Alberton is in Gold Coast LGA, QLD, postcode 4207, with population 547.
There are enough stretched or weaker signals here that you should assume trade-offs rather than a clean story. Use compare mode to see whether the downside is price, local quality, or weaker momentum before treating it as a target suburb.
Evidence depth is verify-heavy, so the profile should be treated as provisional. Gross yield looks low for an income-first use case. Small local population makes the signal set more fragile.
Indicative cashflow is interest-only and excludes tax — use the calculator for a full projection.
Owners with a mortgage repay a median of $2,100/mo, while renters pay about $1,573/mo — owning runs $527/mo higher on these medians.
Located in Queensland within the Gold Coast local government area, Alberton is a close-knit residential community (postcode 4207). With a population of 547, the suburb has a mature demographic with a median age of 46. Households earn a median income of $90K per year, with an average household size of 2.9 people. Recent annual estimates show population movement into the broader catchment, with population growth running at +1.8% 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 technicians & trades, managers, clerical & administrative. Employment in the area leans toward construction and manufacturing. The top ancestries reported are English, Australian, German.
The median house price in Alberton is $1.2 million, broadly unchanged over the past year. The median weekly rent is $363 (Census 2021). This gives a gross rental yield of approximately 1.6%. The median monthly mortgage repayment is $2,100.
The crime rate in the Gold Coast LGA is moderate at 5,699 incidents per 100,000 population.
Looking at the investment signals, Alberton shows a gross rental yield of approximately 1.6%, rated as low yield. Property prices are near the state median ($1.2M/$1.1M). The price-to-income ratio of 13.4x is considered stretched. House prices have moved +0.0% year-on-year. Population growth of +1.8% year-on-year points to stable demand fundamentals. Building approvals have changed +0% year-on-year, indicating steady development activity.
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QVAS residential dwelling sales aggregated to SA2 and mapped to suburb pages
This gives you directional coverage, but it is weaker than a current rent release.
Schools, transport, and hospitals are useful as presence signals, but they still have different source cadences.
Alberton is in the Gold Coast Local Government Area, QLD, postcode 4207. Council-level context for Gold Coast LGA (suburb mix, population, rent, and price coverage) is available on the QuickProperty LGA page.
The current median house price in Alberton, QLD is $1.2M, based on the latest available sales data from state Valuers General offices and ABS Data by Region.
The median weekly rent in Alberton is $363/wk, based on ABS Census 2021 rent fallback.
QuickProperty's investment signals for Alberton show: Low Yield, Near Median, Stretched. These are computed from price, rent, income, and population data — not an opaque score.
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.
Property prices update quarterly. RBA macro indicators update with each deploy. Demographics are from Census 2021. School ICSEA scores are from ACARA 2025.