Located in Queensland, Buxton sits 314 km from Brisbane CBD, around 3 hours 35 minutes by car. The locality has 507 residents, a median age of 63, and a median household income of $41,392 per year. By household income, education, and employment patterns, it ranks in the bottom 20% nationally. The locality grew 17.9% between 2016 and 2021. At the 2021 Census, households here paid a median rent of $250 per week and a median monthly mortgage of $1,000. Buxton is characterised by high bushfire risk. Walkability is low.
Is Buxton a good place to live?
Buxton scores a D (14/100) on SuburbScan's Liveability grade — weaker on transit, safety, and community.
Car-dependent
Walkability 0/100 · 314 km · 216 min drive to Brisbane
Median available
Median $508K
High bushfire risk
Fire 73/100 · Crime 20/100
Highly disadvantaged
SEIFA decile 1/10 · median age 63 · 507 residents
Liveability Rating
14 / 100 · Ranked #1063 in QLDEach bar is Buxton's rank among QLD suburbs, from 0 to 100 (higher is better). Scored on 4 of 5 factors: no school data, so the other factors carry its weight.
Flood data for Queensland covers only the areas mapped there — a blank here is not an all-clear.
How do you rate the liveability in Buxton?
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Our score
14 / 100
From schools, safety and socio-economic data — not opinion.
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Median Land Price
Public listings dataBuxton's land market is moving higher: the median sale price reached $355,000, roughly 22% above where it sat a year earlier.
Land
$355,000
Based on 19 recorded sales in the last 24 months.
Typically sold in 35 days — median across 4 sales that recorded a listing period
Houses
$507,500
37% below its 3 neighbours (median $810,000)
Based on 17 recorded sales in the last 24 months.
Typically sold in 77 days — median across 3 sales that recorded a listing period
By bedrooms
- 2 bed 10 sales $509K
Rental Market
Rental affordability
June quarter 2025156 Affordable · the average rental household in this region would pay about 19% of its income on the median rent in postcode 4660.
SGS Rental Affordability Index: a score of 100 means rent takes 30% of income, the usual housing-stress line; lower scores are less affordable. "Region" is the capital city or the rest of the state.
Is Buxton safe? Crime statistics
2025Crime in Buxton sits in the low band, with 6 incidents recorded in 2025.
6 offences
no change since 2024Crime Trend
Serious Road Crashes
2020–20244 crashes
where someone was killed or admitted to hospital
Where they happened
Crashes are counted where they happened, so a main road through the locality carries people passing through; this is not a measure of risk to residents. Roads are listed with 3 or more serious crashes.
Coastal Erosion
Shoreline Change Summary
1988–2025Nearest Eroding Coastline
- Distance
- 5.2 km
- Rate
- -0.31 m/yr
- Net Movement
- -18.1 m
- Certainty
- good
Data Quality
Schools
Walkability
Buxton is very car-dependent on foot — at 0/100, nearly all errands require a car.
We hold no public transport timetable data for this area, so public transport is not rated here and the score is spread across the remaining components. It is not counted as zero.
NBN connectivity
The internet access technology available across NBN premises in Buxton.
- Full-fibre (FTTP) share
- 0%
- Premises covered
- 380
NBN Co fixed-line and fixed-wireless premises, as at 30 December 2025. Higher-quality technologies (full fibre) score above copper, wireless, and satellite. Actual speeds depend on your plan.
Amenities
Bundaberg: council population
The three add up to the change above. These are council-wide figures from the ABS, not figures for this locality alone — this locality's own population is in the census section above.
Socio-economic profile
Buxton is home to 507 residents, with a median age of 63 — noticeably older than the national figure of 38. Median household income runs at $41,000 a year, with unemployment at 14.0%.
2021 Census · change since 2016
Population
507
Median Age
63
Median Household Income
$41,392/yr
Census Median Rent
$250/wk
Census Median Mortgage
$1,000/mo
Avg Household Size
1.9
Median Personal Income
$21,788/yr
Unemployment Rate
14.0%
Unoccupied Dwellings
30.2%
Total Dwellings
225
Owner-Occupier Rate
86.1%
Houses
97.8%
Rental Stress
31.4%
Mortgage Stress
29.0%
Work From Home
3.8%
Dwelling Types
Property Ownership
Demographics
- Born in Australia
- 73.6%
- English Spoken at Home
- 86.4%
- Employment Rate
- 22.6%
- Completed Year 12
- 19.5%
Occupations
Religion
Country of Birth (overseas)
Largest overseas birthplaces, as a share of all residents.
When They Arrived
Share of all residents by the year they arrived in Australia. Periods cover different numbers of years, so compare the shape rather than the bar widths.
