Oakey QLD 4401
Oakey is a town in Queensland, 154 km from Brisbane CBD, around 1 hour 55 minutes by car. Population is 4,756; the median age is 40 and the median household income is $63,076 per year. By household income, education, and employment patterns, it ranks in the bottom 20% nationally. The town grew 1.1% between 2016 and 2021. At the 2021 Census, households here paid a median rent of $265 per week and a median monthly mortgage of $1,238. Oakey is characterised by high aircraft noise risk and high crime risk. Of 3 schools within the town boundary, 2 rank above the state average, and walkability is low.
Is Oakey a good town?
Oakey scores a B (51/100) on SuburbScan's Liveability grade — strong on schools, weaker on transit and community.
Above the state average
3 schools · 2 above peer schools · Top 8% in QLD
Car-dependent
Walkability 26/100 · 154 km · 114 min drive to Brisbane
Median available
Median $580K
Moderate crime risk
Fire 0/100 · Crime 67/100
Highly disadvantaged
SEIFA decile 1/10 · median age 40 · 4,756 residents
Liveability Rating
51 / 100 · Ranked #495 in QLDEach bar is Oakey's rank among QLD suburbs, from 0 to 100 (higher is better).
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 Oakey?
Local knowledge beats any dataset. Rate it and see what other residents think.
Our score
51 / 100
From schools, safety and socio-economic data — not opinion.
Residents say
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Median House Price
Public listings dataOakey's house market is moving higher: the median sale price reached $580,000, roughly 27% above where it sat a year earlier.
Houses
$579,800
Based on 146 recorded sales in the last 24 months.
Typically sold in 38 days — median across 70 sales that recorded a listing period
By bedrooms
- 2 bed 13 sales $460K
- 3 bed 73 sales $550K
- 4 bed 51 sales $650K
Land
$760,000
Based on only 6 sales — small sample, take as indicative.
Typically sold in 62 days — median across 4 sales that recorded a listing period
Currently for Sale
Last 6 monthsHouses in Oakey are currently listed at around $664,000 on average. Based on 45 houses listed in the past six months.
$664K
45 houses listed in the last 6 months.
45 of the suburb's 1,715 dwellings (2.6%) were listed for sale in the last 6 months.
Rental Market
Advertised rents · last 6 monthsHouses in Oakey rent for around $530 a week on average, based on 15 houses listed for rent in the past six months.
$530/wk
15 houses advertised for rent in the last 6 months.
17 rentals advertised against an estimated 624 rented homes (2.7%) in the last 6 months.
Rent agreed on new leases
Jul–Sep 2026- All rentals
- $460/wk
- 28 bonds
- +60% since 2021
Median weekly rent on bonds lodged for new tenancies. Change since 2021 compares the median of the first four quarters with the last four. Asking rents above come from advertised listings.
Gross rental yield
Indicative$530/week ($28,000 a year) on a $664,000 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 Oakey safe? Crime statistics
2025Crime in Oakey sits in the moderate band, with 150 incidents recorded in 2025 — up roughly 20% on the prior year.
150 offences
20.0% since 2024Crime Trend
Serious Road Crashes
2020–202430 crashes
where someone was killed or admitted to hospital, 4 of them fatal
Where they happened
Crashes are counted where they happened, so a main road through the town carries people passing through; this is not a measure of risk to residents. Roads are listed with 3 or more serious crashes.
Aircraft Noise
ANEF Contour Details
Significant impact — conditional building
Significant impact — conditional building
Moderate impact — noise insulation required
Moderate impact — noise insulation required
Noticeable aircraft noise
Noticeable aircraft noise
Schools
Three schools serve Oakey, and the cohort skews above peer-suburb performance. Oakey State High School and St Monica's School lead the pack.
- • 897 students across 3 schools (avg 299)
- • Sectors: 2 Government, 1 Catholic
- • ICSEA 847-968, median 928 (below the national baseline of 1000)
- • Largest: Oakey State High School (455 students)
Primary
Secondary
Walkability
Oakey is car-dependent on foot — at 26/100, most 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 Oakey.
- Full-fibre (FTTP) share
- 38%
- Premises covered
- 2,302
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 town alone — this town's own population is in the census section above.
Socio-economic profile
The ABS scores 15 small areas inside this town and averages them into the single decile above. They fall into 5 different deciles — a wide range, so parts of this town rank well above the average and parts well below it.
Oakey is home to about 4,800 residents, with a median age of 40, broadly in line with the national figure. Median household income runs at $63,000 a year, with unemployment at 6.8%.
