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Suburb profile ·Western Downs LGA · QLD ·4412

Brigalow QLD 4412

Brigalow is in Western Downs LGA, QLD, postcode 4412, with population 181.

Limited data

Thin-context

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What to check

Evidence depth is verify-heavy, so the profile should be treated as provisional. 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
$120/wk
Market rent signal
D1 vs AU
Gross yield
Need rent + price
Population
35,452
35K via Western Downs LGA · SAL undercount
Schools
1
Matched school context
D1 vs AU
Solar
59
3 added 12mo · 0MW

Price history

No price history available

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

Median mortgage · mth$1,000
Median rent · wk$120

Affordability

9%
median weekly rent as a share of gross household income (the 30% rule)
Manageable

Owners with a mortgage repay a median of $1,000/mo, while renters pay about $520/mo — owning runs $480/mo higher on these medians.

Household income · yr
$67K
Median rent · wk
$120
Owner mortgage · mo
$1,000

Household income

$67K household · yr-15.6% vs QLD suburb median
Personal
$37K
Family
$105K
Household
$67K

Schools

Total1
Avg ICSEA865
Students24
Government1
  • Brigalow State SchoolPrimary · Government · ICSEA 865
Crime Year ending Apr 2026
6,366
6,366 per 100k
D8 vs AU

Crime

Rate · per 100k6,366
Total incidents6,366· Year ending Apr 2026
  • Assault1,08123%
  • Break And Enter70315%
  • Drug Offences2,50454%
  • Fraud3147%

Full data detail

Brigalow QLD — Property Data and Demographics

Located in Queensland within the Western Downs local government area, Brigalow is a quiet locality (postcode 4412). With a population of 181, the suburb has an established family demographic with a median age of 41. Households earn a median income of $67K per year, with an average household size of 2.3 people. Recent annual estimates show population movement staying broadly stable across the broader catchment, with population growth running at +0.6% 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, labourers, machinery operators & drivers. Employment in the area leans toward agriculture and construction. The top ancestries reported are Australian, English, German.

The median weekly rent is $120 (Census 2021). The median monthly mortgage repayment is $1,000.

Brigalow is served by 1 school, including 1 primary. The average ICSEA score is 865, which is well below the national average of 1,000. The crime rate in the Western Downs LGA is moderate at 6,366 incidents per 100,000 population.

On the investment side, Population growth of +0.6% 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+0.6%· Stable
Development+0%· Steady
InvestmentQLD
Mortgage · mth$1,000
Rent · wk(Census)$120
Population growth · Western Downs LGAABS ERP
Population (2025)35,452
5-year growth+0.6% CAGR
YoY change+0.6%
20012025
Development · Western Downs LGAABS Approvals
Approvals (2026)46
Houses40
Units6
YoY change+0%
Employment · Western Downs LGASALM
Unemployment (Dec-25)4.5%
YoY change+1.7pp
Dec-10Dec-25
Property investors · Postcode 4412ATO
Negatively geared10 (6.9% of filers)
Avg rental loss$6,460/yr
Landlords (rental income)23
Reported capital gains22
People & prosperity
DemographicsCensus 21
Population181
Median age41
Household size2.3
HH income · wk$1,292
Personal income · wk$715
Persons / bedroom0.7
SEIFA indexABS
Advantage (IRSAD)5/10
Education (IEO)6/10
Economic (IER)5/10
Disadvantage (IRSD)5/10
Area & amenity
Local amenitiesOSM
Supermarkets0
Pharmacies0
GP / clinics0
Fuel stations0
Cafes & dining2
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Sources & freshness
Verify-heavy evidence

Brigalow depends 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 · 1 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.
Sparse locality note

This page stays indexable because Brigalow 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 hospital coverage and transport stops.

The lighter areas here are hospital coverage and transport stops, so a single-page read should carry less weight than usual.

BEST NEXT STEP
Use this page to understand the locality shape, then compare outward.

Begin here, but pressure-test the read in compare, against the state hub, or a bigger nearby suburb before deciding.

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

Read it as a direction-setter rather than a final answer: frame the locality, then verify with compare, stronger nearby suburbs, and the state hub.

Stronger nearby reads

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

The Gums most similar
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pop same · rent +$5/wk

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pop same · rent +$30/wk

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Brigalow FAQ

Common questions
  1. What LGA is Brigalow in?

    Brigalow is in the Western Downs Local Government Area, QLD, postcode 4412. Council-level context for Western Downs LGA (suburb mix, population, rent, and price coverage) is available on the QuickProperty LGA page.

  2. What is the typical weekly rent in Brigalow?

    The median weekly rent in Brigalow is $120/wk, based on ABS Census 2021 rent fallback.

  3. Is Brigalow a good investment?

    QuickProperty's investment signals for Brigalow 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 Brigalow?

    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 Brigalow 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.