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Suburb profile ·Cook LGA · QLD ·4895

Rossville QLD 4895

Rossville is in Cook LGA, QLD, postcode 4895, with population 253.

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
$150/wk
Market rent signal
D2 vs AU
Gross yield
Need rent + price
Population
4,876
5K via Cook LGA · SAL undercount
Schools
1
Matched school context
D1 vs AU
Drive to city
Not in commute dataset
Solar
627
51 added 12mo · 5MW

Price history

No price history available

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

Median mortgage · mth$975
Median rent · wk$150
Investor profile

Who invests in Rossville

Owner-occupied 86%Rented 14%
Investor activityATO
Negatively geared3.9%
94 of 238 landlords
Avg rental loss$7,436/yr
Landlords (rental income)238
Reported capital gains103
The read

Owner-occupier stronghold

75% of homes here are owner-occupied and 12% rented, with 4% of landlords negatively geared.

Why it fits

75% 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

20%
median weekly rent as a share of gross household income (the 30% rule)
Manageable

Owners with a mortgage repay a median of $975/mo, while renters pay about $650/mo — owning runs $325/mo higher on these medians.

Household income · yr
$40K
Median rent · wk
$150
Owner mortgage · mo
$975

Household income

$40K household · yr-50.2% vs QLD suburb median
Personal
$25K
Family
$54K
Household
$40K
Household income distribution (ABS Census 2021 · weekly)
Under $300
4
$300-649
32
$650-999
14
$1,000-1,499
19
$1,500-1,999
4
$2,000-2,999
0
$3,000-3,999
7
$4,000+
0

At the median asking rent, about 36% of households here would spend more than 30% of income on rent (rent stress line: $500/wk income).

Housing stock and tenure

Tenure (103 households)
Owned outright
52%
Owned with mortgage
23%
Rented
12%
Dwelling structure17.5% of dwellings unoccupied on census night
Separate house
88%
Townhouse / semi
0%
Flat / apartment
0%

Getting to work: 76% drive, 0% public transport, 16% walk or cycle, 0% worked from home (2021 Census, taken during COVID-era work-from-home arrangements).

Schools

Total1
Avg ICSEA893
Students25
Government1
  • Rossville State SchoolPrimary · Government · ICSEA 893
Crime Year ending May 2026
11,146
11,146 per 100k
D9 vs AU

Crime

Rate · per 100k11,146
Total incidents11,146· Year ending May 2026
  • Assault4,46052%
  • Break And Enter6317%
  • Drug Offences2,11725%
  • Fraud1,30715%

Bushfire exposure

Severe exposure ~80.1%
~80.1% of the suburb is Bush Fire Prone Land · ~32.4% Category 1 (highest hazard)

Estimated exposure to NSW RFS Bush Fire Prone Land (CC BY), point-sampled across the suburb. This shows how much of the suburb sits within the official hazard layer — it is not a Bushfire Attack Level (BAL) rating or a property-level assessment. Obtain a BAL assessment (AS 3959) for an individual property.

Population outlook

8,070 people · 20229,013 by 2032 (+11.7%)

ABS population projection (2022 base) for the Cape York SA2 statistical area — the finest official projection grain available; suburb-level projections do not exist.

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

Rossville is a sparsely populated locality in Queensland within the Cook local government area (postcode 4895). The area has roughly 253 residents and a mature demographic, with a median age of 49. Households earn a median income of $40K 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 +1.1% 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 technicians & trades, sales, machinery operators & drivers. Employment in the area leans toward accommodation & food and public admin & safety. The top ancestries reported are English, Australian, Irish.

The median weekly rent is $150 (Census 2021). The median monthly mortgage repayment is $975.

Rossville is served by 1 school, including 1 primary. The average ICSEA score is 893, which is well below the national average of 1,000. The crime rate in the Cook LGA is higher than average at 11,146 incidents per 100,000 population.

Looking at the investment signals, Population growth of +1.1% 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+1.1%· Stable
Development+0%· Steady
InvestmentQLD
Mortgage · mth$975
Rent · wk(Census)$150
Population growth · Cook LGAABS ERP
Population (2025)4,876
5-year growth+1.3% CAGR
YoY change+1.1%
20012025
Development · Cook LGAABS Approvals
Approvals (2026)17
Houses17
YoY change+0%
Employment · Cook LGASALM
Unemployment (Dec-25)9.8%
YoY change-1.6pp
Mar-20Dec-25
Property investors · Postcode 4895ATO
Negatively geared3.9%
94 of filers
Avg rental loss$7,436/yr
Landlords (rental income)238
Reported capital gains103
People & prosperity
DemographicsCensus 21
Population253
Median age49
Household size2
HH income · wk$762
Personal income · wk$489
Persons / bedroom1.1
SEIFA indexABS
Advantage (IRSAD)1/10
Education (IEO)2/10
Economic (IER)1/10
Disadvantage (IRSD)1/10
Income momentumCensus 16→21
HH income · wk$769 → $762
Change-0.9%
vs QLD median-18.9 pp
Median rent+0%
softeningvs QLD 2016–21
Area & amenity
Local amenitiesOSM
Supermarkets0
Pharmacies0
GP / clinics0
Fuel stations1
Cafes & dining1
Hospitals · Cook LGAAIHW
Public1
Private0
Cooktown Hospitalpublic
Aged care · Cook LGAGEN
Facilities2
Residential places39
Hope Vale Aged Hostel20 places
Cooktown Multi-Purpose Service19 places
Childcare · Cook LGAACECQA
Services4
Approved places105
Exceeding NQS1
Barrier Reef Childcare37 places
George Bowen Memorial Kindergarten25 places
Cooktown Kindergarten23 places
Coen Kindergarten20 places
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Sources & freshness
Verify-heavy evidence

Rossville 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 May 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.

Rossville FAQ

Common questions
  1. What LGA is Rossville in?

    Rossville is in the Cook Local Government Area, QLD, postcode 4895. Council-level context for Cook LGA (suburb mix, population, rent, and price coverage) is available on the QuickProperty LGA page.

  2. What is the typical weekly rent in Rossville?

    The median weekly rent in Rossville is $150/wk, based on ABS Census 2021 rent fallback.

  3. Is Rossville a good investment?

    QuickProperty's investment signals for Rossville 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 Rossville?

    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 Rossville 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.