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Dimbulah QLD 4872

Dimbulah is in Mareeba LGA, QLD, postcode 4872, with population 975.

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Median house
No local house series
Median rent
$200/wk
Market rent signal
D3 vs AU
Gross yield
Need rent + price
Population
975
975 local footprint
D8 vs AU
Schools
2
Matched school context
D8 vs AU
Solar
1,006
53 added 12mo · 11MW

Price history

No price history available

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

Median mortgage · mth$1,387
Median rent · wk$200

Affordability

17%
median weekly rent as a share of gross household income (the 30% rule)
Manageable

Owners with a mortgage repay a median of $1,387/mo, while renters pay about $867/mo — owning runs $520/mo higher on these medians.

Household income · yr
$60K
Median rent · wk
$200
Owner mortgage · mo
$1,387

Household income

$60K household · yr-24.2% vs QLD suburb median
Personal
$31K
Family
$77K
Household
$60K

Schools

Total2
Avg ICSEA934
Students171
Catholic1
Government1
  • Dimbulah State SchoolCombined · Government · ICSEA 869
  • St Anthony's SchoolPrimary · Catholic · ICSEA 998
Crime Year ending Apr 2026
9,472
9,472 per 100k
D9 vs AU

Crime

Rate · per 100k9,472
Total incidents9,472· Year ending Apr 2026
  • Assault2,55542%
  • Break And Enter1,61727%
  • Drug Offences1,56526%
  • Fraud3195%

Full data detail

Dimbulah QLD — Property Data and Demographics

Dimbulah (postcode 4872) is a small locality in Queensland within the Mareeba local government area. The area has roughly 975 residents and a mature demographic, with a median age of 48. Households earn a median income of $60K 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 +1.1% 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, professionals. Employment in the area leans toward agriculture and education. The top ancestries reported are Australian, English, Italian.

The median weekly rent is $200 (Census 2021). The median monthly mortgage repayment is $1,387.

Dimbulah is served by 2 schools, including 1 primary, 1 combined. The average ICSEA score is 934, which is below the national average of 1,000. The crime rate in the Mareeba LGA is higher than average at 9,472 incidents per 100,000 population.

From an investment perspective, Population growth of +1.1% 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+1.1%· Stable
Development+0%· Steady
InvestmentQLD
Mortgage · mth$1,387
Rent · wk(Census)$200
Population growth · Mareeba LGAABS ERP
Population (2025)24,205
5-year growth+1% CAGR
YoY change+1.1%
20012025
Development · Mareeba LGAABS Approvals
Approvals (2026)61
Houses52
Units9
YoY change+0%
Employment · Mareeba LGASALM
Unemployment (Dec-25)7.4%
YoY change+2.4pp
Dec-10Dec-25
Property investors · Postcode 4872ATO
Negatively geared101 (3.9% of filers)
Avg rental loss$6,373/yr
Landlords (rental income)305
Reported capital gains231
People & prosperity
DemographicsCensus 21
Population975
Median age48
Household size2.3
HH income · wk$1,161
Personal income · wk$592
Persons / bedroom0.8
SEIFA indexABS
Advantage (IRSAD)2/10
Education (IEO)3/10
Economic (IER)2/10
Disadvantage (IRSD)2/10
Area & amenity
Local amenitiesOSM
Supermarkets1
Pharmacies1
GP / clinics0
Fuel stations0
Cafes & dining3
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Sources & freshness
Verify-heavy evidence

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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 · 2 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.

Dimbulah FAQ

Common questions
  1. What LGA is Dimbulah in?

    Dimbulah is in the Mareeba Local Government Area, QLD, postcode 4872. Council-level context for Mareeba LGA (suburb mix, population, rent, and price coverage) is available on the QuickProperty LGA page.

  2. What is the typical weekly rent in Dimbulah?

    The median weekly rent in Dimbulah is $200/wk, based on ABS Census 2021 rent fallback.

  3. Is Dimbulah a good investment?

    QuickProperty's investment signals for Dimbulah 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 Dimbulah?

    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 Dimbulah 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.