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Suburb profile ·Goondiwindi LGA · QLD ·4388

Yelarbon QLD 4388

Yelarbon is in Goondiwindi LGA, QLD, postcode 4388, with population 313.

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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
$150/wk
Market rent signal
D2 vs AU
Gross yield
Need rent + price
Population
10,438
10K via Goondiwindi LGA · SAL undercount
Schools
1
Matched school context
D1 vs AU
Solar
88
1 added 12mo · 0MW

Price history

No price history available

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

Median mortgage · mth$650
Median rent · wk$150

Affordability

16%
median weekly rent as a share of gross household income (the 30% rule)
Manageable

Owners with a mortgage repay a median of $650/mo, while renters pay about $650/mo — owning runs $0/mo higher on these medians.

Household income · yr
$50K
Median rent · wk
$150
Owner mortgage · mo
$650

Household income

$50K household · yr-37.7% vs QLD suburb median
Personal
$25K
Family
$60K
Household
$50K

Schools

Total1
Avg ICSEA861
Students19
Government1
  • Yelarbon State SchoolPrimary · Government · ICSEA 861
Crime Year ending Apr 2026
7,152
7,152 per 100k
D8 vs AU

Crime

Rate · per 100k7,152
Total incidents7,152· Year ending Apr 2026
  • Assault1,15522%
  • Break And Enter1,58130%
  • Drug Offences2,38645%
  • Fraud1793%

Full data detail

Yelarbon QLD — Property Data and Demographics

Yelarbon is a small, quiet locality in Queensland within the Goondiwindi local government area (postcode 4388). With a population of 313, the suburb has a mature demographic with a median age of 48. Households earn a median income of $50K per year, with an average household size of 2.3 people. Recent annual estimates show population movement staying broadly stable across the broader catchment, with population growth running at -0.2% 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, managers, technicians & trades. Employment in the area leans toward agriculture and transport & logistics. The top ancestries reported are Australian, English, Scottish.

The median weekly rent is $150 (Census 2021). The median monthly mortgage repayment is $650.

Yelarbon is served by 1 school, including 1 primary. The average ICSEA score is 861, which is well below the national average of 1,000. The crime rate in the Goondiwindi LGA is moderate at 7,152 incidents per 100,000 population.

From an investment perspective, Population growth of -0.2% year-on-year points to declining demand fundamentals. Building approvals have changed +0% year-on-year, indicating steady development activity.

Market & money
Investment signalsHeuristics
Pop. Growth-0.2% Declining
Development+0%· Steady
InvestmentQLD
Mortgage · mth$650
Rent · wk(Census)$150
Population growth · Goondiwindi LGAABS ERP
Population (2025)10,438
5-year growth-0.1% CAGR
YoY change-0.2%
20012025
Development · Goondiwindi LGAABS Approvals
Approvals (2026)13
Houses13
YoY change+0%
Employment · Goondiwindi LGASALM
Unemployment (Dec-25)3.8%
YoY change+1.7pp
Dec-10Dec-25
Property investors · Postcode 4388ATO
Negatively geared12 (5.1% of filers)
Avg rental loss$8,061/yr
Landlords (rental income)24
Reported capital gains19
People & prosperity
DemographicsCensus 21
Population313
Median age48
Household size2.3
HH income · wk$954
Personal income · wk$487
Persons / bedroom0.9
SEIFA indexABS
Advantage (IRSAD)1/10
Education (IEO)1/10
Economic (IER)1/10
Disadvantage (IRSD)1/10
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Verify-heavy evidence

Yelarbon 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 · 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.

Yelarbon FAQ

Common questions
  1. What LGA is Yelarbon in?

    Yelarbon is in the Goondiwindi Local Government Area, QLD, postcode 4388. Council-level context for Goondiwindi LGA (suburb mix, population, rent, and price coverage) is available on the QuickProperty LGA page.

  2. What is the typical weekly rent in Yelarbon?

    The median weekly rent in Yelarbon is $150/wk, based on ABS Census 2021 rent fallback.

  3. Is Yelarbon a good investment?

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

  4. Where does QuickProperty get its data for Yelarbon?

    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 Yelarbon 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.