Ballaroo is in Maranoa LGA, QLD, postcode 4455, with population 51.
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Ballaroo is a quiet locality in Queensland within the Maranoa local government area (postcode 4455). With a population of 51, the suburb has a mix of families and early-career residents with a median age of 36. Households earn a median income of $98K 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 +0.3% year-on-year at the LGA level. QLD employment has moved +0.9% year-on-year in the official Jobs and Skills Australia NERO series, which provides the broader jobs backdrop for this suburb. QLD also had 32 Commonwealth-backed major projects under construction, 12 underway, and 50 in planning as at 2 October 2024, which is useful as a broader delivery backdrop rather than a suburb-specific project count. Employment in the area leans toward agriculture and professional services. The top ancestries reported are Australian, English, Irish.
The crime rate in the Maranoa LGA is moderate at 4,293 incidents per 100,000 population.
On the investment side, Population growth of +0.3% year-on-year points to stable demand fundamentals. Building approvals have changed +0% year-on-year, indicating steady development activity.
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Ballaroo is in the Maranoa Local Government Area, QLD, postcode 4455. Council-level context for Maranoa LGA (suburb mix, population, rent, and price coverage) is available on the QuickProperty LGA page.
QuickProperty's investment signals for Ballaroo 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.