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Suburb profile ·Scenic Rim LGA · QLD ·4275

Wonglepong QLD 4275

Wonglepong is in Scenic Rim LGA, QLD, postcode 4275, with population 364.

Limited data

Thin-context

The page is still useful for local context, but the evidence stack is too thin for a clean one-page call. Use nearby stronger suburbs or compare mode before treating it as a serious shortlist decision.

Why it fits

Population movement supports a growth-led 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
$455/wk
Market rent signal
D10 vs AU
Gross yield
Need rent + price
Population
46,947
47K via Scenic Rim LGA · SAL undercount
Schools
No matched school data
Drive to city
Not in commute dataset
Solar
1,242
94 added 12mo · 10MW

Price history

No price history available

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

Median mortgage · mth$2,024
Median rent · wk$455
Investor profile

Who invests in Wonglepong

Owner-occupied 91%Rented 9%
Investor activityATO
Negatively geared4.5%
115 of 323 landlords
Avg rental loss$6,772/yr
Landlords (rental income)323
Reported capital gains193
The read

Owner-occupier stronghold

83% of homes here are owner-occupied and 8% rented, with 5% of landlords negatively geared.

Why it fits

83% 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

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

Owners with a mortgage repay a median of $2,024/mo, while renters pay about $1,972/mo — owning runs $52/mo higher on these medians.

Household income · yr
$103K
Median rent · wk
$455
Owner mortgage · mo
$2,024

Household income

$103K household · yr+29.5% vs QLD suburb median
Personal
$43K
Family
$102K
Household
$103K
Household income distribution (ABS Census 2021 · weekly)
Under $300
3
$300-649
0
$650-999
20
$1,000-1,499
16
$1,500-1,999
11
$2,000-2,999
28
$3,000-3,999
18
$4,000+
11

At the median asking rent, about 37% of households here would spend more than 30% of income on rent (rent stress line: $1,517/wk income).

Housing stock and tenure

Tenure (120 households)
Owned outright
28%
Owned with mortgage
54%
Rented
8%
Dwelling structure8.5% of dwellings unoccupied on census night
Separate house
100%
Townhouse / semi
0%
Flat / apartment
0%

Getting to work: 82% drive, 0% public transport, 2% walk or cycle, 10% worked from home (2021 Census, taken during COVID-era work-from-home arrangements).

Crime Year ending May 2026
3,425
3,425 per 100k
D5 vs AU

Crime

Rate · per 100k3,425
Total incidents3,425· Year ending May 2026
  • Assault47829%
  • Break And Enter35822%
  • Drug Offences41225%
  • Fraud37823%

Bushfire exposure

High exposure ~67.7%
~67.7% of the suburb is Bush Fire Prone Land · ~29.6% 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

16,138 people · 202218,062 by 2032 (+11.9%)

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

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

Wonglepong (postcode 4275) is a small, quiet locality in Queensland within the Scenic Rim local government area. It is home to about 364 residents, with a mature demographic and a median age of 47. Households earn a median income of $103K per year, with an average household size of 2.8 people. Recent annual estimates show population movement into the broader catchment, with population growth running at +2.2% 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, professionals, labourers. Employment in the area leans toward construction and healthcare. The top ancestries reported are English, Australian, Scottish.

The median weekly rent is $455 (Census 2021). The median monthly mortgage repayment is $2,024.

The crime rate in the Scenic Rim LGA is below average at 3,425 incidents per 100,000 population.

From an investment perspective, Population growth of +2.2% year-on-year points to strong growth demand fundamentals. Building approvals have changed +0% year-on-year, indicating steady development activity.

Market & money
Investment signalsHeuristics
Pop. Growth+2.2% Strong Growth
Development+0%· Steady
InvestmentQLD
Mortgage · mth$2,024
Rent · wk(Census)$455
Population growth · Scenic Rim LGAABS ERP
Population (2025)46,947
5-year growth+1.7% CAGR
YoY change+2.2%
20012025
Development · Scenic Rim LGAABS Approvals
Approvals (2026)372
Houses 94%Units 6%
YoY change+0%
Employment · Scenic Rim LGASALM
Unemployment (Dec-25)3.6%
YoY change-0.9pp
Dec-10Dec-25
Property investors · Postcode 4275ATO
Negatively geared4.5%
115 of filers
Avg rental loss$6,772/yr
Landlords (rental income)323
Reported capital gains193
People & prosperity
DemographicsCensus 21
Population364
Median age47
Household size2.8
HH income · wk$1,983
Personal income · wk$822
Persons / bedroom0.8
SEIFA indexABS
Advantage (IRSAD)6/10
Education (IEO)4/10
Economic (IER)8/10
Disadvantage (IRSD)5/10
Income momentumCensus 16→21
HH income · wk$1,731 → $1,983
Change+14.6%
vs QLD median-3.4 pp
Median rent+13.8%
stablevs QLD 2016–21
Area & amenity
Hospitals · Scenic Rim LGAAIHW
Public2
Private0
Beaudesert Hospitalpublic
Boonah Hospitalpublic
Aged care · Scenic Rim LGAGEN
Facilities4
Residential places373
Wongaburra Garden Settlement Hostel125 places
Churches of Christ Fassifern Aged Care Service105 places
Whiddon Beaudesert Star102 places
Beaumont Care Roslyn Lodge41 places
Childcare · Scenic Rim LGAACECQA
Services27
Approved places1,526
Exceeding NQS2
Beaudesert Kids Early Learning Centre125 places
Nature's Kids Early Learning Centre120 places
Amaze Early Education Centre Beaudesert116 places
Gleneagle Early Learning99 places
Edge Early Learning Beaudesert85 places
Camp Australia - Beaudesert State School OSHC75 places
+21 more in Scenic Rim LGA
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Sources & freshness
Verify-heavy evidence

Wonglepong 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 · 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 Wonglepong 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
The page is readable, but the local evidence base is lighter than a mainstream suburb profile.

Read it as a starting locality brief, then cross-check the suburb story against better-covered nearby markets or the state hub.

WHAT IS MISSING
Coverage is lighter across school matches, hospital coverage, and transport stops.

The lighter areas here are school matches, hospital coverage, and transport stops, so a single-page read should carry less weight than usual.

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

This page is useful for direction-setting, not closure. Use it to frame the locality, then confirm the story with compare, stronger nearby suburbs, and the state hub.

Stronger nearby reads

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

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Wonglepong FAQ

Common questions
  1. What LGA is Wonglepong in?

    Wonglepong is in the Scenic Rim Local Government Area, QLD, postcode 4275. Council-level context for Scenic Rim LGA (suburb mix, population, rent, and price coverage) is available on the QuickProperty LGA page.

  2. What is the typical weekly rent in Wonglepong?

    The median weekly rent in Wonglepong is $455/wk, based on ABS Census 2021 rent fallback.

  3. Is Wonglepong a good investment?

    QuickProperty's investment signals for Wonglepong show: Strong Growth, Steady. These are computed from price, rent, income, and population data — not an opaque score.

  4. Where does QuickProperty get its data for Wonglepong?

    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 Wonglepong 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.