Located in Queensland, Woodgate sits 336 km from Brisbane CBD, around 3 hours 55 minutes by car. The town has 1,521 residents, a median age of 64, and a median household income of $47,164 per year. By household income, education, and employment patterns, it ranks in the bottom 20% nationally. The town grew 30.6% between 2016 and 2021. At the 2021 Census, households here paid a median rent of $310 per week and a median monthly mortgage of $1,322. Woodgate is characterised by high coastal erosion risk and high bushfire risk. Walkability is low.
Is Woodgate a good town?
Woodgate scores a D (19/100) on SuburbScan's Liveability grade — weaker on transit and community.
Car-dependent
Walkability 0/100 · 336.4 km · 234 min drive to Brisbane
Median available
Median $810K
Moderate bushfire risk
Fire 66/100 · Crime 45/100
Highly disadvantaged
SEIFA decile 2/10 · median age 64 · 1,521 residents
Liveability Rating
19 / 100 · Ranked #1034 in QLDEach bar is Woodgate'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
19 / 100
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Median House Price
Public listings dataWoodgate's house market is moving higher: the median sale price reached $810,000, about 5% above where it sat a year earlier.
Houses
$810,000
Based on 97 recorded sales in the last 24 months.
Typically sold in 60 days — median across 36 sales that recorded a listing period
By bedrooms
- 2 bed 7 sales $654K
- 3 bed 44 sales $795K
- 4 bed 35 sales $844K
- 5 bed 6 sales $1.06M
Land
$335,000
Based on 37 recorded sales in the last 24 months.
Typically sold in 40 days — median across 11 sales that recorded a listing period
Currently for Sale
Last 6 monthsHouses in Woodgate are currently listed at around $920,000 on average. Based on 61 houses listed in the past six months.
Houses
$920K
61 houses listed in the last 6 months.
Units
$750K
3 units listed in the last 6 months — typical time on market 1 days.
64 of the suburb's 672 dwellings (9.5%) were listed for sale in the last 6 months.
Rental Market
Advertised rents · last 6 monthsHouses in Woodgate rent for around $590 a week on average, based on 27 houses listed for rent in the past six months.
Houses
$590/wk
27 houses advertised for rent in the last 6 months.
Units
$480/wk
4 units advertised for rent in the last 6 months.
31 rentals advertised against an estimated 157 rented homes (19.7%) in the last 6 months.
Rent agreed on new leases
Jul–Sep 2026- All rentals
- $550/wk
- 24 bonds
- +46% 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.
Rental affordability
June quarter 2025156 Affordable · the average rental household in this region would pay about 19% of its income on the median rent in postcode 4660.
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$590/week ($31,000 a year) on a $920,000 median
$480/week ($25,000 a year) on a $750,000 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 Woodgate safe? Crime statistics
2025Crime in Woodgate sits in the moderate band, with 15 incidents recorded in 2025 — down roughly 25% on the prior year.
15 offences
25.0% since 2024Crime Trend
Serious Road Crashes
2020–20248 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.
Coastal Erosion
Shoreline Change Summary
1988–2025Nearest Eroding Coastline
- Distance
- 5.7 km
- Rate
- -0.03 m/yr
- Net Movement
- -6.2 m
- Certainty
- good
Data Quality
Schools
Walkability
Woodgate 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 Woodgate.
- Full-fibre (FTTP) share
- 50%
- Premises covered
- 1,286
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 3 different deciles — a narrow range, so the average describes the town closely.
Woodgate is home to about 1,500 residents, with a median age of 64 — noticeably older than the national figure of 38. Median household income runs at $47,000 a year, with unemployment at 6.6%.
2021 Census · change since 2016
Population
1,521
Median Age
64
Median Household Income
$47,164/yr
Census Median Rent
$310/wk
Census Median Mortgage
$1,322/mo
Avg Household Size
2.0
Median Personal Income
$24,908/yr
Unemployment Rate
6.6%
Unoccupied Dwellings
60.9%
Total Dwellings
672
Owner-Occupier Rate
76.6%
Houses
89.9%
Rental Stress
34.2%
Mortgage Stress
33.6%
Work From Home
17.6%
Dwelling Types
Property Ownership
Demographics
- Born in Australia
- 77.0%
- English Spoken at Home
- 91.7%
- Employment Rate
- 29.9%
- Completed Year 12
- 29.8%
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.
12 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.
13.7% of residents (204) lived in a capital city five years earlier, most of them in Brisbane (183).
Top places newcomers came from, as a share of the 1,494 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
1% of employed residents work in a capital's city centre (5 of 422).
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 $1,773 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: 418 to 1,675 homes
- Within 2 years 24 to 65 homes
- In 2 to 5 years 122 to 550 homes
- No timeframe set 272 to 1,060 homes
Land the Queensland Government's residential land supply study identifies for future housing (38 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.
Climate & Setting
from Bundaberg Aero, 29.4 kmHigh rainfall — warm summers, mild winters.
- Elevation
- -2 m
- above sea level, at the town centre
- Distance to the ocean
- 5.7 km
- 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 4660, 17 of 8,499 registered light vehicles are battery-electric on 31 January 2025. A further 1.2% (100 vehicles) are hybrid or plug-in hybrid, taking the non-petrol, non-diesel share to 1.4%.
Rooftop solar
In postcode 4660, 3,280 rooftop-solar systems totalling 20.2 MW have been installed since 2001, against 3,977 dwellings recorded in the 2021 Census. 262 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 $810,000 this is $60,000 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 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 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.
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Common questions about Woodgate
Is Woodgate a safe place to live?
Recorded crime in Woodgate is moderate (45/100, ranked against other QLD suburbs on offences per resident).
What natural hazards affect Woodgate?
Woodgate has a moderate recorded bushfire history (66/100, ranked against every Australian suburb with any fire history). These are town-wide figures; check the address, as flood and bushfire exposure change street by street.
Is Woodgate a good place to live?
Woodgate has a SuburbScan Liveability grade of D (19/100), 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 Woodgate?
Woodgate, QLD had a population of 1,521 at the 2021 Australian Bureau of Statistics census.
What is the postcode for Woodgate, QLD?
The postcode for Woodgate, QLD is 4660.
How far is Woodgate from Brisbane?
Woodgate is 336 km from Brisbane CBD by road, about 234 minutes by car in normal traffic. Distance is the most-direct driving route, not straight-line.
What is the median household income in Woodgate?
At the 2021 ABS Census, median household income in Woodgate was $47,164 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 Woodgate?
The median advertised rent in Woodgate is $590 a week for houses (27 listings) and $480 a week for units (4 listings), from rental listings over the last six months.
What is the median age in Woodgate?
The median age of residents in Woodgate was 64 at the 2021 ABS Census.
Is Woodgate at risk of bushfire?
Woodgate has a moderate recorded bushfire history (66/100). The score comes from Geoscience Australia's historical bushfire boundaries, with planned burns excluded: the area of recorded fires touching the town relative to its size, ranked against every Australian suburb with any fire history. It records where fire has burned, not a bushfire-prone land designation, which your council's planning scheme sets.
What is the weather like in Woodgate?
At the nearest Bureau of Meteorology station to Woodgate, Bundaberg Aero (29.4 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 Woodgate?
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 Woodgate belong to?
Woodgate sits within the Bundaberg local government area. Council rates, planning approvals, and waste collection fall under this LGA.
How much are council rates in Woodgate?
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 Woodgate?
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 Woodgate in?
Woodgate 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
- 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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