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QLD · Moreton Bay Council
Margate, 4019
Est. population · Jun 2025
8,164
Growth (1 yr)
+0.7%
Growth (5 yr)
+4.5%
Median age
46
Median income
$1,231/wk
Employment rate
50.6%
Languages at home
6.5%non-English
Most common: Spanish, German, Italian
2021 Census · usual residence
Desirability score
- Coastal
- High desirability
- Green suburb
- Excellent transport
- Education hub
Suburb profile
Life in Margate revolves around the coast, with the feel of a mid-sized suburb that never strays far from the water. Neighbouring pockets and the city remain accessible for work, dining and weekends away from the beach. The area suits established families and long-term locals, with plenty of young families in the mix.
Green space punches above what many coastal suburbs offer, with parks and playgrounds woven through the suburb. Reasonably walkable — many errands reachable on foot or by bus, with buses linking the suburb to surrounding areas. Property sits in a premium price band and is harder to enter for many buyers.
Reported crime has been rising recently. This is a mature, settled pocket where the existing streetscape still defines the local character.
Against similar coastal suburbs, schools and education stand out and the overall desirability rating is good, with community and employment less decisive.
At a glance
Margate snapshot
A quick read of housing, growth, livability, and risk
Median rent
$585/wk
Population (ERP)
8,164
+0.7% annual growth
Dwelling vacancy
7.1%
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
#17
among Coastal & beach · Mature
Safety
67th
percentile in state (higher = safer)
Pop. growth
33rd
percentile in QLD
Advantage (IRSAD)
3/10
national SEIFA decile
School ICSEA
35th
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
- 57.4/100 — Good
- State standing
- Top 20% of Queensland's suburbs
- National rank
- 1301st in Australia
- State rank
- 297th in QLD
- Peer rank
- #17 among Coastal & beach · Mature suburbs
- Cohort rank
- #40 among Coastal & beach suburbs
- Data confidence
- 78%
Data sources & freshness
- Suburb Guide desirability index — Suburb Guide (derived) · current · Updated
Housing
- All types (Mar 2026)
- $585
Median weekly rent from Queensland RTA rental bond data. Figures can be unreliable where few bonds were lodged in the quarter.
Contributes to desirability score · Housing (15%) · Future Growth (7%)
Median price, rental yield and vacancy Recent price momentum
Data sources & freshness
- RTA bond statistics — Residential Tenancies Authority (Queensland) · Mar 2026 · Updated · Quarterly releases
Population
Estimated resident population
8,164(June 2025)
+0.7% annual · +4.5% over 5 years · 33th percentile in QLD
Growth figures & methodology
- Annual growth
- +0.7%
- 5-year growth
- +4.5%
- Change in 1 year
- +57
- Change in 5 years
- +352
- Growth rank in QLD
- 33th 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 (~8,450), extrapolated at +0.7% average annual growth since 2011. It is illustrative only — not an official ABS forecast.
2021 Census figures
2021 Census
- Population
- 7,575
- Median age
- 46
- Median household income / week
- $1,231
- Dwelling vacancy
- 7.1%
- Unoccupied private dwellings
- 247 of 3,482
- Median monthly mortgage
- $1,733
- Employment rate
- 50.6%
- Dwelling mix (houses / semi / flats)
- 2,318 / 138 / 768 (+ 4 other)
Contributes to desirability score · Community (5%)
Employment, household income and age diversity (2021 Census)
Data sources & freshness
- 2021 Census — General Community Profile — Australian Bureau of Statistics · Updated
The 2026 Census runs 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
Community & culture
No 2021 Census cultural diversity data for this suburb yet.
Data sources & freshness
- 2021 Census — General Community Profile — Australian Bureau of Statistics · Updated
The 2026 Census runs in August 2026; suburb-level updates are expected from mid-2027.
Crime & safety
Reported offences are running lower than the same point last year.
