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Suburb profile ·Gympie LGA · QLD ·4570

Woolooga QLD 4570

Woolooga is in Gympie LGA, QLD, postcode 4570, with population 310.

The read

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Why it fits

Population movement supports a growth-led read.

What to check

Evidence depth is verify-heavy, so the profile should be treated as provisional. Small local population makes the signal set more fragile.

Median house
No local house series
Median rent
$243/wk
Market rent signal
D4 vs AU
Gross yield
Need rent + price
Population
58,487
58K via Gympie LGA · SAL undercount
Schools
1
Matched school context
D1 vs AU
Drive to city
Not in commute dataset
Solar
15,786
935 added 12mo · 100MW

Price history

No price history available

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

Median mortgage · mth$1,333
Median rent · wk$243
Investor profile

Who invests in Woolooga

Owner-occupied 93%Rented 7%
Investor activityATO
Negatively geared3.7%
1,012 of 2,683 landlords
Avg rental loss$5,822/yr
Landlords (rental income)2,683
Reported capital gains1,854
The read

Owner-occupier stronghold

82% of homes here are owner-occupied and 6% rented, with 4% of landlords negatively geared.

Why it fits

82% 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

20%
median weekly rent as a share of gross household income (the 30% rule)
Manageable

Owners with a mortgage repay a median of $1,333/mo, while renters pay about $1,053/mo — owning runs $280/mo higher on these medians.

Household income · yr
$62K
Median rent · wk
$243
Owner mortgage · mo
$1,333

Household income

$62K household · yr-22.1% vs QLD suburb median
Personal
$26K
Family
$76K
Household
$62K
Household income distribution (ABS Census 2021 · weekly)
Under $300
7
$300-649
17
$650-999
17
$1,000-1,499
12
$1,500-1,999
15
$2,000-2,999
17
$3,000-3,999
8
$4,000+
5

At the median asking rent, about 35% of households here would spend more than 30% of income on rent (rent stress line: $810/wk income).

Housing stock and tenure

Tenure (117 households)
Owned outright
51%
Owned with mortgage
31%
Rented
6%
Dwelling structure15.0% of dwellings unoccupied on census night
Separate house
94%
Townhouse / semi
0%
Flat / apartment
0%

Getting to work: 67% drive, 0% public transport, 4% walk or cycle, 15% worked from home (2021 Census, taken during COVID-era work-from-home arrangements).

Schools

Total1
Avg ICSEA875
Students14
Government1
  • Woolooga State SchoolPrimary · Government · ICSEA 875
Crime Year ending May 2026
5,230
5,230 per 100k
D7 vs AU

Crime

Rate · per 100k5,230
Total incidents5,230· Year ending May 2026
  • Assault63822%
  • Break And Enter58921%
  • Drug Offences1,42450%
  • Fraud2178%

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

No mapped bushfire exposure

About 0.0% 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

No mapped exposure ~0.0%
~0.0% 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

3,841 people · 20224,186 by 2032 (+9.0%)

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

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

Located in Queensland within the Gympie local government area, Woolooga is a quiet locality (postcode 4570). The area has roughly 310 residents and an older demographic, with a median age of 56. Households earn a median income of $62K per year, with an average household size of 2.5 people. Recent annual estimates show population movement into the broader catchment, with population growth running at +2.0% 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, labourers, machinery operators & drivers. Employment in the area leans toward agriculture and public admin & safety. The top ancestries reported are English, Australian, Irish.

The median weekly rent is $243 (Census 2021). The median monthly mortgage repayment is $1,333.

Woolooga is served by 1 school, including 1 primary. The average ICSEA score is 875, which is well below the national average of 1,000. The crime rate in the Gympie LGA is moderate at 5,230 incidents per 100,000 population.

On the investment side, Population growth of +2.0% 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+2.0%· Stable
Development+0%· Steady
InvestmentQLD
Mortgage · mth$1,333
Rent · wk(Census)$243
Population growth · Gympie LGAABS ERP
Population (2025)58,487
5-year growth+2% CAGR
YoY change+2%
20012025
Development · Gympie LGAABS Approvals
Approvals (2026)407
Houses 79%Units 21%
YoY change+0%
Employment · Gympie LGASALM
Unemployment (Dec-25)4.7%
YoY change+0.2pp
Dec-10Dec-25
Property investors · Postcode 4570ATO
Negatively geared3.7%
1,012 of filers
Avg rental loss$5,822/yr
Landlords (rental income)2,683
Reported capital gains1,854
People & prosperity
DemographicsCensus 21
Population310
Median age56
Household size2.5
HH income · wk$1,192
Personal income · wk$492
Persons / bedroom0.9
SEIFA indexABS
Advantage (IRSAD)2/10
Education (IEO)2/10
Economic (IER)4/10
Disadvantage (IRSD)2/10
Income momentumCensus 16→21
HH income · wk$857 → $1,192
Change+39.1%
vs QLD median+21.1 pp
Median rent+94.4%
gentrifyingvs QLD 2016–21
Area & amenity
Hospitals · Gympie LGAAIHW
Public1
Private0
Gympie Hospitalpublic
Aged care · Gympie LGAGEN
Facilities5
Residential places445
Lutheran Services - Cooinda Aged Care Centre164 places
Estia Health Gympie120 places
Residency by Dillons Tin Can Bay70 places
Blue Care Gympie Grevillea Gardens Aged Care Facility61 places
St Vincent's Care Services Gympie30 places
Childcare · Gympie LGAACECQA
Services31
Approved places1,770
Exceeding NQS4
Kitiwah Place Early Learning Centre149 places
Children First Early Education Gympie113 places
South Side Kids-R-Us Developmental Learning Centre (No.2)110 places
Cooloola Christian College77 places
Goodstart Early Learning Jones Hill75 places
Kids Bizz Childcare Centre75 places
+25 more in Gympie LGA
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Sources & freshness
Verify-heavy evidence

Woolooga 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 · 1 schools matched
stable source · automated · every update · annual
Available
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.

Woolooga FAQ

Common questions
  1. What LGA is Woolooga in?

    Woolooga is in the Gympie Local Government Area, QLD, postcode 4570. Council-level context for Gympie LGA (suburb mix, population, rent, and price coverage) is available on the QuickProperty LGA page.

  2. What is the typical weekly rent in Woolooga?

    The median weekly rent in Woolooga is $243/wk, based on ABS Census 2021 rent fallback.

  3. Is Woolooga a good investment?

    QuickProperty's investment signals for Woolooga 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 Woolooga?

    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 Woolooga 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.