Elliott Heads sits 367 km from Brisbane CBD in Queensland, around 4 hours 15 minutes by car. Census data records 1,160 residents with a median age of 54 and a median household income of $53,352 per year. On socioeconomic measures it sits in the bottom 20% nationally. Population grew 11.5% from 2016 to 2021. The 2021 Census recorded a median rent of $293 per week and a median monthly mortgage of $1,300. The area shows high coastal erosion risk and no recorded bushfire exposure. 1 school sits within the suburb boundary, and walkability is low.
Is Elliott Heads a good suburb?
Elliott Heads scores a C (48/100) on SuburbScan's Liveability grade — strong on safety, weaker on transit and community.
Mixed results
1 school
Car-dependent
Walkability 22/100 · 366.9 km · 256 min drive to Brisbane
Median available
Median $845K
Low all-round risk
Fire 0/100 · Crime 31/100
Highly disadvantaged
SEIFA decile 2/10 · median age 54 · 1,160 residents
Liveability Rating
48 / 100 · Ranked #571 in QLDEach bar is Elliott Heads'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.
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Our score
48 / 100
From schools, safety and socio-economic data — not opinion.
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Median House Price
Public listings dataElliott Heads's house market is moving higher: the median sale price reached $845,000, roughly 44% above where it sat a year earlier.
Houses
$845,000
Based on 63 recorded sales in the last 24 months.
Typically sold in 40 days — median across 25 sales that recorded a listing period
By bedrooms
- 2 bed 7 sales $610K
- 3 bed 26 sales $841K
- 4 bed 23 sales $1.01M
Land
$467,500
Based on 34 recorded sales in the last 24 months.
Typically sold in 40 days — median across 12 sales that recorded a listing period
Currently for Sale
Last 6 monthsHouses in Elliott Heads are currently listed at around $888,000 on average. Based on 20 houses listed in the past six months.
$888K
20 houses listed in the last 6 months.
21 of the suburb's 488 dwellings (4.3%) were listed for sale in the last 6 months.
Rental Market
Advertised rents · last 6 monthsHouses in Elliott Heads rent for around $630 a week on average, based on 17 houses listed for rent in the past six months.
$630/wk
17 houses advertised for rent in the last 6 months.
17 rentals advertised against an estimated 124 rented homes (13.7%) in the last 6 months.
Rent agreed on new leases
Jul–Sep 2026- All rentals
- $625/wk
- 23 bonds
- +42% 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 2025113 Moderately unaffordable · the average rental household in this region would pay about 27% of its income on the median rent in postcode 4670.
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$630/week ($33,000 a year) on a $888,000 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.
Is Elliott Heads safe? Crime statistics
2025Crime in Elliott Heads sits in the low band, with 9 incidents recorded in 2025 — down roughly 10% on the prior year.
9 offences
10.0% since 2024Crime Trend
Serious Road Crashes
2020–20245 crashes
where someone was killed or admitted to hospital
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
1988–2025Nearest Eroding Coastline
- Distance
- 1.5 km
- Rate
- -0.15 m/yr
- Net Movement
- -6.6 m
- Certainty
- likely rocky coastline
Data Quality
Schools
One school serve Elliott Heads, and performance is broadly on par with peer-suburb schools.
- • 121 students in one school (avg 121)
Primary
Walkability
Elliott Heads is very car-dependent on foot — at 22/100, nearly all errands require a car.
NBN connectivity
The internet access technology available across NBN premises in Elliott Heads.
- Full-fibre (FTTP) share
- 37%
- Premises covered
- 769
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
Bundaberg: 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 4 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.
Elliott Heads is home to about 1,200 residents, with a median age of 54 — noticeably older than the national figure of 38. Median household income runs at $53,000 a year, with unemployment at 7.1%.
2021 Census · change since 2016
Population
1,160
Median Age
54
Median Household Income
$53,352/yr
Census Median Rent
$293/wk
Census Median Mortgage
$1,300/mo
Avg Household Size
2.2
Median Personal Income
$30,160/yr
Unemployment Rate
7.1%
Unoccupied Dwellings
19.5%
Total Dwellings
488
Owner-Occupier Rate
74.5%
Houses
95.1%
Rental Stress
28.6%
Mortgage Stress
29.2%
Work From Home
4.9%
Dwelling Types
Property Ownership
Demographics
- Born in Australia
- 80.2%
- English Spoken at Home
- 91.0%
- Employment Rate
- 42.9%
- Completed Year 12
- 32.2%
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.
3 residents (0.3%) 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.
13.0% of residents (146) lived in a capital city five years earlier, most of them in Brisbane (101).
Top places newcomers came from, as a share of the 1,119 residents aged five and over. Areas are ABS statistical regions. Small counts are approximate: the ABS adjusts every figure slightly to protect privacy.
Age Distribution
Family & Household Composition
Commute to Work
Education
Cars per Dwelling
Council Rates
Households face an average residential rates bill of $1,773 a year through Bundaberg based on 2025 figures.
Building Approvals: Bundaberg
In the year to August 2026, 997 new dwellings were approved across Bundaberg. That mix is 830 houses and 167 units. Approvals are down 44.7% on the same period a year earlier.
New Homes Planned
New homes planned in this suburb: 808 to 2,435 homes
- Within 2 years 27 to 70 homes
- In 2 to 5 years 194 to 700 homes
- In 5 to 10 years 21 to 50 homes
- No timeframe set 566 to 1,615 homes
Land the Queensland Government's residential land supply study identifies for future housing (38 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 Bailai, Gurang, Gooreng Gooreng, Taribelang Bunda People.