0 residents (0.0%) arrived since 2016. Australia’s borders were closed to most arrivals from March 2020, so the last two years of that period are much smaller than the ones before them — nationally 260,799 people arrived in 2019 against 28,521 in 2021.
Languages Spoken at Home
Top languages other than English, as a share of all residents.
Age Distribution
Family & Household Composition
Commute to Work
Education
Cars per Dwelling
Council Rates
Households face an average residential rates bill of $1,773 a year through Bundaberg based on 2025 figures.
Building Approvals: Bundaberg
In the year to August 2026, 997 new dwellings were approved across Bundaberg. That mix is 830 houses and 167 units. Approvals are down 44.7% on the same period a year earlier.
New Homes Planned
New homes planned in this locality: 2 to 10 homes
- No timeframe set 2 to 10 homes
Land the Queensland Government's residential land supply study identifies for future housing (2 parcels), by when it expects lots to be registered. Yields are published in ranges, so these are too.
Aboriginal Cultural Heritage
The Aboriginal party for this area is Bailai, Gurang, Gooreng Gooreng, Taribelang Bunda People.
Under Queensland's Aboriginal Cultural Heritage Act 2003 the Aboriginal party for an area follows native title. Native title over this area has been determined.
Climate & Setting
from Bundaberg Aero, 35.0 kmHigh rainfall — warm summers, mild winters.
- Elevation
- 9 m
- above sea level, at the locality centre
- Distance to the ocean
- 5.2 km
- Annual rainfall
- 969 mm
- 75 rainy days
- Summer max (Jan)
- 30.7°C
- 1 days ≥ 35°C
- Winter min (Jul)
- 11.2°C
- 0 frost days ≤ 0°C
Elevation is the ground at the locality centre, from Geoscience Australia's National Digital Elevation Model. Approximate — it reads high in dense built-up areas. It is a measure of height above sea level and not an indicator of flood risk, which depends on height above nearby waterways.
EV adoption
In postcode 4660, 17 of 8,499 registered light vehicles are battery-electric on 31 January 2025. A further 1.2% (100 vehicles) are hybrid or plug-in hybrid, taking the non-petrol, non-diesel share to 1.4%.
Rooftop solar
In postcode 4660, 3,280 rooftop-solar systems totalling 20.2 MW have been installed since 2001, against 3,977 dwellings recorded in the 2021 Census. 262 went up in the last year.
Counts every system certified since 2001, so a roof re-fitted with a newer system is counted twice, and small commercial systems are included alongside houses — useful for comparing postcodes, not an estimate of how many homes have working panels today.
2026 covers part of the year only, to 2026-07.
First Home Owner Grant
FY2026-27$30,000 for new homes priced up to $750,000.
$30,000 for contracts signed on or after 20 November 2023, with no end date. IT DID NOT REVERT TO $15,000: the tier was due to end 30 June 2026 and the 2026-27 Queensland Budget (23 June 2026) continued it for contracts signed from 1 July 2026. This file carried a "due to revert" note until 2026-09-18 — it was never true, and a note predicting a change is not the same as a change. Cap is "less than $750,000" including land and contract variations — less than, not up to. New homes only: "There are no home owner grants for established homes."
Mortgage repayments
Transfer duty at the owner-occupier rate, and it excludes first home buyer concessions — those can cut it substantially or remove it entirely. Excludes legal, inspection and lender fees. Check with Queensland Revenue Office
The First Home Owner Grant applies to newly built homes only, so it isn't available on an established purchase. A first home buyer building or buying new under $750,000 may qualify for $30,000 — see what qualifies with Queensland Revenue Office.
At $355,000 this is under the $750,000 First Home Owner Grant cap. A first home buyer may qualify for $30,000 on a newly built home — check eligibility with Queensland Revenue Office.
A deposit under 20% usually attracts Lenders Mortgage Insurance, which this doesn't include.
Principal and interest over 30 years, fixed rate. Excludes fees, offset, redraw and LMI. Default rate is the median comparison rate across 1788 advertised products as at 2026-10-27 — indicative only, and not an offer. Your rate depends on the lender, your deposit and your circumstances. Not financial advice.
Federal Electorate
Currently held by David Batt Liberal National Party of Queensland
| Year | Winner | 2PP ALP | 2PP LNP | Swing |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2025 | David Batt | 43.7% | 56.3% | +3.8 |
| 2022 | Keith Pitt | 39.9% | 60.1% | -4.4 |
| 2019 | Keith Pitt | 35.5% | 64.5% | +6.1 |
Results are per division — federal electoral boundaries are redrawn periodically, so the history reflects this division's past, not necessarily the exact locality's voters across time.
