Finch Hatton suburb profile
Finch Hatton is a small rural township in Queensland's Pioneer Valley within the Mackay Region, framed by cane and grazing country and the rising Eungella Range. The town sits near Finch Hatton Gorge and the waterways that feed into the Pioneer River, making it a local base for outdoor recreation.
Housing is a mix of timber cottages, low-density rural blocks and small hobby farms, with a compact main street providing basic shops and services. The Mackay-Eungella Road links the town to regional centres, and trails, swimming holes and waterfalls nearby are long-standing features of local life.
Finch Hatton property market performance
Finch Hatton has no published median house or unit price; too few sales of either property type have occurred recently to produce a reliable median.
Finch Hatton also has no reported average rents or 12-month rent-change figures for houses or units.
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Finch Hatton demographics
Finch Hatton is an older community with many households owning their homes outright and incomes below the median for Queensland.
Couples without children are the largest family group at 44.4% of families. At the 2021 Census, 531 people lived in Finch Hatton.
| Suburb | QLD | |
|---|---|---|
Median age years | 48 | 38 |
Median household income weekly | $1,279 | $1,675 |
Couples with children share of families | 41.3% | 41.2% |
Couples without children share of families | 44.4% | 40.3% |
One-parent families share of families | 14.3% | 16.8% |
Homes owned outright share of homes | 52.8% | 30.1% |
Homes with a mortgage share of homes | 32.8% | 35.6% |
Homes rented share of homes | 14.4% | 34.3% |
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