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Palmwoods vs Diddillibah - Rosemount
Statistical Area 2 (SA2) comparison ≈ 9.9 km apart · Palmwoods profile · Diddillibah - Rosemount profile
Palmwoods Diddillibah - Rosemount
Palmwoods and Diddillibah - Rosemount are neighbouring areas on the Sunshine Coast, but they offer very different levels of convenience. Palmwoods is much more walkable, with 32.6% of homes within a 15-minute walk of groceries and 37.5% near a school. In contrast, only 12.6% of homes in Diddillibah - Rosemount are near groceries and just 1.2% are near a school. Palmwoods also has more infrastructure, with four schools compared to just one in Diddillibah - Rosemount, and far more residents who can walk to a park or health service.
Everyday life in both places is very similar in other ways. They share nearly identical typical weekly personal incomes, around $700 to $730, and have almost the same share of children under 15 and people born overseas. While they both have many detached houses, the gap between them has narrowed since 2016. At the same time, the gap in home ownership has also shrunk, as Diddillibah - Rosemount remains slightly more likely to have homes owned outright.
Where they differ most
Demographics & Identity
- First area, 2011: 10,156
- First area, 2016: 10,613
- First area, 2021: 11,643
- Second area, 2016: 3,764
- Second area, 2021: 4,403
- First area, 2011: 42 yrs
- First area, 2016: 44 yrs
- First area, 2021: 45 yrs
- Second area, 2016: 46 yrs
- Second area, 2021: 46 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 Palmwoods: 0.9% males, 1.2% females; 85+ in Diddillibah - Rosemount: 0.9% males, 1.1% females
- 80–84 in Palmwoods: 1.2% males, 1.1% females; 80–84 in Diddillibah - Rosemount: 1.2% males, 1.5% females
- 75–79 in Palmwoods: 1.9% males, 1.8% females; 75–79 in Diddillibah - Rosemount: 2.4% males, 2.3% females
- 70–74 in Palmwoods: 3.0% males, 2.9% females; 70–74 in Diddillibah - Rosemount: 3.3% males, 3.5% females
- 65–69 in Palmwoods: 2.9% males, 3.5% females; 65–69 in Diddillibah - Rosemount: 3.5% males, 3.4% females
- 60–64 in Palmwoods: 4.0% males, 3.6% females; 60–64 in Diddillibah - Rosemount: 3.7% males, 3.4% females
- 55–59 in Palmwoods: 3.6% males, 3.9% females; 55–59 in Diddillibah - Rosemount: 3.7% males, 3.7% females
- 50–54 in Palmwoods: 3.7% males, 4.1% females; 50–54 in Diddillibah - Rosemount: 4.0% males, 3.5% females
- 45–49 in Palmwoods: 3.6% males, 3.9% females; 45–49 in Diddillibah - Rosemount: 3.5% males, 4.0% females
- 40–44 in Palmwoods: 2.6% males, 3.2% females; 40–44 in Diddillibah - Rosemount: 3.0% males, 3.3% females
- 35–39 in Palmwoods: 2.6% males, 3.3% females; 35–39 in Diddillibah - Rosemount: 2.8% males, 2.7% females
- 30–34 in Palmwoods: 2.3% males, 2.5% females; 30–34 in Diddillibah - Rosemount: 2.1% males, 2.2% females
- 25–29 in Palmwoods: 2.2% males, 2.2% females; 25–29 in Diddillibah - Rosemount: 1.6% males, 1.6% females
- 20–24 in Palmwoods: 2.1% males, 2.2% females; 20–24 in Diddillibah - Rosemount: 2.2% males, 2.3% females
- 15–19 in Palmwoods: 3.2% males, 3.2% females; 15–19 in Diddillibah - Rosemount: 3.4% males, 2.5% females
- 10–14 in Palmwoods: 3.5% males, 3.5% females; 10–14 in Diddillibah - Rosemount: 3.7% males, 3.8% females
- 5–9 in Palmwoods: 3.1% males, 3.0% females; 5–9 in Diddillibah - Rosemount: 3.3% males, 2.6% females
- 0–4 in Palmwoods: 2.3% males, 2.3% females; 0–4 in Diddillibah - Rosemount: 2.7% males, 2.0% 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: $518
- First area, 2016: $604
- First area, 2021: $734
- Second area, 2016: $579
- Second area, 2021: $707
- First area, 2011: $1,146
- First area, 2016: $1,381
- First area, 2021: $1,795
- Second area, 2016: $1,308
- Second area, 2021: $1,595
- First area, 2011: $1,307
- First area, 2016: $1,523
- First area, 2021: $1,995
- Second area, 2016: $1,510
- Second area, 2021: $2,009
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: 2.7
- First area, 2016: 2.8
- First area, 2021: 2.7
- Second area, 2016: 2.7
- Second area, 2021: 2.7
Family composition
Household size
Housing & Dwellings
- First area, 2011: $320
- First area, 2016: $350
- First area, 2021: $410
- Second area, 2016: $310
- Second area, 2021: $400
- First area, 2011: $1,900
- First area, 2016: $1,733
- First area, 2021: $1,950
- Second area, 2016: $1,790
- Second area, 2021: $2,167
- First area, 2011: 1.10
- First area, 2016: 0.80
- First area, 2021: 0.80
- Second area, 2016: 0.80
- Second area, 2021: 0.80
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). Palmwoods vs Diddillibah - Rosemount [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/compare/sa2/316061444/palmwoods/vs/316071546/diddillibah-rosemount