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Suburb profile ·Gladstone LGA · QLD ·4680

Boyne Valley QLD 4680

Boyne Valley is in Gladstone LGA, QLD, postcode 4680, with population 301.

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What to check

Evidence depth is verify-heavy, so the profile should be treated as provisional. Small local population makes the signal set more fragile.

Median house
No local house series
Median rent
$160/wk
Market rent signal
D2 vs AU
Gross yield
Need rent + price
Population
69,046
69K via Gladstone LGA · SAL undercount
Schools
2
Matched school context
D8 vs AU
Solar
13,343
888 added 12mo · 90MW

Price history

No price history available

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

Median mortgage · mth$1,083
Median rent · wk$160

Affordability

16%
median weekly rent as a share of gross household income (the 30% rule)
Manageable

Owners with a mortgage repay a median of $1,083/mo, while renters pay about $693/mo — owning runs $390/mo higher on these medians.

Household income · yr
$51K
Median rent · wk
$160
Owner mortgage · mo
$1,083

Household income

$51K household · yr-35.4% vs QLD suburb median
Personal
$28K
Family
$76K
Household
$51K

Schools

Total2
Avg ICSEA974
Students17
Government2
  • Builyan State SchoolPrimary · Government · ICSEA 982
  • Nagoorin State SchoolPrimary · Government · ICSEA 966
Crime Year ending Apr 2026
5,791
5,791 per 100k
D7 vs AU

Crime

Rate · per 100k5,791
Total incidents5,791· Year ending Apr 2026
  • Assault1,26330%
  • Break And Enter63315%
  • Drug Offences2,06549%
  • Fraud2736%

Full data detail

Boyne Valley QLD — Property Data and Demographics

Boyne Valley (postcode 4680) is a sparsely populated locality in Queensland within the Gladstone local government area. With a population of 301, the suburb has a more retirement-aged population with a median age of 56. Households earn a median income of $51K per year, with an average household size of 2.1 people. Recent annual estimates show population movement into the broader catchment, with population growth running at +1.6% 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, machinery operators & drivers, labourers. Employment in the area leans toward agriculture and education. The top ancestries reported are Australian, English, Irish.

The median weekly rent is $160 (Census 2021). The median monthly mortgage repayment is $1,083.

Boyne Valley is served by 2 schools, including 2 primary. The average ICSEA score is 974, which is around the national average of 1,000. The crime rate in the Gladstone LGA is moderate at 5,791 incidents per 100,000 population.

Looking at the investment signals, Population growth of +1.6% 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+1.6%· Stable
Development+0%· Steady
InvestmentQLD
Mortgage · mth$1,083
Rent · wk(Census)$160
Population growth · Gladstone LGAABS ERP
Population (2025)69,046
5-year growth+1.6% CAGR
YoY change+1.6%
20012025
Development · Gladstone LGAABS Approvals
Approvals (2026)163
Houses159
Units4
YoY change+0%
Employment · Gladstone LGASALM
Unemployment (Dec-25)4.9%
YoY change-1.4pp
Dec-10Dec-25
Property investors · Postcode 4680ATO
Negatively geared2,234 (6.6% of filers)
Avg rental loss$7,500/yr
Landlords (rental income)3,657
Reported capital gains2,495
People & prosperity
DemographicsCensus 21
Population301
Median age56
Household size2.1
HH income · wk$989
Personal income · wk$535
Persons / bedroom0.7
SEIFA indexABS
Advantage (IRSAD)2/10
Education (IEO)3/10
Economic (IER)3/10
Disadvantage (IRSD)2/10
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Verify-heavy evidence

Boyne Valley leans on evidence that should be verified before a decision.

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
Rent is falling back to Census, not a market feed.

This gives you directional coverage, but it is weaker than a current rent release.

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 · Using Census rent fallback
stable source · manual file · snapshot · census-cycle
Verify
Crime
State crime dataset · Year ending Apr 2026 · Area-level release dataset
Available
Schools
ACARA 2025 · 2 schools matched
stable source · automated · every update · annual
Available
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.

Boyne Valley FAQ

Common questions
  1. What LGA is Boyne Valley in?

    Boyne Valley is in the Gladstone Local Government Area, QLD, postcode 4680. Council-level context for Gladstone LGA (suburb mix, population, rent, and price coverage) is available on the QuickProperty LGA page.

  2. What is the typical weekly rent in Boyne Valley?

    The median weekly rent in Boyne Valley is $160/wk, based on ABS Census 2021 rent fallback.

  3. Is Boyne Valley a good investment?

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

  4. Where does QuickProperty get its data for Boyne Valley?

    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.

  5. How often is the Boyne Valley 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.