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Suburb profile ·Hinchinbrook LGA · QLD ·4850

Abergowrie QLD 4850

Abergowrie is in Hinchinbrook LGA, QLD, postcode 4850, with population 305.

The read

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Why it fits

Higher SEIFA context supports a stronger local-quality read.

What to check

Evidence depth is verify-heavy, so the profile should be treated as provisional. Small local population makes the signal set more fragile.

Median house
No local house series
Median rent
$180/wk
Market rent signal
D2 vs AU
Gross yield
Need rent + price
Population
11,194
11K via Hinchinbrook LGA · SAL undercount
Schools
2
Matched school context
D8 vs AU
Drive to city
Not in commute dataset
Solar
2,665
169 added 12mo · 17MW

Price history

No price history available

Price series isn't recorded for this suburb. Census housing data is shown instead.

Median mortgage · mth$1,200
Median rent · wk$180
Investor profile

Who invests in Abergowrie

Owner-occupied 76%Rented 24%
Investor activityATO
Negatively geared5.4%
339 of 862 landlords
Avg rental loss$5,465/yr
Landlords (rental income)862
Reported capital gains686
The read

Mixed owner-renter market

69% of homes here are owner-occupied and 22% rented, with 5% of landlords negatively geared.

Why it fits

A balanced 69% owner-occupier / 22% renter mix.

ABS Census 2021 tenure (G37), ATO postcode rental statistics, and QuickProperty's investor-exposure index. Owner-occupied = owned outright + with a mortgage.

Affordability

12%
median weekly rent as a share of gross household income (the 30% rule)
Manageable

Owners with a mortgage repay a median of $1,200/mo, while renters pay about $780/mo — owning runs $420/mo higher on these medians.

Household income · yr
$75K
Median rent · wk
$180
Owner mortgage · mo
$1,200

Household income

$75K household · yr-5.6% vs QLD suburb median
Personal
$42K
Family
$98K
Household
$75K
Household income distribution (ABS Census 2021 · weekly)
Under $300
0
$300-649
11
$650-999
21
$1,000-1,499
25
$1,500-1,999
16
$2,000-2,999
18
$3,000-3,999
12
$4,000+
6

At the median asking rent, about 9% of households here would spend more than 30% of income on rent (rent stress line: $600/wk income).

Housing stock and tenure

Tenure (121 households)
Owned outright
47%
Owned with mortgage
22%
Rented
22%
Dwelling structure10.5% of dwellings unoccupied on census night
Separate house
100%
Townhouse / semi
0%
Flat / apartment
0%

Getting to work: 69% drive, 0% public transport, 11% walk or cycle, 15% worked from home (2021 Census, taken during COVID-era work-from-home arrangements).

Schools

Total2
Avg ICSEA819
Students87
Catholic1
Government1
  • Abergowrie State SchoolPrimary · Government · ICSEA 947
  • St Teresa's CollegeSecondary · Catholic · ICSEA 691
Crime Year ending May 2026
5,380
5,380 per 100k
D7 vs AU

Crime

Rate · per 100k5,380
Total incidents5,380· Year ending May 2026
  • Assault1,85243%
  • Break And Enter51612%
  • Drug Offences1,73740%
  • Fraud2315%

Building due diligence

Construction requirements can change by location.

The National Construction Code is the baseline. Local hazards and site classifications can change the required structure, materials, fixings, insulation and detailing.

Known here

SUBURB CONTEXT

Bushfire-prone land

High broad-area context

About 63.1% of the suburb intersects mapped bushfire-prone land.

May affect: External construction · Roof and wall systems · Openings, screens and decks

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ADDRESS + DESIGN

NCC climate zone

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Confirm the NCC climate zone used for the building design and energy provisions.

May affect: Insulation and glazing · Condensation control · Roof-space ventilation

Wind class and BAL

Site assessment required

A suburb layer cannot determine the site wind classification or Bushfire Attack Level.

May affect: Structure and tie-downs · Cladding and fixings · Openings and bushfire detailing

Corrosion and termite exposure

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Confirm marine or corrosive exposure and the applicable termite-management requirements.

May affect: Fasteners and connectors · Roofing and coatings · Termite management

This screen identifies investigation triggers, not building quality or property compliance. Confirm the address, design and current jurisdiction rules with the council, building surveyor or certifier, designer and engineer.

NCC 2022 Housing Provisions: how to use · NCC 2022 Volume Two and Housing Provisions

Bushfire exposure

High exposure ~63.1%
~63.1% of the suburb is Bush Fire Prone Land · ~20.8% Category 1 (highest hazard)

Estimated exposure to NSW RFS Bush Fire Prone Land (CC BY), point-sampled across the suburb. This shows how much of the suburb sits within the official hazard layer — it is not a Bushfire Attack Level (BAL) rating or a property-level assessment. Obtain a BAL assessment (AS 3959) for an individual property.

Population outlook

6,576 people · 20226,628 by 2032 (+0.8%)

ABS population projection (2022 base) for the Ingham Surrounds SA2 statistical area — the finest official projection grain available; suburb-level projections do not exist.

Full data detail Census · ATO · ABS · state datasets
Abergowrie QLD — Property Data and Demographics

Abergowrie is a sparsely populated locality in Queensland within the Hinchinbrook local government area (postcode 4850). It is home to about 305 residents, with a settled, mature resident base and a median age of 47. Households earn a median income of $75K per year, with an average household size of 2.1 people. Recent annual estimates show population movement staying broadly stable across the broader catchment, with population growth running at +0.6% year-on-year at the LGA level. QLD employment has moved +1.5% year-on-year in the official ABS Labour Force trend series, which provides the broader jobs backdrop for this suburb. QLD also had 35 Commonwealth-backed major projects under construction, 16 underway, and 30 in planning as at 2025-09-01, which is useful as a broader delivery backdrop rather than a suburb-specific project count. The most common occupations are managers, professionals, machinery operators & drivers. Employment in the area leans toward agriculture and education. The top ancestries reported are Australian, English, Italian.

