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Suburb profile ·Central Highlands (Qld) LGA · QLD ·4722

Springsure QLD 4722

Springsure is in Central Highlands (Qld) LGA, QLD, postcode 4722, with population 950.

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
$200/wk
Market rent signal
D3 vs AU
Gross yield
Need rent + price
Population
950
950 local footprint
D8 vs AU
Schools
2
Matched school context
D8 vs AU
Drive to city
Not in commute dataset
Solar
374
14 added 12mo · 3MW

Price history

No price history available

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

Median mortgage · mth$1,200
Median rent · wk$200
Investor profile

Who invests in Springsure

Owner-occupied 64%Rented 36%
Investor activityATO
Negatively geared7.4%
80 of 155 landlords
Avg rental loss$4,557/yr
Landlords (rental income)155
Reported capital gains116
The read

Mixed owner-renter market

58% of homes here are owner-occupied and 33% rented, with 7% of landlords negatively geared.

Why it fits

A balanced 58% owner-occupier / 33% renter mix.

What to check

Social housing is 9% of dwellings — check tenant mix and resale demand.

ABS Census 2021 tenure (G37), ATO postcode rental statistics, and QuickProperty's investor-exposure index. Owner-occupied = owned outright + with a mortgage.

Affordability

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

Owners with a mortgage repay a median of $1,200/mo, while renters pay about $867/mo — owning runs $333/mo higher on these medians.

Household income · yr
$89K
Median rent · wk
$200
Owner mortgage · mo
$1,200

Household income

$89K household · yr+12.1% vs QLD suburb median
Personal
$49K
Family
$123K
Household
$89K
Household income distribution (ABS Census 2021 · weekly)
Under $300
14
$300-649
53
$650-999
35
$1,000-1,499
36
$1,500-1,999
34
$2,000-2,999
55
$3,000-3,999
44
$4,000+
36

At the median asking rent, about 22% of households here would spend more than 30% of income on rent (rent stress line: $667/wk income).

Housing stock and tenure

Tenure (354 households)8.8% social housing
Owned outright
34%
Owned with mortgage
24%
Rented
33%
Dwelling structure15.5% of dwellings unoccupied on census night
Separate house
91%
Townhouse / semi
2%
Flat / apartment
5%

Getting to work: 71% drive, 7% public transport, 12% walk or cycle, 8% worked from home (2021 Census, taken during COVID-era work-from-home arrangements).

Schools

Total2
Avg ICSEA991
Students191
Catholic1
Government1
  • Springsure State SchoolCombined · Government · ICSEA 944
  • Our Lady of the Sacred Heart Catholic Primary SchoolPrimary · Catholic · ICSEA 1038

Livability

55/ 100 livability index

Top 45% most liveable of 4,565Australian suburbs.

Peer distributionstronger than 55% of Australian suburbs
WeakerTypicalStronger
Everyday access50
Public transport0
Schools & hospitals71

Bar = this suburb's percentile · tick = typical (median) peer

Suburb-level access-density index (not an address-level walk-time score), normalised within Australian suburbs. Method based on the Urban Liveability Index (Higgs et al. 2019) and Walk Score — three equal-weighted domains combined with an imbalance penalty.

Crime Year ending May 2026
6,557
6,557 per 100k
D8 vs AU

Crime

Rate · per 100k6,557
Total incidents6,557· Year ending May 2026
  • Assault1,32831%
  • Break And Enter81319%
  • Drug Offences1,73141%
  • Fraud3458%

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

Severe broad-area context

About 86.8% of the suburb intersects mapped bushfire-prone land.

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

Check the property

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

Severe exposure ~86.8%
~86.8% of the suburb is Bush Fire Prone Land · ~13.8% Category 1 (highest hazard)

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

7,599 people · 20227,214 by 2032 (-5.1%)

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

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

Springsure (postcode 4722) is a small community in Queensland within the Central Highlands (Qld) local government area. The area has roughly 950 residents and a settled mid-life population, with a median age of 42. Households earn a median income of $89K per year, with an average household size of 2.3 people. 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 machinery operators & drivers, professionals, technicians & trades. Employment in the area leans toward mining and healthcare. The top ancestries reported are Australian, English, Irish.

