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QLD · Hope Vale Council

Hope Vale, 4895

Est. population · Jun 2025

1,118

Growth (1 yr)

+1.4%

Growth (5 yr)

+6.9%

Median age

29

Median income

$827/wk

Employment rate

33.5%

University qualified

5.8%

Work from home

3.8%

Languages at home

63.1%non-English

Most common: Australian Indigenous languages

2021 Census · usual residence

Desirability score

18.4/100
Below average

1517th in QLD

Verified 75% confidence

How this score is calculated
  • Beach
  • Agricultural
  • Holiday parks
  • Green suburb
  • Remote
What Hope Vale is known for: Beach, Agricultural, Holiday parks, Green suburb, Remote

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Suburb profile

Hope Vale is a remote locality in Queensland, in Hope Vale Council. It has a large Aboriginal community with Indigenous languages spoken at home.

Local amenities is an exceptional strength, well above typical levels for remote localities. Open-space access is better than in most comparable places. Population growth is an exceptional strength, and green cover is another area where the suburb performs particularly well. The main trade-offs are lower socio-economic advantage and lower school ICSEA scores.

Overall, Hope Vale suits people prioritising open space and local amenities over socio-economic advantage.

Generated from the official metrics on this page. It can omit nuance or contain errors — check the tables and source notes before relying on it.

Strengths and weaknesses

Remote locality · compared with remote localities in Queensland (544)

Strengths

  • Population growth is a relative strength
  • Open-space access is better than in most comparable places
  • Local amenity access is stronger than in most comparable places
  • Green cover is a relative strength

Weaknesses

  • Socio-economic advantage is well below comparable places
  • Local school ICSEA scores sit below those of comparable places

What stands out

  • Large Aboriginal community with Indigenous languages spoken at home

Who it suits

  • Families
  • Professionals
  • Retirees
  • StudentsInsufficient data
  • Budget buyersInsufficient data

Housing, growth and risk

How Hope Vale compares

A quick read of housing, growth, livability, and risk

Median house price

—

No data available

Median rent (Census)

$120/wk

2021 Census median weekly rent

Population (ERP)

1,118

+1.4% annual growth

Dwelling vacancy

14.7%

Census unoccupied dwellings

Livability profile

Desirability pillars vs the peer median (50th percentile)

How it compares

Relative standing using percentiles, ranks, and national deciles

Desirability

#227

among Country & regional · Emerging

Crime rate

92nd

percentile in state (higher = more crime)

Pop. growth

61st

percentile in QLD

Rented dwellings

88%

2021 Census tenure

Advantage (IRSAD)

1/10

national SEIFA decile

School ICSEA

1st

percentile among schools with ICSEA

Population growth

Recent ERP change over 1 and 5 years

Housing mix

Dwelling types from the 2021 Census

Risks & flags

Quick scan — open a section below for full context

Living here

Desirability

Ranks & confidence
Desirability score
18.4/100 — Below average
National rank
6911th in Australia
State rank
1517th in QLD
Peer rank
#227 among Country & regional · Emerging suburbs
Cohort rank
#983 among Country & regional suburbs
Data confidence
75%

Data sources & freshness

  • Suburb Guide desirability index — Suburb Guide (derived) · current · Updated

Population

Estimated resident population

1,118(June 2025)

+1.4% annual · +6.9% over 5 years · 61th percentile in QLD

Growth figures & methodology
Annual growth
+1.4%
5-year growth
+6.9%
Change in 1 year
+16
Change in 5 years
+72
Growth rank in QLD
61th percentile

ABS Estimated Resident Population allocated to this suburb from SA2-level data. Not an official ABS suburb count.

Methodology

Figures are allocated from ABS Estimated Resident Population at Statistical Area Level 2 (SA2), using 2021 Census share within overlapping SA2 regions. Where Census data is unavailable, area overlap is used instead.

The dashed chart line is a simple growth-trend estimate to June 2030 (~1,150), extrapolated at +0.9% average annual growth since 2011. It is illustrative only — not an official ABS forecast.

