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Tamborine is in Scenic Rim LGA, QLD, postcode 4270, with population 4,388.
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The local employment base leans toward construction and healthcare. Local taxable income moved +3.5% year-on-year in the latest ATO series. QLD employment is up +0.9% year-on-year (+27K jobs) and +15.4% over five years in the official NERO dataset. Read this as a broader state jobs backdrop combined with local employment mix, not a suburb-only new-jobs count.
QLD has 32 Commonwealth-backed major projects under construction, 12 underway, and 50 in planning as at 2024-10-02. There is no matched local transport-stop count here, so read the infrastructure backdrop as broader state delivery context only. Read this as a state delivery backdrop, not a suburb-specific project list.
Tamborine is a smaller suburb in Queensland within the Scenic Rim local government area (postcode 4270). With a population of 4,388, the suburb has an established demographic with a median age of 41. Households earn a median income of $115K per year, with an average household size of 3.1 people. 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, professionals, clerical & administrative. Employment in the area leans toward construction and healthcare. The top ancestries reported are English, Australian, Scottish.
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Tamborine is a smaller suburb in Queensland within the Scenic Rim local government area (postcode 4270). With a population of 4,388, the suburb has an established demographic with a median age of 41. Households earn a median income of $115K per year, with an average household size of 3.1 people. 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, professionals, clerical & administrative. Employment in the area leans toward construction and healthcare. The top ancestries reported are English, Australian, Scottish.
The median house price in Tamborine is $1.0 million, having increased 4% over the past year. Units have a median price of $662,000 (+2.6% YoY). The median weekly rent is $450 (Census 2021). This gives a gross rental yield of approximately 2.3%. The median monthly mortgage repayment is $2,167.
The crime rate in the Scenic Rim LGA is below average at 3,333 incidents per 100,000 population.
From an investment perspective, Tamborine offers a gross rental yield of 2.3%, rated as low yield. Property prices are near the state median ($1.0M/$1.1M). The price-to-income ratio of 9.0x is considered moderate. House prices have moved +4.0% year-on-year.
Tamborine is a smaller suburb in Queensland within the Scenic Rim local government area (postcode 4270). With a population of 4,388, the suburb has an established demographic with a median age of 41. Households earn a median income of $115K per year, with an average household size of 3.1 people. 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, professionals, clerical & administrative. Employment in the area leans toward construction and healthcare. The top ancestries reported are English, Australian, Scottish.
The median house price in Tamborine is $1.0 million, having increased 4% over the past year. Units have a median price of $662,000 (+2.6% YoY). The median weekly rent is $450 (Census 2021). This gives a gross rental yield of approximately 2.3%. The median monthly mortgage repayment is $2,167.
The crime rate in the Scenic Rim LGA is below average at 3,333 incidents per 100,000 population.
From an investment perspective, Tamborine offers a gross rental yield of 2.3%, rated as low yield. Property prices are near the state median ($1.0M/$1.1M). The price-to-income ratio of 9.0x is considered moderate. House prices have moved +4.0% year-on-year.