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Walkamin QLD 4872

Walkamin is in Tablelands LGA, QLD, postcode 4872, with population 532.

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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
$300/wk
Market rent signal
D6 vs AU
Gross yield
Need rent + price
Population
532
532 local footprint
D7 vs AU
Schools
1
Matched school context
D1 vs AU
Solar
1,006
53 added 12mo · 11MW

Price history

No price history available

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

Median mortgage · mth$1,257
Median rent · wk$300

Affordability

22%
median weekly rent as a share of gross household income (the 30% rule)
Manageable

Owners with a mortgage repay a median of $1,257/mo, while renters pay about $1,300/mo — renting runs $43/mo higher on these medians.

Household income · yr
$72K
Median rent · wk
$300
Owner mortgage · mo
$1,257

Household income

$72K household · yr-9.5% vs QLD suburb median
Personal
$38K
Family
$94K
Household
$72K

Schools

Total1
Avg ICSEA1000
Students45
Government1
  • Walkamin State SchoolPrimary · Government · ICSEA 1000
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

Walkamin QLD — Property Data and Demographics

Walkamin is a small locality in Queensland within the Tablelands local government area (postcode 4872). With a population of 532, the suburb has an older-leaning population with a median age of 47. Households earn a median income of $72K per year, with an average household size of 2.4 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 managers, labourers, technicians & trades. Employment in the area leans toward agriculture and retail trade. The top ancestries reported are Australian, English, Italian.

The median weekly rent is $300 (Census 2021). The median monthly mortgage repayment is $1,257.

Walkamin is served by 1 school, including 1 primary. The average ICSEA score is 1000, 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.

Looking at the investment signals, 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$1,257
Rent · wk(Census)$300
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 4872ATO
Negatively geared101 (3.9% of filers)
Avg rental loss$6,373/yr
Landlords (rental income)305
Reported capital gains231
People & prosperity
DemographicsCensus 21
Population532
Median age47
Household size2.4
HH income · wk$1,385
Personal income · wk$736
Persons / bedroom0.9
SEIFA indexABS
Advantage (IRSAD)3/10
Education (IEO)2/10
Economic (IER)3/10
Disadvantage (IRSD)3/10
Area & amenity
Local amenitiesOSM
Supermarkets0
Pharmacies0
GP / clinics0
Fuel stations1
Cafes & dining1
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Sources & freshness
Verify-heavy evidence

Much of Walkamin rests 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.

Walkamin FAQ

Common questions
  1. What LGA is Walkamin in?

    Walkamin is in the Tablelands Local Government Area, QLD, postcode 4872. 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 Walkamin?

    The median weekly rent in Walkamin is $300/wk, based on ABS Census 2021 rent fallback.

  3. Is Walkamin a good investment?

    QuickProperty's investment signals for Walkamin 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 Walkamin?

    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 Walkamin 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.