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Suburb profile ·Richmond LGA · QLD ·4822

Saxby QLD 4822

Saxby is in Richmond LGA, QLD, postcode 4822, with population 35.

Limited data

Thin-context

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Why it fits

Higher SEIFA context supports a stronger local-quality read.

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
$100/wk
Market rent signal
D1 vs AU
Gross yield
Need rent + price
Population
35
35 local footprint
D2 vs AU
Schools
No matched school data
Drive to city
Not in commute dataset
Solar
178
2 added 12mo · 2MW

Price history

No price history available

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

Median mortgage · mth
Median rent · wk$100

Affordability

5%
median weekly rent as a share of gross household income (the 30% rule)
Manageable
Household income · yr
$98K
Median rent · wk
$100

Household income

$98K household · yr+22.5% vs QLD suburb median
Personal
$44K
Family
$91K
Household
$98K
Crime Year ending May 2026
4,009
4,009 per 100k
D6 vs AU

Crime

Rate · per 100k4,009
Total incidents4,009· Year ending May 2026
  • Assault1,75329%
  • Break And Enter5008%
  • Drug Offences3,39556%
  • Fraud3766%

Bushfire exposure

High exposure ~62.0%
~62.0% of the suburb is Bush Fire Prone Land

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

3,158 people · 20222,985 by 2032 (-5.5%)

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

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

Saxby is a sparsely populated locality in Queensland within the Richmond local government area (postcode 4822). It is home to about 35 residents, with a young demographic and a median age of 24. Households earn a median income of $98K per year, with an average household size of 5.1 people. Recent annual estimates show population movement staying broadly stable across the broader catchment, with population growth running at +0.4% 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 labourers, managers, clerical & administrative. The top ancestries reported are Australian, English, Welsh.

The median weekly rent is $100 (Census 2021).

The crime rate in the Richmond LGA is moderate at 4,009 incidents per 100,000 population.

Looking at the investment signals, Population growth of +0.4% 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+0.4%· Stable
Development+0%· Steady
InvestmentQLD
Mortgage · mth
Rent · wk(Census)$100
Population growth · Richmond LGAABS ERP
Population (2025)788
5-year growth+0.5% CAGR
YoY change+0.4%
20012025
Development · Richmond LGAABS Approvals
Approvals (2026)0
YoY change+0%
Employment · Richmond LGASALM
Unemployment (Dec-25)1.4%
YoY change-0.2pp
Mar-20Dec-25
Property investors · Postcode 4822ATO
Negatively geared6.5%
35 of filers
Avg rental loss$6,338/yr
Landlords (rental income)62
Reported capital gains46
People & prosperity
DemographicsCensus 21
Population35
Median age24
Household size5.1
HH income · wk$1,875
Personal income · wk$840
Persons / bedroom1.2
SEIFA indexABS
Advantage (IRSAD)9/10
Education (IEO)7/10
Economic (IER)9/10
Disadvantage (IRSD)8/10
Top industriesCensus
Area & amenity
Hospitals · Richmond LGAAIHW
Public1
Private0
Richmond Hospitalpublic
Aged care · Richmond LGAGEN
Facilities1
Residential places0
Co.As.It. Community ServicesShort-Term Restorative Care (STRC)
Childcare · Richmond LGAACECQA
Services2
Approved places89
Exceeding NQS0
Richmond Shire Council Outside School Hours Care45 places
Richmond Early Education Centre44 places
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Sources & freshness
Verify-heavy evidence

Saxby leans 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 Saxby 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.

Coverage is thinner on school matches, hospital coverage, and transport stops; lean less on this one page and confirm those gaps elsewhere.

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

Use it for context first, then move to compare, the state hub, or a larger nearby suburb before calling it a full market decision.

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

Albion most similar
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pop same

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

Maxwelton most similar
similar suburb scale

pop same

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

Burleigh most similar
similar suburb scale

pop same · rent +$300/wk

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

Saxby FAQ

Common questions
  1. What LGA is Saxby in?

    Saxby is in the Richmond Local Government Area, QLD, postcode 4822. Council-level context for Richmond LGA (suburb mix, population, rent, and price coverage) is available on the QuickProperty LGA page.

  2. What is the typical weekly rent in Saxby?

    The median weekly rent in Saxby is $100/wk, based on ABS Census 2021 rent fallback.

  3. Is Saxby a good investment?

    QuickProperty's investment signals for Saxby 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 Saxby?

    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 Saxby 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.