Alexandra Headland QLD 4572
Located in Queensland, Alexandra Headland sits 100 km from Brisbane CBD, around 1 hour 25 minutes by car. The suburb has 4,235 residents, a median age of 47, and a median household income of $87,464 per year. On socioeconomic measures it sits in the top 40% nationally. Population grew 7.0% from 2016 to 2021. The 2021 Census recorded a median rent of $410 per week and a median monthly mortgage of $1,820. The area shows high crime risk and no recorded bushfire exposure. Walkability is moderate.
Is Alexandra Headland a good suburb?
Alexandra Headland scores a B (65/100) on SuburbScan's Liveability grade — strong on community.
Some car dependence
Walkability 49/100 · 100.5 km · 84 min drive to Brisbane
Median available
Median $2.2M
Moderate crime risk
Fire 0/100 · Crime 62/100
Advantaged
SEIFA decile 8/10 · median age 47 · 4,235 residents
Liveability Rating
65 / 100 · Ranked #256 in QLDEach bar is Alexandra Headland's rank among QLD suburbs, from 0 to 100 (higher is better). Scored on 4 of 5 factors: no school data, so the other factors carry its weight.
Flood data for Queensland covers only the areas mapped there — a blank here is not an all-clear.
How do you rate the liveability in Alexandra Headland?
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Our score
65 / 100
From schools, safety and socio-economic data — not opinion.
Residents say
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Median Unit Price
Public listings dataAlexandra Headland's unit market is moving higher: the median sale price reached $837,000, about 10% above where it sat a year earlier.
Units
$837,000
4% below its 3 neighbours (median $875,000)
Based on 128 recorded sales in the last 24 months.
Typically sold in 29 days — median across 77 sales that recorded a listing period
By bedrooms
- 1 bed 34 sales $540K
- 2 bed 75 sales $895K
- 3 bed 18 sales $1.35M
Houses
$2,200,000
60% above its 3 neighbours (median $1,375,000)
Based on 49 recorded sales in the last 24 months.
Typically sold in 32 days — median across 33 sales that recorded a listing period
By bedrooms
- 3 bed 12 sales $1.4M
- 4 bed 24 sales $2.36M
- 5 bed 7 sales $2.27M
Currently for Sale
Last 6 monthsHouses in Alexandra Headland are currently listed at around $2.81 million on average, with the typical listing on the market for 2 days. Based on 4 houses listed in the past six months.
Houses
$2.81M
4 houses listed in the last 6 months — typical time on market 2 days.
Units
$849K
11 units listed in the last 6 months.
15 of the suburb's 1,803 dwellings (0.8%) were listed for sale in the last 6 months.
Rental Market
Advertised rents · last 6 monthsHouses in Alexandra Headland rent for around $1,040 a week on average, based on 10 houses listed for rent in the past six months.
Houses
$1,040/wk
22% above its 3 neighbours (median $850/wk)
10 houses advertised for rent in the last 6 months.
Units
$750/wk
3% below its 3 neighbours (median $770/wk)
34 units advertised for rent in the last 6 months.
44 rentals advertised against an estimated 696 rented homes (6.3%) in the last 6 months.
Rent agreed on new leases
Jul–Sep 2026- 2-bed units
- $700/wk
- 36 bonds
- +47% since 2021
Median weekly rent on bonds lodged for new tenancies. Change since 2021 compares the median of the first four quarters with the last four. Asking rents above come from advertised listings.
Rental affordability
June quarter 202595 Unaffordable · the average rental household in this region would pay about 32% of its income on the median rent in postcode 4572.
SGS Rental Affordability Index: a score of 100 means rent takes 30% of income, the usual housing-stress line; lower scores are less affordable. "Region" is the capital city or the rest of the state.
Gross rental yield
Indicative$1,040/week ($54,000 a year) on a $2.81 million median
Based on a small sample (4 listings) — indicative only.
$750/week ($39,000 a year) on a $849,000 median
Gross yield — before strata, rates, management, insurance and vacancy. Calculated from median advertised rents and median asking prices over the last 6 months. How we calculate.
Short-Stay Rentals
218 active Airbnb listings: 209 whole homes and 9 rooms. Whole homes are about 9.2% of the suburb's homes.
Airbnb only, as at Jun 2026; other platforms are not included. Active means reviewed in the past 12 months. The share is against private dwellings at the 2021 Census.
Is Alexandra Headland safe? Crime statistics
2025Crime in Alexandra Headland sits in the moderate band, with 68 incidents recorded in 2025 — up roughly 36% on the prior year.
