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ABS 2021 Census · Updated 21 May 2026
Eagle Farm is an inner-city suburb of Brisbane, Australia, with a population of approximately 11, making it a boutique locality. Located approximately 8 km from the Brisbane CBD, Eagle Farm is a inner city area in Queensland. The median household income is $42,848 per year.
Lower income levels in Eagle Farm typically translate to more affordable entry points for investors. Its proximity to the CBD adds a strong location premium.
Official Australia Post postcode for Eagle Farm. A postcode may cover multiple suburbs.
Australia Post Postcode Finder →Usual resident population at the most recent census.
Weekly median rent for occupied homes. Live rental data integration coming soon.
Annual median household income (before tax) across all households.
Straight-line distance from the suburb centroid to the nearest capital city CBD. Actual driving distance will be longer.
Estimated 1 school within or near this suburb.
Find schools near Eagle Farm on My School →Estimated 1 park and green spaces near this suburb.
Monthly median mortgage repayment for households currently paying off a mortgage.
Proportion of separate houses versus units, townhouses, and other home types. Useful for investors assessing rental demand mix.
Eagle Farm is a smaller community of 11 — about 0% of the Queensland suburb median (5,474) — so investors should factor in the narrower buyer pool and longer average time-on-market. Eagle Farm's median household income of $42,848/year is 53% below the Queensland suburb median ($90,298) — this is an affordability play where returns lean on yield and patient capital growth rather than demographic premium. The median weekly rent of $450 translates to approximately $23,400/year in gross rental income, setting the upper bound on yield before vacancy, rates, insurance and maintenance. At 8 km from the Brisbane CBD, Eagle Farm sits inside the high-demand inner ring — properties here compete directly with the city's employment, transport and amenity networks.
How Eagle Farm stacks up against the median of all Queensland suburbs in our dataset. Positive values mean Eagle Farm sits above the state median; negative means below.
| Metric | Eagle Farm | QLD median | Δ vs state |
|---|---|---|---|
| Population | 11 | 5,474 | -100% |
| Median household income | $42,848/yr | $90,298/yr | -53% |
| Median rent (weekly) | $450 | $385 | +17% |
| Distance to CBD | 8 km | 62 km | -87% |
Pre-inspection briefing for Eagle Farm — every item is derived from public datasets, with full citations in our data sources page.
Limited buy-and-hold upside: a small population of 11 means liquidity is thin and capital growth tends to lag the wider Queensland market over full cycles.
Gross rent of $450/week (~$23,400/year) sets the yield ceiling. Cross-check against your purchase price to confirm whether this suburb hits the 4–5% gross yield most Australian investors target.
With a population of 11, the resale market in Eagle Farm may not reliably reward cosmetic renovations — a longer hold is typically a better strategy at this scale, letting land-value appreciation do the work instead.
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Create free account →Capital-growth expectations for Eagle Farm are modest for 2026 — incomes 53% below the QLD median of $90,298 and a population of 11 suggest gains will lag headline metro markets. Rents sit around $450/week, setting the baseline gross rental income at roughly $23,400/year — refine this against current listings before running your numbers. The EquitySight investment score of 49/100 places Eagle Farm in the mid tier of Australian suburbs we profile, and overall investor sentiment is cautious heading into the second half of 2026.
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Eagle Farm scores 49/100 on our EquitySight investment framework — a moderate rating. That score is driven by a population of 11, median household income of $42,848/year and median weekly rent of $450. Whether it fits your portfolio depends on whether you are targeting cash flow, capital growth, or a value-add renovation — all three are scored with suburb-specific numbers elsewhere on this page.
The main demand drivers in Eagle Farm are proximity to Brisbane (8 km), a median household income of $42,848/year, roughly 1 schools and 1 parks within the catchment. Together these shape both owner-occupier and tenant demand and are the factors we weight most heavily in the suburb's investment score.
Eagle Farm has a usual resident population of approximately 11, compared with a Queensland suburb median of 5,474 — placing it in the lower half of the state's suburbs by size. Population is the clearest proxy for market depth: more residents mean more transactions and typically a shorter average days-on-market on resale.
Eagle Farm sits 8 km straight-line from the Brisbane CBD. This is inner-ring territory — pricing competes directly with established Brisbane employment nodes.
The most recent census recorded a median weekly rent of $450 in Eagle Farm, equating to approximately $23,400/year in gross rental income (state median $385/week). Market rents have typically drifted above the recorded figure — verify against current listings on realestate.com.au and Domain before making an offer.
A reliable median mortgage figure was not captured for Eagle Farm. Use our loan serviceability calculator to estimate a realistic monthly repayment for your target purchase price and deposit.
Census data was not complete enough in Eagle Farm to compute a clean rent-to-mortgage coverage. Use current listings to benchmark weekly rent, then plug your expected purchase price into our rental yield calculator to see whether the investment runs cash-flow positive or negative.
The main risks are a thin buyer pool (11 residents), interest-rate sensitivity, below-median household incomes ($42,848 vs $90,298 state median), the broader Queensland market cycle. Each of these is covered in the Risk Factors section above with suburb-specific numbers rather than generic warnings.
Every number on this page comes from the ABS 2021 Census of Population and Housing, Australia Post postcode reference data, and OpenStreetMap amenity tiles. The investment score, strategy verdicts, and comparison table are computed deterministically from those inputs — no opinion, no estimation. See our full methodology and the data sources and licences for the formulas we use.