Median priceⓘLast 12 months
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No sales or leases — houses or units — were recorded in Mapoon, QLD 4874 in the last 12 months, so there is no recent market figure to report. It is home to about 469 residents.
Beyond that, the clearest read on Mapoon is the most recent Census — the resident profile below.
Who lives hereA low-income, mostly-renter, family-first suburb — mostly Australian-born, with great public transport.
House covers houses, duplexes, semi-detached and terraces; Unit covers apartments, units, townhouses and villas.
Census data sourced from the Australian Bureau of Statistics — © Commonwealth of Australia, 2021 Census of Population and Housing and Socio-Economic Indexes for Areas (SEIFA) 2021 · Shares, ratios and percentiles shown are Micromarkets transformations of that data · licensed CC BY 4.0.
The age structure, household make-up, and cultural fabric of the people who call this suburb home.
Share of all residents by 5-year band · hover a band for the count + split
A predominantly Australian-born community.
2020–21 understated — COVID border closures.
Census data sourced from the Australian Bureau of Statistics — © Commonwealth of Australia, 2021 Census of Population and Housing · Shares, ratios and percentiles shown are Micromarkets transformations of that data · licensed CC BY 4.0.
What it costs to live here, who owns versus rents, and the shape of the housing stock.
Census data sourced from the Australian Bureau of Statistics — © Commonwealth of Australia, 2021 Census of Population and Housing · Shares, ratios and percentiles shown are Micromarkets transformations of that data · licensed CC BY 4.0.
Incomes, employment, and the occupation mix of the people who live here.
A typical household pulls in about 2.6× the typical individual — a multi-earner area.
Census data sourced from the Australian Bureau of Statistics — © Commonwealth of Australia, 2021 Census of Population and Housing · Shares, ratios and percentiles shown are Micromarkets transformations of that data · licensed CC BY 4.0.
How people get to work, and how car-dependent the suburb is — the clearest tell of inner-urban versus outer-suburban living.
Census data sourced from the Australian Bureau of Statistics — © Commonwealth of Australia, 2021 Census of Population and Housing · Shares, ratios and percentiles shown are Micromarkets transformations of that data · licensed CC BY 4.0.
How settled or transient the community is — and where newcomers came from.
Headline price, rent, yield and time on market for Mapoon — choose a property type and size below.
Every segment this suburb tracks — sales and rentals side by side, ranked by total activity over the last twelve months.
Where each segment sits against its peers in the chosen geography — past the midline means it's outperforming the rest.
Market demandHow fast this market is moving — a velocity index built from trailing-year transaction volume and median days on market. Strong volume lifts the score; days on market drags it down, with the drag growing sharply once listings start lingering. Ranked against peers in the chosen geography.
What it costs each week to own a property versus renting the same one — positive means buying carries the premium, negative means rent covers the mortgage.
Two questions on one chart — how strong demand is right now, and which way it's heading year-on-year.
Eight diagnostic views cutting the data a different way each time — Mapoon in blue, peers in colour.
How long current listings would take to clear at the recent rate of sales or leases. Critical shortage and Oversupply only fire at the genuine tails of the national distribution — sales tip in under 0.7 months, rentals far faster, under 0.3.
| Segment | Band | Months of supply left | YoYYoY change12-month change in months of supply. Down means stock is tightening (fewer months than a year ago); up means stock is loosening. | ListedListedActive listings in this segment right now, derived from months of supply multiplied by the recent transaction rate. | SoldSold (last year)Total sold transactions completed in this segment over the last 12 months. | Per monthPer monthAverage monthly absorption — how many properties are sold each month in this segment, over the last 12 months. |
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| Segment | Band | Months of supply left | YoYYoY change12-month change in months of supply. Down means stock is tightening (fewer months than a year ago); up means stock is loosening. | ListedListedActive listings in this segment right now, derived from months of supply multiplied by the recent transaction rate. | LeasedLeased (last year)Total leased transactions completed in this segment over the last 12 months. | Per monthPer monthAverage monthly absorption — how many properties are leased each month in this segment, over the last 12 months. |
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Transaction-mix timeseries not available for this suburb.
Each tape traces one metric across sixty months for the selected segment — every point a trailing twelve-month figure, matching the headline KPIs above.
7 data-driven answers about Mapoon's property market — every one computed from the metrics above.
Mapoon is in postcode 4874, in the Outback region of QLD. Addresses there are written as Mapoon, QLD 4874.
Mapoon, QLD 4874 is home to 469 residents (ABS Census 2021). The median resident age is 29, and the average household holds 3.5 people. The "Who lives here" section above breaks the community down by age, life stage and tenure.
The median household in Mapoon earns $1k per week — roughly $53k a year (ABS Census 2021). Median personal income runs $395/week. Income, rent-to-income and mortgage-to-income context sits in the "Who lives here" section above.
The unemployment rate in Mapoon is 21.4% (ABS Census 2021). That is higher than 99% of Australian suburbs. The rate counts people who are working or actively looking for work — not a share of all residents. Workforce participation sits at 57%. The local economy section above covers incomes, employment status and the occupation mix.
Mapoon tilts towards renters: about 6% of households are owner-occupiers and 91% rent (ABS Census 2021). Of owners, 6% own outright and 0% are paying off a mortgage.
Mapoon, QLD 4874 has a population of 469, a median age of 29, a median household income around $1k/week, 91% of households renting (ABS Census 2021). Whether it's the right fit depends on your priorities — these figures describe the community, housing mix and amenity rather than offer a verdict.
This Mapoon market data was last updated July 2026, covering the 12 months to June 2026. Figures are computed monthly from 12-month rolling windows of recorded sales and leases, with five years of monthly history behind the trend charts. Methodology, glossary and data sources are linked in the footer.
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