Taroomball is a suburb in Queensland, 677 km from Brisbane CBD, around 7 hours 50 minutes by car. Population is 1,136; the median age is 35 and the median household income is $128,232 per year. On socioeconomic measures it sits in the top 40% nationally. Population grew 34.4% from 2016 to 2021. The 2021 Census recorded a median rent of $460 per week and a median monthly mortgage of $1,950. The area shows no recorded bushfire exposure. Walkability is low.
Is Taroomball a good suburb?
Taroomball scores a B (61/100) on SuburbScan's Liveability grade — strong on safety and community, weaker on transit.
Car-dependent
Walkability 4/100 · 676.6 km · 469 min drive to Brisbane
Median available
Median $862K
Low all-round risk
Fire 0/100 · Crime 30/100
Advantaged
SEIFA decile 7/10 · median age 35 · 1,136 residents
Liveability Rating
61 / 100 · Ranked #319 in QLDEach bar is Taroomball'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 Taroomball?
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Our score
61 / 100
From schools, safety and socio-economic data — not opinion.
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Median House Price
Public listings dataTaroomball's house market is moving higher: the median sale price reached $862,000, roughly 10% above where it sat a year earlier.
Houses
$862,000
12% above its 6 neighbours (median $770,000)
Based on 51 recorded sales in the last 24 months.
Typically sold in 28 days — median across 8 sales that recorded a listing period
By bedrooms
- 4 bed 39 sales $900K
Land
$327,000
Based on 15 recorded sales in the last 24 months.
Currently for Sale
Last 6 monthsHouses in Taroomball are currently listed at around $924,000 on average. Based on 12 houses listed in the past six months.
$924K
12 houses listed in the last 6 months.
12 of the suburb's 363 dwellings (3.3%) were listed for sale in the last 6 months.
Rental Market
Advertised rents · last 6 monthsHouses in Taroomball rent for around $830 a week on average, based on 5 houses listed for rent in the past six months.
$830/wk
5 houses advertised for rent in the last 6 months.
5 rentals advertised against an estimated 70 rented homes (7.1%) in the last 6 months.
Rental affordability
June quarter 202599 Unaffordable · the average rental household in this region would pay about 30% of its income on the median rent in postcode 4703.
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$830/week ($43,000 a year) on a $924,000 median
Based on a small sample (5 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 Taroomball safe? Crime statistics
2025Crime in Taroomball sits in the low band, with 12 incidents recorded in 2025 — up roughly 200% on the prior year.
12 offences
200.0% since 2024Crime Trend
Serious Road Crashes
2020–202410 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
Walkability
Taroomball is very car-dependent on foot — at 4/100, 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 Taroomball.
- Full-fibre (FTTP) share
- 56%
- Premises covered
- 488
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
Livingstone: 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 4 different deciles — a wide range, so parts of this suburb rank well above the average and parts well below it.
Taroomball is home to about 1,100 residents, with a median age of 35, broadly in line with the national figure. Median household income runs at $128,000 a year, with unemployment at 3.4%.
2021 Census · change since 2016
Population
1,136
Median Age
35
Median Household Income
$128,232/yr
Census Median Rent
$460/wk
Census Median Mortgage
$1,950/mo
Avg Household Size
2.9
Median Personal Income
$50,804/yr
Unemployment Rate
3.4%
Unoccupied Dwellings
8.3%
Total Dwellings
363
Owner-Occupier Rate
80.7%
Houses
99.7%
Rental Stress
18.7%
Mortgage Stress
18.2%
Work From Home
6.8%
Dwelling Types
Property Ownership
Demographics
- Born in Australia
- 82.9%
- English Spoken at Home
- 91.5%
- Employment Rate
- 69.1%
- Completed Year 12
- 39.6%
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.
14 residents (1.2%) 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.
5.0% of residents (53) lived in a capital city five years earlier, most of them in Brisbane (31).
Top places newcomers came from, as a share of the 1,062 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 $2,445 a year through Livingstone based on 2025 figures.
Building Approvals: Livingstone
In the year to August 2026, 317 new dwellings were approved across Livingstone. That mix is 253 houses and 64 units. Approvals are up 97.1% on the same period a year earlier.
New Homes Planned
New homes planned in this suburb: 719 to 2,965 homes
- Within 2 years 1 to 5 homes
- In 2 to 5 years 375 to 1,650 homes
- In 5 to 10 years 179 to 670 homes
- In 10 years or more 158 to 620 homes
- No timeframe set 6 to 20 homes
Land the Queensland Government's residential land supply study identifies for future housing (14 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 Darumbal 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
CLEANPM2.5 averaged 4.3 µg/m³ in 2025 — below the WHO 2021 annual guideline (5 µg/m³). 1 day exceeded the daily threshold of 25 µg/m³.
