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Suburb profile ·Douglas LGA · QLD ·4873

Miallo QLD 4873

Miallo is in Douglas LGA, QLD, postcode 4873, with population 406.

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
$278/wk
Market rent signal
D5 vs AU
Gross yield
Need rent + price
Population
13,169
13K via Douglas LGA · SAL undercount
Schools
1
Matched school context
D1 vs AU
Drive to city
Not in commute dataset
Solar
1,874
146 added 12mo · 14MW

Price history

No price history available

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

Median mortgage · mth$1,560
Median rent · wk$278
Investor profile

Who invests in Miallo

Owner-occupied 72%Rented 28%
Investor activityATO
Negatively geared3.7%
159 of 469 landlords
Avg rental loss$6,848/yr
Landlords (rental income)469
Reported capital gains323
The read

Mixed owner-renter market

68% of homes here are owner-occupied and 27% rented, with 4% of landlords negatively geared.

Why it fits

A balanced 68% owner-occupier / 27% renter mix.

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

Affordability

20%
median weekly rent as a share of gross household income (the 30% rule)
Manageable

Owners with a mortgage repay a median of $1,560/mo, while renters pay about $1,205/mo — owning runs $355/mo higher on these medians.

Household income · yr
$72K
Median rent · wk
$278
Owner mortgage · mo
$1,560

Household income

$72K household · yr-9.5% vs QLD suburb median
Personal
$37K
Family
$92K
Household
$72K
Household income distribution (ABS Census 2021 · weekly)
Under $300
9
$300-649
12
$650-999
20
$1,000-1,499
22
$1,500-1,999
9
$2,000-2,999
29
$3,000-3,999
8
$4,000+
9

At the median asking rent, about 33% of households here would spend more than 30% of income on rent (rent stress line: $927/wk income).

Housing stock and tenure

Tenure (143 households)
Owned outright
44%
Owned with mortgage
24%
Rented
27%
Dwelling structure9.2% of dwellings unoccupied on census night
Separate house
95%
Townhouse / semi
4%
Flat / apartment
0%

Getting to work: 77% drive, 2% public transport, 3% walk or cycle, 13% worked from home (2021 Census, taken during COVID-era work-from-home arrangements).

Schools

Total1
Avg ICSEA996
Students176
Government1
  • Miallo State SchoolPrimary · Government · ICSEA 996
Crime Year ending May 2026
5,875
5,875 per 100k
D7 vs AU

Crime

Rate · per 100k5,875
Total incidents5,875· Year ending May 2026
  • Assault1,62444%
  • Break And Enter68618%
  • Drug Offences93125%
  • Fraud47013%

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

Moderate broad-area context

About 31.5% 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

Moderate exposure ~31.5%
~31.5% of the suburb is Bush Fire Prone Land · ~11.4% 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

6,836 people · 20227,710 by 2032 (+12.8%)

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

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

Miallo is a small, quiet locality in Queensland within the Douglas local government area (postcode 4873). The area has roughly 406 residents and a mature demographic, with a median age of 46. Households earn a median income of $72K per year, with an average household size of 2.5 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 +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, clerical & administrative, managers. Employment in the area leans toward agriculture and healthcare. The top ancestries reported are English, Australian, Italian.

The median weekly rent is $278 (Census 2021). The median monthly mortgage repayment is $1,560.

Miallo is served by 1 school, including 1 primary. The average ICSEA score is 996, which is around the national average of 1,000. The crime rate in the Douglas LGA is moderate at 5,875 incidents per 100,000 population.

On the investment side, Population growth of +1.0% 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+1.0%· Stable
Development+0%· Steady
InvestmentQLD
Mortgage · mth$1,560
Rent · wk(Census)$278
Population growth · Douglas LGAABS ERP
Population (2025)13,169
5-year growth+1.3% CAGR
YoY change+1%
20012025
Development · Douglas LGAABS Approvals
Approvals (2026)40
Houses 85%Units 15%
YoY change+0%
Employment · Douglas LGASALM
Unemployment (Dec-25)5.2%
YoY change+2pp
Dec-10Dec-25
Property investors · Postcode 4873ATO
Negatively geared3.7%
159 of filers
Avg rental loss$6,848/yr
Landlords (rental income)469
Reported capital gains323
People & prosperity
DemographicsCensus 21
Population406
Median age46
Household size2.5
HH income · wk$1,386
Personal income · wk$717
Persons / bedroom0.8
SEIFA indexABS
Advantage (IRSAD)4/10
Education (IEO)2/10
Economic (IER)4/10
Disadvantage (IRSD)3/10
Income momentumCensus 16→21
HH income · wk$1,232 → $1,386
Change+12.5%
vs QLD median-5.5 pp
Median rent+11.2%
stablevs QLD 2016–21
Area & amenity
Hospitals · Douglas LGAAIHW
Public1
Private0
Mossman Hospitalpublic
Aged care · Douglas LGAGEN
Facilities3
Residential places145
Ozcare Port Douglas74 places
Kubirri Residential Care Centre42 places
Mossman Multi-Purpose Service29 places
Childcare · Douglas LGAACECQA
Services8
Approved places384
Exceeding NQS1
Port Explorers Craiglie88 places
Port Explorers After School Care75 places
Port Explorers69 places
Port Explorers Cooya Campus56 places
St. Augustine's - Mossman Outside School Hours Care30 places
C&K Mossman Community Kindergarten24 places
+2 more in Douglas LGA
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Sources & freshness
Verify-heavy evidence

Miallo 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.

Miallo FAQ

Common questions
  1. What LGA is Miallo in?

    Miallo is in the Douglas Local Government Area, QLD, postcode 4873. Council-level context for Douglas LGA (suburb mix, population, rent, and price coverage) is available on the QuickProperty LGA page.

  2. What is the typical weekly rent in Miallo?

    The median weekly rent in Miallo is $278/wk, based on ABS Census 2021 rent fallback.

  3. Is Miallo a good investment?

    QuickProperty's investment signals for Miallo 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 Miallo?

    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 Miallo 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.