Orient is in Hinchinbrook LGA, QLD, postcode 4850, with population 6.
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Orient is a small, quiet locality in Queensland within the Hinchinbrook local government area (postcode 4850). The area has roughly 6 residents and a younger, working-age population, with a median age of 31. Households earn a median income of $117K per year, with an average household size of 4 people. Recent annual estimates show population movement staying broadly stable across the broader catchment, with population growth running at +0.6% 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 top ancestries reported are Australian, German.
The median monthly mortgage repayment is $1,680.
The crime rate in the Hinchinbrook LGA is moderate at 5,488 incidents per 100,000 population.
From an investment perspective, Population growth of +0.6% year-on-year points to stable demand fundamentals. Building approvals have changed +0% year-on-year, indicating steady development activity.
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pop +4400 · adds house price coverage · adds rent coverage
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pop +1400 · adds rent coverage · stronger market coverage
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Orient is in the Hinchinbrook Local Government Area, QLD, postcode 4850. Council-level context for Hinchinbrook LGA (suburb mix, population, rent, and price coverage) is available on the QuickProperty LGA page.
QuickProperty's investment signals for Orient 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.