Mount Coolum QLD 4573
Mount Coolum sits 116 km from Brisbane CBD in Queensland, around 1 hour 35 minutes by car. Census data records 4,545 residents with a median age of 44 and a median household income of $87,880 per year. On socioeconomic measures it sits in the top 40% nationally. Population grew 6.6% from 2016 to 2021. The 2021 Census recorded a median rent of $450 per week and a median monthly mortgage of $1,863. Walkability is moderate.
Is Mount Coolum a good suburb?
Mount Coolum scores a B (52/100) on SuburbScan's Liveability grade — strong on community.
Some car dependence
Walkability 40/100 · 115.9 km · 95 min drive to Brisbane
Median available
Median $1.41M
Moderate bushfire risk
Fire 55/100 · Crime 24/100
Advantaged
SEIFA decile 7/10 · median age 44 · 4,545 residents
Liveability Rating
52 / 100 · Ranked #490 in QLDEach bar is Mount Coolum'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
52 / 100
From schools, safety and socio-economic data — not opinion.
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Median House Price
Public listings dataMount Coolum's house market is moving higher: the median sale price reached $1.41 million, roughly 15% above where it sat a year earlier.
Houses
$1,410,000
7% below its 4 neighbours (median $1,520,000)
Based on 107 recorded sales in the last 24 months.
Typically sold in 22 days — median across 41 sales that recorded a listing period
By bedrooms
- 3 bed 48 sales $1.25M
- 4 bed 45 sales $1.57M
- 5 bed 10 sales $1.73M
Units
$880,000
Based on 42 recorded sales in the last 24 months.
Typically sold in 32 days — median across 10 sales that recorded a listing period
By bedrooms
- 1 bed 6 sales $688K
- 2 bed 19 sales $850K
- 3 bed 17 sales $983K
Currently for Sale
Last 6 monthsHouses in Mount Coolum are currently listed at around $1.3 million on average. Based on 17 houses listed in the past six months.
Houses
$1.3M
17 houses listed in the last 6 months.
Units
$825K
8 units listed in the last 6 months.
25 of the suburb's 1,784 dwellings (1.4%) were listed for sale in the last 6 months.
Rental Market
Advertised rents · last 6 monthsHouses in Mount Coolum rent for around $920 a week on average, based on 23 houses listed for rent in the past six months.
Houses
$920/wk
23 houses advertised for rent in the last 6 months.
Units
$835/wk
12 units advertised for rent in the last 6 months.
35 rentals advertised against an estimated 537 rented homes (6.5%) in the last 6 months.
Rent agreed on new leases
Jul–Sep 2026- All rentals
- $850/wk
- 41 bonds
- +56% 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 202578 Severely unaffordable · the average rental household in this region would pay about 38% of its income on the median rent in postcode 4573.
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$920/week ($48,000 a year) on a $1.3 million median
$835/week ($43,000 a year) on a $825,000 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
60 active Airbnb listings: 49 whole homes and 11 rooms. Whole homes are about 2.5% 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 Mount Coolum safe? Crime statistics
2025Crime in Mount Coolum sits in the low band, with 19 incidents recorded in 2025 — down roughly 39% on the prior year.
19 offences
38.7% since 2024Crime Trend
Serious Road Crashes
2020–202412 crashes
where someone was killed or admitted to hospital, 2 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
Walkability
Mount Coolum is car-dependent on foot — at 40/100, most errands require a car.
Public transport
Weekday and weekend service frequency across every stop inside Mount Coolum.
- Peak (7-9am + 5-7pm)
- 12.0 arrivals/hr
- Off-peak weekday
- 10.3 arrivals/hr
- Saturday
- 10.1 arrivals/hr
- Median peak wait
- 2 min
- Span of service
- 18.6 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 Mount Coolum.
- Full-fibre (FTTP) share
- 37%
- Premises covered
- 2,139
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 11 small areas inside this suburb and averages them into the single decile above. They fall into 7 different deciles — a wide range, so parts of this suburb rank well above the average and parts well below it.
Mount Coolum is home to about 4,500 residents, with a median age of 44, a touch above the national 38. Median household income runs at $88,000 a year, with unemployment at 4.0%.
