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Emu Park is in Livingstone LGA, QLD, postcode 4710, with population 2,281.
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Price, rent, or affordability signals are lining up without a clear local red flag, and the broader demand backdrop is at least supportive. Treat this as a suburb worth comparing seriously, then stress-test it in the calculator before making a conviction call.
The local employment base leans toward healthcare and education. Local taxable income moved +4.6% year-on-year in the latest ATO series. QLD employment is up +0.9% year-on-year (+27K jobs) and +15.4% over five years in the official NERO dataset. Read this as a broader state jobs backdrop combined with local employment mix, not a suburb-only new-jobs count.
QLD has 32 Commonwealth-backed major projects under construction, 12 underway, and 50 in planning as at 2024-10-02. There is no matched local transport-stop count here, so read the infrastructure backdrop as broader state delivery context only. Read this as a state delivery backdrop, not a suburb-specific project list.
Emu Park is a smaller suburb in Queensland within the Livingstone local government area (postcode 4710). With a population of 2,281, the suburb has a mature demographic with a median age of 54. Households earn a median income of $62K per year, with an average household size of 2.3 people. 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 technicians & trades, professionals, community & personal service. Employment in the area leans toward healthcare and education. The top ancestries reported are English, Australian, Irish.
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Gross yield screens at about 5.3%. Entry price sits in the lower-cost range for a first-pass screen. Missing evidence to verify: Transport.
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Gross yield screens at about 5.3%. Entry price sits in the lower-cost range for a first-pass screen. Recent price movement shows visible market momentum.
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Emu Park is a smaller suburb in Queensland within the Livingstone local government area (postcode 4710). With a population of 2,281, the suburb has a mature demographic with a median age of 54. Households earn a median income of $62K per year, with an average household size of 2.3 people. 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 technicians & trades, professionals, community & personal service. Employment in the area leans toward healthcare and education. The top ancestries reported are English, Australian, Irish.
The median house price in Emu Park is $568,000, having surged 14.2% over the past year. Units have a median price of $400,000 (+12.8% YoY). The current median weekly rent is $580. This gives a gross rental yield of approximately 5.3%. The median monthly mortgage repayment is $1,517.
Emu Park is served by 1 school, including 1 primary. The average ICSEA score is 950, which is around the national average of 1,000. The crime rate in the Livingstone LGA is moderate at 4,056 incidents per 100,000 population.
From an investment perspective, Emu Park offers a gross rental yield of 5.3%, rated as high yield. Property prices sit below the state median ($568K/$1.1M), suggesting a potential value opportunity. The price-to-income ratio of 9.2x is considered moderate. House prices have moved +14.2% year-on-year.
Emu Park is a smaller suburb in Queensland within the Livingstone local government area (postcode 4710). With a population of 2,281, the suburb has a mature demographic with a median age of 54. Households earn a median income of $62K per year, with an average household size of 2.3 people. 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 technicians & trades, professionals, community & personal service. Employment in the area leans toward healthcare and education. The top ancestries reported are English, Australian, Irish.
The median house price in Emu Park is $568,000, having surged 14.2% over the past year. Units have a median price of $400,000 (+12.8% YoY). The current median weekly rent is $580. This gives a gross rental yield of approximately 5.3%. The median monthly mortgage repayment is $1,517.
Emu Park is served by 1 school, including 1 primary. The average ICSEA score is 950, which is around the national average of 1,000. The crime rate in the Livingstone LGA is moderate at 4,056 incidents per 100,000 population.
From an investment perspective, Emu Park offers a gross rental yield of 5.3%, rated as high yield. Property prices sit below the state median ($568K/$1.1M), suggesting a potential value opportunity. The price-to-income ratio of 9.2x is considered moderate. House prices have moved +14.2% year-on-year.