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Suburb profile ·Whitsunday LGA · QLD ·4800

Myrtlevale QLD 4800

Myrtlevale is in Whitsunday LGA, QLD, postcode 4800, with population 205.

Limited data

Thin-context

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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
$295/wk
Market rent signal
D6 vs AU
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
3,602
325 added 12mo · 28MW

Price history

No price history available

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

Median mortgage · mth$1,544
Median rent · wk$295
Investor profile

Who invests in Myrtlevale

Owner-occupied 83%Rented 17%
Investor activityATO
Negatively geared5%
336 of 758 landlords
Avg rental loss$6,544/yr
Landlords (rental income)758
Reported capital gains573
The read

Owner-occupier stronghold

75% of homes here are owner-occupied and 15% rented, with 5% of landlords negatively geared.

Why it fits

75% 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

15%
median weekly rent as a share of gross household income (the 30% rule)
Manageable

Owners with a mortgage repay a median of $1,544/mo, while renters pay about $1,278/mo — owning runs $266/mo higher on these medians.

Household income · yr
$99K
Median rent · wk
$295
Owner mortgage · mo
$1,544

Household income

$99K household · yr+24.5% vs QLD suburb median
Personal
$42K
Family
$109K
Household
$99K
Household income distribution (ABS Census 2021 · weekly)
Under $300
0
$300-649
3
$650-999
9
$1,000-1,499
11
$1,500-1,999
7
$2,000-2,999
14
$3,000-3,999
10
$4,000+
8

At the median asking rent, about 18% of households here would spend more than 30% of income on rent (rent stress line: $983/wk income).

Housing stock and tenure

Tenure (73 households)
Owned outright
41%
Owned with mortgage
34%
Rented
15%
Dwelling structure6.6% of dwellings unoccupied on census night
Separate house
75%
Townhouse / semi
0%
Flat / apartment
0%

Getting to work: 83% drive, 0% public transport, 5% walk or cycle, 7% worked from home (2021 Census, taken during COVID-era work-from-home arrangements).

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

Moderate broad-area context

About 35.9% 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

Moderate exposure ~35.9%
~35.9% of the suburb is Bush Fire Prone Land · ~5.4% 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

9,128 people · 202210,067 by 2032 (+10.3%)

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

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

Located in Queensland within the Whitsunday local government area, Myrtlevale is a quiet locality (postcode 4800). The area has roughly 205 residents and a mature demographic, with a median age of 48. Households earn a median income of $99K per year, with an average household size of 2.7 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, machinery operators & drivers, labourers. Employment in the area leans toward retail trade and agriculture. The top ancestries reported are English, Australian, Scottish.

The median weekly rent is $295 (Census 2021). The median monthly mortgage repayment is $1,544.

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

From an investment perspective, 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$1,544
Rent · wk(Census)$295
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 4800ATO
Negatively geared5%
336 of filers
Avg rental loss$6,544/yr
Landlords (rental income)758
Reported capital gains573
People & prosperity
DemographicsCensus 21
Population205
Median age48
Household size2.7
HH income · wk$1,906
Personal income · wk$812
Persons / bedroom1.1
SEIFA indexABS
Advantage (IRSAD)5/10
Education (IEO)1/10
Economic (IER)7/10
Disadvantage (IRSD)4/10
Income momentumCensus 16→21
HH income · wk$1,312 → $1,906
Change+45.3%
vs QLD median+27.3 pp
Median rent+293.3%
gentrifyingvs QLD 2016–21
Area & amenity
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
Verify-heavy evidence

Much of Myrtlevale rests 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 Myrtlevale 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 lighter areas here are school matches, hospital coverage, and transport stops, so a single-page read should carry less weight than usual.

BEST NEXT STEP
Use this page to understand the locality shape, then compare outward.

Start here for context, then open compare, the state hub, or larger nearby suburbs before treating this as a complete 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 Myrtlevale feels too thin on its own, use these nearby suburbs as stronger local reads before making a shortlist decision.

Crystal Brook most similar
similar rent profile similar suburb scale

pop same · rent -$12/wk

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

Hideaway Bay most similar
similar rent profile similar suburb scale

pop same · rent +$75/wk

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

Conway most similar
similar rent profile similar suburb scale

pop same · rent -$95/wk

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

Myrtlevale FAQ

Common questions
  1. What LGA is Myrtlevale in?

    Myrtlevale is in the Whitsunday Local Government Area, QLD, postcode 4800. Council-level context for Whitsunday LGA (suburb mix, population, rent, and price coverage) is available on the QuickProperty LGA page.

  2. What is the typical weekly rent in Myrtlevale?

    The median weekly rent in Myrtlevale is $295/wk, based on ABS Census 2021 rent fallback.

  3. Is Myrtlevale a good investment?

    QuickProperty's investment signals for Myrtlevale 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 Myrtlevale?

    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 Myrtlevale 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.