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Suburb profile ·Cairns LGA · QLD ·4871

Aloomba QLD 4871

Aloomba is in Cairns LGA, QLD, postcode 4871, with population 576.

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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
$230/wk
Market rent signal
D4 vs AU
Gross yield
Need rent + price
Population
576
576 local footprint
D7 vs AU
Schools
1
Matched school context
D1 vs AU
Solar
2,022
140 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$1,740
Median rent · wk$230

Affordability

14%
median weekly rent as a share of gross household income (the 30% rule)
Manageable

Owners with a mortgage repay a median of $1,740/mo, while renters pay about $997/mo — owning runs $743/mo higher on these medians.

Household income · yr
$88K
Median rent · wk
$230
Owner mortgage · mo
$1,740

Household income

$88K household · yr+11% vs QLD suburb median
Personal
$43K
Family
$108K
Household
$88K

Schools

Total1
Avg ICSEA972
Students72
Government1
  • Aloomba State SchoolPrimary · Government · ICSEA 972
Crime Year ending Apr 2026
11,007
11,007 per 100k
D9 vs AU

Crime

Rate · per 100k11,007
Total incidents11,007· Year ending Apr 2026
  • Assault2,17232%
  • Break And Enter1,87128%
  • Drug Offences2,24133%
  • Fraud4246%

Full data detail

Aloomba QLD — Property Data and Demographics

Aloomba is a small locality in Queensland within the Cairns local government area (postcode 4871). The area has roughly 576 residents and an established demographic, with a median age of 41. Households earn a median income of $88K per year, with an average household size of 2.7 people. Recent annual estimates show population movement staying broadly stable across the broader catchment, with population growth running at +1.0% 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, technicians & trades, clerical & administrative. Employment in the area leans toward agriculture and construction. The top ancestries reported are English, Australian, Italian.

The median weekly rent is $230 (Census 2021). The median monthly mortgage repayment is $1,740.

Aloomba is served by 1 school, including 1 primary. The average ICSEA score is 972, which is around the national average of 1,000. The crime rate in the Cairns LGA is higher than average at 11,007 incidents per 100,000 population.

Looking at the investment signals, Population growth of +1.0% 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+1.0%· Stable
Development+0%· Steady
InvestmentQLD
Mortgage · mth$1,740
Rent · wk(Census)$230
Population growth · Cairns LGAABS ERP
Population (2025)179,334
5-year growth+1.2% CAGR
YoY change+1%
20012025
Development · Cairns LGAABS Approvals
Approvals (2026)1,127
Houses524
Units604
YoY change+0%
Employment · Cairns LGASALM
Unemployment (Dec-25)4.7%
YoY change+1.8pp
Dec-10Dec-25
Property investors · Postcode 4871ATO
Negatively geared219 (3.6% of filers)
Avg rental loss$5,356/yr
Landlords (rental income)633
Reported capital gains427
People & prosperity
DemographicsCensus 21
Population576
Median age41
Household size2.7
HH income · wk$1,699
Personal income · wk$827
Persons / bedroom0.8
SEIFA indexABS
Advantage (IRSAD)4/10
Education (IEO)4/10
Economic (IER)4/10
Disadvantage (IRSD)4/10
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Verify-heavy evidence

Aloomba 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 · 1 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.

Aloomba FAQ

Common questions
  1. What LGA is Aloomba in?

    Aloomba is in the Cairns Local Government Area, QLD, postcode 4871. Council-level context for Cairns LGA (suburb mix, population, rent, and price coverage) is available on the QuickProperty LGA page.

  2. What is the typical weekly rent in Aloomba?

    The median weekly rent in Aloomba is $230/wk, based on ABS Census 2021 rent fallback.

  3. Is Aloomba a good investment?

    QuickProperty's investment signals for Aloomba 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 Aloomba?

    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 Aloomba 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.