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Cannonvale QLD 4802

Cannonvale is in Whitsunday LGA, QLD, postcode 4802, with population 6,596.

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$650/wk
+8.3% YoY
Jun 2021 → Mar 2026 · 20 periods
Queensland RTA · suburb grain · Mar 2026
$670
$360
Jun 2021Mar 2026
Median house
No local house series
Median rent
$650/wk
Rent context available
8.3%YoY D10 vs AU
Gross yield
Need rent + price
Population
6,596
7K local footprint
D10 vs AU
Schools
2
Matched school context
D8 vs AU
Solar
2,721
252 added 12mo · 24MW

Price history

No price history available

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

Median mortgage · mth$1,713
Median rent · wk$360

Affordability

40%
median weekly rent as a share of gross household income (the 30% rule)
Stretched

Owners with a mortgage repay a median of $1,713/mo, while renters pay about $2,817/mo — renting runs $1,104/mo higher on these medians.

Household income · yr
$85K
Median rent · wk
$650
Owner mortgage · mo
$1,713

Household income

$85K household · yr+7.1% vs QLD suburb median
Personal
$45K
Family
$101K
Household
$85K

Schools

Total2
Avg ICSEA1001
Students1,179
Government1
Independent1
  • Cannonvale State SchoolPrimary · Government · ICSEA 987
  • Whitsunday Christian CollegeCombined · Independent · ICSEA 1015
Crime Year ending Apr 2026
6,148
6,148 per 100k
D7 vs AU

Crime

Rate · per 100k6,148
Total incidents6,148· Year ending Apr 2026
  • Assault1,44126%
  • Break And Enter58010%
  • Drug Offences3,14556%
  • Fraud4117%

Full data detail

Cannonvale QLD — Property Data and Demographics

Located in Queensland within the Whitsunday local government area, Cannonvale is a mid-sized suburb (postcode 4802). It is home to about 6,596 residents, with a mix of young professionals and families and a median age of 37. Households earn a median income of $85K per year, with an average household size of 2.4 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, community & personal service, managers. Employment in the area leans toward accommodation & food and retail trade. The top ancestries reported are English, Australian, Irish.

The current median weekly rent is $650. The median monthly mortgage repayment is $1,713.

Cannonvale is served by 2 schools, including 1 primary, 1 combined. The average ICSEA score is 1001, which is around the national average of 1,000. The crime rate in the Whitsunday LGA is moderate at 6,148 incidents per 100,000 population.

Looking at the investment signals, 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.

Market & money
Investment signalsHeuristics
Pop. Growth+1.8%· Stable
Development+0%· Steady
InvestmentQLD
Mortgage · mth$1,713
Rent · wk(Census)$360
Market rent · wk(Q1 2026)$650
Population growth · Whitsunday LGAABS ERP
Population (2025)41,374
5-year growth+2.2% CAGR
YoY change+1.8%
20012025
Development · Whitsunday LGAABS Approvals
Approvals (2026)144
Houses132
Units12
YoY change+0%
Employment · Whitsunday LGASALM
Unemployment (Dec-25)3.2%
YoY change+0.5pp
Dec-10Dec-25
Property investors · Postcode 4802ATO
Negatively geared460 (5.5% of filers)
Avg rental loss$5,925/yr
Landlords (rental income)1,082
Reported capital gains581
People & prosperity
DemographicsCensus 21
Population6,596
Median age37
Household size2.4
HH income · wk$1,639
Personal income · wk$873
Persons / bedroom0.8
SEIFA indexABS
Advantage (IRSAD)5/10
Education (IEO)4/10
Economic (IER)3/10
Disadvantage (IRSD)4/10
Area & amenity
Local amenitiesOSM
Supermarkets3
Pharmacies0
GP / clinics1
Fuel stations5
Cafes & dining8
coles1
woolworths1
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Strong evidence

There is enough direct local evidence on Cannonvale for a first-pass 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 using a state market dataset when available.

Use current rent as a starting signal, not as a fixed underwriting truth.

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
Queensland RTA · Q1 2026 · State market dataset
medium stability · automated · every update · quarterly
Available
Crime
State crime dataset · Year ending Apr 2026 · Area-level release dataset
Available
Schools
ACARA 2025 · 2 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.

Cannonvale FAQ

Common questions
  1. What LGA is Cannonvale in?

    Cannonvale is in the Whitsunday Local Government Area, QLD, postcode 4802. Council-level context for Whitsunday LGA (suburb mix, population, rent, and price coverage) is available on the QuickProperty LGA page.

  2. What is the typical weekly rent in Cannonvale?

    The median weekly rent in Cannonvale is $650/wk, based on the current market rent dataset. The current rent signal is rent context available.

  3. What does the rent signal say about Cannonvale?

    Rent context available: Cannonvale has usable rent context. Use this as a suburb screening signal before comparing candidates or modelling a purchase; the matching rent ranking can provide broader market context.

  4. Is Cannonvale a good investment?

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

  5. Where does QuickProperty get its data for Cannonvale?

    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.

  6. How often is the Cannonvale 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.