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Suburb profile ·Southern Downs LGA · QLD ·4370

North Branch QLD 4370

North Branch is in Southern Downs LGA, QLD, postcode 4370, with population 46.

Limited data

Thin-context

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Why it fits

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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
$120/wk
Market rent signal
D1 vs AU
Gross yield
Need rent + price
Population
38,064
38K via Southern Downs LGA · SAL undercount
Schools
No matched school data
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
Median rent · wk$120

Affordability

11%
median weekly rent as a share of gross household income (the 30% rule)
Manageable
Household income · yr
$55K
Median rent · wk
$120

Household income

$55K household · yr-30.6% vs QLD suburb median
Personal
$25K
Family
$59K
Household
$55K
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
North Branch QLD — Property Data and Demographics

Located in Queensland within the Southern Downs local government area, North Branch is a small, quiet locality (postcode 4370). With a population of 46, the suburb has an older-leaning population with a median age of 53. Households earn a median income of $55K per year, with an average household size of 2 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, clerical & administrative, professionals. Employment in the area leans toward agriculture and education. The top ancestries reported are Australian, English, Filipino.

The median weekly rent is $120 (Census 2021).

The crime rate in the Southern Downs LGA is moderate at 4,105 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
Rent · wk(Census)$120
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
Population46
Median age53
Household size2
HH income · wk$1,062
Personal income · wk$483
Persons / bedroom0.8
SEIFA indexABS
Advantage (IRSAD)8/10
Education (IEO)9/10
Economic (IER)6/10
Disadvantage (IRSD)9/10
Income momentumCensus 16→21
HH income · wk$1,449 → $1,062
Change-26.7%
vs QLD median-44.7 pp
Median rent+60%
softeningvs QLD 2016–21
Top industriesCensus
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

Much of North Branch 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 May 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 North Branch 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 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.

Use it for context first, then move to compare, the state hub, or a larger nearby suburb before calling it a full 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 North Branch feels too thin on its own, use these nearby suburbs as stronger local reads before making a shortlist decision.

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North Branch FAQ

Common questions
  1. What LGA is North Branch in?

    North Branch 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 North Branch?

    The median weekly rent in North Branch is $120/wk, based on ABS Census 2021 rent fallback.

  3. Is North Branch a good investment?

    QuickProperty's investment signals for North Branch 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 North Branch?

    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 North Branch 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.