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Suburb profile ·Burdekin LGA · QLD ·4809

Shirbourne QLD 4809

Shirbourne is in Burdekin LGA, QLD, postcode 4809, with population 48.

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.

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
$130/wk
Market rent signal
D1 vs AU
Gross yield
Need rent + price
Population
17,220
17K via Burdekin LGA · SAL undercount
Schools
No matched school data
Solar
385
18 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$2,167
Median rent · wk$130

Affordability

12%
median weekly rent as a share of gross household income (the 30% rule)
Manageable

Owners with a mortgage repay a median of $2,167/mo, while renters pay about $563/mo — owning runs $1,604/mo higher on these medians.

Household income · yr
$58K
Median rent · wk
$130
Owner mortgage · mo
$2,167

Household income

$58K household · yr-26.6% vs QLD suburb median
Personal
$28K
Family
$75K
Household
$58K
Crime Year ending Apr 2026
4,622
4,622 per 100k
D6 vs AU

Crime

Rate · per 100k4,622
Total incidents4,622· Year ending Apr 2026
  • Assault1,10026%
  • Break And Enter67516%
  • Drug Offences2,21752%
  • Fraud2636%

Full data detail

Shirbourne QLD — Property Data and Demographics

Located in Queensland within the Burdekin local government area, Shirbourne is a small, quiet locality (postcode 4809). It is home to about 48 residents, with an established demographic and a median age of 42. Households earn a median income of $58K per year, with an average household size of 2.6 people. Recent annual estimates show population movement staying broadly stable across the broader catchment, with population growth running at +0.5% 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, machinery operators & drivers. Employment in the area leans toward agriculture and transport & logistics. The top ancestries reported are English, Australian, Scottish.

The median weekly rent is $130 (Census 2021). The median monthly mortgage repayment is $2,167.

The crime rate in the Burdekin LGA is moderate at 4,622 incidents per 100,000 population.

On the investment side, Population growth of +0.5% 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+0.5%· Stable
Development+0%· Steady
InvestmentQLD
Mortgage · mth$2,167
Rent · wk(Census)$130
Population growth · Burdekin LGAABS ERP
Population (2025)17,220
5-year growth+0.3% CAGR
YoY change+0.5%
20012025
Development · Burdekin LGAABS Approvals
Approvals (2026)19
Houses15
Units4
YoY change+0%
Employment · Burdekin LGASALM
Unemployment (Dec-25)5.4%
YoY change+1.4pp
Dec-10Dec-25
Property investors · Postcode 4809ATO
Negatively geared22 (3.6% of filers)
Avg rental loss$5,989/yr
Landlords (rental income)65
Reported capital gains48
People & prosperity
DemographicsCensus 21
Population48
Median age42
Household size2.6
HH income · wk$1,124
Personal income · wk$537
Persons / bedroom0.8
SEIFA indexABS
Advantage (IRSAD)3/10
Education (IEO)3/10
Economic (IER)5/10
Disadvantage (IRSD)3/10
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Sources & freshness
Verify-heavy evidence

Shirbourne 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 · 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 Shirbourne 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 lighter areas here are school matches, hospital coverage, and transport stops, so a single-page read should carry less weight than usual.

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

Use this page to set direction, not to close a decision — frame the locality here, then confirm with compare, stronger nearby suburbs, and the state hub.

Stronger nearby reads

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

Cromarty most similar
similar rent profile similar suburb scale

pop same · rent +$70/wk

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

Kirknie most similar
similar rent profile similar suburb scale

pop same · rent -$17/wk

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

Dalbeg most similar
similar rent profile similar suburb scale

pop same · rent +$30/wk

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

Shirbourne FAQ

Common questions
  1. What LGA is Shirbourne in?

    Shirbourne is in the Burdekin Local Government Area, QLD, postcode 4809. Council-level context for Burdekin LGA (suburb mix, population, rent, and price coverage) is available on the QuickProperty LGA page.

  2. What is the typical weekly rent in Shirbourne?

    The median weekly rent in Shirbourne is $130/wk, based on ABS Census 2021 rent fallback.

  3. Is Shirbourne a good investment?

    QuickProperty's investment signals for Shirbourne 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 Shirbourne?

    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 Shirbourne 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.