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Suburb profile ·Cook LGA · QLD ·4892

Holroyd River QLD 4892

Holroyd River is in Cook LGA, QLD, postcode 4892, with population 4.

Limited data

Thin-context

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What to check

The page is thin enough that nearby alternatives should be checked before shortlisting. Small local population makes the signal set more fragile.

Median house
No local house series
Median rent
No market rent dataset
Gross yield
Need rent + price
Population
4,876
5K via Cook LGA · SAL undercount
Schools
No matched school data
Drive to city
Not in commute dataset
Solar
75
7 added 12mo · 2MW

Price history

No price history available

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

Median mortgage · mth
Median rent · wk

Household income

$85K household · yr+6.1% vs QLD suburb median
Personal
$38K
Family
$85K
Household
$85K
Crime Year ending May 2026
11,146
11,146 per 100k
D9 vs AU

Crime

Rate · per 100k11,146
Total incidents11,146· Year ending May 2026
  • Assault4,46052%
  • Break And Enter6317%
  • Drug Offences2,11725%
  • Fraud1,30715%

Bushfire exposure

Severe exposure ~95.2%
~95.2% of the suburb is Bush Fire Prone Land

Estimated exposure to NSW RFS Bush Fire Prone Land (CC BY), point-sampled across the suburb. This shows how much of the suburb sits within the official hazard layer — it is not a Bushfire Attack Level (BAL) rating or a property-level assessment. Obtain a BAL assessment (AS 3959) for an individual property.

Population outlook

8,070 people · 20229,013 by 2032 (+11.7%)

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

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

Holroyd River is a small, quiet locality in Queensland within the Cook local government area (postcode 4892). The area has roughly 4 residents and a settled mid-life population, with a median age of 40. Households earn a median income of $85K per year, with an average household size of 4 people. Recent annual estimates show population movement staying broadly stable across the broader catchment, with population growth running at +1.1% 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 crime rate in the Cook LGA is higher than average at 11,146 incidents per 100,000 population.

From an investment perspective, Population growth of +1.1% 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+1.1%· Stable
Development+0%· Steady
InvestmentQLD
Mortgage · mth
Rent · wk(Census)
Population growth · Cook LGAABS ERP
Population (2025)4,876
5-year growth+1.3% CAGR
YoY change+1.1%
20012025
Development · Cook LGAABS Approvals
Approvals (2026)17
Houses17
YoY change+0%
Employment · Cook LGASALM
Unemployment (Dec-25)9.8%
YoY change-1.6pp
Mar-20Dec-25
Property investors · Postcode 4892ATO
Negatively geared2.3%
38 of filers
Avg rental loss$7,735/yr
Landlords (rental income)72
Reported capital gains18
People & prosperity
DemographicsCensus 21
Population4
Median age40
Household size4
HH income · wk$1,625
Personal income · wk$725
Persons / bedroom2
SEIFA indexABS
Advantage (IRSAD)5/10
Education (IEO)4/10
Economic (IER)2/10
Disadvantage (IRSD)4/10
Area & amenity
Hospitals · Cook LGAAIHW
Public1
Private0
Cooktown Hospitalpublic
Aged care · Cook LGAGEN
Facilities2
Residential places39
Hope Vale Aged Hostel20 places
Cooktown Multi-Purpose Service19 places
Childcare · Cook LGAACECQA
Services4
Approved places105
Exceeding NQS1
Barrier Reef Childcare37 places
George Bowen Memorial Kindergarten25 places
Cooktown Kindergarten23 places
Coen Kindergarten20 places
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Sources & freshness
Thin evidence

Holroyd River is a thin local read, not a complete suburb verdict.

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
No local rent source is linked yet.

Treat the rent field as missing until a market or plausible Census rent value is linked.

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 · No market rent source linked
stable source · manual file · snapshot · census-cycle
Missing
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 · 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 Holroyd River 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 school matches, hospital coverage, and transport stops.

The lighter areas here are school matches, hospital coverage, and transport stops, so a single-page read should carry less weight than usual.

BEST NEXT STEP
Use this page as a location clue, not a standalone investment verdict.

Check nearby suburbs, the state hub, and rankings for firmer comparables before making this a shortlist 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 Holroyd River feels too thin on its own, use these nearby suburbs as stronger local reads before making a shortlist decision.

Edward River most similar
similar suburb scale

pop same

Similar local read: useful for context, but still compare the actual market signals.

Starcke most similar
similar suburb scale

pop same

Similar local read: useful for context, but still compare the actual market signals.

Wenlock better covered
better market coverage

pop same · adds rent coverage · stronger market coverage

Better covered alternative: use this as the stronger reference point before judging the thin page.

Holroyd River FAQ

Common questions
  1. What LGA is Holroyd River in?

    Holroyd River is in the Cook Local Government Area, QLD, postcode 4892. Council-level context for Cook LGA (suburb mix, population, rent, and price coverage) is available on the QuickProperty LGA page.

  2. Is Holroyd River a good investment?

    QuickProperty's investment signals for Holroyd River show: Stable, Steady. These are computed from price, rent, income, and population data — not an opaque score.

  3. Where does QuickProperty get its data for Holroyd River?

    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.

  4. How often is the Holroyd River 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.