EquitySight.app
Free full calculator →
EquitySight.app
Free full calculator →
ABS 2021 Census · Updated 21 May 2026
Wainui is a regional centre in Queensland, Australia, with a population of approximately 8, making it a boutique locality. Located approximately 156 km from the Brisbane CBD, Wainui is a regional area in Queensland. The median household income is $117,000 per year.
Wainui benefits from a high-income resident base, supporting premium property pricing. Regional positioning means lower entry costs but potentially longer hold periods for capital gains.
Official Australia Post postcode for Wainui. 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 Wainui 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.
Wainui is a smaller community of 8 — about 0% of the Queensland suburb median (5,474) — so investors should factor in the narrower buyer pool and longer average time-on-market. Median household income of $117,000/year runs 30% 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. The median weekly rent of $50 translates to approximately $2,600/year in gross rental income, setting the upper bound on yield before vacancy, rates, insurance and maintenance. Wainui is 156 km from Brisbane, so the local market tracks regional employment and lifestyle drivers more than CBD-driven commuter demand.
How Wainui stacks up against the median of all Queensland suburbs in our dataset. Positive values mean Wainui sits above the state median; negative means below.
| Metric | Wainui | QLD median | Δ vs state |
|---|---|---|---|
| Population | 8 | 5,474 | -100% |
| Median household income | $117,000/yr | $90,298/yr | +30% |
| Median rent (weekly) | $50 | $385 | -87% |
| Distance to CBD | 156 km | 62 km | +152% |
Pre-inspection briefing for Wainui — every item is derived from public datasets, with full citations in our data sources page.
Limited buy-and-hold upside: a small population of 8 means liquidity is thin and capital growth tends to lag the wider Queensland market over full cycles.
Gross rent of $50/week (~$2,600/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 8, the resale market in Wainui 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.
Run the numbers on a Wainui property
Scenario comparison, cash flow analysis, tax modelling, and PDF export — all in one place.
Create free account →Capital-growth expectations for Wainui are modest for 2026 — incomes 30% above the QLD median of $90,298 and a population of 8 suggest gains will lag headline metro markets. Rents sit around $50/week, setting the baseline gross rental income at roughly $2,600/year — refine this against current listings before running your numbers. The EquitySight investment score of 51/100 places Wainui in the mid tier of Australian suburbs we profile, and overall investor sentiment is balanced heading into the second half of 2026.
Lived in Wainui? Help other investors with an honest 100-word review. Sign-in required; all reviews are manually moderated before they appear.
Wainui scores 51/100 on our EquitySight investment framework — a moderate rating. That score is driven by a population of 8, median household income of $117,000/year and median weekly rent of $50. 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 Wainui are an above-state-median household income of $117,000/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.
Wainui has a usual resident population of approximately 8, 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.
Wainui sits 156 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.
The most recent census recorded a median weekly rent of $50 in Wainui, equating to approximately $2,600/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 Wainui. 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 Wainui 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 (8 residents), interest-rate sensitivity, 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.