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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%

University qualified

16.8%

Work from home

13.7%

Languages at home

6.5%non-English

Most common: Spanish, German, Italian

2021 Census · usual residence

Desirability score

44.1/100
Average

Top 41% of Queensland's suburbs

Verified 88% confidence

How this score is calculated
  • Beach
  • Green suburb
  • Outer suburban
What Margate is known for: Beach, Green suburb, Outer suburban

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Suburb profile

Margate is a coastal outer metropolitan suburb of Brisbane, in Moreton Bay Council. It is close to the Moreton Bay and the Redcliffe Peninsula.

Walkability is an exceptional strength. Local amenities is an exceptional strength, well above typical levels for outer metropolitan suburbs. School access is strong. Rents sit a little below those in comparable places, with median rents 12% below the peer median. The clearer weaknesses are household incomes and higher crime, with household incomes 30% below the peer median.

Overall, Margate suits people prioritising school access and lower rents over peace and quiet.

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

Outer metropolitan suburb · compared with outer metropolitan suburbs in Queensland (215)

Strengths

  • School access is strong
  • Rents sit a little below those in comparable places
  • Walkability is a relative strength
  • Local amenity access is stronger than in most comparable places

Weaknesses

  • Household incomes sit below the peer median
  • Reported crime in the wider postcode 4019 is elevated relative to comparable places

What stands out

  • Margate Beach
  • Suttons Beach
  • Moreton Bay
  • Redcliffe Peninsula

Who it suits

  • Families
  • Professionals
  • Retirees
  • Students
  • Budget buyers

Housing, growth and risk

How Margate compares

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

Median house price

—

No data available

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

#38

among Coastal & beach · Mature

Crime rate

69th

percentile in state (higher = more crime)

Pop. growth

33rd

percentile in QLD

Rented dwellings

42%

2021 Census tenure

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
44.1/100 — Average
State standing
Top 41% of Queensland's suburbs
National rank
3353rd in Australia
State rank
617th in QLD
Peer rank
#38 among Coastal & beach · Mature suburbs
Cohort rank
#75 among Coastal & beach suburbs
Data confidence
88%

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 (10%) · Future Growth (6%)

Household crowding and healthy vacancy — not cheapness Modest price change as a healthy-growth band

Data sources & freshness

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
Median weekly rent (2021 Census)
$320
Tenure (owned / mortgaged / rented)
28.6% / 29.5% / 41.9%
Employment rate
50.6%
Travel to work (WFH / public transport / car)
13.7% / 2.4% / 66.8%
Walked or cycled to work
2.5%
Dwelling mix (houses / semi / flats)
2,318 / 138 / 768 (+ 4 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

16.8% of adults have a university degree, compared with 21.9% across Queensland. 21.6% have a trade or vocational qualification.

  • University qualified16.8% · 21.9% QLD
  • Diploma qualified10.7% · 9.4% QLD
  • Trade / vocational21.6% · 18.9% QLD
  • Year 12 or below50.9% · 49.8% QLD

Highest qualification field

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

  • Management and commerce20.8%
  • Engineering and related technologies15.9%
  • Society and culture15.7%
  • Health13.2%
  • Education9.7%
  • Architecture and building7.9%
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)
$58,153

62nd percentile in QLD · -1% vs Australia

Median salary / wages (2023–24)
$65,000

68th percentile in QLD · 0% vs Australia

Residents with rental investments
12.0%

67th percentile in QLD · -13% vs Australia

Median super balance (2023–24)
$88,212

81st percentile in QLD · +39% vs Australia

Residents with business income
9.0%

38th percentile in QLD · -13% vs Australia

Australian Taxation Office Taxation Statistics 2023–24, individuals Table 25. Figures describe taxpayers who live in postcode 4019 — 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
12,593
Taxpayers reporting net rent
1,504
Median net rent
$1
Taxpayers reporting business income
1,108
Taxable income vs state median
+5%
Salary / wages vs state median
+7%
Rental investment vs state median
+9%
Super vs state median
+27%
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

Community & culture

6.5% speak a language other than English at home; 22.9% born overseas

Language at home
6,630 English only · 458 other
Non-English at home
6.5%
Born overseas
1,618 (22.9%)
Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander
334 (4.4%)
Australian citizens
6,522
Languages spoken at home (other than English)
22

Top languages other than English

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

  • Spanish18 · 11.7%
  • German17 · 11%
  • Italian12 · 7.8%
  • Afrikaans10 · 6.5%
  • Greek9 · 5.8%
  • French8 · 5.2%
  • Samoan8 · 5.2%
  • Vietnamese8 · 5.2%

Religion

44.4%No religion

No religion is the most common response at 44.4%, while Christianity accounts for 44.3%.

