Suburb overview
Tannum Sands is a regional centre in Queensland, Australia, with a population of approximately 5,227, making it a smaller community. Located approximately 420 km from the Brisbane CBD, Tannum Sands is a regional area in Queensland. The median household income is $105,820 per year.
Location
Key indicators
Postcode
4680
Postcode for Tannum Sands, from a community postcode dataset cross-checked against Australia Post. A postcode may cover multiple suburbs.
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Population
5,227
Usual resident population at the most recent census.
Median weekly rent
$550/wk
Median weekly rent — as at Mar 2026, Residential Tenancies Authority (Qld) (CC BY 4.0).
Distance to CBD
420 km
Straight-line distance from the suburb centroid to the nearest capital city CBD. Actual driving distance will be longer.
Housing
Median monthly mortgage
$1,733/mo
Monthly median mortgage repayment for households currently paying off a mortgage.
Home type
74% houses
Proportion of separate houses versus units, townhouses, and other home types. Useful for investors assessing rental demand mix.
Why people like living in Tannum Sands
- Regional location about 420 km from Brisbane.
- Country-town feel with lower density and slower pace of life.
Who Tannum Sands suits
Pros and cons
Pros
- Rent sits within an affordable share of local incomes, supporting tenant demand.
- Mortgage costs are lower than the Queensland median, improving cash-flow margins.
- Lower purchase prices and more land for the money.
Cons
- Long distance to the CBD (420 km) — plan for commute time or local employment.
- Traffic can build during peak hours, especially on arterial roads.
Investment insight
5,227 residents places Tannum Sands squarely in the middle of the Queensland suburb size distribution (state median 5,474), with market depth comparable to most QLD localities. Median household income of $105,820/year runs 17% above the Queensland suburb median of $90,298, indicating strong purchasing power and the type of demographic profile that tends to sustain premium property prices through market cycles. Median rent of $550/week (as at Mar 2026, Residential Tenancies Authority (Qld)) equates to roughly $2,383/month — about 138% of the $1,733/month median mortgage repayment recorded at the 2021 Census. On those figures rental income covers most or all of the recorded repayment, but repayments on new loans have risen with interest rates since 2021, so re-run the coverage at today's rates before treating this as a cash-flow suburb. Tannum Sands is 420 km from Brisbane, so the local market tracks regional employment and lifestyle drivers more than CBD-driven commuter demand.
Investment tip
This suburb suits yield-focused investors who are comfortable with lower liquidity. Employment concentration and local population trends matter more here than in metro markets. At the 2021 Census, local rents consumed roughly 14% of household income — a dated but useful sanity check on tenant affordability.
Tannum Sands vs Queensland median
How Tannum Sands stacks up against the median of all Queensland suburbs in our dataset. Positive values mean Tannum Sands sits above the state median; negative means below.
| Metric | Tannum Sands | QLD median | Δ vs state |
|---|---|---|---|
| Population | 5,227 | 5,474 | -5% |
| Median household income | $105,820/yr | $90,298/yr | +17% |
| Median rent (weekly, 2021 Census) | $290 | $385 | -25% |
| Median mortgage (monthly, 2021 Census) | $1,733 | $1,733 | 0% |
| Distance to CBD | 420 km | 62 km | +577% |
| Separate houses | 74% | 77% | -3pp |
Investor checklist
Pre-inspection briefing for Tannum Sands — every item is derived from public datasets, with full citations in our data sources page.
- Market depth: 5,227 residents — 95% of the QLD suburb median (5,474).
- Purchasing power: median household income $105,820/year (+17% vs Queensland suburb median of $90,298).
- Cash-flow coverage (2021 Census): $290/week rent (≈ $1,257/month) covered ~73% of the $1,733/month median mortgage at the 2021 Census — verify against current rents and rates.
- CBD access: 420 km straight-line from Brisbane (state suburb median 62 km).
- Dwelling mix: 74% separate houses — house-dominant market (vs 77% state median).
- Rate stress-test: budget ~$173/month extra for a 1-percentage-point RBA rate rise on top of the $1,733/month median repayment.
- Tenant rent burden: 14% of the median household income is spent on rent — comfortably affordable.
Investment strategy
Solid buy-and-hold profile: a population of 5,227 and household income close to the QLD median ($105,820 vs $90,298) give the market enough depth for patient capital growth without the premium entry price of inner suburbs.
