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Emu Park QLD 4710

Emu Park is in Livingstone LGA, QLD, postcode 4710, with population 2,281.

The read

Growth-momentum

Price, rent, or affordability signals are lining up without a clear local red flag, and the broader demand backdrop is at least supportive. Treat this as a suburb worth comparing seriously, then stress-test it in the calculator before making a conviction call.

$465/wk
Rising
+3.3% YoY
Jun 2021 → Mar 2026 · 20 periods
Queensland RTA · suburb grain · Mar 2026
$580
$250
Jun 2021Mar 2026
Why it fits

Entry price sits in the lower-cost range for a first-pass screen. Recent price movement shows visible market momentum. Population movement supports a growth-led read.

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Median house
$568K
House median, latest period
↑14.2%YoY D3 vs AU
Median rent
$465/wk
Income-stretched rent market
↑3.3%YoY D10 vs AU
Gross yield
4.3%
Moderate yield band
D10 vs AU
Population
2,281
2K local footprint
D9 vs AU
Schools
1
Matched school context
D1 vs AU
Drive to city
8h 54m
675.3 km to Brisbane CBD · free-flow
Solar
1,340
102 added 12mo · 8MW

Price history

House and unit medians · ABS + state datasets

Trend & investor depth

Derived from this suburb's own price, rent and income history
Indicative cashflow-$211/wk (-$10,947/yr) · interest-only @ 6.4%, 80% LVR
Rent stabilityvolatile — rents vary ±14.7% around trend
Value vs advantage-13% vs suburbs of similar SEIFA advantage (decile 3)

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).

Investment grade

Composite · growth · yield · stability
Agrade · 87/100 · top 13% of 3,604AU suburbs
Peer distributionstronger than 87% of AU suburbs
WeakerTypicalStronger
Capital growth73
Rental yield84
Stability86
Volatility-5.8ppCycle-2.0Affordability-1.5

Bar = this suburb's percentile · tick = typical (median) peer · stability drivers signed (+ = steadier)

Relative grade across Australian suburbs, combining qp's capital-growth (multi-year CAGR + cycle timing), rental-yield, and stability (price volatility + cycle + affordability) metrics via a three-pillar property-scoring method with an imbalance penalty. Within-Australia relative, indicative only — not financial advice.

Investor profile

Who invests in Emu Park

Owner-occupied 78%Rented 22%
Investor activityATO
Negatively geared4.3%
131 of 315 landlords
Avg rental loss$5,407/yr
Landlords (rental income)315
Reported capital gains259
The read

Owner-occupier stronghold

76% of homes here are owner-occupied and 21% rented, with 4% of landlords negatively geared.

Why it fits

76% owner-occupied — owner-occupiers hold longer and absorb rate shocks, supporting price stability.

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

Mortgage affordability

RBA rate · ABS Census 2021 household income
54%
of household income to service a new loan
12.2 yrs
to save a 20% deposit
Severe
housing-stress band
Rent vs buyRenting cheaper

New-loan repayment $2,783/mo vs median rent $2,015/mo (+38% · +$177/wk)

If rates move

At 4.2%: $2,222/mo (-561) · at 6.2% (current): $2,783/mo · at 8.2%: $3,398/mo (+615)

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

Similar-priced suburbs in other council areas that rate higher on a metric.

Higher yield

similar price · cross-LGA

Stronger 5-yr growth

similar price · cross-LGA

More affordable

lower price-to-income

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

Buying & renting · ABS Census + state data
Buying
9.2x
median home price as a multiple of annual household income
Moderate
Renting
39%
median weekly rent as a share of gross household income (the 30% rule)
Stretched

Owners with a mortgage repay a median of $1,517/mo, while renters pay about $2,015/mo — renting runs $498/mo higher on these medians.

Median price
$568K
Household income · yr
$62K
Median rent · wk
$465
Owner mortgage · mo
$1,517
Gross yield
4.3%

Household income

ABS Census · ATO
$62K household · yr-22.1% vs QLD suburb median
Personal
$32K
Family
$75K
Household
$62K
Household income distribution (ABS Census 2021 · weekly)27% could service the median house
Under $300
36
$300-649
137
$650-999
185
$1,000-1,499
140
$1,500-1,999
77
$2,000-2,999
123
$3,000-3,999
46
$4,000+
69

Serviceability line: a household needs about $2,141/wk to hold a new loan on the median house at 30% of income (20% deposit, 30-year P&I, current RBA rate).

At the median asking rent, about 62% of households here would spend more than 30% of income on rent (rent stress line: $1,550/wk income).

