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Suburb profile ·North Burnett LGA · QLD ·4626

Old Cooranga QLD 4626

Old Cooranga is in North Burnett LGA, QLD, postcode 4626, with population 29.

Limited data

Thin-context

The page is still useful for local context, but the evidence stack is too thin for a clean one-page call. Use nearby stronger suburbs or compare mode before treating it as a serious shortlist decision.

Why it fits

Higher SEIFA context supports a stronger local-quality read.

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
$106/wk
Market rent signal
D1 vs AU
Gross yield
Need rent + price
Population
10,562
11K via North Burnett LGA · SAL undercount
Schools
No matched school data
Drive to city
Not in commute dataset
Solar
494
25 added 12mo · 4MW

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$106

Affordability

9%
median weekly rent as a share of gross household income (the 30% rule)
Manageable
Household income · yr
$59K
Median rent · wk
$106

Household income

$59K household · yr-26.5% vs QLD suburb median
Personal
$44K
Family
$81K
Household
$59K
Crime Year ending May 2026
3,638
3,638 per 100k
D5 vs AU

Crime

Rate · per 100k3,638
Total incidents3,638· Year ending May 2026
  • Assault66621%
  • Break And Enter60019%
  • Drug Offences1,77357%
  • Fraud843%

Building due diligence

Construction requirements can change by location.

The National Construction Code is the baseline. Local hazards and site classifications can change the required structure, materials, fixings, insulation and detailing.

Known here

SUBURB CONTEXT

Bushfire-prone land

No mapped bushfire exposure

About 0.0% of the suburb intersects mapped bushfire-prone land.

May affect: External construction · Roof and wall systems · Openings, screens and decks

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ADDRESS + DESIGN

NCC climate zone

Check the property

Confirm the NCC climate zone used for the building design and energy provisions.

May affect: Insulation and glazing · Condensation control · Roof-space ventilation

Wind class and BAL

Site assessment required

A suburb layer cannot determine the site wind classification or Bushfire Attack Level.

May affect: Structure and tie-downs · Cladding and fixings · Openings and bushfire detailing

Corrosion and termite exposure

Check the property

Confirm marine or corrosive exposure and the applicable termite-management requirements.

May affect: Fasteners and connectors · Roofing and coatings · Termite management

This screen identifies investigation triggers, not building quality or property compliance. Confirm the address, design and current jurisdiction rules with the council, building surveyor or certifier, designer and engineer.

NCC 2022 Housing Provisions: how to use · NCC 2022 Volume Two and Housing Provisions

Bushfire exposure

No mapped exposure ~0.0%
~0.0% of the suburb is Bush Fire Prone Land

Estimated exposure to NSW RFS Bush Fire Prone Land (CC BY), point-sampled across the suburb. This shows how much of the suburb sits within the official hazard layer — it is not a Bushfire Attack Level (BAL) rating or a property-level assessment. Obtain a BAL assessment (AS 3959) for an individual property.

Population outlook

6,497 people · 20226,973 by 2032 (+7.3%)

ABS population projection (2022 base) for the Gayndah - Mundubbera SA2 statistical area — the finest official projection grain available; suburb-level projections do not exist.

Full data detail Census · ATO · ABS · state datasets
Old Cooranga QLD — Property Data and Demographics

Old Cooranga is a quiet locality in Queensland within the North Burnett local government area (postcode 4626). It is home to about 29 residents, with an older-leaning population and a median age of 47. Households earn a median income of $59K per year, with an average household size of 2.3 people. Recent annual estimates show population movement staying broadly stable across the broader catchment, with population growth running at +1.1% year-on-year at the LGA level. QLD employment has moved +1.5% 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, labourers, machinery operators & drivers. The top ancestries reported are Australian, English, German.

The median weekly rent is $106 (Census 2021).

The crime rate in the North Burnett LGA is below average at 3,638 incidents per 100,000 population.

Looking at the investment signals, Population growth of +1.1% 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+1.1%· Stable
Development+0%· Steady
InvestmentQLD
Mortgage · mth
Rent · wk(Census)$106
Population growth · North Burnett LGAABS ERP
Population (2025)10,562
5-year growth+0.7% CAGR
YoY change+1.1%
20012025
Development · North Burnett LGAABS Approvals
Approvals (2026)33
Houses33
YoY change+0%
Employment · North Burnett LGASALM
Unemployment (Dec-25)4.2%
YoY change-0.3pp
Dec-10Dec-25
Property investors · Postcode 4626ATO
Negatively geared2.7%
39 of filers
Avg rental loss$7,183/yr
Landlords (rental income)122
Reported capital gains91
People & prosperity
DemographicsCensus 21
Population29
Median age47
Household size2.3
HH income · wk$1,125
Personal income · wk$849
Persons / bedroom0.8
SEIFA indexABS
Advantage (IRSAD)7/10
Education (IEO)7/10
Economic (IER)7/10
Disadvantage (IRSD)7/10
Income momentumCensus 16→21
HH income · wk$575 → $1,125
Change+95.7%
vs QLD median+77.7 pp
Median rent-11.7%
gentrifyingvs QLD 2016–21
Top industriesCensus
Area & amenity
Hospitals · North Burnett LGAAIHW
Public5
Private0
Biggenden Hospitalpublic
Eidsvold Hospitalpublic
Gayndah Hospitalpublic
Monto Hospitalpublic
Mundubbera Hospitalpublic
Aged care · North Burnett LGAGEN
Facilities5
Residential places127
Central & Upper Burnett District Home for the Aged Nursing Home52 places
Ridgehaven Retirement Complex36 places
Mundubbera Multi-Purpose Service21 places
Biggenden Multi-Purpose Service11 places
Eidsvold Multi-Purpose Service7 places
Childcare · North Burnett LGAACECQA
Services6
Approved places102
Exceeding NQS1
Biggenden and District Kindergarten22 places
C&K Gayndah Community Kindergarten22 places
C&K Monto Community Kindergarten22 places
Mundubbera Kindergarten21 places
Eidsvold State School Kindergarten15 places
Mundubbera Family Day Care SchemeFamily Day Care
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Sources & freshness
Verify-heavy evidence

Old Cooranga 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 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 Old Cooranga 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.

Coverage is thinner on school matches, hospital coverage, and transport stops; lean less on this one page and confirm those gaps elsewhere.

BEST NEXT STEP
Use this page to understand the locality shape, then compare outward.

Begin here, but pressure-test the read in compare, against the state hub, or a bigger nearby suburb before deciding.

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 Old Cooranga feels too thin on its own, use these nearby suburbs as stronger local reads before making a shortlist decision.

Selene most similar
similar rent profile similar suburb scale

pop same · rent +$14/wk

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

Hawkwood most similar
similar rent profile similar suburb scale

pop same · rent +$14/wk

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

Byrnestown most similar
similar rent profile similar suburb scale

pop same · rent +$34/wk

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

Old Cooranga FAQ

Common questions
  1. What LGA is Old Cooranga in?

    Old Cooranga is in the North Burnett Local Government Area, QLD, postcode 4626. Council-level context for North Burnett LGA (suburb mix, population, rent, and price coverage) is available on the QuickProperty LGA page.

  2. What is the typical weekly rent in Old Cooranga?

    The median weekly rent in Old Cooranga is $106/wk, based on ABS Census 2021 rent fallback.

  3. Is Old Cooranga a good investment?

    QuickProperty's investment signals for Old Cooranga 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 Old Cooranga?

    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 Old Cooranga 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.