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Suburb profile ·Fraser Coast LGA · QLD ·4650

Boonooroo Plains QLD 4650

Boonooroo Plains is in Fraser Coast LGA, QLD, postcode 4650, with population 6.

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
122,924
123K via Fraser Coast LGA · SAL undercount
Schools
No matched school data
Drive to city
Not in commute dataset
Solar
10,632
878 added 12mo · 64MW

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

$117K household · yr+47% vs QLD suburb median
Personal
$42K
Family
$156K
Household
$117K
Crime Year ending May 2026
5,526
5,526 per 100k
D7 vs AU

Crime

Rate · per 100k5,526
Total incidents5,526· Year ending May 2026
  • Assault91330%
  • Break And Enter50817%
  • Drug Offences1,23441%
  • Fraud38313%

Building due diligence

Construction requirements can change by location.

The National Construction Code is the baseline. Local hazards and site classifications can change the required structure, materials, fixings, insulation and detailing.

Known here

SUBURB CONTEXT

Bushfire-prone land

No mapped bushfire exposure

About 0.0% of the suburb intersects mapped bushfire-prone land.

May affect: External construction · Roof and wall systems · Openings, screens and decks

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ADDRESS + DESIGN

NCC climate zone

Check the property

Confirm the NCC climate zone used for the building design and energy provisions.

May affect: Insulation and glazing · Condensation control · Roof-space ventilation

Wind class and BAL

Site assessment required

A suburb layer cannot determine the site wind classification or Bushfire Attack Level.

May affect: Structure and tie-downs · Cladding and fixings · Openings and bushfire detailing

Corrosion and termite exposure

Check the property

Confirm marine or corrosive exposure and the applicable termite-management requirements.

May affect: Fasteners and connectors · Roofing and coatings · Termite management

This screen identifies investigation triggers, not building quality or property compliance. Confirm the address, design and current jurisdiction rules with the council, building surveyor or certifier, designer and engineer.

NCC 2022 Housing Provisions: how to use · NCC 2022 Volume Two and Housing Provisions

Bushfire exposure

No mapped exposure ~0.0%
~0.0% of the suburb is Bush Fire Prone Land

Estimated exposure to NSW RFS Bush Fire Prone Land (CC BY), point-sampled across the suburb. This shows how much of the suburb sits within the official hazard layer — it is not a Bushfire Attack Level (BAL) rating or a property-level assessment. Obtain a BAL assessment (AS 3959) for an individual property.

Population outlook

10,042 people · 202211,307 by 2032 (+12.6%)

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

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

Boonooroo Plains (postcode 4650) is a small, quiet locality in Queensland within the Fraser Coast local government area. It is home to about 6 residents, with an older demographic and a median age of 61. Households earn a median income of $117K per year, with an average household size of 2 people. Recent annual estimates show population movement into the broader catchment, with population growth running at +2.1% 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 top ancestries reported are English, Irish.

The crime rate in the Fraser Coast LGA is moderate at 5,526 incidents per 100,000 population.

On the investment side, Population growth of +2.1% year-on-year points to strong growth demand fundamentals. Building approvals have changed +0% year-on-year, indicating steady development activity.

Market & money
Investment signalsHeuristics
Pop. Growth+2.1% Strong Growth
Development+0%· Steady
InvestmentQLD
Mortgage · mth
Rent · wk(Census)
Population growth · Fraser Coast LGAABS ERP
Population (2025)122,924
5-year growth+2.3% CAGR
YoY change+2.1%
20012025
Development · Fraser Coast LGAABS Approvals
Approvals (2026)1,500
Houses 87%Units 13%
YoY change+0%
Employment · Fraser Coast LGASALM
Unemployment (Dec-25)5.4%
YoY change+0pp
Dec-10Dec-25
Property investors · Postcode 4650ATO
Negatively geared3.5%
629 of filers
Avg rental loss$4,657/yr
Landlords (rental income)1,669
Reported capital gains1,137
People & prosperity
DemographicsCensus 21
Population6
Median age61
Household size2
HH income · wk$2,250
Personal income · wk$812
Persons / bedroom0.9
SEIFA indexABS
Advantage (IRSAD)5/10
Education (IEO)2/10
Economic (IER)7/10
Disadvantage (IRSD)4/10
Top ancestryCensus
Area & amenity
Hospitals · Fraser Coast LGAAIHW
Public2
Private2
Hervey Bay Hospitalpublic
Maryborough Hospitalpublic
Hervey Bay Surgical Hospitalprivate
St Stephen's Hospital [Hervey Bay]private
Aged care · Fraser Coast LGAGEN
Facilities14
Residential places1,434
Maryborough Community Aged Care185 places
Ozcare - Hervey Bay154 places
Estia Health Hervey Bay145 places
Torbay134 places
Bolton Clarke Baycrest101 places
Churches of Christ Fair Haven Aged Care Service Maryborough100 places
+8 more in Fraser Coast LGA
Childcare · Fraser Coast LGAACECQA
Services48
Approved places3,361
Exceeding NQS8
Little Gems Child Care and Early Learning Centre150 places
Helping Hands Kawungan120 places
Seedlings & Co. Eli Waters112 places
Bay Explorers Early Learning, Urraween109 places
Goodstart Early Learning Maryborough 2107 places
Helping Hands Tinana105 places
+42 more in Fraser Coast LGA
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Current status
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Sources & freshness
Thin evidence

Treat Boonooroo Plains as 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 Boonooroo Plains 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 main gaps on this page are school matches, hospital coverage, and transport stops. That narrows how much confidence you should place on a single-page read.

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

Glenbar better covered
similar suburb scale better market coverage

pop same · adds rent coverage · stronger market coverage

Better covered alternative: use this as the stronger reference point before judging the thin page.

Tuan Forest most similar
similar suburb scale

pop same

Similar local read: useful for context, but still compare the actual market signals.

Marodian most similar
similar suburb scale

pop same

Similar local read: useful for context, but still compare the actual market signals.

Boonooroo Plains FAQ

Common questions
  1. What LGA is Boonooroo Plains in?

    Boonooroo Plains is in the Fraser Coast Local Government Area, QLD, postcode 4650. Council-level context for Fraser Coast LGA (suburb mix, population, rent, and price coverage) is available on the QuickProperty LGA page.

  2. Is Boonooroo Plains a good investment?

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

  3. Where does QuickProperty get its data for Boonooroo Plains?

    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 Boonooroo Plains 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.