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Boonah is in Scenic Rim LGA, QLD, postcode 4310, with population 2,557.
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The local employment base leans toward agriculture and healthcare. Local taxable income moved +4.2% year-on-year in the latest ATO series. QLD employment is up +0.9% year-on-year (+27K jobs) and +15.4% over five years in the official NERO dataset. Read this as a broader state jobs backdrop combined with local employment mix, not a suburb-only new-jobs count.
QLD has 32 Commonwealth-backed major projects under construction, 12 underway, and 50 in planning as at 2024-10-02. There is no matched local transport-stop count here, so read the infrastructure backdrop as broader state delivery context only. Read this as a state delivery backdrop, not a suburb-specific project list.
Boonah is a smaller suburb in Queensland within the Scenic Rim local government area (postcode 4310). With a population of 2,557, the suburb has a mature demographic with a median age of 50. Households earn a median income of $54K per year, with an average household size of 2.3 people. 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 labourers, professionals, community & personal service. Employment in the area leans toward agriculture and healthcare. The top ancestries reported are English, Australian, German.
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Recent price movement shows visible market momentum. School coverage gives the page a stronger family/livability signal. Evidence depth is verify-heavy, so the profile should be treated as provisional. Gross yield looks low for an income-first use case.
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Recent price movement shows visible market momentum. School coverage gives the page a stronger family/livability signal.
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Boonah is a smaller suburb in Queensland within the Scenic Rim local government area (postcode 4310). With a population of 2,557, the suburb has a mature demographic with a median age of 50. Households earn a median income of $54K per year, with an average household size of 2.3 people. 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 labourers, professionals, community & personal service. Employment in the area leans toward agriculture and healthcare. The top ancestries reported are English, Australian, German.
The median house price in Boonah is $720,000, having surged 18% over the past year. The median weekly rent is $300 (Census 2021). This gives a gross rental yield of approximately 2.2%. The median monthly mortgage repayment is $1,261.
Boonah is served by 3 schools, including 2 primary, 1 secondary. The average ICSEA score is 983, which is around the national average of 1,000. Healthcare facilities include 1 public hospital. The crime rate in the Scenic Rim LGA is below average at 3,333 incidents per 100,000 population.
From an investment perspective, Boonah offers a gross rental yield of 2.2%, rated as low yield. Property prices sit below the state median ($720K/$1.1M), suggesting a potential value opportunity. The price-to-income ratio of 13.3x is considered stretched. House prices have moved +18.0% year-on-year.
Boonah is a smaller suburb in Queensland within the Scenic Rim local government area (postcode 4310). With a population of 2,557, the suburb has a mature demographic with a median age of 50. Households earn a median income of $54K per year, with an average household size of 2.3 people. 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 labourers, professionals, community & personal service. Employment in the area leans toward agriculture and healthcare. The top ancestries reported are English, Australian, German.
The median house price in Boonah is $720,000, having surged 18% over the past year. The median weekly rent is $300 (Census 2021). This gives a gross rental yield of approximately 2.2%. The median monthly mortgage repayment is $1,261.
Boonah is served by 3 schools, including 2 primary, 1 secondary. The average ICSEA score is 983, which is around the national average of 1,000. Healthcare facilities include 1 public hospital. The crime rate in the Scenic Rim LGA is below average at 3,333 incidents per 100,000 population.
From an investment perspective, Boonah offers a gross rental yield of 2.2%, rated as low yield. Property prices sit below the state median ($720K/$1.1M), suggesting a potential value opportunity. The price-to-income ratio of 13.3x is considered stretched. House prices have moved +18.0% year-on-year.