Torbanlea QLD 4662
Torbanlea sits 277 km from Brisbane CBD in Queensland, around 3 hours 15 minutes by car. Census data records 841 residents with a median age of 45 and a median household income of $58,500 per year. By household income, education, and employment patterns, it ranks in the bottom 20% nationally. The locality grew 6.3% between 2016 and 2021. At the 2021 Census, households here paid a median rent of $270 per week and a median monthly mortgage of $1,300. Torbanlea is characterised by high crime risk and no recorded bushfire exposure. 1 school sits within the locality boundary, and walkability is low.
Is Torbanlea a good place to live?
Torbanlea scores a D (21/100) on SuburbScan's Liveability grade — weaker on transit, safety, and community.
Mixed results
1 school
Car-dependent
Walkability 0/100 · 276.9 km · 193 min drive to Brisbane
Median available
Median $615K
High crime risk
Fire 0/100 · Crime 80/100
Highly disadvantaged
SEIFA decile 1/10 · median age 45 · 841 residents
Liveability Rating
21 / 100 · Ranked #1023 in QLDEach bar is Torbanlea'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 Torbanlea?
Local knowledge beats any dataset. Rate it and see what other residents think.
Our score
21 / 100
From schools, safety and socio-economic data — not opinion.
Residents say
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Median House Price
Public listings dataTorbanlea's house market is moving higher: the median sale price reached $615,000, roughly 21% above where it sat a year earlier.
Houses
$615,000
Based on 29 recorded sales in the last 24 months.
Typically sold in 36 days — median across 6 sales that recorded a listing period
By bedrooms
- 2 bed 6 sales $505K
- 3 bed 15 sales $615K
- 4 bed 5 sales $750K
Land
$630,000
Based on only 5 sales — small sample, take as indicative.
Currently for Sale
Last 6 monthsHouses in Torbanlea are currently listed at around $762,000 on average. Based on 4 houses listed in the past six months.
$762K
4 houses listed in the last 6 months.
4 of the suburb's 283 dwellings (1.4%) were listed for sale in the last 6 months.
Is Torbanlea safe? Crime statistics
2025Crime in Torbanlea sits in the high band, with 5 incidents recorded in 2025 — down roughly 69% on the prior year.
5 offences
68.8% since 2024Crime Trend
Serious Road Crashes
2020–20249 crashes
where someone was killed or admitted to hospital, 2 of them fatal
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.
Schools
One school serve Torbanlea, and the cohort is trailing peer-suburb performance.
- • 106 students in one school (avg 106)
Primary
Walkability
Torbanlea 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 Torbanlea.
- Full-fibre (FTTP) share
- 0%
- Premises covered
- 347
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
Fraser Coast: 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
The ABS scores 4 small areas inside this locality and averages them into the single decile above. They fall into 2 different deciles — a narrow range, so the average describes the locality closely.
Torbanlea is home to 841 residents, with a median age of 45, a touch above the national 38. Median household income runs at $58,000 a year, with unemployment at 9.9%.
2021 Census · change since 2016
Population
841
Median Age
45
Median Household Income
$58,500/yr
Census Median Rent
$270/wk
Census Median Mortgage
$1,300/mo
Avg Household Size
2.6
Median Personal Income
$25,584/yr
Unemployment Rate
9.9%
Unoccupied Dwellings
10.2%
Total Dwellings
283
Owner-Occupier Rate
82.1%
Houses
98.6%
Rental Stress
24.0%
Mortgage Stress
26.7%
Work From Home
5.5%
Dwelling Types
Property Ownership
Demographics
- Born in Australia
- 77.3%
- English Spoken at Home
- 86.8%
- Employment Rate
- 38.7%
- Completed Year 12
- 24.6%
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.
7 residents (0.8%) 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.
3.9% of residents (31) lived in a capital city five years earlier, most of them in Brisbane (18).
Top places newcomers came from, as a share of the 802 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 $1,576 a year through Fraser Coast based on 2025 figures.
Building Approvals: Fraser Coast
In the year to August 2026, 1,578 new dwellings were approved across Fraser Coast. That mix is 1,395 houses and 183 units. Approvals are down 8.2% on the same period a year earlier.
New Homes Planned
New homes planned in this locality: 27 to 70 homes
- In 2 to 5 years 21 to 50 homes
- In 5 to 10 years 6 to 20 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 Butchulla People Land & Sea Claim #2.
