South Kolan QLD 4670
Located in Queensland, South Kolan sits 350 km from Brisbane CBD, around 4 hours 5 minutes by car. The town has 1,258 residents, a median age of 45, and a median household income of $77,324 per year. On socioeconomic measures it sits in the bottom 20% nationally. The 2021 Census recorded a median rent of $280 per week and a median monthly mortgage of $1,300. The area shows no recorded bushfire exposure. All 1 school within the town boundary rank above the state average, and walkability is low.
Is South Kolan a good town?
South Kolan scores a C (46/100) on SuburbScan's Liveability grade — strong on safety, weaker on transit and community.
Mixed results
1 school · 1 above peer schools
Car-dependent
Walkability 13/100 · 350.1 km · 244 min drive to Brisbane
Median available
Median $628K
Low all-round risk
Fire 0/100 · Crime 39/100
Highly disadvantaged
SEIFA decile 2/10 · median age 45 · 1,258 residents
Liveability Rating
46 / 100 · Ranked #610 in QLDEach bar is South Kolan'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 South Kolan?
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Our score
46 / 100
From schools, safety and socio-economic data — not opinion.
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Median House Price
Public listings dataSouth Kolan's house market is moving higher: the median sale price reached $628,000, about 8% above where it sat a year earlier.
Houses
$627,500
22% below its 4 neighbours (median $802,000)
Based on 28 recorded sales in the last 24 months.
Typically sold in 46 days — median across 8 sales that recorded a listing period
By bedrooms
- 3 bed 10 sales $618K
- 4 bed 13 sales $690K
Land
$288,500
Based on 12 recorded sales in the last 24 months.
Currently for Sale
Last 6 monthsHouses in South Kolan are currently listed at around $650,000 on average. Based on 5 houses listed in the past six months.
$650K
5 houses listed in the last 6 months.
5 of the suburb's 433 dwellings (1.2%) were listed for sale in the last 6 months.
Rental Market
Advertised rents · last 6 monthsHouses in South Kolan rent for around $650 a week on average, based on 3 houses listed for rent in the past six months.
$650/wk
3 houses advertised for rent in the last 6 months.
3 rentals advertised against an estimated 54 rented homes (5.6%) in the last 6 months.
Rental affordability
June quarter 2025113 Moderately unaffordable · the average rental household in this region would pay about 27% of its income on the median rent in postcode 4670.
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 $650,000 median
Based on a small sample (3 listings) — indicative only.
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 South Kolan safe? Crime statistics
2025Crime in South Kolan sits in the low band, with 10 incidents recorded in 2025 — up roughly 100% on the prior year.
10 offences
100.0% since 2024Crime Trend
Serious Road Crashes
2020–20246 crashes
where someone was killed or admitted to hospital, 1 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.
Schools
One school serve South Kolan, and the cohort skews above peer-suburb performance. Kolan South State School leads the pack.
- • 55 students in one school (avg 55)
Primary
Walkability
South Kolan is very car-dependent on foot — at 13/100, 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 South Kolan.
- Full-fibre (FTTP) share
- 0%
- Premises covered
- 509
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 town alone — this town's own population is in the census section above.
Socio-economic profile
The ABS scores 4 small areas inside this town and averages them into the single decile above. They fall into 4 different deciles — a wide range, so parts of this town rank well above the average and parts well below it.
South Kolan is home to about 1,300 residents, with a median age of 45, a touch above the national 38. Median household income runs at $77,000 a year, with unemployment at 3.9%.
2021 Census · change since 2016
Population
1,258
Median Age
45
Median Household Income
$77,324/yr
Census Median Rent
$280/wk
Census Median Mortgage
$1,300/mo
Avg Household Size
2.6
Median Personal Income
$33,072/yr
Unemployment Rate
3.9%
Unoccupied Dwellings
9.7%
Total Dwellings
433
Owner-Occupier Rate
87.5%
Houses
97.5%
Rental Stress
18.8%
Mortgage Stress
20.2%
Work From Home
12.0%
Dwelling Types
Property Ownership
Demographics
- Born in Australia
- 79.4%
- English Spoken at Home
- 87.4%
- Employment Rate
- 54%
- Completed Year 12
- 28.4%
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.
