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Suburb profile ·Western Downs LGA · QLD ·4413

Red Hill QLD 4413

Red Hill is in Western Downs LGA, QLD, postcode 4413, with population 160.

Limited data

Thin-context

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What to check

Evidence depth is verify-heavy, so the profile should be treated as provisional. The page is thin enough that nearby alternatives should be checked before shortlisting. Small local population makes the signal set more fragile.

Median house
No local house series
Median rent
$300/wk
Market rent signal
D6 vs AU
Gross yield
Need rent + price
Population
35,452
35K via Western Downs LGA · SAL undercount
Schools
No matched school data
Drive to city
Not in commute dataset
Solar
1,682
97 added 12mo · 13MW

Price history

No price history available

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

Median mortgage · mth$2,000
Median rent · wk$300
Investor profile

Who invests in Red Hill

Owner-occupied 82%Rented 18%
Investor activityATO
Negatively geared5.2%
255 of 573 landlords
Avg rental loss$5,101/yr
Landlords (rental income)573
Reported capital gains392
Investor exposure index(moderate vs national)72.2/100
The read

Owner-occupier stronghold

82% of homes here are owner-occupied and 18% rented, with 5% of landlords negatively geared.

Why it fits

82% owner-occupied — owner-occupiers hold longer and absorb rate shocks, supporting price stability.

ABS Census 2021 tenure (G37), ATO postcode rental statistics, and QuickProperty's investor-exposure index. Owner-occupied = owned outright + with a mortgage.

Affordability

14%
median weekly rent as a share of gross household income (the 30% rule)
Manageable

Owners with a mortgage repay a median of $2,000/mo, while renters pay about $1,300/mo — owning runs $700/mo higher on these medians.

Household income · yr
$111K
Median rent · wk
$300
Owner mortgage · mo
$2,000

Household income

$111K household · yr+38.8% vs QLD suburb median
Personal
$46K
Family
$119K
Household
$111K
Household income distribution (ABS Census 2021 · weekly)
Under $300
0
$300-649
4
$650-999
8
$1,000-1,499
14
$1,500-1,999
0
$2,000-2,999
10
$3,000-3,999
5
$4,000+
9

At the median asking rent, about 24% of households here would spend more than 30% of income on rent (rent stress line: $1,000/wk income).

Housing stock and tenure

Tenure (49 households)
Owned outright
29%
Owned with mortgage
53%
Rented
18%
Dwelling structure5.5% of dwellings unoccupied on census night
Separate house
100%
Townhouse / semi
0%
Flat / apartment
0%

Getting to work: 79% drive, 0% public transport, 4% walk or cycle, 13% worked from home (2021 Census, taken during COVID-era work-from-home arrangements).

Crime Year ending May 2026
6,244
6,244 per 100k
D7 vs AU

Crime

Rate · per 100k6,244
Total incidents6,244· Year ending May 2026
  • Assault1,08321%
  • Break And Enter64412%
  • Drug Offences3,12660%
  • Fraud3336%

Building due diligence

Construction requirements can change by location.

The National Construction Code is the baseline. Local hazards and site classifications can change the required structure, materials, fixings, insulation and detailing.

Known here

SUBURB CONTEXT

No local compliance layer is staged.

This is missing evidence, not evidence that the property has no constraints.

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ADDRESS + DESIGN

NCC climate zone

Check the property

Confirm the NCC climate zone used for the building design and energy provisions.

May affect: Insulation and glazing · Condensation control · Roof-space ventilation

Wind class and BAL

Site assessment required

A suburb layer cannot determine the site wind classification or Bushfire Attack Level.

May affect: Structure and tie-downs · Cladding and fixings · Openings and bushfire detailing

Corrosion and termite exposure

Check the property

Confirm marine or corrosive exposure and the applicable termite-management requirements.

May affect: Fasteners and connectors · Roofing and coatings · Termite management

This screen identifies investigation triggers, not building quality or property compliance. Confirm the address, design and current jurisdiction rules with the council, building surveyor or certifier, designer and engineer.

NCC 2022 Housing Provisions: how to use · NCC 2022 Volume Two and Housing Provisions

Short-term rentals

28
active listings
71%
entire homes (vs private rooms)
64%
run by multi-listing operators

Active Airbnb listings point-mapped to this suburb from Inside Airbnb (CC BY 4.0). Occupancy and revenue are estimates from Inside Airbnb's San Francisco model (review-rate proxy, minimum-stay assumption, occupancy capped at 70%) — they are gross, indicative, and not a guarantee of returns. Short-stay letting is subject to state and local regulation.

Full data detail Census · ATO · ABS · state datasets
Red Hill QLD — Property Data and Demographics

Red Hill (postcode 4413) is a sparsely populated locality in Queensland within the Western Downs local government area. With a population of 160, the suburb has a blend of families and working-age professionals with a median age of 36. Households earn a median income of $111K per year, with an average household size of 2.9 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 +1.5% 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 technicians & trades, clerical & administrative, managers. Employment in the area leans toward construction and healthcare. The top ancestries reported are Australian, English, Irish.

