Kawana QLD 4701
Located in Queensland, Kawana sits 636 km from Brisbane CBD, around 7 hours 20 minutes by car. The suburb has 4,434 residents, a median age of 38, and a median household income of $69,004 per year. On socioeconomic measures it sits in the bottom 20% nationally. The 2021 Census recorded a median rent of $255 per week and a median monthly mortgage of $1,300. The area shows high crime risk and no recorded bushfire exposure. Of 4 schools within the suburb boundary, 2 rank above the state average, and walkability is moderate.
Is Kawana a good suburb?
Kawana scores a C (44/100) on SuburbScan's Liveability grade — strong on schools, weaker on safety and community.
Above the state average
4 schools · 2 above peer schools · Top 15% in QLD
Some car dependence
Walkability 51/100 · 636.2 km · 441 min drive to Brisbane
Median available
Median $621K
High crime risk
Fire 0/100 · Crime 87/100
Highly disadvantaged
SEIFA decile 2/10 · median age 38 · 4,434 residents
Liveability Rating
44 / 100 · Ranked #641 in QLDEach bar is Kawana's rank among QLD suburbs, from 0 to 100 (higher is better).
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 Kawana?
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Our score
44 / 100
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Median House Price
Public listings dataKawana's house market is moving higher: the median sale price reached $621,000, about 8% above where it sat a year earlier.
Houses
$620,995
13% below its 4 neighbours (median $713,000)
Based on 140 recorded sales in the last 24 months.
Typically sold in 29 days — median across 35 sales that recorded a listing period
By bedrooms
- 2 bed 8 sales $472K
- 3 bed 75 sales $602K
- 4 bed 45 sales $699K
- 5 bed 8 sales $750K
Units
$580,000
Based on 11 recorded sales in the last 24 months.
By bedrooms
- 3 bed 5 sales $460K
Currently for Sale
Last 6 monthsHouses in Kawana are currently listed at around $599,000 on average. Based on 24 houses listed in the past six months.
$599K
24 houses listed in the last 6 months.
25 of the suburb's 1,604 dwellings (1.6%) were listed for sale in the last 6 months.
Rental Market
Advertised rents · last 6 monthsHouses in Kawana rent for around $580 a week on average, based on 21 houses listed for rent in the past six months.
Houses
$580/wk
9% below its 3 neighbours (median $640/wk)
21 houses advertised for rent in the last 6 months.
Units
$430/wk
6 units advertised for rent in the last 6 months.
27 rentals advertised against an estimated 624 rented homes (4.3%) in the last 6 months.
Rent agreed on new leases
Jul–Sep 2026- 3-bed houses
- $550/wk
- 14 bonds
- +50% since 2021
- 2-bed units
- $249/wk
- 21 bonds
- +34% 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 2025124 Acceptable · the average rental household in this region would pay about 24% of its income on the median rent in postcode 4701.
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$580/week ($30,000 a year) on a $599,000 median
Not enough unit sales and rentals in the window to calculate a yield.
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 Kawana safe? Crime statistics
2025Crime in Kawana sits in the high band, with 151 incidents recorded in 2025 — down roughly 10% on the prior year.
151 offences
10.1% since 2024Crime Trend
Serious Road Crashes
2020–202431 crashes
where someone was killed or admitted to hospital, 1 of them fatal
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.
Schools
Four schools serve Kawana, and results are mixed — some outperforming peer-suburb schools, some below. Capricornia (Rockhampton Campus) School of Dist Ed and Heights College lead the pack.
- • 2,037 students across 3 schools (avg 679)
- • Sectors: 3 Government, 1 Independent
- • ICSEA 841-1009, median 935 (below the national baseline of 1000)
- • Largest: Heights College (1,040 students)
Primary
Secondary
Combined
Universities nearby
1.0% 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
Kawana is somewhat walkable on foot — at 51/100, a short cluster of errands work on foot but most trips still benefit from a car.
Public transport
Weekday and weekend service frequency across every stop inside Kawana.
- Peak (7-9am + 5-7pm)
- 22.2 arrivals/hr
- Off-peak weekday
- 19.8 arrivals/hr
- Saturday
- 6.8 arrivals/hr
- Median peak wait
- 1 min
- Span of service
- 13.4 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 Kawana.
- Full-fibre (FTTP) share
- 33%
- Premises covered
- 2,152
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
Rockhampton: 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 12 small areas inside this suburb and averages them into the single decile above. They fall into 3 different deciles — a narrow range, so the average describes the suburb closely.
