Ryan is a sparsely populated locality in Queensland within the Mount Isa local government area (postcode 4825). With a population of 105, the suburb has a settled mid-life population with a median age of 39. Households earn a median income of $108K per year, with an average household size of 2.5 people. Recent annual estimates show population movement softening across the broader catchment, with population growth running at -0.7% 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 technicians & trades, managers, machinery operators & drivers. Employment in the area leans toward mining and transport & logistics. The top ancestries reported are Australian, English, Scottish.
The median weekly rent is $369 (Census 2021). The median monthly mortgage repayment is $2,150.
The crime rate in the Mount Isa LGA is higher than average at 20,801 incidents per 100,000 population.
On the investment side, Population growth of -0.7% year-on-year points to declining demand fundamentals. Building approvals have changed +0% year-on-year, indicating steady development activity.