Mitchell is in Maranoa LGA, QLD, postcode 4465, with population 995.
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65% of homes here are owner-occupied and 27% rented, with 4% of landlords negatively geared.
A balanced 65% owner-occupier / 27% renter mix.
Social housing is 9% of dwellings — check tenant mix and resale demand.
ABS Census 2021 tenure (G37), ATO postcode rental statistics, and QuickProperty's investor-exposure index. Owner-occupied = owned outright + with a mortgage.
This suburb 18% · QLD median 19%
Nationally · lighter rent burden than 56% of AU suburbs
Owners with a mortgage repay a median of $997/mo, while renters pay about $737/mo — owning runs $260/mo higher on these medians.
At the median asking rent, about 32% of households here would spend more than 30% of income on rent (rent stress line: $567/wk income).
Getting to work: 75% drive, 0% public transport, 9% walk or cycle, 10% worked from home (2021 Census, taken during COVID-era work-from-home arrangements).
Top 41% most liveable of 4,565Australian suburbs.
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ABS population projection (2022 base) for the Roma Surrounds SA2 statistical area — the finest official projection grain available; suburb-level projections do not exist.
Mitchell (postcode 4465) is a small locality in Queensland within the Maranoa local government area. It is home to about 995 residents, with a mature demographic and a median age of 45. Households earn a median income of $50K per year, with an average household size of 2.2 people. Recent annual estimates show population movement staying broadly stable across the broader catchment, with population growth running at +0.3% year-on-year at the LGA level. QLD employment has moved +1.5% 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 labourers, managers, community & personal service. Employment in the area leans toward healthcare and agriculture. The top ancestries reported are Australian, English, Aboriginal Australian.
The median weekly rent is $170 (Census 2021). The median monthly mortgage repayment is $997.
Mitchell is served by 2 schools, including 1 primary, 1 combined. The average ICSEA score is 860, which is well below the national average of 1,000. Healthcare facilities include 1 public hospital. The crime rate in the Maranoa LGA is moderate at 4,378 incidents per 100,000 population.
From an investment perspective, Population growth of +0.3% year-on-year points to stable demand fundamentals. Building approvals have changed +0% year-on-year, indicating steady development activity.
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QVAS residential dwelling sales aggregated to SA2 and mapped to suburb pages
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Mitchell is in the Maranoa Local Government Area, QLD, postcode 4465. Council-level context for Maranoa LGA (suburb mix, population, rent, and price coverage) is available on the QuickProperty LGA page.
The median weekly rent in Mitchell is $170/wk, based on ABS Census 2021 rent fallback.
QuickProperty's investment signals for Mitchell show: Stable, Steady. 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.