Nanum QLD 4874
Located in Queensland, Nanum sits 2,492 km from Brisbane CBD, around 31 hours 10 minutes by car. The locality has 904 residents, a median age of 29, and a median household income of $141,180 per year. By household income, education, and employment patterns, it ranks in the top 20% nationally. The locality fell 1.8% between 2016 and 2021. At the 2021 Census, households here paid a median rent of $530 per week and a median monthly mortgage of $2,100. Nanum is characterised by no recorded bushfire exposure. Walkability is low.
Is Nanum a good place to live?
Nanum scores a B (57/100) on SuburbScan's Liveability grade — strong on community, weaker on transit.
Car-dependent
Walkability 23/100 · 2492.4 km · 1868 min drive to Brisbane
Median available
Median $566K
Moderate crime risk
Fire 0/100 · Crime 59/100
Very advantaged
SEIFA decile 9/10 · median age 29 · 904 residents
Liveability Rating
57 / 100 · Ranked #394 in QLDEach bar is Nanum'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 Nanum?
Local knowledge beats any dataset. Rate it and see what other residents think.
Our score
57 / 100
From schools, safety and socio-economic data — not opinion.
Residents say
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Median House Price
Public listings dataNanum's house market is moving higher: the median sale price reached $566,000, roughly 23% above where it sat a year earlier.
Houses
$566,500
Based on 18 recorded sales in the last 24 months.
Typically sold in 112 days — median across 3 sales that recorded a listing period
By bedrooms
- 3 bed 7 sales $558K
- 4 bed 7 sales $590K
Units
$400,000
Based on only 9 sales — small sample, take as indicative.
Rental Market
Rent agreed on new leases
Jul–Sep 2026- All rentals
- $385/wk
- 14 bonds
- +12% 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.
Is Nanum safe? Crime statistics
2025Crime in Nanum sits in the moderate band, with 17 incidents recorded in 2025 — up roughly 13% on the prior year.
17 offences
13.3% since 2024Crime Trend
Serious Road Crashes
2020–20242 crashes
where someone was killed or admitted to hospital
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.
Coastal Erosion
Shoreline Change Summary
1988–2024Nearest Eroding Coastline
- Distance
- 786 m
- Rate
- -0.15 m/yr
- Net Movement
- 2.8 m
- Certainty
- good
Data Quality
Schools
Walkability
Nanum is very car-dependent on foot — at 23/100, nearly all errands require a car.
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 Nanum.
- Full-fibre (FTTP) share
- 22%
- Premises covered
- 395
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
Weipa: 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
Nanum is home to 904 residents, and skews young, with a median age of 29 against the national 38. Median household income runs at $141,000 a year, with unemployment at 1.3%.
2021 Census · change since 2016
Population
904
Median Age
29
Median Household Income
$141,180/yr
Census Median Rent
$530/wk
Census Median Mortgage
$2,100/mo
Avg Household Size
2.8
Median Personal Income
$76,960/yr
Unemployment Rate
1.3%
Unoccupied Dwellings
21.7%
Total Dwellings
286
Owner-Occupier Rate
32.3%
Houses
59.1%
Rental Stress
19.5%
Mortgage Stress
17.8%
Work From Home
3.3%
Dwelling Types
Property Ownership
Demographics
- Born in Australia
- 79.8%
- English Spoken at Home
- 82.2%
- Employment Rate
- 77.4%
- Completed Year 12
- 41.7%
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.
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.
9.1% of residents (73) lived in a capital city five years earlier, most of them in Brisbane (36).
Top places newcomers came from, as a share of the 800 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
Education
Cars per Dwelling
Building Approvals: Weipa
In the year to August 2026, 6 new dwellings were approved across Weipa. The pipeline is entirely townhouses and apartments — no detached houses.
Aboriginal Cultural Heritage
The Aboriginal party for this area is Weipa Peninsula People.
Under Queensland's Aboriginal Cultural Heritage Act 2003 the Aboriginal party for an area follows native title. No native title claim is currently registered here, so the last registered claimant remains the Aboriginal party.
Air Quality
CLEANPM2.5 averaged 4.6 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 10.1 µg/m³. Days over the limit in 2025: PM10 1.
From the Weipa (Far North Queensland) monitoring station, 2.6 km away.
Climate & Setting
from Weipa Eastern Ave, 3.0 kmHigh rainfall.
