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Warwick

Queensland · Granite Belt, Darling Downs - Maranoa

Live · ABS ERP June 2025

A 3-bedroom house rents for $550 a week, against $670 in the middle Queensland area. The median age is 44, higher than the middle Queensland area (39, Census 2021).

Warwick has 10 schools (5 government, 5 non-government; ACARA School Profile 2025) and 10 NQS-rated childcare services (ACECQA register). Population is 16,197 (ABS ERP June 2025).

Warwick at a glance

Median rent, 3-bedroom house
$550
per week
Family-Fit score
60/100
Mixed for families
How it is calculated
Schools
10
Area centre zoned to Warwick East State School
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Childcare services
10
8 rated Meeting NQS or above
Population
16,197
+0.4% in a year
Median age
44
18.6% are children under 15
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Boundaries: ABS Suburbs & Localities 2021. School pins are ACARA's published locations. Map © OpenStreetMap contributors, © CARTO. Open the full QLD map →

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How the Family-Fit score is built60/100

Family-Fit score

Method published in full
60 /100
Mixed for families

Mixed for families - strongest on childcare & early years, weakest on socio-economic profile.

Schools in the area · 20% of the score
61/100

QLD median 61/100

10 schools in this SA2 · average government-school ICSEA 903

Childcare & early years · 15% of the score
100/100

QLD median 60/100

10 NQS-rated services nearby

Everyday amenities · 15% of the score
79/100

QLD median 73/100

16 parks · 2 GPs · 2 supermarkets · 5 playgrounds

Housing affordability · 15% of the score
45/100

QLD median 51/100

Paying over 30% of income on housing: 11.0% of mortgage-holding households, 34.7% of renting households

Families already here · 10% of the score
51/100

QLD median 64/100

18.6% of residents are children aged 0–14 · 33.2% of families are couples with children

Socio-economic profile · 10% of the score
0/100

QLD median 44/100

SEIFA IRSAD decile 1 of 10 nationally

The grey marker on each bar is the median across the 484 Queensland areas we publish a score for (state median overall: 58/100). It is context, not a pass mark.

Not scored here (no published data for this area, so it is left out rather than counted as zero): Getting around. The remaining inputs were rescaled to 100.

How this score is calculated

Each published figure for the Warwick SA2 is mapped onto 0–100 by fixed thresholds, then weighted. Inputs with no data here are dropped and the rest rescaled - never scored as zero. Every threshold and weight →

Schools in the area 61/100 × 20% → 14.3 points
10 schools in this SA2 · average government-school ICSEA 903
Childcare & early years 100/100 × 15% → 17.6 points
10 NQS-rated services nearby
Everyday amenities 79/100 × 15% → 14 points
16 parks · 2 GPs · 2 supermarkets · 5 playgrounds
Getting around no data here - not counted
No train-time data for QLD yet, and no station mapped inside this SA2 - not counted either way
Housing affordability 45/100 × 15% → 7.9 points
Paying over 30% of income on housing: 11.0% of mortgage-holding households, 34.7% of renting households
Families already here 51/100 × 10% → 6 points
18.6% of residents are children aged 0–14 · 33.2% of families are couples with children
Socio-economic profile 0/100 × 10% → 0 points
SEIFA IRSAD decile 1 of 10 nationally

School results, crime and flood or bushfire overlays are not graded into this score. Limits of the score →

What families notice
In their own terms

What families notice

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Families often notice
  • This address is zoned to Warwick East State School (government, no fees).
  • 16 parks mapped inside this SA2 (OpenStreetMap).
  • 10 schools sit inside this SA2 - more choice than most areas this size.
Good to know
  • We don't yet have official crime data for QLD (only NSW and VIC) - that's a data gap on our side, not a claim this area is safe.
  • About 35% of renters here spend over 30% of income on rent - above the standard affordability guideline (ABS Census 2021).
  • This area's SEIFA index is lower than most of QLD - a relative socio-economic measure, not a safety or quality rating.
Source: Templated from the live data on this page - ABS, ACARA, ACECQA, BOCSAR/CSA Victoria, SEIFA 2021.
Living in Warwick: family snapshot
Family snapshot

Living in Warwick

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A mid-sized suburb. Many childcare options nearby - 10 NQS-rated services. Mostly detached family homes.

