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QLD · Sunshine Coast Council
Mountain Creek, 4557
Est. population · Jun 2025
12,370
Growth (1 yr)
+1.1%
Growth (5 yr)
+2.3%
Median age
37
Median income
$1,911/wk
Employment rate
67.8%
Languages at home
8.3%non-English
Most common: Mandarin, Punjabi, Spanish
2021 Census · usual residence
Desirability score
- Green suburb
- High desirability
- Excellent transport
- Education hub
- Café precinct
Suburb profile
Mountain Creek sits up in the Sunshine Coast Council hills, a established suburb where elevation and tree cover define the mood. Residents are mostly families and working professionals, with plenty of young families in the mix. Dining is thinner on the ground than in busier metro pockets, so many residents head to neighbouring suburbs for a night out.
Parks and open space are a real strength relative to many metro suburbs, easy for walks, sport and weekend downtime. Reasonably walkable — many errands reachable on foot or by bus, and buses help with longer trips. Homes cost more here than in most comparable suburbs.
Reported crime has been falling recently. This is a mature, settled pocket where the existing streetscape still defines the local character.
The desirability picture is good, powered mainly by schools and education, plus community and employment relative to similar metro suburbs.
At a glance
Mountain Creek snapshot
A quick read of housing, growth, livability, and risk
Median rent
$780/wk
Population (ERP)
12,370
+1.1% annual growth
Dwelling vacancy
4.0%
Census unoccupied dwellings
Livability profile
Desirability pillars vs the peer median (50th percentile)
How it compares
Relative standing using percentiles, ranks, and national deciles
Desirability
#66
among Metro Brisbane · Established
Safety
22nd
percentile in state (higher = safer)
Pop. growth
49th
percentile in QLD
Advantage (IRSAD)
7/10
national SEIFA decile
School ICSEA
65th
percentile among schools with ICSEA
Population growth
Recent ERP change over 1 and 5 years
Housing mix
Dwelling types from the 2021 Census
Risks & flags
Quick scan — open a section below for full context
Living here
Desirability
Ranks & confidence
- Desirability score
- 66.1/100 — Good
- State standing
- Top 8% of Queensland's suburbs
- National rank
- 461st in Australia
- State rank
- 111th in QLD
- Peer rank
- #66 among Metro Brisbane · Established suburbs
- Cohort rank
- #88 among Metro Brisbane suburbs
- Data confidence
- 85%
Data sources & freshness
- Suburb Guide desirability index — Suburb Guide (derived) · current · Updated
Housing
- All types (Mar 2026)
- $780
Median weekly rent from Queensland RTA rental bond data. Figures can be unreliable where few bonds were lodged in the quarter.
Contributes to desirability score · Housing (15%) · Future Growth (7%)
Median price, rental yield and vacancy Recent price momentum
Data sources & freshness
- RTA bond statistics — Residential Tenancies Authority (Queensland) · Mar 2026 · Updated · Quarterly releases
Population
Estimated resident population
12,370(June 2025)
+1.1% annual · +2.3% over 5 years · 49th percentile in QLD
Growth figures & methodology
- Annual growth
- +1.1%
- 5-year growth
- +2.3%
- Change in 1 year
- +137
- Change in 5 years
- +276
- Growth rank in QLD
- 49th percentile
ABS Estimated Resident Population allocated to this suburb from SA2-level data. Not an official ABS suburb count.
Methodology
Figures are allocated from ABS Estimated Resident Population at Statistical Area Level 2 (SA2), using 2021 Census share within overlapping SA2 regions. Where Census data is unavailable, area overlap is used instead.
The dashed chart line is a simple growth-trend estimate to June 2030 (~14,950), extrapolated at +3.9% average annual growth since 2011. It is illustrative only — not an official ABS forecast.
2021 Census figures
2021 Census
- Population
- 11,950
- Median age
- 37
- Median household income / week
- $1,911
- Dwelling vacancy
- 4%
- Unoccupied private dwellings
- 172 of 4,272
- Median monthly mortgage
- $1,950
- Employment rate
- 67.8%
- Dwelling mix (houses / semi / flats)
- 3,186 / 279 / 626
Contributes to desirability score · Community (5%)
Employment, household income and age diversity (2021 Census)
Data sources & freshness
- 2021 Census — General Community Profile — Australian Bureau of Statistics · Updated
The 2026 Census runs in August 2026; suburb-level updates are expected from mid-2027.
- Estimated Resident Population — Australian Bureau of Statistics · 2025 · Updated · SA2 ERP allocated to suburb boundaries
Community & culture
No 2021 Census cultural diversity data for this suburb yet.
