Located in Queensland within the Hinchinbrook local government area, Yuruga is a quiet locality (postcode 4850). The area has roughly 64 residents and an older-leaning population, with a median age of 50. Households earn a median income of $87K per year, with an average household size of 2.5 people. Recent annual estimates show population movement staying broadly stable across the broader catchment, with population growth running at +0.6% 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 managers, labourers, professionals. Employment in the area leans toward agriculture and education. The top ancestries reported are Italian, Australian, English.
The median weekly rent is $165 (Census 2021). The median monthly mortgage repayment is $942.
The crime rate in the Hinchinbrook LGA is moderate at 5,488 incidents per 100,000 population.
On the investment side, Population growth of +0.6% year-on-year points to stable demand fundamentals. Building approvals have changed +0% year-on-year, indicating steady development activity.