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Suburb profile ·Mount Isa LGA · QLD ·4825

Menzies QLD 4825

Menzies is in Mount Isa LGA, QLD, postcode 4825, with population 824.

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
$250/wk
Market rent signal
D5 vs AU
Gross yield
Need rent + price
Population
824
824 local footprint
D8 vs AU
Schools
No matched school data
Drive to city
Not in commute dataset
Solar
2,965
203 added 12mo · 25MW

Price history

No price history available

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

Median mortgage · mth$1,509
Median rent · wk$250
Investor profile

Who invests in Menzies

Owner-occupied 36%Rented 64%
Investor activityATO
Negatively geared7.9%
881 of 1,455 landlords
Avg rental loss$7,197/yr
Landlords (rental income)1,455
Reported capital gains560
The read

Renter-heavy market

34% of homes here are owner-occupied and 60% rented, with 8% of landlords negatively geared.

What to check

60% rented — renter-heavy areas turn over faster and are more exposed to rate moves and investor sentiment. Social housing is 8% of dwellings — check tenant mix and resale demand.

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

Affordability

13%
median weekly rent as a share of gross household income (the 30% rule)
Manageable

Owners with a mortgage repay a median of $1,509/mo, while renters pay about $1,083/mo — owning runs $426/mo higher on these medians.

Household income · yr
$97K
Median rent · wk
$250
Owner mortgage · mo
$1,509

Household income

$97K household · yr+21.6% vs QLD suburb median
Personal
$61K
Family
$124K
Household
$97K
Household income distribution (ABS Census 2021 · weekly)
Under $300
20
$300-649
32
$650-999
34
$1,000-1,499
49
$1,500-1,999
50
$2,000-2,999
67
$3,000-3,999
39
$4,000+
37

At the median asking rent, about 22% of households here would spend more than 30% of income on rent (rent stress line: $833/wk income).

Housing stock and tenure

Tenure (342 households)8.2% social housing
Owned outright
12%
Owned with mortgage
23%
Rented
60%
Dwelling structure21.0% of dwellings unoccupied on census night
Separate house
46%
Townhouse / semi
46%
Flat / apartment
9%

Getting to work: 87% drive, 0% public transport, 9% walk or cycle, 2% worked from home (2021 Census, taken during COVID-era work-from-home arrangements).

Crime Year ending May 2026
20,801
20,801 per 100k
D10 vs AU

Crime

Rate · per 100k20,801
Total incidents20,801· Year ending May 2026
  • Assault9,08651%
  • Break And Enter1,95911%
  • Drug Offences6,30535%
  • Fraud4302%

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

No local compliance layer is staged.

This is missing evidence, not evidence that the property has no constraints.

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

Population outlook

18,652 people · 202218,315 by 2032 (-1.8%)

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

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

Menzies (postcode 4825) is a small locality in Queensland within the Mount Isa local government area. It is home to about 824 residents, with a mix of families and early-career residents and a median age of 32. Households earn a median income of $97K per year, with an average household size of 2.2 people. Recent annual estimates show population movement softening across the broader catchment, with population growth running at -0.7% 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 professionals, technicians & trades, machinery operators & drivers. Employment in the area leans toward mining and healthcare. The top ancestries reported are Australian, English, Aboriginal Australian.

The median weekly rent is $250 (Census 2021). The median monthly mortgage repayment is $1,509.

The crime rate in the Mount Isa LGA is higher than average at 20,801 incidents per 100,000 population.

Looking at the investment signals, Population growth of -0.7% year-on-year points to declining demand fundamentals. Building approvals have changed +0% year-on-year, indicating steady development activity.

Market & money
Investment signalsHeuristics
Pop. Growth-0.7% Declining
Development+0%· Steady
InvestmentQLD
Mortgage · mth$1,509
Rent · wk(Census)$250
Population growth · Mount Isa LGAABS ERP
Population (2025)18,585
5-year growth-0.8% CAGR
YoY change-0.7%
20012025
Development · Mount Isa LGAABS Approvals
Approvals (2026)0
YoY change+0%
Employment · Mount Isa LGASALM
Unemployment (Dec-25)3.6%
YoY change-0.3pp
Dec-10Dec-25
Property investors · Postcode 4825ATO
Negatively geared7.9%
881 of filers
Avg rental loss$7,197/yr
Landlords (rental income)1,455
Reported capital gains560
People & prosperity
DemographicsCensus 21
Population824
Median age32
Household size2.2
HH income · wk$1,862
Personal income · wk$1,168
Persons / bedroom0.9
SEIFA indexABS
Advantage (IRSAD)3/10
Education (IEO)4/10
Economic (IER)1/10
Disadvantage (IRSD)4/10
Income momentumCensus 16→21
HH income · wk$1,797 → $1,862
Change+3.6%
vs QLD median-14.4 pp
Median rent+0%
softeningvs QLD 2016–21
Area & amenity
Hospitals · Mount Isa LGAAIHW
Public1
Private0
Mount Isa Base Hospitalpublic
Aged care · Mount Isa LGAGEN
Facilities2
Residential places45
The Laura Johnson Home33 places
Injilinji Aged Care Service12 places
Childcare · Mount Isa LGAACECQA
Services13
Approved places635
Exceeding NQS1
GRO Early Learning96 places
PCYC Barkly Highway Fun Squad90 places
St Joseph's Outside School Hours Care90 places
Mount Isa Day Nursery and Kindergarten75 places
Goodstart Early Learning Mount Isa74 places
Happy Valley School Age Care60 places
+7 more in Mount Isa LGA
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Sources & freshness
Verify-heavy evidence

Menzies 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 · 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 Menzies 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
The page is readable, but the local evidence base is lighter than a mainstream suburb profile.

Use it for direction first, then confirm the story against stronger neighbouring suburbs or the state hub before relying on it.

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.

Begin here, but pressure-test the read in compare, against the state hub, or a bigger nearby suburb before deciding.

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

This page is useful for direction-setting, not closure. Use it to frame the locality, then confirm the story with compare, stronger nearby suburbs, and the state hub.

Stronger nearby reads

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

The Gap most similar
similar rent profile similar suburb scale

pop same · rent +$5/wk

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

Winston most similar
similar rent profile similar suburb scale

pop +300 · rent +$11/wk

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

Happy Valley most similar
similar rent profile similar suburb scale

pop -100 · rent +$170/wk

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

Menzies FAQ

Common questions
  1. What LGA is Menzies in?

    Menzies is in the Mount Isa Local Government Area, QLD, postcode 4825. Council-level context for Mount Isa LGA (suburb mix, population, rent, and price coverage) is available on the QuickProperty LGA page.

  2. What is the typical weekly rent in Menzies?

    The median weekly rent in Menzies is $250/wk, based on ABS Census 2021 rent fallback.

  3. Is Menzies a good investment?

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

  4. Where does QuickProperty get its data for Menzies?

    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 Menzies 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.