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Suburb profile ·Croydon LGA · QLD ·4871

Blackbull QLD 4871

Blackbull is in Croydon LGA, QLD, postcode 4871, with population 17.

Limited data

Thin-context

The page is still useful for local context, but the evidence stack is too thin for a clean one-page call. Use nearby stronger suburbs or compare mode before treating it as a serious shortlist decision.

What to check

The page is thin enough that nearby alternatives should be checked before shortlisting. Small local population makes the signal set more fragile.

Median house
No local house series
Median rent
No market rent dataset
Gross yield
Need rent + price
Population
17
17 local footprint
D1 vs AU
Schools
No matched school data
Drive to city
Not in commute dataset
Solar
2,038
140 added 12mo · 17MW

Price history

No price history available

Price series isn't recorded for this suburb. Census housing data is shown instead.

Median mortgage · mth
Median rent · wk

Household income

$117K household · yr+47% vs QLD suburb median
Personal
$59K
Family
$117K
Household
$117K
Crime Year ending May 2026
6,666
6,666 per 100k
D8 vs AU

Crime

Rate · per 100k6,666
Total incidents6,666· Year ending May 2026
  • Assault1,851100%
  • Break And Enter00%
  • Drug Offences00%
  • Fraud00%

Building due diligence

Construction requirements can change by location.

The National Construction Code is the baseline. Local hazards and site classifications can change the required structure, materials, fixings, insulation and detailing.

Known here

SUBURB CONTEXT

Bushfire-prone land

Moderate broad-area context

About 31.2% of the suburb intersects mapped bushfire-prone land.

May affect: External construction · Roof and wall systems · Openings, screens and decks

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ADDRESS + DESIGN

NCC climate zone

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Confirm the NCC climate zone used for the building design and energy provisions.

May affect: Insulation and glazing · Condensation control · Roof-space ventilation

Wind class and BAL

Site assessment required

A suburb layer cannot determine the site wind classification or Bushfire Attack Level.

May affect: Structure and tie-downs · Cladding and fixings · Openings and bushfire detailing

Corrosion and termite exposure

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Confirm marine or corrosive exposure and the applicable termite-management requirements.

May affect: Fasteners and connectors · Roofing and coatings · Termite management

This screen identifies investigation triggers, not building quality or property compliance. Confirm the address, design and current jurisdiction rules with the council, building surveyor or certifier, designer and engineer.

NCC 2022 Housing Provisions: how to use · NCC 2022 Volume Two and Housing Provisions

Bushfire exposure

Moderate exposure ~31.2%
~31.2% of the suburb is Bush Fire Prone Land

Estimated exposure to NSW RFS Bush Fire Prone Land (CC BY), point-sampled across the suburb. This shows how much of the suburb sits within the official hazard layer — it is not a Bushfire Attack Level (BAL) rating or a property-level assessment. Obtain a BAL assessment (AS 3959) for an individual property.

Population outlook

988 people · 2022959 by 2032 (-2.9%)

ABS population projection (2022 base) for the Croydon - Etheridge SA2 statistical area — the finest official projection grain available; suburb-level projections do not exist.

Full data detail Census · ATO · ABS · state datasets
Blackbull QLD — Property Data and Demographics

Blackbull is a small, quiet locality in Queensland within the Croydon local government area (postcode 4871). With a population of 17, the suburb has a blend of families and working-age professionals with a median age of 34. Households earn a median income of $117K per year, with an average household size of 2.7 people. Recent annual estimates show population movement staying broadly stable across the broader catchment, with population growth running at +1.1% year-on-year at the LGA level. QLD employment has moved +1.5% year-on-year in the official ABS Labour Force trend series, which provides the broader jobs backdrop for this suburb. QLD also had 35 Commonwealth-backed major projects under construction, 16 underway, and 30 in planning as at 2025-09-01, which is useful as a broader delivery backdrop rather than a suburb-specific project count. The most common occupations are managers, machinery operators & drivers, labourers. The top ancestries reported are Australian, English.

The crime rate in the Croydon LGA is moderate at 6,666 incidents per 100,000 population.

From an investment perspective, Population growth of +1.1% year-on-year points to stable demand fundamentals. Building approvals have changed +0% year-on-year, indicating steady development activity.

