Wooroolin is in South Burnett LGA, QLD, postcode 4608, with population 319.
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76% of homes here are owner-occupied and 20% rented, with 4% of landlords negatively geared.
76% 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.
This suburb 17% · QLD median 19%
Nationally · lighter rent burden than 63% of AU suburbs
Owners with a mortgage repay a median of $1,160/mo, while renters pay about $1,040/mo — owning runs $120/mo higher on these medians.
At the median asking rent, about 21% of households here would spend more than 30% of income on rent (rent stress line: $800/wk income).
Getting to work: 77% drive, 0% public transport, 6% walk or cycle, 15% worked from home (2021 Census, taken during COVID-era work-from-home arrangements).
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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.
ABS population projection (2022 base) for the Kingaroy Surrounds - South SA2 statistical area — the finest official projection grain available; suburb-level projections do not exist.
Wooroolin is a small, quiet locality in Queensland within the South Burnett local government area (postcode 4608). The area has roughly 319 residents and a settled, mature resident base, with a median age of 45. Households earn a median income of $75K 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, clerical & administrative, labourers. Employment in the area leans toward agriculture and healthcare. The top ancestries reported are English, Australian, Irish.
The median weekly rent is $240 (Census 2021). The median monthly mortgage repayment is $1,160.
Wooroolin is served by 1 school, including 1 primary. The average ICSEA score is 931, which is below the national average of 1,000. The crime rate in the South Burnett LGA is moderate at 6,031 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.
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QVAS residential dwelling sales aggregated to SA2 and mapped to suburb pages
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Wooroolin is in the South Burnett Local Government Area, QLD, postcode 4608. Council-level context for South Burnett LGA (suburb mix, population, rent, and price coverage) is available on the QuickProperty LGA page.
The median weekly rent in Wooroolin is $240/wk, based on ABS Census 2021 rent fallback.
QuickProperty's investment signals for Wooroolin show: Stable, Steady. These are computed from price, rent, income, and population data — not an opaque score.
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.
Property prices update quarterly. RBA macro indicators update with each deploy. Demographics are from Census 2021. School ICSEA scores are from ACARA 2025.