Source: ABS population estimates · ABS Census 2021 · ACARA · ACECQA
Warwick compared with Queensland10 measures
Warwick compared with the QLD average
Measure Warwick QLD average Against QLD
Children aged 0 to 4 5.5% 5.7% About the same
Children aged 5 to 14 13.2% 13.0% About the same
Couple families with children 33.2% 41.0% Lower
One-parent families 20.3% 17.0% Higher
Homes owned outright 36.6% 29.3% Higher
Homes owned with a mortgage 28.2% 35.6% Lower
Homes rented 32.9% 33.2% About the same
Separate houses 87.2% 76.6% Higher
Flats and apartments 1.9% 11.1% Lower
Born overseas 8.6% 22.7% Lower

Source: ABS Census 2021. The QLD figure is the population-weighted average of the 543 QLD areas with a published value. "Higher" and "Lower" describe the number only.

About this area and its boundary

Warwick is a locality in the Granite Belt area of Queensland. This profile draws on ABS population and Census figures, the ACARA school register and ACECQA childcare ratings for the Warwick SA2.

16,197 residents - 18.6% are children under 15, median age 44.

This profile uses the ABS Warwick statistical area (SA2) - the level Australian government data is published at. SA2 boundaries don’t always match suburb boundaries. It covers the gazetted suburbs of Warwick, Rosenthal Heights, Womina, Rosehill, Canningvale, Morgan Park and Mount Tabor, drawn separately on the map above.

Property market

A 3-bedroom house rents for a median $550 a week. Queensland publishes no free suburb sale-price series.

Median rent, 3-bedroom house
$550
per week

Source: RTA Queensland median rents · Jun 2026

Homes and households

Who owns the homes
37% Owned outright 28% Mortgage 33% Rented
Families
33% Couple with children 45% Couple, no children 20% One parent
Types of home
87% House 11% Townhouse 2% Apartment

Source: ABS Census 2021. Where the shares do not add to 100%, the rest is "other" or "not stated".

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Housing cost pressuremortgage and rent against income
What households here actually pay

Housing cost pressure

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In Warwick, 34.7% of renting households spend more than 30% of their income on rent, and 11% of households with a mortgage spend more than 30% on repayments - the ABS's stretched-household threshold (Census 2021).

ABS published figures, not our calculation.

Mortgage over 30% of income
11%

QLD avg 11.9%

Share of households WITH a mortgage whose repayments take more than 30% of income. That's 186 of 1,462 households with a stated repayment.

Rent over 30% of income
34.7%

QLD avg 32.3%

Share of RENTING households whose rent takes more than 30% of income. That's 685 of 1,774 households with a stated rent.

The two figures cover different households (mortgage-holding vs renting), so never add them. How the ABS counts these → Grey marker: QLD average (520 for mortgage and 528 for rent). Census 2021 - housing costs have moved since. Not financial advice.

Source: ABS Census 2021 - Mortgage & Rent Affordability Indicator Datasets (via ABS Data by Region, SA2)
What's being built herenew homes approved, year by year
Warwick · new dwellings approved

What's being built here

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92 new homes were approved in Warwick in the year to June 2025. Councils approved 422 new dwellings here across the 6 years to June 2025 - an approval is permission to build, not a home that exists yet.

92

Approved in the year to June 2025

Middle QLD area: 31

327

Separate houses

Private sector, over these 6 years

89

Townhouses & apartments

Private sector, over these 6 years

Counts are for the whole Warwick statistical area. What these counts include → Dashed line: the median of 487Queensland areas.

Source: Australian Bureau of Statistics, Data by region, 2011-2025 (cat. 1410.0), sourced from ABS Building Approvals, Australia (cat. 8731.0) (source, CC BY 4.0). Each year is a year ended 30 June, published for the SA2, not the suburb.
About this data

Rent only: median weekly rent of new tenancies lodged with the Queensland RTA, by postcode. Queensland publishes no free suburb sale-price series, so we show no house price here rather than an estimate. © The State of Queensland Residential Tenancies Authority, CC BY 3.0 AU.

