Average rent in Walkervale - Avenell Heights, QLD — 2026

Walkervale - Avenell Heights sits below the Queensland median, with the typical renter paying $275/week — 23% less than the state-wide $359/week baseline (ABS Census 2021). The suburb skews owner-occupied: 63% own outright or with a mortgage, and only 34% rent. Housing stock is dominated by separate houses (85%), with limited high-density development. Population sits at 10,982, the median age is 42, and the most common occupation is Labourers. 10% of residents were born overseas. Walkervale - Avenell Heights is 293km 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outside the inner-ring rent pressure zone — though state-level rent indices show the 2021 baseline is now meaningfully out of date.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.