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Suburb profile ·Noosa LGA · QLD ·4563

Cooroy Mountain QLD 4563

Cooroy Mountain is in Noosa LGA, QLD, postcode 4563, with population 148.

Limited data

Thin-context

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Why it fits

Higher SEIFA context supports a stronger local-quality 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
$510/wk
Market rent signal
D10 vs AU
Gross yield
Need rent + price
Population
59,551
60K via Noosa LGA · SAL undercount
Schools
No matched school data
Drive to city
Not in commute dataset
Solar
3,760
296 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$2,254
Median rent · wk$510
Investor profile

Who invests in Cooroy Mountain

Owner-occupied 85%Rented 15%
Investor activityATO
Negatively geared4.3%
270 of 855 landlords
Avg rental loss$6,841/yr
Landlords (rental income)855
Reported capital gains729
The read

Owner-occupier stronghold

95% of homes here are owner-occupied and 16% rented, with 4% of landlords negatively geared.

Why it fits

95% 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

24%
median weekly rent as a share of gross household income (the 30% rule)
Manageable

Owners with a mortgage repay a median of $2,254/mo, while renters pay about $2,210/mo — owning runs $44/mo higher on these medians.

Household income · yr
$110K
Median rent · wk
$510
Owner mortgage · mo
$2,254

Household income

$110K household · yr+37.9% vs QLD suburb median
Personal
$41K
Family
$116K
Household
$110K
Household income distribution (ABS Census 2021 · weekly)
Under $300
0
$300-649
0
$650-999
6
$1,000-1,499
14
$1,500-1,999
4
$2,000-2,999
9
$3,000-3,999
4
$4,000+
11

At the median asking rent, about 42% of households here would spend more than 30% of income on rent (rent stress line: $1,700/wk income).

Housing stock and tenure

Tenure (56 households)
Owned outright
50%
Owned with mortgage
45%
Rented
16%
Dwelling structure6.6% of dwellings unoccupied on census night
Separate house
95%
Townhouse / semi
0%
Flat / apartment
0%

Getting to work: 54% drive, 0% public transport, 6% walk or cycle, 26% worked from home (2021 Census, taken during COVID-era work-from-home arrangements).

Crime Year ending May 2026
3,085
3,085 per 100k
D5 vs AU

Crime

Rate · per 100k3,085
Total incidents3,085· Year ending May 2026
  • Assault33721%
  • Break And Enter28018%
  • Drug Offences67343%
  • Fraud28518%

Building due diligence

Construction requirements can change by location.

The National Construction Code is the baseline. Local hazards and site classifications can change the required structure, materials, fixings, insulation and detailing.

Known here

SUBURB CONTEXT

Bushfire-prone land

High broad-area context

About 60.9% of the suburb intersects mapped bushfire-prone land.

May affect: External construction · Roof and wall systems · Openings, screens and decks

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ADDRESS + DESIGN

NCC climate zone

Check the property

Confirm the NCC climate zone used for the building design and energy provisions.

May affect: Insulation and glazing · Condensation control · Roof-space ventilation

Wind class and BAL

Site assessment required

A suburb layer cannot determine the site wind classification or Bushfire Attack Level.

May affect: Structure and tie-downs · Cladding and fixings · Openings and bushfire detailing

Corrosion and termite exposure

Check the property

Confirm marine or corrosive exposure and the applicable termite-management requirements.

May affect: Fasteners and connectors · Roofing and coatings · Termite management

This screen identifies investigation triggers, not building quality or property compliance. Confirm the address, design and current jurisdiction rules with the council, building surveyor or certifier, designer and engineer.

NCC 2022 Housing Provisions: how to use · NCC 2022 Volume Two and Housing Provisions

Bushfire exposure

High exposure ~60.9%
~60.9% of the suburb is Bush Fire Prone Land · ~2.0% Category 1 (highest hazard)

Estimated exposure to NSW RFS Bush Fire Prone Land (CC BY), point-sampled across the suburb. This shows how much of the suburb sits within the official hazard layer — it is not a Bushfire Attack Level (BAL) rating or a property-level assessment. Obtain a BAL assessment (AS 3959) for an individual property.

Population outlook

25,023 people · 202227,218 by 2032 (+8.8%)

ABS population projection (2022 base) for the Noosa Hinterland SA2 statistical area — the finest official projection grain available; suburb-level projections do not exist.