Schools and childcare

10 schools are located in the area, and the centre of the area is zoned to Warwick East State School. 10 childcare services are on the national register, 8 rated Meeting the National Quality Standard or above.

Your zoned school Live VIC + NSW + QLD catchments

Warwick East State School

The government school your child can attend for free by living in Warwick.

Sector Government
Years Prep-6
Students 237
ICSEA 923
A picture of students’ family backgrounds - not a ranking or a quality score.

This is the zoned government school for the centre of Warwick (QLD catchment data) - addresses elsewhere in the suburb may be zoned to a different school.

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Zoned secondary school
Warwick State High School Government · 7-12 · 702 students
ICSEA 920 intake context

The government Year 7 zone for the centre of Warwick (QLD catchment data) - addresses elsewhere in the suburb may be zoned to a different school.

Also nearby - Catholic & Independent schools (not your catchment)
The SCOTS PGC College
Independent 470 students
ICSEA 1008 intake context
Assumption College
Catholic 444 students
ICSEA 994 intake context
St Mary's School
Catholic 321 students
ICSEA 1002 intake context

Fee-paying schools can’t be enrolled in by zone - they’re shown for context, not as the area’s school quality.

We show school intake context and catchments, not exam results. We don’t publish a school ranking.

All school zones in the Southern Downs council area →

To look beyond Warwick, every Queensland school is on the Australian schools and catchment zones map.

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Schools in Warwick

ICSEA reflects student intake context, not teaching quality (1000 = national average). Source: ACARA School Profile 2025. All QLD schools →

Childcare: 10 services

Exceeding NQS: 1Meeting NQS: 7Working Towards NQS: 1Not yet rated: 1

National Quality Standard ratings from the ACECQA register, refreshed Oct 2026. Services are matched by suburb name.

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Childcare services, ratings and fees10 services
  • C&K Glennie Heights Community Kindergarten
    Centre-Based Care · 24 places · Warwick
    Rated Dec 2022 · over 3 years old, check for a more recent assessment
    Exceeding NQS
  • Busy Bees at Warwick
    Centre-Based Care · 105 places · Warwick
    Rated Jan 2026
    Meeting NQS
  • Whispering Gully Rosenthal Heights
    Centre-Based Care · 75 places · Rosenthal Heights
    Rated Sep 2020 · over 3 years old, check for a more recent assessment
    Meeting NQS
  • Kidszone Australia
    Centre-Based Care · 75 places · Warwick
    Rated Apr 2026
    Meeting NQS
  • Little Tackers Childcare Centre
    Centre-Based Care · 75 places · Warwick
    Rated Dec 2025
    Meeting NQS
  • Goodstart Early Learning Warwick - Wood Street
    Centre-Based Care · 74 places · Warwick
    Rated Mar 2023 · over 3 years old, check for a more recent assessment
    Meeting NQS
  • Lady Gowrie Warwick Community Kindergarten
    Centre-Based Care · 48 places · Warwick
    Rated Jun 2023 · over 3 years old, check for a more recent assessment
    Meeting NQS
  • St Mary's Kindergarten, Warwick
    Centre-Based Care · 22 places · Warwick
    Rated Nov 2023 · over 3 years old, check for a more recent assessment
    Meeting NQS
  • St Mary's Outside School Hours Care Warwick
    Centre-Based Care · 45 places · Warwick
    Rated May 2024
    Working Towards NQS
  • Headstart Warwick Central
    Centre-Based Care · 54 places · Warwick
    Not yet rated
Average subsidised fee - Granite Belt area
Centre-based day care
$14.05/hr

Mean hourly fee across CCS-approved services, December quarter 2025 - Dept of Education, © Commonwealth of Australia, CC BY 4.0. Published at SA3 level (a wider area than this suburb's SA2), so it's an average across Granite Belt and surrounds, not this specific service list.