68 offences
36.0% since 2024Crime Trend
Serious Road Crashes
2020–202425 crashes
where someone was killed or admitted to hospital
Where they happened
Crashes are counted where they happened, so a main road through the suburb carries people passing through; this is not a measure of risk to residents. Roads are listed with 3 or more serious crashes.
Coastal Erosion
Shoreline Change Summary
1988–2022Nearest Eroding Coastline
- Distance
- 616 m
- Rate
- -0.03 m/yr
- Net Movement
- -0.2 m
- Certainty
- likely rocky coastline
Data Quality
Schools
Universities nearby
1.9% of residents here are full-time university students aged 15–24.
Distance is measured to the suburb centre. A campus nearby does not by itself mean a student rental market — most suburbs within a few kilometres of one have a student share close to the national norm, and the figure above is what tells them apart.
Walkability
Alexandra Headland is car-dependent on foot — at 49/100, most errands require a car.
Public transport
Weekday and weekend service frequency across every stop inside Alexandra Headland.
- Peak (7-9am + 5-7pm)
- 88.8 arrivals/hr
- Off-peak weekday
- 81.2 arrivals/hr
- Saturday
- 56.3 arrivals/hr
- Median peak wait
- 0 min
- Span of service
- 17.8 hours
Scheduled service only, based on the 21 October 2026 timetable. Reliability (delays, cancellations) not measured.
NBN connectivity
The internet access technology available across NBN premises in Alexandra Headland.
- Full-fibre (FTTP) share
- 17%
- Premises covered
- 3,223
NBN Co fixed-line and fixed-wireless premises, as at 30 December 2025. Higher-quality technologies (full fibre) score above copper, wireless, and satellite. Actual speeds depend on your plan.
Amenities
Sunshine Coast: council population
The three add up to the change above. These are council-wide figures from the ABS, not figures for this suburb alone — this suburb's own population is in the census section above.
Socio-economic profile
The ABS scores 8 small areas inside this suburb and averages them into the single decile above. They fall into 2 different deciles — a narrow range, so the average describes the suburb closely.
Alexandra Headland is home to about 4,200 residents, with a median age of 47, a touch above the national 38. Median household income runs at $87,000 a year, with unemployment at 4.5%.
2021 Census · change since 2016
Population
4,235
Median Age
47
Median Household Income
$87,464/yr
Census Median Rent
$410/wk
Census Median Mortgage
$1,820/mo
Avg Household Size
2.1
Median Personal Income
$46,852/yr
Unemployment Rate
4.5%
Unoccupied Dwellings
26.1%
Total Dwellings
1,803
Owner-Occupier Rate
61.4%
Houses
35.6%
Rental Stress
24.4%
Mortgage Stress
25.0%
Work From Home
20.2%
Dwelling Types
Property Ownership
19 rented from a state or territory housing authority and 5 from a community housing provider, as a share of the 676 rented dwellings above — not of all dwellings.
Demographics
- Born in Australia
- 72.5%
- English Spoken at Home
- 87.5%
- Employment Rate
- 59.3%
- Completed Year 12
- 53.6%
Occupations
Religion
Country of Birth (overseas)
Largest overseas birthplaces, as a share of all residents.
When They Arrived
Share of all residents by the year they arrived in Australia. Periods cover different numbers of years, so compare the shape rather than the bar widths.
180 residents (4.3%) arrived since 2016. Australia’s borders were closed to most arrivals from March 2020, so the last two years of that period are much smaller than the ones before them — nationally 260,799 people arrived in 2019 against 28,521 in 2021.
Where New Residents Came From
Where residents aged five and over lived five years before the 2021 Census, for those who lived somewhere else.
11.9% of residents (491) lived in a capital city five years earlier, most of them in Brisbane (237).
Top places newcomers came from, as a share of the 4,110 residents aged five and over. Areas are ABS statistical regions. Small counts are approximate: the ABS adjusts every figure slightly to protect privacy.
Languages Spoken at Home
Top languages other than English, as a share of all residents.
Age Distribution
Family & Household Composition
Commute to Work
3% of employed residents work in a capital's city centre (63 of 2,235).
City centre: the ABS area around each capital's CBD, such as Sydney Inner City or Perth City (which takes in Subiaco and Leederville). 2021 Census place of work.
Education
Cars per Dwelling
Council Rates
Households face an average residential rates bill of $1,690 a year through Sunshine Coast based on 2025 figures.
Building Approvals: Sunshine Coast
In the year to August 2026, 2,962 new dwellings were approved across Sunshine Coast. That mix is 1,757 houses and 1,205 units. Approvals are down 41.1% on the same period a year earlier.