Offence counts & rates
- Total offences (Jan 2026 to Aug 2026)
- 433
- Against the person
- 68
- Against property
- 215
- Rate per 1,000 residents
- 53
- Person-crime prevalence
- About 1 in 111 residents
- State safety percentile
- 67th (lower crime is better)
- Increase (daily rate, partial year)
- +19.3%
Most common offence types
- Assault90
- Drug Offences247
- Other Property Damage113
- Other Theft (Excl. Unlawful Entry)309
- Traffic And Related Offences100
Contributes to desirability score · Safety (18%)
Crime rate and year-on-year trend
Data sources & freshness
- QPS Online Crime Map — Queensland Police Service · Jan 2025 to Dec 2025 → Jan 2026 to Aug 2026; Jan 2026 to Aug 2026 · Updated · Calendar-year aggregates
Family & Lifestyle
Schools & preschools
- Schools within 2 km
- 5
- Median school ICSEA (5 schools)
- 974
- Median ICSEA percentile
- 35th
School list
- Humpybong State SchoolPrimary · Government · ICSEA 974 · 35th percentile · LBOTE 15% · 565 students · Top SEA quarter 8% · 0.7 km awayView on My School →
- Clontarf Beach State High SchoolSecondary · Government · ICSEA 948 · 24th percentile · LBOTE 14% · 877 students · Top SEA quarter 4% · 1.5 km awayView on My School →
- Edu Space RedcliffeSecondary · Independent · ICSEA 883 · 8th percentile · LBOTE 8% · 30 students · Top SEA quarter 7% · 1.5 km awayView on My School →
- Woody Point Special SchoolSpecial · Government · ICSEA 985 · 40th percentile · LBOTE 10% · 129 students · Top SEA quarter 20% · 1.5 km awayView on My School →
- Grace Lutheran Primary SchoolPrimary · Independent · ICSEA 1090 · 82th percentile · LBOTE 18% · 479 students · Top SEA quarter 35% · 1.8 km awayView on My School →
Contributes to desirability score · Education (15%)
School and preschool counts, median school ICSEA
Data sources & freshness
- ACARA school locations — Australian Curriculum, Assessment and Reporting Authority · 2025 · Updated · Annual release
- School ICSEA scores — Australian Curriculum, Assessment and Reporting Authority · 2025 · Updated · Annual release
Public transport
26 public transport stops in this suburb
- Macdonnell Rd at Kingsford Street
- Maine Rd at Windsor Street
- Oxley Ave at Langdon Park
- Oxley Ave at Langdon Park
- Oxley Ave at Macdonnell Road
Contributes to desirability score · Accessibility (15%)
Public transport stop coverage
Data sources & freshness
- GTFS public transport stops — State transport authority open-data feeds · current · Updated
Amenities
143 nearby amenities within ~1.5 km
3 restaurants · 1 cafes · 1 supermarkets · 1 fast food · 1 places of worship · 4 playgrounds · 3 swimming pools · 2 petrol stations
Local character & venue list
Local character
- Reasonably walkable — many errands reachable on foot or by bus
- Great for outdoor family life — 5 parks mapped in suburb, 4 playgrounds nearby
- Well connected by public transport — 26 public transport stops
- Strong local sport and recreation — 8 sport and outdoor facilities nearby
- Walkability proxy
- 65/100
- Cafés per 1,000 residents
- 0.13
- Food & drink per 1,000 residents
- 0.66
- Parks per 1,000 residents
- 0.66
Food & drink(5)
- Seafood Lovers CafeCafe
- Red Dolphin SeafoodsFast food
17 Margate Parade
- PilpelRestaurant
26 Baynes Street
- Sunny's Margate BeachRestaurant
1 McCulloch Avenue, Margate
- The OxRestaurant
Shopping(3)
- EG AustraliaConvenience store
- Time SaverConvenience store
- WoolworthsSupermarket
Community(1)
- Humpybong State SchoolSchool
Ernest Street, Margate
Health & services(5)
- Beach Medical ClinicClinic
135 Margate Parade
- Redcliffe Skin Cancer CentreClinic
- Eric Davis DentalDentist
40 Duffield Road
- Smiles Dental CareDentist
Unit 3 279 Oxley Avenue, Margate
- Lime RadiologyMedical clinic
287 Oxley Avenue, Margate
Sport & outdoors(13)
- Langdon ParkPark
- Mahogany ParkPark
- Park (3)
- Playground (4)
- Sports field
- Swimming pool (3)
Transport(18)
18 bus stops
Other(29)
- ArmaguardATM
- Bendigo BankBank
Unit 13A 270 Oxley Avenue, Margate
- Bench (30)
- Bicycle Parking
- Car
- Lifeline Super Store MargateCharity
- Save the Children MargateCharity
- Drinking water (7)
- Fitness Station
- Garden (2)
- The Sebel Brisbane Margate BeachHotel
- Margate Village Shopping CentreMall
270 Oxley Avenue, Margate
- Parking (25)
- Redcliffe Chapel of The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-Day SaintsParking
- EG AustraliaPetrol station
9-11 Baynes Street, Margate
- Liberty OilPetrol station
291 Oxley Avenue, Margate
- Picnic Table
- Redcliffe Chapel of The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-Day SaintsPlace of worship
389 Oxley Avenue, Redcliffe
- Australia PostPost Box
- Margate Beach LPOPost office
- Public toilets
- Shelter (3)
- Slipway
- Telsra;TelstraTelephone
- TelstraTelephone
- Track (3)
- Waste Basket (6)
- Cleaver FirearmsWeapons
27 Beaconsfield Street
- Yes
Names and addresses from OpenStreetMap. Unnamed venues show as their type (e.g. Cafe). Transport stops are summarised by type rather than listed individually.
