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What it costs to live in Hinchinbrook, QLD
Hinchinbrook council area, Queensland. About 11,194 people lived here in 2025. Here's what rent, power, fuel, the pokies and crime look like, and how each one sits against the rest of Queensland.
Rent
$395
A week. That's the median rent on new leases in the June quarter 2026.
Pokies losses
$737
Lost for every adult in a year. That's 82% of the QLD average.
See pokies losses in HinchinbrookElectricity
$2,031
A year on the regulated price in the Ergon Energy network area, for 4,748 kWh. That's the price the state's regulator sets for the standing offer. A typical plan here costs $2,031.
See electricity pricesUnleaded petrol
189c
A litre, on average, at 6 stations here over the year to August 2026. That's about the QLD average.
See when fuel is cheapestCrime police recorded
Offences against the person, 2025–26
Police recorded 250 of these in Hinchinbrook. That's 2,233 for every 100,000 people, or 1.5 times the QLD average. Five years before, in 2020–21, it was 1,592, so it has gone up 40%.
See each year
| Year | Recorded | Per 100,000 | QLD per 100,000 |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2025–26 | 250 | 2,233 | 1,512 |
| 2024–25 | 295 | 2,635 | 1,562 |
| 2023–24 | 295 | 2,650 | 1,550 |
| 2022–23 | 283 | 2,551 | 1,467 |
| 2021–22 | 220 | 1,988 | 1,273 |
| 2020–21 | 175 | 1,592 | 883 |
| 2019–20 | 144 | 1,320 | 738 |
| 2018–19 | 59 | 542 | 739 |
| 2017–18 | 130 | 1,188 | 737 |
| 2016–17 | 100 | 913 | 706 |
Offences against property, 2025–26
Police recorded 350 of these in Hinchinbrook. That's 3,127 for every 100,000 people, or 63% of the QLD average. Five years before, in 2020–21, it was 1,956, so it has gone up 60%.
See each year
| Year | Recorded | Per 100,000 | QLD per 100,000 |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2025–26 | 350 | 3,127 | 4,928 |
| 2024–25 | 452 | 4,038 | 4,868 |
| 2023–24 | 436 | 3,917 | 5,204 |
| 2022–23 | 401 | 3,615 | 5,290 |
| 2021–22 | 348 | 3,144 | 4,610 |
| 2020–21 | 215 | 1,956 | 4,154 |
| 2019–20 | 368 | 3,373 | 5,118 |
| 2018–19 | 289 | 2,654 | 5,075 |
| 2017–18 | 464 | 4,240 | 4,887 |
| 2016–17 | 452 | 4,128 | 4,694 |
This is crime that police recorded in the area over a year, July to June. Lots of crime is never reported, and a rise can mean police are looking harder, not just that more crime happened. Each state counts crime its own way, so only compare a council with its own state.
Suburbs in Hinchinbrook
Who lives in each one, their homes and how they get around.
- Abergowrie
- Bambaroo
- Bemerside
- Blackrock
- Braemeadows
- Coolbie
- Cordelia
- Dalrymple Creek
- Foresthome
- Forrest Beach
- Gairloch
- Garrawalt
- Halifax
- Hawkins Creek
- Helens Hill
- Ingham
- Lannercost
- Long Pocket
- Lucinda
- Macknade
- Mount Fox
- Orient
- Palm Island (part)
- Peacock Siding
- Taylors Beach
- Toobanna
- Trebonne
- Upper Stone
- Victoria Plantation
- Wallaman
- Wharps
- Yuruga
Look further
- Rents across Australia: what tenants really pay by suburb and postcode.
- Pokies losses by council: where the most is lost, in four states.
- Fuel prices: the price cycle and the cheapest day to fill up.
- Compare Hinchinbrook with another area, side by side.
- Look up another area.
Sources: recorded crime, © State of Queensland (Queensland Police Service), Reported offences by LGA, CC BY 4.0; Australian Bureau of Statistics, CC BY 4.0. Population: Australian Bureau of Statistics, Regional population, CC BY 4.0. Pokies losses: the state's gambling regulator (see the pokies page for its credit). Rent: state rental bond data (see the rent pages). Electricity: Regional Queensland notified prices 2026–27: Queensland Competition Authority; retailers' plans under the Consumer Data Right. Fuel: Queensland Government, Fuel Price Reporting, CC BY 4.0.