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Suburb profile ·Livingstone LGA · QLD ·4703

Adelaide Park QLD 4703

Adelaide Park is in Livingstone LGA, QLD, postcode 4703, with population 449.

Limited data

Thin-context

The page is still useful for local context, but the evidence stack is too thin for a clean one-page call. Use nearby stronger suburbs or compare mode before treating it as a serious shortlist decision.

Why it fits

Population movement supports a growth-led read. 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. The page is thin enough that nearby alternatives should be checked before shortlisting. Small local population makes the signal set more fragile.

Median house
No local house series
Median rent
$330/wk
Market rent signal
D7 vs AU
Gross yield
Need rent + price
Population
43,668
44K via Livingstone LGA · SAL undercount
Schools
No matched school data
Drive to city
Not in commute dataset
Solar
7,044
406 added 12mo · 43MW

Price history

No price history available

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

Median mortgage · mth$2,167
Median rent · wk$330
Investor profile

Who invests in Adelaide Park

Owner-occupied 94%Rented 6%
Investor activityATO
Negatively geared5.2%
816 of 1,830 landlords
Avg rental loss$6,210/yr
Landlords (rental income)1,830
Reported capital gains1,433
The read

Owner-occupier stronghold

87% of homes here are owner-occupied and 6% rented, with 5% of landlords negatively geared.

Why it fits

87% owner-occupied — owner-occupiers hold longer and absorb rate shocks, supporting price stability.

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

Affordability

16%
median weekly rent as a share of gross household income (the 30% rule)
Manageable

Owners with a mortgage repay a median of $2,167/mo, while renters pay about $1,430/mo — owning runs $737/mo higher on these medians.

Household income · yr
$109K
Median rent · wk
$330
Owner mortgage · mo
$2,167

Household income

$109K household · yr+36.6% vs QLD suburb median
Personal
$44K
Family
$117K
Household
$109K
Household income distribution (ABS Census 2021 · weekly)
Under $300
0
$300-649
11
$650-999
10
$1,000-1,499
19
$1,500-1,999
17
$2,000-2,999
23
$3,000-3,999
21
$4,000+
15

At the median asking rent, about 21% of households here would spend more than 30% of income on rent (rent stress line: $1,100/wk income).

Housing stock and tenure

Tenure (137 households)
Owned outright
43%
Owned with mortgage
44%
Rented
6%
Dwelling structure7.7% of dwellings unoccupied on census night
Separate house
102%
Townhouse / semi
0%
Flat / apartment
0%

Getting to work: 78% drive, 0% public transport, 0% walk or cycle, 16% worked from home (2021 Census, taken during COVID-era work-from-home arrangements).

Crime Year ending May 2026
4,149
4,149 per 100k
D6 vs AU

Crime

Rate · per 100k4,149
Total incidents4,149· Year ending May 2026
  • Assault95538%
  • Break And Enter38415%
  • Drug Offences86635%
  • Fraud28712%

Bushfire exposure

Severe exposure ~81.4%
~81.4% of the suburb is Bush Fire Prone Land · ~15.7% 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

4,732 people · 20224,963 by 2032 (+4.9%)

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

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

Adelaide Park is a sparsely populated locality in Queensland within the Livingstone local government area (postcode 4703). It is home to about 449 residents, with a settled mid-life population and a median age of 42. Households earn a median income of $109K per year, with an average household size of 3 people. Recent annual estimates show population movement into the broader catchment, with population growth running at +2.1% 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 technicians & trades, professionals, managers. Employment in the area leans toward construction and education. The top ancestries reported are English, Australian, Scottish.

The median weekly rent is $330 (Census 2021). The median monthly mortgage repayment is $2,167.

The crime rate in the Livingstone LGA is moderate at 4,149 incidents per 100,000 population.

Looking at the investment signals, Population growth of +2.1% year-on-year points to strong growth demand fundamentals. Building approvals have changed +0% year-on-year, indicating steady development activity.

Market & money
Investment signalsHeuristics
Pop. Growth+2.1% Strong Growth
Development+0%· Steady
InvestmentQLD
Mortgage · mth$2,167
Rent · wk(Census)$330
Population growth · Livingstone LGAABS ERP
Population (2025)43,668
5-year growth+2.2% CAGR
YoY change+2.1%
20012025
Development · Livingstone LGAABS Approvals
Approvals (2026)193
Houses 84%Units 16%
YoY change+0%
Employment · Livingstone LGASALM
Unemployment (Dec-25)2.3%
YoY change-0.6pp
Dec-10Dec-25
Property investors · Postcode 4703ATO
Negatively geared5.2%
816 of filers
Avg rental loss$6,210/yr
Landlords (rental income)1,830
Reported capital gains1,433
People & prosperity
DemographicsCensus 21
Population449
Median age42
Household size3
HH income · wk$2,091
Personal income · wk$848
Persons / bedroom0.8
SEIFA indexABS
Advantage (IRSAD)7/10
Education (IEO)4/10
Economic (IER)9/10
Disadvantage (IRSD)6/10
Income momentumCensus 16→21
HH income · wk$1,446 → $2,091
Change+44.6%
vs QLD median+26.6 pp
Median rent+32%
gentrifyingvs QLD 2016–21
Area & amenity
Hospitals · Livingstone LGAAIHW
Public1
Private0
Capricorn Coast Hospitalpublic
Aged care · Livingstone LGAGEN
Facilities3
Residential places252
Bolton Clarke Sunset Ridge120 places
Blue Care Capricorn Aged Care Facility66 places
Capricorn Adventist Retirement Village66 places
Childcare · Livingstone LGAACECQA
Services15
Approved places1,260
Exceeding NQS5
Coastal Kids Yeppoon199 places
Taranganba Early Learning191 places
Skippy's Early Learning Yeppoon129 places
Cedar Avenue Early Learning114 places
Coastal Kids Kindergarten100 places
Coastal Kids Childcare96 places
+9 more in Livingstone LGA
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Sources & freshness
Verify-heavy evidence

Much of Adelaide Park rests 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 Adelaide Park 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
The page is readable, but the local evidence base is lighter than a mainstream suburb profile.

Read it as a starting locality brief, then cross-check the suburb story against better-covered nearby markets or the state hub.

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

Use this page to set direction, not to close a decision — frame the locality here, then confirm with compare, stronger nearby suburbs, and the state hub.

Stronger nearby reads

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

Meikleville Hill most similar
similar rent profile similar suburb scale

pop same · rent -$30/wk

Similar local read: useful for context, but still compare the actual market signals.

Tungamull most similar
similar rent profile similar suburb scale

pop same · rent +$20/wk

Similar local read: useful for context, but still compare the actual market signals.

Farnborough most similar
similar rent profile similar suburb scale

pop same · rent -$30/wk

Similar local read: useful for context, but still compare the actual market signals.

Adelaide Park FAQ

Common questions
  1. What LGA is Adelaide Park in?

    Adelaide Park is in the Livingstone Local Government Area, QLD, postcode 4703. Council-level context for Livingstone LGA (suburb mix, population, rent, and price coverage) is available on the QuickProperty LGA page.

  2. What is the typical weekly rent in Adelaide Park?

    The median weekly rent in Adelaide Park is $330/wk, based on ABS Census 2021 rent fallback.

  3. Is Adelaide Park a good investment?

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

  4. Where does QuickProperty get its data for Adelaide Park?

    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 Adelaide Park 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.