Alpha is in Barcaldine LGA, QLD, postcode 4724, with population 559.
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57% of homes here are owner-occupied and 24% rented, with 5% of landlords negatively geared.
A balanced 57% owner-occupier / 24% renter mix.
ABS Census 2021 tenure (G37), ATO postcode rental statistics, and QuickProperty's investor-exposure index. Owner-occupied = owned outright + with a mortgage.
This suburb 8% · QLD median 19%
Nationally · lighter rent burden than 93% of AU suburbs
Owners with a mortgage repay a median of $650/mo, while renters pay about $520/mo — owning runs $130/mo higher on these medians.
At the median asking rent, about 12% of households here would spend more than 30% of income on rent (rent stress line: $400/wk income).
Getting to work: 44% drive, 0% public transport, 17% walk or cycle, 35% worked from home (2021 Census, taken during COVID-era work-from-home arrangements).
Top 59% most liveable of 4,565Australian suburbs.
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ABS population projection (2022 base) for the Barcaldine - Blackall SA2 statistical area — the finest official projection grain available; suburb-level projections do not exist.
Alpha (postcode 4724) is a close-knit residential community in Queensland within the Barcaldine local government area. With a population of 559, the suburb has a settled mid-life population with a median age of 44. Households earn a median income of $80K per year, with an average household size of 2.5 people. Recent annual estimates show population movement staying broadly stable across the broader catchment, with population growth running at +0.9% 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, professionals. Employment in the area leans toward agriculture and healthcare. The top ancestries reported are Australian, English, Irish.
The median weekly rent is $120 (Census 2021). The median monthly mortgage repayment is $650.
Alpha is served by 1 school, including 1 combined. The average ICSEA score is 879, which is well below the national average of 1,000. Healthcare facilities include 1 public hospital. The crime rate in the Barcaldine LGA is higher than average at 8,383 incidents per 100,000 population.
Looking at the investment signals, Population growth of +0.9% year-on-year points to stable demand fundamentals. Building approvals have changed +0% year-on-year, indicating steady development activity.
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Alpha is in the Barcaldine Local Government Area, QLD, postcode 4724. Council-level context for Barcaldine LGA (suburb mix, population, rent, and price coverage) is available on the QuickProperty LGA page.
The median weekly rent in Alpha is $120/wk, based on ABS Census 2021 rent fallback.
QuickProperty's investment signals for Alpha 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.