Full data detail Census · ATO · ABS · state datasets
Cooroy Mountain QLD — Property Data and Demographics

Cooroy Mountain (postcode 4563) is a sparsely populated locality in Queensland within the Noosa local government area. With a population of 148, the suburb has a mature demographic with a median age of 51. Households earn a median income of $110K per year, with an average household size of 2.6 people. Recent annual estimates show population movement staying broadly stable across the broader catchment, with population growth running at +0.9% year-on-year at the LGA level. QLD employment has moved +1.5% 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 managers, clerical & administrative, labourers. Employment in the area leans toward accommodation & food and construction. The top ancestries reported are English, Australian, Irish.

The median weekly rent is $510 (Census 2021). The median monthly mortgage repayment is $2,254.

The crime rate in the Noosa LGA is below average at 3,085 incidents per 100,000 population.

Looking at the investment signals, Population growth of +0.9% 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+0.9%· Stable
Development+0%· Steady
InvestmentQLD
Mortgage · mth$2,254
Rent · wk(Census)$510
Population growth · Noosa LGAABS ERP
Population (2025)59,551
5-year growth+1% CAGR
YoY change+0.9%
20012025
Development · Noosa LGAABS Approvals
Approvals (2026)211
Houses 56%Units 44%
YoY change+0%
Employment · Noosa LGASALM
Unemployment (Dec-25)3%
YoY change-0.2pp
Dec-10Dec-25
Property investors · Postcode 4563ATO
Negatively geared4.3%
270 of filers
Avg rental loss$6,841/yr
Landlords (rental income)855
Reported capital gains729
People & prosperity
DemographicsCensus 21
Population148
Median age51
Household size2.6
HH income · wk$2,111
Personal income · wk$779
Persons / bedroom0.7
SEIFA indexABS
Advantage (IRSAD)9/10
Education (IEO)8/10
Economic (IER)10/10
Disadvantage (IRSD)9/10
Income momentumCensus 16→21
HH income · wk$1,771 → $2,111
Change+19.2%
vs QLD median+1.2 pp
Median rent+21.4%
stablevs QLD 2016–21
Area & amenity
Hospitals · Noosa LGAAIHW
Public0
Private3
Eden Private Hospitalprivate
Noosa Hospitalprivate
Noosa Surgical and Endoscopy Centreprivate
Aged care · Noosa LGAGEN
Facilities6
Residential places770
Estia Health Noosa180 places
Carramar Aged Care175 places
Ozcare Noosa Heads130 places
Sunrise Beach Aged Care102 places
Kabara Aged Care92 places
Arcare Noosa91 places
Childcare · Noosa LGAACECQA
Services28
Approved places1,596
Exceeding NQS8
AppleBerries Early Education Service Noosa150 places
St Thomas More Outside School Hours Care90 places
Jellybabies Early Learning Centre86 places
Pomona Kindergarten & Early Years Learning83 places
Tewantin State School P & C Out Of School Hours Care80 places
Goodstart Early Learning Noosaville75 places
+22 more in Noosa LGA
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Sources & freshness
Verify-heavy evidence

Much of Cooroy Mountain 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 Cooroy Mountain 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 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.

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

Read it as a direction-setter rather than a final answer: frame the locality, then verify with compare, stronger nearby suburbs, and the state hub.

Stronger nearby reads

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

Ringtail Creek most similar
similar rent profile similar suburb scale

pop +100 · rent -$147/wk

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

Noosa North Shore most similar
similar rent profile similar suburb scale

pop +100 · rent -$10/wk

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

Peregian Beach better covered
similar rent profile better market coverage

pop +4800 · adds house price coverage · rent -$10/wk

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

Cooroy Mountain FAQ

Common questions
  1. What LGA is Cooroy Mountain in?

    Cooroy Mountain is in the Noosa Local Government Area, QLD, postcode 4563. Council-level context for Noosa LGA (suburb mix, population, rent, and price coverage) is available on the QuickProperty LGA page.

  2. What is the typical weekly rent in Cooroy Mountain?

    The median weekly rent in Cooroy Mountain is $510/wk, based on ABS Census 2021 rent fallback.

  3. Is Cooroy Mountain a good investment?

    QuickProperty's investment signals for Cooroy Mountain 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 Cooroy Mountain?

    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 Cooroy Mountain 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.