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Coalstoun Lakes QLD 4621

Coalstoun Lakes is in North Burnett LGA, QLD, postcode 4621, with population 99.

Limited data

Thin-context

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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
$185/wk
Market rent signal
D2 vs AU
Gross yield
Need rent + price
Population
10,562
11K via North Burnett LGA · SAL undercount
Schools
1
Matched school context
D1 vs AU
Solar
476
27 added 12mo · 3MW

Price history

No price history available

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

Median mortgage · mth$845
Median rent · wk$185

Affordability

12%
median weekly rent as a share of gross household income (the 30% rule)
Manageable

Owners with a mortgage repay a median of $845/mo, while renters pay about $802/mo — owning runs $43/mo higher on these medians.

Household income · yr
$80K
Median rent · wk
$185
Owner mortgage · mo
$845

Household income

$80K household · yr+0% vs QLD suburb median
Personal
$29K
Family
$98K
Household
$80K

Schools

Total1
Avg ICSEA1006
Students28
Government1
  • Coalstoun Lakes State SchoolPrimary · Government · ICSEA 1006
Crime Year ending Apr 2026
3,680
3,680 per 100k
D5 vs AU

Crime

Rate · per 100k3,680
Total incidents3,680· Year ending Apr 2026
  • Assault72323%
  • Break And Enter53517%
  • Drug Offences1,79457%
  • Fraud1033%

Full data detail

Coalstoun Lakes QLD — Property Data and Demographics

Coalstoun Lakes is a sparsely populated locality in Queensland within the North Burnett local government area (postcode 4621). With a population of 99, the suburb has an established demographic with a median age of 44. Households earn a median income of $80K per year, with an average household size of 2.5 people. Recent annual estimates show population movement staying broadly stable across the broader catchment, with population growth running at +1.1% 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 managers, professionals, community & personal service. Employment in the area leans toward agriculture and education. The top ancestries reported are Australian, English, German.

The median weekly rent is $185 (Census 2021). The median monthly mortgage repayment is $845.

Coalstoun Lakes is served by 1 school, including 1 primary. The average ICSEA score is 1006, which is around the national average of 1,000. The crime rate in the North Burnett LGA is below average at 3,680 incidents per 100,000 population.

Looking at the investment signals, Population growth of +1.1% 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+1.1%· Stable
Development+0%· Steady
InvestmentQLD
Mortgage · mth$845
Rent · wk(Census)$185
Population growth · North Burnett LGAABS ERP
Population (2025)10,562
5-year growth+0.7% CAGR
YoY change+1.1%
20012025
Development · North Burnett LGAABS Approvals
Approvals (2026)27
Houses27
YoY change+0%
Employment · North Burnett LGASALM
Unemployment (Dec-25)4.2%
YoY change-0.3pp
Dec-10Dec-25
Property investors · Postcode 4621ATO
Negatively geared30 (3.3% of filers)
Avg rental loss$3,344/yr
Landlords (rental income)71
Reported capital gains75
People & prosperity
DemographicsCensus 21
Population99
Median age44
Household size2.5
HH income · wk$1,531
Personal income · wk$562
Persons / bedroom0.8
SEIFA indexABS
Advantage (IRSAD)4/10
Education (IEO)5/10
Economic (IER)7/10
Disadvantage (IRSD)5/10
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Sources & freshness
Verify-heavy evidence

Coalstoun Lakes leans 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 Apr 2026 · Area-level release dataset
Available
Schools
ACARA 2025 · 1 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.
Sparse locality note

This page stays indexable because Coalstoun Lakes 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
This is a real locality, but it has a very small Census footprint.

Small-population localities can still be worth checking, but rankings, comparisons, and broad suburb assumptions become noisier faster.

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

The lighter areas here are hospital coverage and transport stops, 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 Coalstoun Lakes feels too thin on its own, use these nearby suburbs as stronger local reads before making a shortlist decision.

Bancroft most similar
similar rent profile similar suburb scale

pop same · rent +$15/wk

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

Woodmillar most similar
similar rent profile similar suburb scale

pop same · rent +$5/wk

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

Riverleigh most similar
similar rent profile similar suburb scale

pop same · rent -$15/wk

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

Coalstoun Lakes FAQ

Common questions
  1. What LGA is Coalstoun Lakes in?

    Coalstoun Lakes is in the North Burnett Local Government Area, QLD, postcode 4621. Council-level context for North Burnett LGA (suburb mix, population, rent, and price coverage) is available on the QuickProperty LGA page.

  2. What is the typical weekly rent in Coalstoun Lakes?

    The median weekly rent in Coalstoun Lakes is $185/wk, based on ABS Census 2021 rent fallback.

  3. Is Coalstoun Lakes a good investment?

    QuickProperty's investment signals for Coalstoun Lakes 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 Coalstoun Lakes?

    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 Coalstoun Lakes 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.