Spring Creek (Banana - Qld), QLD
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More advantaged than the national average
Spring Creek (Banana - Qld) is more socio-economically advantaged than about 68% of the 14,462 Australian suburbs we score, based on the ABS SEIFA index (raw score 1019, where about 1000 is the national average).
A socio-economic measure from ABS Census data — not a measure of how good a suburb is to live in or visit. How we calculate this.
Is Spring Creek (Banana - Qld) a good place to live?
There’s no single answer — it depends on what matters to you. So instead of one mystery number, we break it down: a transparent score on each part of life we can back with public data, and an honest “not yet” on the parts we can’t.
Strong on the data we score
A weighted blend of the 1 component we can score for Spring Creek (Banana - Qld) from public data. It sits alongside — and reconciles with — the socio-economic Suburb Score above; it is a transparent read, not a complete verdict.
Socio-economic advantage
68/100More advantaged than the national average
More advantaged than the national average — the same ABS SEIFA-based Suburb Score (68/100) shown above. Income, education and occupation, as published by the ABS. · ABS SEIFA 2021
Not yet scored
We’d rather leave these open than publish a number we can’t stand behind. Here’s where each one stands.
- Housing affordabilityNot scored — no ABS Census median-rent figure for this suburb.
- Amenities & accessNot scored yet — our OpenStreetMap amenity mapping is still rolling out across suburbs.
- Green spaceNot scored yet — our OpenStreetMap green-space mapping is still rolling out across suburbs.
- TransportNot scored yet — our OpenStreetMap public-transport mapping is still rolling out across suburbs.
- SchoolsNot scored yet — school performance (ACARA / ICSEA) needs a data-reuse licence cleared before we can publish it.
- SafetyNot scored yet — Australia has no single open crime dataset and safety data carries defamation and legal care, so it is gated pending a go/no-go and will be data-only when added.
- CommunityNot scored yet — we won't reduce community to a number from a proxy. We'd rather leave it open than publish an invented value judgement.
A transparent read on public data, not a verdict — and not a measure of any person or community. See our methodology for how each component is worked out and why some aren’t scored yet.
Spring Creek (Banana - Qld) at a glance
- Population (2021)
- 20
- Median age
- 73
- Median weekly household income
- $725
- SEIFA score
- 1019
- Local government area
- Banana
- Coordinates
- -25.4128, 150.0365
Map of Spring Creek (Banana - Qld)
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Housing & property in Spring Creek (Banana - Qld)
What it costs to live in Spring Creek (Banana - Qld) and how residents hold their homes, from the Australian Bureau of Statistics 2021 Census.
- Owner-occupied
- 67%
- of dwellings
- Rented
- 33%
- of dwellings
The full tenure and dwelling-type breakdown is in the Spring Creek (Banana - Qld) demographics section below.
Source: ABS Census of Population and Housing, 2021. © Australian Bureau of Statistics, released under CC BY 4.0. See our methodology.
Spring Creek (Banana - Qld) demographics (2021 Census)
The figures below profile Spring Creek (Banana - Qld) using the Australian Bureau of Statistics 2021 Census; every percentage is a share of a clearly stated Census count, so each one traces back to the source. At a glance, the largest age group is seniors (65+) at 57% and 20% of residents were born overseas.
Age profile
| Age group | People | Share |
|---|---|---|
| Children (0–14) | 0 | 0% |
| Youth (15–24) | 0 | 0% |
| Young adults (25–44) | 6 | 29% |
| Mid-life (45–64) | 3 | 14% |
| Seniors (65+) | 12 | 57% |
Share of the 21 people counted by age.
Housing and households
| Tenure | Dwellings | Share |
|---|---|---|
| Owned outright | 8 | 67% |
| Owned with a mortgage | 0 | 0% |
| Rented | 4 | 33% |
| Dwelling type | Dwellings | Share |
|---|---|---|
| Houses | 5 | 50% |
| Townhouses & semis | 0 | 0% |
| Flats & apartments | 0 | 0% |
Tenure and dwelling shares are of the roughly 10 occupied private dwellings in Spring Creek (Banana - Qld).
- Average household size
- 2 people
- Median weekly family income
- $1,149
- Median weekly personal income
- $687
Community and culture
- Born overseas
- 4 (20%)
- Speaks a language other than English at home
- 0 (0%)
- Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander
- 0 (0%)
Work and education
- Completed Year 12
- 9 (45%)
- Labour-force participation
- 52.6%
- Employed full-time
- 3
- Employed part-time
- 0
Source: ABS Census of Population and Housing, 2021 (General Community Profile, by Suburb and Locality). © Australian Bureau of Statistics, released under CC BY 4.0. How we group bands and derive each share is set out on our methodology page.
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Common questions about Spring Creek (Banana - Qld)
Is Spring Creek (Banana - Qld) a good place to live?
There's no single answer, so we score what the public data can back. On socio-economic advantage, Spring Creek (Banana - Qld) rates 68/100 overall (Strong on the data we score). Public transport, schools and safety aren't scored yet — see our methodology for why.
Where is Spring Creek (Banana - Qld)?
Spring Creek (Banana - Qld) is a suburb of Queensland, Australia, in the Banana local government area.
What is the population of Spring Creek (Banana - Qld)?
At the 2021 Census, Spring Creek (Banana - Qld) had a population of about 20.
Is Spring Creek (Banana - Qld) an advantaged area?
Spring Creek (Banana - Qld) has an ABS SEIFA score of 1019, where about 1000 is the national average — higher scores indicate greater relative socio-economic advantage. That gives it a Suburb Score of 68 out of 100 — more socio-economically advantaged than about 68% of Australian suburbs.
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