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Suburb profile ·Logan LGA · QLD ·4285

Kagaru QLD 4285

Kagaru is in Logan LGA, QLD, postcode 4285, with population 19.

Limited data

Thin-context

The page is still useful for local context, but the evidence stack is too thin for a clean one-page call. Use nearby stronger suburbs or compare mode before treating it as a serious shortlist decision.

Why it fits

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

What to check

Evidence depth is verify-heavy, so the profile should be treated as provisional. 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
$240/wk
Market rent signal
D4 vs AU
Gross yield
Need rent + price
Population
403,515
404K via Logan LGA · SAL undercount
Schools
No matched school data
Solar
6,863
449 added 12mo · 49MW

Price history

No price history available

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

Median mortgage · mth$8
Median rent · wk$240

Affordability

15%
median weekly rent as a share of gross household income (the 30% rule)
Manageable

Owners with a mortgage repay a median of $8/mo, while renters pay about $1,040/mo — renting runs $1,032/mo higher on these medians.

Household income · yr
$85K
Median rent · wk
$240
Owner mortgage · mo
$8

Household income

$85K household · yr+6.1% vs QLD suburb median
Personal
$40K
Family
$98K
Household
$85K
Crime Year ending Apr 2026
7,987
7,987 per 100k
D8 vs AU

Crime

Rate · per 100k7,987
Total incidents7,987· Year ending Apr 2026
  • Assault1,16333%
  • Break And Enter79322%
  • Drug Offences1,15533%
  • Fraud42212%

Full data detail

Kagaru QLD — Property Data and Demographics

Kagaru is a small, quiet locality in Queensland within the Logan local government area (postcode 4285). With a population of 19, the suburb has an older demographic with a median age of 62. Households earn a median income of $85K per year, with an average household size of 1.9 people. Recent annual estimates show population movement into the broader catchment, with population growth running at +3.1% 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 managers, labourers, clerical & administrative. Employment in the area leans toward agriculture and retail trade. The top ancestries reported are Australian, Irish, English.

The median weekly rent is $240 (Census 2021). The median monthly mortgage repayment is $8.

The crime rate in the Logan LGA is moderate at 7,987 incidents per 100,000 population.

From an investment perspective, Population growth of +3.1% 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+3.1% Strong Growth
Development+0%· Steady
InvestmentQLD
Mortgage · mth$8
Rent · wk(Census)$240
Population growth · Logan LGAABS ERP
Population (2025)403,515
5-year growth+3.3% CAGR
YoY change+3.1%
20012025
Development · Logan LGAABS Approvals
Approvals (2026)3,676
Houses2,653
Units1,023
YoY change+0%
Employment · Logan LGASALM
Unemployment (Dec-25)4.5%
YoY change-0.9pp
Dec-10Dec-25
Property investors · Postcode 4285ATO
Negatively geared511 (3.9% of filers)
Avg rental loss$6,499/yr
Landlords (rental income)1,140
Reported capital gains732
People & prosperity
DemographicsCensus 21
Population19
Median age62
Household size1.9
HH income · wk$1,625
Personal income · wk$769
Persons / bedroom0.6
SEIFA indexABS
Advantage (IRSAD)9/10
Education (IEO)2/10
Economic (IER)8/10
Disadvantage (IRSD)6/10
Top industriesCensus
Top ancestryCensus
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Sources & freshness
Verify-heavy evidence

Much of Kagaru 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 Apr 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 Kagaru 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 to understand the locality shape, then compare outward.

Begin here, but pressure-test the read in compare, against the state hub, or a bigger nearby suburb before deciding.

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

Chambers Flat better covered
similar rent profile better market coverage

pop +2700 · adds house price coverage · rent +$30/wk

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

Woodridge better covered
similar rent profile better market coverage

pop +13000 · adds house price coverage · rent +$40/wk

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

Logan Central better covered
similar rent profile better market coverage

pop +6200 · adds house price coverage · rent +$40/wk

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

Kagaru FAQ

Common questions
  1. What LGA is Kagaru in?

    Kagaru is in the Logan Local Government Area, QLD, postcode 4285. Council-level context for Logan LGA (suburb mix, population, rent, and price coverage) is available on the QuickProperty LGA page.

  2. What is the typical weekly rent in Kagaru?

    The median weekly rent in Kagaru is $240/wk, based on ABS Census 2021 rent fallback.

  3. Is Kagaru a good investment?

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

  4. Where does QuickProperty get its data for Kagaru?

    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 Kagaru 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.