2021 Census figures

2021 Census

Population
1,004
Median age
29
Median household income / week
$827
Dwelling vacancy
14.7%
Unoccupied private dwellings
50 of 341
Median monthly mortgage
$975
Median weekly rent (2021 Census)
$120
Tenure (owned / mortgaged / rented)
8.1% / 3.7% / 88.1%
Employment rate
33.5%
Travel to work (WFH / public transport / car)
3.8% / 0% / 69.2%
Walked or cycled to work
12.5%
Dwelling mix (houses / semi / flats)
273 / 10 / 7 (+ 6 other)

Contributes to desirability score · Community (12%) · Accessibility (12%) · Future Growth (6%)

Employment, household income and owned-outright tenure (2021 Census) Work-from-home and public-transport commute shares (2021 Census) Five-year population change as a healthy-growth band, not a boom bonus

Data sources & freshness

  • 2021 Census — General Community Profile (including method of travel to work and educational attainment) — Australian Bureau of Statistics · Updated

    The 2026 Census was conducted in August 2026; suburb-level updates are expected from mid-2027.

  • Estimated Resident Population — Australian Bureau of Statistics · 2025 · Updated · SA2 ERP allocated to suburb boundaries

Qualifications

5.8% of adults have a university degree, compared with 21.9% across Queensland. 22.5% have a trade or vocational qualification.

  • University qualified5.8% · 21.9% QLD
  • Diploma qualified3.9% · 9.4% QLD
  • Trade / vocational22.5% · 18.9% QLD
  • Year 12 or below67.7% · 49.8% QLD

Highest qualification field

Main field of the highest non-school qualification (2021 Census).

  • Engineering and related technologies20.1%
  • Education16.1%
  • Architecture and building13.7%
  • Health11.2%
  • Society and culture11.2%
  • Management and commerce10.4%
How these groups are defined
MeasureDefinition
University qualifiedBachelor degree or higher
Diploma qualifiedAdvanced Diploma / Diploma
Trade / vocationalCertificate III + IV
Year 12Year 12 as highest attainment
Below Year 12Year 11 / 10 / 9 or below

People aged 15 years and over, 2021 Census. University, diploma and trade shares match ABS highest educational attainment (HEAP). Year 12 and below Year 12 are combined in the chart because the General Community Profile reports school-only attainment as a residual.

Contributes to desirability score · Community (12%)

University qualifications from the 2021 Census

Data sources & freshness

  • 2021 Census — General Community Profile (including method of travel to work and educational attainment) — Australian Bureau of Statistics · Updated

    The 2026 Census was conducted in August 2026; suburb-level updates are expected from mid-2027.

Tax & income

Median taxable income (2023–24)
$50,471

35th percentile in QLD · -14% vs Australia

Median salary / wages (2023–24)
$53,597

20th percentile in QLD · -18% vs Australia

Residents with rental investments
10.0%

30th percentile in QLD · -27% vs Australia

Median super balance (2023–24)
$39,208

11th percentile in QLD · -38% vs Australia

Residents with business income
9.0%

26th percentile in QLD · -13% vs Australia

Australian Taxation Office Taxation Statistics 2023–24, individuals Table 25. Figures describe taxpayers who live in postcode 4895 — not a suburb-level official statistic. Rental investment is the share of local taxpayers reporting rental income or loss, not the share of local properties owned by investors.

Counts, net rent & state comparison
Taxpayers in this postcode
2,435
Taxpayers reporting net rent
240
Median net rent
$940
Taxpayers reporting business income
212
Taxable income vs state median
-9%
Salary / wages vs state median
-12%
Rental investment vs state median
-9%
Super vs state median
-43%
Business income vs state median
-10%

Percentiles rank this postcode among unique postcodes in QLD, so suburbs that share a postcode are not counted twice. Dollar figures are compared with Australia-wide ATO medians from the same release. Median net rent is among taxpayers who reported the rent label and can be negative.

Data sources & freshness

  • Taxation Statistics 2023–24 — individuals by postcode (Table 25) — Australian Taxation Office · Updated · Annual release; taxpayer residential postcode, not suburb boundary

Seasonal & agricultural work

5.4% of employed residents work in agriculture, forestry and fishing, 2.3× the Australian share (2.3%) — compared with 2.5% across Queensland.

Agriculture, forestry & fishing
5.4%

44th percentile in QLD · +135% vs Australia

Resident workers (2021)
13
WHM specified work
Subclass 417 / 462

Postcode 4895

Australian Bureau of Statistics, 2021 Census General Community Profile tables G54 (industry of employment) and G56 (industry by occupation), Statistical Area Level (suburb), place of usual residence. Figures are residents’ main job in the week before Census night — not jobs located in the suburb. Agriculture, forestry and fishing is the 1-digit ANZSIC division; grape growing and other 3- and 4-digit industries are not in this datapack. The 2026 Census was conducted in August 2026; suburb-level updates are expected from mid-2027.

