Rosemount QLD 4560

Rosemount sits 107 km from Brisbane CBD in Queensland, around 1 hour 30 minutes by car. Census data records 1,851 residents with a median age of 48 and a median household income of $77,480 per year. On socioeconomic measures it sits in the top 40% nationally. Population grew 16.8% from 2016 to 2021. The 2021 Census recorded a median rent of $420 per week and a median monthly mortgage of $2,000. The area shows no recorded bushfire exposure. Walkability is low.

Is Rosemount a good suburb?

Rosemount scores a A (67/100) on SuburbScan's Liveability grade — strong on safety and community, weaker on transit.

Transit

Car-dependent

Walkability 4/100 · 107 km · 90 min drive to Brisbane

Prices

Median available

Median $1.3M

Safety

Low all-round risk

Fire 0/100 · Crime 20/100

Community

Advantaged

SEIFA decile 7/10 · median age 48 · 1,851 residents

A

Liveability Rating

67 / 100 · Ranked #204 in QLD

Each bar is Rosemount'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.

Schools quality no data
no schools mapped
Safety
96
Bushfire None · Crime Low

Flood data for Queensland covers only the areas mapped there — a blank here is not an all-clear.

Socio-economic
69
Advantaged
Walkability
25
Very car-dependent
CBD access
50
107.0 km · 90 min drive to Brisbane
How it's calculated: Safety rank 96 × 25% + Socio-economic rank 69 × 25% + Walkability rank 25 × 15% + CBD access rank 50 × 10% = 67 / 100. Missing components rebalance the remaining weights.

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67 / 100

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Median House Price

Public listings data

Rosemount's house market is moving lower: the median sale price reached $1.3 million, about 7% below where it sat a year earlier.

Houses

$1,297,500

last 4 quarters

18% above its 4 neighbours (median $1,100,000)

↓ −7.3% year-on-year

Based on 32 recorded sales in the last 24 months.

Typically sold in 56 days — median across 19 sales that recorded a listing period

By bedrooms

  • 3 bed 11 sales $1.21M
  • 4 bed 10 sales $1.5M

Land

$1,969,500

Based on only 4 sales — small sample, take as indicative.

Rental Market

Rental affordability

June quarter 2025

98 Unaffordable · the average rental household in this region would pay about 31% of its income on the median rent in postcode 4560.

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.

Short-Stay Rentals

10 active Airbnb listings: 10 whole homes and 0 rooms. Whole homes are about 1.4% 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 Rosemount safe? Crime statistics

2025

Crime in Rosemount sits in the low band, with 4 incidents recorded in 2025 — down roughly 43% on the prior year.

4 offences

42.9% since 2024
Drug Offences 3 (75.0%)
Assault 1 (25.0%)

Crime Trend

Serious Road Crashes

2020–2024

15 crashes

where someone was killed or admitted to hospital, 1 of them fatal

Where they happened

Bruce Highway 9 (60.0%)
Petrie Creek Road 5 (33.3%)

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

No schools in this suburb boundary.

Walkability

Rosemount is very car-dependent on foot — at 4/100, nearly all errands require a car.

4
out of 100
Very Car-Dependent
Public Transport within 1 km not measured
Schools within 1.5 km 0
Parks within 800 m 0
Supermarkets within 1 km 0
GPs within 1 km 0
Pharmacies within 1 km 0
Childcare within 1 km 0
Hospitals within 5 km 60

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 Rosemount.

56
connectivity score / 100
Most common
Fibre to the node
Full-fibre (FTTP) share
26%
Premises covered
784
Technology mix
Fibre to the node (FTTN) 53%
Fibre to the premises (FTTP) 26%
Fixed wireless (WIRELESS) 19%
Satellite (Sky Muster) (SATELLITE) 2%

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

Supermarkets
None
Shopping Centres
None
Cafes & Restaurants
None
Parks & Reserves
None
Sport & Recreation
None
Beaches
None
Waterways
1 in suburb
Childcare
None
GPs
None
Pharmacies
None
Hospitals
None
Police Stations
None
Banks & Bank@Post
None
Fuel Stations
None
EV Chargers
None
Pubs & Bars
None
Arts & Culture
None
Places of Worship
None

Sunshine Coast: council population

The whole council area, not just Rosemount · estimated residents
at 30 June 2025
Residents
381,957
+2.0% in a year
Change
+7,659
people since 2024
Density
170
people per km² across the council area
What drove the change
Natural increase
+580
births minus deaths
Net internal migration
+4,159
moves within Australia
Net overseas migration
+2,920
arrivals minus departures

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

ABS SEIFA · ranked against every suburb in Australia, and within the state
2021 census
Advantage and disadvantage
7/10
8/10 within QLD
income, education, jobs and housing together
Economic resources
8/10
8/10 within QLD
income against housing cost and household size
Education and occupation
6/10
8/10 within QLD
qualifications and job type, income excluded
How evenly that is spread

The ABS scores 4 small areas inside this suburb and averages them into the single decile above. They fall into 4 different deciles — a wide range, so parts of this suburb rank well above the average and parts well below it.