Market & money
Investment signalsHeuristics
Pop. Growth+1.1%· Stable
Development+0%· Steady
InvestmentQLD
Mortgage · mth
Rent · wk(Census)
Population growth · Croydon LGAABS ERP
Population (2025)273
5-year growth+0.3% CAGR
YoY change+1.1%
20012025
Development · Croydon LGAABS Approvals
Approvals (2026)9
Houses9
YoY change+0%
Employment · Croydon LGASALM
Unemployment (Dec-25)2.5%
YoY change+0pp
Mar-20Dec-25
Property investors · Postcode 4871ATO
Negatively geared3.6%
219 of filers
Avg rental loss$5,356/yr
Landlords (rental income)633
Reported capital gains427
People & prosperity
DemographicsCensus 21
Population17
Median age34
Household size2.7
HH income · wk$2,250
Personal income · wk$1,125
Persons / bedroom0.7
SEIFA indexABS
Advantage (IRSAD)1/10
Education (IEO)1/10
Economic (IER)1/10
Disadvantage (IRSD)2/10
Top industriesCensus
Top ancestryCensus
Area & amenity
Childcare · Croydon LGAACECQA
Services2
Approved places33
Exceeding NQS0
Croydon Child Care Centre21 places
Croydon State School Kindergarten12 places
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Sources & freshness
Thin evidence

Blackbull is a thin local read rather than a complete suburb verdict.

QuickProperty mixes release files, Census baselines, and matched local services on this page. Read the status panel before treating every metric as equally fresh.

PRICE POSTURE
Prices come from release-based suburb series.

QVAS residential dwelling sales aggregated to SA2 and mapped to suburb pages

RENT POSTURE
No local rent source is linked yet.

Treat the rent field as missing until a market or plausible Census rent value is linked.

SERVICE POSTURE
Service coverage is matched locally, not inferred nationally.

Schools, transport, and hospitals are useful as presence signals, but they still have different source cadences.

Data status
Property prices
QGSO Housing Profiles · QVAS residential dwelling sales aggregated to SA2 and mapped to suburb pages
medium stability · automated · every update · quarterly
Missing
Market rent
ABS Census 2021 · No market rent source linked
stable source · manual file · snapshot · census-cycle
Missing
Crime
State crime dataset · Year ending May 2026 · Area-level release dataset
Available
Schools
ACARA 2025 · No local school matches exposed
stable source · automated · every update · annual
Missing
Hospitals
AIHW · No linked local hospital coverage
medium stability · manual file · snapshot · mixed
Missing
Transport
GTFS feeds · No matched local transport stops
medium stability · manual file · snapshot · mixed
Missing
Population growth
ABS ERP · 2025 · Annual estimate series
stable source · automated · every update · annual
Available
Building approvals
ABS Building Approvals · 2026 · Annual release series
stable source · automated · every update · monthly
Available
Available means a direct local dataset is linked. Verify means coverage exists but freshness or precision is weaker, such as ABS price fallback, Census rent fallback, or low-confidence hospital matching.
Sparse locality note

This page stays indexable because Blackbull is a real locality with enough context to be directionally useful. The tradeoff is that coverage is lighter than a stronger suburb profile, so the read should stay cautious.

WHY IT LOOKS LIGHTER
This is a real locality, but it has a very small Census footprint.

Small-population localities can still be worth checking, but rankings, comparisons, and broad suburb assumptions become noisier faster.

WHAT IS MISSING
Coverage is lighter across school matches, hospital coverage, and transport stops.

The lighter areas here are school matches, hospital coverage, and transport stops, so a single-page read should carry less weight than usual.

BEST NEXT STEP
Use this page as a location clue, not a standalone investment verdict.

Use nearby suburbs, the state hub, and rankings to find stronger comparables before turning this locality into a shortlist decision.

Page status
INDEXED WITH LIGHTER COVERAGE

This page remains visible, but it should be read as a locality brief rather than a full-confidence suburb profile.

HOW TO READ THIS PAGE

Read it as a direction-setter rather than a final answer: frame the locality, then verify with compare, stronger nearby suburbs, and the state hub.

Stronger nearby reads

If Blackbull feels too thin on its own, use these nearby suburbs as stronger local reads before making a shortlist decision.

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Blackbull FAQ

Common questions
  1. What LGA is Blackbull in?

    Blackbull is in the Croydon Local Government Area, QLD, postcode 4871. Council-level context for Croydon LGA (suburb mix, population, rent, and price coverage) is available on the QuickProperty LGA page.

  2. Is Blackbull a good investment?

    QuickProperty's investment signals for Blackbull show: Stable, Steady. These are computed from price, rent, income, and population data — not an opaque score.

  3. Where does QuickProperty get its data for Blackbull?

    Property prices come from state Valuers General offices and ABS Data by Region. Demographics are from ABS Census 2021. School ICSEA scores are from ACARA. Crime statistics are from state police agencies. Transport data is sourced from GTFS feeds.

  4. How often is the Blackbull data updated?

    Property prices update quarterly. RBA macro indicators update with each deploy. Demographics are from Census 2021. School ICSEA scores are from ACARA 2025.