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QLD · Livingstone Council
Yeppoon, 4703
Est. population · Jun 2025
7,843
Growth (1 yr)
+2.0%
Growth (5 yr)
+12.0%
Median age
47
Median income
$1,221/wk
Employment rate
48.6%
Languages at home
4.3%non-English
Most common: Australian Indigenous languages, Afrikaans, German
2021 Census · usual residence
Desirability score
- Green suburb
- Café precinct
- High desirability
- National parks
- Education hub
Suburb profile
Away from the major hubs, Yeppoon is a mid-sized suburb in Livingstone Council with its own quieter rhythm. Regional towns and local services do more of the everyday heavy lifting than the city. Established families and long-term residents give the suburb a settled feel, with a strong presence of young families throughout.
Food and coffee punch above the usual for regional towns, giving the suburb a lived-in social scene. Outdoor life is easy here, with generous parks and room for kids, dogs and weekend strolls. Everyday errands are genuinely walkable, with supermarkets, services and transport within easy reach.
Housing is expensive relative to much of the state. Tree-lined streets and established homes set the tone, with little pressure to reinvent the neighbourhood.
Schools and education push the suburb to a good desirability read, even as community and employment look more ordinary among similar regional towns.
At a glance
Yeppoon snapshot
A quick read of housing, growth, livability, and risk
Median rent
$600/wk
Population (ERP)
7,843
+2.0% annual growth
Dwelling vacancy
15.0%
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
#18
among Country & regional · Mature
Safety
37th
percentile in state (higher = safer)
Pop. growth
77th
percentile in QLD
Advantage (IRSAD)
3/10
national SEIFA decile
School ICSEA
36th
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
- 59.0/100 — Good
- State standing
- Top 17% of Queensland's suburbs
- National rank
- 1137th in Australia
- State rank
- 255th in QLD
- Peer rank
- #18 among Country & regional · Mature suburbs
- Cohort rank
- #56 among Country & regional suburbs
- Data confidence
- 71%
Data sources & freshness
- Suburb Guide desirability index — Suburb Guide (derived) · current · Updated
Housing
- All types (Mar 2026)
- $600
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
7,843(June 2025)
+2.0% annual · +12.0% over 5 years · 77th percentile in QLD
Growth figures & methodology
- Annual growth
- +2.0%
- 5-year growth
- +12.0%
- Change in 1 year
- +153
- Change in 5 years
- +842
- Growth rank in QLD
- 77th 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 (~8,700), extrapolated at +2.1% average annual growth since 2011. It is illustrative only — not an official ABS forecast.
2021 Census figures
2021 Census
- Population
- 7,037
- Median age
- 47
- Median household income / week
- $1,221
- Dwelling vacancy
- 15%
- Unoccupied private dwellings
- 496 of 3,299
- Median monthly mortgage
- $1,553
- Employment rate
- 48.6%
- Dwelling mix (houses / semi / flats)
- 2,022 / 395 / 330 (+ 36 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)
- 289
- Against the person
- 64
- Against property
- 129
- Rate per 1,000 residents
- 36.8
- Person-crime prevalence
- About 1 in 110 residents
- State safety percentile
- 37.4th (lower crime is better)
- Increase (daily rate, partial year)
- +5.6%
Most common offence types
- Assault100
- Drug Offences155
- Good Order Offences113
- Other Theft (Excl. Unlawful Entry)218
- Traffic And Related Offences145
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
- 4
- Median school ICSEA (4 schools)
- 976
- Median ICSEA percentile
- 36th
School list
- Yeppoon State SchoolPrimary · Government · ICSEA 945 · 23th percentile · LBOTE 5% · 301 students · Top SEA quarter 5% · 0.5 km awayView on My School →