Data sources & freshness
- 2021 Census — General Community Profile — Australian Bureau of Statistics · Updated
The 2026 Census runs in August 2026; suburb-level updates are expected from mid-2027.
Crime & safety
Reported offences are running lower than the same point last year.
Offence counts & rates
- Total offences (Jan 2026 to Aug 2026)
- 352
- Against the person
- 61
- Against property
- 198
- Rate per 1,000 residents
- 28.5
- Person-crime prevalence
- About 1 in 196 residents
- State safety percentile
- 21.6th (lower crime is better)
- Decrease (daily rate, partial year)
- -13.9%
Most common offence types
- Drug Offences79
- Other Property Damage83
- Other Theft (Excl. Unlawful Entry)139
- Traffic And Related Offences62
- Unlawful Entry59
Contributes to desirability score · Safety (18%)
Crime rate and year-on-year trend
Data sources & freshness
- QPS Online Crime Map — Queensland Police Service · Jan 2025 to Dec 2025 → Jan 2026 to Aug 2026; Jan 2026 to Aug 2026 · Updated · Calendar-year aggregates
Family & Lifestyle
Schools & preschools
- Schools within 2 km
- 3
- Median school ICSEA (3 schools)
- 1,043
- Median ICSEA percentile
- 65th
School list
- Brightwater State SchoolPrimary · Government · ICSEA 1055 · 70th percentile · LBOTE 19% · 733 students · Top SEA quarter 23% · 1.3 km awayView on My School →
- Mountain Creek State SchoolPrimary · Government · ICSEA 1041 · 65th percentile · LBOTE 9% · 778 students · Top SEA quarter 19% · 1.3 km awayView on My School →
- Mountain Creek State High SchoolSecondary · Government · ICSEA 1043 · 65th percentile · LBOTE 12% · 2,091 students · Top SEA quarter 20% · 1.5 km awayView on My School →
Contributes to desirability score · Education (15%)
School and preschool counts, median school ICSEA
Data sources & freshness
- ACARA school locations — Australian Curriculum, Assessment and Reporting Authority · 2025 · Updated · Annual release
- School ICSEA scores — Australian Curriculum, Assessment and Reporting Authority · 2025 · Updated · Annual release
Childcare
2 childcare services from OpenStreetMap
- Bella Grace Early Learning CentreHolloway Streetkindergarten
- The Creek Early Learningchildcare
Contributes to desirability score · Education (15%)
Childcare centre count
Data sources & freshness
- Childcare services — OpenStreetMap · current · Updated
Public transport
31 public transport stops in this suburb
- Karawatha Dr near Kapilano Cr
- Lady Musgrave Dr at Mooloolaba TAFE
- Lady Musgrave Dr at Mooloolaba TAFE
- Lady Musgrave Dr at Mountain Creek High School
- Lady Musgrave Dr at Mountain Creek High School
Contributes to desirability score · Accessibility (15%)
Public transport stop coverage
Data sources & freshness
- GTFS public transport stops — State transport authority open-data feeds · current · Updated
Amenities
147 nearby amenities within ~1.5 km
1 restaurants · 1 supermarkets · 3 fast food · 9 playgrounds · 1 sports centres · 4 swimming pools
Local character & venue list
Local character
- Reasonably walkable — many errands reachable on foot or by bus
- Great for outdoor family life — 33 parks mapped in suburb, 9 playgrounds nearby
- Well connected by public transport — 31 public transport stops
- Strong local sport and recreation — 15 sport and outdoor facilities nearby
- Walkability proxy
- 63/100
- Cafés per 1,000 residents
- 0
- Food & drink per 1,000 residents
- 0.33
- Parks per 1,000 residents
- 2.76
Food & drink(4)
- Creek's Pizza ProjectFast food
- CrustFast food
- Mountain Creek Fish & ChipsFast food
- 24 Thai StreetRestaurant
69-79 Attenuata Drive, Mountain Creek
Shopping(2)
- Lucky7Convenience store
- AldiSupermarket
69-79 Attenuata Drive
Community(4)
- The Creek Early LearningChildcare
- Bella Grace Early Learning CentreKindergarten
5 Holloway Street, Mountain Creek
- Brightwater State SchoolSchool
20 Dianella Drive, Mountain Creek
- Mountain Creek State SchoolSchool
