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Suburb profile ·Carpentaria LGA · QLD ·4823

Carpentaria QLD 4823

Carpentaria is in Carpentaria LGA, QLD, postcode 4823, with population 25.

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.

$163K
-33.6% YoY
2019 → 2024 · 6 periods
ABS + state medians
$246K
$155K
2019 2024
Why it fits

Entry price sits in the lower-cost range for a first-pass screen.

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
$163K
House median, latest period
33.6%YoY D1 vs AU
Median rent
No market rent dataset
Gross yield
Need rent + price
Population
2,247
2K via Carpentaria LGA · SAL undercount
Schools
No matched school data
Drive to city
Not in commute dataset
Solar
155
10 added 12mo · 2MW

Price history

Trend & investor depth

Value vs advantage-78% vs suburbs of similar SEIFA advantage (decile 4)

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).

Mortgage affordability

9%
of household income to service a new loan
2.0 yrs
to save a 20% deposit
Comfortable
housing-stress band
If rates move

At 4.2%: $638/mo (-161) · at 6.2% (current): $799/mo · at 8.2%: $975/mo (+176)

Assumes a 20% deposit and a 30-year principal-and-interest loan at the current RBA new owner-occupier variable rate, against median weekly household income (ABS Census 2021). Stress bands follow the 30% / 45%-of-income thresholds used in ANZ-CoreLogic and AIHW reporting. Rent vs buy compares that repayment with the suburb's median advertised rent; it excludes rates, insurance, maintenance and deposit opportunity cost.

Stronger alternatives nearby

Stronger 5-yr growth

similar price · cross-LGA

Alternatives are similar-priced suburbs (0.7–1.4x this suburb's median) in other council areas that exceed it on the named metric. Indicative — not financial advice.

Affordability

1.5x
median home price as a multiple of annual household income
Affordable
Median price
$163K
Household income · yr
$110K

Household income

$110K household · yr+38.7% vs QLD suburb median
Personal
$68K
Family
$110K
Household
$110K
Median taxable income trend (ATO, 2018-19 – 2022-23)$36K → $45K
Crime Year ending May 2026
23,944
23,944 per 100k
D10 vs AU

Crime

Rate · per 100k23,944
Total incidents23,944· Year ending May 2026
  • Assault13,43461%
  • Break And Enter1,9049%
  • Drug Offences6,34529%
  • Fraud3101%

Building due diligence

Construction requirements can change by location.

The National Construction Code is the baseline. Local hazards and site classifications can change the required structure, materials, fixings, insulation and detailing.

Known here

SUBURB CONTEXT

Bushfire-prone land

Moderate broad-area context

About 34.8% of the suburb intersects mapped bushfire-prone land.

May affect: External construction · Roof and wall systems · Openings, screens and decks

Check the property

ADDRESS + DESIGN

NCC climate zone

Check the property

Confirm the NCC climate zone used for the building design and energy provisions.

May affect: Insulation and glazing · Condensation control · Roof-space ventilation

Wind class and BAL

Site assessment required

A suburb layer cannot determine the site wind classification or Bushfire Attack Level.

May affect: Structure and tie-downs · Cladding and fixings · Openings and bushfire detailing

Corrosion and termite exposure

Check the property

Confirm marine or corrosive exposure and the applicable termite-management requirements.

May affect: Fasteners and connectors · Roofing and coatings · Termite management

This screen identifies investigation triggers, not building quality or property compliance. Confirm the address, design and current jurisdiction rules with the council, building surveyor or certifier, designer and engineer.

NCC 2022 Housing Provisions: how to use · NCC 2022 Volume Two and Housing Provisions

Bushfire exposure

Moderate exposure ~34.8%
~34.8% of the suburb is Bush Fire Prone Land

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

5,115 people · 20224,934 by 2032 (-3.5%)

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

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

Carpentaria is a quiet locality in Queensland within the Carpentaria local government area (postcode 4823). With a population of 25, the suburb has a young demographic with a median age of 22. Households earn a median income of $110K per year, with an average household size of 4.3 people. Recent annual estimates show population movement staying broadly stable across the broader catchment, with population growth running at +1.2% 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, technicians & trades, managers. The top ancestries reported are English, Australian, Irish.

