Located in Queensland, Meringandan West sits 145 km from Brisbane CBD, around 1 hour 55 minutes by car. The suburb has 2,488 residents, a median age of 32, and a median household income of $114,088 per year. On socioeconomic measures it sits in the top 40% nationally. Population grew 12.5% from 2016 to 2021. The 2021 Census recorded a median rent of $400 per week and a median monthly mortgage of $1,650. The area shows no recorded bushfire exposure. 1 school sits within the suburb boundary, and walkability is low.
Is Meringandan West a good suburb?
Meringandan West scores a B (66/100) on SuburbScan's Liveability grade — strong on safety and community, weaker on transit.
Mixed results
1 school
Car-dependent
Walkability 17/100 · 144.8 km · 114 min drive to Brisbane
Median available
Median $895K
Low all-round risk
Fire 0/100 · Crime 22/100
Advantaged
SEIFA decile 7/10 · median age 32 · 2,488 residents
Liveability Rating
66 / 100 · Ranked #230 in QLDEach bar is Meringandan West'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.
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Our score
66 / 100
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Median House Price
Public listings dataMeringandan West's house market is moving higher: the median sale price reached $895,000, roughly 13% above where it sat a year earlier.
Houses
$895,000
Based on 86 recorded sales in the last 24 months.
Typically sold in 47 days — median across 51 sales that recorded a listing period
By bedrooms
- 3 bed 13 sales $775K
- 4 bed 55 sales $912K
- 5 bed 13 sales $900K
Land
$905,000
Based on 16 recorded sales in the last 24 months.
Typically sold in 28 days — median across 8 sales that recorded a listing period
Currently for Sale
Last 6 monthsHouses in Meringandan West are currently listed at around $949,000 on average. Based on 36 houses listed in the past six months.
$949K
36 houses listed in the last 6 months.
36 of the suburb's 781 dwellings (4.6%) were listed for sale in the last 6 months.
Rental Market
Advertised rents · last 6 monthsHouses in Meringandan West rent for around $650 a week on average, based on 10 houses listed for rent in the past six months.
$650/wk
10 houses advertised for rent in the last 6 months.
11 rentals advertised against an estimated 73 rented homes (15.1%) in the last 6 months.
Rental affordability
June quarter 202591 Unaffordable · the average rental household in this region would pay about 33% of its income on the median rent in postcode 4352.
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.
Gross rental yield
Indicative$650/week ($34,000 a year) on a $949,000 median
Gross yield — before strata, rates, management, insurance and vacancy. Calculated from median advertised rents and median asking prices over the last 6 months. How we calculate.
Is Meringandan West safe? Crime statistics
2025Crime in Meringandan West sits in the low band, with 12 incidents recorded in 2025 — down roughly 54% on the prior year.
12 offences
53.8% since 2024Crime Trend
Serious Road Crashes
2020–20245 crashes
where someone was killed or admitted to hospital
Where they happened
Crashes are counted where they happened, so a main road through the suburb carries people passing through; this is not a measure of risk to residents. Roads are listed with 3 or more serious crashes.
Schools
One school serve Meringandan West, and performance is broadly on par with peer-suburb schools.
- • 260 students in one school (avg 260)
Primary
Walkability
Meringandan West is very car-dependent on foot — at 17/100, 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 Meringandan West.
- Full-fibre (FTTP) share
- 53%
- Premises covered
- 1,108
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
Toowoomba: council population
The three add up to the change above. These are council-wide figures from the ABS, not figures for this suburb alone — this suburb's own population is in the census section above.
Socio-economic profile
The ABS scores 5 small areas inside this suburb and averages them into the single decile above. They fall into 2 different deciles — a narrow range, so the average describes the suburb closely.
Meringandan West is home to about 2,500 residents, and skews young, with a median age of 32 against the national 38. Median household income runs at $114,000 a year, with unemployment at 4.6%.