The median weekly rent is $200 (Census 2021). The median monthly mortgage repayment is $1,200.

Springsure is served by 2 schools, including 1 primary, 1 combined. The average ICSEA score is 991, which is around the national average of 1,000. Healthcare facilities include 1 public hospital. The crime rate in the Central Highlands (Qld) LGA is moderate at 6,557 incidents per 100,000 population.

Market & money
InvestmentQLD
Mortgage · mth$1,200
Rent · wk(Census)$200
Employment · Central Highlands (Qld) LGASALM
Unemployment (Dec-25)3.2%
YoY change-0.8pp
Dec-10Dec-25
Property investors · Postcode 4722ATO
Negatively geared7.4%
80 of filers
Avg rental loss$4,557/yr
Landlords (rental income)155
Reported capital gains116
People & prosperity
DemographicsCensus 21
Population950
Median age42
Household size2.3
HH income · wk$1,716
Personal income · wk$949
Persons / bedroom0.7
SEIFA indexABS
Advantage (IRSAD)4/10
Education (IEO)2/10
Economic (IER)3/10
Disadvantage (IRSD)3/10
Income momentumCensus 16→21
HH income · wk$1,641 → $1,716
Change+4.6%
vs QLD median-13.4 pp
Median rent+53.8%
softeningvs QLD 2016–21
Area & amenity
Local amenitiesOSM
Supermarkets0
Pharmacies1
GP / clinics1
Fuel stations2
Cafes & dining4
Hospitals · Central Highlands (Qld) LGAAIHW
Public3
Private0
Blackwater Hospitalpublic
Emerald Hospitalpublic
Springsure Hospitalpublic · in suburb
Aged care · Central Highlands (Qld) LGAGEN
Facilities3
Residential places81
Blue Care Emerald Avalon Aged Care Facility60 places
Springsure Multi-Purpose Service17 places · in suburb
Blackwater Multi-Purpose Service4 places
Childcare · Central Highlands (Qld) LGAACECQA
Services18
Approved places830
Exceeding NQS5
First 5 Years93 places
Emerald Outside School Hours Care83 places
Borilla Community Kindergarten (Emerald)75 places
C&K Emerald South Community Childcare Centre75 places
Emerald Community Kindergarten75 places
Goodstart Early Learning Emerald75 places
+12 more in Central Highlands (Qld) LGA
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Sources & freshness
Verify-heavy evidence

Springsure 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 May 2026 · Area-level release dataset
Available
Schools
ACARA 2025 · 2 schools matched
stable source · automated · every update · annual
Available
Hospitals
AIHW · 1 hospitals matched
medium stability · manual file · snapshot · mixed
Available
Transport
GTFS feeds · No matched local transport stops
medium stability · manual file · snapshot · mixed
Missing
Population growth
ABS ERP · No linked annual population growth series
stable source · automated · every update · annual
Missing
Building approvals
ABS Building Approvals · No linked approvals series
stable source · automated · every update · monthly
Missing
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 Springsure 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
The page is readable, but the local evidence base is lighter than a mainstream suburb profile.

Treat this as a directional locality brief first, then verify the suburb story against stronger nearby markets or the state hub.

WHAT IS MISSING
Coverage is lighter across transport stops, population trend data, and building approvals.

The main gaps on this page are transport stops, population trend data, and building approvals. 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.

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

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

Capella most similar
similar rent profile similar suburb scale

pop same · rent +$20/wk

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

Sapphire Central most similar
similar rent profile similar suburb scale

pop +300 · rent -$40/wk

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

Emerald better covered
similar rent profile better market coverage

pop +14000 · adds house price coverage · rent +$100/wk

Better covered alternative: use this as the stronger reference point before judging the thin page.

Springsure FAQ

Common questions
  1. What LGA is Springsure in?

    Springsure is in the Central Highlands (Qld) Local Government Area, QLD, postcode 4722. Council-level context for Central Highlands (Qld) LGA (suburb mix, population, rent, and price coverage) is available on the QuickProperty LGA page.

  2. What is the typical weekly rent in Springsure?

    The median weekly rent in Springsure is $200/wk, based on ABS Census 2021 rent fallback.

  3. Where does QuickProperty get its data for Springsure?

    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.

  4. How often is the Springsure 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.