- Elevation
- 11 m
- above sea level, at the locality centre
- Distance to the ocean
- 478 m
- Annual rainfall
- 1,973 mm
- 80 rainy days
- Summer max (Jan)
- —
- Winter min (Jul)
- —
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.
Industrial Emissions Nearby
2 facilities within 5 km- 2.3 kmPetroleum Product WholesalingTop reported: Total Volatile Organic Compounds · Cyclohexane · Benzene
- 3.1 kmBauxite MiningTop reported: Particulate Matter ≤10.0 µm (PM10) · Oxides of Nitrogen · Carbon monoxide
EV adoption
In postcode 4874, 3 of 4,791 registered light vehicles are battery-electric on 31 January 2025. A further 0.4% (19 vehicles) are hybrid or plug-in hybrid, taking the non-petrol, non-diesel share to 0.5%.
Rooftop solar
In postcode 4874, 27 rooftop-solar systems totalling 0.4 MW have been installed since 2001, against 1,900 dwellings recorded in the 2021 Census. 4 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 $566,500 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 2026-10-27 — 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 Matt Smith Australian Labor Party
| Year | Winner | 2PP ALP | 2PP LNP | Swing |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2025 | Matt Smith | 56.1% | 43.9% | +9.5 |
| 2022 | Warren Entsch | 46.6% | 53.4% | -0.7 |
| 2019 | Warren Entsch | 45.8% | 54.2% | +0.2 |
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 David Kempton Liberal National Party of Queensland
Next state election: 28 October 2028.
| Year | Winner | Won with |
|---|---|---|
| 2024 | David Kempton LNP | 55.0% |
| 2020 | Cynthia Lui ALP | 56.3% |
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 Nanum?
Every figure above is a locality average, and an average smooths over the difference between a street of family homes and a block of flats. Look up one address and you get the census for the few hundred people around it, its own nearest schools and stops, and what the state has mapped for that block.
- The census for a few hundred neighbours, not all 904 residents
- Nearest and zoned schools, with the walk from that door
- Flood, bushfire and noise mapping, where the state publishes it
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Common questions about Nanum
Is Nanum a safe place to live?
Recorded crime in Nanum is moderate (59/100, ranked against other QLD suburbs on offences per resident).
What natural hazards affect Nanum?
Nanum has no recorded bushfire history. These are locality-wide figures; check the address, as flood and bushfire exposure change street by street.
Is Nanum a good place to live?
Nanum has a SuburbScan Liveability grade of B (57/100), 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 Nanum?
Nanum, QLD had a population of 904 at the 2021 Australian Bureau of Statistics census.
What is the postcode for Nanum, QLD?
The postcode for Nanum, QLD is 4874.
How far is Nanum from Brisbane?
Nanum is 2,492 km from Brisbane CBD by road, about 1868 minutes by car in normal traffic. Distance is the most-direct driving route, not straight-line.
What is the median household income in Nanum?
At the 2021 ABS Census, median household income in Nanum was $141,180 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 Nanum?
There are too few current rental listings in Nanum for a reliable median. At the 2021 ABS Census the median weekly rent was $530, across all dwelling types.
What is the median age in Nanum?
The median age of residents in Nanum was 29 at the 2021 ABS Census.
Is Nanum walkable?
Nanum scores 23/100 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 air quality in Nanum?
The nearest government air-quality monitoring station to Nanum (Weipa (Far North Queensland)) recorded a 2025 annual mean PM2.5 of 4.6 µg/m³ and PM10 of 10.1 µg/m³. That puts Nanum below the WHO annual guideline of 5 µg/m³.
What is the weather like in Nanum?
At the nearest Bureau of Meteorology station to Nanum, Weipa Eastern Ave (3 km away), 1,973 mm of rain a year over 80 rainy days over 2006-2026.
Is the First Home Owner Grant available in Nanum?
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 Nanum belong to?
Nanum sits within the Weipa local government area. Council rates, planning approvals, and waste collection fall under this LGA.
How much is being built near Nanum?
Across Weipa, 6 new residential dwellings were approved in the year to August 2026 (source: ABS Building Approvals). These are LGA-level totals — every suburb in the council shares the same figure.
Which federal electorate is Nanum in?
Nanum sits within the federal Division of Leichhardt, currently held by Matt Smith (Australian Labor Party).
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Data freshness
- Census · 2021
- Median sale prices · Oct 2026
- 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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