MeasureSuburbState
No religion44.4%40.7%
Christianity44.3%45.7%
Other / not stated11.3%13.6%
Christian denominations
DenominationSuburbState
Catholic17%18.6%
Anglican12.2%11.3%
Uniting Church3.1%3.6%
Christian (not further defined)3.1%3.1%
Presbyterian and Reformed2.3%2.1%
Baptist2.1%1.7%

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 4019, which is shared with other suburbs.

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

Offence counts & rates
Total offences (Jan 2026 to Sep 2026)
544
Against the person
79
Against property
253
Rate per 1,000 residents (annualised)
89
Person-crime prevalence
About 1 in 96 residents
State crime-rate percentile
69.1th (higher = more crime)
Increase (daily rate, partial year)
+22.9%

Most common offence types

  • Drug Offences130
  • Other Property Damage52
  • Other Theft (Excl. Unlawful Entry)137
  • Traffic And Related Offences51
  • Assault39

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
5
Median school ICSEA (5 schools)
974
Median ICSEA percentile
35th
Primary catchments overlapping suburb
2
Secondary catchments overlapping suburb
2
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 →
School catchments
  • Clontarf Beach SHSGovernment school catchment overlapping this suburb boundarysecondary_catchment
  • Humpybong SSGovernment school catchment overlapping this suburb boundaryprimary_catchment
  • Kippa-Ring SSGovernment school catchment overlapping this suburb boundaryprimary_catchment
  • Redcliffe SHSGovernment school catchment overlapping this suburb boundarysecondary_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

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 (12%)

Public transport stops per 1,000 residents and walkability

Data sources & freshness

Amenities

150 mapped amenities

3 restaurants · 1 cafes · 1 supermarkets · 1 fast food · 1 places of worship · 4 playgrounds · 5 swimming pools · 3 beaches

Local character & venue list

Local character

  • Reasonably walkable — many shops and services 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 — 10 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(6)
  • EG AustraliaConvenience store
  • Time SaverConvenience store
  • Lifeline Super Store MargateOp shop
  • Save the Children MargateOp shop
  • Margate Village Shopping CentreShopping centre

    270 Oxley Avenue, Margate

  • WoolworthsSupermarket
Everyday services(5)
  • ArmaguardATM
  • Bendigo BankBank

    Unit 13A 270 Oxley Avenue, Margate

  • EG AustraliaPetrol station

    9-11 Baynes Street, Margate

  • Liberty OilPetrol station

    291 Oxley Avenue, Margate

  • Margate Beach LPOPost office
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(30)
  • Margate BeachBeach
  • Scotts Point BeachBeach
  • Suttons BeachBeach
  • Boat ramp
  • Clontarf to Kippa-Ring CyclewayCycling route
  • Moreton Bay CyclewayCycling route
  • Drinking water (7)
  • Fitness station
  • Langdon ParkPark
  • Mahogany ParkPark
  • Park (3)
  • Playground (4)
  • Public toilets
  • Sports field
  • Swimming pool (5)
Places to stay(1)
  • The Sebel Brisbane Margate BeachHotel
Transport(18)

18 bus stops

Other(15)
  • Bench (30)
  • Bicycle Parking
  • Car
  • Garden (2)
  • Parking (26)
  • Redcliffe Chapel of The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-Day SaintsParking
  • Picnic Table
  • Redcliffe Chapel of The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-Day SaintsPlace of worship

    389 Oxley Avenue, Redcliffe

  • Australia PostPost Box
  • Shelter (3)
  • 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. 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

Sporting clubs

1 named sporting club in this suburb

  • Redcliffe Little Athletics

    Athletics

Named sporting clubs from OpenStreetMap, assigned to this suburb's boundary. Sporting facilities such as ovals, courts and recreation centres are listed under Amenities.

Data sources & freshness

  • OpenStreetMap sporting clubs — OpenStreetMap contributors · current · Updated · Geofabrik australia-latest.osm.pbf

Parks & reserves

2 parks and public open space in this suburb

  • Langdon ParkPark
  • Mahogany ParkPark

Data sources & freshness

Green cover

Green cover of suburb area
4.7%
Woodland / forest cover
0.2%
Parks & woodland features (OSM)
9
Parks (OSM)
5
Typical summer maximum
29°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

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

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
GP clinics in suburb
3
GPs tagged bulk billing (OSM)
0 of 3
Aged-care services
1

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

  • Lime RadiologyOxley AvenueGP
  • Beach Medical ClinicMargate ParadeClinic
  • Eric Davis DentalDuffield RoadDentist
  • Redcliffe Skin Cancer CentreClinic
  • Smiles Dental CareOxley AvenueDentist
Aged-care services
  • Dovida Brisbane North & CabooltureMARGATEHome Care

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)
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

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 (12%)

Temperature and humidity comfort

Data sources & freshness

  • Seasonal climate normals — WorldClim 2.1 · Updated

Future & Planning

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
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

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 (12%)

Socio-economic advantage (IRSAD and IRSD deciles)

Data sources & freshness

Compare with

Similar suburbs to weigh up side by side — scores, safety, schools, and lifestyle.

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