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Suburb profile ·Douglas LGA · QLD ·4873

Rocky Point QLD 4873

Rocky Point is in Douglas LGA, QLD, postcode 4873, with population 145.

Limited data

Thin-context

The page is still useful for local context, but the evidence stack is too thin for a clean one-page call. Use nearby stronger suburbs or compare mode before treating it as a serious shortlist decision.

Why it fits

Higher SEIFA context supports a stronger local-quality read.

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
$350/wk
Market rent signal
D8 vs AU
Gross yield
Need rent + price
Population
13,169
13K via Douglas LGA · SAL undercount
Schools
No matched school data
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$1,365
Median rent · wk$350
Investor profile

Who invests in Rocky Point

Owner-occupied 36%Rented 64%
Investor activityATO
Negatively geared3.7%
159 of 469 landlords
Avg rental loss$6,848/yr
Landlords (rental income)469
Reported capital gains323
The read

Renter-heavy market

32% of homes here are owner-occupied and 58% rented, with 4% of landlords negatively geared.

What to check

58% rented — renter-heavy areas turn over faster and are more exposed to rate moves and investor sentiment.

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

Affordability

19%
median weekly rent as a share of gross household income (the 30% rule)
Manageable

Owners with a mortgage repay a median of $1,365/mo, while renters pay about $1,517/mo — renting runs $152/mo higher on these medians.

Household income · yr
$95K
Median rent · wk
$350
Owner mortgage · mo
$1,365

Household income

$95K household · yr+19.7% vs QLD suburb median
Personal
$42K
Family
$111K
Household
$95K

Housing stock and tenure

Tenure (622 households)1.6% social housing
Owned outright
7%
Owned with mortgage
25%
Rented
58%
Dwelling structure18.6% of dwellings unoccupied on census night
Separate house
71%
Townhouse / semi
25%
Flat / apartment
3%

Getting to work: 80% drive, 3% public transport, 9% walk or cycle, 3% worked from home (2021 Census, taken during COVID-era work-from-home arrangements).

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

No local compliance layer is staged.

This is missing evidence, not evidence that the property has no constraints.

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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

Population outlook

4,215 people · 20224,073 by 2032 (-3.4%)

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

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

Located in Queensland within the Douglas local government area, Rocky Point is a small, quiet locality (postcode 4873). The area has roughly 145 residents and an older-leaning population, with a median age of 52. Households earn a median income of $95K per year, with an average household size of 2.6 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 median weekly rent is $350 (Census 2021). The median monthly mortgage repayment is $1,365.

The crime rate in the Douglas LGA is moderate at 5,875 incidents per 100,000 population.

From an investment perspective, 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$1,365
Rent · wk(Census)$350
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
Population145
Median age52
Household size2.6
HH income · wk$1,833
Personal income · wk$809
Persons / bedroom0.8
SEIFA indexABS
Advantage (IRSAD)7/10
Education (IEO)4/10
Economic (IER)4/10
Disadvantage (IRSD)8/10
Income momentumCensus 16→21
HH income · wk$2,470 → $1,833
Change-25.8%
vs QLD median-43.8 pp
Median rent-24.2%
softeningvs 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

Rocky Point 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 · 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 Rocky Point 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 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.

Begin here, but pressure-test the read in compare, against the state hub, or a bigger nearby suburb before deciding.

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

This page is useful for direction-setting, not closure. Use it to frame the locality, then confirm the story with compare, stronger nearby suburbs, and the state hub.

Stronger nearby reads

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

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Rocky Point FAQ

Common questions
  1. What LGA is Rocky Point in?

    Rocky Point 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 Rocky Point?

    The median weekly rent in Rocky Point is $350/wk, based on ABS Census 2021 rent fallback.

  3. Is Rocky Point a good investment?

    QuickProperty's investment signals for Rocky Point 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 Rocky Point?

    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 Rocky Point 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.