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Suburb profile ·Banana LGA · QLD ·4719

Cracow QLD 4719

Cracow is in Banana LGA, QLD, postcode 4719, with population 114.

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.

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
$130/wk
Market rent signal
D1 vs AU
Gross yield
Need rent + price
Population
15,144
15K via Banana LGA · SAL undercount
Schools
No matched school data
Drive to city
Not in commute dataset
Solar
241
13 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$1,257
Median rent · wk$130
Investor profile

Who invests in Cracow

Owner-occupied 79%Rented 21%
Investor activityATO
Negatively geared4.3%
28 of 62 landlords
Avg rental loss$5,770/yr
Landlords (rental income)62
Reported capital gains62
The read

Owner-occupier stronghold

81% of homes here are owner-occupied and 22% rented, with 4% of landlords negatively geared.

Why it fits

81% 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

17%
median weekly rent as a share of gross household income (the 30% rule)
Manageable

Owners with a mortgage repay a median of $1,257/mo, while renters pay about $563/mo — owning runs $694/mo higher on these medians.

Household income · yr
$40K
Median rent · wk
$130
Owner mortgage · mo
$1,257

Household income

$40K household · yr-50.2% vs QLD suburb median
Personal
$51K
Family
$101K
Household
$40K

Housing stock and tenure

Tenure (37 households)
Owned outright
68%
Owned with mortgage
14%
Rented
22%
Dwelling structure26.9% of dwellings unoccupied on census night
Separate house
89%
Townhouse / semi
0%
Flat / apartment
0%

Getting to work: 37% drive, 8% public transport, 20% walk or cycle, 25% worked from home (2021 Census, taken during COVID-era work-from-home arrangements).

Crime Year ending May 2026
5,088
5,088 per 100k
D7 vs AU

Crime

Rate · per 100k5,088
Total incidents5,088· Year ending May 2026
  • Assault1,04232%
  • Break And Enter82525%
  • Drug Offences1,11534%
  • Fraud2829%

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

Severe broad-area context

About 72.0% 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

Severe exposure ~72.0%
~72.0% of the suburb is Bush Fire Prone Land · ~6.3% 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

8,991 people · 20228,647 by 2032 (-3.8%)

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

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

Cracow (postcode 4719) is a quiet locality in Queensland within the Banana local government area. The area has roughly 114 residents and a settled, mature resident base, with a median age of 54. Households earn a median income of $40K per year, with an average household size of 1.8 people. Recent annual estimates show population movement staying broadly stable across the broader catchment, with population growth running at +0.7% 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 technicians & trades, managers, labourers. Employment in the area leans toward agriculture and mining. The top ancestries reported are English, Australian, Scottish.

The median weekly rent is $130 (Census 2021). The median monthly mortgage repayment is $1,257.

The crime rate in the Banana LGA is moderate at 5,088 incidents per 100,000 population.

On the investment side, Population growth of +0.7% 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+0.7%· Stable
Development+0%· Steady
InvestmentQLD
Mortgage · mth$1,257
Rent · wk(Census)$130
Population growth · Banana LGAABS ERP
Population (2025)15,144
5-year growth+0.8% CAGR
YoY change+0.7%
20012025
Development · Banana LGAABS Approvals
Approvals (2026)28
Houses28
YoY change+0%
Employment · Banana LGASALM
Unemployment (Dec-25)2.9%
YoY change-0.5pp
Dec-10Dec-25
Property investors · Postcode 4719ATO
Negatively geared4.3%
28 of filers
Avg rental loss$5,770/yr
Landlords (rental income)62
Reported capital gains62
People & prosperity
DemographicsCensus 21
Population114
Median age54
Household size1.8
HH income · wk$762
Personal income · wk$979
Persons / bedroom0.7
SEIFA indexABS
Advantage (IRSAD)5/10
Education (IEO)5/10
Economic (IER)2/10
Disadvantage (IRSD)5/10
Income momentumCensus 16→21
HH income · wk$687 → $762
Change+10.9%
vs QLD median-7.1 pp
Median rent+39.8%
softeningvs QLD 2016–21
Area & amenity
Hospitals · Banana LGAAIHW
Public5
Private0
Baralaba Hospitalpublic
Biloela Hospitalpublic
Moura Hospitalpublic
Taroom Hospitalpublic
Theodore Hospitalpublic
Aged care · Banana LGAGEN
Facilities5
Residential places118
Lutheran Services - Wahroonga65 places
Southern Cross Care Taroom - Leichhardt Villa29 places
Theodore Multi-Purpose Service19 places
Baralaba Multi-Purpose Service4 places
Moura Multi-Purpose Service1 places
Childcare · Banana LGAACECQA
Services12
Approved places365
Exceeding NQS4
Biloela Early Learning Centre and Child Care75 places
PCYC Redeemer Fun Squad45 places
C&K Biloela Community Childcare Centre42 places
Taroom Kindergarten42 places
Nurture Early Learning28 places
Moura Community Kindergarten25 places
+6 more in Banana LGA
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Sources & freshness
Verify-heavy evidence

Cracow 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 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 Cracow 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.

Coverage is thinner on school matches, hospital coverage, and transport stops; lean less on this one page and confirm those gaps elsewhere.

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

Begin here, but pressure-test the read in compare, against the state hub, or a bigger nearby suburb before deciding.

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

This page is useful for direction-setting, not closure. Use it to frame the locality, then confirm the story with compare, stronger nearby suburbs, and the state hub.

Stronger nearby reads

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

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pop same · rent +$20/wk

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pop same · rent +$35/wk

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

Cracow FAQ

Common questions
  1. What LGA is Cracow in?

    Cracow is in the Banana Local Government Area, QLD, postcode 4719. Council-level context for Banana LGA (suburb mix, population, rent, and price coverage) is available on the QuickProperty LGA page.

  2. What is the typical weekly rent in Cracow?

    The median weekly rent in Cracow is $130/wk, based on ABS Census 2021 rent fallback.

  3. Is Cracow a good investment?

    QuickProperty's investment signals for Cracow 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 Cracow?

    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 Cracow 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.