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Hidden Valley QLD 4703

Hidden Valley is in Livingstone LGA, QLD, postcode 4703, with population 879.

The read

Growth-momentum

The page has enough signal to be useful, but the story is mixed rather than decisive. Use compare mode to pressure-test it against stronger nearby options, then use the calculator if it still makes the shortlist.

$650/wk
Rising
+8.3% YoY
Sep 2020 → Mar 2026 · 20 periods
Queensland RTA · suburb grain · Mar 2026
$650
$380
Sep 2020Mar 2026
Why it fits

Population movement supports a growth-led read. Higher SEIFA context supports a stronger local-quality read.

What to check

Small local population makes the signal set more fragile.

Median house
No local house series
Median rent
$650/wk
Rent context available
8.3%YoY D10 vs AU
Gross yield
Need rent + price
Population
879
879 local footprint
D8 vs AU
Schools
No matched school data
Drive to city
Not in commute dataset
Solar
7,044
406 added 12mo · 43MW

Price history

No price history available

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

Median mortgage · mth$1,806
Median rent · wk$428

Trend & investor depth

Rent stabilitytypical — rents vary ±7.5% around trend

Indicative cashflow is interest-only and excludes tax — use the calculator for a full projection. Turnover divides recorded sales by an estimated household count (population over average household size).

Investor profile

Who invests in Hidden Valley

Owner-occupied 58%Rented 42%
Investor activityATO
Negatively geared5.2%
816 of 1,830 landlords
Avg rental loss$6,210/yr
Landlords (rental income)1,830
Reported capital gains1,433
The read

Mixed owner-renter market

57% of homes here are owner-occupied and 42% rented, with 5% of landlords negatively geared.

Why it fits

A balanced 57% owner-occupier / 42% 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

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

Owners with a mortgage repay a median of $1,806/mo, while renters pay about $2,817/mo — renting runs $1,011/mo higher on these medians.

Household income · yr
$111K
Median rent · wk
$650
Owner mortgage · mo
$1,806

Household income

$111K household · yr+39.6% vs QLD suburb median
Personal
$50K
Family
$118K
Household
$111K
Household income distribution (ABS Census 2021 · weekly)
Under $300
7
$300-649
7
$650-999
29
$1,000-1,499
33
$1,500-1,999
27
$2,000-2,999
66
$3,000-3,999
28
$4,000+
24

At the median asking rent, about 52% of households here would spend more than 30% of income on rent (rent stress line: $2,167/wk income).

Housing stock and tenure

Tenure (253 households)
Owned outright
22%
Owned with mortgage
35%
Rented
42%
Dwelling structure11.3% of dwellings unoccupied on census night
Separate house
93%
Townhouse / semi
8%
Flat / apartment
0%

Getting to work: 81% drive, 1% public transport, 1% walk or cycle, 10% worked from home (2021 Census, taken during COVID-era work-from-home arrangements).

Livability

18/ 100 livability index

Top 82% most liveable of 4,565Australian suburbs.

Peer distributionstronger than 18% of Australian suburbs
WeakerTypicalStronger
Everyday access32
Public transport0
Schools & hospitals25

Bar = this suburb's percentile · tick = typical (median) peer

Suburb-level access-density index (not an address-level walk-time score), normalised within Australian suburbs. Method based on the Urban Liveability Index (Higgs et al. 2019) and Walk Score — three equal-weighted domains combined with an imbalance penalty.

Crime Year ending May 2026
4,149
4,149 per 100k
D6 vs AU

Crime

Rate · per 100k4,149
Total incidents4,149· Year ending May 2026
  • Assault95538%
  • Break And Enter38415%
  • Drug Offences86635%
  • Fraud28712%

Population outlook

21,178 people · 202224,241 by 2032 (+14.5%)

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

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

Located in Queensland within the Livingstone local government area, Hidden Valley is a small community (postcode 4703). With a population of 879, the suburb has a mix of young professionals and families with a median age of 33. Households earn a median income of $111K 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 construction and healthcare. The top ancestries reported are English, Australian, Irish.