The median weekly rent is $300 (Census 2021). The median monthly mortgage repayment is $2,000.

The crime rate in the Western Downs LGA is moderate at 6,244 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.

Market & money
Investment signalsHeuristics
Pop. Growth+0.6%· Stable
Development+0%· Steady
InvestmentQLD
Mortgage · mth$2,000
Rent · wk(Census)$300
Population growth · Western Downs LGAABS ERP
Population (2025)35,452
5-year growth+0.6% CAGR
YoY change+0.6%
20012025
Development · Western Downs LGAABS Approvals
Approvals (2026)56
Houses 89%Units 11%
YoY change+0%
Employment · Western Downs LGASALM
Unemployment (Dec-25)4.5%
YoY change+1.7pp
Dec-10Dec-25
Property investors · Postcode 4413ATO
Negatively geared5.2%
255 of filers
Avg rental loss$5,101/yr
Landlords (rental income)573
Reported capital gains392
People & prosperity
DemographicsCensus 21
Population160
Median age36
Household size2.9
HH income · wk$2,125
Personal income · wk$875
Persons / bedroom0.9
Income momentumCensus 16→21
HH income · wk$1,499 → $2,125
Change+41.8%
vs QLD median+23.8 pp
gentrifyingvs QLD 2016–21
Area & amenity
Hospitals · Western Downs LGAAIHW
Public5
Private0
Chinchilla Hospitalpublic
Dalby Hospitalpublic
Jandowae Hospitalpublic
Miles Hospitalpublic
Tara Hospitalpublic
Aged care · Western Downs LGAGEN
Facilities8
Residential places302
Southern Cross Care Chinchilla - Illoura Village81 places
Karingal Nursing Home80 places
Ningana48 places
Southern Cross Care Tara - Tarcoola30 places
Taralga Retirement Village Hostel22 places
Southern Cross Care Miles - Carinya20 places
+2 more in Western Downs LGA
Childcare · Western Downs LGAACECQA
Services30
Approved places1,265
Exceeding NQS3
Grow Early Education Dalby104 places
Dalby State School OSHC80 places
Kids Club Dalby80 places
Milestones Early Learning Dalby80 places
Our Lady of the Southern Cross Outside School Hours Care, Dalby80 places
Busy Bees at Chinchilla75 places
+24 more in Western Downs LGA
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Sources & freshness
Verify-heavy evidence

Much of Red Hill rests 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 May 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 · 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.
Sparse locality note

This page stays indexable because Red Hill is a real locality with enough context to be directionally useful. The tradeoff is that coverage is lighter than a stronger suburb profile, so the read should stay cautious.

WHY IT LOOKS LIGHTER
This is a real locality, but it has a very small Census footprint.

Small-population localities can still be worth checking, but rankings, comparisons, and broad suburb assumptions become noisier faster.

WHAT IS MISSING
Coverage is lighter across school matches, hospital coverage, and transport stops.

The main gaps on this page are school matches, hospital coverage, and transport stops. That narrows how much confidence you should place on a single-page read.

BEST NEXT STEP
Use this page to understand the locality shape, then compare outward.

Begin here, but pressure-test the read in compare, against the state hub, or a bigger nearby suburb before deciding.

Page status
INDEXED WITH LIGHTER COVERAGE

This page remains visible, but it should be read as a locality brief rather than a full-confidence suburb profile.

HOW TO READ THIS PAGE

Use this page to set direction, not to close a decision — frame the locality here, then confirm with compare, stronger nearby suburbs, and the state hub.

Stronger nearby reads

If Red Hill feels too thin on its own, use these nearby suburbs as stronger local reads before making a shortlist decision.

Macalister most similar
similar rent profile similar suburb scale

pop same · rent -$50/wk

Similar local read: useful for context, but still compare the actual market signals.

Chances Plain most similar
similar rent profile similar suburb scale

pop same · rent -$69/wk

Similar local read: useful for context, but still compare the actual market signals.

St Ruth most similar
similar rent profile similar suburb scale

pop same · rent -$80/wk

Similar local read: useful for context, but still compare the actual market signals.

Red Hill FAQ

Common questions
  1. What LGA is Red Hill in?

    Red Hill is in the Western Downs Local Government Area, QLD, postcode 4413. Council-level context for Western Downs LGA (suburb mix, population, rent, and price coverage) is available on the QuickProperty LGA page.

  2. What is the typical weekly rent in Red Hill?

    The median weekly rent in Red Hill is $300/wk, based on ABS Census 2021 rent fallback.

  3. Is Red Hill a good investment?

    QuickProperty's investment signals for Red Hill 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 Red Hill?

    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 Red Hill 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.