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Suburb profile ·Boulia LGA · QLD ·4829

Amaroo QLD 4829

Amaroo is in Boulia LGA, QLD, postcode 4829, with population 17.

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.

What to check

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
No market rent dataset
Gross yield
Need rent + price
Population
17
17 local footprint
D1 vs AU
Schools
No matched school data
Drive to city
Not in commute dataset
Solar
177
5 added 12mo · 2MW

Price history

No price history available

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

Median mortgage · mth
Median rent · wk

Household income

$163K household · yr+104.1% vs QLD suburb median
Personal
$60K
Family
$169K
Household
$163K
Crime Year ending May 2026
7,495
7,495 per 100k
D8 vs AU

Crime

Rate · per 100k7,495
Total incidents7,495· Year ending May 2026
  • Assault3,53771%
  • Break And Enter1,45729%
  • Drug Offences00%
  • Fraud00%

Population outlook

2,193 people · 20222,010 by 2032 (-8.3%)

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

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

Located in Queensland within the Boulia local government area, Amaroo is a small, quiet locality (postcode 4829). The area has roughly 17 residents and a younger, working-age population, with a median age of 28. Households earn a median income of $163K per year, with an average household size of 3 people. Recent annual estimates show population movement into the broader catchment, with population growth running at +1.7% year-on-year at the LGA level. QLD employment has moved +1.4% 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 top ancestries reported are Australian, English, Scottish.

The crime rate in the Boulia LGA is moderate at 7,495 incidents per 100,000 population.

Looking at the investment signals, Population growth of +1.7% 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+1.7%· Stable
Development+0%· Steady
InvestmentQLD
Mortgage · mth
Rent · wk(Census)
Population growth · Boulia LGAABS ERP
Population (2025)489
5-year growth+1.3% CAGR
YoY change+1.7%
20012025
Development · Boulia LGAABS Approvals
Approvals (2026)0
YoY change+0%
Employment · Boulia LGASALM
Unemployment (Dec-25)1.4%
YoY change+0pp
Dec-10Dec-25
Property investors · Postcode 4829ATO
Negatively geared4.5%
13 of filers
Avg rental loss$2,585/yr
Landlords (rental income)43
Reported capital gains18
People & prosperity
DemographicsCensus 21
Population17
Median age28
Household size3
HH income · wk$3,125
Personal income · wk$1,156
Persons / bedroom0
SEIFA indexABS
Advantage (IRSAD)3/10
Education (IEO)4/10
Economic (IER)2/10
Disadvantage (IRSD)3/10
Income momentumCensus 16→21
HH income · wk$1,375 → $3,125
Change+127.3%
vs QLD median+109.3 pp
gentrifyingvs QLD 2016–21
Top occupationsCensus
Top industriesCensus
Area & amenity
Childcare · Boulia LGAACECQA
Services1
Approved places10
Exceeding NQS0
Boulia State School Kindergarten10 places
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Sources & freshness
Thin evidence

Amaroo is a thin local read, not a complete suburb verdict.

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
No local rent source is linked yet.

Treat the rent field as missing until a market or plausible Census rent value is linked.

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 · No market rent source linked
stable source · manual file · snapshot · census-cycle
Missing
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 Amaroo 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 as a location clue, not a standalone investment verdict.

Check nearby suburbs, the state hub, and rankings for firmer comparables before making this a shortlist 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

Read it as a direction-setter rather than a final answer: frame the locality, then verify with compare, stronger nearby suburbs, and the state hub.

Stronger nearby reads

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

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Amaroo FAQ

Common questions
  1. What LGA is Amaroo in?

    Amaroo is in the Boulia Local Government Area, QLD, postcode 4829. Council-level context for Boulia LGA (suburb mix, population, rent, and price coverage) is available on the QuickProperty LGA page.

  2. Is Amaroo a good investment?

    QuickProperty's investment signals for Amaroo show: Stable, Steady. These are computed from price, rent, income, and population data — not an opaque score.

  3. Where does QuickProperty get its data for Amaroo?

    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.

  4. How often is the Amaroo 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.