Median taxable income trend (ATO, 2018-19 – 2022-23)$46K → $53K

Housing stock and tenure

ABS Census 2021
Tenure (909 households)3.1% social housing
Owned outright
46%
Owned with mortgage
30%
Rented
21%
Dwelling structure17.5% of dwellings unoccupied on census night
Separate house
90%
Townhouse / semi
5%
Flat / apartment
3%

Getting to work: 83% drive, 2% public transport, 4% walk or cycle, 8% worked from home (2021 Census, taken during COVID-era work-from-home arrangements).

Schools

ACARA 2025
Total1
Avg ICSEA950
Students499
Government1
  • Emu Park State SchoolPrimary · Government · ICSEA 950

Livability

OSM · GTFS · schools + hospitals
15/ 100 livability index

Top 85% most liveable of 4,565Australian suburbs.

Peer distributionstronger than 15% of Australian suburbs
WeakerTypicalStronger
Everyday access19
Public transport0
Schools & hospitals25

Bar = this suburb's percentile · tick = typical (median) peer

Suburb-level access-density index (not an address-level walk-time score), normalised within Australian suburbs. Method based on the Urban Liveability Index (Higgs et al. 2019) and Walk Score — three equal-weighted domains combined with an imbalance penalty.

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

Crime

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

Development screen

Could a secondary dwelling be worth investigating?

Limited supporting context
secondary dwelling / granny flat screening context Medium broad constraint context

Policy position

Official source access limited

The official state policy page could not be reliably re-verified automatically in the latest review. Treat this screen as preliminary and confirm the current planning and building requirements with the state source and local council.

Rental use: State rental-law changes allow secondary dwellings to be rented more broadly, but implementation depends on an approved lawful dwelling and local planning/building requirements.

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Separate houses

73.9%

Suburb share of occupied private dwellings recorded as separate houses.

5.3 pp below the state median

State median 79.3% · 838 valid suburbs

Residential-zone context

Not staged

A comparable planning-zone layer is not staged for this state.

Rental households

21.2%

Demand context only; it does not establish permission to rent a secondary dwelling.

8.5 pp below the state median

State median 29.7% · 838 valid suburbs

Mapped hazards

bushfire high

The staged suburb layer indicates a broad-area constraint that needs address-level checking. No broad-area layer staged for this suburb.

Approval pathway

Four checks, each with a different evidence threshold.

This is an investigation sequence, not a guarantee that every step applies or that approval will be granted.

  1. 01 Verify current source

    State policy position

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  2. 02 Property dependent

    Planning pathway

    Confirm zoning, lot controls, overlays, setbacks, site coverage and whether planning approval is required.

  3. 03 Design dependent

    Building approval

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  4. 04 Check separately

    Intended use

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Site controls

Lot area and dimensions

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Status for Lot area and dimensions
Evidence packMissing

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Setbacks and site coverage

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Status for Setbacks and site coverage
Evidence packMissing

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Slope and ground conditions

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Status for Slope and ground conditions
Evidence packMissing

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Title and planning

Zoning and overlays

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Status for Zoning and overlays
Evidence packMissing

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Title, easements and covenants

Review the title for easements, covenants, restrictions and common property.

Status for Title, easements and covenants
Evidence packMissing

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Services and access

Sewer and stormwater

Locate assets and connection points, then confirm capacity, clearances and discharge requirements.

Status for Sewer and stormwater
Evidence packMissing

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Power, water and metering

Confirm service routes, upgrade needs and whether separate metering is permitted or practical.

Status for Power, water and metering
Evidence packMissing

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Vehicle access and parking

Test driveway width, gradients, turning, parking and emergency access requirements.

Status for Vehicle access and parking
Evidence packMissing

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Construction constraints

Bushfire exposure

Order an address-level bushfire assessment and determine any BAL construction response.

Status for Bushfire exposure
Evidence packMissing

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Flood and overland flow

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Status for Flood and overland flow
Evidence packMissing

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Wind, corrosion and termite

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Status for Wind, corrosion and termite
Evidence packMissing

Metadata only. QuickProperty does not store or upload the underlying document.

Approval and use

Planning approval pathway

Confirm exemption, complying pathway or permit requirements with the responsible authority.

Status for Planning approval pathway
Evidence packMissing

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Building approval and consultants

Identify required survey, design, engineering, energy, certification and inspection evidence.

Status for Building approval and consultants
Evidence packMissing

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Rental and intended use

Confirm occupation, rental, short-stay and family-use rules plus insurance and tax implications.

Status for Rental and intended use
Evidence packMissing

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Emu Park, QLD 4710 · Local browser record

Investigation aid only. Confirm current planning, building, title, service and hazard requirements with qualified professionals and responsible authorities.

Building due diligence

Construction requirements can change by location.

1 broad-area layer staged

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

Severe broad-area context

About 70.7% of the suburb intersects mapped bushfire-prone land.

