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Suburb profile ·Cassowary Coast LGA · QLD ·4860

East Innisfail QLD 4860

East Innisfail is in Cassowary Coast LGA, QLD, postcode 4860, with population 1,757.

Median house No local house series
Median rent $320/wk Rent context available
Gross yield Need rent + price
Population 1,757 2K local footprint
Schools 2 Matched school context
Decision trust

Strong evidence

East Innisfail has enough direct local evidence for a first-pass decision.

Direct signals include Market rent, Crime, Schools, and Population growth. Missing or weaker areas are still shown so the page does not overstate precision.

5
Available
0
Verify
3
Missing
Rent context available

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

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Development momentum

137 latest-year approvals in Cassowary Coast, +0.0% YoY; population +1.0% YoY (0.7% 5yr).

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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 · 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 Census rent fallback or low-confidence hospital matching.
Rent signal

Rent context available

East Innisfail has usable rent context. Snapshot rent $320/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
$320/wk
-20.0% YoY
Mar 2021 → Mar 2026 · 20 periods
Queensland RTA · suburb grain · Mar 2026
$450
$280
Mar 2021Mar 2026
Evidence depth
Strong evidence

East Innisfail has enough direct local evidence for a first-pass decision.

Direct signals include Market rent, Crime, Schools, and Population growth. Missing or weaker areas are still shown so the page does not overstate precision.

Next step

Use compare to test the suburb against another candidate, then validate financial assumptions in the calculator where available.

Direct
5

Market rent, Crime, Schools, Population growth

Verify
0

No fallback or lower-precision signals flagged.

Missing
3

Property prices, Hospitals, Transport

Decision intelligence
Affordability-first

East Innisfail currently reads as a affordability-first candidate.

The profile is based on limited but still useful local context. Missing evidence to verify: Property prices, Transport.

Recommended next step

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Why it fits

No strong positive decision reason is visible yet.

What to check

No major caution is visible beyond the normal source checks.

Decisive gaps

Property prices, Transport

Compare status

Compare-ready

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 Innisfail East State School, Radiant Life College.
Crime: 5,615 per 100k at the Cassowary Coast 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$1,083
Median rent · wk$255

Full data detail

East Innisfail QLD

Postcode 4860 · Cassowary Coast LGA

East Innisfail is a small community in Queensland within the Cassowary Coast local government area (postcode 4860). With a population of 1,757, the suburb has an established demographic with a median age of 39. Households earn a median income of $57K per year, with an average household size of 2.3 people. Recent annual estimates show population movement staying broadly stable across the broader catchment, with population growth running at +1.0% 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 labourers, professionals, community & personal service. Employment in the area leans toward healthcare and agriculture. The top ancestries reported are English, Australian, Aboriginal Australian.

The current median weekly rent is $320. The median monthly mortgage repayment is $1,083.

East Innisfail is served by 2 schools, including 1 primary, 1 combined. The average ICSEA score is 782, which is well below the national average of 1,000. The crime rate in the Cassowary Coast LGA is moderate at 5,615 incidents per 100,000 population.

From an investment perspective, Population growth of +1.0% year-on-year indicates stable demand fundamentals. Building approvals have changed +0% year-on-year, indicating steady development activity.

Investment signals
Pop. Growth+1.0% Stable
Development+0% Steady
SEIFA index (ABS) — 1 = most disadvantaged, 10 = most advantaged
Advantage1/10
Education1/10
Economic1/10
Disadvantage1/10
Census 2021 (ABS)
Median rent /wk
$255
Population
1,757
Demographics
Median age39
Household size2.3
HH income /wk$1,092
Personal income /wk$628
Mortgage /mth$1,083
Crime (Cassowary Coast LGA)
Crime rate (per 100k)5,615
Total incidents5,615
Schools (2)
Avg ICSEA782
Total students285
Government1
Independent1
Innisfail East State SchoolPrimary · Government · ICSEA 814
Radiant Life CollegeCombined · Independent · ICSEA 749
Population growth (Cassowary Coast LGA)
Population (2025)30,666
5-year growth+0.7% CAGR
YoY change+1%
Development (Cassowary Coast LGA)
Approvals (2026)137
Houses96
Units41
YoY change+0%
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 · 2025 · Annual estimate
Available
Building approvals
ABS Building Approvals · 2026 · Annual series
Available
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

East Innisfail FAQ

Common questions
  1. What LGA is East Innisfail in?

    East Innisfail is in the Cassowary Coast Local Government Area, QLD, postcode 4860. Council-level context for Cassowary Coast LGA (suburb mix, population, rent, and price coverage) is available on the QuickProperty LGA page.

  2. What is the typical weekly rent in East Innisfail?

    The median weekly rent in East Innisfail is $320/wk, based on the current market rent dataset. The current rent signal is rent context available.

  3. What does the rent signal say about East Innisfail?

    Rent context available: East Innisfail 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 East Innisfail a good investment?

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

  5. Where does QuickProperty get its data for East Innisfail?

    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 East Innisfail 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.