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Southbrook QLD 4363

Southbrook is in Toowoomba LGA, QLD, postcode 4363, with population 626.

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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
$255/wk
Market rent signal
D5 vs AU
Gross yield
Need rent + price
Population
626
626 local footprint
D7 vs AU
Schools
1
Matched school context
D1 vs AU
Solar
199
9 added 12mo · 1MW

Price history

No price history available

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

Median mortgage · mth$1,300
Median rent · wk$255

Affordability

18%
median weekly rent as a share of gross household income (the 30% rule)
Manageable

Owners with a mortgage repay a median of $1,300/mo, while renters pay about $1,105/mo — owning runs $195/mo higher on these medians.

Household income · yr
$73K
Median rent · wk
$255
Owner mortgage · mo
$1,300

Household income

$73K household · yr-8.7% vs QLD suburb median
Personal
$36K
Family
$81K
Household
$73K

Schools

Total1
Avg ICSEA930
Students36
Government1
  • Southbrook Central State SchoolPrimary · Government · ICSEA 930
Crime Year ending Apr 2026
5,831
5,831 per 100k
D7 vs AU

Crime

Rate · per 100k5,831
Total incidents5,831· Year ending Apr 2026
  • Assault87422%
  • Break And Enter81720%
  • Drug Offences1,98850%
  • Fraud3148%

Full data detail

Southbrook QLD — Property Data and Demographics

Southbrook (postcode 4363) is a small locality in Queensland within the Toowoomba local government area. With a population of 626, the suburb has a settled mid-life population with a median age of 42. Households earn a median income of $73K per year, with an average household size of 2.7 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 technicians & trades, labourers, managers. Employment in the area leans toward healthcare and construction. The top ancestries reported are English, Australian, German.

The median weekly rent is $255 (Census 2021). The median monthly mortgage repayment is $1,300.

Southbrook is served by 1 school, including 1 primary. 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.

On the investment side, 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.

Market & money
Investment signalsHeuristics
Pop. Growth+1.2%· Stable
Development+0%· Steady
InvestmentQLD
Mortgage · mth$1,300
Rent · wk(Census)$255
Population growth · Toowoomba LGAABS ERP
Population (2025)186,276
5-year growth+1.4% CAGR
YoY change+1.2%
20012025
Development · Toowoomba LGAABS Approvals
Approvals (2026)1,211
Houses769
Units443
YoY change+0%
Employment · Toowoomba LGASALM
Unemployment (Dec-25)3.6%
YoY change+0.7pp
Dec-10Dec-25
Property investors · Postcode 4363ATO
Negatively geared19 (4.4% of filers)
Avg rental loss$3,392/yr
Landlords (rental income)55
Reported capital gains30
People & prosperity
DemographicsCensus 21
Population626
Median age42
Household size2.7
HH income · wk$1,398
Personal income · wk$696
Persons / bedroom0.9
SEIFA indexABS
Advantage (IRSAD)3/10
Education (IEO)3/10
Economic (IER)4/10
Disadvantage (IRSD)3/10
Area & amenity
Local amenitiesOSM
Supermarkets0
Pharmacies0
GP / clinics0
Fuel stations1
Cafes & dining0
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Sources & freshness
Verify-heavy evidence

Southbrook leans 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.

Southbrook FAQ

Common questions
  1. What LGA is Southbrook in?

    Southbrook is in the Toowoomba Local Government Area, QLD, postcode 4363. Council-level context for Toowoomba LGA (suburb mix, population, rent, and price coverage) is available on the QuickProperty LGA page.

  2. What is the typical weekly rent in Southbrook?

    The median weekly rent in Southbrook is $255/wk, based on ABS Census 2021 rent fallback.

  3. Is Southbrook a good investment?

    QuickProperty's investment signals for Southbrook 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 Southbrook?

    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 Southbrook 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.