2021 Census · change since 2016
Population
2,488
Median Age
32
Median Household Income
$114,088/yr
Census Median Rent
$400/wk
Census Median Mortgage
$1,650/mo
Avg Household Size
3.1
Median Personal Income
$50,544/yr
Unemployment Rate
4.6%
Unoccupied Dwellings
3.8%
Total Dwellings
781
Owner-Occupier Rate
90.7%
Houses
99.4%
Rental Stress
18.2%
Mortgage Stress
17.4%
Work From Home
8.3%
Dwelling Types
Property Ownership
Demographics
- Born in Australia
- 89.6%
- English Spoken at Home
- 96.3%
- Employment Rate
- 72.8%
- Completed Year 12
- 39.4%
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.
Where New Residents Came From
Where residents aged five and over lived five years before the 2021 Census, for those who lived somewhere else.
3.4% of residents (78) lived in a capital city five years earlier, most of them in Brisbane (60).
Top places newcomers came from, as a share of the 2,283 residents aged five and over. Areas are ABS statistical regions. Small counts are approximate: the ABS adjusts every figure slightly to protect privacy.
Age Distribution
Family & Household Composition
Commute to Work
1% of employed residents work in a capital's city centre (7 of 1,284).
City centre: the ABS area around each capital's CBD, such as Sydney Inner City or Perth City (which takes in Subiaco and Leederville). 2021 Census place of work.
Education
Cars per Dwelling
Council Rates
Households face an average residential rates bill of $1,618 a year through Toowoomba based on 2025 figures.
Building Approvals: Toowoomba
In the year to August 2026, 1,513 new dwellings were approved across Toowoomba. That mix is 1,098 houses and 415 units. Approvals are down 24.6% on the same period a year earlier.
New Homes Planned
New homes planned in this suburb: 222 to 840 homes
- Within 2 years 72 to 150 homes
- In 2 to 5 years 122 to 550 homes
- No timeframe set 28 to 140 homes
Land the Queensland Government's residential land supply study identifies for future housing (32 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 Western Wakka Wakka People.
Under Queensland's Aboriginal Cultural Heritage Act 2003 the Aboriginal party for an area follows native title. No native title claim is currently registered here, so the last registered claimant remains the Aboriginal party.
Air Quality
CLEANPM2.5 averaged 4.9 µg/m³ in 2025 — below the WHO 2021 annual guideline (5 µg/m³). 2 days exceeded the daily threshold of 25 µg/m³.
PM10 averaged 12 µg/m³. Days over the limit in 2025: PM10 0.
From the Toowoomba (South West Queensland) monitoring station, 13.8 km away.
Climate & Setting
from Oakey Aero, 14.6 kmModerate rainfall — hot summers, cold winters with occasional frost.
- Elevation
- 535 m
- above sea level, at the suburb centre
- Annual rainfall
- 577 mm
- 54 rainy days
- Summer max (Jan)
- 31.0°C
- 17 days ≥ 35°C
- Winter min (Jul)
- 3.9°C
- 26 frost days ≤ 0°C
Elevation is the ground at the suburb 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 4352, 181 of 30,100 registered light vehicles are battery-electric on 31 January 2025. A further 2.3% (689 vehicles) are hybrid or plug-in hybrid, taking the non-petrol, non-diesel share to 2.9%.
Rooftop solar
In postcode 4352, 9,311 rooftop-solar systems totalling 64.7 MW have been installed since 2001, against 11,047 dwellings recorded in the 2021 Census. 597 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
10 mortgage brokers are registered in postcode 4352.
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 $895,000 this is $145,000 above 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 Garth Hamilton Liberal National Party of Queensland
| Year | Winner | 2PP ALP | 2PP LNP | Swing |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2025 | Garth Hamilton | 36.6% | 63.4% | +0.8 |
| 2022 | Garth Hamilton | 35.8% | 64.2% | -6.3 |
| 2019 | John Mcveigh | 29.5% | 70.5% | +5.2 |
Results are per division — federal electoral boundaries are redrawn periodically, so the history reflects this division's past, not necessarily the exact suburb's voters across time.
