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Suburb profile ·Etheridge LGA · QLD ·4871

Einasleigh QLD 4871

Einasleigh is in Etheridge LGA, QLD, postcode 4871, with population 87.

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
$150/wk
Market rent signal
D2 vs AU
Gross yield
Need rent + price
Population
87
87 local footprint
D4 vs AU
Schools
No matched school data
Drive to city
Not in commute dataset
Solar
2,038
140 added 12mo · 17MW

Price history

No price history available

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

Median mortgage · mth
Median rent · wk$150
Investor profile

Who invests in Einasleigh

Owner-occupied 89%Rented 11%
Investor activityATO
Negatively geared3.6%
219 of 633 landlords
Avg rental loss$5,356/yr
Landlords (rental income)633
Reported capital gains427
The read

Owner-occupier stronghold

74% of homes here are owner-occupied and 9% rented, with 4% of landlords negatively geared.

Why it fits

74% 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

13%
median weekly rent as a share of gross household income (the 30% rule)
Manageable
Household income · yr
$60K
Median rent · wk
$150

Household income

$60K household · yr-24.5% vs QLD suburb median
Personal
$38K
Family
$67K
Household
$60K

Housing stock and tenure

Tenure (34 households)
Owned outright
59%
Owned with mortgage
15%
Rented
9%
Dwelling structure9.8% of dwellings unoccupied on census night
Separate house
62%
Townhouse / semi
0%
Flat / apartment
0%

Getting to work: 26% drive, 0% public transport, 26% walk or cycle, 39% worked from home (2021 Census, taken during COVID-era work-from-home arrangements).

Crime Year ending May 2026
4,941
4,941 per 100k
D7 vs AU

Crime

Rate · per 100k4,941
Total incidents4,941· Year ending May 2026
  • Assault54917%
  • Break And Enter68521%
  • Drug Offences1,78454%
  • Fraud2748%

Bushfire exposure

Severe exposure ~95.6%
~95.6% of the suburb is Bush Fire Prone Land · ~1.7% 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

988 people · 2022959 by 2032 (-2.9%)

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

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

Einasleigh (postcode 4871) is a sparsely populated locality in Queensland within the Etheridge local government area. With a population of 87, the suburb has a settled, mature resident base with a median age of 47. Households earn a median income of $60K per year, with an average household size of 2.1 people. Recent annual estimates show population movement staying broadly stable across the broader catchment, with population growth running at +0.8% year-on-year at the LGA level. QLD employment has moved +1.4% 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, labourers, professionals. Employment in the area leans toward agriculture and utilities. The top ancestries reported are Australian, English, Irish.

The median weekly rent is $150 (Census 2021).

The crime rate in the Etheridge LGA is moderate at 4,941 incidents per 100,000 population.

Looking at the investment signals, Population growth of +0.8% 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+0.8%· Stable
Development+0%· Steady
InvestmentQLD
Mortgage · mth
Rent · wk(Census)$150
Population growth · Etheridge LGAABS ERP
Population (2025)727
5-year growth-0.1% CAGR
YoY change+0.8%
20012025
Development · Etheridge LGAABS Approvals
Approvals (2026)1
Houses1
YoY change+0%
Employment · Etheridge LGASALM
Unemployment (Dec-25)2.8%
YoY change+0.3pp
Dec-10Dec-25
Property investors · Postcode 4871ATO
Negatively geared3.6%
219 of filers
Avg rental loss$5,356/yr
Landlords (rental income)633
Reported capital gains427
People & prosperity
DemographicsCensus 21
Population87
Median age47
Household size2.1
HH income · wk$1,156
Personal income · wk$725
Persons / bedroom0.9
SEIFA indexABS
Advantage (IRSAD)3/10
Education (IEO)4/10
Economic (IER)2/10
Disadvantage (IRSD)3/10
Income momentumCensus 16→21
HH income · wk$762 → $1,156
Change+51.7%
vs QLD median+33.7 pp
gentrifyingvs QLD 2016–21
Area & amenity
Childcare · Etheridge LGAACECQA
Services2
Approved places27
Exceeding NQS0
Little Gems Children's Centre17 places
Georgetown State School Kindergarten10 places
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Sources & freshness
Verify-heavy evidence

Einasleigh 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 Einasleigh 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 lighter areas here are school matches, 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.

Start here for context, then open compare, the state hub, or larger nearby suburbs before treating this as a complete 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 Einasleigh feels too thin on its own, use these nearby suburbs as stronger local reads before making a shortlist decision.

Mount Surprise most similar
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pop +100 · rent same $

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

Forsayth most similar
similar rent profile similar suburb scale

pop same · rent -$62/wk

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

Georgetown most similar
similar rent profile

pop +200 · rent +$50/wk

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

Einasleigh FAQ

Common questions
  1. What LGA is Einasleigh in?

    Einasleigh is in the Etheridge Local Government Area, QLD, postcode 4871. Council-level context for Etheridge LGA (suburb mix, population, rent, and price coverage) is available on the QuickProperty LGA page.

  2. What is the typical weekly rent in Einasleigh?

    The median weekly rent in Einasleigh is $150/wk, based on ABS Census 2021 rent fallback.

  3. Is Einasleigh a good investment?

    QuickProperty's investment signals for Einasleigh 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 Einasleigh?

    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 Einasleigh 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.