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Suburb profile ·Gympie LGA · QLD ·4601

Barambah QLD 4601

Barambah is in Gympie LGA, QLD, postcode 4601, with population 39.

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.

Why it fits

Population movement supports a growth-led read.

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
58,487
58K via Gympie LGA · SAL undercount
Schools
No matched school data
Solar
276
9 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$4,300
Median rent · wk

Household income

$94K household · yr+18.4% vs QLD suburb median
Personal
$19K
Family
$94K
Household
$94K
Crime Year ending Apr 2026
5,174
5,174 per 100k
D7 vs AU

Crime

Rate · per 100k5,174
Total incidents5,174· Year ending Apr 2026
  • Assault62324%
  • Break And Enter61924%
  • Drug Offences1,14244%
  • Fraud2058%

Full data detail

Barambah QLD — Property Data and Demographics

Barambah (postcode 4601) is a quiet locality in Queensland within the Gympie local government area. The area has roughly 39 residents and an older demographic, with a median age of 59. Households earn a median income of $94K 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 +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. The most common occupations are managers, professionals. Employment in the area leans toward agriculture and education. The top ancestries reported are English, Australian, German.

The median monthly mortgage repayment is $4,300.

The crime rate in the Gympie LGA is moderate at 5,174 incidents per 100,000 population.

From an investment perspective, 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$4,300
Rent · wk(Census)
Population growth · Gympie LGAABS ERP
Population (2025)58,487
5-year growth+2% CAGR
YoY change+2%
20012025
Development · Gympie LGAABS Approvals
Approvals (2026)345
Houses266
Units80
YoY change+0%
Employment · Gympie LGASALM
Unemployment (Dec-25)4.7%
YoY change+0.2pp
Dec-10Dec-25
Property investors · Postcode 4601ATO
Negatively geared23 (3.5% of filers)
Avg rental loss$8,190/yr
Landlords (rental income)57
Reported capital gains52
People & prosperity
DemographicsCensus 21
Population39
Median age59
Household size2.5
HH income · wk$1,812
Personal income · wk$366
Persons / bedroom1.2
SEIFA indexABS
Advantage (IRSAD)5/10
Education (IEO)7/10
Economic (IER)6/10
Disadvantage (IRSD)7/10
Top occupationsCensus
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Sources & freshness
Thin evidence

Barambah 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 Apr 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 Barambah 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

Use this page to set direction, not to close a decision — frame the locality here, then confirm with compare, stronger nearby suburbs, and the state hub.

Stronger nearby reads

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

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Barambah FAQ

Common questions
  1. What LGA is Barambah in?

    Barambah is in the Gympie Local Government Area, QLD, postcode 4601. Council-level context for Gympie LGA (suburb mix, population, rent, and price coverage) is available on the QuickProperty LGA page.

  2. Is Barambah a good investment?

    QuickProperty's investment signals for Barambah 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 Barambah?

    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 Barambah 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.