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

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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

NSW RFS Bush Fire Prone Land
Severe exposure ~70.7%
~70.7% of the suburb is Bush Fire Prone Land · ~2.4% 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

ABS projection · Emu Park SA2 area · 2022 base
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
Emu Park QLD — Property Data and Demographics

Emu Park is a smaller residential area in Queensland within the Livingstone local government area (postcode 4710). With a population of 2,281, the suburb has an older-leaning population with a median age of 54. Households earn a median income of $62K per year, with an average household size of 2.3 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 +1.5% 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 technicians & trades, professionals, community & personal service. Employment in the area leans toward healthcare and education. The top ancestries reported are English, Australian, Irish.

Median house prices in Emu Park stand at $568,000, having climbed sharply by 14.2% over the last twelve months. Units have a median price of $400,000 (+12.8% YoY). The current median weekly rent is $465. This gives a gross rental yield of approximately 4.3%. The median monthly mortgage repayment is $1,517.

Emu Park is served by 1 school, including 1 primary. The average ICSEA score is 950, which is around the national average of 1,000. The crime rate in the Livingstone LGA is moderate at 4,149 incidents per 100,000 population.

From an investment perspective, The gross rental yield works out to roughly 4.3%, which reads as moderate yield. Property prices sit below the state median ($568K/$1.1M), which can point to relative value. The price-to-income ratio of 9.2x is considered moderate. House prices have moved +14.2% year-on-year. 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
Rental Yield4.3%· Moderate Yield
Price vs State$568K/$1.1M↑ Below Median
Affordability9.2x· Moderate
Price Momentum+14.2%↑ Rising
Pop. Growth+2.1%↑ Strong Growth
Development+0%· Steady
InvestmentQLD
Mortgage · mth$1,517
Rent · wk(Census)$300
Market rent · wk(Q1 2026)$465
Gross yield2.7%
Price / income9.2x
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)232
Houses 80%Units 20%
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
Population2,281
Median age54
Household size2.3
HH income · wk$1,192
Personal income · wk$617
Persons / bedroom0.8
IncomeATO 22-23
Median income$52,869
Mean income$66,810
Earners3,701
YoY change+4.6%
SEIFA indexABS
Advantage (IRSAD)3/10
Education (IEO)3/10
Economic (IER)3/10
Disadvantage (IRSD)3/10
Income momentumCensus 16→21
HH income · wk$982 → $1,192
Change+21.4%
vs QLD median+3.4 pp
Median rent+11.1%
stablevs QLD 2016–21
Top occupationsCensus
Technicians & Trades148Professionals142Community & Personal Service125Clerical & Administrative102Labourers98
Top industriesCensus
Healthcare151Education96Construction88Retail Trade81Mining76
Top ancestryCensus
English998Australian960Irish294Scottish279German148
Area & amenity
Local amenitiesOSM
Supermarkets0
Pharmacies0
GP / clinics0
Fuel stations1
Cafes & dining1
Hospitals · Livingstone LGAAIHW
Public1
Private0
Capricorn Coast Hospitalpublic
Aged care · Livingstone LGAGEN
Facilities3
Residential places252
Bolton Clarke Sunset Ridge120 places
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 · in suburb
Coastal Kids Childcare96 places · in suburb
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Strong evidence

There is enough direct local evidence on Emu Park for a first-pass decision.

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PRICE POSTURE
Prices come from release-based suburb series.

Direct state price coverage is used where present; missing house or unit anchors fall back to annual ABS SA2 matches

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 / ABS Data by Region · 2024 · Direct state price coverage is used where present; missing house or unit anchors fall back to annual ABS SA2 matches
medium stability · automated · every update · quarterly
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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 · 1 schools matched
stable source · automated · every update · 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 ABS price fallback, Census rent fallback, or low-confidence hospital matching.

Emu Park FAQ

Common questions
  1. What LGA is Emu Park in?

    Emu Park 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 median house price in Emu Park?

    The current median house price in Emu Park, QLD is $568K, based on the latest available sales data from state Valuers General offices and ABS Data by Region.

  3. What is the typical weekly rent in Emu Park?

    The median weekly rent in Emu Park is $465/wk, based on the current market rent dataset. The current rent signal is income-stretched rent market.

  4. What does the rent signal say about Emu Park?

    Income-stretched rent market: Weekly rent screens at about 46% of annual income. Use this as a suburb screening signal before comparing candidates or modelling a purchase; the matching rent ranking can provide broader market context.

  5. Is Emu Park a good investment?

    QuickProperty's investment signals for Emu Park show: Moderate Yield, Below Median, Moderate. These are computed from price, rent, income, and population data — not an opaque score.

  6. Where does QuickProperty get its data for Emu Park?

    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.

  7. How often is the Emu Park 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.