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Suburb profile ·Mackay LGA · QLD ·4740

Mount Jukes QLD 4740

Mount Jukes is in Mackay LGA, QLD, postcode 4740, with population 373.

Limited data

Thin-context

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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
$300/wk
Market rent signal
D6 vs AU
Gross yield
Need rent + price
Population
129,253
129K via Mackay LGA · SAL undercount
Schools
No matched school data
Solar
18,739
1,433 added 12mo · 148MW

Price history

No price history available

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

Median mortgage · mth$1,733
Median rent · wk$300

Affordability

14%
median weekly rent as a share of gross household income (the 30% rule)
Manageable

Owners with a mortgage repay a median of $1,733/mo, while renters pay about $1,300/mo — owning runs $433/mo higher on these medians.

Household income · yr
$114K
Median rent · wk
$300
Owner mortgage · mo
$1,733

Household income

$114K household · yr+42.8% vs QLD suburb median
Personal
$40K
Family
$128K
Household
$114K
Crime Year ending Apr 2026
6,570
6,570 per 100k
D8 vs AU

Crime

Rate · per 100k6,570
Total incidents6,570· Year ending Apr 2026
  • Assault1,23432%
  • Break And Enter70018%
  • Drug Offences1,59842%
  • Fraud2657%

Full data detail

Mount Jukes QLD — Property Data and Demographics

Mount Jukes is a sparsely populated locality in Queensland within the Mackay local government area (postcode 4740). With a population of 373, the suburb has a mature demographic with a median age of 45. Households earn a median income of $114K per year, with an average household size of 2.9 people. Recent annual estimates show population movement staying broadly stable across the broader catchment, with population growth running at +0.9% 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 machinery operators & drivers, technicians & trades, managers. Employment in the area leans toward construction and mining. The top ancestries reported are English, Australian, Scottish.

The median weekly rent is $300 (Census 2021). The median monthly mortgage repayment is $1,733.

The crime rate in the Mackay LGA is moderate at 6,570 incidents per 100,000 population.

From an investment perspective, Population growth of +0.9% 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+0.9%· Stable
Development+0%· Steady
InvestmentQLD
Mortgage · mth$1,733
Rent · wk(Census)$300
Population growth · Mackay LGAABS ERP
Population (2025)129,253
5-year growth+1.3% CAGR
YoY change+0.9%
20012025
Development · Mackay LGAABS Approvals
Approvals (2026)438
Houses402
Units36
YoY change+0%
Employment · Mackay LGASALM
Unemployment (Dec-25)2.8%
YoY change+0.4pp
Dec-10Dec-25
Property investors · Postcode 4740ATO
Negatively geared3,072 (5.5% of filers)
Avg rental loss$7,214/yr
Landlords (rental income)5,864
Reported capital gains4,538
People & prosperity
DemographicsCensus 21
Population373
Median age45
Household size2.9
HH income · wk$2,187
Personal income · wk$760
Persons / bedroom0.9
SEIFA indexABS
Advantage (IRSAD)6/10
Education (IEO)2/10
Economic (IER)7/10
Disadvantage (IRSD)4/10
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Sources & freshness
Verify-heavy evidence

Mount Jukes depends 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 Mount Jukes 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.

Read it as a starting locality brief, then cross-check the suburb story against better-covered nearby markets or the state hub.

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

The lighter areas here are school matches, hospital coverage, and transport stops, so a single-page read should carry less weight than usual.

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

Read it as a direction-setter rather than a final answer: frame the locality, then verify with compare, stronger nearby suburbs, and the state hub.

Stronger nearby reads

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

Calen better covered
similar rent profile similar suburb scale better market coverage

pop +100 · adds house price coverage · rent -$50/wk

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

Ball Bay most similar
similar rent profile similar suburb scale

pop same · rent -$10/wk

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

Pleystowe most similar
similar rent profile similar suburb scale

pop same · rent +$3/wk

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

Mount Jukes FAQ

Common questions
  1. What LGA is Mount Jukes in?

    Mount Jukes is in the Mackay Local Government Area, QLD, postcode 4740. Council-level context for Mackay LGA (suburb mix, population, rent, and price coverage) is available on the QuickProperty LGA page.

  2. What is the typical weekly rent in Mount Jukes?

    The median weekly rent in Mount Jukes is $300/wk, based on ABS Census 2021 rent fallback.

  3. Is Mount Jukes a good investment?

    QuickProperty's investment signals for Mount Jukes 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 Mount Jukes?

    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 Mount Jukes 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.