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Suburb profile ·Bundaberg LGA · QLD ·4630

Dalga QLD 4630

Dalga is in Bundaberg LGA, QLD, postcode 4630, with population 6.

Limited data

Thin-context

The page is still useful for local context, but the evidence stack is too thin for a clean one-page call. Use nearby stronger suburbs or compare mode before treating it as a serious shortlist decision.

What to check

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
No market rent dataset
Gross yield
Need rent + price
Population
107,297
107K via Bundaberg LGA · SAL undercount
Schools
No matched school data
Solar
500
40 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
Median rent · wk
Crime Year ending Apr 2026
4,913
4,913 per 100k
D7 vs AU

Crime

Rate · per 100k4,913
Total incidents4,913· Year ending Apr 2026
  • Assault67723%
  • Break And Enter51117%
  • Drug Offences1,48650%
  • Fraud29510%

Full data detail

Dalga QLD — Property Data and Demographics

Dalga (postcode 4630) is a small, quiet locality in Queensland within the Bundaberg local government area. It is home to about 6 residents, with a younger, working-age population and a median age of 28. Recent annual estimates show population movement staying broadly stable across the broader catchment, with population growth running at +1.3% 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 crime rate in the Bundaberg LGA is moderate at 4,913 incidents per 100,000 population.

Looking at the investment signals, Population growth of +1.3% 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+1.3%· Stable
Development+0%· Steady
InvestmentQLD
Mortgage · mth
Rent · wk(Census)
Population growth · Bundaberg LGAABS ERP
Population (2025)107,297
5-year growth+1.6% CAGR
YoY change+1.3%
20012025
Development · Bundaberg LGAABS Approvals
Approvals (2026)893
Houses691
Units202
YoY change+0%
Employment · Bundaberg LGASALM
Unemployment (Dec-25)4.5%
YoY change-0.1pp
Dec-10Dec-25
Property investors · Postcode 4630ATO
Negatively geared54 (3.9% of filers)
Avg rental loss$6,124/yr
Landlords (rental income)127
Reported capital gains121
People & prosperity
DemographicsCensus 21
Population6
Median age28
Household size0
HH income · wk
Personal income · wk
Persons / bedroom0
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Sources & freshness
Thin evidence

Treat Dalga as a thin local read, not a complete suburb verdict.

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
No local rent source is linked yet.

Treat the rent field as missing until a market or plausible Census rent value is linked.

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 · No market rent source linked
stable source · manual file · snapshot · census-cycle
Missing
Crime
State crime dataset · Year ending Apr 2026 · Area-level release dataset
Available
Schools
ACARA 2025 · No local school matches exposed
stable source · automated · every update · annual
Missing
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 Dalga 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 school matches, hospital coverage, and transport stops.

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

BEST NEXT STEP
Use this page as a location clue, not a standalone investment verdict.

Lean on nearby suburbs, rankings, and the state hub for stronger comparables before treating this as a shortlist call.

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

Use this page to set direction, not to close a decision — frame the locality here, then confirm with compare, stronger nearby suburbs, and the state hub.

Stronger nearby reads

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

Bargara better covered
better market coverage

pop +8900 · adds house price coverage · adds rent coverage

Better covered alternative: use this as the stronger reference point before judging the thin page.

Bundaberg North better covered
better market coverage

pop +5600 · adds house price coverage · adds rent coverage

Better covered alternative: use this as the stronger reference point before judging the thin page.

Avenell Heights better covered
better market coverage

pop +5000 · adds house price coverage · adds rent coverage

Better covered alternative: use this as the stronger reference point before judging the thin page.

Dalga FAQ

Common questions
  1. What LGA is Dalga in?

    Dalga is in the Bundaberg Local Government Area, QLD, postcode 4630. Council-level context for Bundaberg LGA (suburb mix, population, rent, and price coverage) is available on the QuickProperty LGA page.

  2. Is Dalga a good investment?

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

  3. Where does QuickProperty get its data for Dalga?

    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.

  4. How often is the Dalga 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.