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Suburb profile ·Moreton Bay LGA · QLD ·4521

Mount Mee QLD 4521

Mount Mee is in Moreton Bay LGA, QLD, postcode 4521, with population 519.

The read

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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. Small local population makes the signal set more fragile.

Median house
No local house series
Median rent
$305/wk
Market rent signal
D6 vs AU
Gross yield
Need rent + price
Population
519
519 local footprint
D7 vs AU
Schools
1
Matched school context
D1 vs AU
Solar
1,826
134 added 12mo · 12MW

Price history

No price history available

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

Median mortgage · mth$1,746
Median rent · wk$305

Affordability

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

Owners with a mortgage repay a median of $1,746/mo, while renters pay about $1,322/mo — owning runs $424/mo higher on these medians.

Household income · yr
$77K
Median rent · wk
$305
Owner mortgage · mo
$1,746

Household income

$77K household · yr-3.6% vs QLD suburb median
Personal
$33K
Family
$88K
Household
$77K

Schools

Total1
Avg ICSEA994
Students53
Government1
  • Mount Mee State SchoolPrimary · Government · ICSEA 994
Crime Year ending Apr 2026
4,728
4,728 per 100k
D6 vs AU

Crime

Rate · per 100k4,728
Total incidents4,728· Year ending Apr 2026
  • Assault64725%
  • Break And Enter37014%
  • Drug Offences1,30950%
  • Fraud26810%

Full data detail

Mount Mee QLD — Property Data and Demographics

Located in Queensland within the Moreton Bay local government area, Mount Mee is a small locality (postcode 4521). The area has roughly 519 residents and a settled, mature resident base, with a median age of 52. Households earn a median income of $77K per year, with an average household size of 2.4 people. Recent annual estimates show population movement into the broader catchment, with population growth running at +2.1% 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, clerical & administrative. Employment in the area leans toward education and construction. The top ancestries reported are English, Australian, Scottish.

The median weekly rent is $305 (Census 2021). The median monthly mortgage repayment is $1,746.

Mount Mee is served by 1 school, including 1 primary. The average ICSEA score is 994, which is around the national average of 1,000. The crime rate in the Moreton Bay LGA is moderate at 4,728 incidents per 100,000 population.

On the investment side, Population growth of +2.1% 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+2.1% Strong Growth
Development+0%· Steady
InvestmentQLD
Mortgage · mth$1,746
Rent · wk(Census)$305
Population growth · Moreton Bay LGAABS ERP
Population (2025)532,445
5-year growth+2.2% CAGR
YoY change+2.1%
20012025
Development · Moreton Bay LGAABS Approvals
Approvals (2026)4,773
Houses3,293
Units1,480
YoY change+0%
Employment · Moreton Bay LGASALM
Unemployment (Dec-25)4.8%
YoY change+0pp
Dec-10Dec-25
Property investors · Postcode 4521ATO
Negatively geared234 (6.8% of filers)
Avg rental loss$6,878/yr
Landlords (rental income)519
Reported capital gains369
People & prosperity
DemographicsCensus 21
Population519
Median age52
Household size2.4
HH income · wk$1,476
Personal income · wk$626
Persons / bedroom0.7
SEIFA indexABS
Advantage (IRSAD)6/10
Education (IEO)5/10
Economic (IER)5/10
Disadvantage (IRSD)6/10
Area & amenity
Local amenitiesOSM
Supermarkets0
Pharmacies0
GP / clinics0
Fuel stations0
Cafes & dining1
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Sources & freshness
Verify-heavy evidence

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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 · 1 schools matched
stable source · automated · every update · annual
Available
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.

Mount Mee FAQ

Common questions
  1. What LGA is Mount Mee in?

    Mount Mee is in the Moreton Bay Local Government Area, QLD, postcode 4521. Council-level context for Moreton Bay LGA (suburb mix, population, rent, and price coverage) is available on the QuickProperty LGA page.

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

    The median weekly rent in Mount Mee is $305/wk, based on ABS Census 2021 rent fallback.

  3. Is Mount Mee a good investment?

    QuickProperty's investment signals for Mount Mee 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 Mount Mee?

    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 Mee 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.