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Kin Kin QLD 4571

Kin Kin is in Noosa LGA, QLD, postcode 4571, with population 844.

The read

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What to check

Evidence depth is verify-heavy, so the profile should be treated as provisional. Small local population makes the signal set more fragile.

Median house
No local house series
Median rent
$300/wk
Market rent signal
D6 vs AU
Gross yield
Need rent + price
Population
844
844 local footprint
D8 vs AU
Schools
1
Matched school context
D1 vs AU
Drive to city
Not in commute dataset
Solar
285
14 added 12mo · 2MW

Price history

No price history available

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

Median mortgage · mth$1,600
Median rent · wk$300
Investor profile

Who invests in Kin Kin

Owner-occupied 86%Rented 14%
Investor activityATO
Negatively geared3%
17 of 73 landlords
Avg rental loss$5,161/yr
Landlords (rental income)73
Reported capital gains44
Investor exposure index(low vs national)49.5/100
The read

Owner-occupier stronghold

82% of homes here are owner-occupied and 13% rented, with 3% of landlords negatively geared.

Why it fits

82% 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

24%
median weekly rent as a share of gross household income (the 30% rule)
Manageable

Owners with a mortgage repay a median of $1,600/mo, while renters pay about $1,300/mo — owning runs $300/mo higher on these medians.

Household income · yr
$65K
Median rent · wk
$300
Owner mortgage · mo
$1,600

Household income

$65K household · yr-18.1% vs QLD suburb median
Personal
$33K
Family
$75K
Household
$65K
Household income distribution (ABS Census 2021 · weekly)
Under $300
11
$300-649
43
$650-999
52
$1,000-1,499
59
$1,500-1,999
50
$2,000-2,999
39
$3,000-3,999
19
$4,000+
11

At the median asking rent, about 37% of households here would spend more than 30% of income on rent (rent stress line: $1,000/wk income).

Housing stock and tenure

Tenure (312 households)
Owned outright
46%
Owned with mortgage
37%
Rented
13%
Dwelling structure13.9% of dwellings unoccupied on census night
Separate house
98%
Townhouse / semi
0%
Flat / apartment
0%

Getting to work: 61% drive, 0% public transport, 7% walk or cycle, 27% worked from home (2021 Census, taken during COVID-era work-from-home arrangements).

Schools

Total1
Avg ICSEA1003
Students51
Government1
  • Kin Kin State SchoolPrimary · Government · ICSEA 1003
Crime Year ending May 2026
3,085
3,085 per 100k
D5 vs AU

Crime

Rate · per 100k3,085
Total incidents3,085· Year ending May 2026
  • Assault33721%
  • Break And Enter28018%
  • Drug Offences67343%
  • Fraud28518%

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 78.7% 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

Severe exposure ~78.7%
~78.7% of the suburb is Bush Fire Prone Land · ~28.7% 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.

Short-term rentals

13
active listings · ~15.4 per 1,000 residents
92%
entire homes (vs private rooms)
85%
run by multi-listing operators
Investment view Estimated
$421
median nightly (entire home)
25%
estimated occupancy
$42,986
estimated annual revenue (gross)

Estimated short-let income is 2.8× the $15,600/yr a long-term let would earn at the median rent — before management fees, cleaning, vacancy beyond the occupancy model, and short-stay regulation.

Active Airbnb listings point-mapped to this suburb from Inside Airbnb (CC BY 4.0). Occupancy and revenue are estimates from Inside Airbnb's San Francisco model (review-rate proxy, minimum-stay assumption, occupancy capped at 70%) — they are gross, indicative, and not a guarantee of returns. Short-stay letting is subject to state and local regulation.

Population outlook

25,023 people · 202227,218 by 2032 (+8.8%)

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

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

Kin Kin is a small locality in Queensland within the Noosa local government area (postcode 4571). The area has roughly 844 residents and a settled, mature resident base, with a median age of 49. Households earn a median income of $65K per year, with an average household size of 2.4 people. Recent annual estimates show population movement staying broadly stable across the broader catchment, with population growth running at +0.9% 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 managers, professionals, technicians & trades. Employment in the area leans toward healthcare and construction. The top ancestries reported are English, Australian, Irish.

The median weekly rent is $300 (Census 2021). The median monthly mortgage repayment is $1,600.

Kin Kin is served by 1 school, including 1 primary. The average ICSEA score is 1003, which is around the national average of 1,000. The crime rate in the Noosa LGA is below average at 3,085 incidents per 100,000 population.

Looking at the investment signals, Population growth of +0.9% 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+0.9%· Stable
Development+0%· Steady
InvestmentQLD
Mortgage · mth$1,600
Rent · wk(Census)$300
Population growth · Noosa LGAABS ERP
Population (2025)59,551
5-year growth+1% CAGR
YoY change+0.9%
20012025
Development · Noosa LGAABS Approvals
Approvals (2026)211
Houses 56%Units 44%
YoY change+0%
Employment · Noosa LGASALM
Unemployment (Dec-25)3%
YoY change-0.2pp
Dec-10Dec-25
Property investors · Postcode 4571ATO
Negatively geared3%
17 of filers
Avg rental loss$5,161/yr
Landlords (rental income)73
Reported capital gains44
People & prosperity
DemographicsCensus 21
Population844
Median age49
Household size2.4
HH income · wk$1,254
Personal income · wk$631
Persons / bedroom0.9
SEIFA indexABS
Advantage (IRSAD)3/10
Education (IEO)7/10
Economic (IER)4/10
Disadvantage (IRSD)3/10
Income momentumCensus 16→21
HH income · wk$959 → $1,254
Change+30.8%
vs QLD median+12.8 pp
Median rent+0.7%
gentrifyingvs QLD 2016–21
Area & amenity
Hospitals · Noosa LGAAIHW
Public0
Private3
Eden Private Hospitalprivate
Noosa Hospitalprivate
Noosa Surgical and Endoscopy Centreprivate
Aged care · Noosa LGAGEN
Facilities6
Residential places770
Estia Health Noosa180 places
Carramar Aged Care175 places
Ozcare Noosa Heads130 places
Sunrise Beach Aged Care102 places
Kabara Aged Care92 places
Arcare Noosa91 places
Childcare · Noosa LGAACECQA
Services28
Approved places1,596
Exceeding NQS8
AppleBerries Early Education Service Noosa150 places
St Thomas More Outside School Hours Care90 places
Jellybabies Early Learning Centre86 places
Pomona Kindergarten & Early Years Learning83 places
Tewantin State School P & C Out Of School Hours Care80 places
Goodstart Early Learning Noosaville75 places
+22 more in Noosa LGA
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Sources & freshness
Verify-heavy evidence

Kin Kin depends 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.

Kin Kin FAQ

Common questions
  1. What LGA is Kin Kin in?

    Kin Kin is in the Noosa Local Government Area, QLD, postcode 4571. Council-level context for Noosa LGA (suburb mix, population, rent, and price coverage) is available on the QuickProperty LGA page.

  2. What is the typical weekly rent in Kin Kin?

    The median weekly rent in Kin Kin is $300/wk, based on ABS Census 2021 rent fallback.

  3. Is Kin Kin a good investment?

    QuickProperty's investment signals for Kin Kin 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 Kin Kin?

    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 Kin Kin 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.