Kawana is home to about 4,400 residents, with a median age of 38, broadly in line with the national figure. Median household income runs at $69,000 a year, with unemployment at 6.2%.
2021 Census · change since 2016
Population
4,434
Median Age
38
Median Household Income
$69,004/yr
Census Median Rent
$255/wk
Census Median Mortgage
$1,300/mo
Avg Household Size
2.5
Median Personal Income
$37,544/yr
Unemployment Rate
6.2%
Unoccupied Dwellings
8.7%
Total Dwellings
1,604
Owner-Occupier Rate
61.1%
Houses
85.7%
Rental Stress
19.2%
Mortgage Stress
22.6%
Work From Home
3.0%
Dwelling Types
Property Ownership
131 rented from a state or territory housing authority and 22 from a community housing provider, as a share of the 602 rented dwellings above — not of all dwellings.
Demographics
- Born in Australia
- 80.6%
- English Spoken at Home
- 84.6%
- Employment Rate
- 52.6%
- Completed Year 12
- 33.4%
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.
103 residents (2.3%) 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.
2.8% of residents (117) lived in a capital city five years earlier, most of them in Brisbane (82).
Top places newcomers came from, as a share of the 4,178 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
Local Jobs
People who work in this suburb against employed people who live here, 2021 Census.
About 3,038 people work here; 1,880 employed residents live here.
A jobs hub: 1.6 jobs for every working resident. At least 38% of the people who work here must live elsewhere.
Counts are by place of work and place of usual residence. The ABS counts jobs in zones; where a zone spans several places, its jobs are shared out by land use. The ABS also adjusts every figure slightly to protect privacy.
Education
Cars per Dwelling
Council Rates
Households face an average residential rates bill of $1,313 a year through Rockhampton based on 2025 figures.
Building Approvals: Rockhampton
In the year to August 2026, 390 new dwellings were approved across Rockhampton. That mix is 320 houses and 70 units. Approvals are up 133.3% on the same period a year earlier.
New Homes Planned
New homes planned in this suburb: 153 to 655 homes
- In 2 to 5 years 52 to 155 homes
- No timeframe set 101 to 500 homes
Land the Queensland Government's residential land supply study identifies for future housing (8 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 Darumbal 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
CLEANPM2.5 averaged 4.3 µg/m³ in 2025 — below the WHO 2021 annual guideline (5 µg/m³). 1 day exceeded the daily threshold of 25 µg/m³.
PM10 averaged 8.6 µg/m³. Days over the limit in 2025: PM10 1.
From the Parkhurst (Rockhampton, Central Queensland) monitoring station, 3.6 km away.
Climate & Setting
from Rockhampton Aero, 4.9 kmModerate rainfall — hot summers, mild winters.
- Elevation
- 11 m
- above sea level, at the suburb centre
- Distance to the ocean
- 17.8 km
- Annual rainfall
- 811 mm
- 61 rainy days
- Summer max (Jan)
- 32.5°C
- 26 days ≥ 35°C
- Winter min (Jul)
- 11.6°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.
Industrial Emissions Nearby
6 facilities within 5 km- 1.7 km
- 2.2 kmOther Non-Metallic Mineral Product ManufacturingTop reported: Oxides of Nitrogen · Particulate Matter ≤10.0 µm (PM10) · Carbon monoxide
- 2.4 kmPetroleum Product WholesalingTop reported: Total Volatile Organic Compounds · Toluene (methylbenzene) · n-Hexane
- 2.4 km
- 3.0 kmGas SupplyTop reported: Total Volatile Organic Compounds
EV adoption
In postcode 4701, 124 of 34,679 registered light vehicles are battery-electric on 31 January 2025. A further 2.3% (790 vehicles) are hybrid or plug-in hybrid, taking the non-petrol, non-diesel share to 2.6%.
Rooftop solar
In postcode 4701, 9,541 rooftop-solar systems totalling 58.8 MW have been installed since 2001, against 17,727 dwellings recorded in the 2021 Census. 532 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
10 mortgage brokers are registered in postcode 4701.
