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Suburb profile ·Noosa LGA · QLD ·4568

Pinbarren QLD 4568

Pinbarren is in Noosa LGA, QLD, postcode 4568, with population 447.

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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
$345/wk
Market rent signal
D7 vs AU
Gross yield
Need rent + price
Population
59,551
60K via Noosa LGA · SAL undercount
Schools
No matched school data
Solar
1,306
60 added 12mo · 8MW

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$345

Affordability

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

Owners with a mortgage repay a median of $1,733/mo, while renters pay about $1,495/mo — owning runs $238/mo higher on these medians.

Household income · yr
$85K
Median rent · wk
$345
Owner mortgage · mo
$1,733

Household income

$85K household · yr+6.1% vs QLD suburb median
Personal
$36K
Family
$89K
Household
$85K
Crime Year ending Apr 2026
3,082
3,082 per 100k
D5 vs AU

Crime

Rate · per 100k3,082
Total incidents3,082· Year ending Apr 2026
  • Assault32621%
  • Break And Enter26017%
  • Drug Offences65442%
  • Fraud30520%

Full data detail

Pinbarren QLD — Property Data and Demographics

Pinbarren (postcode 4568) is a quiet locality in Queensland within the Noosa local government area. The area has roughly 447 residents and a settled, mature resident base, with a median age of 50. Households earn a median income of $85K per year, with an average household size of 2.6 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 technicians & trades, professionals, managers. Employment in the area leans toward healthcare and education. The top ancestries reported are English, Australian, Scottish.

The median weekly rent is $345 (Census 2021). The median monthly mortgage repayment is $1,733.

Public transport access includes 2 bus stops. The crime rate in the Noosa LGA is below average at 3,082 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)$345
Population growth · Noosa LGAABS ERP
Population (2025)59,551
5-year growth+1% CAGR
YoY change+0.9%
20012025
Development · Noosa LGAABS Approvals
Approvals (2026)82
Houses61
Units21
YoY change+0%
Employment · Noosa LGASALM
Unemployment (Dec-25)3%
YoY change-0.2pp
Dec-10Dec-25
Property investors · Postcode 4568ATO
Negatively geared131 (5.3% of filers)
Avg rental loss$5,896/yr
Landlords (rental income)328
Reported capital gains197
People & prosperity
DemographicsCensus 21
Population447
Median age50
Household size2.6
HH income · wk$1,625
Personal income · wk$697
Persons / bedroom0.8
SEIFA indexABS
Advantage (IRSAD)5/10
Education (IEO)5/10
Economic (IER)7/10
Disadvantage (IRSD)5/10
Area & amenity
TransportGTFS
Bus stops2
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Sources & freshness
Verify-heavy evidence

Pinbarren 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 · 2 matched stops/stations
medium stability · manual file · snapshot · mixed
Available
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.

Pinbarren FAQ

Common questions
  1. What LGA is Pinbarren in?

    Pinbarren is in the Noosa Local Government Area, QLD, postcode 4568. Council-level context for Noosa LGA (suburb mix, population, rent, and price coverage) is available on the QuickProperty LGA page.

  2. What is the typical weekly rent in Pinbarren?

    The median weekly rent in Pinbarren is $345/wk, based on ABS Census 2021 rent fallback.

  3. Is Pinbarren a good investment?

    QuickProperty's investment signals for Pinbarren 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 Pinbarren?

    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 Pinbarren 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.