- Yeppoon State High SchoolSecondary · Government · ICSEA 958 · 28th percentile · LBOTE 7% · 1,062 students · Top SEA quarter 4% · 0.6 km awayView on My School →
- St Ursula's CollegeSecondary · Catholic · ICSEA 1014 · 53th percentile · LBOTE 4% · 606 students · Top SEA quarter 13% · 0.7 km awayView on My School →
- St Brendan's CollegeSecondary · Catholic · ICSEA 994 · 44th percentile · LBOTE 4% · 1,034 students · Top SEA quarter 11% · 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
Amenities
187 nearby amenities within ~1.5 km
9 restaurants · 8 cafes · 5 pubs · 2 supermarkets · 1 pharmacies · 8 fast food · 1 bakeries · 2 libraries
Local character & venue list
Local character
- Highly walkable for everyday errands
- Good local dining options — 31 food & drink venues nearby
- Great for outdoor family life — 29 parks mapped in suburb, 3 playgrounds nearby
- Strong local sport and recreation — 8 sport and outdoor facilities nearby
- Walkability proxy
- 70/100
- Cafés per 1,000 residents
- 1.14
- Food & drink per 1,000 residents
- 4.41
- Parks per 1,000 residents
- 4.12
Food & drink(31)
- Bakery
- Cafe (2)
- Cafe 63Cafe
- Coffee ClubCafe
- FlourCafe
- Gus' CoffeeCafe
- Lure LivingCafe
- Sandys CafeCafe
- Domino'sFast food
- Hungry Jack'sFast food
- Kebab'nFast food
- McDonald'sFast food
- Rossco's PizzaFast food
- Seagulls TakeawayFast food
24 Anzac Parade
- SubwayFast food
- Waterfront Seafood Bar & GrillFast food
- Pacific HotelPub
- Pub (2)
- Railway HotelPub
- Strand HotelPub
2 Normanby Street, Yeppoon
- Happy SunRestaurant
20 Hill Street, Yeppoon
- Keppel Bay Sailing ClubRestaurant
- MegalomaniaRestaurant
- Restaurant (5)
- Thai Take-AwayRestaurant
Shopping(4)
- 7-ElevenConvenience store
- ColesSupermarket
76 James Street
- WoolworthsSupermarket
Community(5)
- Presentation Learning & Information Centre (K Block)Library
- Yeppoon LibraryLibrary
84 John Street
- Saint Ursula's CollegeSchool
42-62 Queen Street, Yeppoon
- Yeppoon State High SchoolSchool
- Yeppoon State SchoolSchool
Health & services(2)
- Medical clinic
- Livelife PharmacyPharmacy
Sport & outdoors(24)
- Snap FitnessGym
- Apex ParkPark
- Appleton ParkPark
Appleton Drive, Yeppoon
- Beaman ParkPark
James Street, Yeppoon
- Explorer ParkPark
- Gloria Galbraith ParkPark
- Macarthur ParkPark
- Park (4)
- Saint Faith's ParkPark
- Spring Head LookoutPark
Adelaide Street, Yeppoon
- Strow PlacePark
- Swan ParkPark
- Yeppoon Main Beach ForeshorePark
Anzac Parade, Yeppoon
- Yeppoon Rotary ParkPark
Yeppoon - Byfield Road
- Playground (3)
- Sister Aileen Fahey Sports CentreSports centre
- Lex Hole FieldSports field
- Sports field
- Swimming pool
Entertainment(3)
- Yeppoon CinemasCinema
- BallyGriffin Cultural Centre (L Block)Theatre
- Theatre
Other(70)
- Alcohol
- Star Liquor WarehouseAlcohol
- Apartment (2)
- ANZBank
- BOQBank
- Commonwealth BankBank
- NABBank
- WestpacBank
- Batting Cage
- Bbq (3)
- Bicycle Parking
- Cooee Bay MarineBoat
- Ian Weigh ToyotaCar
93 John Street
- RepcoCar Parts
- Blue Dolphin Caravan ParkCaravan Site
- Maine Caravan ParkCaravan Site
- VinniesCharity
74-76 John Street
- Big WDepartment Store
42-44 Park Street
- Bunnings WarehouseDoityourself
- Mitre 10Doityourself
- HaymansElectrical
- BettaElectronics
- Choices FlooringFlooring
- Jet James Art GalleryGallery
- Paint Pot GalleryGallery
James Street, Yeppoon
- Jack's PaddockGarden
- Soltree WholefoodsHealth Food
Unit Shop 10 9 Normanby Street
- Ice CreameryIce Cream
- New Zealand NaturalIce Cream
- Wendy's Milk BarIce Cream
- Information
- Keppel Bay PlazaMall
- Sands ArcadeMall
- Yeppoon CentralMall
- I-MED Radiology YeppoonMedical Imaging
55 Cliff Street, Yeppoon
- Bay VacationerMotel
- Motel
- Sail Inn MotelMotel
- Strand Hotel MotelMotel
- Surfside MotelMotel
- Tropical Nites MotelMotel
- Newsagent
- OPSMOptician
- Optical SuperstoreOptician
