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Suburb profile ·Cassowary Coast LGA · QLD ·4854

Dingo Pocket QLD 4854

Dingo Pocket is in Cassowary Coast LGA, QLD, postcode 4854, with population 79.

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
$130/wk
Market rent signal
D1 vs AU
Gross yield
Need rent + price
Population
30,666
31K via Cassowary Coast LGA · SAL undercount
Schools
No matched school data
Drive to city
Not in commute dataset
Solar
1,114
75 added 12mo · 10MW

Price history

No price history available

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

Median mortgage · mth$1,733
Median rent · wk$130

Affordability

7%
median weekly rent as a share of gross household income (the 30% rule)
Manageable

Owners with a mortgage repay a median of $1,733/mo, while renters pay about $563/mo — owning runs $1,170/mo higher on these medians.

Household income · yr
$101K
Median rent · wk
$130
Owner mortgage · mo
$1,733

Household income

$101K household · yr+26.5% vs QLD suburb median
Personal
$37K
Family
$73K
Household
$101K
Crime Year ending May 2026
5,853
5,853 per 100k
D7 vs AU

Crime

Rate · per 100k5,853
Total incidents5,853· Year ending May 2026
  • Assault1,39031%
  • Break And Enter58013%
  • Drug Offences2,06346%
  • Fraud4179%

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 42.2% 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

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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

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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 ~42.2%
~42.2% of the suburb is Bush Fire Prone Land · ~4.4% 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

11,243 people · 202212,441 by 2032 (+10.7%)

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

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

Dingo Pocket (postcode 4854) is a small, quiet locality in Queensland within the Cassowary Coast local government area. The area has roughly 79 residents and a settled, mature resident base, with a median age of 52. Households earn a median income of $101K per year, with an average household size of 3 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 +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 labourers, managers, technicians & trades. Employment in the area leans toward agriculture and retail trade. The top ancestries reported are Australian, English, Italian.

The median weekly rent is $130 (Census 2021). The median monthly mortgage repayment is $1,733.

The crime rate in the Cassowary Coast LGA is moderate at 5,853 incidents per 100,000 population.

From an investment perspective, 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.

Market & money
Investment signalsHeuristics
Pop. Growth+1.0%· Stable
Development+0%· Steady
InvestmentQLD
Mortgage · mth$1,733
Rent · wk(Census)$130
Population growth · Cassowary Coast LGAABS ERP
Population (2025)30,666
5-year growth+0.7% CAGR
YoY change+1%
20012025
Development · Cassowary Coast LGAABS Approvals
Approvals (2026)169
Houses 71%Units 29%
YoY change+0%
Employment · Cassowary Coast LGASALM
Unemployment (Dec-25)7.2%
YoY change+3pp
Dec-10Dec-25
Property investors · Postcode 4854ATO
Negatively geared3.9%
133 of filers
Avg rental loss$4,840/yr
Landlords (rental income)326
Reported capital gains227
People & prosperity
DemographicsCensus 21
Population79
Median age52
Household size3
HH income · wk$1,937
Personal income · wk$706
Persons / bedroom1
SEIFA indexABS
Advantage (IRSAD)3/10
Education (IEO)2/10
Economic (IER)5/10
Disadvantage (IRSD)3/10
Income momentumCensus 16→21
HH income · wk$1,812 → $1,937
Change+6.9%
vs QLD median-11.1 pp
Median rent-50.6%
softeningvs QLD 2016–21
Area & amenity
Hospitals · Cassowary Coast LGAAIHW
Public2
Private0
Innisfail Hospitalpublic
Tully Hospitalpublic
Aged care · Cassowary Coast LGAGEN
Facilities3
Residential places294
Ozcare Innisfail160 places
Tully & District Nursing Home72 places
Churches of Christ Rockingham Aged Care Service62 places
Childcare · Cassowary Coast LGAACECQA
Services13
Approved places528
Exceeding NQS2
Community Kids Innisfail Early Education Centre75 places
Goodstart Early Learning South Innisfail - Mourilyan Road58 places
Goodstart Early Learning Innisfail57 places
Bright Horizons Australia Childcare Wongaling45 places
Cardwell Early Learning45 places
Discoveries Child Care45 places
+7 more in Cassowary Coast LGA
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Sources & freshness
Verify-heavy evidence

Dingo Pocket 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 Dingo Pocket 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.

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

Bamboo Creek most similar
similar rent profile similar suburb scale

pop same · rent -$30/wk

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

Nerada most similar
similar rent profile similar suburb scale

pop same · rent +$45/wk

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

Lower Tully most similar
similar rent profile similar suburb scale

pop same · rent +$70/wk

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

Dingo Pocket FAQ

Common questions
  1. What LGA is Dingo Pocket in?

    Dingo Pocket is in the Cassowary Coast Local Government Area, QLD, postcode 4854. Council-level context for Cassowary Coast LGA (suburb mix, population, rent, and price coverage) is available on the QuickProperty LGA page.

  2. What is the typical weekly rent in Dingo Pocket?

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

  3. Is Dingo Pocket a good investment?

    QuickProperty's investment signals for Dingo Pocket 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 Dingo Pocket?

    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 Dingo Pocket 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.