The current median weekly rent is $650. The median monthly mortgage repayment is $1,806.

Healthcare facilities include 1 public hospital. The crime rate in the Livingstone LGA is moderate at 4,149 incidents per 100,000 population.

From an investment perspective, 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.

Market & money
Investment signalsHeuristics
Pop. Growth+2.1% Strong Growth
Development+0%· Steady
InvestmentQLD
Mortgage · mth$1,806
Rent · wk(Census)$428
Market rent · wk(Q1 2026)$650
Population growth · Livingstone LGAABS ERP
Population (2025)43,668
5-year growth+2.2% CAGR
YoY change+2.1%
20012025
Development · Livingstone LGAABS Approvals
Approvals (2026)193
Houses 84%Units 16%
YoY change+0%
Employment · Livingstone LGASALM
Unemployment (Dec-25)2.3%
YoY change-0.6pp
Dec-10Dec-25
Property investors · Postcode 4703ATO
Negatively geared5.2%
816 of filers
Avg rental loss$6,210/yr
Landlords (rental income)1,830
Reported capital gains1,433
People & prosperity
DemographicsCensus 21
Population879
Median age33
Household size2.8
HH income · wk$2,137
Personal income · wk$952
Persons / bedroom0.8
SEIFA indexABS
Advantage (IRSAD)7/10
Education (IEO)3/10
Economic (IER)7/10
Disadvantage (IRSD)6/10
Income momentumCensus 16→21
HH income · wk$1,542 → $2,137
Change+38.6%
vs QLD median+20.6 pp
Median rent+15.7%
gentrifyingvs QLD 2016–21
Area & amenity
Local amenitiesOSM
Supermarkets0
Pharmacies0
GP / clinics0
Fuel stations2
Cafes & dining3
Hospitals · Livingstone LGAAIHW
Public1
Private0
Capricorn Coast Hospitalpublic · in suburb
Aged care · Livingstone LGAGEN
Facilities3
Residential places252
Bolton Clarke Sunset Ridge120 places
Blue Care Capricorn Aged Care Facility66 places
Capricorn Adventist Retirement Village66 places
Childcare · Livingstone LGAACECQA
Services15
Approved places1,260
Exceeding NQS5
Coastal Kids Yeppoon199 places
Taranganba Early Learning191 places
Skippy's Early Learning Yeppoon129 places
Cedar Avenue Early Learning114 places
Coastal Kids Kindergarten100 places
Coastal Kids Childcare96 places
+9 more in Livingstone LGA
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Sources & freshness
Strong evidence

Hidden Valley has enough direct local evidence for a first-pass 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 using a state market dataset when available.

Use current rent as a starting signal, not as a fixed underwriting truth.

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
Queensland RTA · Q1 2026 · State market dataset
medium stability · automated · every update · quarterly
Available
Crime
State crime dataset · Year ending May 2026 · Area-level release dataset
Available
Schools
ACARA 2025 · No local school matches exposed
stable source · automated · every update · annual
Missing
Hospitals
AIHW · 1 hospitals matched
medium stability · manual file · snapshot · mixed
Available
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.

Hidden Valley FAQ

Common questions
  1. What LGA is Hidden Valley in?

    Hidden Valley is in the Livingstone Local Government Area, QLD, postcode 4703. Council-level context for Livingstone LGA (suburb mix, population, rent, and price coverage) is available on the QuickProperty LGA page.

  2. What is the typical weekly rent in Hidden Valley?

    The median weekly rent in Hidden Valley is $650/wk, based on the current market rent dataset. The current rent signal is rent context available.

  3. What does the rent signal say about Hidden Valley?

    Rent context available: Hidden Valley has usable rent context. Use this as a suburb screening signal before comparing candidates or modelling a purchase; the matching rent ranking can provide broader market context.

  4. Is Hidden Valley a good investment?

    QuickProperty's investment signals for Hidden Valley show: Strong Growth, Steady. These are computed from price, rent, income, and population data — not an opaque score.

  5. Where does QuickProperty get its data for Hidden Valley?

    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.

  6. How often is the Hidden Valley 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.