Verify locations before visiting. A rating over 3 years old is flagged. What the NQS ratings mean → Childcare places per child, by suburb →

Who lives here

Fewer people born overseas than Queensland overall: 8.6% of residents, against 22.7% statewide.

Median age
44
ABS Census 2021
Children under 15
18.6%
About the QLD average
Born overseas
8.6%
Below the QLD average
Density
102
people per km²

Ages of people here

Warwick QLD average

Share of residents in each age band, in years. Source: ABS Census 2021.

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How the area is changingCensus 2011 to 2021
People counted at the Census, 2011 to 2021
+917 people
2011: 14,608 2021: 15,525
Median age, 2011 to 2021
+5 years
2011: 39 2021: 44
Children aged 0 to 14, 2011 to 2021
−3.1 points
2011: 21.7% 2021: 18.6%
Born overseas, 2011 to 2021
+1.3 points
2011: 7.3% 2021: 8.6%
Speak another language at home, 2011 to 2021
+1.3 points
2011: 2.8% 2021: 4.1%

Each line is drawn on its own scale, so compare the numbers, not the heights. Source: ABS Census 2011, 2016 and 2021.

Census trends against the middle QLD areafull charts
Three censuses, same boundaries

Which way this area is moving

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The 2011, 2016 and 2021 Censuses for Warwick, counted on today's boundaries.

Since 2011, Warwick has grown older, with a smaller share of children.

People counted
+917 people since 2011

Usual residents counted on Census night.

Median age
+5 years since 2011

Half the residents are older than this, half younger.

Children aged 0–14
−3.1 pts since 2011

Share of all residents. The clearest signal of families arriving or moving on.

Born overseas
+1.3 pts since 2011

Share of all residents born outside Australia.

Speak another language at home
+1.3 pts since 2011

Share of residents who stated a language, speaking one other than English at home.

The dashed line is the median across the Queensland areas we profile. How the three Censuses line up →

Source: ABS Census Time Series Profile 2021 (2011, 2016 and 2021 Censuses, SA2)
Where this year's population change came from+0.40% in a year
Population
16,197
ABS estimate, June 2025
Growth in one year
+0.40%
2024 to 2025
Net change
+70
people in a year

Where did the gain come from?

+70
Natural increase
Births minus deaths
-9
Internal migration
Net movers from elsewhere in Australia
+37
Overseas migration
Net arrivals from overseas
+42

Reading the streams: overseas arrivals were the dominant force - more came from abroad than the suburb grew on its own.

Growth vs benchmarks
Warwick
+0.40%
QLD median
+1.10%
National median
+0.80%
Ages against the state average, band by band
The neighbourhood, in people

Ages of people here

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13.2% of people here are school-age children (5–14) - about the Queensland average of 13%, and 5.5% are under 5. The median age is 44.

0–4 years · before school
5.5%

QLD avg 5.7%

5–14 years · school age
13.2%

QLD avg 13%

15–19 years · teens
6%

QLD avg 6.1%

20–34 years
16.6%

QLD avg 19.9%

35–54 years
20.6%

QLD avg 26.4%

55–64 years
13.2%

QLD avg 11.9%

65 years and over
24.9%

QLD avg 17%

Share of all residents of Warwick (ABS Statistical Area 2) at the 2021 Census; the grey marker is the Queensland average. How the bands and averages work →

Source: ABS Census 2021, General Community Profile (SA2)
Households and families
The neighbourhood, in people

Households and families

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54% of families here have children living at home - fewer than the Queensland average of 58%. The largest overseas-born communities are United Kingdom (2.4%), New Zealand (1.5%) and Philippines (1.1%). 33% of homes are rented.

Family make-up

Share of all families in the area. A small "other family" group the ABS also counts is not shown.

Couple with children
33.2%

QLD avg 41%

One-parent family
20.3%

QLD avg 17%

Couple, no children
45.2%

QLD avg 40.4%

What people live in

Share of occupied private dwellings. Other and unstated structures are not shown.