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
MODERATEPM2.5 averaged 5.5 µg/m³ in 2025 — below Australia's NEPM annual standard (8 µg/m³), slightly above the stricter WHO guideline (5 µg/m³). 1 day exceeded the daily threshold of 25 µg/m³.
PM10 averaged 14 µg/m³. Days over the limit in 2025: PM10 0.
From the Maryborough (Wide Bay-Burnett) monitoring station, 21.3 km away.
Climate & Setting
from Maryborough, 22.6 kmHigh rainfall — warm summers, mild winters.
- Elevation
- 27 m
- above sea level, at the locality centre
- Distance to the ocean
- 14.9 km
- Annual rainfall
- 1,074 mm
- 91 rainy days
- Summer max (Jan)
- 31.0°C
- 5 days ≥ 35°C
- Winter min (Jul)
- 9.7°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 4662, 3 of 751 registered light vehicles are battery-electric on 31 January 2025. A further 0.7% (5 vehicles) are hybrid or plug-in hybrid, taking the non-petrol, non-diesel share to 1.1%.
Rooftop solar
In postcode 4662, 229 rooftop-solar systems totalling 1.4 MW have been installed since 2001, against 315 dwellings recorded in the 2021 Census. 6 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 $615,000 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 John Barounis Liberal National Party of Queensland
Next state election: 28 October 2028.
| Year | Winner | Won with |
|---|---|---|
| 2024 | John Barounis LNP | 52.8% |
| 2020 | Bruce Saunders ALP | 61.9% |
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 Torbanlea?
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 841 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 Torbanlea
Is Torbanlea a safe place to live?
Recorded crime in Torbanlea is high (80/100, ranked against other QLD suburbs on offences per resident). Offences against shops, venues and visitors are divided by the people who live here, so suburbs with large daytime or visitor populations rank higher than living there may feel.
What natural hazards affect Torbanlea?
Torbanlea has no recorded bushfire history. These are locality-wide figures; check the address, as flood and bushfire exposure change street by street.
Is Torbanlea a good place to live?
Torbanlea has a SuburbScan Liveability grade of D (21/100), 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 Torbanlea?
Torbanlea, QLD had a population of 841 at the 2021 Australian Bureau of Statistics census.
What is the postcode for Torbanlea, QLD?
The postcode for Torbanlea, QLD is 4662.
How far is Torbanlea from Brisbane?
Torbanlea is 277 km from Brisbane CBD by road, about 193 minutes by car in normal traffic. Distance is the most-direct driving route, not straight-line.
What is the median household income in Torbanlea?
At the 2021 ABS Census, median household income in Torbanlea was $58,500 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 Torbanlea?
There are too few current rental listings in Torbanlea for a reliable median. At the 2021 ABS Census the median weekly rent was $270, across all dwelling types.
What is the median age in Torbanlea?
The median age of residents in Torbanlea was 45 at the 2021 ABS Census.
How are the schools in Torbanlea?
There is 1 school inside the Torbanlea boundary: 1 below similar schools on NAPLAN, compared with same-state, same-type schools of similar socio-educational advantage (ICSEA).
What is the air quality in Torbanlea?
The nearest government air-quality monitoring station to Torbanlea (Maryborough (Wide Bay-Burnett)) recorded a 2025 annual mean PM2.5 of 5.5 µg/m³ and PM10 of 14.0 µg/m³. That puts Torbanlea below the Australian NEPM annual standard of 8 µg/m³ but above the stricter WHO guideline of 5 µg/m³.
What is the weather like in Torbanlea?
At the nearest Bureau of Meteorology station to Torbanlea, Maryborough (22.6 km away), summer days average 31°C, winter nights 9.7°C, 1,074 mm of rain a year over 91 rainy days, and 5 days a year above 35°C over 2006-2026.
Is the First Home Owner Grant available in Torbanlea?
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 Torbanlea belong to?
Torbanlea sits within the Fraser Coast local government area. Council rates, planning approvals, and waste collection fall under this LGA.
How much are council rates in Torbanlea?
The average residential rates bill through Fraser Coast is $1,576 a year (2025). Every suburb in this LGA shares the same schedule — individual bills vary with land value.
How much is being built near Torbanlea?
Across Fraser Coast, 1,578 new residential dwellings were approved in the year to August 2026 (source: ABS Building Approvals). That's down 8.2% 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 Torbanlea in?
Torbanlea 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
- 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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