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Suburb profile ·Central Highlands (Qld) LGA · QLD ·4723

Capella QLD 4723

Capella is in Central Highlands (Qld) LGA, QLD, postcode 4723, with population 974.

Median house No local house series
Median rent $370/wk Rent context available
Gross yield Need rent + price
Population 974 974 local footprint
Schools 2 Matched school context
Decision trust

Usable evidence

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

Direct signals include Market rent, Crime, and Schools. Treat Property prices, Hospitals, and Transport as the main gap before this becomes a stronger decision page.

3
Available
0
Verify
5
Missing
Rent context available

Capella has usable rent context. No strong rent pressure, affordability stress, or investor-rent signal is visible from the provided context.

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Current status
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Source & freshness

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.

Release-based suburb price series, not a live market feed

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
ABS Data by Region and processed state datasets · Release-based series
medium stability · manual file · snapshot · release-based
Missing
Market rent
Queensland RTA · Q1 2026 · State market dataset
medium stability · automated · every update · quarterly
Available
Crime
State crime dataset · Year ending Dec 2026 · Area-level release dataset
medium stability · mixed acquisition · mixed refresh · mixed
Available
Schools
ACARA 2025 · 2 schools matched
medium stability · manual file · snapshot · annual
Available
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 · No linked annual population growth series
stable source · automated · every update · annual
Missing
Building approvals
ABS Building Approvals · No linked approvals series
stable source · automated · every update · monthly
Missing
Available means a direct local dataset is linked. Verify means coverage exists but freshness or precision is weaker, such as Census rent fallback or low-confidence hospital matching.
Rent signal

Rent context available

Capella has usable rent context. Snapshot rent $370/wk.

No strong rent pressure, affordability stress, or investor-rent signal is visible from the provided context.

Source level Suburb Confidence Good Period Q1 2026
$370/wk
+2.8% YoY
Dec 2019 → Mar 2026 · 20 periods
Queensland RTA · suburb grain · Mar 2026
$420
$200
Dec 2019Mar 2026
Evidence depth
Usable evidence

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

Direct signals include Market rent, Crime, and Schools. Treat Property prices, Hospitals, and Transport as the main gap before this becomes a stronger decision page.

Next step

Use compare before shortlisting so the missing evidence is balanced against nearby suburbs.

Direct
3

Market rent, Crime, Schools

Verify
0

No fallback or lower-precision signals flagged.

Missing
5

Property prices, Hospitals, Transport, Population growth

Decision intelligence
Thin-context

Capella currently reads as a thin-context candidate.

The profile is based on limited but still useful local context. The page is thin enough that nearby alternatives should be checked before shortlisting. Small local population makes the signal set more fragile.

Recommended next step

Use stronger nearby reads or rankings before treating this suburb as a shortlist candidate.

Why it fits

No strong positive decision reason is visible yet.

What to check

The page is thin enough that nearby alternatives should be checked before shortlisting. Small local population makes the signal set more fragile.

Decisive gaps

Property prices, Transport

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Use as context

Sparse locality note

This page stays indexable because Capella 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 hospital coverage, transport stops, population trend data, and building approvals.

The main gaps on this page are hospital coverage, transport stops, population trend data, and building approvals. 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.

Start here for context, then open compare, the state hub, or larger nearby suburbs before treating this as a complete 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 Capella feels too thin on its own, use these nearby suburbs as stronger local reads before making a shortlist decision.

Springsure most similar
similar rent profile similar suburb scale

pop same · rent -$170/wk

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

Sapphire Central most similar
similar rent profile similar suburb scale

pop +200 · rent -$210/wk

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

Emerald better covered
similar rent profile better market coverage

pop +13900 · adds house price coverage · rent -$70/wk

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

Why people look here Intent
  • Buyers want a quick sense of price, schools, and neighbourhood scale before getting lost in data.
  • Investors want to know whether rent, yield, and affordability broadly support the suburb story.
  • Researchers want one place that ties property, demographics, transport, and services together.
Local signals Mixed
Schools: 2 matched, including Capella State School, Capella State High School.
Crime: 6,392 per 100k at the Central Highlands (Qld) LGA level.
Transport: No matched local transport stops.

Price history

No price history available

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

Median mortgage · mth$1,300
Median rent · wk$220

Full data detail

Capella QLD

Postcode 4723 · Central Highlands (Qld) LGA

Capella is a small community in Queensland within the Central Highlands (Qld) local government area (postcode 4723). With a population of 974, the suburb has a mix of young professionals and families with a median age of 32. Households earn a median income of $96K per year, with an average household size of 2.5 people. 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 technicians & trades, machinery operators & drivers, labourers. Employment in the area leans toward mining and construction. The top ancestries reported are Australian, English, Irish.

The current median weekly rent is $370. The median monthly mortgage repayment is $1,300.

Capella is served by 2 schools, including 1 primary, 1 secondary. The average ICSEA score is 932, which is below the national average of 1,000. The crime rate in the Central Highlands (Qld) LGA is moderate at 6,392 incidents per 100,000 population.

SEIFA index (ABS) — 1 = most disadvantaged, 10 = most advantaged
Advantage3/10
Education1/10
Economic3/10
Disadvantage2/10
Census 2021 (ABS)
Median rent /wk
$220
Population
974
Demographics
Median age32
Household size2.5
HH income /wk$1,838
Personal income /wk$981
Mortgage /mth$1,300
Crime (Central Highlands (Qld) LGA)
Crime rate (per 100k)6,392
Total incidents6,392
Schools (2)
Avg ICSEA932
Total students328
Government2
Capella State SchoolPrimary · Government · ICSEA 938
Capella State High SchoolSecondary · Government · ICSEA 925
Data status
Property prices
Processed price datasets
Missing
Market rent
State rent dataset · Q1 2026 · Market dataset
Available
Crime
State crime dataset · Year ending Dec 2026 · LGA-level dataset
Available
Schools
ACARA 2025 · 2 schools matched
Available
Hospitals
AIHW
Missing
Transport
GTFS
Missing
Population growth
ABS ERP
Missing
Building approvals
ABS Building Approvals
Missing
Available means a local dataset is present. Verify means coverage exists but location confidence is limited.
Data: Year ending Dec 2026
Sources: ABS Census 2021 · ABS dwelling prices · State Valuers General · ATO income · ACARA schools · AIHW hospitals · GTFS · state police

Capella FAQ

Common questions
  1. What LGA is Capella in?

    Capella is in the Central Highlands (Qld) Local Government Area, QLD, postcode 4723. Council-level context for Central Highlands (Qld) LGA (suburb mix, population, rent, and price coverage) is available on the QuickProperty LGA page.

  2. What is the typical weekly rent in Capella?

    The median weekly rent in Capella is $370/wk, based on the current market rent dataset. The current rent signal is rent context available.

  3. What does the rent signal say about Capella?

    Rent context available: Capella 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. Where does QuickProperty get its data for Capella?

    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 Capella 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.