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Suburb profile ·Aurukun LGA · QLD ·4892

Aurukun QLD 4892

Aurukun is in Aurukun LGA, QLD, postcode 4892, with population 1,101.

Median house No local house series
Median rent $125/wk Market rent signal
Gross yield Need rent + price
Population 1,101 1K local footprint
Schools 1 Matched school context
Decision trust

Verify-heavy evidence

Aurukun depends on evidence that should be verified before a decision.

The page still has useful coverage, but Market rent should be treated as fallback or lower-precision evidence. Missing signals include Property prices, Hospitals, and Transport.

4
Available
1
Verify
3
Missing
Development momentum

population +0.6% YoY (-0.5% 5yr).

Open development signals
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Source & freshness

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PRICE POSTURE
Prices come from release-based suburb series.

Release-based suburb price series, not a live market feed

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
ABS Data by Region and processed state datasets · Release-based series
medium stability · manual file · snapshot · release-based
Missing
Market rent
ABS Census 2021 · Using Census rent fallback
stable source · manual file · snapshot · census-cycle
Verify
Crime
State crime dataset · Year ending Dec 2026 · Area-level release dataset
medium stability · mixed acquisition · mixed refresh · mixed
Available
Schools
ACARA 2025 · 1 schools matched
medium stability · manual file · snapshot · 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 Census rent fallback or low-confidence hospital matching.
Evidence depth
Verify-heavy evidence

Aurukun depends on evidence that should be verified before a decision.

The page still has useful coverage, but Market rent should be treated as fallback or lower-precision evidence. Missing signals include Property prices, Hospitals, and Transport.

Next step

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Direct
4

Crime, Schools, Population growth, Building approvals

Verify
1

Market rent

Missing
3

Property prices, Hospitals, Transport

Decision intelligence
Verify-first

Aurukun currently reads as a verify-first candidate.

The profile is based on limited but still useful local context. Evidence depth is verify-heavy, so the profile should be treated as provisional.

Recommended next step

Verify the weak evidence layer first, then compare it against a better-covered suburb.

Why it fits

No strong positive decision reason is visible yet.

What to check

Evidence depth is verify-heavy, so the profile should be treated as provisional.

Decisive gaps

Property prices, Transport

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Why people look here Intent
  • Buyers want a quick sense of price, schools, and neighbourhood scale before getting lost in data.
  • Investors want to know whether rent, yield, and affordability broadly support the suburb story.
  • Researchers want one place that ties property, demographics, transport, and services together.
Local signals Mixed
Schools: 1 matched, including Aurukun State School.
Crime: 41,727 per 100k at the Aurukun LGA level.
Transport: No matched local transport stops.

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$125

Full data detail

Aurukun QLD

Postcode 4892 · Aurukun LGA

Aurukun is a small community in Queensland within the Aurukun local government area (postcode 4892). With a population of 1,101, the suburb has a young professional demographic with a median age of 29. Households earn a median income of $56K per year, with an average household size of 3.9 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 community & personal service, professionals, managers. Employment in the area leans toward public admin & safety and education. The top ancestries reported are Aboriginal Australian, Australian, English.

The median weekly rent is $125 (Census 2021).

Aurukun is served by 1 school, including 1 combined. The average ICSEA score is 694, which is well below the national average of 1,000. The crime rate in the Aurukun LGA is higher than average at 41,727 incidents per 100,000 population.

From an investment perspective, Population growth of +0.6% year-on-year indicates stable demand fundamentals. Building approvals have changed +0% year-on-year, indicating steady development activity.

Investment signals
Pop. Growth+0.6% Stable
Development+0% Steady
Income (ATO 2022-23)
Median income$17,661
Mean income$38,306
Earners418
YoY change-6.8%
SEIFA index (ABS) — 1 = most disadvantaged, 10 = most advantaged
Advantage1/10
Education1/10
Economic1/10
Disadvantage1/10
Census 2021 (ABS)
Median rent /wk
$125
Population
1,101
Demographics
Median age29
Household size3.9
HH income /wk$1,069
Personal income /wk$331
Mortgage /mth
Crime (Aurukun LGA)
Crime rate (per 100k)41,727
Total incidents41,727
Schools (1)
Avg ICSEA694
Total students227
Government1
Aurukun State SchoolCombined · Government · ICSEA 694
Population growth (Aurukun LGA)
Population (2025)1,165
5-year growth-0.5% CAGR
YoY change+0.6%
Development (Aurukun LGA)
Approvals (2026)0
YoY change+0%
Data status
Property prices
Processed price datasets
Missing
Market rent
State rent dataset · No market rent source linked
Missing
Crime
State crime dataset · Year ending Dec 2026 · LGA-level dataset
Available
Schools
ACARA 2025 · 1 schools matched
Available
Hospitals
AIHW
Missing
Transport
GTFS
Missing
Population growth
ABS ERP · 2025 · Annual estimate
Available
Building approvals
ABS Building Approvals · 2026 · Annual series
Available
Available means a local dataset is present. Verify means coverage exists but location confidence is limited.
Data: Year ending Dec 2026
Sources: ABS Census 2021 · ABS dwelling prices · State Valuers General · ATO income · ACARA schools · AIHW hospitals · GTFS · state police

Aurukun FAQ

Common questions
  1. What LGA is Aurukun in?

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

  2. What is the typical weekly rent in Aurukun?

    The median weekly rent in Aurukun is $125/wk, based on ABS Census 2021 rent fallback.

  3. Is Aurukun a good investment?

    QuickProperty's investment signals for Aurukun 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 Aurukun?

    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 Aurukun 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.