Rosemount is home to about 1,900 residents, with a median age of 48, a touch above the national 38. Median household income runs at $77,000 a year, with unemployment at 3.4%.

2021 Census · change since 2016

Population

1,851

16.8% since 2016

Median Age

48

2.0% since 2016

Median Household Income

$77,480/yr

21.9% since 2016

Census Median Rent

$420/wk

20.0% since 2016

Census Median Mortgage

$2,000/mo

9.9% since 2016

Avg Household Size

2.6

4.0% since 2016

Median Personal Income

$36,452/yr

24.1% since 2016

Unemployment Rate

3.4%

42.4% since 2016

Unoccupied Dwellings

3.7%

58.0% since 2016

Total Dwellings

696

18.2% since 2016

Owner-Occupier Rate

91.1%

0.1% since 2016

Houses

78.3%

1.2% since 2016

Rental Stress

28.2%

1.4% since 2016

Mortgage Stress

31.0%

9.9% since 2016

Work From Home

18.2%

59.6% since 2016

Dwelling Types

Houses 545 (78.3%)
Townhouses 138 (19.8%)
Flats / Apartments 13 (1.9%)

Property Ownership

Mortgage 281 (48.0%)
Owned Outright 252 (43.1%)
Renting 52 (8.9%)

Demographics

Born in Australia
79.2%
English Spoken at Home
91.7%
Employment Rate
53.8%
2.7% since 2016
Completed Year 12
43.3%

Occupations

Professionals 158 (19.0%)
Managers 142 (17.1%)
Technicians & Trades 140 (16.9%)
Clerical & Administrative 104 (12.5%)
Labourers 95 (11.4%)
Community & Personal Service 78 (9.4%)
Sales 62 (7.5%)
Machinery Operators & Drivers 44 (5.3%)

Religion

Christianity 901 (48.7%)
No Religion 796 (43.0%)
Buddhism 13 (0.7%)
Other Religions 11 (0.6%)

Country of Birth (overseas)

Largest overseas birthplaces, as a share of all residents.

England 118 (6.4%)
New Zealand 53 (2.9%)
South Africa 21 (1.1%)
Germany 9 (0.5%)
Canada 9 (0.5%)
Netherlands 9 (0.5%)
Philippines 4 (0.2%)
Singapore 4 (0.2%)

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.

2016-2021 15 (0.8%)
2011-2015 31 (1.7%)
2001-2010 88 (4.8%)
1991-2000 21 (1.1%)
1981-1990 44 (2.4%)
Before 1981 100 (5.4%)

15 residents (0.8%) 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.

5.4% of residents (95) lived in a capital city five years earlier, most of them in Brisbane (55).

Overseas 41 (2.3%)

Top places newcomers came from, as a share of the 1,759 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.

German 5 (0.3%)
Spanish 4 (0.2%)
Thai 3 (0.2%)

Age Distribution

0-4 92 (5.0%)
5-14 217 (11.7%)
15-19 96 (5.2%)
20-24 93 (5.0%)
25-34 138 (7.5%)
35-44 217 (11.7%)
45-54 239 (12.9%)
55-64 266 (14.4%)
65-74 257 (13.9%)
75-84 180 (9.7%)
85+ 57 (3.1%)

Family & Household Composition

Couple Families 218 (47.0%)
Lone Person 163 (35.1%)
One Parent Families 59 (12.7%)
Group Household 21 (4.5%)
Other Families 3 (0.6%)

Commute to Work

Car (driver) 547 (75.3%)
Worked from Home 132 (18.2%)
Car (passenger) 21 (2.9%)
Walked Only 16 (2.2%)
Bus 6 (0.8%)
Train 4 (0.6%)

3% of employed residents work in a capital's city centre (23 of 830).

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.

Local Jobs

People who work in this suburb against employed people who live here, 2021 Census.

About 303 people work here; 830 employed residents live here.

Mostly a place people commute from: 0.4 jobs per working resident. At least 63% of employed residents must work outside the suburb.

