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QLD · Balonne Council

Hebel, 4486

Est. population · Jun 2025

63

Growth (1 yr)

0.0%

Growth (5 yr)

0.0%

Median age

51

Median income

$1,124/wk

Employment rate

60%

University qualified

13.2%

Work from home

13.3%

Languages at home

Mostly English at home

2021 Census · usual residence

  • National parks
  • Agricultural
  • Holiday parks
  • Remote
What Hebel is known for: National parks, Agricultural, Holiday parks, Remote

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Suburb profile

Hebel is a remote locality in Queensland, in Balonne Council.

Local amenities is an exceptional strength, well above typical levels for remote localities. Open-space access is exceptionally strong, and local school ICSEA scores sit well above the peer median. University qualifications are more common than in comparable places. Trade-offs centre on household incomes and weaker population growth, with household incomes 22% below the peer median.

Hebel is a better fit for people who value open space and school quality more than population growth.

Generated from the official metrics on this page. It can omit nuance or contain errors — check the tables and source notes before relying on it.

Strengths and weaknesses

Remote locality · compared with remote localities in Queensland (544)

Strengths

  • Open-space access is exceptionally strong
  • Local school ICSEA scores sit well above the peer median
  • University qualifications are more common than in comparable places
  • Local amenity access is stronger than in most comparable places

Weaknesses

  • Household incomes are a relative weakness
  • Population has been growing more slowly than in comparable places, or declining

What stands out

Nothing distinctive beyond the usual profile.

Who it suits

  • StudentsInsufficient data

Housing, growth and risk

How Hebel compares

A quick read of housing, growth, livability, and risk

Median house price

—

No data available

Median rent (Census)

$83/wk

2021 Census median weekly rent

Population (ERP)

63

0.0% annual growth

Dwelling vacancy

22.2%

Census unoccupied dwellings

How it compares

Relative standing using percentiles, ranks, and national deciles

Crime rate

90th

percentile in state (higher = more crime)

Pop. growth

11th

percentile in QLD

Rented dwellings

25%

2021 Census tenure

Advantage (IRSAD)

4/10

national SEIFA decile

School ICSEA

40th

percentile among schools with ICSEA

Population growth

Recent ERP change over 1 and 5 years

Housing mix

Dwelling types from the 2021 Census

Risks & flags

Quick scan — open a section below for full context

Living here

Population

Estimated resident population

63(June 2025)

0.0% annual · 0.0% over 5 years · 11th percentile in QLD

Growth figures & methodology
Annual growth
0.0%
5-year growth
0.0%
Change in 1 year
0
Change in 5 years
0
Growth rank in QLD
11th percentile

ABS Estimated Resident Population allocated to this suburb from SA2-level data. Not an official ABS suburb count.

Methodology

Figures are allocated from ABS Estimated Resident Population at Statistical Area Level 2 (SA2), using 2021 Census share within overlapping SA2 regions. Where Census data is unavailable, area overlap is used instead.

The dashed chart line is a simple growth-trend estimate to June 2030 (~50), extrapolated at -0.8% average annual growth since 2011. It is illustrative only — not an official ABS forecast.

2021 Census figures

2021 Census

Population
62
Median age
51
Median household income / week
$1,124
Dwelling vacancy
22.2%
Unoccupied private dwellings
8 of 36
Median monthly mortgage
$1,020
Median weekly rent (2021 Census)
$83
Tenure (owned / mortgaged / rented)
75% / 0% / 25%
Employment rate
60%
Travel to work (WFH / public transport / car)
13.3% / 0% / 43.3%
Walked or cycled to work
30%
Dwelling mix (houses / semi / flats)
10 / 15 / 0 (+ 4 other)

Contributes to desirability score · Community (12%) · Accessibility (12%) · Future Growth (6%)

Employment, household income and owned-outright tenure (2021 Census) Work-from-home and public-transport commute shares (2021 Census) Five-year population change as a healthy-growth band, not a boom bonus

Data sources & freshness

  • 2021 Census — General Community Profile (including method of travel to work and educational attainment) — Australian Bureau of Statistics · Updated

    The 2026 Census was conducted in August 2026; suburb-level updates are expected from mid-2027.

  • Estimated Resident Population — Australian Bureau of Statistics · 2025 · Updated · SA2 ERP allocated to suburb boundaries

Qualifications

13.2% of adults have a university degree, compared with 21.9% across Queensland. 13.2% have a trade or vocational qualification.

  • University qualified13.2% · 21.9% QLD
  • Trade / vocational13.2% · 18.9% QLD
  • Year 12 or below73.6% · 49.8% QLD

Highest qualification field

Main field of the highest non-school qualification (2021 Census).