2021 Census · change since 2016
Population
4,545
Median Age
44
Median Household Income
$87,880/yr
Census Median Rent
$450/wk
Census Median Mortgage
$1,863/mo
Avg Household Size
2.4
Median Personal Income
$42,016/yr
Unemployment Rate
4.0%
Unoccupied Dwellings
10.6%
Total Dwellings
1,784
Owner-Occupier Rate
69.9%
Houses
62.3%
Rental Stress
26.6%
Mortgage Stress
25.4%
Work From Home
21.3%
Dwelling Types
Property Ownership
40 rented from a state or territory housing authority and 11 from a community housing provider, as a share of the 527 rented dwellings above — not of all dwellings.
Demographics
- Born in Australia
- 76.5%
- English Spoken at Home
- 90.1%
- Employment Rate
- 60.2%
- Completed Year 12
- 48.7%
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.
102 residents (2.2%) 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.
11.7% of residents (505) lived in a capital city five years earlier, most of them in Brisbane (207).
Top places newcomers came from, as a share of the 4,307 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 (59 of 2,275).
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.
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, 14.1 km away.
Setting
- Elevation
- 5 m
- above sea level, at the suburb centre
- Distance to the ocean
- 1.6 km
- 3.2 km 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
3 facilities within 5 km- 1.3 kmSewerage and Drainage ServicesTop reported: Total Nitrogen · Ammonia (total) · Total Phosphorus
- 4.2 kmPetroleum Product WholesalingTop reported: Total Volatile Organic Compounds · Xylenes (individual or mixed isomers) · Toluene (methylbenzene)
- 4.7 km
EV adoption
In postcode 4573, 429 of 25,443 registered light vehicles are battery-electric on 31 January 2025. A further 2.8% (712 vehicles) are hybrid or plug-in hybrid, taking the non-petrol, non-diesel share to 4.5%.
Rooftop solar
In postcode 4573, 7,763 rooftop-solar systems totalling 51.5 MW have been installed since 2001, against 13,193 dwellings recorded in the 2021 Census. 497 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
3 mortgage brokers are registered in this suburb, 18 across postcode 4573.
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 $1,410,000 this is $660,000 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 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 Mount Coolum
Is Mount Coolum a safe place to live?
Recorded crime in Mount Coolum is low (24/100, ranked against other QLD suburbs on offences per resident).
What natural hazards affect Mount Coolum?
Mount Coolum has a moderate recorded bushfire history (55/100, ranked against every Australian suburb with any fire history). These are suburb-wide figures; check the address, as flood and bushfire exposure change street by street.
Is Mount Coolum a good place to live?
Mount Coolum has a SuburbScan Liveability grade of B (52/100), 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 Mount Coolum?
Mount Coolum, QLD had a population of 4,545 at the 2021 Australian Bureau of Statistics census.
What is the postcode for Mount Coolum, QLD?
The postcode for Mount Coolum, QLD is 4573.
How far is Mount Coolum from Brisbane?
Mount Coolum is 116 km from Brisbane CBD by road, about 95 minutes by car in normal traffic. Distance is the most-direct driving route, not straight-line.
What is the median household income in Mount Coolum?
At the 2021 ABS Census, median household income in Mount Coolum was $87,880 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 Mount Coolum?
The median advertised rent in Mount Coolum is $920 a week for houses (23 listings) and $835 a week for units (12 listings), from rental listings over the last six months.
What is the median age in Mount Coolum?
The median age of residents in Mount Coolum was 44 at the 2021 ABS Census.
Is Mount Coolum at risk of bushfire?
Mount Coolum has a moderate recorded bushfire history (55/100). The score comes from Geoscience Australia's historical bushfire boundaries, with planned burns excluded: the area of recorded fires touching the suburb 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.
Is Mount Coolum walkable?
Mount Coolum scores 40/100 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 Mount Coolum?
The nearest government air-quality monitoring station to Mount Coolum (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 Mount Coolum below the WHO annual guideline of 5 µg/m³.
Is the First Home Owner Grant available in Mount Coolum?
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 Mount Coolum belong to?
Mount Coolum 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 Mount Coolum?
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 Mount Coolum?
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 Mount Coolum in?
Mount Coolum 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
- 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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