51 Lady Musgrave Drive, Mountain Creek
Health & services(3)
- Bright Smiles @ BrightwaterDentist
Unit 10B 69-79 Attenuata Drive, Mountain Creek
- More SmilesDentist
146 Karawatha Drive, Mountain Creek
- Mountain Creek Veterinary ClinicVeterinary
Sport & outdoors(48)
- Brightwater Sports GroundPark
21-27 Heliconia Street, Mountain Creek
- Cootamundra Drive ParkPark
- Galah ParkPark
- Glenfields Neighborhood ParkPark
- Great Keppel Crescent ParkPark
- Lake Moana ParkPark
- Marlin Street ParkPark
- Mountain Creek Road Corner ParkPark
- Park (17)
- Parragundi ParkPark
22 Sharon Crescent, Mountain Creek
- Photinia ParkPark
Photinia Crescent, Mountain Creek
- Pipi Place ParkPark
- Prelude Drive ParkPark
- Quota Hideaway ParkPark
- Redbud Bushland ParkPark
- Saratoga Drive ParkPark
- The Esplanade ParkPark
- Playground (8)
- Sunshine Coast CouncilPlayground
- Sports centre
- Sports field
- Swimming pool (4)
Transport(16)
16 bus stops
Other(24)
- BWSAlcohol
- Bbq (2)
- Bench (4)
- Brightwater Wellness HubCentre
69-79 Attenuata Drive, Mountain Creek
- Brides First ForeverClothes
15 Frogmouth Circuit, Mountain Creek
- TAFE Queensland - MooloolabaCollege
34 Lady Musgrave Drive, Mountain Creek
- Drinking water
- Fitness Station (3)
- Hair HonchosHairdresser
- Brightwater HotelHotel
15 Freshwater Street, Mountain Creek
- Aspect NorthParking
- Brightwater State SchoolParking
- Mountain Creek State SchoolParking
- Parking (36)
- The Creek Early LearningParking
- Parking Entrance
- Picnic Table
- Nu Feet PodiatristPodiatrist
Unit 10A 69-79 Attenuata Drive, Mountain Creek
- Post Box
- Shelter (6)
- Sunshine Coast CouncilShelter
- TelstraTelephone
- Waste Basket
- Janke Killick Community Care UnitYes
6-8 Lady Musgrave Drive, Mountain Creek
Names and addresses from OpenStreetMap. Unnamed venues show as their type (e.g. Cafe). Transport stops are summarised by type rather than listed individually.
Contributes to desirability score · Lifestyle (15%)
Food, shopping, recreation and sport (OpenStreetMap)
Data sources & freshness
- Local amenity insights — Suburb Guide (derived) · current · Updated
- OpenStreetMap amenities — OpenStreetMap contributors · current · Updated
Parks & reserves
16 parks and public open space in this suburb
- Brightwater Sports GroundPark
- Cootamundra Drive ParkPark
- Galah ParkPark
- Glenfields Neighborhood ParkPark
- Great Keppel Crescent ParkPark
- Lake Moana ParkPark
- Marlin Street ParkPark
- Mountain Creek Road Corner ParkPark
- Parragundi ParkPark
- Photinia ParkPark
Data sources & freshness
- Parks & reserves — State government + ABS LGA boundaries · current · Updated
Green cover
- Parks & woodland (OSM)
- 49
- Parks (OSM)
- 33
OpenStreetMap parks and natural woodland features mapped within the suburb boundary.
Contributes to desirability score · Environment (10%)
Parks and green cover (OpenStreetMap)
Data sources & freshness
- OpenStreetMap green cover — OpenStreetMap contributors · current · Updated
Health access
- Hospitals & GP clinics in suburb
- 5
- Nearest hospital
- Buderim Private Hospital (2.2 km)
- Nearest hospital type
- Hospital
- Nearest hospital emergency
- Emergency department
- Emergency department in suburb
- Not in suburb
- Bright Smiles @ BrightwaterAttenuata DriveDentist
- Brightwater Wellness HubAttenuata DriveCentre
- Janke Killick Community Care UnitLady Musgrave DriveYes
- More SmilesKarawatha DriveDentist
- Nu Feet PodiatristAttenuata DrivePodiatrist
Contributes to desirability score · Accessibility (15%)
Hospitals and GP clinics
Data sources & freshness
- Hospitals & clinics — OpenStreetMap + state health datasets · current · Updated
NDIS participation
- NDIS participants (31 March 2026)
- 338
- Participants per 1,000 residents
- 27.3
Active NDIS participants allocated from NDIA Statistical Area Level 2 (SA2, ASGS 2016) counts to this suburb boundary. Not an official suburb-level NDIS figure · as at 31 March 2026.
