Mount Isa QLD 4825
Mount Isa is in Mount Isa LGA, QLD, postcode 4825, with population 172.
Strong evidence
Mount Isa has enough direct local evidence for a first-pass decision.
Direct signals include Property prices, Market rent, Crime, and Schools. Missing or weaker areas are still shown so the page does not overstate precision.
Gross rent yield screens at about 4.4%. Verify price and rent freshness before modelling the deal.
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Use current rent as a starting signal, not as a fixed underwriting truth.
Schools, transport, and hospitals are useful as presence signals, but they still have different source cadences.
Rent-led investor candidate
Gross rent yield screens at about 4.4%. Snapshot rent $234/wk.
Verify price and rent freshness before modelling the deal.
Mount Isa has enough direct local evidence for a first-pass decision.
Direct signals include Property prices, Market rent, Crime, and Schools. Missing or weaker areas are still shown so the page does not overstate precision.
Use compare to test the suburb against another candidate, then validate financial assumptions in the calculator where available.
Property prices, Market rent, Crime, Schools
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Hospitals, Transport
Mount Isa currently reads as a thin-context candidate.
Entry price sits in the lower-cost range for a first-pass screen. School coverage gives the page a stronger family/livability signal. The page is thin enough that nearby alternatives should be checked before shortlisting. Small local population makes the signal set more fragile.
Use stronger nearby reads or rankings before treating this suburb as a shortlist candidate.
Entry price sits in the lower-cost range for a first-pass screen. School coverage gives the page a stronger family/livability signal. Higher SEIFA context supports a stronger local-quality read.
The page is thin enough that nearby alternatives should be checked before shortlisting. Small local population makes the signal set more fragile.
Transport
Use as context
This page stays indexable because Mount Isa 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.
Small-population localities can still be worth checking, but rankings, comparisons, and broad suburb assumptions become noisier faster.
The main gaps on this page are hospital coverage and transport stops. That narrows how much confidence you should place on a single-page read.
Start here for context, then open compare, the state hub, or larger nearby suburbs before treating this as a complete market decision.
This page remains visible, but it should be read as a locality brief rather than a full-confidence suburb profile.
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.
If Mount Isa feels too thin on its own, use these nearby suburbs as stronger local reads before making a shortlist decision.
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Similar local read: useful for context, but still compare the actual market signals.
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Mount Isa QLD
Mount Isa is a quiet locality in Queensland within the Mount Isa local government area (postcode 4825). With a population of 172, the suburb has a mix of young professionals and families with a median age of 35. Households earn a median income of $246K per year, with an average household size of 3.2 people. Recent annual estimates show population movement softening across the broader catchment, with population growth running at -0.7% 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 managers, professionals, machinery operators & drivers. Employment in the area leans toward mining and agriculture. The top ancestries reported are English, Australian, Irish.
The median house price in Mount Isa is $275,000, having dropped significantly 8.3% over the past year. Units have a median price of $310,000 (-6.1% YoY). The current median weekly rent is $234. This gives a gross rental yield of approximately 4.4%. The median monthly mortgage repayment is $1,250.
Mount Isa is served by 4 schools, including 3 primary, 1 secondary. The average ICSEA score is 909, which is below the national average of 1,000. The crime rate in the Mount Isa LGA is higher than average at 20,858 incidents per 100,000 population.
From an investment perspective, Mount Isa offers a gross rental yield of 4.4%, rated as moderate yield. Property prices sit below the state median ($275K/$1.1M), suggesting a potential value opportunity. The price-to-income ratio of 1.1x is considered affordable. House prices have moved -8.3% year-on-year. Population growth of -0.7% year-on-year indicates declining demand fundamentals. Building approvals have changed +0% year-on-year, indicating steady development activity.
Mount Isa is a quiet locality in Queensland within the Mount Isa local government area (postcode 4825). With a population of 172, the suburb has a mix of young professionals and families with a median age of 35. Households earn a median income of $246K per year, with an average household size of 3.2 people. Recent annual estimates show population movement softening across the broader catchment, with population growth running at -0.7% 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 managers, professionals, machinery operators & drivers. Employment in the area leans toward mining and agriculture. The top ancestries reported are English, Australian, Irish.
The median house price in Mount Isa is $275,000, having dropped significantly 8.3% over the past year. Units have a median price of $310,000 (-6.1% YoY). The current median weekly rent is $234. This gives a gross rental yield of approximately 4.4%. The median monthly mortgage repayment is $1,250.
Mount Isa is served by 4 schools, including 3 primary, 1 secondary. The average ICSEA score is 909, which is below the national average of 1,000. The crime rate in the Mount Isa LGA is higher than average at 20,858 incidents per 100,000 population.
From an investment perspective, Mount Isa offers a gross rental yield of 4.4%, rated as moderate yield. Property prices sit below the state median ($275K/$1.1M), suggesting a potential value opportunity. The price-to-income ratio of 1.1x is considered affordable. House prices have moved -8.3% year-on-year. Population growth of -0.7% year-on-year indicates declining demand fundamentals. Building approvals have changed +0% year-on-year, indicating steady development activity.
Mount Isa FAQ
Common questions-
What LGA is Mount Isa in?
Mount Isa is in the Mount Isa Local Government Area, QLD, postcode 4825. Council-level context for Mount Isa LGA (suburb mix, population, rent, and price coverage) is available on the QuickProperty LGA page.
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What is the median house price in Mount Isa?
The current median house price in Mount Isa, QLD is $275K, based on the latest available sales data from state Valuers General offices and ABS Data by Region.
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What is the typical weekly rent in Mount Isa?
The median weekly rent in Mount Isa is $234/wk, based on the current market rent dataset. The current rent signal is rent-led investor candidate.
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What does the rent signal say about Mount Isa?
Rent-led investor candidate: Gross rent yield screens at about 4.4%. Use this as a suburb screening signal before comparing candidates or modelling a purchase; the matching rent ranking can provide broader market context.
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Is Mount Isa a good investment?
QuickProperty's investment signals for Mount Isa show: Moderate Yield, Below Median, Affordable. These are computed from price, rent, income, and population data — not an opaque score.
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Where does QuickProperty get its data for Mount Isa?
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.
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How often is the Mount Isa 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.