Newtown is in Toowoomba LGA, QLD, postcode 4350, with population 10,039.
There are enough stretched or weaker signals here that you should assume trade-offs rather than a clean story. Use compare mode to see whether the downside is price, local quality, or weaker momentum before treating it as a target suburb.
Entry price sits in the lower-cost range for a first-pass screen. School coverage gives the page a stronger family/livability signal.
Gross yield looks low for an income-first use case.
Indicative cashflow is interest-only and excludes tax — use the calculator for a full projection.
Owners with a mortgage repay a median of $1,254/mo, while renters pay about $1,252/mo — owning runs $2/mo higher on these medians.
1 of 3 schools here operate published enrolment zones (catchments). Zone boundaries set eligibility — check the official source for the exact catchment. Not enrolment advice.
Newtown (postcode 4350) is an established suburb in Queensland within the Toowoomba local government area. The area has roughly 10,039 residents and a mix of families and early-career residents, with a median age of 35. Households earn a median income of $62K per year, with an average household size of 2.2 people. Recent annual estimates show population movement staying broadly stable across the broader catchment, with population growth running at +1.2% 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 professionals, community & personal service, technicians & trades. Employment in the area leans toward healthcare and retail trade. The top ancestries reported are English, Australian, Irish.
Median house prices in Newtown sit at $650,000, little changed on a year ago. The median weekly rent is $289 (Census 2021). This gives a gross rental yield of approximately 2.3%. The median monthly mortgage repayment is $1,254.
Newtown is served by 3 schools, including 1 primary, 2 special. The average ICSEA score is 930, which is below the national average of 1,000. The crime rate in the Toowoomba LGA is moderate at 5,831 incidents per 100,000 population.
From an investment perspective, Gross rental yield sits at around 2.3% (low yield). Property prices sit below the state median ($650K/$1.1M), which can point to relative value. The price-to-income ratio of 10.4x is considered stretched. House prices have moved +0.0% year-on-year. Population growth of +1.2% year-on-year points to stable demand fundamentals. Building approvals have changed +0% year-on-year, indicating steady development activity.
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There is enough direct local evidence on Newtown for a first-pass decision.
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QVAS residential dwelling sales aggregated to SA2 and mapped to suburb pages
This gives you directional coverage, but it is weaker than a current rent release.
Schools, transport, and hospitals are useful as presence signals, but they still have different source cadences.
Newtown is in the Toowoomba Local Government Area, QLD, postcode 4350. Council-level context for Toowoomba LGA (suburb mix, population, rent, and price coverage) is available on the QuickProperty LGA page.
The current median house price in Newtown, QLD is $650K, based on the latest available sales data from state Valuers General offices and ABS Data by Region.
The median weekly rent in Newtown is $289/wk, based on ABS Census 2021 rent fallback.
QuickProperty's investment signals for Newtown show: Low Yield, Below Median, Stretched. 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.