New Homes Planned
New homes planned in this suburb: 253 to 1,100 homes
- In 2 to 5 years 253 to 1,100 homes
Land the Queensland Government's residential land supply study identifies for future housing (3 parcels), by when it expects lots to be registered. Yields are published in ranges, so these are too.
Aboriginal Cultural Heritage
The Aboriginal party for this area is Kabi Kabi First Nation Traditional Owners Native Title Claim Group.
Under Queensland's Aboriginal Cultural Heritage Act 2003 the Aboriginal party for an area follows native title. A native title claim over this area is registered with the Federal Court.
Air Quality
CLEANPM2.5 averaged 5 µg/m³ in 2025 — below the WHO 2021 annual guideline (5 µg/m³).
PM10 averaged 14 µg/m³ · NO₂ averaged 0.31 pphm. Days over the limit in 2025: PM10 0 · NO₂ 0 · ozone 0.
From the Mountain Creek (Sunshine Coast, South East Queensland) monitoring station, 2.3 km away.
Setting
- Elevation
- 9 m
- above sea level, at the suburb centre
- Distance to the ocean
- 493 m
- 512 m to a named beach
Elevation is the ground at the suburb centre, from Geoscience Australia's National Digital Elevation Model. Approximate — it reads high in dense built-up areas. It is a measure of height above sea level and not an indicator of flood risk, which depends on height above nearby waterways.
Industrial Emissions Nearby
1 facility within 5 km- 1.5 kmWaste Remediation and Materials Recovery ServicesTop reported: Carbon monoxide · Oxides of Nitrogen · Sulfur dioxide
EV adoption
In postcode 4572, 44 of 3,426 registered light vehicles are battery-electric on 31 January 2025. A further 2.9% (99 vehicles) are hybrid or plug-in hybrid, taking the non-petrol, non-diesel share to 4.2%.
Rooftop solar
In postcode 4572, 594 rooftop-solar systems totalling 4.2 MW have been installed since 2001, against 2,273 dwellings recorded in the 2021 Census. 34 went up in the last year.
Counts every system certified since 2001, so a roof re-fitted with a newer system is counted twice, and small commercial systems are included alongside houses — useful for comparing postcodes, not an estimate of how many homes have working panels today.
2026 covers part of the year only, to 2026-07.
First Home Owner Grant
FY2026-27$30,000 for new homes priced up to $750,000.
$30,000 for contracts signed on or after 20 November 2023, with no end date. IT DID NOT REVERT TO $15,000: the tier was due to end 30 June 2026 and the 2026-27 Queensland Budget (23 June 2026) continued it for contracts signed from 1 July 2026. This file carried a "due to revert" note until 2026-09-18 — it was never true, and a note predicting a change is not the same as a change. Cap is "less than $750,000" including land and contract variations — less than, not up to. New homes only: "There are no home owner grants for established homes."
Mortgage repayments
5 mortgage brokers are registered in this suburb.
Transfer duty at the owner-occupier rate, and it excludes first home buyer concessions — those can cut it substantially or remove it entirely. Excludes legal, inspection and lender fees. Check with Queensland Revenue Office
The First Home Owner Grant applies to newly built homes only, so it isn't available on an established purchase. A first home buyer building or buying new under $750,000 may qualify for $30,000 — see what qualifies with Queensland Revenue Office.
At $837,000 this is $87,000 above the $750,000 First Home Owner Grant cap. A first home buyer may qualify for $30,000 on a newly built home — check eligibility with Queensland Revenue Office.
A deposit under 20% usually attracts Lenders Mortgage Insurance, which this doesn't include.
Principal and interest over 30 years, fixed rate. Excludes fees, offset, redraw and LMI. Default rate is the median comparison rate across 1788 advertised products as at 2026-10-27 — indicative only, and not an offer. Your rate depends on the lender, your deposit and your circumstances. Not financial advice.
Federal Electorate
Currently held by Andrew Wallace Liberal National Party of Queensland
| Year | Winner | 2PP ALP | 2PP LNP | Swing |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2025 | Andrew Wallace | 44.0% | 56.0% | +2.6 |
| 2022 | Andrew Wallace | 41.3% | 58.7% | -4.0 |
| 2019 | Andrew Wallace | 37.3% | 62.7% | +3.5 |
Results are per division — federal electoral boundaries are redrawn periodically, so the history reflects this division's past, not necessarily the exact suburb's voters across time.
