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Suburb profile ·Hinchinbrook LGA · QLD ·4850

Abergowrie QLD 4850

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

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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
Solar
2,635
151 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

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

Schools

Total2
Avg ICSEA819
Students87
Catholic1
Government1
  • Abergowrie State SchoolPrimary · Government · ICSEA 947
  • St Teresa's CollegeSecondary · Catholic · ICSEA 691
Crime Year ending Apr 2026
5,488
5,488 per 100k
D7 vs AU

Crime

Rate · per 100k5,488
Total incidents5,488· Year ending Apr 2026
  • Assault1,86242%
  • Break And Enter57913%
  • Drug Offences1,73839%
  • Fraud2315%

Full data detail

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 +0.9% year-on-year in the official Jobs and Skills Australia NERO series, which provides the broader jobs backdrop for this suburb. QLD also had 32 Commonwealth-backed major projects under construction, 12 underway, and 50 in planning as at 2 October 2024, 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 5,488 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
Houses25
Units2
YoY change+0%
Employment · Hinchinbrook LGASALM
Unemployment (Dec-25)5.9%
YoY change+1.4pp
Dec-10Dec-25
Property investors · Postcode 4850ATO
Negatively geared339 (5.4% 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
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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 Apr 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.