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Suburb profile ·Mareeba LGA · QLD ·4887

Irvinebank QLD 4887

Irvinebank is in Mareeba LGA, QLD, postcode 4887, with population 113.

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.

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
No local house series
Median rent
$60/wk
Market rent signal
D1 vs AU
Gross yield
Need rent + price
Population
24,205
24K via Mareeba LGA · SAL undercount
Schools
1
Matched school context
D1 vs AU
Drive to city
Not in commute dataset
Solar
441
18 added 12mo · 3MW

Price history

No price history available

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

Median mortgage · mth$572
Median rent · wk$60
Investor profile

Who invests in Irvinebank

Owner-occupied 87%Rented 13%
Investor activityATO
Negatively geared2.8%
29 of 88 landlords
Avg rental loss$3,732/yr
Landlords (rental income)88
Reported capital gains65
The read

Owner-occupier stronghold

76% of homes here are owner-occupied and 11% rented, with 3% 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.

Affordability

10%
median weekly rent as a share of gross household income (the 30% rule)
Manageable

Owners with a mortgage repay a median of $572/mo, while renters pay about $260/mo — owning runs $312/mo higher on these medians.

Household income · yr
$32K
Median rent · wk
$60
Owner mortgage · mo
$572

Household income

$32K household · yr-60% vs QLD suburb median
Personal
$23K
Family
$50K
Household
$32K

Housing stock and tenure

Tenure (46 households)
Owned outright
57%
Owned with mortgage
20%
Rented
11%
Dwelling structure32.8% of dwellings unoccupied on census night
Separate house
98%
Townhouse / semi
0%
Flat / apartment
0%

Schools

Total1
Avg ICSEA941
Students10
Government1
  • Irvinebank State SchoolPrimary · Government · ICSEA 941
Crime Year ending May 2026
9,572
9,572 per 100k
D9 vs AU

Crime

Rate · per 100k9,572
Total incidents9,572· Year ending May 2026
  • Assault2,55742%
  • Break And Enter1,62026%
  • Drug Offences1,64027%
  • Fraud3155%

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

Severe broad-area context

About 99.4% 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

Severe exposure ~99.4%
~99.4% of the suburb is Bush Fire Prone Land · ~11.6% 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

6,289 people · 20226,335 by 2032 (+0.7%)

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

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

Irvinebank is a small, quiet locality in Queensland within the Mareeba local government area (postcode 4887). It is home to about 113 residents, with a more retirement-aged population and a median age of 57. Households earn a median income of $32K per year, with an average household size of 1.8 people. Recent annual estimates show population movement staying broadly stable across the broader catchment, with population growth running at +1.1% 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 community & personal service, labourers. Employment in the area leans toward education and admin services. The top ancestries reported are Australian, English, Scottish.

The median weekly rent is $60 (Census 2021). The median monthly mortgage repayment is $572.

Irvinebank is served by 1 school, including 1 primary. The average ICSEA score is 941, which is below the national average of 1,000. The crime rate in the Mareeba LGA is higher than average at 9,572 incidents per 100,000 population.

From an investment perspective, Population growth of +1.1% year-on-year points to stable demand fundamentals. Building approvals have changed +0% year-on-year, indicating steady development activity.

Market & money
Investment signalsHeuristics
Pop. Growth+1.1%· Stable
Development+0%· Steady
InvestmentQLD
Mortgage · mth$572
Rent · wk(Census)$60
Population growth · Mareeba LGAABS ERP
Population (2025)24,205
5-year growth+1% CAGR
YoY change+1.1%
20012025
Development · Mareeba LGAABS Approvals
Approvals (2026)72
Houses 88%Units 13%
YoY change+0%
Employment · Mareeba LGASALM
Unemployment (Dec-25)7.4%
YoY change+2.4pp
Dec-10Dec-25
Property investors · Postcode 4887ATO
Negatively geared2.8%
29 of filers
Avg rental loss$3,732/yr
Landlords (rental income)88
Reported capital gains65
People & prosperity
DemographicsCensus 21
Population113
Median age57
Household size1.8
HH income · wk$612
Personal income · wk$442
Persons / bedroom0.9
SEIFA indexABS
Advantage (IRSAD)1/10
Education (IEO)4/10
Economic (IER)1/10
Disadvantage (IRSD)1/10
Income momentumCensus 16→21
HH income · wk$667 → $612
Change-8.2%
vs QLD median-26.2 pp
Median rent+20%
softeningvs QLD 2016–21
Area & amenity
Hospitals · Mareeba LGAAIHW
Public1
Private0
Mareeba Hospitalpublic
Aged care · Mareeba LGAGEN
Facilities2
Residential places92
Blue Care Mareeba Aged Care Facility64 places
Mt Kooyong Convalescent Home28 places
Childcare · Mareeba LGAACECQA
Services10
Approved places561
Exceeding NQS2
Mareeba Kids Campus - Constance Street213 places
Mareeba Kids Campus - Dunlop Street74 places
QT's Early Learning Centre70 places
PCYC Mareeba Fun Squad49 places
Cairns Hinterland Steiner School40 places
Kuranda Community Kindergarten25 places
+4 more in Mareeba LGA
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Sources & freshness
Verify-heavy evidence

Irvinebank leans 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.

QVAS residential dwelling sales aggregated to SA2 and mapped to suburb pages

RENT POSTURE
Rent is falling back to Census, not a market feed.

This gives you directional coverage, but it is weaker than a current rent release.

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
ABS Census 2021 · Using Census rent fallback
stable source · manual file · snapshot · census-cycle
Verify
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.
Sparse locality note

This page stays indexable because Irvinebank 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 hospital coverage and transport stops.

The main gaps on this page are 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 Irvinebank feels too thin on its own, use these nearby suburbs as stronger local reads before making a shortlist decision.

Mount Carbine most similar
similar suburb scale

pop same · rent +$140/wk

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

Chillagoe most similar

pop +100 · rent +$110/wk

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

Watsonville most similar
similar suburb scale

pop +100 · rent +$200/wk

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

Irvinebank FAQ

Common questions
  1. What LGA is Irvinebank in?

    Irvinebank is in the Mareeba Local Government Area, QLD, postcode 4887. Council-level context for Mareeba LGA (suburb mix, population, rent, and price coverage) is available on the QuickProperty LGA page.

  2. What is the typical weekly rent in Irvinebank?

    The median weekly rent in Irvinebank is $60/wk, based on ABS Census 2021 rent fallback.

  3. Is Irvinebank a good investment?

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

  4. Where does QuickProperty get its data for Irvinebank?

    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 Irvinebank 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.