Located in Queensland within the Charters Towers local government area, Ravenswood is a sparsely populated locality (postcode 4816). With a population of 297, the suburb has a settled, mature resident base with a median age of 51. Households earn a median income of $45K per year, with an average household size of 2 people. Recent annual estimates show population movement staying broadly stable across the broader catchment, with population growth running at +0.5% year-on-year at the LGA level. QLD employment has moved +1.4% year-on-year in the official ABS Labour Force trend series, which provides the broader jobs backdrop for this suburb. QLD also had 35 Commonwealth-backed major projects under construction, 16 underway, and 30 in planning as at 2025-09-01, which is useful as a broader delivery backdrop rather than a suburb-specific project count. The most common occupations are managers, machinery operators & drivers, labourers. Employment in the area leans toward mining and agriculture. The top ancestries reported are Australian, English, Irish.
The median weekly rent is $140 (Census 2021). The median monthly mortgage repayment is $800.
Ravenswood is served by 1 school, including 1 primary. The average ICSEA score is 916, which is below the national average of 1,000. The crime rate in the Charters Towers LGA is higher than average at 8,151 incidents per 100,000 population.
On the investment side, Population growth of +0.5% year-on-year points to stable demand fundamentals. Building approvals have changed +0% year-on-year, indicating steady development activity.