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Suburb profile ·Burdekin LGA · QLD ·4807

Clare QLD 4807

Clare is in Burdekin LGA, QLD, postcode 4807, with population 201.

The read

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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
$178/wk
Market rent signal
D2 vs AU
Gross yield
Need rent + price
Population
17,220
17K via Burdekin LGA · SAL undercount
Schools
1
Matched school context
D1 vs AU
Solar
3,169
162 added 12mo · 26MW

Price history

No price history available

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

Median mortgage · mth$1,300
Median rent · wk$178

Affordability

11%
median weekly rent as a share of gross household income (the 30% rule)
Manageable

Owners with a mortgage repay a median of $1,300/mo, while renters pay about $771/mo — owning runs $529/mo higher on these medians.

Household income · yr
$85K
Median rent · wk
$178
Owner mortgage · mo
$1,300

Household income

$85K household · yr+6.1% vs QLD suburb median
Personal
$45K
Family
$107K
Household
$85K

Schools

Total1
Avg ICSEA958
Students15
Government1
  • Clare State SchoolPrimary · Government · ICSEA 958
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

Clare QLD — Property Data and Demographics

Clare (postcode 4807) is a sparsely populated locality in Queensland within the Burdekin local government area. It is home to about 201 residents, with a mix of young professionals and families and a median age of 37. Households earn a median income of $85K per year, with an average household size of 2.2 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, labourers, machinery operators & drivers. Employment in the area leans toward agriculture and manufacturing. The top ancestries reported are Italian, Australian, English.

The median weekly rent is $178 (Census 2021). The median monthly mortgage repayment is $1,300.

Clare is served by 1 school, including 1 primary. The average ICSEA score is 958, which is around the national average of 1,000. The crime rate in the Burdekin LGA is moderate at 4,622 incidents per 100,000 population.

From an investment perspective, 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$1,300
Rent · wk(Census)$178
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 4807ATO
Negatively geared305 (4.5% of filers)
Avg rental loss$6,733/yr
Landlords (rental income)688
Reported capital gains686
People & prosperity
DemographicsCensus 21
Population201
Median age37
Household size2.2
HH income · wk$1,625
Personal income · wk$868
Persons / bedroom0.7
SEIFA indexABS
Advantage (IRSAD)6/10
Education (IEO)4/10
Economic (IER)6/10
Disadvantage (IRSD)5/10
Area & amenity
Local amenitiesOSM
Supermarkets1
Pharmacies0
GP / clinics0
Fuel stations0
Cafes & dining0
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Sources & freshness
Verify-heavy evidence

Much of Clare rests 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.

Clare FAQ

Common questions
  1. What LGA is Clare in?

    Clare is in the Burdekin Local Government Area, QLD, postcode 4807. 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 Clare?

    The median weekly rent in Clare is $178/wk, based on ABS Census 2021 rent fallback.

  3. Is Clare a good investment?

    QuickProperty's investment signals for Clare 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 Clare?

    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 Clare 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.