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Suburb profile ·Southern Downs LGA · QLD ·4374

Dalveen QLD 4374

Dalveen is in Southern Downs LGA, QLD, postcode 4374, with population 369.

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
$230/wk
Market rent signal
D4 vs AU
Gross yield
Need rent + price
Population
38,064
38K via Southern Downs LGA · SAL undercount
Schools
1
Matched school context
D1 vs AU
Drive to city
Not in commute dataset
Solar
129
10 added 12mo · 1MW

Price history

No price history available

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

Median mortgage · mth$1,172
Median rent · wk$230
Investor profile

Who invests in Dalveen

Owner-occupied 82%Rented 18%
Investor activityATO
Negatively geared3.6%
10 of 30 landlords
Avg rental loss$4,918/yr
Landlords (rental income)30
Reported capital gains26
The read

Owner-occupier stronghold

78% of homes here are owner-occupied and 17% rented, with 4% of landlords negatively geared.

Why it fits

78% owner-occupied — owner-occupiers hold longer and absorb rate shocks, supporting price stability.

ABS Census 2021 tenure (G37), ATO postcode rental statistics, and QuickProperty's investor-exposure index. Owner-occupied = owned outright + with a mortgage.

Affordability

19%
median weekly rent as a share of gross household income (the 30% rule)
Manageable

Owners with a mortgage repay a median of $1,172/mo, while renters pay about $997/mo — owning runs $175/mo higher on these medians.

Household income · yr
$62K
Median rent · wk
$230
Owner mortgage · mo
$1,172

Household income

$62K household · yr-21.8% vs QLD suburb median
Personal
$31K
Family
$75K
Household
$62K
Household income distribution (ABS Census 2021 · weekly)
Under $300
3
$300-649
30
$650-999
25
$1,000-1,499
36
$1,500-1,999
19
$2,000-2,999
20
$3,000-3,999
7
$4,000+
9

At the median asking rent, about 28% of households here would spend more than 30% of income on rent (rent stress line: $767/wk income).

Housing stock and tenure

Tenure (151 households)
Owned outright
46%
Owned with mortgage
31%
Rented
17%
Dwelling structure18.8% of dwellings unoccupied on census night
Separate house
95%
Townhouse / semi
0%
Flat / apartment
0%

Getting to work: 68% drive, 0% public transport, 7% walk or cycle, 20% worked from home (2021 Census, taken during COVID-era work-from-home arrangements).

Schools

Total1
Avg ICSEA907
Students17
Government1
  • Dalveen State SchoolPrimary · Government · ICSEA 907
Crime Year ending May 2026
4,105
4,105 per 100k
D6 vs AU

Crime

Rate · per 100k4,105
Total incidents4,105· Year ending May 2026
  • Assault87529%
  • Break And Enter38213%
  • Drug Offences1,33544%
  • Fraud45915%

Bushfire exposure

High exposure ~66.5%
~66.5% of the suburb is Bush Fire Prone Land · ~16.5% Category 1 (highest hazard)

Estimated exposure to NSW RFS Bush Fire Prone Land (CC BY), point-sampled across the suburb. This shows how much of the suburb sits within the official hazard layer — it is not a Bushfire Attack Level (BAL) rating or a property-level assessment. Obtain a BAL assessment (AS 3959) for an individual property.

Population outlook

5,088 people · 20225,507 by 2032 (+8.2%)

ABS population projection (2022 base) for the Southern Downs - West SA2 statistical area — the finest official projection grain available; suburb-level projections do not exist.

Full data detail Census · ATO · ABS · state datasets
Dalveen QLD — Property Data and Demographics

Located in Queensland within the Southern Downs local government area, Dalveen is a quiet locality (postcode 4374). The area has roughly 369 residents and an older-leaning population, with a median age of 53. Households earn a median income of $62K 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 +0.9% 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 managers, labourers, community & personal service. Employment in the area leans toward agriculture and education. The top ancestries reported are English, Australian, Scottish.

The median weekly rent is $230 (Census 2021). The median monthly mortgage repayment is $1,172.

Dalveen is served by 1 school, including 1 primary. The average ICSEA score is 907, which is below the national average of 1,000. The crime rate in the Southern Downs LGA is moderate at 4,105 incidents per 100,000 population.

From an investment perspective, Population growth of +0.9% 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+0.9%· Stable
Development+0%· Steady
InvestmentQLD
Mortgage · mth$1,172
Rent · wk(Census)$230
Population growth · Southern Downs LGAABS ERP
Population (2025)38,064
5-year growth+0.9% CAGR
YoY change+0.9%
20012025
Development · Southern Downs LGAABS Approvals
Approvals (2026)236
Houses 70%Units 30%
YoY change+0%
Employment · Southern Downs LGASALM
Unemployment (Dec-25)4.3%
YoY change+1.8pp
Dec-10Dec-25
Property investors · Postcode 4374ATO
Negatively geared3.6%
10 of filers
Avg rental loss$4,918/yr
Landlords (rental income)30
Reported capital gains26
People & prosperity
DemographicsCensus 21
Population369
Median age53
Household size2.3
HH income · wk$1,198
Personal income · wk$601
Persons / bedroom0.8
SEIFA indexABS
Advantage (IRSAD)3/10
Education (IEO)5/10
Economic (IER)3/10
Disadvantage (IRSD)3/10
Income momentumCensus 16→21
HH income · wk$959 → $1,198
Change+24.9%
vs QLD median+6.9 pp
Median rent+15%
gentrifyingvs QLD 2016–21
Area & amenity
Hospitals · Southern Downs LGAAIHW
Public2
Private0
Stanthorpe Hospitalpublic
Warwick Hospitalpublic
Aged care · Southern Downs LGAGEN
Facilities8
Residential places482
Churches of Christ Warwick Aged Care Service128 places
Churches of Christ Stanthorpe Aged Care Service103 places
Akooramak Care of Older Persons100 places
The Oaks Residential Aged Care Facility40 places
Kadimah Nursing Home31 places
Leslie Place Aged Persons Hostel30 places
+2 more in Southern Downs LGA
Childcare · Southern Downs LGAACECQA
Services19
Approved places915
Exceeding NQS2
Busy Bees at Warwick105 places
Kidszone Australia75 places
Little Tackers Childcare Centre75 places
Milestones Early Learning Stanthorpe75 places
Whispering Gully Rosenthal Heights75 places
Goodstart Early Learning Warwick - Wood Street74 places
+13 more in Southern Downs LGA
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Sources & freshness
Verify-heavy evidence

Dalveen 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 May 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.

Dalveen FAQ

Common questions
  1. What LGA is Dalveen in?

    Dalveen is in the Southern Downs Local Government Area, QLD, postcode 4374. Council-level context for Southern Downs LGA (suburb mix, population, rent, and price coverage) is available on the QuickProperty LGA page.

  2. What is the typical weekly rent in Dalveen?

    The median weekly rent in Dalveen is $230/wk, based on ABS Census 2021 rent fallback.

  3. Is Dalveen a good investment?

    QuickProperty's investment signals for Dalveen 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 Dalveen?

    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 Dalveen 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.