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Suburb profile ·Redland LGA · QLD ·4184

Karragarra Island QLD 4184

Karragarra Island is in Redland LGA, QLD, postcode 4184, with population 240.

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.

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
$268/wk
Market rent signal
D5 vs AU
Gross yield
Need rent + price
Population
172,831
173K via Redland LGA · SAL undercount
Schools
No matched school data
Solar
3,551
238 added 12mo · 18MW

Price history

No price history available

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

Median mortgage · mth$867
Median rent · wk$268

Affordability

31%
median weekly rent as a share of gross household income (the 30% rule)
Stretched

Owners with a mortgage repay a median of $867/mo, while renters pay about $1,161/mo — renting runs $294/mo higher on these medians.

Household income · yr
$45K
Median rent · wk
$268
Owner mortgage · mo
$867

Household income

$45K household · yr-43% vs QLD suburb median
Personal
$25K
Family
$60K
Household
$45K
Crime Year ending Apr 2026
3,602
3,602 per 100k
D5 vs AU

Crime

Rate · per 100k3,602
Total incidents3,602· Year ending Apr 2026
  • Assault61525%
  • Break And Enter27211%
  • Drug Offences1,28453%
  • Fraud24510%

Full data detail

Karragarra Island QLD — Property Data and Demographics

Karragarra Island is a small, quiet locality in Queensland within the Redland local government area (postcode 4184). It is home to about 240 residents, with a more retirement-aged population and a median age of 63. Households earn a median income of $45K per year, with an average household size of 1.8 people. Recent annual estimates show population movement into the broader catchment, with population growth running at +1.7% 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 professionals, technicians & trades, clerical & administrative. Employment in the area leans toward healthcare and construction. The top ancestries reported are English, Australian, Scottish.

The median weekly rent is $268 (Census 2021). The median monthly mortgage repayment is $867.

The crime rate in the Redland LGA is below average at 3,602 incidents per 100,000 population.

On the investment side, Population growth of +1.7% 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+1.7%· Stable
Development+0%· Steady
InvestmentQLD
Mortgage · mth$867
Rent · wk(Census)$268
Population growth · Redland LGAABS ERP
Population (2025)172,831
5-year growth+1.5% CAGR
YoY change+1.7%
20012025
Development · Redland LGAABS Approvals
Approvals (2026)1,209
Houses936
Units273
YoY change+0%
Employment · Redland LGASALM
Unemployment (Dec-25)3.3%
YoY change+0.3pp
Dec-10Dec-25
Property investors · Postcode 4184ATO
Negatively geared147 (3.8% of filers)
Avg rental loss$5,027/yr
Landlords (rental income)415
Reported capital gains271
People & prosperity
DemographicsCensus 21
Population240
Median age63
Household size1.8
HH income · wk$872
Personal income · wk$477
Persons / bedroom0.8
SEIFA indexABS
Advantage (IRSAD)2/10
Education (IEO)7/10
Economic (IER)1/10
Disadvantage (IRSD)2/10
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Sources & freshness
Verify-heavy evidence

Karragarra Island leans 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 Karragarra Island 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
The page is readable, but the local evidence base is lighter than a mainstream suburb profile.

Treat this as a directional locality brief first, then verify the suburb story against stronger nearby markets or the state hub.

WHAT IS MISSING
Coverage is lighter across school matches, hospital coverage, and transport stops.

The main gaps on this page are school matches, 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.

Start here for context, then open compare, the state hub, or larger nearby suburbs before treating this as a complete 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 Karragarra Island feels too thin on its own, use these nearby suburbs as stronger local reads before making a shortlist decision.

North Stradbroke Island better covered
similar rent profile similar suburb scale better market coverage

pop -100 · adds house price coverage · rent -$31/wk

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

Lamb Island most similar
similar rent profile

pop +300 · rent -$28/wk

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

Amity most similar
similar rent profile

pop +200 · rent +$82/wk

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

Karragarra Island FAQ

Common questions
  1. What LGA is Karragarra Island in?

    Karragarra Island is in the Redland Local Government Area, QLD, postcode 4184. Council-level context for Redland LGA (suburb mix, population, rent, and price coverage) is available on the QuickProperty LGA page.

  2. What is the typical weekly rent in Karragarra Island?

    The median weekly rent in Karragarra Island is $268/wk, based on ABS Census 2021 rent fallback.

  3. Is Karragarra Island a good investment?

    QuickProperty's investment signals for Karragarra Island 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 Karragarra Island?

    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 Karragarra Island 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.