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Suburb profile ·Banana LGA · QLD ·4420

Taroom QLD 4420

Taroom is in Banana LGA, QLD, postcode 4420, with population 885.

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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
$170/wk
Market rent signal
D2 vs AU
Gross yield
Need rent + price
Population
885
885 local footprint
D8 vs AU
Schools
1
Matched school context
D1 vs AU
Solar
248
14 added 12mo · 2MW

Price history

No price history available

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

Median mortgage · mth$867
Median rent · wk$170

Affordability

13%
median weekly rent as a share of gross household income (the 30% rule)
Manageable

Owners with a mortgage repay a median of $867/mo, while renters pay about $737/mo — owning runs $130/mo higher on these medians.

Household income · yr
$69K
Median rent · wk
$170
Owner mortgage · mo
$867

Household income

$69K household · yr-13.6% vs QLD suburb median
Personal
$39K
Family
$96K
Household
$69K

Schools

Total1
Avg ICSEA965
Students153
Government1
  • Taroom State SchoolCombined · Government · ICSEA 965
Crime Year ending Apr 2026
4,914
4,914 per 100k
D7 vs AU

Crime

Rate · per 100k4,914
Total incidents4,914· Year ending Apr 2026
  • Assault1,02333%
  • Break And Enter79225%
  • Drug Offences1,04433%
  • Fraud2829%

Full data detail

Taroom QLD — Property Data and Demographics

Taroom is a small community in Queensland within the Banana local government area (postcode 4420). With a population of 885, the suburb has an established demographic with a median age of 41. Households earn a median income of $69K per year, with an average household size of 2.5 people. Recent annual estimates show population movement staying broadly stable across the broader catchment, with population growth running at +0.7% 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 healthcare. The top ancestries reported are Australian, English, Scottish.

The median weekly rent is $170 (Census 2021). The median monthly mortgage repayment is $867.

Taroom is served by 1 school, including 1 combined. The average ICSEA score is 965, which is around the national average of 1,000. Healthcare facilities include 1 public hospital. The crime rate in the Banana LGA is moderate at 4,914 incidents per 100,000 population.

Looking at the investment signals, Population growth of +0.7% 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+0.7%· Stable
Development+0%· Steady
InvestmentQLD
Mortgage · mth$867
Rent · wk(Census)$170
Population growth · Banana LGAABS ERP
Population (2025)15,144
5-year growth+0.8% CAGR
YoY change+0.7%
20012025
Development · Banana LGAABS Approvals
Approvals (2026)24
Houses24
YoY change+0%
Employment · Banana LGASALM
Unemployment (Dec-25)2.9%
YoY change-0.5pp
Dec-10Dec-25
Property investors · Postcode 4420ATO
Negatively geared35 (4.7% of filers)
Avg rental loss$4,496/yr
Landlords (rental income)74
Reported capital gains84
People & prosperity
DemographicsCensus 21
Population885
Median age41
Household size2.5
HH income · wk$1,323
Personal income · wk$745
Persons / bedroom0.8
SEIFA indexABS
Advantage (IRSAD)3/10
Education (IEO)2/10
Economic (IER)3/10
Disadvantage (IRSD)3/10
Area & amenity
Local amenitiesOSM
Supermarkets2
Pharmacies1
GP / clinics1
Fuel stations2
Cafes & dining7
iga1
Hospitals · 1AIHW
Public1
Private0
Taroom Hospitalpublic
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Sources & freshness
Verify-heavy evidence

Taroom 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 · 1 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 · 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.

Taroom FAQ

Common questions
  1. What LGA is Taroom in?

    Taroom is in the Banana Local Government Area, QLD, postcode 4420. Council-level context for Banana LGA (suburb mix, population, rent, and price coverage) is available on the QuickProperty LGA page.

  2. What is the typical weekly rent in Taroom?

    The median weekly rent in Taroom is $170/wk, based on ABS Census 2021 rent fallback.

  3. Is Taroom a good investment?

    QuickProperty's investment signals for Taroom 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 Taroom?

    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 Taroom 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.