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Suburb profile ·Mackay LGA · QLD ·4756

Finch Hatton QLD 4756

Finch Hatton is in Mackay LGA, QLD, postcode 4756, with population 531.

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Evidence depth is verify-heavy, so the profile should be treated as provisional. Small local population makes the signal set more fragile.

Median house
No local house series
Median rent
$250/wk
Market rent signal
D5 vs AU
Gross yield
Need rent + price
Population
531
531 local footprint
D7 vs AU
Schools
1
Matched school context
D1 vs AU
Solar
139
11 added 12mo · 1MW

Price history

No price history available

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

Median mortgage · mth$1,415
Median rent · wk$250

Affordability

20%
median weekly rent as a share of gross household income (the 30% rule)
Manageable

Owners with a mortgage repay a median of $1,415/mo, while renters pay about $1,083/mo — owning runs $332/mo higher on these medians.

Household income · yr
$67K
Median rent · wk
$250
Owner mortgage · mo
$1,415

Household income

$67K household · yr-16.5% vs QLD suburb median
Personal
$35K
Family
$92K
Household
$67K

Schools

Total1
Avg ICSEA931
Students32
Government1
  • Finch Hatton State SchoolPrimary · Government · ICSEA 931
Crime Year ending Apr 2026
6,570
6,570 per 100k
D8 vs AU

Crime

Rate · per 100k6,570
Total incidents6,570· Year ending Apr 2026
  • Assault1,23432%
  • Break And Enter70018%
  • Drug Offences1,59842%
  • Fraud2657%

Full data detail

Finch Hatton QLD — Property Data and Demographics

Finch Hatton (postcode 4756) is a small locality in Queensland within the Mackay local government area. With a population of 531, the suburb has a settled, mature resident base with a median age of 48. Households earn a median income of $67K per year, with an average household size of 2.2 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 technicians & trades, managers, machinery operators & drivers. Employment in the area leans toward agriculture and manufacturing. The top ancestries reported are English, Australian, Irish.

The median weekly rent is $250 (Census 2021). The median monthly mortgage repayment is $1,415.

Finch Hatton 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, 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.

Market & money
Investment signalsHeuristics
Pop. Growth+0.9%· Stable
Development+0%· Steady
InvestmentQLD
Mortgage · mth$1,415
Rent · wk(Census)$250
Population growth · Mackay LGAABS ERP
Population (2025)129,253
5-year growth+1.3% CAGR
YoY change+0.9%
20012025
Development · Mackay LGAABS Approvals
Approvals (2026)438
Houses402
Units36
YoY change+0%
Employment · Mackay LGASALM
Unemployment (Dec-25)2.8%
YoY change+0.4pp
Dec-10Dec-25
Property investors · Postcode 4756ATO
Negatively geared17 (4.1% of filers)
Avg rental loss$4,173/yr
Landlords (rental income)41
Reported capital gains32
People & prosperity
DemographicsCensus 21
Population531
Median age48
Household size2.2
HH income · wk$1,279
Personal income · wk$669
Persons / bedroom0.9
SEIFA indexABS
Advantage (IRSAD)3/10
Education (IEO)2/10
Economic (IER)2/10
Disadvantage (IRSD)2/10
Area & amenity
Local amenitiesOSM
Supermarkets1
Pharmacies0
GP / clinics0
Fuel stations0
Cafes & dining1
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Sources & freshness
Verify-heavy evidence

Finch Hatton depends 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 Apr 2026 · Area-level release dataset
Available
Schools
ACARA 2025 · 1 schools matched
stable source · automated · every update · annual
Available
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.

Finch Hatton FAQ

Common questions
  1. What LGA is Finch Hatton in?

    Finch Hatton is in the Mackay Local Government Area, QLD, postcode 4756. Council-level context for Mackay LGA (suburb mix, population, rent, and price coverage) is available on the QuickProperty LGA page.

  2. What is the typical weekly rent in Finch Hatton?

    The median weekly rent in Finch Hatton is $250/wk, based on ABS Census 2021 rent fallback.

  3. Is Finch Hatton a good investment?

    QuickProperty's investment signals for Finch Hatton 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 Finch Hatton?

    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 Finch Hatton 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.