The median weekly rent is $180 (Census 2021). The median monthly mortgage repayment is $1,200.

Abergowrie is served by 2 schools, including 1 primary, 1 secondary. The average ICSEA score is 819, which is well below the national average of 1,000. The crime rate in the Hinchinbrook LGA is moderate at 5,380 incidents per 100,000 population.

On the investment side, Population growth of +0.6% year-on-year points to stable demand fundamentals. Building approvals have changed +0% year-on-year, indicating steady development activity.

Market & money
Investment signalsHeuristics
Pop. Growth+0.6%· Stable
Development+0%· Steady
InvestmentQLD
Mortgage · mth$1,200
Rent · wk(Census)$180
Population growth · Hinchinbrook LGAABS ERP
Population (2025)11,194
5-year growth+0.5% CAGR
YoY change+0.6%
20012025
Development · Hinchinbrook LGAABS Approvals
Approvals (2026)27
Houses 93%Units 7%
YoY change+0%
Employment · Hinchinbrook LGASALM
Unemployment (Dec-25)5.9%
YoY change+1.4pp
Dec-10Dec-25
Property investors · Postcode 4850ATO
Negatively geared5.4%
339 of filers
Avg rental loss$5,465/yr
Landlords (rental income)862
Reported capital gains686
People & prosperity
DemographicsCensus 21
Population305
Median age47
Household size2.1
HH income · wk$1,446
Personal income · wk$814
Persons / bedroom0.7
SEIFA indexABS
Advantage (IRSAD)8/10
Education (IEO)5/10
Economic (IER)6/10
Disadvantage (IRSD)7/10
Income momentumCensus 16→21
HH income · wk$1,337 → $1,446
Change+8.2%
vs QLD median-9.8 pp
Median rent+89.5%
softeningvs QLD 2016–21
Area & amenity
Hospitals · Hinchinbrook LGAAIHW
Public1
Private0
Ingham Hospitalpublic
Aged care · Hinchinbrook LGAGEN
Facilities3
Residential places166
Ozcare Magdalene Villa Aged Care Facility64 places
Churches of Christ Palms Aged Care Service52 places
Blue Care Ingham Bluehaven Aged Care Facility50 places
Childcare · Hinchinbrook LGAACECQA
Services5
Approved places255
Exceeding NQS1
Ingham Early Learning Centre104 places
St. Mary MacKillop Early Learning Centre - Ingham65 places
C&K Ingham Community Kindergarten49 places
Our Lady of Lourdes Outside School Hours Care30 places
Abergowrie State School Kindergarten7 places · in suburb
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Sources & freshness
Verify-heavy evidence

Abergowrie depends on evidence that should be verified before a decision.

QuickProperty mixes release files, Census baselines, and matched local services on this page. Read the status panel before treating every metric as equally fresh.

PRICE POSTURE
Prices come from release-based suburb series.

QVAS residential dwelling sales aggregated to SA2 and mapped to suburb pages

RENT POSTURE
Rent is falling back to Census, not a market feed.

This gives you directional coverage, but it is weaker than a current rent release.

SERVICE POSTURE
Service coverage is matched locally, not inferred nationally.

Schools, transport, and hospitals are useful as presence signals, but they still have different source cadences.

Data status
Property prices
QGSO Housing Profiles · QVAS residential dwelling sales aggregated to SA2 and mapped to suburb pages
medium stability · automated · every update · quarterly
Missing
Market rent
ABS Census 2021 · Using Census rent fallback
stable source · manual file · snapshot · census-cycle
Verify
Crime
State crime dataset · Year ending May 2026 · Area-level release dataset
Available
Schools
ACARA 2025 · 2 schools matched
stable source · automated · every update · annual
Available
Hospitals
AIHW · No linked local hospital coverage
medium stability · manual file · snapshot · mixed
Missing
Transport
GTFS feeds · No matched local transport stops
medium stability · manual file · snapshot · mixed
Missing
Population growth
ABS ERP · 2025 · Annual estimate series
stable source · automated · every update · annual
Available
Building approvals
ABS Building Approvals · 2026 · Annual release series
stable source · automated · every update · monthly
Available
Available means a direct local dataset is linked. Verify means coverage exists but freshness or precision is weaker, such as ABS price fallback, Census rent fallback, or low-confidence hospital matching.

Abergowrie FAQ

Common questions
  1. What LGA is Abergowrie in?

    Abergowrie is in the Hinchinbrook Local Government Area, QLD, postcode 4850. Council-level context for Hinchinbrook LGA (suburb mix, population, rent, and price coverage) is available on the QuickProperty LGA page.

  2. What is the typical weekly rent in Abergowrie?

    The median weekly rent in Abergowrie is $180/wk, based on ABS Census 2021 rent fallback.

  3. Is Abergowrie a good investment?

    QuickProperty's investment signals for Abergowrie show: Stable, Steady. These are computed from price, rent, income, and population data — not an opaque score.

  4. Where does QuickProperty get its data for Abergowrie?

    Property prices come from state Valuers General offices and ABS Data by Region. Demographics are from ABS Census 2021. School ICSEA scores are from ACARA. Crime statistics are from state police agencies. Transport data is sourced from GTFS feeds.

  5. How often is the Abergowrie data updated?

    Property prices update quarterly. RBA macro indicators update with each deploy. Demographics are from Census 2021. School ICSEA scores are from ACARA 2025.