Capricorn Coast, QLD
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Drive to the coast
2 min
By road
Nearest major hospital
5 min
By road
Airport access
1h 6m
By road
Schools access
Good
Average daytime temp
25.9°C
Rainfall
Moderate rainfall
Life in Yeppoon tends to organise itself around the coast without feeling like you have moved into a tiny holiday settlement. The beach and lagoon are right there, boating is common, and Great Keppel Island sits close enough to make island days a realistic part of life rather than a once-a-year excursion.
Underneath that coastal identity is a year-round community supported by healthcare, trades, mining-related work, retail and services. The town has grown strongly, with population up about 22% since 2016, which helps explain why it feels more active than its roughly 19,000 residents might suggest.
The median age is 43 and couples without children outnumber those with children, though families still have decent schooling and practical amenities nearby. Expect warm weather, a humid summer and a noticeable lift in activity during visitor periods. Shopping is useful rather than metropolitan, and Rockhampton-side employment connections matter for some households.
A house median around $850,000 means it is no longer a cheap beach escape. Brisbane is more than eight hours away by road and the airport is about an hour away, so Yeppoon makes most sense when you are comfortable building your life around the Capricorn Coast itself.
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Swimming, boating and island trips can become normal parts of the week in Yeppoon without sacrificing too much day-to-day practicality. Families and people working remotely still have reasonable schools, healthcare, shops and cafés around them. That matters if you want a coastal lifestyle but do not want the compromises that come with a tiny beach settlement.
The main compromise is distance from Brisbane, at roughly 8 hours 15 minutes by road, and the airport is about 66 minutes away. Tourism is still noticeable, and the town will not offer the employment depth or retail choice of Cairns or Townsville. It is coastal first, city second.
Swim at Yeppoon Lagoon
Cruise to Great Keppel Island and the Southern Great Barrier Reef
Stroll the esplanade street art and boutiques
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Read the guideMedian house price
$850,000
8% below the QLD median
Median attached price (townhouse/apartment)
$600,000
Median weekly rent (3-bed house)
$650
≈ $2,817/month
Sourced from Queensland Government Statistician's Office · 12 months ending 31 March 2026
Healthcare access
Excellent
Shopping & everyday services
Good
4–9 shopping centres within 20km
Internet connection
Fixed line
Plus 3 more within 20km — showing the 8 closest.
Job market by industry
Trades — 12.8%
Largest share of local jobs
Employment figures cover this town's wider statistical region, not the town alone — you'll see the same figures for Agnes Water, Byfield, Rockhampton and Gladstone.
The score ranks this region against other regions for the same occupation, not against other jobs here — a low score means it isn't a regional stronghold for that field, not that there are no vacancies. Counts online job advertisements, so trades and farm work hired by word of mouth are undercounted, and outside capital cities this is published at a regional level larger than one town.
Yeppoon (UCL 313012) · 2021 Census
The age profile is close to the national one, with 20.5% aged 65 or over against 17.2% and 18.2% children against 18.2%.
Population
18,789
Population growth
+21.5%
Yeppoon (SA2 308031223)
Median age
43 years
Labour force participation
59.1%
Growth is measured across the wider area named under the figure, which can be a different size to the town.
Share of total population in each band — rounding means these won't land on exactly 100%.
Couples are a share of total families; lone-person households are a share of total households — different bases, not one breakdown.
Median personal income
$784
Per week · ≈ $40,768/year
Median family income
$2,052
Per week
Median household income
$1,612
Per week
Personal is one person's income; family and household cover everyone living together — a single-income household will show a lower household figure than its highest earner's personal one. Personal income also covers every resident aged 15 and over, retirees included, so it reads low in a town with an older population even where household income is solid.
Owner-occupied
68.1%
Rented
27.5%
Born in Australia
80.9%
Born overseas
12.4%
Doesn't sum to 100% — people who didn't state a birthplace are excluded rather than redistributed.