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Suburb profile ·Bundaberg LGA · QLD ·4670

Oakwood QLD 4670

Oakwood is in Bundaberg LGA, QLD, postcode 4670, with population 364.

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
$215/wk
Market rent signal
D3 vs AU
Gross yield
Need rent + price
Population
107,297
107K via Bundaberg LGA · SAL undercount
Schools
1
Matched school context
D1 vs AU
Solar
24,248
1,357 added 12mo · 149MW

Price history

No price history available

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

Median mortgage · mth$1,222
Median rent · wk$215

Affordability

28%
median weekly rent as a share of gross household income (the 30% rule)
Manageable

Owners with a mortgage repay a median of $1,222/mo, while renters pay about $932/mo — owning runs $290/mo higher on these medians.

Household income · yr
$41K
Median rent · wk
$215
Owner mortgage · mo
$1,222

Household income

$41K household · yr-49.1% vs QLD suburb median
Personal
$26K
Family
$61K
Household
$41K

Schools

Total1
Avg ICSEA949
Students200
Government1
  • Oakwood State SchoolPrimary · Government · ICSEA 949
Crime Year ending Apr 2026
4,913
4,913 per 100k
D7 vs AU

Crime

Rate · per 100k4,913
Total incidents4,913· Year ending Apr 2026
  • Assault67723%
  • Break And Enter51117%
  • Drug Offences1,48650%
  • Fraud29510%

Full data detail

Oakwood QLD — Property Data and Demographics

Located in Queensland within the Bundaberg local government area, Oakwood is a small, quiet locality (postcode 4670). The area has roughly 364 residents and a predominantly older resident base, with a median age of 60. Households earn a median income of $41K 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 +1.3% 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 labourers, technicians & trades, sales. Employment in the area leans toward healthcare and construction. The top ancestries reported are English, Australian, Scottish.

The median weekly rent is $215 (Census 2021). The median monthly mortgage repayment is $1,222.

Oakwood is served by 1 school, including 1 primary. The average ICSEA score is 949, which is below the national average of 1,000. The crime rate in the Bundaberg LGA is moderate at 4,913 incidents per 100,000 population.

From an investment perspective, Population growth of +1.3% 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+1.3%· Stable
Development+0%· Steady
InvestmentQLD
Mortgage · mth$1,222
Rent · wk(Census)$215
Population growth · Bundaberg LGAABS ERP
Population (2025)107,297
5-year growth+1.6% CAGR
YoY change+1.3%
20012025
Development · Bundaberg LGAABS Approvals
Approvals (2026)893
Houses691
Units202
YoY change+0%
Employment · Bundaberg LGASALM
Unemployment (Dec-25)4.5%
YoY change-0.1pp
Dec-10Dec-25
Property investors · Postcode 4670ATO
Negatively geared1,934 (4% of filers)
Avg rental loss$5,667/yr
Landlords (rental income)4,774
Reported capital gains3,641
People & prosperity
DemographicsCensus 21
Population364
Median age60
Household size2
HH income · wk$780
Personal income · wk$502
Persons / bedroom0.9
SEIFA indexABS
Advantage (IRSAD)2/10
Education (IEO)1/10
Economic (IER)2/10
Disadvantage (IRSD)1/10
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Sources & freshness
Verify-heavy evidence

Much of Oakwood 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 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.

Oakwood FAQ

Common questions
  1. What LGA is Oakwood in?

    Oakwood is in the Bundaberg Local Government Area, QLD, postcode 4670. Council-level context for Bundaberg LGA (suburb mix, population, rent, and price coverage) is available on the QuickProperty LGA page.

  2. What is the typical weekly rent in Oakwood?

    The median weekly rent in Oakwood is $215/wk, based on ABS Census 2021 rent fallback.

  3. Is Oakwood a good investment?

    QuickProperty's investment signals for Oakwood 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 Oakwood?

    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 Oakwood 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.