Separate house
87.2%

QLD avg 76.6%

Semi-detached / townhouse
10.5%

QLD avg 11.5%

Flat or apartment
1.9%

QLD avg 11.1%

Owned or rented

Share of occupied private dwellings. Other and unstated tenures are not shown.

Owned outright
36.6%

QLD avg 29.3%

Owned with a mortgage
28.2%

QLD avg 35.6%

Rented
32.9%

QLD avg 33.2%

Figures describe Warwick (ABS Statistical Area 2) at the 2021 Census; the grey marker is the Queensland average. How these are counted →

Source: ABS Census 2021, General Community Profile (SA2)
Birthplaces, languages and communities
The neighbourhood, in people

Who lives in Warwick

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Top 5 overseas birthplaces shown · 94.4% born in Australia or a country not in the top five.

United Kingdom · established by 2016
2.4%

QLD avg 4.4%

New Zealand · established by 2016
1.5%

QLD avg 4%

Philippines · established by 2016
1.1%

QLD avg 0.7%

India · established by 2016
0.3%

QLD avg 1.3%

South Africa · established by 2016
0.3%

QLD avg 0.8%

Nearby
Southern Downs - West, Stanthorpe and Stanthorpe Surrounds also have an established United Kingdom community.
Settlement pattern
Of overseas-born residents who stated when they arrived, 12.9% arrived in the last 5 years (2016–2021) (QLD avg 15.8%) and 60% arrived before 2001 (QLD avg 45.9%).
English at home
Of residents who speak a language other than English at home and stated their English proficiency, 11.5% report speaking English “not well” or “not at all” (QLD avg 11.3%) - a self-reported ABS figure across all languages combined, not a judgement of any one community.

Figures describe Warwick (ABS Statistical Area 2) at the 2021 Census. The ABS publishes only the five largest communities per area, so a missing name did not rank in the top five. How these are counted →

Source: ABS Census 2021, General Community Profile (SA2)
Socio-economic index (SEIFA)decile 1 of 10
Decile (1 lowest, 10 highest)
Decile 1 of 10
Where this sits in QLD
bottom 10% of Queensland areas

A relative comparison of the whole area against all of Australia - not a safety, liveability, or school-quality measure. What IRSAD measures → Source: ABS SEIFA 2021, IRSAD index (SA2).

Getting around and lifestyle

2 supermarkets, 2 GPs and 16 parks are mapped in the area, and the nearest emergency department is Warwick Hospital, 1.4 km away in a straight line.

2
Supermarkets
Middle QLD area: 1
2
GPs
Middle QLD area: 0
16
Parks
Middle QLD area: 16
5
Playgrounds
Middle QLD area: 6
None mapped
Train stations
Middle QLD area: 0
1
Libraries
Middle QLD area: 0

Mapped inside the Warwick boundary. A zero can mean "not mapped" rather than "not there". Source: © OpenStreetMap contributors.

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Train to the city and nearest emergency department

Train to the city

Not published

No station within reach of the middle of this area appears in the Queensland timetable feed, so we show no train travel time. Buses are not covered anywhere on this site.

Nearest emergency department

Mapped

Warwick Hospital · 1.4 km

Straight-line distance from the middle of this area - not a drive time. In an emergency call 000; do not plan around this figure.

Community and recreation
2
Places of worship
Middle QLD area: 0
3
Community centres
Middle QLD area: 0
1
Swimming pools
Middle QLD area: 0
7
Sport and fitness venues
Middle QLD area: 1
Out with a baby
2
Baby-change tables
None mapped
Baby-care rooms

Public-toilet facilities recorded on the National Public Toilet Map - not every place in the area that will let you change a baby.

About this data

Counts of features tagged in OpenStreetMap inside the Warwick boundary. “Middle QLD area”: the median of 538 Queensland areas. How these counts and times are made →

Source: © OpenStreetMap contributors · baby-facility counts from the National Public Toilet Map (Continence Foundation of Australia, funded by the Australian Government Department of Health, Disability and Ageing, CC BY 3.0 AU)

Crime & safety in Warwick

Official recorded-incident data is only published on this site for NSW and VIC so far - that's a coverage gap on our side, not a claim that Warwick is safe. SuburbRadar does not rate suburbs as safe or unsafe. More on crime & safety →

Risks

1 of the 1 planning and hazard records we hold show something in this area: traffic noise. 6 more are not published for QLD - treat them as not checked.

