Burrum Town QLD 4659
Burrum Town is in Fraser Coast LGA, QLD, postcode 4659, with population 197.
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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.
1,214 latest-year approvals in Fraser Coast, +0.0% YoY; population +2.1% YoY (2.3% 5yr).
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Burrum Town 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.
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Crime, Population growth, Building approvals
Market rent
Property prices, Schools, Hospitals, Transport
Burrum Town currently reads as a thin-context candidate.
Population movement supports a growth-led read. 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.
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Population movement supports a growth-led read.
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.
Property prices, Schools, Transport
Use as context
This page stays indexable because Burrum Town 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.
Small-population localities can still be worth checking, but rankings, comparisons, and broad suburb assumptions become noisier faster.
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This page remains visible, but it should be read as a locality brief rather than a full-confidence suburb profile.
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Price history
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Full data detail
Burrum Town QLD
Burrum Town is a quiet locality in Queensland within the Fraser Coast local government area (postcode 4659). With a population of 197, the suburb has an older demographic with a median age of 59. Households earn a median income of $39K per year, with an average household size of 1.8 people. Recent annual estimates show population movement into the broader catchment, with population growth running at +2.1% 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 technicians & trades, community & personal service, labourers. Employment in the area leans toward healthcare and accommodation & food. The top ancestries reported are English, Australian, Scottish.
The median weekly rent is $300 (Census 2021). The median monthly mortgage repayment is $892.
The crime rate in the Fraser Coast LGA is moderate at 5,445 incidents per 100,000 population.
From an investment perspective, Population growth of +2.1% year-on-year indicates strong growth demand fundamentals. Building approvals have changed +0% year-on-year, indicating steady development activity.
Burrum Town is a quiet locality in Queensland within the Fraser Coast local government area (postcode 4659). With a population of 197, the suburb has an older demographic with a median age of 59. Households earn a median income of $39K per year, with an average household size of 1.8 people. Recent annual estimates show population movement into the broader catchment, with population growth running at +2.1% 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 technicians & trades, community & personal service, labourers. Employment in the area leans toward healthcare and accommodation & food. The top ancestries reported are English, Australian, Scottish.
The median weekly rent is $300 (Census 2021). The median monthly mortgage repayment is $892.
The crime rate in the Fraser Coast LGA is moderate at 5,445 incidents per 100,000 population.
From an investment perspective, Population growth of +2.1% year-on-year indicates strong growth demand fundamentals. Building approvals have changed +0% year-on-year, indicating steady development activity.
Burrum Town FAQ
Common questions-
What LGA is Burrum Town in?
Burrum Town is in the Fraser Coast Local Government Area, QLD, postcode 4659. Council-level context for Fraser Coast LGA (suburb mix, population, rent, and price coverage) is available on the QuickProperty LGA page.
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What is the typical weekly rent in Burrum Town?
The median weekly rent in Burrum Town is $300/wk, based on ABS Census 2021 rent fallback.
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Is Burrum Town a good investment?
QuickProperty's investment signals for Burrum Town show: Strong Growth, Steady. These are computed from price, rent, income, and population data — not an opaque score.
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Where does QuickProperty get its data for Burrum Town?
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.
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How often is the Burrum Town 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.