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Suburb profile ·Livingstone LGA · QLD ·4710

Zilzie QLD 4710

Zilzie is in Livingstone LGA, QLD, postcode 4710, with population 2,846.

Limited data

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$580/wk
Rising
+9.4% YoY
Jun 2021 → Mar 2026 · 20 periods
Queensland RTA · suburb grain · Mar 2026
$580
$410
Jun 2021Mar 2026
Why it fits

Population movement supports a growth-led read.

What to check

The page is thin enough that nearby alternatives should be checked before shortlisting.

Median house
No local house series
Median rent
$580/wk
Rent context available
9.4%YoY D10 vs AU
Gross yield
Need rent + price
Population
2,846
3K local footprint
D9 vs AU
Schools
No matched school data
Drive to city
8h 54m
675.3 km to Brisbane CBD · free-flow
Solar
1,340
102 added 12mo · 8MW

Price history

No price history available

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

Median mortgage · mth$1,600
Median rent · wk$370

Trend & investor depth

Rent stabilitystable — rents vary ±3.1% around trend

Indicative cashflow is interest-only and excludes tax — use the calculator for a full projection. Turnover divides recorded sales by an estimated household count (population over average household size).

Investor profile

Who invests in Zilzie

Owner-occupied 65%Rented 35%
Investor activityATO
Negatively geared4.3%
131 of 315 landlords
Avg rental loss$5,407/yr
Landlords (rental income)315
Reported capital gains259
The read

Mixed owner-renter market

62% of homes here are owner-occupied and 33% rented, with 4% of landlords negatively geared.

Why it fits

A balanced 62% owner-occupier / 33% renter mix.

ABS Census 2021 tenure (G37), ATO postcode rental statistics, and QuickProperty's investor-exposure index. Owner-occupied = owned outright + with a mortgage.

Affordability

43%
median weekly rent as a share of gross household income (the 30% rule)
High stress

Owners with a mortgage repay a median of $1,600/mo, while renters pay about $2,513/mo — renting runs $913/mo higher on these medians.

Household income · yr
$70K
Median rent · wk
$580
Owner mortgage · mo
$1,600

Household income

$70K household · yr-12.5% vs QLD suburb median
Personal
$33K
Family
$79K
Household
$70K
Household income distribution (ABS Census 2021 · weekly)
Under $300
29
$300-649
139
$650-999
194
$1,000-1,499
166
$1,500-1,999
116
$2,000-2,999
174
$3,000-3,999
73
$4,000+
54

At the median asking rent, about 67% of households here would spend more than 30% of income on rent (rent stress line: $1,933/wk income).

Housing stock and tenure

Tenure (1,031 households)0.6% social housing
Owned outright
34%
Owned with mortgage
28%
Rented
33%
Dwelling structure14.4% of dwellings unoccupied on census night
Separate house
92%
Townhouse / semi
5%
Flat / apartment
2%

Getting to work: 87% drive, 3% public transport, 1% walk or cycle, 6% worked from home (2021 Census, taken during COVID-era work-from-home arrangements).

Crime Year ending May 2026
4,149
4,149 per 100k
D6 vs AU

Crime

Rate · per 100k4,149
Total incidents4,149· Year ending May 2026
  • Assault95538%
  • Break And Enter38415%
  • Drug Offences86635%
  • Fraud28712%

Bushfire exposure

High exposure ~42.9%
~42.9% of the suburb is Bush Fire Prone Land · ~0.8% 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

5,940 people · 20226,567 by 2032 (+10.6%)

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

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

Located in Queensland within the Livingstone local government area, Zilzie is a smaller residential area (postcode 4710). The area has roughly 2,846 residents and an established demographic, with a median age of 43. Households earn a median income of $70K per year, with an average household size of 2.5 people. Recent annual estimates show population movement into the broader catchment, with population growth running at +2.1% 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, community & personal service, machinery operators & drivers. Employment in the area leans toward healthcare and mining. The top ancestries reported are Australian, English, Scottish.

