Columbia (postcode 4820) is a sparsely populated locality in Queensland within the Charters Towers local government area. The area has roughly 97 residents and an established family demographic, with a median age of 43. Households earn a median income of $107K per year, with an average household size of 2.9 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 +1.4% 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 most common occupations are technicians & trades, professionals, machinery operators & drivers. Employment in the area leans toward mining and education. The top ancestries reported are English, Australian, Irish.
The median weekly rent is $220 (Census 2021). The median monthly mortgage repayment is $1,584.
The crime rate in the Charters Towers LGA is higher than average at 8,151 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.