Queensland QLD
Queensland is Australia's largest interstate-migration recipient — Brisbane, the Gold Coast, and the Sunshine Coast are among the country's fastest-growing population centres, drawing residents from NSW and Victoria year after year. The state spans tropical Top End (with cyclone exposure during the wet season), subtropical south-east, and vast outback cattle country. Lifestyle factors, a milder cost of living than Sydney/Melbourne, and a year-round outdoor climate are the typical pull factors. The economy splits between coal, LNG, and minerals exports through Queensland's deepwater ports, agriculture (sugar cane, cattle, tropical fruit), and a tourism sector concentrated in Cairns, the Whitsundays, and the Gold Coast. Major regional cities Townsville, Cairns, Toowoomba, Mackay, and Rockhampton each anchor a distinct sub-region with its own housing market dynamics — much more variation than the single-metro structure of VIC or WA.
Queensland median house prices range from $220,000 to $5 million.
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Fastest-growing regional cities in Queensland
Population change over the five years to June 2025, by ABS urban area.
- Sunshine Coast +12.0% 424,741 people · +1.9% in the last year
- Gold Coast +9.6% 761,634 people · +1.6% in the last year
- Toowoomba +8.0% 153,781 people · +1.3% in the last year
- Bundaberg +7.7% 79,283 people · +1.1% in the last year
- Mackay +6.6% 89,761 people · +0.8% in the last year
- Cairns +5.7% 164,149 people · +0.9% in the last year
- Townsville +5.2% 190,551 people · +0.9% in the last year
- Rockhampton +4.8% 83,508 people · +0.9% in the last year
- Mount Isa -3.9% 18,162 people · -0.8% in the last year
Source: ABS Regional population, estimated resident population at 30 June 2025.
36,786 residents
105,445 sales, Oct 2024 – Oct 2026
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Median house prices across Brisbane
Each suburb is shaded by its median sold house price, in five equal-sized bands. Suburbs with no recent recorded sales are shown in grey — they are not the cheapest, they are unknown. Covers metropolitan Brisbane, where most of Queensland's population and nearly all of its recorded sales are.
Boundaries: ABS Suburbs and Localities (SAL) 2021, simplified for display. See every Brisbane suburb.
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Common questions about Queensland
What is the population of Queensland?
5,141,213 people lived in the Queensland suburbs SuburbScan indexes at the 2021 ABS Census. The ABS's own state total also counts residents outside any named suburb, so it runs slightly higher.
How many suburbs are in Queensland?
Queensland has 3,233 suburbs and localities by the ABS count (2021), 3,110 of them with residents. SuburbScan has pages for 3,262 suburbs and localities, from the national address file.
What is the largest suburb in Queensland?
Southport is the most populated suburb in Queensland with a population of 36,786 (ABS Census 2021).
What are the best-rated suburbs in Queensland?
The top-rated suburbs in Queensland on SuburbScan are Red Hill, Gordon Park, and Chapel Hill, ranked by our composite Liveability grade combining school quality, safety, SEIFA socio-economic advantage, walkability and CBD access.
Which suburbs in Queensland are growing fastest?
The fastest-growing suburbs in Queensland by population change (2016 to 2021 census) are Baringa, Karawatha, and Fisher.
What is the median house price range in Queensland?
Median house prices in Queensland range from $220,000 to $4,995,000 across indexable metro and regional suburbs, based on the last six months of public property listings.
How much of Queensland has a history of bushfire?
36% of Queensland suburbs have at least one recorded bushfire touching their boundary, from Geoscience Australia's historical bushfire boundaries with planned burns excluded. Each suburb page shows its own history.