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QLD · Mackay Council
Rural View, 4740
Est. population · Jun 2025
6,328
Growth (1 yr)
+0.9%
Growth (5 yr)
+10.5%
Median age
31
Median income
$2,471/wk
Employment rate
72.2%
Languages at home
7.6%non-English
Most common: Afrikaans, Punjabi, Australian Indigenous languages
2021 Census · usual residence
Desirability score
- Green suburb
- High desirability
- National parks
- Café precinct
- Education hub
Suburb profile
Rural View sits in Mackay Council as a regional mid-sized suburb that feels self-contained and a long way from big-city bustle. Neighbouring centres cover more of the weekly rhythm than the distant capital does. A younger crowd gives the area energy, with plenty of young families in the mix.
Weekends tend to revolve around local favourites: a café, a market run, a walk through town. Green space punches above what many regional towns offer, with parks and playgrounds woven through the suburb. Reasonably walkable — many errands reachable on foot or by bus, and buses help with longer trips.
Housing is expensive relative to much of the state. The area is still finding its shape, with new households arriving and the community evolving year by year.
Against similar regional towns, community and employment stand out and the overall desirability rating is good, with safety less decisive.
At a glance
Rural View snapshot
A quick read of housing, growth, livability, and risk
Median rent
$700/wk
Population (ERP)
6,328
+0.9% 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
#2
among Country & regional · Growth area
Safety
79th
percentile in state (higher = safer)
Pop. growth
41st
percentile in QLD
Advantage (IRSAD)
7/10
national SEIFA decile
School ICSEA
25th
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
- 63.0/100 — Good
- State standing
- Top 11% of Queensland's suburbs
- National rank
- 732nd in Australia
- State rank
- 167th in QLD
- Peer rank
- #2 among Country & regional · Growth area suburbs
- Cohort rank
- #23 among Country & regional suburbs
- Data confidence
- 77%
Data sources & freshness
- Suburb Guide desirability index — Suburb Guide (derived) · current · Updated
Housing
- All types (Mar 2026)
- $700
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
6,328(June 2025)
+0.9% annual · +10.5% over 5 years · 41th percentile in QLD
Growth figures & methodology
- Annual growth
- +0.9%
- 5-year growth
- +10.5%
- Change in 1 year
- +59
- Change in 5 years
- +599
- Growth rank in QLD
- 41th 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 (~7,250), extrapolated at +2.7% average annual growth since 2011. It is illustrative only — not an official ABS forecast.
2021 Census figures
2021 Census
- Population
- 5,657
- Median age
- 31
- Median household income / week
- $2,471
- Dwelling vacancy
- 7.1%
- Unoccupied private dwellings
- 136 of 1,924
- Median monthly mortgage
- $1,907
- Employment rate
- 72.2%
- Dwelling mix (houses / semi / flats)
- 1,711 / 64 / 4
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)
- 430
- Against the person
- 101
- Against property
- 189
- Rate per 1,000 residents
- 68
- Person-crime prevalence
- About 1 in 56 residents
- State safety percentile
- 78.5th (lower crime is better)
- Increase (daily rate, partial year)
- +5.9%
Most common offence types
- Assault590
- Drug Offences1089
- Good Order Offences716
- Other Theft (Excl. Unlawful Entry)1372
- Traffic And Related Offences534
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
- 3
- Median school ICSEA (3 schools)
- 950
- Median ICSEA percentile
- 25th
School list
- Mackay Northern Beaches State High SchoolSecondary · Government · ICSEA 950 · 25th percentile · LBOTE 10% · 1,012 students · Top SEA quarter 3% · 0.4 km awayView on My School →
- Eimeo Road State SchoolPrimary · Government · ICSEA 938 · 21th percentile · LBOTE 14% · 607 students · Top SEA quarter 5% · 0.5 km awayView on My School →
- St Brendan's Catholic Primary SchoolPrimary · Catholic · ICSEA 1018 · 55th percentile · LBOTE 7% · 439 students · Top SEA quarter 14% · 1.3 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
Childcare
2 childcare services from OpenStreetMap
- childcarechildcare
- kindergartenkindergarten
Contributes to desirability score · Education (15%)
Childcare centre count
Data sources & freshness
- Childcare services — OpenStreetMap · current · Updated
Amenities