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

Certificate III & IV 356 (19.2%)
Bachelor Degree 212 (11.5%)
Advanced Diploma / Diploma 188 (10.2%)
Postgraduate Degree 52 (2.8%)
Graduate Diploma / Certificate 39 (2.1%)

Cars per Dwelling

0 cars 20 (2.9%)
1 car 210 (30.7%)
2 cars 238 (34.8%)
3 cars 125 (18.3%)
4+ cars 89 (13.0%)

Council Rates

Sunshine Coast
FY 2025-26

Households face an average residential rates bill of $1,690 a year through Sunshine Coast based on 2025 figures.

Avg residential rate
$1,690/yr
27% above the QLD average of $1,328 · median of 59 councils
Valuation basis
Unimproved Value
land only

Building Approvals: Sunshine Coast

The whole council area, not just Rosemount · new residential dwellings
to 2026-08

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.

Trailing 12 months
2,962dwellings
-41.1% YoY
Houses
1,757
detached dwellings
Units
1,205
townhouses + apartments

New Homes Planned

New homes planned in this suburb: 22 to 80 homes

  • Within 2 years 7 to 25 homes
  • In 2 to 5 years 6 to 20 homes
  • In 5 to 10 years 9 to 35 homes

Land the Queensland Government's residential land supply study identifies for future housing (7 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. A native title claim over this area is registered with the Federal Court.

Air Quality

CLEAN

PM2.5 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, 6.1 km away.

Setting

Elevation
48 m
above sea level, at the suburb centre
Distance to the ocean
7.5 km

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

5 facilities within 5 km

EV adoption

0.9%
of light vehicles are electric
Up from 0.06% in 2021
+0.3 points this year
Top 22% in QLD

In postcode 4560, 283 of 32,426 registered light vehicles are battery-electric on 31 January 2025. A further 2.6% (853 vehicles) are hybrid or plug-in hybrid, taking the non-petrol, non-diesel share to 3.5%.

Electric share, year by year
2021
0.06%
2022
0.12%
2023
0.31%
2024
0.60%
2025
0.87%

Rooftop solar

74
systems per 100 dwellings
Averaging 6.1 kW each

In postcode 4560, 10,763 rooftop-solar systems totalling 65.3 MW have been installed since 2001, against 14,573 dwellings recorded in the 2021 Census. 778 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.

Systems installed, year by year
2019
688
2020
746
2021
734
2022
691
2023
608
2024
533
2025
816
2026
413

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."

Verify eligibility with Queensland Revenue Office

Mortgage repayments

I'm looking for
Deposit
$
%
Monthly repayment
$6,767
Loan amount
$1,038,000
Total interest over 30 years
$1,398,114

2 mortgage brokers are registered in this suburb, 12 across postcode 4560.

Deposit
$259,500
Stamp duty
$47,956
Cash needed at settlement
$307,456

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.

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

Division of Fairfax

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

Ninderry District

Currently held by Dan Purdie Liberal National Party of Queensland

Next state election: 28 October 2028.

Year Winner Won with
2024 Dan Purdie LNP 60.5%
2020 Dan Purdie LNP 54.1%

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 Rosemount

Is Rosemount a safe place to live?

Recorded crime in Rosemount is low (20/100, ranked against other QLD suburbs on offences per resident).

What natural hazards affect Rosemount?

Rosemount has no recorded bushfire history. These are suburb-wide figures; check the address, as flood and bushfire exposure change street by street.

Is Rosemount a good place to live?

Rosemount has a SuburbScan Liveability grade of A (67/100), 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 Rosemount?

Rosemount, QLD had a population of 1,851 at the 2021 Australian Bureau of Statistics census.

What is the postcode for Rosemount, QLD?

The postcode for Rosemount, QLD is 4560.

How far is Rosemount from Brisbane?

Rosemount is 107 km from Brisbane CBD by road, about 90 minutes by car in normal traffic. Distance is the most-direct driving route, not straight-line.

What is the median household income in Rosemount?

At the 2021 ABS Census, median household income in Rosemount was $77,480 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 Rosemount?

There are too few current rental listings in Rosemount for a reliable median. At the 2021 ABS Census the median weekly rent was $420, across all dwelling types.

What is the median age in Rosemount?

The median age of residents in Rosemount was 48 at the 2021 ABS Census.

Is Rosemount walkable?

Rosemount scores 4/100 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 Rosemount?

The nearest government air-quality monitoring station to Rosemount (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 Rosemount below the WHO annual guideline of 5 µg/m³.

Is the First Home Owner Grant available in Rosemount?

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 Rosemount belong to?

Rosemount 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 Rosemount?

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 Rosemount?

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 Rosemount in?

Rosemount sits within the federal Division of Fairfax, currently held by Ted O'Brien (Liberal National Party of Queensland).

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