State Electorate
Currently held by Stephen Bennett Liberal National Party of Queensland
Next state election: 28 October 2028.
| Year | Winner | Won with |
|---|---|---|
| 2024 | Stephen Bennett LNP | 65.4% |
| 2020 | Stephen Bennett LNP | 60.8% |
Results are per district. Districts were last redrawn in 2017, so results from before then describe the district of that name, not necessarily this locality's voters. Results: Electoral Commission of Queensland.
Looking at a specific address in Buxton?
Every figure above is a locality average, and an average smooths over the difference between a street of family homes and a block of flats. Look up one address and you get the census for the few hundred people around it, its own nearest schools and stops, and what the state has mapped for that block.
- The census for a few hundred neighbours, not all 507 residents
- Nearest and zoned schools, with the walk from that door
- Flood, bushfire and noise mapping, where the state publishes it
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Common questions about Buxton
Is Buxton a safe place to live?
Recorded crime in Buxton is low (20/100, ranked against other QLD suburbs on offences per resident).
What natural hazards affect Buxton?
Buxton has a high recorded bushfire history (73/100, ranked against every Australian suburb with any fire history). These are locality-wide figures; check the address, as flood and bushfire exposure change street by street.
Is Buxton a good place to live?
Buxton has a SuburbScan Liveability grade of D (14/100), ranked against other QLD suburbs on school quality (25%), safety (25%), SEIFA socio-economic advantage (25%), walkability (15%) and CBD access (10%). Whether it suits you depends on what you weigh — each of those is on this page.
What is the population of Buxton?
Buxton, QLD had a population of 507 at the 2021 Australian Bureau of Statistics census.
What is the postcode for Buxton, QLD?
The postcode for Buxton, QLD is 4660.
How far is Buxton from Brisbane?
Buxton is 314 km from Brisbane CBD by road, about 216 minutes by car in normal traffic. Distance is the most-direct driving route, not straight-line.
What is the median household income in Buxton?
At the 2021 ABS Census, median household income in Buxton was $41,392 a year. It is the most recent suburb-level income figure until 2026 Census results are released in 2027.
What is the median weekly rent in Buxton?
There are too few current rental listings in Buxton for a reliable median. At the 2021 ABS Census the median weekly rent was $250, across all dwelling types.
What is the median age in Buxton?
The median age of residents in Buxton was 63 at the 2021 ABS Census.
Is Buxton at risk of bushfire?
Buxton has a high recorded bushfire history (73/100). The score comes from Geoscience Australia's historical bushfire boundaries, with planned burns excluded: the area of recorded fires touching the locality relative to its size, ranked against every Australian suburb with any fire history. It records where fire has burned, not a bushfire-prone land designation, which your council's planning scheme sets.
What is the weather like in Buxton?
At the nearest Bureau of Meteorology station to Buxton, Bundaberg Aero (35 km away), summer days average 30.7°C, winter nights 11.2°C, 969 mm of rain a year over 75 rainy days, and 1 days a year above 35°C over 2006-2026.
Is the First Home Owner Grant available in Buxton?
First-home buyers in QLD may be eligible for $30,000 towards new homes with a purchase price up to $750,000. The grant is administered by Queensland Revenue Office; confirm current eligibility before signing a contract — state rules and amounts can change.
What council does Buxton belong to?
Buxton sits within the Bundaberg local government area. Council rates, planning approvals, and waste collection fall under this LGA.
How much are council rates in Buxton?
The average residential rates bill through Bundaberg is $1,773 a year (2025). Every suburb in this LGA shares the same schedule — individual bills vary with land value.
How much is being built near Buxton?
Across Bundaberg, 997 new residential dwellings were approved in the year to August 2026 (source: ABS Building Approvals). That's down 44.7% on the same period a year earlier. These are LGA-level totals — every suburb in the council shares the same figure.
Which federal electorate is Buxton in?
Buxton sits within the federal Division of Hinkler, currently held by David Batt (Liberal National Party of Queensland).
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Data freshness
- Census · 2021
- Median sale prices · Oct 2026
- For-sale & rental market · Oct 2026
- Council rates · FY 2025–26
- Building approvals · Aug 2026
- Schools · 2025
- NBN connectivity · Dec 2025
- Crime · 2025
- Road crashes · 2020–2024
- Climate · 2006–2026
- Socio-economic (SEIFA) · 2021
- EV adoption · Jan 2025
- First Home Owner Grant · Sep 2026
- Federal electorate · 2025
- State electorate · 2024
- Amenities · Sep 2026
- Health & emergency facilities · Sep 2026
- Industrial emissions (NPI) · 2024/2025
- Coastal erosion · 1988–2025
- Aircraft noise · 2024
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