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Suburb profile ·Gladstone LGA · QLD ·4674

Rosedale QLD 4674

Rosedale is in Gladstone LGA, QLD, postcode 4674, with population 452.

The read

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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
$210/wk
Market rent signal
D3 vs AU
Gross yield
Need rent + price
Population
69,046
69K via Gladstone LGA · SAL undercount
Schools
1
Matched school context
D1 vs AU
Solar
522
29 added 12mo · 3MW

Price history

No price history available

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

Median mortgage · mth$1,020
Median rent · wk$210

Affordability

23%
median weekly rent as a share of gross household income (the 30% rule)
Manageable

Owners with a mortgage repay a median of $1,020/mo, while renters pay about $910/mo — owning runs $110/mo higher on these medians.

Household income · yr
$48K
Median rent · wk
$210
Owner mortgage · mo
$1,020

Household income

$48K household · yr-40% vs QLD suburb median
Personal
$25K
Family
$66K
Household
$48K

Schools

Total1
Avg ICSEA903
Students254
Government1
  • Rosedale State SchoolCombined · Government · ICSEA 903
Crime Year ending Apr 2026
5,791
5,791 per 100k
D7 vs AU

Crime

Rate · per 100k5,791
Total incidents5,791· Year ending Apr 2026
  • Assault1,26330%
  • Break And Enter63315%
  • Drug Offences2,06549%
  • Fraud2736%

Full data detail

Rosedale QLD — Property Data and Demographics

Rosedale is a quiet locality in Queensland within the Gladstone local government area (postcode 4674). The area has roughly 452 residents and a mature demographic, with a median age of 52. Households earn a median income of $48K per year, with an average household size of 2.3 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 managers, labourers, professionals. Employment in the area leans toward agriculture and education. The top ancestries reported are Australian, English, Scottish.

The median weekly rent is $210 (Census 2021). The median monthly mortgage repayment is $1,020.

Rosedale is served by 1 school, including 1 combined. The average ICSEA score is 903, which is below the national average of 1,000. The crime rate in the Gladstone LGA is moderate at 5,791 incidents per 100,000 population.

On the investment side, 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.

Market & money
Investment signalsHeuristics
Pop. Growth+1.6%· Stable
Development+0%· Steady
InvestmentQLD
Mortgage · mth$1,020
Rent · wk(Census)$210
Population growth · Gladstone LGAABS ERP
Population (2025)69,046
5-year growth+1.6% CAGR
YoY change+1.6%
20012025
Development · Gladstone LGAABS Approvals
Approvals (2026)163
Houses159
Units4
YoY change+0%
Employment · Gladstone LGASALM
Unemployment (Dec-25)4.9%
YoY change-1.4pp
Dec-10Dec-25
Property investors · Postcode 4674ATO
Negatively geared37 (4.2% of filers)
Avg rental loss$6,362/yr
Landlords (rental income)105
Reported capital gains62
People & prosperity
DemographicsCensus 21
Population452
Median age52
Household size2.3
HH income · wk$919
Personal income · wk$488
Persons / bedroom0.9
SEIFA indexABS
Advantage (IRSAD)1/10
Education (IEO)2/10
Economic (IER)2/10
Disadvantage (IRSD)1/10
Area & amenity
Local amenitiesOSM
Supermarkets0
Pharmacies0
GP / clinics0
Fuel stations0
Cafes & dining1
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Sources & freshness
Verify-heavy evidence

Much of Rosedale 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 Apr 2026 · Area-level release dataset
Available
Schools
ACARA 2025 · 1 schools matched
stable source · automated · every update · annual
Available
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.

Rosedale FAQ

Common questions
  1. What LGA is Rosedale in?

    Rosedale is in the Gladstone Local Government Area, QLD, postcode 4674. Council-level context for Gladstone LGA (suburb mix, population, rent, and price coverage) is available on the QuickProperty LGA page.

  2. What is the typical weekly rent in Rosedale?

    The median weekly rent in Rosedale is $210/wk, based on ABS Census 2021 rent fallback.

  3. Is Rosedale a good investment?

    QuickProperty's investment signals for Rosedale 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 Rosedale?

    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 Rosedale 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.