The current median weekly rent is $580. The median monthly mortgage repayment is $1,600.

The crime rate in the Livingstone LGA is moderate at 4,149 incidents per 100,000 population.

From an investment perspective, Population growth of +2.1% 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+2.1% Strong Growth
Development+0%· Steady
InvestmentQLD
Mortgage · mth$1,600
Rent · wk(Census)$370
Market rent · wk(Q1 2026)$580
Population growth · Livingstone LGAABS ERP
Population (2025)43,668
5-year growth+2.2% CAGR
YoY change+2.1%
20012025
Development · Livingstone LGAABS Approvals
Approvals (2026)193
Houses 84%Units 16%
YoY change+0%
Employment · Livingstone LGASALM
Unemployment (Dec-25)2.3%
YoY change-0.6pp
Dec-10Dec-25
Property investors · Postcode 4710ATO
Negatively geared4.3%
131 of filers
Avg rental loss$5,407/yr
Landlords (rental income)315
Reported capital gains259
People & prosperity
DemographicsCensus 21
Population2,846
Median age43
Household size2.5
HH income · wk$1,339
Personal income · wk$643
Persons / bedroom0.7
SEIFA indexABS
Advantage (IRSAD)2/10
Education (IEO)2/10
Economic (IER)3/10
Disadvantage (IRSD)2/10
Income momentumCensus 16→21
HH income · wk$1,143 → $1,339
Change+17.1%
vs QLD median-0.9 pp
Median rent+19.4%
stablevs QLD 2016–21
Area & amenity
Hospitals · Livingstone LGAAIHW
Public1
Private0
Capricorn Coast Hospitalpublic
Aged care · Livingstone LGAGEN
Facilities3
Residential places252
Bolton Clarke Sunset Ridge120 places · in suburb
Blue Care Capricorn Aged Care Facility66 places
Capricorn Adventist Retirement Village66 places
Childcare · Livingstone LGAACECQA
Services15
Approved places1,260
Exceeding NQS5
Coastal Kids Yeppoon199 places
Taranganba Early Learning191 places
Skippy's Early Learning Yeppoon129 places
Cedar Avenue Early Learning114 places
Coastal Kids Kindergarten100 places
Coastal Kids Childcare96 places
+9 more in Livingstone LGA
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Sources & freshness
Usable evidence

Zilzie is usable, but it still needs cross-checking.

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 using a state market dataset when available.

Use current rent as a starting signal, not as a fixed underwriting truth.

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
Queensland RTA · Q1 2026 · State market dataset
medium stability · automated · every update · quarterly
Available
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 Zilzie 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.

Treat this as a directional locality brief first, then verify the suburb story against stronger nearby markets or the state hub.

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

The main gaps on this page are school matches, hospital coverage, and transport stops. That narrows how much confidence you should place on a single-page read.

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

Emu Park better covered
similar rent profile similar suburb scale better market coverage

pop -600 · adds house price coverage · rent -$280/wk

Better covered alternative: use this as the stronger reference point before judging the thin page.

Lammermoor most similar
similar rent profile similar suburb scale

pop -300 · rent -$180/wk

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

Taranganba most similar
similar rent profile similar suburb scale

pop -600 · rent -$230/wk

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

Zilzie FAQ

Common questions
  1. What LGA is Zilzie in?

    Zilzie is in the Livingstone Local Government Area, QLD, postcode 4710. Council-level context for Livingstone LGA (suburb mix, population, rent, and price coverage) is available on the QuickProperty LGA page.

  2. What is the typical weekly rent in Zilzie?

    The median weekly rent in Zilzie is $580/wk, based on the current market rent dataset. The current rent signal is rent context available.

  3. What does the rent signal say about Zilzie?

    Rent context available: Zilzie has usable rent context. Use this as a suburb screening signal before comparing candidates or modelling a purchase; the matching rent ranking can provide broader market context.

  4. Is Zilzie a good investment?

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

  5. Where does QuickProperty get its data for Zilzie?

    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.

  6. How often is the Zilzie 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.