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Suburb profile ·Charters Towers LGA · QLD ·4816

Greenvale QLD 4816

Greenvale is in Charters Towers LGA, QLD, postcode 4816, with population 192.

Limited data

Thin-context

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What to check

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Median house
No local house series
Median rent
$144/wk
Market rent signal
D1 vs AU
Gross yield
Need rent + price
Population
12,088
12K via Charters Towers LGA · SAL undercount
Schools
1
Matched school context
D1 vs AU
Drive to city
Not in commute dataset
Solar
2,938
240 added 12mo · 21MW

Price history

No price history available

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

Median mortgage · mth$509
Median rent · wk$144
Investor profile

Who invests in Greenvale

Owner-occupied 72%Rented 28%
Investor activityATO
Negatively geared5.9%
317 of 624 landlords
Avg rental loss$6,537/yr
Landlords (rental income)624
Reported capital gains374
The read

Mixed owner-renter market

55% of homes here are owner-occupied and 22% rented, with 6% of landlords negatively geared.

Why it fits

A balanced 55% owner-occupier / 22% renter mix.

ABS Census 2021 tenure (G37), ATO postcode rental statistics, and QuickProperty's investor-exposure index. Owner-occupied = owned outright + with a mortgage.

Affordability

22%
median weekly rent as a share of gross household income (the 30% rule)
Manageable

Owners with a mortgage repay a median of $509/mo, while renters pay about $624/mo — renting runs $115/mo higher on these medians.

Household income · yr
$35K
Median rent · wk
$144
Owner mortgage · mo
$509

Household income

$35K household · yr-56.6% vs QLD suburb median
Personal
$25K
Family
$53K
Household
$35K
Household income distribution (ABS Census 2021 · weekly)
Under $300
7
$300-649
25
$650-999
9
$1,000-1,499
10
$1,500-1,999
6
$2,000-2,999
0
$3,000-3,999
4
$4,000+
3

At the median asking rent, about 39% of households here would spend more than 30% of income on rent (rent stress line: $480/wk income).

Housing stock and tenure

Tenure (65 households)
Owned outright
48%
Owned with mortgage
8%
Rented
22%
Dwelling structure38.0% of dwellings unoccupied on census night
Separate house
77%
Townhouse / semi
8%
Flat / apartment
6%

Getting to work: 38% drive, 0% public transport, 29% walk or cycle, 27% worked from home (2021 Census, taken during COVID-era work-from-home arrangements).

Schools

Total1
Avg ICSEA851
Students12
Government1
  • Greenvale State SchoolPrimary · Government · ICSEA 851
Crime Year ending May 2026
8,151
8,151 per 100k
D8 vs AU

Crime

Rate · per 100k8,151
Total incidents8,151· Year ending May 2026
  • Assault2,32533%
  • Break And Enter6299%
  • Drug Offences2,64838%
  • Fraud1,43820%

Population outlook

3,807 people · 20223,773 by 2032 (-0.9%)

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

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

Greenvale (postcode 4816) is a quiet locality in Queensland within the Charters Towers local government area. With a population of 192, the suburb has a predominantly older resident base with a median age of 58. Households earn a median income of $35K per year, with an average household size of 2.3 people. Recent annual estimates show population movement staying broadly stable across the broader catchment, with population growth running at +0.5% 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 labourers, managers, machinery operators & drivers. Employment in the area leans toward agriculture and education. The top ancestries reported are English, Australian, Irish.

The median weekly rent is $144 (Census 2021). The median monthly mortgage repayment is $509.

Greenvale is served by 1 school, including 1 primary. The average ICSEA score is 851, which is well below the national average of 1,000. The crime rate in the Charters Towers LGA is higher than average at 8,151 incidents per 100,000 population.

Looking at the investment signals, Population growth of +0.5% 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+0.5%· Stable
Development+0%· Steady
InvestmentQLD
Mortgage · mth$509
Rent · wk(Census)$144
Population growth · Charters Towers LGAABS ERP
Population (2025)12,088
5-year growth+0.3% CAGR
YoY change+0.5%
20012025
Development · Charters Towers LGAABS Approvals
Approvals (2026)22
Houses22
YoY change+0%
Employment · Charters Towers LGASALM
Unemployment (Dec-25)6.5%
YoY change+1.3pp
Dec-10Dec-25
Property investors · Postcode 4816ATO
Negatively geared5.9%
317 of filers
Avg rental loss$6,537/yr
Landlords (rental income)624
Reported capital gains374
People & prosperity
DemographicsCensus 21
Population192
Median age58
Household size2.3
HH income · wk$664
Personal income · wk$490
Persons / bedroom0.7
SEIFA indexABS
Advantage (IRSAD)1/10
Education (IEO)1/10
Economic (IER)2/10
Disadvantage (IRSD)1/10
Income momentumCensus 16→21
HH income · wk$833 → $664
Change-20.3%
vs QLD median-38.3 pp
softeningvs QLD 2016–21
Area & amenity
Local amenitiesOSM
Supermarkets0
Pharmacies0
GP / clinics1
Fuel stations1
Cafes & dining2
Hospitals · Charters Towers LGAAIHW
Public2
Private0
Charters Towers Hospitalpublic
Charters Towers Rehabilitation Unitpublic
Aged care · Charters Towers LGAGEN
Facilities2
Residential places199
Eventide Charters Towers110 places
Dalrymple Villa89 places
Childcare · Charters Towers LGAACECQA
Services4
Approved places196
Exceeding NQS0
Gro Early Learning90 places
Columba Catholic Kindergarten56 places
Richmond Hill State School P & C Association40 places
Pentland State School Kindergarten10 places
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Sources & freshness
Verify-heavy evidence

Much of Greenvale rests 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 · 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.
Sparse locality note

This page stays indexable because Greenvale 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 hospital coverage and transport stops.

The main gaps on this page are hospital coverage and transport stops. That narrows how much confidence you should place on a single-page read.

BEST NEXT STEP
Use this page to understand the locality shape, then compare outward.

Use it for context first, then move to compare, the state hub, or a larger nearby suburb before calling it a full 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

Use this page to set direction, not to close a decision — frame the locality here, then confirm with compare, stronger nearby suburbs, and the state hub.

Stronger nearby reads

If Greenvale feels too thin on its own, use these nearby suburbs as stronger local reads before making a shortlist decision.

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Greenvale FAQ

Common questions
  1. What LGA is Greenvale in?

    Greenvale is in the Charters Towers Local Government Area, QLD, postcode 4816. Council-level context for Charters Towers LGA (suburb mix, population, rent, and price coverage) is available on the QuickProperty LGA page.

  2. What is the typical weekly rent in Greenvale?

    The median weekly rent in Greenvale is $144/wk, based on ABS Census 2021 rent fallback.

  3. Is Greenvale a good investment?

    QuickProperty's investment signals for Greenvale 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 Greenvale?

    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 Greenvale 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.