Karara is in Southern Downs LGA, QLD, postcode 4352, with population 128.
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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.
Price series isn't recorded for this suburb. Census housing data is shown instead.
82% of homes here are owner-occupied and 14% rented, with 6% of landlords negatively geared.
82% 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.
This suburb 24% · QLD median 19%
Nationally · lighter rent burden than 23% of AU suburbs
Owners with a mortgage repay a median of $1,402/mo, while renters pay about $975/mo — owning runs $427/mo higher on these medians.
At the median asking rent, about 33% of households here would spend more than 30% of income on rent (rent stress line: $750/wk income).
Getting to work: 49% drive, 0% public transport, 13% walk or cycle, 27% worked from home (2021 Census, taken during COVID-era work-from-home arrangements).
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.
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.
Located in Queensland within the Southern Downs local government area, Karara is a quiet locality (postcode 4352). With a population of 128, the suburb has a more retirement-aged population with a median age of 55. Households earn a median income of $49K 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, sales. Employment in the area leans toward agriculture and retail trade. The top ancestries reported are Australian, English, Irish.
The median weekly rent is $225 (Census 2021). The median monthly mortgage repayment is $1,402.
Karara is served by 1 school, including 1 primary. 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.
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QVAS residential dwelling sales aggregated to SA2 and mapped to suburb pages
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The lighter areas here are hospital coverage and transport stops, so a single-page read should carry less weight than usual.
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Similar local read: useful for context, but still compare the actual market signals.
Karara is in the Southern Downs Local Government Area, QLD, postcode 4352. Council-level context for Southern Downs LGA (suburb mix, population, rent, and price coverage) is available on the QuickProperty LGA page.
The median weekly rent in Karara is $225/wk, based on ABS Census 2021 rent fallback.
QuickProperty's investment signals for Karara show: Stable, Steady. These are computed from price, rent, income, and population data — not an opaque score.
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.
Property prices update quarterly. RBA macro indicators update with each deploy. Demographics are from Census 2021. School ICSEA scores are from ACARA 2025.