2021 Census · change since 2016
Population
4,756
Median Age
40
Median Household Income
$63,076/yr
Census Median Rent
$265/wk
Census Median Mortgage
$1,238/mo
Avg Household Size
2.5
Median Personal Income
$33,852/yr
Unemployment Rate
6.8%
Unoccupied Dwellings
8.8%
Total Dwellings
1,715
Owner-Occupier Rate
63.6%
Houses
92.0%
Rental Stress
21.8%
Mortgage Stress
23.6%
Work From Home
5.6%
Dwelling Types
Property Ownership
42 rented from a state or territory housing authority and 6 from a community housing provider, as a share of the 606 rented dwellings above — not of all dwellings.
Demographics
- Born in Australia
- 84.2%
- English Spoken at Home
- 87.6%
- Employment Rate
- 51.6%
- Completed Year 12
- 28.5%
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.
35 residents (0.7%) 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.
4.2% of residents (187) lived in a capital city five years earlier, most of them in Brisbane (132).
Top places newcomers came from, as a share of the 4,481 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
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 town: 359 to 1,450 homes
- In 2 to 5 years 101 to 500 homes
- No timeframe set 258 to 950 homes
Land the Queensland Government's residential land supply study identifies for future housing (34 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, 23.8 km away.
Climate & Setting
from Oakey Aero, 5.7 kmModerate rainfall — hot summers, cold winters with occasional frost.
- Elevation
- 398 m
- above sea level, at the town centre
- Near high-voltage lines
- 0.3% of addresses
- 8 within 100 m of an overhead line of 110 kV or more
- 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 town 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.
Industrial Emissions Nearby
2 facilities within 5 km- 2.5 kmMeat ProcessingTop reported: Sulfur dioxide · Oxides of Nitrogen · Particulate Matter ≤10.0 µm (PM10)
- 4.4 kmFossil Fuel Electricity GenerationTop reported: Oxides of Nitrogen · Carbon monoxide · Particulate Matter ≤10.0 µm (PM10)
EV adoption
In postcode 4401, 6 of 5,289 registered light vehicles are battery-electric on 31 January 2025. A further 1.7% (89 vehicles) are hybrid or plug-in hybrid, taking the non-petrol, non-diesel share to 1.8%.
Rooftop solar
In postcode 4401, 1,333 rooftop-solar systems totalling 9.3 MW have been installed since 2001, against 2,253 dwellings recorded in the 2021 Census. 59 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 $579,800 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 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 town'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 town's voters. Results: Electoral Commission of Queensland.
Looking at a specific address in Oakey?
Every figure above is a town 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 4,756 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 Oakey
Is Oakey a safe place to live?
Recorded crime in Oakey is moderate (67/100, ranked against other QLD suburbs on offences per resident).
What natural hazards affect Oakey?
Oakey has no recorded bushfire history. Part of it sits inside an aircraft noise contour. These are town-wide figures; check the address, as flood and bushfire exposure change street by street.
Is Oakey a good place to live?
Oakey has a SuburbScan Liveability grade of B (51/100), 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 Oakey?
Oakey, QLD had a population of 4,756 at the 2021 Australian Bureau of Statistics census.
What is the postcode for Oakey, QLD?
The postcode for Oakey, QLD is 4401.
How far is Oakey from Brisbane?
Oakey is 154 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 Oakey?
At the 2021 ABS Census, median household income in Oakey was $63,076 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 Oakey?
The median advertised rent in Oakey is $530 a week for houses (15 listings), from rental listings over the last six months.
What is the median age in Oakey?
The median age of residents in Oakey was 40 at the 2021 ABS Census.
How are the schools in Oakey?
There are 3 schools inside the Oakey boundary: 2 above and 1 at similar schools on NAPLAN, compared with same-state, same-type schools of similar socio-educational advantage (ICSEA).
Is Oakey walkable?
Oakey scores 26/100 on the SuburbScan Walkability Score, making it 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 Oakey?
The nearest government air-quality monitoring station to Oakey (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 Oakey below the WHO annual guideline of 5 µg/m³.
What is the weather like in Oakey?
At the nearest Bureau of Meteorology station to Oakey, Oakey Aero (5.7 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 Oakey?
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 Oakey belong to?
Oakey sits within the Toowoomba local government area. Council rates, planning approvals, and waste collection fall under this LGA.
How much are council rates in Oakey?
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 Oakey?
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 Oakey in?
Oakey 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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