11 residents (0.9%) 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.
Top places newcomers came from, as a share of the 1,217 residents aged five and over. Areas are ABS statistical regions. Small counts are approximate: the ABS adjusts every figure slightly to protect privacy.
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 town: 52 to 165 homes
- Within 2 years 1 to 5 homes
- In 2 to 5 years 21 to 50 homes
- In 5 to 10 years 6 to 20 homes
- No timeframe set 24 to 90 homes
Land the Queensland Government's residential land supply study identifies for future housing (12 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.
Air Quality
This station does not measure fine particles (PM2.5).
PM10 averaged 9.1 µg/m³. Days over the limit in 2025: PM10 0.
From the Bundaberg (Wide Bay-Burnett) monitoring station, 16.6 km away.
Climate & Setting
from Bundaberg Aero, 15.6 kmHigh rainfall — warm summers, mild winters.
- Elevation
- 59 m
- above sea level, at the town centre
- Distance to the ocean
- 25.9 km
- Near high-voltage lines
- 0.9% of addresses
- 6 within 100 m of an overhead line of 110 kV or more
- 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 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.
EV adoption
In postcode 4670, 242 of 74,041 registered light vehicles are battery-electric on 31 January 2025. A further 1.8% (1,336 vehicles) are hybrid or plug-in hybrid, taking the non-petrol, non-diesel share to 2.1%.
Rooftop solar
In postcode 4670, 24,659 rooftop-solar systems totalling 152.8 MW have been installed since 2001, against 35,774 dwellings recorded in the 2021 Census. 1,424 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
15 mortgage brokers are registered in postcode 4670.
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 $627,500 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 Colin Boyce Liberal National Party of Queensland
| Year | Winner | 2PP ALP | 2PP LNP | Swing |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2025 | Colin Boyce | 39.8% | 60.2% | -6.4 |
| 2022 | Colin Boyce | 46.2% | 53.8% | -4.8 |
| 2019 | Ken O'Dowd | 41.3% | 58.7% | +7.6 |
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 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 town's voters. Results: Electoral Commission of Queensland.
Looking at a specific address in South Kolan?
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- Nearest and zoned schools, with the walk from that door
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Common questions about South Kolan
Is South Kolan a safe place to live?
Recorded crime in South Kolan is low (39/100, ranked against other QLD suburbs on offences per resident).
What natural hazards affect South Kolan?
South Kolan has no recorded bushfire history. These are town-wide figures; check the address, as flood and bushfire exposure change street by street.
Is South Kolan a good place to live?
South Kolan has a SuburbScan Liveability grade of C (46/100), 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 South Kolan?
South Kolan, QLD had a population of 1,258 at the 2021 Australian Bureau of Statistics census.
What is the postcode for South Kolan, QLD?
The postcode for South Kolan, QLD is 4670.
How far is South Kolan from Brisbane?
South Kolan is 350 km from Brisbane CBD by road, about 244 minutes by car in normal traffic. Distance is the most-direct driving route, not straight-line.
What is the median household income in South Kolan?
At the 2021 ABS Census, median household income in South Kolan was $77,324 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 South Kolan?
The median advertised rent in South Kolan is $650 a week for houses (3 listings), from rental listings over the last six months.
What is the median age in South Kolan?
The median age of residents in South Kolan was 45 at the 2021 ABS Census.
How are the schools in South Kolan?
There is 1 school inside the South Kolan boundary: 1 above similar schools on NAPLAN, compared with same-state, same-type schools of similar socio-educational advantage (ICSEA).
Is South Kolan walkable?
South Kolan scores 13/100 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 weather like in South Kolan?
At the nearest Bureau of Meteorology station to South Kolan, Bundaberg Aero (15.6 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 South Kolan?
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 South Kolan belong to?
South Kolan sits within the Bundaberg local government area. Council rates, planning approvals, and waste collection fall under this LGA.
How much are council rates in South Kolan?
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 South Kolan?
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 South Kolan in?
South Kolan sits within the federal Division of Flynn, currently held by Colin Boyce (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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