Plant and animal cultivation in postcode 4895 (Northern and Regional Australia) may count as specified work for Working Holiday Maker visas (subclasses 417 and 462). This is a postcode rule from the Home Affairs instruments — not evidence that seasonal jobs exist here, and not a count of WHM residents. Home Affairs specified work · LIN 22/012 · LIN 22/013. Compilation used: 5 April 2025.

Region employment estimates (SA4, not this suburb)

Jobs and Skills Australia NERO modelled estimates for Queensland - Outback (SA4 315), 2026-08. These figures describe the broader region, not this suburb, and occupations are not added together.

  • Livestock Farmers ANZSCO 12131,891
  • Livestock Farm Workers ANZSCO 8415830
  • Crop Farmers ANZSCO 1212261
  • Other Farm, Forestry and Garden Workers ANZSCO 8419129
  • Crop Farm Workers ANZSCO 8412112
  • Agricultural, Forestry and Horticultural Plant Operators ANZSCO 721167
  • Mixed Crop and Livestock Farmers ANZSCO 121449
  • Mixed Crop and Livestock Farm Workers ANZSCO 841626
  • Aquaculture Workers ANZSCO 841113
  • Forestry and Logging Workers ANZSCO 841310

Queensland - Outback is a Statistical Area Level 4. Fruit, nut and vegetable workers are not published separately in NERO (they sit under ANZSCO 8412). Jobs and Skills Australia warns not to sum occupations or geographies. NERO data. Nowcast of Employment by Region and Occupation, Jobs and Skills Australia, Commonwealth of Australia. CC BY 4.0.

Census employed residents counted in G54: 240 · AFF share +116% vs the state.

Data sources & freshness

  • 2021 Census — industry of employment (G54/G56), place of usual residence — Australian Bureau of Statistics · Updated · Resident main job in the week before Census night, not jobs located in the suburb

    The 2026 Census was conducted in August 2026; suburb-level updates are expected from mid-2027.

  • WHM specified work areas (LIN 22/012 and LIN 22/013) — Department of Home Affairs · 2025-04-05 · Updated · Postcode eligibility for plant and animal cultivation; not a count of WHM residents
  • Nowcast of Employment by Region and Occupation (NERO), SA4 × ANZSCO 4-digit — Jobs and Skills Australia · 2026-08 · Updated · Monthly modelled SA4 estimates; not suburb-level. CC BY 4.0

Community & culture

63.1% speak a language other than English at home; 2% born overseas

Language at home
347 English only · 593 other
Non-English at home
63.1%
Born overseas
19 (2%)
Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander
870 (86.7%)
Australian citizens
954
Languages spoken at home (other than English)
1

Top languages other than English

Share of residents who speak a language other than English at home (2021 Census).

  • Australian Indigenous languages307 · 100%

Religion

79.9%Most common religion · Christianity

Christianity is the most common response at 79.9%, while 10.4% reported no religion.

MeasureSuburbState
No religion10.4%40.7%
Christianity79.9%45.7%
Other / not stated9.8%13.6%
Christian denominations
DenominationSuburbState
Lutheran71.7%0.9%
Anglican3.7%11.3%
Catholic3%18.6%

2021 Census — languages spoken at home, birthplace, Indigenous status, and religious affiliation (usual residence). Religion is optional on the Census form.

Data sources & freshness

  • 2021 Census — General Community Profile (including method of travel to work and educational attainment) — Australian Bureau of Statistics · Updated

    The 2026 Census was conducted in August 2026; suburb-level updates are expected from mid-2027.

Crime & safety

Offence counts are estimated for this suburb from postcode 4895, which is shared with other suburbs.

Reported offences are running lower than the same point last year.