Under Queensland's Aboriginal Cultural Heritage Act 2003 the Aboriginal party for an area follows native title. Native title over this area has been determined.
Air Quality
This station does not measure fine particles (PM2.5).
PM10 averaged 9.1 µg/m³. Days over the limit in 2025: PM10 0.
From the Bundaberg (Wide Bay-Burnett) monitoring station, 15.2 km away.
Climate & Setting
from Bundaberg Aero, 15.5 kmHigh rainfall — warm summers, mild winters.
- Elevation
- 8 m
- above sea level, at the suburb centre
- Distance to the ocean
- 1.5 km
- 1.9 km to a named beach
- Annual rainfall
- 969 mm
- 75 rainy days
- Summer max (Jan)
- 30.7°C
- 1 days ≥ 35°C
- Winter min (Jul)
- 11.2°C
- 0 frost days ≤ 0°C
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.
EV adoption
In postcode 4670, 242 of 74,041 registered light vehicles are battery-electric on 31 January 2025. A further 1.8% (1,336 vehicles) are hybrid or plug-in hybrid, taking the non-petrol, non-diesel share to 2.1%.
Rooftop solar
In postcode 4670, 24,659 rooftop-solar systems totalling 152.8 MW have been installed since 2001, against 35,774 dwellings recorded in the 2021 Census. 1,424 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
15 mortgage brokers are registered in postcode 4670.
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 $845,000 this is $95,000 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 David Batt Liberal National Party of Queensland
| Year | Winner | 2PP ALP | 2PP LNP | Swing |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2025 | David Batt | 43.7% | 56.3% | +3.8 |
| 2022 | Keith Pitt | 39.9% | 60.1% | -4.4 |
| 2019 | Keith Pitt | 35.5% | 64.5% | +6.1 |
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 Stephen Bennett Liberal National Party of Queensland
Next state election: 28 October 2028.
| Year | Winner | Won with |
|---|---|---|
| 2024 | Stephen Bennett LNP | 65.4% |
| 2020 | Stephen Bennett LNP | 60.8% |
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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- #9 in Bundaberg suburbs with the deepest rental markets
- #9 in Bundaberg suburbs with the best NBN connectivity
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- #13 in Bundaberg's most owner-occupied suburbs
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Nearby suburbs
Innes Park QLD 4670
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Calavos QLD 4670
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Common questions about Elliott Heads
Is Elliott Heads a safe place to live?
Recorded crime in Elliott Heads is low (31/100, ranked against other QLD suburbs on offences per resident).
What natural hazards affect Elliott Heads?
Elliott Heads has no recorded bushfire history. These are suburb-wide figures; check the address, as flood and bushfire exposure change street by street.
Is Elliott Heads a good place to live?
Elliott Heads has a SuburbScan Liveability grade of C (48/100), 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 Elliott Heads?
Elliott Heads, QLD had a population of 1,160 at the 2021 Australian Bureau of Statistics census.
What is the postcode for Elliott Heads, QLD?
The postcode for Elliott Heads, QLD is 4670.
How far is Elliott Heads from Brisbane?
Elliott Heads is 367 km from Brisbane CBD by road, about 256 minutes by car in normal traffic. Distance is the most-direct driving route, not straight-line.
What is the median household income in Elliott Heads?
At the 2021 ABS Census, median household income in Elliott Heads was $53,352 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 Elliott Heads?
The median advertised rent in Elliott Heads is $630 a week for houses (17 listings), from rental listings over the last six months.
What is the median age in Elliott Heads?
The median age of residents in Elliott Heads was 54 at the 2021 ABS Census.
How are the schools in Elliott Heads?
There is 1 school inside the Elliott Heads boundary: 1 at similar schools on NAPLAN, compared with same-state, same-type schools of similar socio-educational advantage (ICSEA).
Is Elliott Heads walkable?
Elliott Heads scores 22/100 on the SuburbScan Walkability Score, making it very 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 weather like in Elliott Heads?
At the nearest Bureau of Meteorology station to Elliott Heads, Bundaberg Aero (15.5 km away), summer days average 30.7°C, winter nights 11.2°C, 969 mm of rain a year over 75 rainy days, and 1 days a year above 35°C over 2006-2026.
Is the First Home Owner Grant available in Elliott Heads?
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 Elliott Heads belong to?
Elliott Heads sits within the Bundaberg local government area. Council rates, planning approvals, and waste collection fall under this LGA.
How much are council rates in Elliott Heads?
The average residential rates bill through Bundaberg is $1,773 a year (2025). Every suburb in this LGA shares the same schedule — individual bills vary with land value.
How much is being built near Elliott Heads?
Across Bundaberg, 997 new residential dwellings were approved in the year to August 2026 (source: ABS Building Approvals). That's down 44.7% 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 Elliott Heads in?
Elliott Heads sits within the federal Division of Hinkler, currently held by David Batt (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
- NBN connectivity · Dec 2025
- Crime · 2025
- Road crashes · 2020–2024
- Air quality · 2025
- Climate · 2006–2026
- Socio-economic (SEIFA) · 2021
- EV adoption · Jan 2025
- First Home Owner Grant · Sep 2026
- Federal electorate · 2025
- 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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