Wilsons Pocket is a small, quiet locality in Queensland within the Gympie local government area (postcode 4570). It is home to about 191 residents, with a settled, mature resident base and a median age of 48. Households earn a median income of $82K per year, with an average household size of 2.7 people. Recent annual estimates show population movement into the broader catchment, with population growth running at +2.0% 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 labourers, managers, professionals. Employment in the area leans toward agriculture and construction. The top ancestries reported are English, Australian, German.
The median weekly rent is $303 (Census 2021). The median monthly mortgage repayment is $1,733.
The crime rate in the Gympie LGA is moderate at 5,230 incidents per 100,000 population.
Looking at the investment signals, Population growth of +2.0% year-on-year points to stable demand fundamentals. Building approvals have changed +0% year-on-year, indicating steady development activity.