The median house price in Carpentaria is $163,000, having fallen sharply by 33.6% over the past year.

The crime rate in the Carpentaria LGA is higher than average at 23,944 incidents per 100,000 population.

On the investment side, Property prices sit below the state median ($163K/$1.1M), which can point to relative value. The price-to-income ratio of 1.5x is considered affordable. House prices have moved -33.6% year-on-year. Population growth of +1.2% year-on-year points to stable demand fundamentals. Building approvals have changed +0% year-on-year, indicating steady development activity.

Market & money
Investment signalsHeuristics
Price vs State$163K/$1.1M Below Median
Affordability1.5x Affordable
Price Momentum-33.6% Falling
Pop. Growth+1.2%· Stable
Development+0%· Steady
InvestmentQLD
Mortgage · mth
Rent · wk(Census)
Price / income1.5x
Population growth · Carpentaria LGAABS ERP
Population (2025)2,247
5-year growth+1.2% CAGR
YoY change+1.2%
20012025
Development · Carpentaria LGAABS Approvals
Approvals (2026)1
Houses1
YoY change+0%
Employment · Carpentaria LGASALM
Unemployment (Dec-25)16.7%
YoY change-0.8pp
Mar-20Dec-25
Property investors · Postcode 4823ATO
Negatively geared4.5%
24 of filers
Avg rental loss$7,725/yr
Landlords (rental income)88
Reported capital gains71
People & prosperity
DemographicsCensus 21
Population25
Median age22
Household size4.3
HH income · wk$2,124
Personal income · wk$1,312
Persons / bedroom1.1
IncomeATO 22-23
Median income$44,588
Mean income$54,187
Earners2,393
YoY change+1.6%
SEIFA indexABS
Advantage (IRSAD)4/10
Education (IEO)1/10
Economic (IER)3/10
Disadvantage (IRSD)3/10
Top industriesCensus
Area & amenity
Hospitals · Carpentaria LGAAIHW
Public1
Private0
Normanton Hospitalpublic
Aged care · Carpentaria LGAGEN
Facilities1
Residential places15
Kukatja Place15 places
Childcare · Carpentaria LGAACECQA
Services3
Approved places88
Exceeding NQS0
Carpentaria Kindergarten Association Inc.30 places
Karumba Childrens Centre29 places
Normanton Child Care Centre29 places
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Sources & freshness
Verify-heavy evidence

Much of Carpentaria rests 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.

Annual SA2 price series matched to suburb pages as fallback coverage

RENT POSTURE
No local rent source is linked yet.

Treat the rent field as missing until a market or plausible Census rent value is linked.

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 · 2024 · Annual SA2 price series matched to suburb pages as fallback coverage
medium stability · manual file · snapshot · release-based
Verify
Market rent
ABS Census 2021 · No market rent source linked
stable source · manual file · snapshot · census-cycle
Missing
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 Carpentaria 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
This is a real locality, but it has a very small Census footprint.

Small-population localities can still be worth checking, but rankings, comparisons, and broad suburb assumptions become noisier faster.

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

Yagoonya most similar
similar suburb scale

pop same · adds rent coverage

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

Maramie most similar
similar suburb scale

pop same

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

Howitt most similar

pop same

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

Carpentaria FAQ

Common questions
  1. What LGA is Carpentaria in?

    Carpentaria is in the Carpentaria Local Government Area, QLD, postcode 4823. Council-level context for Carpentaria LGA (suburb mix, population, rent, and price coverage) is available on the QuickProperty LGA page.

  2. What is the median house price in Carpentaria?

    The current median house price in Carpentaria, QLD is $163K, based on the latest available sales data from state Valuers General offices and ABS Data by Region.

  3. Is Carpentaria a good investment?

    QuickProperty's investment signals for Carpentaria show: Below Median, Affordable, Falling. These are computed from price, rent, income, and population data — not an opaque score.

  4. Where does QuickProperty get its data for Carpentaria?

    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 Carpentaria 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.