Contributes to desirability score · Lifestyle (15%)
Food, shopping, recreation and sport (OpenStreetMap)
Data sources & freshness
- Local amenity insights — Suburb Guide (derived) · current · Updated
- OpenStreetMap amenities — OpenStreetMap contributors · current · Updated
Parks & reserves
2 parks and public open space in this suburb
- Langdon ParkPark
- Mahogany ParkPark
Data sources & freshness
- Parks & reserves — State government + ABS LGA boundaries · current · Updated
Green cover
- Parks & woodland (OSM)
- 9
- Parks (OSM)
- 5
OpenStreetMap parks and natural woodland features mapped within the suburb boundary.
Contributes to desirability score · Environment (10%)
Parks and green cover (OpenStreetMap)
Data sources & freshness
- OpenStreetMap green cover — OpenStreetMap contributors · current · Updated
Places of worship
1 places of worship within ~1.5 km
- Redcliffe Chapel of The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-Day Saints
389 Oxley Avenue, Redcliffe
From OpenStreetMap within ~1.5 km of the suburb centre.
Data sources & freshness
- OpenStreetMap amenities — OpenStreetMap contributors · current · Updated
Health access
- Hospitals & GP clinics in suburb
- 5
- Nearest hospital
- Redcliffe Hospital (1.7 km)
- Nearest hospital type
- Hospital
- Nearest hospital emergency
- Emergency department
- Emergency department in suburb
- Not in suburb
- Beach Medical ClinicMargate ParadeClinic
- Eric Davis DentalDuffield RoadDentist
- Lime RadiologyOxley AvenueDoctor
- Redcliffe Skin Cancer CentreClinic
- Smiles Dental CareOxley AvenueDentist
Contributes to desirability score · Accessibility (15%)
Hospitals and GP clinics
Data sources & freshness
- Hospitals & clinics — OpenStreetMap + state health datasets · current · Updated
NDIS participation
- NDIS participants (31 March 2026)
- 280
- Participants per 1,000 residents
- 34.3
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
- NDIS participants by SA2 — National Disability Insurance Agency · 2026-Q1 · Updated · Quarterly SA2 counts allocated to suburb boundaries
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
- 29° / 20°
- Rainfall
- 498 mm · ~62 rainy days
Autumn (Mar–May)
- Usual max / min
- 26° / 17°
- Rainfall
- 406 mm · ~51 rainy days
Winter (Jun–Aug)
- Usual max / min
- 21° / 10°
- Rainfall
- 196 mm · ~24 rainy days
Spring (Sep–Nov)
- Usual max / min
- 26° / 15°
- Rainfall
- 256 mm · ~32 rainy days
Contributes to desirability score · Lifestyle (15%)
Temperature and humidity comfort
Data sources & freshness
- Seasonal climate normals — WorldClim 2.1 · Updated
Future & Planning
Hazards
- Bushfire planning zone
- No overlay at centroid
Bushfire overlay checked at suburb centroid via Queensland Bushfire Prone Area mapping.
Contributes to desirability score · Safety (18%)
Bushfire hazard overlays
Data sources & freshness
- Hazard planning overlays — State government hazard layers · current · Updated
Politics & representation
- Federal electorate
- Petrie
- Member of Parliament
- Emma COMER (Australian Labor Party)
- Results from
- 2025 federal election
- Electorate enrolment (2025)
- 134,359
- Turnout (2025)
- 89.7%
- Swing since 2022 (2025)
- +5.6 pp toward Labor
Two-party preferred (2025)
Coalition 48.8%Labor 51.2%
Estimated suburb voting profile
Estimated from 8 nearby ordinary polling places (up to 3.1 km away).
Coalition 46.4%Labor 53.6%
2.4 percentage points more Labor-leaning than the electorate
Estimated swing since 2022: +4.5 pp toward Labor
Nearest polling places
- MargateLabor 56.4% · Coalition 43.6% TPP (2025)0.6 km away
- Redcliffe SouthLabor 51.1% · Coalition 48.9% TPP (2025)1.0 km away
- Woody Point NorthLabor 51.0% · Coalition 49.0% TPP (2025)1.0 km away
- Clontarf BeachLabor 53.9% · Coalition 46.1% TPP (2025)1.9 km away
- Kippa-RingLabor 53.5% · Coalition 46.5% TPP (2025)2.2 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
- Federal election results — Australian Electoral Commission · Updated · 2025 election with by-election overlays
Socio-economic
- IRSAD decile (2021)
- 3/10
- IRSD decile (2021)
- 2/10
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 (5%)
Socio-economic advantage (IRSAD decile)
Data sources & freshness
- SEIFA 2021 (IRSAD / IRSD) — Australian Bureau of Statistics · Updated
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