Moderate rental coverage at the 2021 Census: rent of $290/week covered 73% of a $1,733/month mortgage, a $476/month gap bridged with equity, depreciation and tax benefits. Re-check with current rents and rates before committing.
With 74% houses in a 5,227-person market, renovation margins depend on individual street and aspect rather than any suburb-wide story — do comparable-sales analysis before committing capital.
Risk factors
- Interest-rate sensitivity: the $1,733/month median mortgage in Tannum Sands means a 1-percentage-point RBA rate rise could add roughly $173/month to repayments, reducing buyer borrowing capacity and cooling prices.
- Commute distance: at 420 km from the nearest CBD, Tannum Sands depends on local employment rather than city-driven commuter demand, which amplifies the market's sensitivity to regional industry slowdowns.
- Regulatory risk: changes to Australian tax settings (negative gearing, CGT discount, foreign-buyer surcharges, land-tax thresholds) could reshape after-tax returns in Tannum Sands regardless of local market conditions.
- Market cycle risk: property markets are cyclical, so stress-test your projections in Tannum Sands with a 10–15% price pullback scenario before committing capital — returns to date are not a guarantee of future performance.
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Property values in Tannum Sands should track the wider Queensland market through 2026, with the $105,820/year median household income (17% above the $90,298 state median) keeping the suburb firmly mid-pack. At the 2021 Census, rental coverage ran at ~73% of the typical mortgage ($1,257/month rent vs $1,733/month repayment), leaving a manageable top-up for most investors. Verify against current rents and rates. Overall investor sentiment for Tannum Sands is balanced heading into the second half of 2026, based on its income, rent and mortgage profile relative to the Queensland median.
Frequently asked questions
Is Tannum Sands a good suburb for investment?
Whether Tannum Sands suits you depends on your strategy, but the fundamentals are concrete: a population of 5,227, a median household income of $105,820/year and median weekly rent of $290. Weigh those against your goal — cash flow, capital growth, or a value-add renovation — each of which we break down with suburb-specific ABS numbers elsewhere on this page.
What drives property demand in Tannum Sands?
The main demand drivers in Tannum Sands are an above-state-median household income of $105,820/year, a dwelling mix that is 74% separate houses. Together these shape both owner-occupier and tenant demand.
What is the population of Tannum Sands?
Tannum Sands has a usual resident population of approximately 5,227, 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.
How far is Tannum Sands from the Brisbane CBD?
Tannum Sands sits 420 km straight-line from the Brisbane CBD. This is a regional market where CBD distance is only indicative — local industry diversity and commute alternatives matter more.
What is the median rent in Tannum Sands?
The median weekly rent in Tannum Sands is $550 (as at Mar 2026, Residential Tenancies Authority (Qld)), equating to approximately $28,600/year in gross rental income. Confirm against current listings on realestate.com.au and Domain before making an offer.
What is the typical mortgage repayment in Tannum Sands?
The median monthly mortgage repayment in Tannum Sands is $1,733, or approximately $20,796/year (vs $1,733/month state median). Stress-test your own borrowing at rates 1–2 percentage points above today's to make sure you can still service the loan through an RBA tightening cycle.
Is Tannum Sands cash-flow positive for investors?
A median weekly rent of $290 works out to $1,257/month, covering 73% of the median mortgage repayment of $1,733/month. That leaves a $476/month shortfall (around $5,712/year before tax benefits), so a typical owner-occupier-priced property here is negatively geared. Actual cash flow depends on your deposit, loan terms, ownership costs and marginal tax rate — run the full numbers in our rental yield calculator.
What are the main risks of investing in Tannum Sands?
The main risks are interest-rate sensitivity on the $1,733 median mortgage, the broader Queensland market cycle. Each of these is covered in the Risk Factors section above with suburb-specific numbers rather than generic warnings.
How we built this Tannum Sands profile
The population figure on this page comes from the ABS 2021 Census. The postcode comes from a community postcode dataset cross-checked against Australia Post. The dwelling mix is from the ABS 2021 Census. The median household income is the ABS 2021 Census median weekly household income, annualised. Distance to the CBD is calculated from the suburb's ABS centroid. The Census median rent and mortgage figures are 2021 figures and are labelled as such wherever they appear — they are five years old and have moved substantially since. The current median weekly rent in Key indicators is a genuine recent figure from Residential Tenancies Authority (Qld) (Mar 2026), published under a Creative Commons licence and dated on the page. We do not publish an investment score or school/park counts for this suburb. See our methodology and data sources for exactly what's measured and what's estimated.