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Suburb profile ·Central Highlands (Qld) LGA · QLD ·4723

Capella QLD 4723

Capella is in Central Highlands (Qld) LGA, QLD, postcode 4723, with population 974.

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.

$370/wk
+0.0% YoY
Dec 2019 → Mar 2026 · 20 periods
Queensland RTA · suburb grain · Mar 2026
$420
$200
Dec 2019Mar 2026
What to check

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
$370/wk
Rent context available
0.0%YoY D8 vs AU
Gross yield
Need rent + price
Population
974
974 local footprint
D8 vs AU
Schools
2
Matched school context
D8 vs AU
Solar
278
16 added 12mo · 2MW

Price history

No price history available

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

Median mortgage · mth$1,300
Median rent · wk$220

Affordability

20%
median weekly rent as a share of gross household income (the 30% rule)
Manageable

Owners with a mortgage repay a median of $1,300/mo, while renters pay about $1,603/mo — renting runs $303/mo higher on these medians.

Household income · yr
$96K
Median rent · wk
$370
Owner mortgage · mo
$1,300

Household income

$96K household · yr+20.1% vs QLD suburb median
Personal
$51K
Family
$116K
Household
$96K

Schools

Total2
Avg ICSEA932
Students328
Government2
  • Capella State SchoolPrimary · Government · ICSEA 938
  • Capella State High SchoolSecondary · Government · ICSEA 925
Crime Year ending Apr 2026
6,543
6,543 per 100k
D8 vs AU

Crime

Rate · per 100k6,543
Total incidents6,543· Year ending Apr 2026
  • Assault1,33331%
  • Break And Enter81419%
  • Drug Offences1,75441%
  • Fraud3628%

Full data detail

Capella QLD — Property Data and Demographics

Capella (postcode 4723) is a small locality in Queensland within the Central Highlands (Qld) local government area. It is home to about 974 residents, with a mix of families and early-career residents and a median age of 32. Households earn a median income of $96K per year, with an average household size of 2.5 people. 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, machinery operators & drivers, labourers. Employment in the area leans toward mining and construction. The top ancestries reported are Australian, English, Irish.

The current median weekly rent is $370. The median monthly mortgage repayment is $1,300.

Capella is served by 2 schools, including 1 primary, 1 secondary. The average ICSEA score is 932, which is below the national average of 1,000. The crime rate in the Central Highlands (Qld) LGA is moderate at 6,543 incidents per 100,000 population.

Market & money
InvestmentQLD
Mortgage · mth$1,300
Rent · wk(Census)$220
Market rent · wk(Q1 2026)$370
Employment · Central Highlands (Qld) LGASALM
Unemployment (Dec-25)3.2%
YoY change-0.8pp
Dec-10Dec-25
Property investors · Postcode 4723ATO
Negatively geared53 (5.8% of filers)
Avg rental loss$4,544/yr
Landlords (rental income)111
Reported capital gains71
People & prosperity
DemographicsCensus 21
Population974
Median age32
Household size2.5
HH income · wk$1,838
Personal income · wk$981
Persons / bedroom0.8
SEIFA indexABS
Advantage (IRSAD)3/10
Education (IEO)1/10
Economic (IER)3/10
Disadvantage (IRSD)2/10
Area & amenity
Local amenitiesOSM
Supermarkets0
Pharmacies1
GP / clinics0
Fuel stations2
Cafes & dining2
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Sources & freshness
Usable evidence

Capella is usable, but it still needs cross-checking.

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 · No linked annual population growth series
stable source · automated · every update · annual
Missing
Building approvals
ABS Building Approvals · No linked approvals series
stable source · automated · every update · monthly
Missing
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 Capella 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 hospital coverage, transport stops, population trend data, and building approvals.

The lighter areas here are hospital coverage, transport stops, population trend data, and building approvals, so a single-page read should carry less weight than usual.

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

Use it for context first, then move to compare, the state hub, or a larger nearby suburb before calling it a full 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

Use this page to set direction, not to close a decision — frame the locality here, then confirm with compare, stronger nearby suburbs, and the state hub.

Stronger nearby reads

If Capella feels too thin on its own, use these nearby suburbs as stronger local reads before making a shortlist decision.

Springsure most similar
similar rent profile similar suburb scale

pop same · rent -$170/wk

Similar local read: useful for context, but still compare the actual market signals.

Sapphire Central most similar
similar rent profile similar suburb scale

pop +200 · rent -$210/wk

Similar local read: useful for context, but still compare the actual market signals.

Emerald better covered
similar rent profile better market coverage

pop +13900 · adds house price coverage · rent -$70/wk

Better covered alternative: use this as the stronger reference point before judging the thin page.

Capella FAQ

Common questions
  1. What LGA is Capella in?

    Capella is in the Central Highlands (Qld) Local Government Area, QLD, postcode 4723. Council-level context for Central Highlands (Qld) LGA (suburb mix, population, rent, and price coverage) is available on the QuickProperty LGA page.

  2. What is the typical weekly rent in Capella?

    The median weekly rent in Capella is $370/wk, based on the current market rent dataset. The current rent signal is rent context available.

  3. What does the rent signal say about Capella?

    Rent context available: Capella 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. Where does QuickProperty get its data for Capella?

    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 Capella 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.