  • Engineering and related technologies35.3%
  • Society and culture29.4%
  • Agriculture and environment17.6%
  • Food, hospitality and personal services17.6%
How these groups are defined
MeasureDefinition
University qualifiedBachelor degree or higher
Diploma qualifiedAdvanced Diploma / Diploma
Trade / vocationalCertificate III + IV
Year 12Year 12 as highest attainment
Below Year 12Year 11 / 10 / 9 or below

People aged 15 years and over, 2021 Census. University, diploma and trade shares match ABS highest educational attainment (HEAP). Year 12 and below Year 12 are combined in the chart because the General Community Profile reports school-only attainment as a residual.

Contributes to desirability score · Community (12%)

University qualifications from the 2021 Census

Data sources & freshness

  • 2021 Census — General Community Profile (including method of travel to work and educational attainment) — Australian Bureau of Statistics · Updated

    The 2026 Census was conducted in August 2026; suburb-level updates are expected from mid-2027.

Tax & income

Median taxable income (2023–24)
$52,822

40th percentile in QLD · -10% vs Australia

Median salary / wages (2023–24)
$65,194

68th percentile in QLD · 0% vs Australia

Residents with rental investments
8.0%

15th percentile in QLD · -42% vs Australia

Median super balance (2023–24)
$47,259

17th percentile in QLD · -25% vs Australia

Residents with business income
13.0%

74th percentile in QLD · +25% vs Australia

Australian Taxation Office Taxation Statistics 2023–24, individuals Table 25. Figures describe taxpayers who live in postcode 4486 — not a suburb-level official statistic. Rental investment is the share of local taxpayers reporting rental income or loss, not the share of local properties owned by investors.

Counts, net rent & state comparison
Taxpayers in this postcode
408
Taxpayers reporting net rent
33
Median net rent
-$869
Taxpayers reporting business income
52
Taxable income vs state median
-5%
Salary / wages vs state median
+7%
Rental investment vs state median
-27%
Super vs state median
-32%
Business income vs state median
+30%

Percentiles rank this postcode among unique postcodes in QLD, so suburbs that share a postcode are not counted twice. Dollar figures are compared with Australia-wide ATO medians from the same release. Median net rent is among taxpayers who reported the rent label and can be negative.

Data sources & freshness

  • Taxation Statistics 2023–24 — individuals by postcode (Table 25) — Australian Taxation Office · Updated · Annual release; taxpayer residential postcode, not suburb boundary

Seasonal & agricultural work

46.7% of employed residents work in agriculture, forestry and fishing, 20.3× the Australian share (2.3%) — compared with 2.5% across Queensland.

Agriculture, forestry & fishing
46.7%

89th percentile in QLD · +1930% vs Australia

Resident workers (2021)
14
WHM specified work
Subclass 417 / 462

Postcode 4486

Australian Bureau of Statistics, 2021 Census General Community Profile tables G54 (industry of employment) and G56 (industry by occupation), Statistical Area Level (suburb), place of usual residence. Figures are residents’ main job in the week before Census night — not jobs located in the suburb. Agriculture, forestry and fishing is the 1-digit ANZSIC division; grape growing and other 3- and 4-digit industries are not in this datapack. The 2026 Census was conducted in August 2026; suburb-level updates are expected from mid-2027.

Plant and animal cultivation in postcode 4486 (Regional Australia) may count as specified work for Working Holiday Maker visas (subclasses 417 and 462). This is a postcode rule from the Home Affairs instruments — not evidence that seasonal jobs exist here, and not a count of WHM residents. Home Affairs specified work · LIN 22/012 · LIN 22/013. Compilation used: 5 April 2025.

Region employment estimates (SA4, not this suburb)

Jobs and Skills Australia NERO modelled estimates for Darling Downs - Maranoa (SA4 307), 2026-08. These figures describe the broader region, not this suburb, and occupations are not added together.

  • Livestock Farmers ANZSCO 12132,726
  • Crop Farm Workers ANZSCO 84121,701
  • Mixed Crop and Livestock Farmers ANZSCO 12141,694
  • Crop Farmers ANZSCO 12121,638
  • Agricultural, Forestry and Horticultural Plant Operators ANZSCO 7211878
  • Livestock Farm Workers ANZSCO 8415856
  • Other Farm, Forestry and Garden Workers ANZSCO 8419729
  • Mixed Crop and Livestock Farm Workers ANZSCO 8416249
  • Forestry and Logging Workers ANZSCO 841354
  • Aquaculture Workers ANZSCO 841110

Darling Downs - Maranoa is a Statistical Area Level 4. Fruit, nut and vegetable workers are not published separately in NERO (they sit under ANZSCO 8412). Jobs and Skills Australia warns not to sum occupations or geographies. NERO data. Nowcast of Employment by Region and Occupation, Jobs and Skills Australia, Commonwealth of Australia. CC BY 4.0.

