Pelican Waters QLD 4551
Pelican Waters is in Sunshine Coast LGA, QLD, postcode 4551, with population 7,393.
Strong evidence
Pelican Waters has enough direct local evidence for a first-pass decision.
Direct signals include Market rent, Crime, Schools, and Transport. Missing or weaker areas are still shown so the page does not overstate precision.
Pelican Waters rents screen above the local benchmark. Use this as a rent-market signal, not a street-level listing read.
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Rent-pressure candidate
Pelican Waters rents screen above the local benchmark. Snapshot rent $950/wk.
Use this as a rent-market signal, not a street-level listing read.
Pelican Waters has enough direct local evidence for a first-pass decision.
Direct signals include Market rent, Crime, Schools, and Transport. Missing or weaker areas are still shown so the page does not overstate precision.
Use compare to test the suburb against another candidate, then validate financial assumptions in the calculator where available.
Market rent, Crime, Schools, Transport
No fallback or lower-precision signals flagged.
Property prices, Hospitals
Pelican Waters currently reads as a growth-momentum candidate.
Population movement supports a growth-led read. Transport coverage adds a practical access signal. Missing evidence to verify: Property prices.
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Population movement supports a growth-led read. Transport coverage adds a practical access signal. Higher SEIFA context supports a stronger local-quality read.
No major caution is visible beyond the normal source checks.
Property prices
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Full data detail
Pelican Waters QLD
Pelican Waters is a mid-sized suburb in Queensland within the Sunshine Coast local government area (postcode 4551). With a population of 7,393, the suburb has an older demographic with a median age of 55. Households earn a median income of $81K per year, with an average household size of 2.5 people. Recent annual estimates show population movement into the broader catchment, with population growth running at +2.0% year-on-year at the LGA level. QLD employment has moved +0.9% year-on-year in the official Jobs and Skills Australia NERO series, which provides the broader jobs backdrop for this suburb. QLD also had 32 Commonwealth-backed major projects under construction, 12 underway, and 50 in planning as at 2 October 2024, which is useful as a broader delivery backdrop rather than a suburb-specific project count. The most common occupations are professionals, clerical & administrative, managers. Employment in the area leans toward healthcare and retail trade. The top ancestries reported are English, Australian, Scottish.
The current median weekly rent is $950. The median monthly mortgage repayment is $2,200.
Pelican Waters is served by 1 school, including 1 combined. The average ICSEA score is 1095, which is above the national average of 1,000. Public transport access includes 10 bus stops. The crime rate in the Sunshine Coast LGA is below average at 3,765 incidents per 100,000 population.
From an investment perspective, Population growth of +2.0% year-on-year indicates stable demand fundamentals. Building approvals have changed +0% year-on-year, indicating steady development activity.
Pelican Waters is a mid-sized suburb in Queensland within the Sunshine Coast local government area (postcode 4551). With a population of 7,393, the suburb has an older demographic with a median age of 55. Households earn a median income of $81K per year, with an average household size of 2.5 people. Recent annual estimates show population movement into the broader catchment, with population growth running at +2.0% year-on-year at the LGA level. QLD employment has moved +0.9% year-on-year in the official Jobs and Skills Australia NERO series, which provides the broader jobs backdrop for this suburb. QLD also had 32 Commonwealth-backed major projects under construction, 12 underway, and 50 in planning as at 2 October 2024, which is useful as a broader delivery backdrop rather than a suburb-specific project count. The most common occupations are professionals, clerical & administrative, managers. Employment in the area leans toward healthcare and retail trade. The top ancestries reported are English, Australian, Scottish.
The current median weekly rent is $950. The median monthly mortgage repayment is $2,200.
Pelican Waters is served by 1 school, including 1 combined. The average ICSEA score is 1095, which is above the national average of 1,000. Public transport access includes 10 bus stops. The crime rate in the Sunshine Coast LGA is below average at 3,765 incidents per 100,000 population.
From an investment perspective, Population growth of +2.0% year-on-year indicates stable demand fundamentals. Building approvals have changed +0% year-on-year, indicating steady development activity.
Pelican Waters FAQ
Common questions-
What LGA is Pelican Waters in?
Pelican Waters is in the Sunshine Coast Local Government Area, QLD, postcode 4551. Council-level context for Sunshine Coast LGA (suburb mix, population, rent, and price coverage) is available on the QuickProperty LGA page.
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What is the typical weekly rent in Pelican Waters?
The median weekly rent in Pelican Waters is $950/wk, based on the current market rent dataset. The current rent signal is rent-pressure candidate.
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What does the rent signal say about Pelican Waters?
Rent-pressure candidate: Pelican Waters rents screen above the local benchmark. Use this as a suburb screening signal before comparing candidates or modelling a purchase; the matching rent ranking can provide broader market context.
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Is Pelican Waters a good investment?
QuickProperty's investment signals for Pelican Waters show: Stable, Steady. These are computed from price, rent, income, and population data — not an opaque score.
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Where does QuickProperty get its data for Pelican Waters?
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.
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How often is the Pelican Waters 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.