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Suburb profile ·Scenic Rim LGA · QLD ·4285

Kerry QLD 4285

Kerry is in Scenic Rim LGA, QLD, postcode 4285, with population 306.

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.

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
$345/wk
Market rent signal
D7 vs AU
Gross yield
Need rent + price
Population
46,947
47K via Scenic Rim LGA · SAL undercount
Schools
No matched school data
Drive to city
Not in commute dataset
Solar
6,908
457 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$1,500
Median rent · wk$345
Investor profile

Who invests in Kerry

Owner-occupied 77%Rented 23%
Investor activityATO
Negatively geared3.9%
511 of 1,140 landlords
Avg rental loss$6,499/yr
Landlords (rental income)1,140
Reported capital gains732
The read

Owner-occupier stronghold

73% of homes here are owner-occupied and 21% rented, with 4% of landlords negatively geared.

Why it fits

73% owner-occupied — owner-occupiers hold longer and absorb rate shocks, supporting price stability.

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

Affordability

21%
median weekly rent as a share of gross household income (the 30% rule)
Manageable

Owners with a mortgage repay a median of $1,500/mo, while renters pay about $1,495/mo — owning runs $5/mo higher on these medians.

Household income · yr
$85K
Median rent · wk
$345
Owner mortgage · mo
$1,500

Household income

$85K household · yr+6.1% vs QLD suburb median
Personal
$37K
Family
$92K
Household
$85K
Household income distribution (ABS Census 2021 · weekly)
Under $300
3
$300-649
6
$650-999
15
$1,000-1,499
15
$1,500-1,999
22
$2,000-2,999
24
$3,000-3,999
6
$4,000+
4

At the median asking rent, about 30% of households here would spend more than 30% of income on rent (rent stress line: $1,150/wk income).

Housing stock and tenure

Tenure (112 households)
Owned outright
42%
Owned with mortgage
31%
Rented
21%
Dwelling structure19.3% of dwellings unoccupied on census night
Separate house
100%
Townhouse / semi
0%
Flat / apartment
0%

Getting to work: 67% drive, 0% public transport, 6% walk or cycle, 21% worked from home (2021 Census, taken during COVID-era work-from-home arrangements).

Crime Year ending May 2026
3,425
3,425 per 100k
D5 vs AU

Crime

Rate · per 100k3,425
Total incidents3,425· Year ending May 2026
  • Assault47829%
  • Break And Enter35822%
  • Drug Offences41225%
  • Fraud37823%

Bushfire exposure

High exposure ~68.0%
~68.0% of the suburb is Bush Fire Prone Land · ~11.8% Category 1 (highest hazard)

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

15,237 people · 202217,108 by 2032 (+12.3%)

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

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

Kerry is a small, quiet locality in Queensland within the Scenic Rim local government area (postcode 4285). The area has roughly 306 residents and an older-leaning population, with a median age of 49. Households earn a median income of $85K per year, with an average household size of 2.6 people. Recent annual estimates show population movement into the broader catchment, with population growth running at +2.2% 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 managers, technicians & trades, labourers. Employment in the area leans toward agriculture and manufacturing. The top ancestries reported are English, Australian, Irish.

The median weekly rent is $345 (Census 2021). The median monthly mortgage repayment is $1,500.

The crime rate in the Scenic Rim LGA is below average at 3,425 incidents per 100,000 population.

On the investment side, Population growth of +2.2% 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+2.2% Strong Growth
Development+0%· Steady
InvestmentQLD
Mortgage · mth$1,500
Rent · wk(Census)$345
Population growth · Scenic Rim LGAABS ERP
Population (2025)46,947
5-year growth+1.7% CAGR
YoY change+2.2%
20012025
Development · Scenic Rim LGAABS Approvals
Approvals (2026)372
Houses 94%Units 6%
YoY change+0%
Employment · Scenic Rim LGASALM
Unemployment (Dec-25)3.6%
YoY change-0.9pp
Dec-10Dec-25
Property investors · Postcode 4285ATO
Negatively geared3.9%
511 of filers
Avg rental loss$6,499/yr
Landlords (rental income)1,140
Reported capital gains732
People & prosperity
DemographicsCensus 21
Population306
Median age49
Household size2.6
HH income · wk$1,625
Personal income · wk$717
Persons / bedroom0.8
SEIFA indexABS
Advantage (IRSAD)6/10
Education (IEO)6/10
Economic (IER)7/10
Disadvantage (IRSD)5/10
Income momentumCensus 16→21
HH income · wk$1,241 → $1,625
Change+30.9%
vs QLD median+12.9 pp
Median rent+72.5%
gentrifyingvs QLD 2016–21
Area & amenity
Hospitals · Scenic Rim LGAAIHW
Public2
Private0
Beaudesert Hospitalpublic
Boonah Hospitalpublic
Aged care · Scenic Rim LGAGEN
Facilities4
Residential places373
Wongaburra Garden Settlement Hostel125 places
Churches of Christ Fassifern Aged Care Service105 places
Whiddon Beaudesert Star102 places
Beaumont Care Roslyn Lodge41 places
Childcare · Scenic Rim LGAACECQA
Services27
Approved places1,526
Exceeding NQS2
Beaudesert Kids Early Learning Centre125 places
Nature's Kids Early Learning Centre120 places
Amaze Early Education Centre Beaudesert116 places
Gleneagle Early Learning99 places
Edge Early Learning Beaudesert85 places
Camp Australia - Beaudesert State School OSHC75 places
+21 more in Scenic Rim LGA
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Sources & freshness
Verify-heavy evidence

Much of Kerry 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 · 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 Kerry 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.

Use it for direction first, then confirm the story against stronger neighbouring suburbs or the state hub before relying on it.

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

Coverage is thinner on school matches, hospital coverage, and transport stops; lean less on this one page and confirm those gaps elsewhere.

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

This page is useful for direction-setting, not closure. Use it to frame the locality, then confirm the story with compare, stronger nearby suburbs, and the state hub.

Stronger nearby reads

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

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pop same · rent -$65/wk

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Hoya most similar
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pop same · rent -$115/wk

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Kerry FAQ

Common questions
  1. What LGA is Kerry in?

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

  2. What is the typical weekly rent in Kerry?

    The median weekly rent in Kerry is $345/wk, based on ABS Census 2021 rent fallback.

  3. Is Kerry a good investment?

    QuickProperty's investment signals for Kerry 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 Kerry?

    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 Kerry 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.