- Inspirations PaintPaint
- John Street Car ParkParking
- Parking (39)
- Queen Street Car ParkParking
- Student Car ParkParking
- Parking Entrance (3)
- 7-ElevenPetrol station
- CaltexPetrol station
- Petrol station
- Picnic Table
- See Life Baptist ChurchPlace of worship
- Yeppoon Wesleyan Methodist ChurchPlace of worship
1 Fred Lawn Drive
- Public toilets
- Shelter (7)
- The Spinnaker (Keppel Bay Sailing Club)Social Club
Anzac Parade, Yeppoon
- Archer Court Retirement VillageSocial Facility
28 Rockhampton Road
- Capricorn Adventist Retirement VillageSocial Facility
- Oak Tree Retirement Village Barmaryee RoadSocial Facility
31 Barmaryee Road
- IntersportSports
- Storage ChoiceStorage Rental
- KeppelFM 91.3Studio
78 John Street
- TelstraTelephone
- Track
- Reece Plumbing CentreTrade
- Trade
- 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
17 parks and public open space in this suburb
- Apex ParkPark
- Appleton ParkPark
- Beaman ParkPark
- Explorer ParkPark
- Gloria Galbraith ParkPark
- Macarthur ParkPark
- Maurie Webb ParkPark
- Merv Anderson ParkPark
- Saint Faith's ParkPark
- Spring Head LookoutPark
Data sources & freshness
- Parks & reserves — State government + ABS LGA boundaries · current · Updated
Green cover
- Parks & woodland (OSM)
- 34
- Parks (OSM)
- 29
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
2 places of worship within ~1.5 km
- See Life Baptist Church
- Yeppoon Wesleyan Methodist Church
1 Fred Lawn Drive
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
- Capricorn Coast Hospital and Health Service (1.6 km)
- Nearest hospital type
- Public hospital
- Nearest hospital emergency
- Emergency department
- Emergency department in suburb
- Not in suburb
- DoctorDoctor
- I-MED Radiology YeppoonCliff StreetMedical_Imaging
- Livelife PharmacyPharmacy
- YesYes
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)
- 211
- Participants per 1,000 residents
- 26.9
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
- 731 mm · ~90 rainy days
Autumn (Mar–May)
- Usual max / min
- 27° / 21°
- Rainfall
- 453 mm · ~57 rainy days
Winter (Jun–Aug)
- Usual max / min
- 22° / 16°
- Rainfall
- 222 mm · ~28 rainy days
Spring (Sep–Nov)
- Usual max / min
- 26° / 19°
- Rainfall
- 167 mm · ~21 rainy days
Contributes to desirability score · Lifestyle (15%)
Temperature and humidity comfort
Data sources & freshness
- Seasonal climate normals — WorldClim 2.1 · Updated
Future & Planning
Heritage
4 heritage places
- Yeppoon State SchoolState heritage place
- Yeppoon State School (former)State heritage place
- Yeppoon Station BuildingState heritage place
- Yeppoon War MemorialState heritage place
Data sources & freshness
- State heritage register — State heritage authority · current · Updated
Hazards
- Bushfire planning zone
- Overlay applies
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
- Capricornia
- Member of Parliament
- Michelle LANDRY (Liberal National Party of Queensland)
- Results from
- 2025 federal election
- Electorate enrolment (2025)
- 115,141
- Turnout (2025)
- 88.8%
- Swing since 2022 (2025)
- +0.8 pp toward Labor
Two-party preferred (2025)
Coalition 55.8%Labor 44.2%
Estimated suburb voting profile
Estimated from 8 nearby ordinary polling places (up to 30.7 km away).
Coalition 56.7%Labor 43.3%
0.9 percentage points more Coalition-leaning than the electorate
Estimated swing since 2022: -0.9 pp toward Coalition
Nearest polling places
- YeppoonLabor 43.1% · Coalition 56.9% TPP (2025)1.1 km away
- TaranganbaLabor 45.7% · Coalition 54.3% TPP (2025)3.6 km away
- FarnboroughLabor 41.8% · Coalition 58.2% TPP (2025)5.4 km away
- CawarralLabor 38.0% · Coalition 62.0% TPP (2025)15.6 km away
- Emu ParkLabor 45.3% · Coalition 54.7% TPP (2025)17.1 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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