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Suburb profile ·Barcoo LGA · QLD ·4481

Farrars Creek QLD 4481

Farrars Creek is in Barcoo LGA, QLD, postcode 4481, with population 16.

Limited data

Thin-context

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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
16
16 local footprint
D1 vs AU
Schools
No matched school data
Drive to city
Not in commute dataset
Solar
19
0 added 12mo · 0MW

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

Household income

Personal
$44K
Crime Year ending May 2026
946
946 per 100k
D1 vs AU

Crime

Rate · per 100k946
Total incidents946· Year ending May 2026
  • Assault315100%
  • Break And Enter00%
  • Drug Offences00%
  • Fraud00%

Building due diligence

Construction requirements can change by location.

The National Construction Code is the baseline. Local hazards and site classifications can change the required structure, materials, fixings, insulation and detailing.

Known here

SUBURB CONTEXT

Bushfire-prone land

Low broad-area context

About 7.6% of the suburb intersects mapped bushfire-prone land.

May affect: External construction · Roof and wall systems · Openings, screens and decks

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ADDRESS + DESIGN

NCC climate zone

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Confirm the NCC climate zone used for the building design and energy provisions.

May affect: Insulation and glazing · Condensation control · Roof-space ventilation

Wind class and BAL

Site assessment required

A suburb layer cannot determine the site wind classification or Bushfire Attack Level.

May affect: Structure and tie-downs · Cladding and fixings · Openings and bushfire detailing

Corrosion and termite exposure

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Confirm marine or corrosive exposure and the applicable termite-management requirements.

May affect: Fasteners and connectors · Roofing and coatings · Termite management

This screen identifies investigation triggers, not building quality or property compliance. Confirm the address, design and current jurisdiction rules with the council, building surveyor or certifier, designer and engineer.

NCC 2022 Housing Provisions: how to use · NCC 2022 Volume Two and Housing Provisions

Bushfire exposure

Low exposure ~7.6%
~7.6% 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

2,193 people · 20222,010 by 2032 (-8.3%)

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

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

Farrars Creek (postcode 4481) is a quiet locality in Queensland within the Barcoo local government area. The area has roughly 16 residents and a younger resident base, with a median age of 19. Recent annual estimates show population movement into the broader catchment, with population growth running at +1.9% year-on-year at the LGA level. QLD employment has moved +1.5% 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 crime rate in the Barcoo LGA is low at 946 incidents per 100,000 population.

From an investment perspective, Population growth of +1.9% 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+1.9%· Stable
Development+0%· Steady
InvestmentQLD
Mortgage · mth
Rent · wk(Census)
Population growth · Barcoo LGAABS ERP
Population (2025)321
5-year growth+1.2% CAGR
YoY change+1.9%
20012025
Development · Barcoo LGAABS Approvals
Approvals (2026)1
Houses1
YoY change+0%
Employment · Barcoo LGASALM
Unemployment (Dec-25)1.6%
YoY change+0.6pp
Jun-24Dec-25
Property investors · Postcode 4481ATO
Negatively geared6.8%
6 of filers
Avg rental loss$1,444/yr
Landlords (rental income)12
Reported capital gains4
People & prosperity
DemographicsCensus 21
Population16
Median age19
Household size0
HH income · wk
Personal income · wk$850
Persons / bedroom0
SEIFA indexABS
Advantage (IRSAD)4/10
Education (IEO)1/10
Economic (IER)4/10
Disadvantage (IRSD)4/10
Top occupationsCensus
Top industriesCensus
Top ancestryCensus
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Sources & freshness
Thin evidence

Farrars Creek is 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 May 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 Farrars Creek 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.

Use nearby suburbs, the state hub, and rankings to find stronger comparables before turning this locality into a shortlist 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

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

Stonehenge better covered
better market coverage

pop same · adds rent coverage · stronger market coverage

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

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better market coverage

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

Windorah better covered
better market coverage

pop +100 · adds rent coverage · stronger market coverage

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

Farrars Creek FAQ

Common questions
  1. What LGA is Farrars Creek in?

    Farrars Creek is in the Barcoo Local Government Area, QLD, postcode 4481. Council-level context for Barcoo LGA (suburb mix, population, rent, and price coverage) is available on the QuickProperty LGA page.

  2. Is Farrars Creek a good investment?

    QuickProperty's investment signals for Farrars Creek 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 Farrars Creek?

    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 Farrars Creek 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.