price —
same for both
Median land price $1,505,000 $1,225,000
Typical days to sell (houses) 135 days
from 4 sales
 —

Development activity

Yandina Creek Verrierdale
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.

Yandina Creek Verrierdale
Houses 3.9%
$1,300/wk on $1.75M
 —
Units —
same for both

Ranking within QLD

Yandina Creek Verrierdale
House price —
same for both
Income Higher than 83% of QLD Higher than 69% of QLD
Schools —
same for both
Walkability Higher than 29% of QLD Higher than 33% of QLD
Affordability —
same for both
EV adoption Higher than 80% of QLD Higher than 91% of QLD
NBN connectivity Higher than 71% of QLD Higher than 68% of QLD
Rental yield (houses) Higher than 46% of QLD —

Liveability

Yandina Creek Verrierdale
Grade B
same for both
Score 50/100 52/100
Socio-economic band advantaged area
decile 8/10
same for both

Risk profile

Yandina Creek Verrierdale
Bushfire Moderate
49/100
 Moderate
51/100
Crime Low
22/100
 Low
17/100
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 1
within 5 km
 0
within 5 km

Schools

Yandina Creek Verrierdale
Inside the suburb 1 0
Rated above peers 0
same for both
Rated at peers 0
same for both
Rated below peers 1 0

Schools in Yandina Creek

  • Coolum Beach Christian College Independent · Combined below peers

Schools in Verrierdale

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

Amenities in the suburb

Yandina Creek Verrierdale
Parks & reserves 1 4
Childcare 1 0
Waterways 6
same for both

Mobility

Verrierdale sits further from the CBD (125.4 km vs 120.4 km).

Yandina Creek Verrierdale
Walkability score 0/100
same for both
Distance to Brisbane 120.4 km 125.4 km
+4% vs other
Drive time (normal traffic) 93 min 100 min
Electric vehicle share 0.9%
postcode 4561
 1.7%
postcode 4562
Rooftop solar per 100 dwellings 99
postcode 4561
 95
postcode 4562

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.

Yandina Creek Verrierdale
Car (driver) 71.6% / 63.6%
Yandina Creek — Car (driver): 71.6% Verrierdale — Car (driver): 63.6%
Worked from Home 20.4% / 26.7%
Yandina Creek — Worked from Home: 20.4% Verrierdale — Worked from Home: 26.7%
Car (passenger) 4.5% / 5.2%
Yandina Creek — Car (passenger): 4.5% Verrierdale — Car (passenger): 5.2%
Walked Only 2.0% / 4.4%
Yandina Creek — Walked Only: 2.0% Verrierdale — Walked Only: 4.4%
Bus 1.5% / —
Yandina Creek — Bus: 1.5% Verrierdale — Bus: not among its largest

Bars are drawn against the largest share shown (71.6%).

Setting

Yandina Creek Verrierdale
Elevation 5 m
above sea level, at the suburb centre
 61 m
above sea level, at the suburb centre
Distance to the ocean 6.7 km 8.2 km

NBN connectivity

Yandina Creek Verrierdale
Connectivity score 57/100 40/100
Most common technology Fibre to the premises Fixed wireless
Full-fibre (FTTP) share 33%
321 premises
 13%
310 premises

Air quality (annual mean)

Yandina Creek Verrierdale
PM2.5 4.3 µg/m³
same for both
PM10 12.3 µg/m³
same for both
NO₂ —
same for both

Council rates

Yandina Creek Verrierdale
Average residential rate $1,690/yr
same for both
Council Sunshine Coast
same for both

Federal electorate

Yandina Creek Verrierdale
Division Fairfax
same for both
Member Ted O'Brien
same for both
Party Liberal National Party of Queensland
same for both

First Home Owner Grant

Yandina Creek Verrierdale
Grant amount $30,000
same for both
Property price cap $750,000
same for both
Eligibility New
same for both

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Yandina Creek

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