Traffic noise

Freeway or highway present

Wood Street · Albion Street · New England Highway · +5 more

Each line is the extent of an official record across the whole Warwick area - not a risk rating, and a specific address may or may not be affected. Not financial or insurance advice.

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All 9 checks and what each one means

Flooding

Not published

No free statewide flood overlay is published for QLD yet, so we show none. Check the local council's planning maps.

Bushfire

Not published

We hold official bushfire mapping for Victoria and New South Wales only - nothing is published here for QLD yet. Check the state fire service's mapping.

Heritage controls

Not published

We hold official heritage overlay mapping for Victoria and New South Wales only - nothing is published here for QLD yet. Check the local council's planning scheme and the state heritage register.

Traffic noise

Freeway or highway present

Wood Street · Albion Street · New England Highway · +5 more

8 named roads through this area carry OpenStreetMap's highest classification - a freeway, motorway or major highway, whatever the road is called locally, alongside 11 named main roads. Roads are counted by name, not by mapped segment. Where a home sits relative to them matters far more than the count - a street two blocks back can be quiet.

Aircraft noise

Not published

We hold official aircraft-noise mapping for Victoria and New South Wales only - nothing is published here for QLD yet. Check the airport's noise contours and the local planning scheme.

Land contamination checks

Not mapped

We hold official contaminated-land overlay mapping for Victoria only - nothing is published here for QLD yet. Check the state environment authority's contaminated land register and the local planning scheme.

Acid sulfate soils

Not published

We hold acid sulfate soil mapping for Victoria and New South Wales only - nothing is published here for QLD yet. Coastal and estuarine land is where these soils occur; check the state's soil mapping and the local planning scheme.

Recorded crime

Not published

QLD does not release the suburb-level incident counts we republish for New South Wales and Victoria, so we show none here.

Social housing

Census figure

1.5% rented from a state or territory housing authority · 0.5% from a community housing provider

Share of occupied private dwellings here with a stated tenure (Census 2021). The middle QLD area is 1.6% public and 0.4% community, across 531 areas. Listed because families ask; it is a fact about who owns the homes, not a judgement about the people in them.

About this data

Every line is an official published record for the Warwick area - we don't rate, score or rank any of them. Where a line is missing, treat it as not checked rather than clear. What each line covers and does not →

Source: ABS Census 2021 (G37 tenure and landlord type) · © OpenStreetMap contributors (ODbL) - road classification

Nearby suburbs

The six closest profiled areas in Queensland, by distance between area centres.

Warwick · 7 gazetted suburbs

The suburbs in this area

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Everything else on this page is published for Warwick as a whole - one ABS statistical area covering 7 separate gazetted suburbs. These are the figures published for each of those suburbs on its own.

Gazetted suburbs inside Warwick, with each suburb's own published figures.
Suburb Residents
Census 2021
Schools
Warwick 12,294 10
Rosenthal Heights 2,664 0
Womina 207 0
Rosehill 134 0
Canningvale 118 0
Morgan Park 98 0
Mount Tabor 19 0

Each row is that suburb's own published figure - nothing here is the wider area's number divided up. Resident counts are the Census 2021 usual-resident count for the gazetted suburb, so they will not add up to the population at the top of this page, which is the ABS's later June 2025 estimate for the whole statistical area: a different measure on a different date. Schools are ACARA-registered schools whose published address falls inside the suburb boundary, which is not the same as the school your address is zoned to. No free source publishes suburb-level house medians in Queensland, so no price column is shown - that is our coverage gap, not a statement about the market here. Every other figure on this page - crime & safety, overlays, commute, amenities, projections, the Family-Fit score - is published for the whole statistical area and cannot be separated by suburb.

Source: ABS Census of Population and Housing 2021, General Community Profile for Suburbs and Localities; ABS ASGS Edition 3 suburb boundaries; ACARA School Location 2025.

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