New Auckland is in Gladstone LGA, QLD, postcode 4680, with population 5,266.
The page has enough signal to be useful, but the story is mixed rather than decisive. Use compare mode to pressure-test it against stronger nearby options, then use the calculator if it still makes the shortlist.
Gross yield screens at about 4.8%. Entry price sits in the lower-cost range for a first-pass screen.
Indicative cashflow is interest-only and excludes tax — use the calculator for a full projection.
Owners with a mortgage repay a median of $1,612/mo, while renters pay about $2,383/mo — renting runs $771/mo higher on these medians.
New Auckland is a mid-sized suburb in Queensland within the Gladstone local government area (postcode 4680). With a population of 5,266, the suburb has a mix of families and early-career residents with a median age of 33. Households earn a median income of $104K per year, with an average household size of 2.7 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 technicians & trades, professionals, labourers. Employment in the area leans toward manufacturing and retail trade. The top ancestries reported are Australian, English, Scottish.
New Auckland has a median house price of $602,000, holding roughly steady year-on-year. The current median weekly rent is $550. This gives a gross rental yield of approximately 4.8%. The median monthly mortgage repayment is $1,612.
The crime rate in the Gladstone LGA is moderate at 5,791 incidents per 100,000 population.
Looking at the investment signals, The gross rental yield works out to roughly 4.8%, which reads as moderate yield. Property prices sit below the state median ($602K/$1.1M), which can point to relative value. The price-to-income ratio of 5.8x is considered affordable. 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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New Auckland is in the Gladstone Local Government Area, QLD, postcode 4680. 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 New Auckland, QLD is $602K, based on the latest available sales data from state Valuers General offices and ABS Data by Region.
The median weekly rent in New Auckland is $550/wk, based on the current market rent dataset. The current rent signal is rent-led investor candidate.
Rent-led investor candidate: Gross rent yield screens at about 4.8%. Use this as a suburb screening signal before comparing candidates or modelling a purchase; the matching rent ranking can provide broader market context.
QuickProperty's investment signals for New Auckland show: Moderate Yield, Below Median, Affordable. 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.