Scottville is a sparsely populated locality in Queensland within the Whitsunday local government area (postcode 4804). The area has roughly 279 residents and a settled, mature resident base, with a median age of 46. Households earn a median income of $55K per year, with an average household size of 2.4 people. Recent annual estimates show population movement into the broader catchment, with population growth running at +1.8% 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 machinery operators & drivers, labourers, technicians & trades. Employment in the area leans toward mining and retail trade. The top ancestries reported are Australian, English, Scottish.
The median weekly rent is $215 (Census 2021). The median monthly mortgage repayment is $787.
Scottville is served by 1 school, including 1 primary. The average ICSEA score is 876, which is well below the national average of 1,000. The crime rate in the Whitsunday LGA is moderate at 6,148 incidents per 100,000 population.
On the investment side, Population growth of +1.8% year-on-year points to stable demand fundamentals. Building approvals have changed +0% year-on-year, indicating steady development activity.