Cardwell is in Cassowary Coast LGA, QLD, postcode 4849, with population 1,320.
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Owners with a mortgage repay a median of $1,278/mo, while renters pay about $1,733/mo — renting runs $455/mo higher on these medians.
Cardwell (postcode 4849) is a small community in Queensland within the Cassowary Coast local government area. It is home to about 1,320 residents, with an older demographic and a median age of 60. Households earn a median income of $44K per year, with an average household size of 1.9 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 community & personal service, technicians & trades, labourers. Employment in the area leans toward healthcare and accommodation & food. The top ancestries reported are English, Australian, Scottish.
The current median weekly rent is $400. The median monthly mortgage repayment is $1,278.
Cardwell is served by 1 school, including 1 primary. The average ICSEA score is 932, which is below the national average of 1,000. The crime rate in the Cassowary Coast LGA is moderate at 5,827 incidents per 100,000 population.
On the investment side, 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.
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Cardwell has enough direct local evidence for a first-pass decision.
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Cardwell is in the Cassowary Coast Local Government Area, QLD, postcode 4849. Council-level context for Cassowary Coast LGA (suburb mix, population, rent, and price coverage) is available on the QuickProperty LGA page.
The median weekly rent in Cardwell is $400/wk, based on the current market rent dataset. The current rent signal is rent context available.
Rent context available: Cardwell 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.
QuickProperty's investment signals for Cardwell show: Stable, Steady. These are computed from price, rent, income, and population data — not an opaque score.
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.
Property prices update quarterly. RBA macro indicators update with each deploy. Demographics are from Census 2021. School ICSEA scores are from ACARA 2025.