Eton is in Mackay LGA, QLD, postcode 4741, with population 728.
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Gross yield looks low for an income-first use case. Small local population makes the signal set more fragile.
Indicative cashflow is interest-only and excludes tax — use the calculator for a full projection.
Owners with a mortgage repay a median of $1,649/mo, while renters pay about $1,278/mo — owning runs $371/mo higher on these medians.
Eton (postcode 4741) is a small community in Queensland within the Mackay local government area. The area has roughly 728 residents and a mix of young professionals and families, with a median age of 37. Households earn a median income of $105K per year, with an average household size of 2.9 people. Recent annual estimates show population movement staying broadly stable across the broader catchment, with population growth running at +0.9% year-on-year at the LGA level. 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 machinery operators & drivers, technicians & trades, clerical & administrative. Employment in the area leans toward mining and retail trade. The top ancestries reported are Australian, English, Irish.
The median house price in Eton is $716,000, broadly unchanged over the past year. The median weekly rent is $295 (Census 2021). This gives a gross rental yield of approximately 2.1%. The median monthly mortgage repayment is $1,649.
Eton is served by 1 school, including 1 primary. The average ICSEA score is 931, which is below the national average of 1,000. The crime rate in the Mackay LGA is moderate at 6,570 incidents per 100,000 population.
Looking at the investment signals, Eton shows a gross rental yield of approximately 2.1%, rated as low yield. Property prices sit below the state median ($716K/$1.1M), which can point to relative value. The price-to-income ratio of 6.8x is considered moderate. House prices have moved +0.0% year-on-year. Population growth of +0.9% year-on-year points to stable demand fundamentals. Building approvals have changed +0% year-on-year, indicating steady development activity.
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There is enough direct local evidence on Eton for a first-pass decision.
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QVAS residential dwelling sales aggregated to SA2 and mapped to suburb pages
This gives you directional coverage, but it is weaker than a current rent release.
Schools, transport, and hospitals are useful as presence signals, but they still have different source cadences.
Eton is in the Mackay Local Government Area, QLD, postcode 4741. Council-level context for Mackay LGA (suburb mix, population, rent, and price coverage) is available on the QuickProperty LGA page.
The current median house price in Eton, QLD is $716K, based on the latest available sales data from state Valuers General offices and ABS Data by Region.
The median weekly rent in Eton is $295/wk, based on ABS Census 2021 rent fallback.
QuickProperty's investment signals for Eton show: Low Yield, Below Median, Moderate. These are computed from price, rent, income, and population data — not an opaque score.
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.
Property prices update quarterly. RBA macro indicators update with each deploy. Demographics are from Census 2021. School ICSEA scores are from ACARA 2025.