Suburb profile
Elgin QLD 4721
Elgin is located in the Mackay, Isaac and Whitsunday region of Queensland, postcode 4721. It has 21 properties across 6 streets, almost all houses. Explore every street in Elgin, its property history, homes for sale and rent, who lives there, and the local agents.
About Elgin
Elgin, QLD 4721, sits in the Mackay, Isaac and Whitsunday region and neighbours Belyando, Frankfield and Laglan. Its 6 streets hold 21 properties, all of them houses.
Census figures are for the Clermont area, which has 3,893 residents, a median age of 36 and an average household of 2.5 people. Median household income is $1,873 a week, the median mortgage repayment $1,300 a month and the median rent $220 a week. Of 1,267 dwellings, 1,106 are separate houses, 106 semi-detached, 14 flats and 36 other; 370 are owned outright, 288 owned with a mortgage and 446 rented.
Updated October 2026
Who lives in Elgin
- 3,893Peoplelive in the area
- 36Median ageyears
- $1,873Median household incomea week
- $220Median renta week
Homes by type
- Houses1,106
- Townhouses and semis106
- Flats and apartments14
- Other36
Household
- Median mortgage repayment$1,300a month
- Household size2.5people on average
How homes are held
Streets in Elgin
Neighbouring suburbs
Addresses and streets incorporate or were developed using G-NAF © Geoscape Australia, licensed by the Commonwealth of Australia under the Open Geo-coded National Address File (G-NAF) End User Licence Agreement.
Population and housing figures are drawn from the Australian Bureau of Statistics, Census of Population and Housing 2021, licensed under Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 International.
Area summaries are generated from the national address file and ABS Census data, and checked against those figures before publication.