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Suburb profile ·Livingstone LGA · QLD ·4703

Bangalee QLD 4703

Bangalee is in Livingstone LGA, QLD, postcode 4703, with population 225.

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.

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
$400/wk
Market rent signal
D9 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$1,928
Median rent · wk$400
Investor profile

Who invests in Bangalee

Owner-occupied 90%Rented 10%
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

86% of homes here are owner-occupied and 10% rented, with 5% of landlords negatively geared.

Why it fits

86% 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

22%
median weekly rent as a share of gross household income (the 30% rule)
Manageable

Owners with a mortgage repay a median of $1,928/mo, while renters pay about $1,733/mo — owning runs $195/mo higher on these medians.

Household income · yr
$95K
Median rent · wk
$400
Owner mortgage · mo
$1,928

Household income

$95K household · yr+18.9% vs QLD suburb median
Personal
$40K
Family
$96K
Household
$95K
Household income distribution (ABS Census 2021 · weekly)
Under $300
0
$300-649
8
$650-999
10
$1,000-1,499
10
$1,500-1,999
12
$2,000-2,999
8
$3,000-3,999
3
$4,000+
11

At the median asking rent, about 41% of households here would spend more than 30% of income on rent (rent stress line: $1,333/wk income).

Housing stock and tenure

Tenure (74 households)
Owned outright
46%
Owned with mortgage
41%
Rented
10%
Dwelling structure12.5% of dwellings unoccupied on census night
Separate house
100%
Townhouse / semi
0%
Flat / apartment
0%

Getting to work: 72% drive, 0% public transport, 0% walk or cycle, 21% 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%

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
Bangalee QLD — Property Data and Demographics

Bangalee (postcode 4703) is a sparsely populated locality in Queensland within the Livingstone local government area. With a population of 225, the suburb has an established demographic with a median age of 40. Households earn a median income of $95K per year, with an average household size of 2.8 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 professionals, technicians & trades, community & personal service. Employment in the area leans toward education and construction. The top ancestries reported are Australian, English, Irish.

The median weekly rent is $400 (Census 2021). The median monthly mortgage repayment is $1,928.

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

On the investment side, 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$1,928
Rent · wk(Census)$400
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
Population225
Median age40
Household size2.8
HH income · wk$1,821
Personal income · wk$768
Persons / bedroom0.7
SEIFA indexABS
Advantage (IRSAD)4/10
Education (IEO)4/10
Economic (IER)8/10
Disadvantage (IRSD)4/10
Income momentumCensus 16→21
HH income · wk$1,775 → $1,821
Change+2.6%
vs QLD median-15.4 pp
Median rent+21.2%
softeningvs 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 Bangalee 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 Bangalee 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.

Use it for direction first, then confirm the story against stronger neighbouring suburbs or the state hub before relying on it.

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

The main gaps on this page are school matches, hospital coverage, and transport stops. That narrows how much confidence you should place on a single-page read.

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

Start here for context, then open compare, the state hub, or larger nearby suburbs before treating this as a complete 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

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Bangalee FAQ

Common questions
  1. What LGA is Bangalee in?

    Bangalee 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 Bangalee?

    The median weekly rent in Bangalee is $400/wk, based on ABS Census 2021 rent fallback.

  3. Is Bangalee a good investment?

    QuickProperty's investment signals for Bangalee 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 Bangalee?

    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 Bangalee 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.