PM10 averaged 8.6 µg/m³. Days over the limit in 2025: PM10 1.
From the Parkhurst (Rockhampton, Central Queensland) monitoring station, 27.7 km away.
Climate & Setting
from Pacific Heights, 8.6 kmHigh rainfall.
- Elevation
- 16 m
- above sea level, at the suburb centre
- Distance to the ocean
- 2.7 km
- 2.7 km to a named beach
- Annual rainfall
- 1,330 mm
- 89 rainy days
- Summer max (Jan)
- —
- Winter min (Jul)
- —
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.
Industrial Emissions Nearby
1 facility within 5 km- 4.6 kmSewerage and Drainage ServicesTop reported: Ammonia (total) · Chlorine & compounds
EV adoption
In postcode 4703, 79 of 22,796 registered light vehicles are battery-electric on 31 January 2025. A further 2.4% (545 vehicles) are hybrid or plug-in hybrid, taking the non-petrol, non-diesel share to 2.7%.
Rooftop solar
In postcode 4703, 7,120 rooftop-solar systems totalling 44.1 MW have been installed since 2001, against 10,445 dwellings recorded in the 2021 Census. 414 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
1 mortgage broker is registered in this suburb, 5 across postcode 4703.
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 $862,000 this is $112,000 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 Michelle Landry Liberal National Party of Queensland
| Year | Winner | 2PP ALP | 2PP LNP | Swing |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2025 | Michelle Landry | 44.2% | 55.8% | +0.8 |
| 2022 | Michelle Landry | 43.4% | 56.6% | -5.8 |
| 2019 | Michelle Landry | 37.6% | 62.4% | +11.7 |
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 Nigel Hutton Liberal National Party of Queensland
Next state election: 28 October 2028.
| Year | Winner | Won with |
|---|---|---|
| 2024 | Nigel Hutton LNP | 60.5% |
| 2020 | Brittany Lauga ALP | 55.6% |
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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Common questions about Taroomball
Is Taroomball a safe place to live?
Recorded crime in Taroomball is low (30/100, ranked against other QLD suburbs on offences per resident).
What natural hazards affect Taroomball?
Taroomball has no recorded bushfire history. These are suburb-wide figures; check the address, as flood and bushfire exposure change street by street.
Is Taroomball a good place to live?
Taroomball has a SuburbScan Liveability grade of B (61/100), 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 Taroomball?
Taroomball, QLD had a population of 1,136 at the 2021 Australian Bureau of Statistics census.
What is the postcode for Taroomball, QLD?
The postcode for Taroomball, QLD is 4703.
How far is Taroomball from Brisbane?
Taroomball is 677 km from Brisbane CBD by road, about 469 minutes by car in normal traffic. Distance is the most-direct driving route, not straight-line.
What is the median household income in Taroomball?
At the 2021 ABS Census, median household income in Taroomball was $128,232 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 Taroomball?
The median advertised rent in Taroomball is $830 a week for houses (5 listings), from rental listings over the last six months.
What is the median age in Taroomball?
The median age of residents in Taroomball was 35 at the 2021 ABS Census.
Is Taroomball walkable?
Taroomball scores 4/100 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 Taroomball?
The nearest government air-quality monitoring station to Taroomball (Parkhurst (Rockhampton, Central Queensland)) recorded a 2025 annual mean PM2.5 of 4.3 µg/m³ and PM10 of 8.6 µg/m³. That puts Taroomball below the WHO annual guideline of 5 µg/m³.
What is the weather like in Taroomball?
At the nearest Bureau of Meteorology station to Taroomball, Pacific Heights (8.6 km away), 1,330 mm of rain a year over 89 rainy days over 2006-2026.
Is the First Home Owner Grant available in Taroomball?
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 Taroomball belong to?
Taroomball sits within the Livingstone local government area. Council rates, planning approvals, and waste collection fall under this LGA.
How much are council rates in Taroomball?
The average residential rates bill through Livingstone is $2,445 a year (2025). Every suburb in this LGA shares the same schedule — individual bills vary with land value.
How much is being built near Taroomball?
Across Livingstone, 317 new residential dwellings were approved in the year to August 2026 (source: ABS Building Approvals). That's up 97.1% 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 Taroomball in?
Taroomball sits within the federal Division of Capricornia, currently held by Michelle Landry (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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