For NDIS spend and service-demand exploration by SA2 or postcode, see the Care Sector Demand Map.
Data sources & freshness
- NDIS participants by SA2 — National Disability Insurance Agency · 2026-Q1 · Updated · Quarterly SA2 counts allocated to suburb boundaries
Weather
Typical conditions by season for suburbs in the same ~44 km climate area. Rainfall totals are summed from monthly WorldClim layers; rainy-day counts are approximate.
Summer (Dec–Feb)
- Usual max / min
- 29° / 20°
- Rainfall
- 498 mm · ~62 rainy days
Autumn (Mar–May)
- Usual max / min
- 26° / 17°
- Rainfall
- 406 mm · ~51 rainy days
Winter (Jun–Aug)
- Usual max / min
- 21° / 10°
- Rainfall
- 196 mm · ~24 rainy days
Spring (Sep–Nov)
- Usual max / min
- 26° / 15°
- Rainfall
- 256 mm · ~32 rainy days
Contributes to desirability score · Lifestyle (15%)
Temperature and humidity comfort
Data sources & freshness
- Seasonal climate normals — WorldClim 2.1 · Updated
Future & Planning
Roadworks & transport
1 active roadworks / incidents
- Sections of the Sunshine Motorway, Nicklin Way and Kawana Way.Nicklin Way / Sunshine Motorway08 Apr 2026 – 31 Dec 2028
Data sources & freshness
- Road incidents & closures — State road authority open-data feeds · current · Updated
Hazards
- Bushfire planning zone
- No overlay at centroid
Bushfire overlay checked at suburb centroid via Queensland Bushfire Prone Area mapping.
Contributes to desirability score · Safety (18%)
Bushfire hazard overlays
Data sources & freshness
- Hazard planning overlays — State government hazard layers · current · Updated
Politics & representation
- Federal electorate
- Fairfax
- Member of Parliament
- Ted O'BRIEN (Liberal National Party of Queensland)
- Results from
- 2025 federal election
- Electorate enrolment (2025)
- 130,658
- Turnout (2025)
- 89.7%
- Swing since 2022 (2025)
- +5.7 pp toward Labor
Two-party preferred (2025)
Coalition 53.2%Labor 46.8%
Estimated suburb voting profile
Estimated from 8 nearby ordinary polling places (up to 5.3 km away).
Coalition 51.0%Labor 49.0%
2.2 percentage points more Labor-leaning than the electorate
Estimated swing since 2022: +7.4 pp toward Labor
Nearest polling places
- Mountain CreekLabor 48.7% · Coalition 51.3% TPP (2025)0.9 km away
- Mountain Creek SouthLabor 49.8% · Coalition 50.2% TPP (2025)1.4 km away
- Mooloolaba (Fairfax)Labor 46.7% · Coalition 53.3% TPP (2025)2.7 km away
- Buderim SouthLabor 47.4% · Coalition 52.6% TPP (2025)3.5 km away
- Sippy Downs West (Fairfax)Labor 55.0% · Coalition 45.0% TPP (2025)3.6 km away
Federal electorate from AEC federal division boundaries (2025 redistribution). Division-level results are official AEC figures from the latest general election, with by-election updates where applicable. The estimated suburb profile blends up to eight nearest ordinary polling booths in the same electorate using inverse-distance weighting from the suburb centroid — an approximation, not official AEC data. Nearest polling places are shown for reference.
Data sources & freshness
- Federal election results — Australian Electoral Commission · Updated · 2025 election with by-election overlays
Socio-economic
- IRSAD decile (2021)
- 7/10
- IRSD decile (2021)
- 6/10
ABS Socio-Economic Indexes for Areas (SEIFA), 2021 release — the latest available, derived from the 2021 Census. Deciles rank suburbs nationally from 1 (lowest) to 10 (highest).
What do IRSAD and IRSD measure?
IRSAD — Index of Relative Socio-economic Advantage and Disadvantage. Combines indicators of advantage (e.g. high income, skilled occupations) and disadvantage. Higher decile = more advantaged relative to other Australian areas.
IRSD — Index of Relative Socio-economic Disadvantage. Focuses on disadvantage only (e.g. low income, unemployment, limited education). Higher decile = less disadvantage nationally.
A new SEIFA edition typically follows each census; the ABS has not announced a release date beyond 2021.
Contributes to desirability score · Community (5%)
Socio-economic advantage (IRSAD decile)
Data sources & freshness
- SEIFA 2021 (IRSAD / IRSD) — Australian Bureau of Statistics · Updated
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