Miriam Vale is in Gladstone LGA, QLD, postcode 4677, with population 493.
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Gross yield looks low for an income-first use case. Small local population makes the signal set more fragile.
Indicative cashflow is interest-only and excludes tax — use the calculator for a full projection.
Owners with a mortgage repay a median of $1,200/mo, while renters pay about $845/mo — owning runs $355/mo higher on these medians.
Miriam Vale (postcode 4677) is a sparsely populated locality in Queensland within the Gladstone local government area. It is home to about 493 residents, with a settled, mature resident base and a median age of 52. Households earn a median income of $58K per year, with an average household size of 2.2 people. Recent annual estimates show population movement into the broader catchment, with population growth running at +1.6% 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 community & personal service, machinery operators & drivers, labourers. Employment in the area leans toward retail trade and transport & logistics. The top ancestries reported are Australian, English, Scottish.
Miriam Vale has a median house price of $738,000, holding roughly steady year-on-year. The median weekly rent is $195 (Census 2021). This gives a gross rental yield of approximately 1.4%. The median monthly mortgage repayment is $1,200.
Miriam Vale is served by 1 school, including 1 combined. The average ICSEA score is 909, which is below the national average of 1,000. The crime rate in the Gladstone LGA is moderate at 5,791 incidents per 100,000 population.
From an investment perspective, Miriam Vale shows a gross rental yield of approximately 1.4%, rated as low yield. Property prices sit below the state median ($738K/$1.1M), which can point to relative value. The price-to-income ratio of 12.7x is considered stretched. House prices have moved +0.0% year-on-year. Population growth of +1.6% year-on-year points to stable demand fundamentals. Building approvals have changed +0% year-on-year, indicating steady development activity.
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There is enough direct local evidence on Miriam Vale for a first-pass decision.
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QVAS residential dwelling sales aggregated to SA2 and mapped to suburb pages
This gives you directional coverage, but it is weaker than a current rent release.
Schools, transport, and hospitals are useful as presence signals, but they still have different source cadences.
Miriam Vale is in the Gladstone Local Government Area, QLD, postcode 4677. Council-level context for Gladstone LGA (suburb mix, population, rent, and price coverage) is available on the QuickProperty LGA page.
The current median house price in Miriam Vale, QLD is $738K, based on the latest available sales data from state Valuers General offices and ABS Data by Region.
The median weekly rent in Miriam Vale is $195/wk, based on ABS Census 2021 rent fallback.
QuickProperty's investment signals for Miriam Vale show: Low Yield, Below Median, Stretched. These are computed from price, rent, income, and population data — not an opaque score.
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.
Property prices update quarterly. RBA macro indicators update with each deploy. Demographics are from Census 2021. School ICSEA scores are from ACARA 2025.