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Suburb profile ·Toowoomba LGA · QLD ·4356

Stoneleigh QLD 4356

Stoneleigh is in Toowoomba LGA, QLD, postcode 4356, with population 124.

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.

Why it fits

Higher SEIFA context supports a stronger local-quality read.

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.

Median house
No local house series
Median rent
$250/wk
Market rent signal
D5 vs AU
Gross yield
Need rent + price
Population
186,276
186K via Toowoomba LGA · SAL undercount
Schools
No matched school data
Drive to city
Not in commute dataset
Solar
1,204
67 added 12mo · 9MW

Price history

No price history available

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

Median mortgage · mth$1,950
Median rent · wk$250
Investor profile

Who invests in Stoneleigh

Owner-occupied 92%Rented 8%
Investor activityATO
Negatively geared5%
161 of 383 landlords
Avg rental loss$4,460/yr
Landlords (rental income)383
Reported capital gains299
The read

Owner-occupier stronghold

74% of homes here are owner-occupied and 7% rented, with 5% of landlords negatively geared.

Why it fits

74% owner-occupied — owner-occupiers hold longer and absorb rate shocks, supporting price stability.

ABS Census 2021 tenure (G37), ATO postcode rental statistics, and QuickProperty's investor-exposure index. Owner-occupied = owned outright + with a mortgage.

Affordability

12%
median weekly rent as a share of gross household income (the 30% rule)
Manageable

Owners with a mortgage repay a median of $1,950/mo, while renters pay about $1,083/mo — owning runs $867/mo higher on these medians.

Household income · yr
$105K
Median rent · wk
$250
Owner mortgage · mo
$1,950

Household income

$105K household · yr+32.4% vs QLD suburb median
Personal
$39K
Family
$115K
Household
$105K
Household income distribution (ABS Census 2021 · weekly)
Under $300
0
$300-649
6
$650-999
6
$1,000-1,499
5
$1,500-1,999
3
$2,000-2,999
12
$3,000-3,999
3
$4,000+
6

At the median asking rent, about 23% of households here would spend more than 30% of income on rent (rent stress line: $833/wk income).

Housing stock and tenure

Tenure (46 households)
Owned outright
33%
Owned with mortgage
41%
Rented
7%
Dwelling structure
Separate house
100%
Townhouse / semi
0%
Flat / apartment
0%

Getting to work: 79% drive, 0% public transport, 0% walk or cycle, 14% worked from home (2021 Census, taken during COVID-era work-from-home arrangements).

Crime Year ending May 2026
5,730
5,730 per 100k
D7 vs AU

Crime

Rate · per 100k5,730
Total incidents5,730· Year ending May 2026
  • Assault84821%
  • Break And Enter77719%
  • Drug Offences2,10352%
  • Fraud3088%

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

No local compliance layer is staged.

This is missing evidence, not evidence that the property has no constraints.

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ADDRESS + DESIGN

NCC climate zone

Check the property

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

Check the property

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

Population outlook

5,848 people · 20225,693 by 2032 (-2.7%)

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

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

Stoneleigh is a sparsely populated locality in Queensland within the Toowoomba local government area (postcode 4356). It is home to about 124 residents, with a settled mid-life population and a median age of 42. Households earn a median income of $105K per year, with an average household size of 2.6 people. Recent annual estimates show population movement staying broadly stable across the broader catchment, with population growth running at +1.2% 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, professionals, machinery operators & drivers. Employment in the area leans toward manufacturing and agriculture. The top ancestries reported are English, Australian, Scottish.

The median weekly rent is $250 (Census 2021). The median monthly mortgage repayment is $1,950.

The crime rate in the Toowoomba LGA is moderate at 5,730 incidents per 100,000 population.

Looking at the investment signals, Population growth of +1.2% 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+1.2%· Stable
Development+0%· Steady
InvestmentQLD
Mortgage · mth$1,950
Rent · wk(Census)$250
Population growth · Toowoomba LGAABS ERP
Population (2025)186,276
5-year growth+1.4% CAGR
YoY change+1.2%
20012025
Development · Toowoomba LGAABS Approvals
Approvals (2026)1,427
Houses 68%Units 32%
YoY change+0%
Employment · Toowoomba LGASALM
Unemployment (Dec-25)3.6%
YoY change+0.7pp
Dec-10Dec-25
Property investors · Postcode 4356ATO
Negatively geared5%
161 of filers
Avg rental loss$4,460/yr
Landlords (rental income)383
Reported capital gains299
People & prosperity
DemographicsCensus 21
Population124
Median age42
Household size2.6
HH income · wk$2,027
Personal income · wk$745
Persons / bedroom0.7
SEIFA indexABS
Advantage (IRSAD)7/10
Education (IEO)5/10
Economic (IER)7/10
Disadvantage (IRSD)6/10
Income momentumCensus 16→21
HH income · wk$1,531 → $2,027
Change+32.4%
vs QLD median+14.4 pp
gentrifyingvs QLD 2016–21
Area & amenity
Hospitals · Toowoomba LGAAIHW
Public5
Private5
Baillie Henderson Hospitalpublic
Millmerran Hospitalpublic
Oakey Hospitalpublic
Toowoomba Hospitalpublic
Townsville University Hospitalpublic
Clifton Co-Op Hospital Ltdprivate
+4 more in Toowoomba LGA
Aged care · Toowoomba LGAGEN
Facilities27
Residential places2,104
Ozcare - Toowoomba150 places
Palm Lake Care Toowoomba148 places
Infinite Care Mount Lofty138 places
Beauaraba Lodge128 places
Bupa Glenvale124 places
Blue Care Toowoomba Residential Aged Care Facility114 places
+21 more in Toowoomba LGA
Childcare · Toowoomba LGAACECQA
Services66
Approved places4,933
Exceeding NQS3
Highfields Gardens Childcare Centre202 places
Toowoomba Gardens Early Learning Centre150 places
Westbrook Gardens Early Learning140 places
Goodstart Early Learning Harristown138 places
Little Champions Child Care131 places
Charley's Place Glenvale120 places
+60 more in Toowoomba LGA
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Sources & freshness
Verify-heavy evidence

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

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
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
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 · Using Census rent fallback
stable source · manual file · snapshot · census-cycle
Verify
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 Stoneleigh 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 to understand the locality shape, then compare outward.

Use it for context first, then move to compare, the state hub, or a larger nearby suburb before calling it a full 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

Use this page to set direction, not to close a decision — frame the locality here, then confirm with compare, stronger nearby suburbs, and the state hub.

Stronger nearby reads

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

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Stoneleigh FAQ

Common questions
  1. What LGA is Stoneleigh in?

    Stoneleigh is in the Toowoomba Local Government Area, QLD, postcode 4356. Council-level context for Toowoomba LGA (suburb mix, population, rent, and price coverage) is available on the QuickProperty LGA page.

  2. What is the typical weekly rent in Stoneleigh?

    The median weekly rent in Stoneleigh is $250/wk, based on ABS Census 2021 rent fallback.

  3. Is Stoneleigh a good investment?

    QuickProperty's investment signals for Stoneleigh 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 Stoneleigh?

    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 Stoneleigh 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.