Average rent in Yorkeys Knob - Machans Beach, QLD — 2026

Yorkeys Knob - Machans Beach sits below the Queensland median, with the typical renter paying $310/week — 14% less than the state-wide $359/week baseline (ABS Census 2021). The suburb skews owner-occupied: 58% own outright or with a mortgage, and only 40% rent. Housing stock is dominated by separate houses (54%), with limited high-density development. Population sits at 6,133, the median age is 46, and the most common occupation is Professionals. 23% of residents were born overseas. Yorkeys Knob - Machans Beach is 1400km 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outside the inner-ring rent pressure zone — though state-level rent indices show the 2021 baseline is now meaningfully out of date.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.