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Suburb profile ·Barcaldine LGA · QLD ·4732

Muttaburra QLD 4732

Muttaburra is in Barcaldine LGA, QLD, postcode 4732, with population 158.

Limited data

Thin-context

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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
$80/wk
Market rent signal
D1 vs AU
Gross yield
Need rent + price
Population
2,937
3K via Barcaldine LGA · SAL undercount
Schools
1
Matched school context
D1 vs AU
Solar
43
1 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$2,000
Median rent · wk$80

Affordability

8%
median weekly rent as a share of gross household income (the 30% rule)
Manageable

Owners with a mortgage repay a median of $2,000/mo, while renters pay about $347/mo — owning runs $1,653/mo higher on these medians.

Household income · yr
$54K
Median rent · wk
$80
Owner mortgage · mo
$2,000

Household income

$54K household · yr-31.9% vs QLD suburb median
Personal
$40K
Family
$85K
Household
$54K

Schools

Total1
Students17
Government1
  • Muttaburra State SchoolPrimary · Government
Crime Year ending Apr 2026
8,455
8,455 per 100k
D9 vs AU

Crime

Rate · per 100k8,455
Total incidents8,455· Year ending Apr 2026
  • Assault64531%
  • Break And Enter47523%
  • Drug Offences78037%
  • Fraud20310%

Full data detail

Muttaburra QLD — Property Data and Demographics

Muttaburra (postcode 4732) is a small, quiet locality in Queensland within the Barcaldine local government area. It is home to about 158 residents, with a settled, mature resident base and a median age of 45. Households earn a median income of $54K per year, with an average household size of 2.4 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 +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 managers, labourers, technicians & trades. Employment in the area leans toward agriculture and public admin & safety. The top ancestries reported are English, Australian, Irish.

The median weekly rent is $80 (Census 2021). The median monthly mortgage repayment is $2,000.

Muttaburra is served by 1 school, including 1 primary. The crime rate in the Barcaldine LGA is higher than average at 8,455 incidents per 100,000 population.

On the investment side, 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$2,000
Rent · wk(Census)$80
Population growth · Barcaldine LGAABS ERP
Population (2025)2,937
5-year growth+0.5% CAGR
YoY change+0.9%
20012025
Development · Barcaldine LGAABS Approvals
Approvals (2026)4
Houses4
YoY change+0%
Employment · Barcaldine LGASALM
Unemployment (Dec-25)1.4%
YoY change+0pp
Dec-10Dec-25
Property investors · Postcode 4732ATO
Negatively geared5 (6.2% of filers)
Avg rental loss$11,617/yr
Landlords (rental income)13
Reported capital gains11
People & prosperity
DemographicsCensus 21
Population158
Median age45
Household size2.4
HH income · wk$1,042
Personal income · wk$778
Persons / bedroom0.7
SEIFA indexABS
Advantage (IRSAD)5/10
Education (IEO)7/10
Economic (IER)7/10
Disadvantage (IRSD)6/10
Area & amenity
Local amenitiesOSM
Supermarkets0
Pharmacies0
GP / clinics1
Fuel stations1
Cafes & dining2
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Sources & freshness
Verify-heavy evidence

Muttaburra depends 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 · 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 Muttaburra 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.

The main gaps on this page are 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.

Start here for context, then open compare, the state hub, or larger nearby suburbs before treating this as a complete 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 Muttaburra feels too thin on its own, use these nearby suburbs as stronger local reads before making a shortlist decision.

Jericho most similar
similar rent profile similar suburb scale

pop +100 · rent +$20/wk

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

Aramac most similar
similar rent profile

pop +200 · rent +$14/wk

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

Barcaldine better covered
better market coverage

pop +1400 · adds house price coverage · rent +$120/wk

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

Muttaburra FAQ

Common questions
  1. What LGA is Muttaburra in?

    Muttaburra is in the Barcaldine Local Government Area, QLD, postcode 4732. Council-level context for Barcaldine LGA (suburb mix, population, rent, and price coverage) is available on the QuickProperty LGA page.

  2. What is the typical weekly rent in Muttaburra?

    The median weekly rent in Muttaburra is $80/wk, based on ABS Census 2021 rent fallback.

  3. Is Muttaburra a good investment?

    QuickProperty's investment signals for Muttaburra 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 Muttaburra?

    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 Muttaburra 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.