Offence counts & rates
Total offences (Jan 2026 to Sep 2026)
133
Against the person
51
Against property
43
Rate per 1,000 residents (annualised)
163.9
Person-crime prevalence
About 1 in 20 residents
State crime-rate percentile
92.2th (higher = more crime)
Decrease (daily rate, partial year)
-5.6%

Most common offence types

  • Assault31
  • Good Order Offences18
  • Other Property Damage15
  • Traffic And Related Offences16
  • Unlawful Entry16

Contributes to desirability score · Safety (22%)

Crime rate, offences against the person, year-on-year trend and recorded road crash rates

Data sources & freshness

  • QPS Online Crime Map — Queensland Police Service · Jan 2025 to Dec 2025 → Jan 2026 to Sep 2026; Jan 2026 to Sep 2026 · Updated · Calendar-year aggregates

Family & Lifestyle

Schools & preschools

Schools within 2 km
1
Median school ICSEA
707
Median ICSEA percentile
1th
Primary catchments overlapping suburb
2
Secondary catchments overlapping suburb
1
School list
  • Cape York Aboriginal Australian AcademyPrimary · Government · ICSEA 707 · 1th percentile · LBOTE 58% · 146 students · Top SEA quarter 1%View on My School →
School catchments
  • Cooktown SSGovernment school catchment overlapping this suburb boundaryprimary_catchment
  • Hopevale Campus of CYAAAGovernment school catchment overlapping this suburb boundaryprimary_catchment

Government school intake zones that overlap this suburb boundary. Living in a catchment does not guarantee enrolment; check the education authority.

Contributes to desirability score · Education (14%)

Median school ICSEA first, then school and catchment counts

Data sources & freshness

Amenities

5 mapped amenities

2 beaches · 3 campgrounds

Local character & venue list

Local character

  • Limited walkable amenities nearby
Walkability proxy
0/100
Cafés per 1,000 residents
0
Food & drink per 1,000 residents
0
Parks per 1,000 residents
1
Sport & outdoors(2)
  • ElimBeach
  • Elim (W)Beach
Camping & holiday parks(3)
  • Campground
  • Elim Beach CampgroundCampground
  • Endeavour River EscapeCampground

Names and addresses from OpenStreetMap. Unnamed venues show as their type (e.g. Cafe). Transport stops are summarised by type rather than listed individually. Campgrounds, beaches, wineries and local trails are included when they sit inside the suburb boundary.

Contributes to desirability score · Lifestyle (12%)

Food, shopping, recreation and sport per 1,000 residents (OpenStreetMap)

Data sources & freshness

  • Local amenity insights — Suburb Guide (derived) · current · Updated
  • OpenStreetMap amenities — OpenStreetMap contributors · current · Updated

Parks & reserves

1 parks and public open space in this suburb

  • Frog HollowPark

Data sources & freshness

Green cover

Green cover of suburb area
0.1%
Woodland / forest cover
0.1%
Parks & woodland features (OSM)
4
Parks (OSM)
1
Typical summer maximum
31°C

Green cover is the share of this suburb's boundary overlapping OpenStreetMap parks, woodland and forest polygons — not a satellite tree-canopy product. Summer maximum is the WorldClim / Open-Meteo seasonal normal already collected for Weather.

Contributes to desirability score · Environment (12%)

Tree canopy first, then green-cover area and parks per 1,000

Data sources & freshness

  • OpenStreetMap green cover and tree canopy — OpenStreetMap contributors · current · Updated · Park/woodland polygons intersected with suburb boundaries

Health access

Hospitals & GP clinics in suburb
1
Nearest hospital
Hope Vale Primary Health Care Centre (16.2 km)
Nearest hospital type
Hospital
Nearest hospital emergency
Emergency department
Emergency department in suburb
On site
GP clinics in suburb
0
Aged-care services
1
Residential aged-care places
20

GP clinic counts from OpenStreetMap. Bulk-billing figures only include clinics tagged in OSM (sparse and unofficial — not a Medicare list).

  • Hope Vale Primary Health Care CentreAerodrome RoadHospital
Aged-care services
  • Hope Vale Aged HostelHOPE VALEResidential

Australian Government–subsidised services from the AIHW GEN list (30 June 2025), assigned to this suburb by location.

Contributes to desirability score · Accessibility (12%)

Hospitals, GPs and aged care

Data sources & freshness

NDIS participation

NDIS participants (31 March 2026)
22
Participants per 1,000 residents
19.7

Active NDIS participants allocated from NDIA Statistical Area Level 2 (SA2, ASGS 2016) counts to this suburb boundary. Not an official suburb-level NDIS figure · as at 31 March 2026.

For NDIS spend and service-demand exploration by SA2 or postcode, see the Care Sector Demand Map.