State Electorate
Currently held by Fiona Simpson Liberal National Party of Queensland
Next state election: 28 October 2028.
| Year | Winner | Won with |
|---|---|---|
| 2024 | Fiona Simpson LNP | 60.9% |
| 2020 | Fiona Simpson LNP | 59.1% |
Results are per district. Districts were last redrawn in 2017, so results from before then describe the district of that name, not necessarily this suburb's voters. Results: Electoral Commission of Queensland.
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Common questions about Alexandra Headland
Is Alexandra Headland a safe place to live?
Recorded crime in Alexandra Headland is moderate (62/100, ranked against other QLD suburbs on offences per resident).
What natural hazards affect Alexandra Headland?
Alexandra Headland has no recorded bushfire history. These are suburb-wide figures; check the address, as flood and bushfire exposure change street by street.
Is Alexandra Headland a good place to live?
Alexandra Headland has a SuburbScan Liveability grade of B (65/100), ranked against other QLD suburbs on school quality (25%), safety (25%), SEIFA socio-economic advantage (25%), walkability (15%) and CBD access (10%). Whether it suits you depends on what you weigh — each of those is on this page.
What is the population of Alexandra Headland?
Alexandra Headland, QLD had a population of 4,235 at the 2021 Australian Bureau of Statistics census.
What is the postcode for Alexandra Headland, QLD?
The postcode for Alexandra Headland, QLD is 4572.
How far is Alexandra Headland from Brisbane?
Alexandra Headland is 100 km from Brisbane CBD by road, about 84 minutes by car in normal traffic. Distance is the most-direct driving route, not straight-line.
What is the median household income in Alexandra Headland?
At the 2021 ABS Census, median household income in Alexandra Headland was $87,464 a year. It is the most recent suburb-level income figure until 2026 Census results are released in 2027.
What is the median weekly rent in Alexandra Headland?
The median advertised rent in Alexandra Headland is $1,040 a week for houses (10 listings) and $750 a week for units (34 listings), from rental listings over the last six months.
What is the median age in Alexandra Headland?
The median age of residents in Alexandra Headland was 47 at the 2021 ABS Census.
Is Alexandra Headland walkable?
Alexandra Headland scores 49/100 on the SuburbScan Walkability Score, making it car-dependent. The score is a weighted average of public transport, schools, parks, supermarkets, GPs, pharmacies, childcare, and hospitals within walking distance.
What is the air quality in Alexandra Headland?
The nearest government air-quality monitoring station to Alexandra Headland (Mountain Creek (Sunshine Coast, South East Queensland)) recorded a 2025 annual mean PM2.5 of 5.0 µg/m³ and PM10 of 14.0 µg/m³. That puts Alexandra Headland below the WHO annual guideline of 5 µg/m³.
Is the First Home Owner Grant available in Alexandra Headland?
First-home buyers in QLD may be eligible for $30,000 towards new homes with a purchase price up to $750,000. The grant is administered by Queensland Revenue Office; confirm current eligibility before signing a contract — state rules and amounts can change.
What council does Alexandra Headland belong to?
Alexandra Headland sits within the Sunshine Coast local government area. Council rates, planning approvals, and waste collection fall under this LGA.
How much are council rates in Alexandra Headland?
The average residential rates bill through Sunshine Coast is $1,690 a year (2025). Every suburb in this LGA shares the same schedule — individual bills vary with land value.
How much is being built near Alexandra Headland?
Across Sunshine Coast, 2,962 new residential dwellings were approved in the year to August 2026 (source: ABS Building Approvals). That's down 41.1% on the same period a year earlier. These are LGA-level totals — every suburb in the council shares the same figure.
Which federal electorate is Alexandra Headland in?
Alexandra Headland sits within the federal Division of Fisher, currently held by Andrew Wallace (Liberal National Party of Queensland).
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Data freshness
- Census · 2021
- Median sale prices · Oct 2026
- For-sale & rental market · Oct 2026
- Council rates · FY 2025–26
- Building approvals · Aug 2026
- Schools · 2025
- Public transport · Oct 2026
- NBN connectivity · Dec 2025
- Crime · 2025
- Road crashes · 2020–2024
- Air quality · 2025
- Socio-economic (SEIFA) · 2021
- EV adoption · Jan 2025
- First Home Owner Grant · Sep 2026
- Federal electorate · 2025
- Short-stay rentals · Jun 2026
- State electorate · 2024
- Amenities · Sep 2026
- Health & emergency facilities · Sep 2026
- Industrial emissions (NPI) · 2024/2025
- Coastal erosion · 1988–2025
- Aircraft noise · 2024
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