Average rent in Johnstone, QLD — 2026

Johnstone sits below the Queensland median, with the typical renter paying $250/week — 30% less than the state-wide $359/week baseline (ABS Census 2021). The suburb skews owner-occupied: 75% own outright or with a mortgage, and only 19% rent. Housing stock is dominated by separate houses (96%), with limited high-density development. Population sits at 8,002, the median age is 47, and the most common occupation is Managers. 11% of residents were born overseas. Johnstone is 1307km from Brisbane, often putting it outside the inner-ring rent pressure zone — though state-level rent indices show the 2021 baseline is now meaningfully out of date. Your reported figure above gives the live read; the Census number anchors the historical baseline.