Data sources & freshness

Weather

Typical conditions by season for suburbs in the same ~44 km climate area. Rainfall totals are summed from monthly WorldClim layers; rainy-day counts are approximate.

Summer (Dec–Feb)

Usual max / min
31° / 24°
Rainfall
938 mm · ~90 rainy days

Autumn (Mar–May)

Usual max / min
29° / 23°
Rainfall
871 mm · ~92 rainy days

Winter (Jun–Aug)

Usual max / min
25° / 19°
Rainfall
158 mm · ~20 rainy days

Spring (Sep–Nov)

Usual max / min
29° / 22°
Rainfall
143 mm · ~18 rainy days

Contributes to desirability score · Lifestyle (12%)

Temperature and humidity comfort

Data sources & freshness

  • Seasonal climate normals — WorldClim 2.1 · Updated

Future & Planning

Planning & development

Development applications from QLD coordinated projects (lodged 2020–2026).

2 planning-related records

Other· 2 proposals
  • Cape Flattery Silica Sand project
    Greenfield silica sand mine and processing plants producing up to 4 million tonnes per annum of run-of-mine silica sand for export, for up to 15 years.Current EIS project
  • Northern Silica project
    Greenfield silica sand mine and processing plant producing up to 5 million tonnes per annum of silica sand product for export, for up to 25 years.Current EIS project

Data sources & freshness

Hazards

Bushfire planning zone
No overlay at centroid
Flood / inundation overlay
No mapped inundation on suburb boundary

Bushfire overlay checked at suburb centroid via Queensland Bushfire Prone Area mapping. Flood cover uses floodplain overlay polygons against the suburb boundary where published.

Contributes to desirability score · Safety (22%)

Bushfire and flood hazard overlays

Data sources & freshness

  • Bushfire and flood planning overlays — State government hazard layers · current · Updated

Politics & representation

Federal electorate
Leichhardt
Member of Parliament
Matt SMITH (Australian Labor Party)
Results from
2025 federal election
Electorate enrolment (2025)
122,757
Turnout (2025)
83.0%
Swing since 2022 (2025)
+9.5 pp toward Labor

Two-party preferred (2025)

Coalition 43.9%Labor 56.1%

Estimated suburb voting profile

Estimated from 8 nearby ordinary polling places (up to 150.0 km away).

Coalition 31.5%Labor 68.5%

12.5 percentage points more Labor-leaning than the electorate

Estimated swing since 2022: +24.0 pp toward Labor

Nearest polling places

  • Hope ValeLabor 72.2% · Coalition 27.8% TPP (2025)17.6 km away
  • CooktownLabor 56.6% · Coalition 43.4% TPP (2025)41.0 km away
  • BloomfieldLabor 72.6% · Coalition 27.4% TPP (2025)92.6 km away
  • DiwanLabor 57.1% · Coalition 42.9% TPP (2025)124.3 km away
  • DaintreeLabor 40.0% · Coalition 60.0% TPP (2025)125.7 km away

Federal electorate from AEC federal division boundaries (2025 redistribution). Division-level results are official AEC figures from the latest general election, with by-election updates where applicable. The estimated suburb profile blends up to eight nearest ordinary polling booths in the same electorate using inverse-distance weighting from the suburb centroid — an approximation, not official AEC data. Nearest polling places are shown for reference.

Data sources & freshness

Socio-economic

IRSAD decile (2021)
1/10
IRSD decile (2021)
1/10

ABS Socio-Economic Indexes for Areas (SEIFA), 2021 release — the latest available, derived from the 2021 Census. Deciles rank suburbs nationally from 1 (lowest) to 10 (highest).

What do IRSAD and IRSD measure?

IRSAD — Index of Relative Socio-economic Advantage and Disadvantage. Combines indicators of advantage (e.g. high income, skilled occupations) and disadvantage. Higher decile = more advantaged relative to other Australian areas.

IRSD — Index of Relative Socio-economic Disadvantage. Focuses on disadvantage only (e.g. low income, unemployment, limited education). Higher decile = less disadvantage nationally.

A new SEIFA edition typically follows each census; the ABS has not announced a release date beyond 2021.

Contributes to desirability score · Community (12%)

Socio-economic advantage (IRSAD and IRSD deciles)

Data sources & freshness

This suburb ranks highly for

Comparable suburbs

Similar population and socio-economic profile in other parts of Queensland.