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Suburb profile ·Burdekin LGA · QLD ·4808

Brandon QLD 4808

Brandon is in Burdekin LGA, QLD, postcode 4808, with population 1,088.

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Median house
No local house series
Median rent
$200/wk
Market rent signal
D3 vs AU
Gross yield
Need rent + price
Population
1,088
1K local footprint
D8 vs AU
Schools
2
Matched school context
D8 vs AU
Solar
363
18 added 12mo · 3MW

Price history

No price history available

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

Median mortgage · mth$1,149
Median rent · wk$200

Affordability

13%
median weekly rent as a share of gross household income (the 30% rule)
Manageable

Owners with a mortgage repay a median of $1,149/mo, while renters pay about $867/mo — owning runs $282/mo higher on these medians.

Household income · yr
$78K
Median rent · wk
$200
Owner mortgage · mo
$1,149

Household income

$78K household · yr-1.8% vs QLD suburb median
Personal
$40K
Family
$102K
Household
$78K

Schools

Total2
Avg ICSEA858
Students33
Government2
  • Brandon State SchoolPrimary · Government · ICSEA 834
  • Kalamia State SchoolPrimary · Government · ICSEA 883
Crime Year ending Apr 2026
4,622
4,622 per 100k
D6 vs AU

Crime

Rate · per 100k4,622
Total incidents4,622· Year ending Apr 2026
  • Assault1,10026%
  • Break And Enter67516%
  • Drug Offences2,21752%
  • Fraud2636%

Full data detail

Brandon QLD — Property Data and Demographics

Located in Queensland within the Burdekin local government area, Brandon is a close-knit residential community (postcode 4808). With a population of 1,088, the suburb has an older-leaning population with a median age of 46. Households earn a median income of $78K per year, with an average household size of 2.4 people. Recent annual estimates show population movement staying broadly stable across the broader catchment, with population growth running at +0.5% 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 manufacturing. The top ancestries reported are Australian, English, Italian.

The median weekly rent is $200 (Census 2021). The median monthly mortgage repayment is $1,149.

Brandon is served by 2 schools, including 2 primary. The average ICSEA score is 858, which is well below the national average of 1,000. The crime rate in the Burdekin LGA is moderate at 4,622 incidents per 100,000 population.

Looking at the investment signals, Population growth of +0.5% 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+0.5%· Stable
Development+0%· Steady
InvestmentQLD
Mortgage · mth$1,149
Rent · wk(Census)$200
Population growth · Burdekin LGAABS ERP
Population (2025)17,220
5-year growth+0.3% CAGR
YoY change+0.5%
20012025
Development · Burdekin LGAABS Approvals
Approvals (2026)19
Houses15
Units4
YoY change+0%
Employment · Burdekin LGASALM
Unemployment (Dec-25)5.4%
YoY change+1.4pp
Dec-10Dec-25
Property investors · Postcode 4808ATO
Negatively geared28 (4.1% of filers)
Avg rental loss$4,814/yr
Landlords (rental income)65
Reported capital gains67
People & prosperity
DemographicsCensus 21
Population1,088
Median age46
Household size2.4
HH income · wk$1,504
Personal income · wk$762
Persons / bedroom0.8
SEIFA indexABS
Advantage (IRSAD)5/10
Education (IEO)1/10
Economic (IER)4/10
Disadvantage (IRSD)3/10
Area & amenity
Local amenitiesOSM
Supermarkets0
Pharmacies0
GP / clinics0
Fuel stations0
Cafes & dining3
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Verify-heavy evidence

Brandon 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.

Brandon FAQ

Common questions
  1. What LGA is Brandon in?

    Brandon is in the Burdekin Local Government Area, QLD, postcode 4808. Council-level context for Burdekin LGA (suburb mix, population, rent, and price coverage) is available on the QuickProperty LGA page.

  2. What is the typical weekly rent in Brandon?

    The median weekly rent in Brandon is $200/wk, based on ABS Census 2021 rent fallback.

  3. Is Brandon a good investment?

    QuickProperty's investment signals for Brandon 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 Brandon?

    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 Brandon 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.