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ABS 2021 Census · Updated 21 May 2026
White Mountain is a regional centre in Queensland, Australia, with a population of approximately 16, making it a boutique locality. Located approximately 90 km from the Brisbane CBD, White Mountain is a regional area in Queensland. The median household income is $31,824 per year.
White Mountain's income profile suggests a value-oriented market with competitive purchase prices. As a regional location, growth prospects depend on local economic conditions and infrastructure investment.
Official Australia Post postcode for White Mountain. 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 White Mountain 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.
White Mountain is a smaller community of 16 — about 0% of the Queensland suburb median (5,474) — so investors should factor in the narrower buyer pool and longer average time-on-market. White Mountain's median household income of $31,824/year is 65% 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. White Mountain is 90 km from Brisbane, so the local market tracks regional employment and lifestyle drivers more than CBD-driven commuter demand. Separate houses make up 100% of dwellings — 23 percentage points above the Queensland median of 77% — pointing to a family-oriented, land-rich market where value is concentrated in the underlying block.
How White Mountain stacks up against the median of all Queensland suburbs in our dataset. Positive values mean White Mountain sits above the state median; negative means below.
| Metric | White Mountain | QLD median | Δ vs state |
|---|---|---|---|
| Population | 16 | 5,474 | -100% |
| Median household income | $31,824/yr | $90,298/yr | -65% |
| Median mortgage (monthly) | $1,000 | $1,733 | -42% |
| Distance to CBD | 90 km | 62 km | +45% |
| Separate houses | 100% | 77% | +23pp |
Pre-inspection briefing for White Mountain — every item is derived from public datasets, with full citations in our data sources page.
Limited buy-and-hold upside: a small population of 16 means liquidity is thin and capital growth tends to lag the wider Queensland market over full cycles.
Median rental data was not captured for White Mountain. Use current realestate.com.au and Domain listings to triangulate a realistic weekly rent before committing, then feed that number into our rental yield calculator.
With 100% houses in a 16-person market, renovation margins depend on individual street and aspect rather than any suburb-wide story — do comparable-sales analysis before committing capital.
Run the numbers on a White Mountain property
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Create free account →Capital-growth expectations for White Mountain are modest for 2026 — incomes 65% below the QLD median of $90,298 and a population of 16 suggest gains will lag headline metro markets. Rental fundamentals will need to be verified against live listings, as a clean median rent was not recorded for White Mountain. The EquitySight investment score of 27/100 places White Mountain in the lower tier of Australian suburbs we profile, and overall investor sentiment is cautious heading into the second half of 2026.
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White Mountain scores 27/100 on our EquitySight investment framework — a weak rating. That score is driven by a population of 16, median household income of $31,824/year. 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 White Mountain are a median household income of $31,824/year, a dwelling mix that is 100% separate houses, 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.
White Mountain has a usual resident population of approximately 16, 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.
White Mountain sits 90 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.
A reliable median rent was not captured for White Mountain. Benchmark expected weekly rent on realestate.com.au and Domain, or the state rental tribunal's rent dashboard. Most Australian investors target a 4–5% gross yield as a baseline.
The median monthly mortgage repayment in White Mountain is $1,000, or approximately $12,000/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.
Census data was not complete enough in White Mountain 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 (16 residents), interest-rate sensitivity on the $1,000 median mortgage, below-median household incomes ($31,824 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.