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Austral - Greendale vs Hinchinbrook
Statistical Area 2 (SA2) comparison ≈ 7.8 km apart · Austral - Greendale profile · Hinchinbrook profile
Austral - Greendale Hinchinbrook
Hinchinbrook and Austral - Greendale are neighbouring areas with similar population sizes, but they differ in how people live and move. Hinchinbrook is more connected and walkable, with 99.9% of homes within a 15 minute walk of both a park and public transport. It is also more culturally diverse, with 46.2% of people born overseas and 61.1% using a language other than English at home. In contrast, Austral - Greendale is mostly car-dependent and has seen massive recent growth, with its population rising by 79.1% since 2021. It is also much more residential in nature, with far more schools and a higher share of people who have moved there in the last five years (46.8% compared to 25.7% in Hinchinbrook).
Since 2011, the two areas have tracked in different directions regarding their growth and demographics. While Austral - Greendale has expanded rapidly, the gap in overseas births and the use of other languages at home has narrowed as Austral - Greendale becomes more like Hinchinbrook. Despite these shifts, they remain very similar in several ways, including their typical weekly household incomes, which both sit around $2,040, and their shares of children under 15.
Where they differ most
Demographics & Identity
- First area, 2011: 9,876
- First area, 2016: 8,911
- First area, 2021: 12,533
- Second area, 2016: 12,298
- Second area, 2021: 13,038
- First area, 2011: 36 yrs
- First area, 2016: 39 yrs
- First area, 2021: 34 yrs
- Second area, 2016: 32 yrs
- Second area, 2021: 35 yrs
Age structure
Marital status
Age & sex structure
Bars show the share of each area's own population, so differently sized areas stay comparable.
- 85+ in Austral - Greendale: 1.2% males, 0.6% females; 85+ in Hinchinbrook: 0.2% males, 0.3% females
- 80–84 in Austral - Greendale: 0.8% males, 0.7% females; 80–84 in Hinchinbrook: 0.5% males, 0.5% females
- 75–79 in Austral - Greendale: 1.4% males, 1.0% females; 75–79 in Hinchinbrook: 0.8% males, 0.7% females
- 70–74 in Austral - Greendale: 1.9% males, 1.8% females; 70–74 in Hinchinbrook: 1.4% males, 1.5% females
- 65–69 in Austral - Greendale: 2.0% males, 2.1% females; 65–69 in Hinchinbrook: 1.9% males, 2.1% females
- 60–64 in Austral - Greendale: 2.1% males, 2.2% females; 60–64 in Hinchinbrook: 2.7% males, 2.7% females
- 55–59 in Austral - Greendale: 2.8% males, 2.3% females; 55–59 in Hinchinbrook: 3.5% males, 3.6% females
- 50–54 in Austral - Greendale: 2.9% males, 2.8% females; 50–54 in Hinchinbrook: 3.4% males, 3.6% females
- 45–49 in Austral - Greendale: 3.0% males, 2.9% females; 45–49 in Hinchinbrook: 3.0% males, 3.4% females
- 40–44 in Austral - Greendale: 3.3% males, 2.8% females; 40–44 in Hinchinbrook: 3.2% males, 3.6% females
- 35–39 in Austral - Greendale: 4.4% males, 4.0% females; 35–39 in Hinchinbrook: 3.3% males, 3.7% females
- 30–34 in Austral - Greendale: 4.1% males, 4.6% females; 30–34 in Hinchinbrook: 2.8% males, 3.1% females
- 25–29 in Austral - Greendale: 3.7% males, 4.1% females; 25–29 in Hinchinbrook: 3.3% males, 3.4% females
- 20–24 in Austral - Greendale: 3.2% males, 3.3% females; 20–24 in Hinchinbrook: 3.8% males, 3.8% females
- 15–19 in Austral - Greendale: 3.2% males, 3.0% females; 15–19 in Hinchinbrook: 4.1% males, 3.7% females
- 10–14 in Austral - Greendale: 3.6% males, 3.1% females; 10–14 in Hinchinbrook: 3.8% males, 4.1% females
- 5–9 in Austral - Greendale: 3.6% males, 3.4% females; 5–9 in Hinchinbrook: 4.1% males, 3.6% females
- 0–4 in Austral - Greendale: 4.4% males, 3.7% females; 0–4 in Hinchinbrook: 3.3% males, 3.1% females
Ancestry & Birthplace
Country of birth
Ancestry
Language
Language used at home
Religion
Religious affiliation
Education & Qualifications
Highest year of school
Highest qualification level
Field of qualification
Income
- First area, 2011: $495
- First area, 2016: $565
- First area, 2021: $787
- Second area, 2016: $617
- Second area, 2021: $672
- First area, 2011: $1,310
- First area, 2016: $1,472
- First area, 2021: $2,047
- Second area, 2016: $1,833
- Second area, 2021: $2,039
- First area, 2011: $1,359
- First area, 2016: $1,607
- First area, 2021: $2,115
- Second area, 2016: $1,741
- Second area, 2021: $1,993
Household income distribution
Personal income distribution
Health & Disability
Long-term health conditions reported
Number of long-term health conditions
Community Participation
First Nations
Family & Households
- First area, 2011: 3.3
- First area, 2016: 3.3
- First area, 2021: 3.2
- Second area, 2016: 3.7
- Second area, 2021: 3.6
Family composition
Household size
Housing & Dwellings
- First area, 2011: $320
- First area, 2016: $390
- First area, 2021: $500
- Second area, 2016: $450
- Second area, 2021: $480
- First area, 2011: $2,358
- First area, 2016: $2,167
- First area, 2021: $2,500
- Second area, 2016: $2,105
- Second area, 2021: $2,167
- First area, 2011: 1.10
- First area, 2016: 0.90
- First area, 2021: 0.80
- Second area, 2016: 1.00
- Second area, 2021: 0.90
How homes are owned or rented
Types of homes
Bedrooms per home
Weekly rent distribution
Monthly mortgage distribution
Transport & Vehicles
How people get to work
Motor vehicles per home
Migration & Movement
Jobs & Industry
Industries people work in
Occupations people work in
Economy & Advantage
Environment & Climate
Walkability
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Cite this page
Australian Bureau of Statistics. (2021). Austral - Greendale vs Hinchinbrook [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/compare/sa2/127011505/austral-greendale/vs/127011595/hinchinbrook