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Suburb profile ·Ipswich LGA · QLD ·4306

Ironbark QLD 4306

Ironbark is in Ipswich LGA, QLD, postcode 4306, with population 1,173.

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

Population movement supports a growth-led read. 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.

Median house
No local house series
Median rent
$325/wk
Market rent signal
D7 vs AU
Gross yield
Need rent + price
Population
1,173
1K local footprint
D8 vs AU
Schools
No matched school data
Solar
15,590
1,338 added 12mo · 106MW

Price history

No price history available

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

Median mortgage · mth$1,659
Median rent · wk$325

Affordability

16%
median weekly rent as a share of gross household income (the 30% rule)
Manageable

Owners with a mortgage repay a median of $1,659/mo, while renters pay about $1,408/mo — owning runs $251/mo higher on these medians.

Household income · yr
$108K
Median rent · wk
$325
Owner mortgage · mo
$1,659

Household income

$108K household · yr+35.5% vs QLD suburb median
Personal
$39K
Family
$105K
Household
$108K
Crime Year ending Apr 2026
6,631
6,631 per 100k
D8 vs AU

Crime

Rate · per 100k6,631
Total incidents6,631· Year ending Apr 2026
  • Assault1,27838%
  • Break And Enter49515%
  • Drug Offences1,20936%
  • Fraud35411%

Full data detail

Ironbark QLD — Property Data and Demographics

Located in Queensland within the Ipswich local government area, Ironbark is a close-knit residential community (postcode 4306). With a population of 1,173, the suburb has a mix of young professionals and families with a median age of 34. Households earn a median income of $108K per year, with an average household size of 2.9 people. Recent annual estimates show population movement into the broader catchment, with population growth running at +3.5% 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 technicians & trades, clerical & administrative, labourers. Employment in the area leans toward construction and healthcare. The top ancestries reported are Australian, English, Scottish.

The median weekly rent is $325 (Census 2021). The median monthly mortgage repayment is $1,659.

The crime rate in the Ipswich LGA is moderate at 6,631 incidents per 100,000 population.

From an investment perspective, Population growth of +3.5% year-on-year points to strong growth demand fundamentals. Building approvals have changed +0% year-on-year, indicating steady development activity.

Market & money
Investment signalsHeuristics
Pop. Growth+3.5% Strong Growth
Development+0%· Steady
InvestmentQLD
Mortgage · mth$1,659
Rent · wk(Census)$325
Population growth · Ipswich LGAABS ERP
Population (2025)268,272
5-year growth+3.4% CAGR
YoY change+3.5%
20012025
Development · Ipswich LGAABS Approvals
Approvals (2026)2,108
Houses1,470
Units638
YoY change+0%
Employment · Ipswich LGASALM
Unemployment (Dec-25)4.6%
YoY change-1pp
Dec-10Dec-25
Property investors · Postcode 4306ATO
Negatively geared1,669 (5.6% of filers)
Avg rental loss$6,460/yr
Landlords (rental income)3,106
Reported capital gains1,989
People & prosperity
DemographicsCensus 21
Population1,173
Median age34
Household size2.9
HH income · wk$2,075
Personal income · wk$746
Persons / bedroom0.8
SEIFA indexABS
Advantage (IRSAD)7/10
Education (IEO)2/10
Economic (IER)8/10
Disadvantage (IRSD)5/10
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Sources & freshness
Verify-heavy evidence

Much of Ironbark 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 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 Ironbark 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
The page is readable, but the local evidence base is lighter than a mainstream suburb profile.

Read it as a starting locality brief, then cross-check the suburb story against better-covered nearby markets or the state hub.

WHAT IS MISSING
Coverage is lighter across school matches, hospital coverage, and transport stops.

The main gaps on this page are school matches, hospital coverage, and transport stops. That narrows how much confidence you should place on a single-page read.

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

Begin here, but pressure-test the read in compare, against the state hub, or a bigger nearby suburb before deciding.

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

Barellan Point better covered
similar rent profile similar suburb scale better market coverage

pop same · adds house price coverage · rent +$73/wk

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

Tivoli better covered
similar rent profile similar suburb scale better market coverage

pop +300 · adds house price coverage · rent -$40/wk

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

Blackstone most similar
similar rent profile similar suburb scale

pop same · rent +$3/wk

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

Ironbark FAQ

Common questions
  1. What LGA is Ironbark in?

    Ironbark is in the Ipswich Local Government Area, QLD, postcode 4306. Council-level context for Ipswich LGA (suburb mix, population, rent, and price coverage) is available on the QuickProperty LGA page.

  2. What is the typical weekly rent in Ironbark?

    The median weekly rent in Ironbark is $325/wk, based on ABS Census 2021 rent fallback.

  3. Is Ironbark a good investment?

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

  4. Where does QuickProperty get its data for Ironbark?

    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 Ironbark 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.