Kenilworth sits 132 km from Brisbane CBD in Queensland, around 2 hours 15 minutes by car. Census data records 604 residents with a median age of 51 and a median household income of $61,724 per year. On socioeconomic measures it sits in the lower-middle tier nationally. Population grew 8.2% from 2016 to 2021. The 2021 Census recorded a median rent of $320 per week and a median monthly mortgage of $1,500. The area shows high bushfire risk and high crime risk. 1 school sits within the locality boundary, and walkability is low.
Is Kenilworth a good place to live?
Kenilworth scores a D (22/100) on SuburbScan's Liveability grade — weaker on transit.
Mixed results
1 school
Car-dependent
Walkability 0/100 · 132.5 km · 134 min drive to Brisbane
Median available
Median $880K
Moderate bushfire risk
Fire 65/100 · Crime 60/100
Below-average income
SEIFA decile 3/10 · median age 51 · 604 residents
Liveability Rating
22 / 100 · Ranked #1022 in QLDEach bar is Kenilworth'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 Kenilworth?
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Our score
22 / 100
From schools, safety and socio-economic data — not opinion.
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Median House Price
Public listings dataKenilworth's house market is moving lower: the median sale price reached $880,000, about 1% below where it sat a year earlier.
Houses
$880,000
Based on 18 recorded sales in the last 24 months.
Typically sold in 78 days — median across 6 sales that recorded a listing period
By bedrooms
- 3 bed 7 sales $951K
- 4 bed 8 sales $828K
Land
$1,300,000
Based on only 3 sales — small sample, take as indicative.
Currently for Sale
Last 6 monthsHouses in Kenilworth are currently listed at around $980,000 on average. Based on 3 houses listed in the past six months.
$980K
3 houses listed in the last 6 months.
3 of the suburb's 247 dwellings (1.2%) were listed for sale in the last 6 months.
Rental Market
Advertised rents · last 6 monthsHouses in Kenilworth rent for around $550 a week on average, based on 3 houses listed for rent in the past six months.
$550/wk
3 houses advertised for rent in the last 6 months.
Gross rental yield
Indicative$550/week ($29,000 a year) on a $980,000 median
Based on a small sample (3 listings) — indicative only.
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
10 active Airbnb listings: 9 whole homes and 1 room. Whole homes are about 3.2% of the locality'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 Kenilworth safe? Crime statistics
2025Crime in Kenilworth sits in the moderate band, with 10 incidents recorded in 2025 — up roughly 67% on the prior year.
10 offences
66.7% since 2024Crime Trend
Serious Road Crashes
2020–202416 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 locality carries people passing through; this is not a measure of risk to residents. Roads are listed with 3 or more serious crashes.
Schools
One school serve Kenilworth, and performance is broadly on par with peer-suburb schools.
- • 44 students in one school (avg 44)
Primary
Walkability
Kenilworth is very car-dependent on foot — at 0/100, nearly all errands require a car. Within the locality there are 1 supermarket, 9 parks and 3 cafes to anchor that walking radius.
We hold no public transport timetable data for this area, so public transport is not rated here and the score is spread across the remaining components. It is not counted as zero.
NBN connectivity
The internet access technology available across NBN premises in Kenilworth.
- Full-fibre (FTTP) share
- 0%
- Premises covered
- 353
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 locality alone — this locality's own population is in the census section above.
Socio-economic profile
Kenilworth is home to 604 residents, with a median age of 51 — noticeably older than the national figure of 38. Median household income runs at $62,000 a year, with unemployment at 1.3%.
2021 Census · change since 2016
Population
604
Median Age
51
Median Household Income
$61,724/yr
Census Median Rent
$320/wk
Census Median Mortgage
$1,500/mo
Avg Household Size
2.3
Median Personal Income
$32,708/yr
Unemployment Rate
1.3%
Unoccupied Dwellings
13.4%
Total Dwellings
247
Owner-Occupier Rate
81.1%
Houses
96.0%
Rental Stress
27.0%
Mortgage Stress
29.2%
Work From Home
18.1%
Dwelling Types
Property Ownership
Demographics
- Born in Australia
- 82.1%
- English Spoken at Home
- 93.7%
- Employment Rate
- 56.4%
- Completed Year 12
- 36.9%
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.
10 residents (1.7%) 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.
6.0% of residents (34) lived in a capital city five years earlier, most of them in Brisbane (25).
Top places newcomers came from, as a share of the 567 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
2% of employed residents work in a capital's city centre (7 of 289).
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 locality: 35 to 100 homes
- In 2 to 5 years 21 to 50 homes
- No timeframe set 14 to 50 homes
Land the Queensland Government's residential land supply study identifies for future housing (5 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. 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).
PM10 averaged 12.3 µg/m³. Days over the limit in 2025: PM10 0.