102 nearby amenities within ~1.5 km
2 restaurants · 2 cafes · 1 bars · 2 supermarkets · 1 pharmacies · 5 fast food · 1 bakeries · 1 places of worship
Local character & venue list
Local character
- Reasonably walkable — many errands reachable on foot or by bus
- Great for outdoor family life — 26 parks mapped in suburb, 3 playgrounds nearby
- Walkability proxy
- 64/100
- Cafés per 1,000 residents
- 0.35
- Food & drink per 1,000 residents
- 1.94
- Parks per 1,000 residents
- 4.6
Food & drink(11)
- Brumbys BakeryBakery
- Bar
- The Coffee ShopCafe
- Woodman's Axe EspressoCafe
- Hungry Jack'sFast food
- KFCFast food
- McDonald'sFast food
- Pizza CapersFast food
- SubwayFast food
- Northern Beaches Bowles ClubRestaurant
- Saffron LoungeRestaurant
Shopping(4)
- Butcher
- Coles Northern BeachesSupermarket
10 Eimeo Road
- WoolworthsSupermarket
Community(5)
- Childcare
- Kindergarten
- Eimeo Road State SchoolSchool
- Mackay Northern Beaches State High SchoolSchool
- St Brendan’s Catholic Primary SchoolSchool
799 Mackay Bucasia Road
Health & services(3)
- GP Super ClinicHospital
- Hospital
- TerryWhite ChemmartPharmacy
Sport & outdoors(31)
- Snap FitnessGym
- Harry & Grace Fatnowna PLACE (Eulbertie)Park
- Marilyn Wallman ParkPark
- McHugh Street ParkPark
- Park (20)
- Plantation ParkPark
- Rosewood Drive ReservePark
- Playground (3)
- Marlins Swim SchoolSports centre
- Sports centre
Transport(1)
1 bus stops
Other(20)
- BWSAlcohol
- LiquorlandAlcohol
- Bench (2)
- Willy's Car WashCar wash
- Porters Northern BeachesDoityourself
- Northern Beaches Central Shopping CentreMall
- Newsagent
- Parking (21)
- Parking Space (8)
- BPPetrol station
- CaltexPetrol station
- Photo Booth
- St Brendan's Catholic ChurchPlace of worship
- Northern Beaches Police StationPolice
- Post Box
- Australia PostPost office
- Public toilets
- Shelter
- Track
- Respite CentreYes
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
5 parks and public open space in this suburb
- Harry & Grace Fatnowna PLACE (Eulbertie)Park
- Marilyn Wallman ParkPark
- McHugh Street ParkPark
- Plantation ParkPark
- Rosewood Drive ReservePark
Data sources & freshness
- Parks & reserves — State government + ABS LGA boundaries · current · Updated
Green cover
- Parks & woodland (OSM)
- 29
- Parks (OSM)
- 26
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
- St Brendan's Catholic Church
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
- 4
- Nearest hospital
- GP Super Clinic (0.4 km)
- Nearest hospital type
- Hospital
- Nearest hospital emergency
- Emergency department
- Emergency department in suburb
- On site
- GP Super ClinicHospital
- HospitalHospital
- Respite CentreYes
- TerryWhite ChemmartPharmacy
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)
- 163
- Participants per 1,000 residents
- 25.8
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
- 30° / 23°
- Rainfall
- 868 mm · ~90 rainy days
Autumn (Mar–May)
- Usual max / min
- 27° / 20°
- Rainfall
- 504 mm · ~63 rainy days
Winter (Jun–Aug)
- Usual max / min
- 23° / 13°
- Rainfall
- 121 mm · ~15 rainy days
Spring (Sep–Nov)
- Usual max / min
- 28° / 18°
- Rainfall
- 183 mm · ~23 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
- Dawson
- Member of Parliament
- Andrew WILLCOX (Liberal National Party of Queensland)
- Results from
- 2025 federal election
- Electorate enrolment (2025)
- 117,202
- Turnout (2025)
- 88.2%
- Swing since 2022 (2025)
- -1.4 pp toward Coalition
Two-party preferred (2025)
Coalition 61.8%Labor 38.2%
Estimated suburb voting profile
Estimated from 8 nearby ordinary polling places (up to 5.9 km away).
Coalition 56.9%Labor 43.1%
4.9 percentage points more Labor-leaning than the electorate
Estimated swing since 2022: -0.9 pp toward Coalition
Nearest polling places
- EimeoLabor 42.8% · Coalition 57.2% TPP (2025)0.6 km away
- BeaconsfieldLabor 44.9% · Coalition 55.1% TPP (2025)3.4 km away
- BucasiaLabor 43.7% · Coalition 56.3% TPP (2025)3.5 km away
- AndergroveLabor 47.6% · Coalition 52.4% TPP (2025)3.8 km away
- Andergrove SouthLabor 48.9% · Coalition 51.1% TPP (2025)4.0 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)
- 7/10
- IRSD decile (2021)
- 9/10
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
More in Mackay Council
Other suburbs in the same local government area.
Comparable suburbs
Similar population and socio-economic profile in other parts of Queensland.