South Mission Beach (postcode 4852) is a small community in Queensland within the Cassowary Coast local government area. With a population of 968, the suburb has an older-leaning population with a median age of 51. Households earn a median income of $67K per year, with an average household size of 2.2 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 most common occupations are professionals, managers, labourers. Employment in the area leans toward agriculture and education. The top ancestries reported are English, Australian, Scottish.
The current median weekly rent is $550. The median monthly mortgage repayment is $1,513.
The crime rate in the Cassowary Coast LGA is moderate at 5,853 incidents per 100,000 population.
Looking at the investment signals, 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.