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 $620,995 this is under 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 2026-10-26 — 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 Michelle Landry Liberal National Party of Queensland
| Year | Winner | 2PP ALP | 2PP LNP | Swing |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2025 | Michelle Landry | 44.2% | 55.8% | +0.8 |
| 2022 | Michelle Landry | 43.4% | 56.6% | -5.8 |
| 2019 | Michelle Landry | 37.6% | 62.4% | +11.7 |
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 Donna Kirkland Liberal National Party of Queensland
Next state election: 28 October 2028.
| Year | Winner | Won with |
|---|---|---|
| 2024 | Donna Kirkland LNP | 51.8% |
| 2020 | Barry O'Rourke ALP | 58.6% |
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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- #5 in Rockhampton suburbs with the deepest rental markets
- #5 in Sportiest Rockhampton suburbs
- #6 in Rockhampton suburbs where the most homes are owned outright
- #6 in Rockhampton suburbs where 2-bedroom unit rents rose most
- #7 in Rockhampton's highest-income suburbs
- #8 in Rockhampton's most educated suburbs
- #8 in Most walkable suburbs in Rockhampton
- #8 in Rockhampton suburbs where the most residents moved from a capital city
- #8 in Rockhampton suburbs with the largest non-religious population
- #8 in Rockhampton suburbs with the best public transport
- #8 in Rockhampton suburbs where young families live
- #9 in Rockhampton suburbs with the biggest house blocks
- #9 in Best Rockhampton suburbs for first-home buyers (houses)
- #9 in Rockhampton suburbs with the most parkland nearby
- #9 in Rockhampton's most owner-occupied suburbs
- #10 in Best Rockhampton suburbs to rent in
- #10 in Rockhampton suburbs that grew fastest, 2016-2021
- #10 in Rockhampton suburbs that added the most residents, 2016-2021
- #10 in Rockhampton suburbs with the best NBN connectivity
- #11 in The safest suburbs in Rockhampton
- #11 in Rockhampton suburbs that suit young professionals
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Common questions about Kawana
Is Kawana a safe place to live?
Recorded crime in Kawana is high (87/100, ranked against other QLD suburbs on offences per resident). Offences against shops, venues and visitors are divided by the people who live here, so suburbs with large daytime or visitor populations rank higher than living there may feel.
What natural hazards affect Kawana?
Kawana has no recorded bushfire history. These are suburb-wide figures; check the address, as flood and bushfire exposure change street by street.
Is Kawana a good place to live?
Kawana has a SuburbScan Liveability grade of C (44/100), 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 Kawana?
Kawana, QLD had a population of 4,434 at the 2021 Australian Bureau of Statistics census.
What is the postcode for Kawana, QLD?
The postcode for Kawana, QLD is 4701.
How far is Kawana from Brisbane?
Kawana is 636 km from Brisbane CBD by road, about 441 minutes by car in normal traffic. Distance is the most-direct driving route, not straight-line.
What is the median household income in Kawana?
At the 2021 ABS Census, median household income in Kawana was $69,004 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 Kawana?
The median advertised rent in Kawana is $580 a week for houses (21 listings) and $430 a week for units (6 listings), from rental listings over the last six months.
What is the median age in Kawana?
The median age of residents in Kawana was 38 at the 2021 ABS Census.
How are the schools in Kawana?
There are 4 schools inside the Kawana boundary: 2 above, 1 at, and 1 below similar schools on NAPLAN, compared with same-state, same-type schools of similar socio-educational advantage (ICSEA).
Is Kawana walkable?
Kawana scores 51/100 on the SuburbScan Walkability Score, making it somewhat walkable. 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 Kawana?
The nearest government air-quality monitoring station to Kawana (Parkhurst (Rockhampton, Central Queensland)) recorded a 2025 annual mean PM2.5 of 4.3 µg/m³ and PM10 of 8.6 µg/m³. That puts Kawana below the WHO annual guideline of 5 µg/m³.
What is the weather like in Kawana?
At the nearest Bureau of Meteorology station to Kawana, Rockhampton Aero (4.9 km away), summer days average 32.5°C, winter nights 11.6°C, 811 mm of rain a year over 61 rainy days, and 26 days a year above 35°C over 2006-2026.
Is the First Home Owner Grant available in Kawana?
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 Kawana belong to?
Kawana sits within the Rockhampton local government area. Council rates, planning approvals, and waste collection fall under this LGA.
How much are council rates in Kawana?
The average residential rates bill through Rockhampton is $1,313 a year (2025). Every suburb in this LGA shares the same schedule — individual bills vary with land value.
How much is being built near Kawana?
Across Rockhampton, 390 new residential dwellings were approved in the year to August 2026 (source: ABS Building Approvals). That's up 133.3% 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 Kawana in?
Kawana sits within the federal Division of Capricornia, currently held by Michelle Landry (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
- 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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