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Suburb profile ·Etheridge LGA · QLD ·4892

Abingdon Downs QLD 4892

Abingdon Downs is in Etheridge LGA, QLD, postcode 4892, with population 17.

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Thin-context

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What to check

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Median house
No local house series
Median rent
$115/wk
Market rent signal
D1 vs AU
Gross yield
Need rent + price
Population
17
17 local footprint
D1 vs AU
Schools
No matched school data
Drive to city
Not in commute dataset
Solar
75
7 added 12mo · 2MW

Price history

No price history available

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

Median mortgage · mth
Median rent · wk$115

Affordability

5%
median weekly rent as a share of gross household income (the 30% rule)
Manageable
Household income · yr
$110K
Median rent · wk
$115

Household income

$110K household · yr+38.7% vs QLD suburb median
Personal
$67K
Family
$98K
Household
$110K
Crime Year ending May 2026
4,941
4,941 per 100k
D7 vs AU

Crime

Rate · per 100k4,941
Total incidents4,941· Year ending May 2026
  • Assault54917%
  • Break And Enter68521%
  • Drug Offences1,78454%
  • Fraud2748%

Bushfire exposure

Severe exposure ~84.5%
~84.5% of the suburb is Bush Fire Prone Land

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

988 people · 2022959 by 2032 (-2.9%)

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

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

Abingdon Downs is a quiet locality in Queensland within the Etheridge local government area (postcode 4892). The area has roughly 17 residents and a younger resident base, with a median age of 22. Households earn a median income of $110K 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 +0.8% year-on-year at the LGA level. QLD employment has moved +1.4% 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 labourers, technicians & trades. The top ancestries reported are Australian, English.

The median weekly rent is $115 (Census 2021).

The crime rate in the Etheridge LGA is moderate at 4,941 incidents per 100,000 population.

From an investment perspective, Population growth of +0.8% 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+0.8%· Stable
Development+0%· Steady
InvestmentQLD
Mortgage · mth
Rent · wk(Census)$115
Population growth · Etheridge LGAABS ERP
Population (2025)727
5-year growth-0.1% CAGR
YoY change+0.8%
20012025
Development · Etheridge LGAABS Approvals
Approvals (2026)1
Houses1
YoY change+0%
Employment · Etheridge LGASALM
Unemployment (Dec-25)2.8%
YoY change+0.3pp
Dec-10Dec-25
Property investors · Postcode 4892ATO
Negatively geared2.3%
38 of filers
Avg rental loss$7,735/yr
Landlords (rental income)72
Reported capital gains18
People & prosperity
DemographicsCensus 21
Population17
Median age22
Household size2.1
HH income · wk$2,124
Personal income · wk$1,292
Persons / bedroom1
SEIFA indexABS
Advantage (IRSAD)3/10
Education (IEO)5/10
Economic (IER)2/10
Disadvantage (IRSD)5/10
Top occupationsCensus
Top industriesCensus
Top ancestryCensus
Area & amenity
Childcare · Etheridge LGAACECQA
Services2
Approved places27
Exceeding NQS0
Little Gems Children's Centre17 places
Georgetown State School Kindergarten10 places
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Sources & freshness
Verify-heavy evidence

Abingdon Downs leans 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 · No local school matches exposed
stable source · automated · every update · annual
Missing
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.
Sparse locality note

This page stays indexable because Abingdon Downs is a real locality with enough context to be directionally useful. The tradeoff is that coverage is lighter than a stronger suburb profile, so the read should stay cautious.

WHY IT LOOKS LIGHTER
This is a real locality, but it has a very small Census footprint.

Small-population localities can still be worth checking, but rankings, comparisons, and broad suburb assumptions become noisier faster.

WHAT IS MISSING
Coverage is lighter across school matches, hospital coverage, and transport stops.

Coverage is thinner on school matches, hospital coverage, and transport stops; lean less on this one page and confirm those gaps elsewhere.

BEST NEXT STEP
Use this page to understand the locality shape, then compare outward.

Use it for context first, then move to compare, the state hub, or a larger nearby suburb before calling it a full market decision.

Page status
INDEXED WITH LIGHTER COVERAGE

This page remains visible, but it should be read as a locality brief rather than a full-confidence suburb profile.

HOW TO READ THIS PAGE

This page is useful for direction-setting, not closure. Use it to frame the locality, then confirm the story with compare, stronger nearby suburbs, and the state hub.

Stronger nearby reads

If Abingdon Downs feels too thin on its own, use these nearby suburbs as stronger local reads before making a shortlist decision.

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pop +100 · rent +$35/wk

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pop +100 · rent +$35/wk

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Abingdon Downs FAQ

Common questions
  1. What LGA is Abingdon Downs in?

    Abingdon Downs is in the Etheridge Local Government Area, QLD, postcode 4892. Council-level context for Etheridge LGA (suburb mix, population, rent, and price coverage) is available on the QuickProperty LGA page.

  2. What is the typical weekly rent in Abingdon Downs?

    The median weekly rent in Abingdon Downs is $115/wk, based on ABS Census 2021 rent fallback.

  3. Is Abingdon Downs a good investment?

    QuickProperty's investment signals for Abingdon Downs 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 Abingdon Downs?

    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 Abingdon Downs 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.