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Tolga QLD 4882

Tolga is in Tablelands LGA, QLD, postcode 4882, with population 3,177.

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$580/wk
+26.1% YoY
Jun 2018 → Dec 2025 · 20 periods
Queensland RTA · suburb grain · Dec 2025
$630
$280
Jun 2018Dec 2025
Median house
No local house series
Median rent
$580/wk
Rent context available
26.1%YoY D10 vs AU
Gross yield
Need rent + price
Population
3,177
3K local footprint
D9 vs AU
Schools
1
Matched school context
D1 vs AU
Solar
814
55 added 12mo · 6MW

Price history

No price history available

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

Median mortgage · mth$1,600
Median rent · wk$300

Affordability

39%
median weekly rent as a share of gross household income (the 30% rule)
Stretched

Owners with a mortgage repay a median of $1,600/mo, while renters pay about $2,513/mo — renting runs $913/mo higher on these medians.

Household income · yr
$77K
Median rent · wk
$580
Owner mortgage · mo
$1,600

Household income

$77K household · yr-3.4% vs QLD suburb median
Personal
$37K
Family
$96K
Household
$77K

Schools

Total1
Avg ICSEA981
Students269
Government1
  • Tolga State SchoolPrimary · Government · ICSEA 981
Crime Year ending Apr 2026
6,629
6,629 per 100k
D8 vs AU

Crime

Rate · per 100k6,629
Total incidents6,629· Year ending Apr 2026
  • Assault1,18028%
  • Break And Enter1,17728%
  • Drug Offences1,54636%
  • Fraud3598%

Full data detail

Tolga QLD — Property Data and Demographics

Tolga (postcode 4882) is a compact suburb in Queensland within the Tablelands local government area. The area has roughly 3,177 residents and a settled mid-life population, with a median age of 44. Households earn a median income of $77K 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 +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 labourers, technicians & trades, managers. Employment in the area leans toward agriculture and healthcare. The top ancestries reported are Australian, English, Irish.

The current median weekly rent is $580. The median monthly mortgage repayment is $1,600.

Tolga is served by 1 school, including 1 primary. The average ICSEA score is 981, which is around the national average of 1,000. The crime rate in the Tablelands LGA is moderate at 6,629 incidents per 100,000 population.

From an investment perspective, 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$1,600
Rent · wk(Census)$300
Market rent · wk(Q1 2026)$580
Population growth · Tablelands LGAABS ERP
Population (2025)27,902
5-year growth+1.2% CAGR
YoY change+1.2%
20012025
Development · Tablelands LGAABS Approvals
Approvals (2026)151
Houses131
Units20
YoY change+0%
Employment · Tablelands LGASALM
Unemployment (Dec-25)6%
YoY change+2.5pp
Dec-10Dec-25
Property investors · Postcode 4882ATO
Negatively geared116 (5.5% of filers)
Avg rental loss$4,584/yr
Landlords (rental income)286
Reported capital gains209
People & prosperity
DemographicsCensus 21
Population3,177
Median age44
Household size2.5
HH income · wk$1,479
Personal income · wk$715
Persons / bedroom0.8
SEIFA indexABS
Advantage (IRSAD)5/10
Education (IEO)3/10
Economic (IER)5/10
Disadvantage (IRSD)4/10
Area & amenity
Local amenitiesOSM
Supermarkets0
Pharmacies0
GP / clinics0
Fuel stations1
Cafes & dining1
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Strong evidence

Tolga has enough direct local evidence for a first-pass 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 using a state market dataset when available.

Use current rent as a starting signal, not as a fixed underwriting truth.

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
Queensland RTA · Q1 2026 · State market dataset
medium stability · automated · every update · quarterly
Available
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.

Tolga FAQ

Common questions
  1. What LGA is Tolga in?

    Tolga is in the Tablelands Local Government Area, QLD, postcode 4882. Council-level context for Tablelands LGA (suburb mix, population, rent, and price coverage) is available on the QuickProperty LGA page.

  2. What is the typical weekly rent in Tolga?

    The median weekly rent in Tolga is $580/wk, based on the current market rent dataset. The current rent signal is rent context available.

  3. What does the rent signal say about Tolga?

    Rent context available: Tolga has usable rent context. Use this as a suburb screening signal before comparing candidates or modelling a purchase; the matching rent ranking can provide broader market context.

  4. Is Tolga a good investment?

    QuickProperty's investment signals for Tolga show: Stable, Steady. These are computed from price, rent, income, and population data — not an opaque score.

  5. Where does QuickProperty get its data for Tolga?

    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.

  6. How often is the Tolga 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.