State Electorate
Currently held by Pat Weir Liberal National Party of Queensland
Next state election: 28 October 2028.
| Year | Winner | Won with |
|---|---|---|
| 2024 | Pat Weir LNP | 73.6% |
| 2020 | Pat Weir LNP | 69.2% |
Results are per district. Districts were last redrawn in 2017, so results from before then describe the district of that name, not necessarily this suburb's voters. Results: Electoral Commission of Queensland.
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- #4 in Toowoomba suburbs with the largest non-religious population
- #4 in The safest suburbs in Toowoomba
- #10 in The most liveable suburbs in Toowoomba
- #12 in Toowoomba suburbs that grew fastest, 2016-2021
- #14 in Toowoomba suburbs with the most parkland nearby
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Common questions about Meringandan West
Is Meringandan West a safe place to live?
Recorded crime in Meringandan West is low (22/100, ranked against other QLD suburbs on offences per resident).
What natural hazards affect Meringandan West?
Meringandan West has no recorded bushfire history. These are suburb-wide figures; check the address, as flood and bushfire exposure change street by street.
Is Meringandan West a good place to live?
Meringandan West has a SuburbScan Liveability grade of B (66/100), 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 Meringandan West?
Meringandan West, QLD had a population of 2,488 at the 2021 Australian Bureau of Statistics census.
What is the postcode for Meringandan West, QLD?
The postcode for Meringandan West, QLD is 4352.
How far is Meringandan West from Brisbane?
Meringandan West is 145 km from Brisbane CBD by road, about 114 minutes by car in normal traffic. Distance is the most-direct driving route, not straight-line.
What is the median household income in Meringandan West?
At the 2021 ABS Census, median household income in Meringandan West was $114,088 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 Meringandan West?
The median advertised rent in Meringandan West is $650 a week for houses (10 listings), from rental listings over the last six months.
What is the median age in Meringandan West?
The median age of residents in Meringandan West was 32 at the 2021 ABS Census.
How are the schools in Meringandan West?
There is 1 school inside the Meringandan West boundary: 1 at similar schools on NAPLAN, compared with same-state, same-type schools of similar socio-educational advantage (ICSEA).
Is Meringandan West walkable?
Meringandan West scores 17/100 on the SuburbScan Walkability Score, making it very car-dependent. The score is a weighted average of public transport, schools, parks, supermarkets, GPs, pharmacies, childcare, and hospitals within walking distance.
What is the air quality in Meringandan West?
The nearest government air-quality monitoring station to Meringandan West (Toowoomba (South West Queensland)) recorded a 2025 annual mean PM2.5 of 4.9 µg/m³ and PM10 of 12.0 µg/m³. That puts Meringandan West below the WHO annual guideline of 5 µg/m³.
What is the weather like in Meringandan West?
At the nearest Bureau of Meteorology station to Meringandan West, Oakey Aero (14.6 km away), summer days average 31°C, winter nights 3.9°C, 577 mm of rain a year over 54 rainy days, and 17 days a year above 35°C over 2006-2026.
Is the First Home Owner Grant available in Meringandan West?
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 Meringandan West belong to?
Meringandan West sits within the Toowoomba local government area. Council rates, planning approvals, and waste collection fall under this LGA.
How much are council rates in Meringandan West?
The average residential rates bill through Toowoomba is $1,618 a year (2025). Every suburb in this LGA shares the same schedule — individual bills vary with land value.
How much is being built near Meringandan West?
Across Toowoomba, 1,513 new residential dwellings were approved in the year to August 2026 (source: ABS Building Approvals). That's down 24.6% 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 Meringandan West in?
Meringandan West sits within the federal Division of Groom, currently held by Garth Hamilton (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
- Air quality · 2025
- 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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