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Suburb profile ·Quilpie LGA · QLD ·4480

Eromanga QLD 4480

Eromanga is in Quilpie LGA, QLD, postcode 4480, with population 98.

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.

Why it fits

Higher SEIFA context supports a stronger local-quality read.

What to check

Evidence depth is verify-heavy, so the profile should be treated as provisional. 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
$140/wk
Market rent signal
D1 vs AU
Gross yield
Need rent + price
Population
98
98 local footprint
D4 vs AU
Schools
1
Matched school context
D1 vs AU
Drive to city
Not in commute dataset
Solar
205
13 added 12mo · 2MW

Price history

No price history available

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

Median mortgage · mth$520
Median rent · wk$140
Investor profile

Who invests in Eromanga

Owner-occupied 71%Rented 29%
Investor activityATO
Negatively geared6.3%
31 of 76 landlords
Avg rental loss$6,912/yr
Landlords (rental income)76
Reported capital gains38
The read

Mixed owner-renter market

47% of homes here are owner-occupied and 19% rented, with 6% of landlords negatively geared.

Why it fits

A balanced 47% owner-occupier / 19% renter mix.

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

Affordability

7%
median weekly rent as a share of gross household income (the 30% rule)
Manageable

Owners with a mortgage repay a median of $520/mo, while renters pay about $607/mo — renting runs $87/mo higher on these medians.

Household income · yr
$111K
Median rent · wk
$140
Owner mortgage · mo
$520

Household income

$111K household · yr+38.8% vs QLD suburb median
Personal
$40K
Family
$119K
Household
$111K

Housing stock and tenure

Tenure (32 households)
Owned outright
38%
Owned with mortgage
9%
Rented
19%
Dwelling structure26.2% of dwellings unoccupied on census night
Separate house
78%
Townhouse / semi
0%
Flat / apartment
0%

Getting to work: 29% drive, 0% public transport, 13% walk or cycle, 46% worked from home (2021 Census, taken during COVID-era work-from-home arrangements).

Schools

Total1
Students8
Government1
  • Eromanga State SchoolPrimary · Government
Crime Year ending May 2026
3,660
3,660 per 100k
D5 vs AU

Crime

Rate · per 100k3,660
Total incidents3,660· Year ending May 2026
  • Assault1,12527%
  • Break And Enter1403%
  • Drug Offences2,67563%
  • Fraud2817%

Bushfire exposure

No mapped exposure ~0.0%
~0.0% of the suburb is Bush Fire Prone Land

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

2,759 people · 20223,000 by 2032 (+8.7%)

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

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

Eromanga (postcode 4480) is a quiet locality in Queensland within the Quilpie local government area. With a population of 98, the suburb has a settled, mature resident base with a median age of 47. Households earn a median income of $111K per year, with an average household size of 2.6 people. Recent annual estimates show population movement staying broadly stable across the broader catchment, with population growth running at +0.8% 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, technicians & trades. Employment in the area leans toward agriculture and public admin & safety. The top ancestries reported are Australian, English, Irish.

The median weekly rent is $140 (Census 2021). The median monthly mortgage repayment is $520.

Eromanga is served by 1 school, including 1 primary. The crime rate in the Quilpie LGA is below average at 3,660 incidents per 100,000 population.

On the investment side, Population growth of +0.8% 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+0.8%· Stable
Development+0%· Steady
InvestmentQLD
Mortgage · mth$520
Rent · wk(Census)$140
Population growth · Quilpie LGAABS ERP
Population (2025)720
5-year growth+0% CAGR
YoY change+0.8%
20012025
Development · Quilpie LGAABS Approvals
Approvals (2026)1
Houses1
YoY change+0%
Employment · Quilpie LGASALM
Unemployment (Dec-25)4.1%
YoY change+0.6pp
Jun-24Dec-25
Property investors · Postcode 4480ATO
Negatively geared6.3%
31 of filers
Avg rental loss$6,912/yr
Landlords (rental income)76
Reported capital gains38
People & prosperity
DemographicsCensus 21
Population98
Median age47
Household size2.6
HH income · wk$2,125
Personal income · wk$767
Persons / bedroom0.7
SEIFA indexABS
Advantage (IRSAD)9/10
Education (IEO)9/10
Economic (IER)9/10
Disadvantage (IRSD)9/10
Income momentumCensus 16→21
HH income · wk$1,286 → $2,125
Change+65.2%
vs QLD median+47.2 pp
Median rent+16.7%
gentrifyingvs QLD 2016–21
Area & amenity
Local amenitiesOSM
Supermarkets0
Pharmacies0
GP / clinics0
Fuel stations1
Cafes & dining1
Hospitals · Quilpie LGAAIHW
Public1
Private0
Quilpie Hospitalpublic
Aged care · Quilpie LGAGEN
Facilities1
Residential places11
Quilpie Multi-Purpose Service11 places
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Sources & freshness
Verify-heavy evidence

Much of Eromanga 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 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.
Sparse locality note

This page stays indexable because Eromanga 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 hospital coverage and transport stops.

Coverage is thinner on hospital coverage and transport stops; lean less on this one page and confirm those gaps elsewhere.

BEST NEXT STEP
Use this page to understand the locality shape, then compare outward.

Use it for context first, then move to compare, the state hub, or a larger nearby suburb before calling it a full market decision.

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

Read it as a direction-setter rather than a final answer: frame the locality, then verify with compare, stronger nearby suburbs, and the state hub.

Stronger nearby reads

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

Adavale most similar
similar suburb scale

pop same · rent -$78/wk

Similar local read: useful for context, but still compare the actual market signals.

Quilpie most similar
similar rent profile

pop +400 · rent same $

Similar local read: useful for context, but still compare the actual market signals.

Eromanga FAQ

Common questions
  1. What LGA is Eromanga in?

    Eromanga is in the Quilpie Local Government Area, QLD, postcode 4480. Council-level context for Quilpie LGA (suburb mix, population, rent, and price coverage) is available on the QuickProperty LGA page.

  2. What is the typical weekly rent in Eromanga?

    The median weekly rent in Eromanga is $140/wk, based on ABS Census 2021 rent fallback.

  3. Is Eromanga a good investment?

    QuickProperty's investment signals for Eromanga 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 Eromanga?

    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 Eromanga 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.