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Suburb profile ·Bundaberg LGA · QLD ·4671

Boolboonda QLD 4671

Boolboonda is in Bundaberg LGA, QLD, postcode 4671, with population 55.

Median house No local house series
Median rent $220/wk Market rent signal
Gross yield Need rent + price
Population 55 55 local footprint
Schools No matched school data
Decision trust

Verify-heavy evidence

Boolboonda depends on evidence that should be verified before a decision.

The page still has useful coverage, but Market rent should be treated as fallback or lower-precision evidence. Missing signals include Property prices, Schools, and Hospitals.

3
Available
1
Verify
4
Missing
Development momentum

893 latest-year approvals in Bundaberg, +0.0% YoY; population +1.3% YoY (1.6% 5yr).

Open development signals
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Current status
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Source & freshness

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.

Release-based suburb price series, not a live market feed

RENT POSTURE
Rent is falling back to Census, not a market feed.

This gives you directional coverage, but it is weaker than a current rent release.

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
ABS Data by Region and processed state datasets · Release-based series
medium stability · manual file · snapshot · release-based
Missing
Market rent
ABS Census 2021 · Using Census rent fallback
stable source · manual file · snapshot · census-cycle
Verify
Crime
State crime dataset · Year ending Dec 2026 · Area-level release dataset
medium stability · mixed acquisition · mixed refresh · mixed
Available
Schools
ACARA 2025 · No local school matches exposed
medium stability · manual file · snapshot · 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 Census rent fallback or low-confidence hospital matching.
Evidence depth
Verify-heavy evidence

Boolboonda depends on evidence that should be verified before a decision.

The page still has useful coverage, but Market rent should be treated as fallback or lower-precision evidence. Missing signals include Property prices, Schools, and Hospitals.

Next step

Verify fallback signals manually and compare against stronger nearby suburbs before treating this as a shortlist candidate.

Direct
3

Crime, Population growth, Building approvals

Verify
1

Market rent

Missing
4

Property prices, Schools, Hospitals, Transport

Decision intelligence
Thin-context

Boolboonda currently reads as a thin-context candidate.

The profile is based on limited but still useful local context. Evidence depth is verify-heavy, so the profile should be treated as provisional. The page is thin enough that nearby alternatives should be checked before shortlisting.

Recommended next step

Use stronger nearby reads or rankings before treating this suburb as a shortlist candidate.

Why it fits

No strong positive decision reason is visible yet.

What to check

Evidence depth is verify-heavy, so the profile should be treated as provisional. The page is thin enough that nearby alternatives should be checked before shortlisting. Small local population makes the signal set more fragile.

Decisive gaps

Property prices, Schools, Transport

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Use as context

Sparse locality note

This page stays indexable because Boolboonda 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 main gaps on this page are school matches, hospital coverage, and transport stops. That narrows how much confidence you should place on a single-page read.

BEST NEXT STEP
Use this page to understand the locality shape, then compare outward.

Start here for context, then open compare, the state hub, or larger nearby suburbs before treating this as a complete market 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

This page is useful for direction-setting, not closure. Use it to frame the locality, then confirm the story with compare, stronger nearby suburbs, and the state hub.

Stronger nearby reads

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

Abington most similar
similar rent profile similar suburb scale

pop same · rent +$50/wk

Similar local read: useful for context, but still compare the actual market signals.

Takilberan most similar
similar rent profile similar suburb scale

pop same · rent +$30/wk

Similar local read: useful for context, but still compare the actual market signals.

Skyring Reserve most similar
similar rent profile similar suburb scale

pop same · rent +$40/wk

Similar local read: useful for context, but still compare the actual market signals.

Why people look here Intent
  • Buyers want a quick sense of price, schools, and neighbourhood scale before getting lost in data.
  • Investors want to know whether rent, yield, and affordability broadly support the suburb story.
  • Researchers want one place that ties property, demographics, transport, and services together.
Local signals Mixed
Schools: No local school matches exposed.
Crime: 5,052 per 100k at the Bundaberg LGA level.
Transport: No matched local transport stops.

Price history

No price history available

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

Median mortgage · mth$969
Median rent · wk$220

Full data detail

Boolboonda QLD

Postcode 4671 · Bundaberg LGA

Boolboonda is a quiet locality in Queensland within the Bundaberg local government area (postcode 4671). With a population of 55, the suburb has a mature demographic with a median age of 54. Households earn a median income of $67K per year, with an average household size of 2.3 people. Recent annual estimates show population movement staying broadly stable across the broader catchment, with population growth running at +1.3% year-on-year at the LGA level. QLD employment has moved +0.9% year-on-year in the official Jobs and Skills Australia NERO series, which provides the broader jobs backdrop for this suburb. QLD also had 32 Commonwealth-backed major projects under construction, 12 underway, and 50 in planning as at 2 October 2024, which is useful as a broader delivery backdrop rather than a suburb-specific project count. The most common occupations are labourers, machinery operators & drivers. Employment in the area leans toward agriculture and mining. The top ancestries reported are English, Australian, Aboriginal Australian.

The median weekly rent is $220 (Census 2021). The median monthly mortgage repayment is $969.

The crime rate in the Bundaberg LGA is moderate at 5,052 incidents per 100,000 population.

From an investment perspective, Population growth of +1.3% year-on-year indicates stable demand fundamentals. Building approvals have changed +0% year-on-year, indicating steady development activity.

Investment signals
Pop. Growth+1.3% Stable
Development+0% Steady
SEIFA index (ABS) — 1 = most disadvantaged, 10 = most advantaged
Advantage1/10
Education1/10
Economic1/10
Disadvantage1/10
Census 2021 (ABS)
Median rent /wk
$220
Population
55
Demographics
Median age54
Household size2.3
HH income /wk$1,281
Personal income /wk$575
Mortgage /mth$969
Crime (Bundaberg LGA)
Crime rate (per 100k)5,052
Total incidents5,052
Population growth (Bundaberg LGA)
Population (2025)107,297
5-year growth+1.6% CAGR
YoY change+1.3%
Development (Bundaberg LGA)
Approvals (2026)893
Houses691
Units202
YoY change+0%
Data status
Property prices
Processed price datasets
Missing
Market rent
State rent dataset · No market rent source linked
Missing
Crime
State crime dataset · Year ending Dec 2026 · LGA-level dataset
Available
Schools
ACARA 2025
Missing
Hospitals
AIHW
Missing
Transport
GTFS
Missing
Population growth
ABS ERP · 2025 · Annual estimate
Available
Building approvals
ABS Building Approvals · 2026 · Annual series
Available
Available means a local dataset is present. Verify means coverage exists but location confidence is limited.
Data: Year ending Dec 2026
Sources: ABS Census 2021 · ABS dwelling prices · State Valuers General · ATO income · ACARA schools · AIHW hospitals · GTFS · state police

Boolboonda FAQ

Common questions
  1. What LGA is Boolboonda in?

    Boolboonda is in the Bundaberg Local Government Area, QLD, postcode 4671. Council-level context for Bundaberg LGA (suburb mix, population, rent, and price coverage) is available on the QuickProperty LGA page.

  2. What is the typical weekly rent in Boolboonda?

    The median weekly rent in Boolboonda is $220/wk, based on ABS Census 2021 rent fallback.

  3. Is Boolboonda a good investment?

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

  4. Where does QuickProperty get its data for Boolboonda?

    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.

  5. How often is the Boolboonda 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.