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Mount Coolon QLD 4804

Mount Coolon is in Whitsunday LGA, QLD, postcode 4804, with population 172.

Limited data

Thin-context

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What to check

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
No market rent dataset
Gross yield
Need rent + price
Population
41,374
41K via Whitsunday LGA · SAL undercount
Schools
No matched school data
Drive to city
Not in commute dataset
Solar
538
34 added 12mo · 4MW

Price history

No price history available

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

Median mortgage · mth$750
Median rent · wk

Household income

$117K household · yr+47% vs QLD suburb median
Personal
$64K
Family
$76K
Household
$117K
Crime Year ending May 2026
6,201
6,201 per 100k
D7 vs AU

Crime

Rate · per 100k6,201
Total incidents6,201· Year ending May 2026
  • Assault1,43025%
  • Break And Enter58310%
  • Drug Offences3,28957%
  • Fraud4227%

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

High broad-area context

About 58.0% 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

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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

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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

High exposure ~58.0%
~58.0% of the suburb is Bush Fire Prone Land

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

3,964 people · 20224,400 by 2032 (+11.0%)

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

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

Located in Queensland within the Whitsunday local government area, Mount Coolon is a sparsely populated locality (postcode 4804). It is home to about 172 residents, with an established demographic and a median age of 43. Households earn a median income of $117K per year, with an average household size of 4 people. Recent annual estimates show population movement into the broader catchment, with population growth running at +1.8% 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, labourers, professionals. Employment in the area leans toward agriculture and construction. The top ancestries reported are English, Australian, Irish.

The median monthly mortgage repayment is $750.

The crime rate in the Whitsunday LGA is moderate at 6,201 incidents per 100,000 population.

Looking at the investment signals, Population growth of +1.8% 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+1.8%· Stable
Development+0%· Steady
InvestmentQLD
Mortgage · mth$750
Rent · wk(Census)
Population growth · Whitsunday LGAABS ERP
Population (2025)41,374
5-year growth+2.2% CAGR
YoY change+1.8%
20012025
Development · Whitsunday LGAABS Approvals
Approvals (2026)162
Houses 92%Units 8%
YoY change+0%
Employment · Whitsunday LGASALM
Unemployment (Dec-25)3.2%
YoY change+0.5pp
Dec-10Dec-25
Property investors · Postcode 4804ATO
Negatively geared4.7%
52 of filers
Avg rental loss$7,353/yr
Landlords (rental income)90
Reported capital gains60
People & prosperity
DemographicsCensus 21
Population172
Median age43
Household size4
HH income · wk$2,250
Personal income · wk$1,226
Persons / bedroom0.8
SEIFA indexABS
Advantage (IRSAD)5/10
Education (IEO)2/10
Economic (IER)6/10
Disadvantage (IRSD)4/10
Income momentumCensus 16→21
HH income · wk$900 → $2,250
Change+150%
vs QLD median+132 pp
gentrifyingvs QLD 2016–21
Area & amenity
Local amenitiesOSM
Supermarkets0
Pharmacies0
GP / clinics0
Fuel stations2
Cafes & dining1
Hospitals · Whitsunday LGAAIHW
Public3
Private0
Bowen Hospitalpublic
Collinsville Hospitalpublic
Proserpine Hospitalpublic
Aged care · Whitsunday LGAGEN
Facilities4
Residential places265
Murroona Gardens104 places
Proserpine Nursing Home103 places
Bolton Clarke Cunningham Villas51 places
Collinsville Multi-Purpose Service7 places
Childcare · Whitsunday LGAACECQA
Services26
Approved places1,325
Exceeding NQS2
Mayfield Early Education Cannonvale150 places
Cannonvale Kidz Early Learning Centre116 places
Goodstart Early Learning Proserpine109 places
Jungle Zoo ELC88 places
Kidz At The Beach75 places
PCYC Whitsunday Fun Squad75 places
+20 more in Whitsunday LGA
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Sources & freshness
Thin evidence

Treat Mount Coolon as a thin local read, not a complete suburb verdict.

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
No local rent source is linked yet.

Treat the rent field as missing until a market or plausible Census rent value is linked.

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 · No market rent source linked
stable source · manual file · snapshot · census-cycle
Missing
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 Mount Coolon 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 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 as a location clue, not a standalone investment verdict.

Lean on nearby suburbs, rankings, and the state hub for stronger comparables before treating this as a shortlist call.

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

Read it as a direction-setter rather than a final answer: frame the locality, then verify with compare, stronger nearby suburbs, and the state hub.

Stronger nearby reads

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

Mount Marlow better covered
similar suburb scale better market coverage

pop same · adds rent coverage · stronger market coverage

Better covered alternative: use this as the stronger reference point before judging the thin page.

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similar suburb scale better market coverage

pop same · adds rent coverage · stronger market coverage

Better covered alternative: use this as the stronger reference point before judging the thin page.

Kelsey Creek better covered
similar suburb scale better market coverage

pop same · adds rent coverage · stronger market coverage

Better covered alternative: use this as the stronger reference point before judging the thin page.

Mount Coolon FAQ

Common questions
  1. What LGA is Mount Coolon in?

    Mount Coolon is in the Whitsunday Local Government Area, QLD, postcode 4804. Council-level context for Whitsunday LGA (suburb mix, population, rent, and price coverage) is available on the QuickProperty LGA page.

  2. Is Mount Coolon a good investment?

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

  3. Where does QuickProperty get its data for Mount Coolon?

    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.

  4. How often is the Mount Coolon 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.