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Suburb profile ·Southern Downs LGA · QLD ·4370

Maryvale QLD 4370

Maryvale is in Southern Downs LGA, QLD, postcode 4370, with population 392.

The read

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What to check

Evidence depth is verify-heavy, so the profile should be treated as provisional. Small local population makes the signal set more fragile.

Median house
No local house series
Median rent
$250/wk
Market rent signal
D5 vs AU
Gross yield
Need rent + price
Population
38,064
38K via Southern Downs LGA · SAL undercount
Schools
1
Matched school context
D1 vs AU
Drive to city
Not in commute dataset
Solar
4,625
281 added 12mo · 33MW

Price history

No price history available

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

Median mortgage · mth$884
Median rent · wk$250
Investor profile

Who invests in Maryvale

Owner-occupied 85%Rented 15%
Investor activityATO
Negatively geared3.7%
420 of 1,131 landlords
Avg rental loss$4,613/yr
Landlords (rental income)1,131
Reported capital gains748
The read

Owner-occupier stronghold

82% of homes here are owner-occupied and 14% rented, with 4% of landlords negatively geared.

Why it fits

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.

Affordability

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

Owners with a mortgage repay a median of $884/mo, while renters pay about $1,083/mo — renting runs $199/mo higher on these medians.

Household income · yr
$43K
Median rent · wk
$250
Owner mortgage · mo
$884

Household income

$43K household · yr-45.6% vs QLD suburb median
Personal
$24K
Family
$54K
Household
$43K

Housing stock and tenure

Tenure (155 households)
Owned outright
54%
Owned with mortgage
28%
Rented
14%
Dwelling structure24.6% of dwellings unoccupied on census night
Separate house
99%
Townhouse / semi
0%
Flat / apartment
0%

Getting to work: 72% drive, 0% public transport, 3% walk or cycle, 24% worked from home (2021 Census, taken during COVID-era work-from-home arrangements).

Schools

Total1
Avg ICSEA923
Students6
Government1
  • Maryvale State SchoolPrimary · Government · ICSEA 923
Crime Year ending May 2026
4,105
4,105 per 100k
D6 vs AU

Crime

Rate · per 100k4,105
Total incidents4,105· Year ending May 2026
  • Assault87529%
  • Break And Enter38213%
  • Drug Offences1,33544%
  • Fraud45915%
Full data detail Census · ATO · ABS · state datasets
Maryvale QLD — Property Data and Demographics

Maryvale (postcode 4370) is a small, quiet locality in Queensland within the Southern Downs local government area. It is home to about 392 residents, with a mature demographic and a median age of 54. Households earn a median income of $43K per year, with an average household size of 2.1 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 labourers, professionals, managers. Employment in the area leans toward agriculture and accommodation & food. The top ancestries reported are English, Australian, Irish.

The median weekly rent is $250 (Census 2021). The median monthly mortgage repayment is $884.

Maryvale is served by 1 school, including 1 primary. The average ICSEA score is 923, which is below the national average of 1,000. The crime rate in the Southern Downs LGA is moderate at 4,105 incidents per 100,000 population.

Looking at the investment signals, 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.

Market & money
Investment signalsHeuristics
Pop. Growth+0.9%· Stable
Development+0%· Steady
InvestmentQLD
Mortgage · mth$884
Rent · wk(Census)$250
Population growth · Southern Downs LGAABS ERP
Population (2025)38,064
5-year growth+0.9% CAGR
YoY change+0.9%
20012025
Development · Southern Downs LGAABS Approvals
Approvals (2026)236
Houses 70%Units 30%
YoY change+0%
Employment · Southern Downs LGASALM
Unemployment (Dec-25)4.3%
YoY change+1.8pp
Dec-10Dec-25
Property investors · Postcode 4370ATO
Negatively geared3.7%
420 of filers
Avg rental loss$4,613/yr
Landlords (rental income)1,131
Reported capital gains748
People & prosperity
DemographicsCensus 21
Population392
Median age54
Household size2.1
HH income · wk$833
Personal income · wk$454
Persons / bedroom0.9
Income momentumCensus 16→21
HH income · wk$807 → $833
Change+3.2%
vs QLD median-14.8 pp
Median rent+25%
softeningvs QLD 2016–21
Area & amenity
Hospitals · Southern Downs LGAAIHW
Public2
Private0
Stanthorpe Hospitalpublic
Warwick Hospitalpublic
Aged care · Southern Downs LGAGEN
Facilities8
Residential places482
Churches of Christ Warwick Aged Care Service128 places
Churches of Christ Stanthorpe Aged Care Service103 places
Akooramak Care of Older Persons100 places
The Oaks Residential Aged Care Facility40 places
Kadimah Nursing Home31 places
Leslie Place Aged Persons Hostel30 places
+2 more in Southern Downs LGA
Childcare · Southern Downs LGAACECQA
Services19
Approved places915
Exceeding NQS2
Busy Bees at Warwick105 places
Kidszone Australia75 places
Little Tackers Childcare Centre75 places
Milestones Early Learning Stanthorpe75 places
Whispering Gully Rosenthal Heights75 places
Goodstart Early Learning Warwick - Wood Street74 places
+13 more in Southern Downs LGA
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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 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.

Maryvale FAQ

Common questions
  1. What LGA is Maryvale in?

    Maryvale is in the Southern Downs Local Government Area, QLD, postcode 4370. Council-level context for Southern Downs LGA (suburb mix, population, rent, and price coverage) is available on the QuickProperty LGA page.

  2. What is the typical weekly rent in Maryvale?

    The median weekly rent in Maryvale is $250/wk, based on ABS Census 2021 rent fallback.

  3. Is Maryvale a good investment?

    QuickProperty's investment signals for Maryvale 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 Maryvale?

    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 Maryvale 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.