Etna Creek is a close-knit residential community in Queensland within the Livingstone local government area (postcode 4702). With a population of 1,029, the suburb has a mix of young professionals and families with a median age of 35. Households earn a median income of $98K per year, with an average household size of 2.8 people. Recent annual estimates show population movement into the broader catchment, with population growth running at +2.1% 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 technicians & trades, professionals, machinery operators & drivers. Employment in the area leans toward manufacturing and agriculture. The top ancestries reported are Australian, English, Irish.
The median weekly rent is $200 (Census 2021). The median monthly mortgage repayment is $1,733.
The crime rate in the Livingstone LGA is moderate at 4,149 incidents per 100,000 population.
Looking at the investment signals, Population growth of +2.1% year-on-year points to strong growth demand fundamentals. Building approvals have changed +0% year-on-year, indicating steady development activity.