From the Nambour (South East Queensland) monitoring station, 29.0 km away.
Climate & Setting
from Gympie, 49.1 kmHigh rainfall — hot summers, mild winters.
- Elevation
- 207 m
- above sea level, at the locality centre
- Distance to the ocean
- 42.4 km
- Near high-voltage lines
- 1.5% of addresses
- 7 within 100 m of an overhead line of 110 kV or more
- Annual rainfall
- 1,045 mm
- 88 rainy days
- Summer max (Jan)
- 30.9°C
- 14 days ≥ 35°C
- Winter min (Jul)
- 7.7°C
- 2 frost days ≤ 0°C
Elevation is the ground at the locality 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 4574, 8 of 1,511 registered light vehicles are battery-electric on 31 January 2025. A further 1.1% (16 vehicles) are hybrid or plug-in hybrid, taking the non-petrol, non-diesel share to 1.6%.
Rooftop solar
In postcode 4574, 473 rooftop-solar systems totalling 3.5 MW have been installed since 2001, against 622 dwellings recorded in the 2021 Census. 29 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
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 $880,000 this is $130,000 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 Ted O'Brien Liberal National Party of Queensland
| Year | Winner | 2PP ALP | 2PP LNP | Swing |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2025 | Ted O'Brien | 46.8% | 53.2% | +5.7 |
| 2022 | Ted O'Brien | 41.0% | 59.0% | -4.5 |
| 2019 | Ted O'Brien | 36.6% | 63.4% | +2.6 |
Results are per division — federal electoral boundaries are redrawn periodically, so the history reflects this division's past, not necessarily the exact locality's voters across time.
State Electorate
Currently held by Andrew Powell Liberal National Party of Queensland
Next state election: 28 October 2028.
| Year | Winner | Won with |
|---|---|---|
| 2024 | Andrew Powell LNP | 60.2% |
| 2020 | Andrew Powell LNP | 51.6% |
Results are per district. Districts were last redrawn in 2017, so results from before then describe the district of that name, not necessarily this locality's voters. Results: Electoral Commission of Queensland.
Looking at a specific address in Kenilworth?
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Common questions about Kenilworth
Is Kenilworth a safe place to live?
Recorded crime in Kenilworth is moderate (60/100, ranked against other QLD suburbs on offences per resident).
What natural hazards affect Kenilworth?
Kenilworth has a moderate recorded bushfire history (65/100, ranked against every Australian suburb with any fire history). These are locality-wide figures; check the address, as flood and bushfire exposure change street by street.
Is Kenilworth a good place to live?
Kenilworth has a SuburbScan Liveability grade of D (22/100), 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 Kenilworth?
Kenilworth, QLD had a population of 604 at the 2021 Australian Bureau of Statistics census.
What is the postcode for Kenilworth, QLD?
The postcode for Kenilworth, QLD is 4574.
How far is Kenilworth from Brisbane?
Kenilworth is 132 km from Brisbane CBD by road, about 134 minutes by car in normal traffic. Distance is the most-direct driving route, not straight-line.
What is the median household income in Kenilworth?
At the 2021 ABS Census, median household income in Kenilworth was $61,724 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 Kenilworth?
The median advertised rent in Kenilworth is $550 a week for houses (3 listings), from rental listings over the last six months.
What is the median age in Kenilworth?
The median age of residents in Kenilworth was 51 at the 2021 ABS Census.
Is Kenilworth at risk of bushfire?
Kenilworth has a moderate recorded bushfire history (65/100). The score comes from Geoscience Australia's historical bushfire boundaries, with planned burns excluded: the area of recorded fires touching the locality relative to its size, ranked against every Australian suburb with any fire history. It records where fire has burned, not a bushfire-prone land designation, which your council's planning scheme sets.
How are the schools in Kenilworth?
There is 1 school inside the Kenilworth boundary: 1 at similar schools on NAPLAN, compared with same-state, same-type schools of similar socio-educational advantage (ICSEA).
What is the air quality in Kenilworth?
The nearest government air-quality monitoring station to Kenilworth (Nambour (South East Queensland)) recorded a 2025 annual mean PM2.5 of 4.3 µg/m³ and PM10 of 12.3 µg/m³. That puts Kenilworth below the WHO annual guideline of 5 µg/m³.
What is the weather like in Kenilworth?
At the nearest Bureau of Meteorology station to Kenilworth, Gympie (49.1 km away), summer days average 30.9°C, winter nights 7.7°C, 1,045 mm of rain a year over 88 rainy days, and 14 days a year above 35°C over 2006-2026.
Is the First Home Owner Grant available in Kenilworth?
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 Kenilworth belong to?
Kenilworth 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 Kenilworth?
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 Kenilworth?
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 Kenilworth in?
Kenilworth sits within the federal Division of Fairfax, currently held by Ted O'Brien (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
- 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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