Located in Queensland within the Fraser Coast local government area, Owanyilla is a sparsely populated locality (postcode 4650). The area has roughly 245 residents and a settled, mature resident base, with a median age of 47. Households earn a median income of $80K per year, with an average household size of 2.6 people. Recent annual estimates show population movement into the broader catchment, with population growth running at +2.1% 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, technicians & trades. Employment in the area leans toward agriculture and construction. The top ancestries reported are Australian, English, Scottish.
The median weekly rent is $260 (Census 2021). The median monthly mortgage repayment is $1,278.
The crime rate in the Fraser Coast LGA is moderate at 5,526 incidents per 100,000 population.
Looking at the investment signals, Population growth of +2.1% year-on-year points to strong growth demand fundamentals. Building approvals have changed +0% year-on-year, indicating steady development activity.