Suburb profile

Hope Vale QLD 4895

Hope Vale is located in the Outback Queensland region of Queensland, postcode 4895. It has 493 properties across 32 streets, almost all houses. Explore every street in Hope Vale, its property history, homes for sale and rent, who lives there, and the local agents.

About Hope Vale

Hope Vale, QLD 4895, sits in Outback Queensland and neighbours Lizard, Starcke, Coral Sea and Cooktown. Its 32 streets hold 493 properties, 469 of them houses and 24 units.

Census figures are for the Cape York area. There were 7,803 residents, a median age of 35 and an average household of 2.7 people. Median household income was $1,063 a week, the median mortgage repayment $1,286 a month and the median rent $130 a week. Of 2,337 dwellings, 1,988 were separate houses, 122 semi-detached, 47 flats and 142 other; 576 were owned outright, 293 owned with a mortgage and 1,214 rented.

Updated October 2026

Who lives in Hope Vale

  • 7,803Peoplelive in the area
  • 35Median ageyears
  • $1,063Median household incomea week
  • $130Median renta week

Homes by type

  • Houses1,988
  • Townhouses and semis122
  • Flats and apartments47
  • Other142

Household

  • Median mortgage repayment$1,286a month
  • Household size2.7people on average

How homes are held

Owned outright 576Owned with a mortgage 293Rented 1,214Other 254

Schools in Hope Vale

  • Cape York Aboriginal Australian Academy

    GovernmentPrimary

  • Hopevale Campus of CYAAA

    GovernmentPrimary

Streets in Hope Vale

Neighbouring suburbs

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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.

School details © Australian Curriculum, Assessment and Reporting Authority (ACARA), from the Australian Schools List, licensed under Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 International and modified. ACARA does not endorse Listd.

Area summaries are generated from the national address file and ABS Census data, and checked against those figures before publication.