Census employed residents counted in G54: 30 · AFF share +1768% vs the state.

Data sources & freshness

  • 2021 Census — industry of employment (G54/G56), place of usual residence — Australian Bureau of Statistics · Updated · Resident main job in the week before Census night, not jobs located in the suburb

    The 2026 Census was conducted in August 2026; suburb-level updates are expected from mid-2027.

  • WHM specified work areas (LIN 22/012 and LIN 22/013) — Department of Home Affairs · 2025-04-05 · Updated · Postcode eligibility for plant and animal cultivation; not a count of WHM residents
  • Nowcast of Employment by Region and Occupation (NERO), SA4 × ANZSCO 4-digit — Jobs and Skills Australia · 2026-08 · Updated · Monthly modelled SA4 estimates; not suburb-level. CC BY 4.0

Community & culture

10.7% born overseas

Language at home
52 English only · 0 other
Non-English at home
0%
Born overseas
6 (10.7%)
Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander
6 (9.7%)
Australian citizens
56

Religion

64.5%Most common religion · Christianity

Christianity is the most common response at 64.5%, while 32.3% reported no religion.

MeasureSuburbState
No religion32.3%40.7%
Christianity64.5%45.7%
Other / not stated3.2%13.6%
Christian denominations
DenominationSuburbState
Catholic25.8%18.6%
Anglican19.4%11.3%

2021 Census — languages spoken at home, birthplace, Indigenous status, and religious affiliation (usual residence). Religion is optional on the Census form.

Data sources & freshness

  • 2021 Census — General Community Profile (including method of travel to work and educational attainment) — Australian Bureau of Statistics · Updated

    The 2026 Census was conducted in August 2026; suburb-level updates are expected from mid-2027.

Crime & safety

Offence counts are estimated for this suburb from postcode 4486, which is shared with other suburbs.

Reported offences are running higher than the same point last year.

Offence counts & rates
Total offences (Jan 2026 to Sep 2026)
7
Against the person
1
Against property
2
Rate per 1,000 residents (annualised)
148.5
Person-crime prevalence
About 1 in 62 residents
State crime-rate percentile
90.1th (higher = more crime)
Increase (daily rate, partial year)
+33.7%

Most common offence types

  • Assault1
  • Drug Offences1
  • Other Property Damage1
  • Other Theft (Excl. Unlawful Entry)1
  • Traffic And Related Offences1

Contributes to desirability score · Safety (22%)

Crime rate, offences against the person, year-on-year trend and recorded road crash rates

Data sources & freshness

  • QPS Online Crime Map — Queensland Police Service · Jan 2025 to Dec 2025 → Jan 2026 to Sep 2026; Jan 2026 to Sep 2026 · Updated · Calendar-year aggregates

Family & Lifestyle

Schools & preschools

Schools within 2 km
1
Median school ICSEA
985
Median ICSEA percentile
40th
Primary catchments overlapping suburb
1
Secondary catchments overlapping suburb
0
School list
  • Hebel State SchoolPrimary · Government · ICSEA 985 · 40th percentile · LBOTE 7% · 14 students · Top SEA quarter 11%View on My School →
School catchments
  • Hebel SSGovernment school catchment overlapping this suburb boundaryprimary_catchment

Government school intake zones that overlap this suburb boundary. Living in a catchment does not guarantee enrolment; check the education authority.

Contributes to desirability score · Education (14%)

Median school ICSEA first, then school and catchment counts

Data sources & freshness

Amenities

4 mapped amenities

3 campgrounds

Local character & venue list

Local character

  • Limited walkable amenities nearby
  • Great for outdoor family life — 2 parks mapped in suburb
Walkability proxy
0/100
Cafés per 1,000 residents
0
Food & drink per 1,000 residents
0
Parks per 1,000 residents
32.26
Sport & outdoors(1)
  • Culgoa Floodplain National ParkNature reserve
Camping & holiday parks(3)
  • Byra Lagoon Camping AreaCampground
  • Hebel Hotel & General Store / Hebel Caravan ParkCampground

    30-34 William Street, Hebel

  • Redbank Hut Camping AreaCampground

Names and addresses from OpenStreetMap. Unnamed venues show as their type (e.g. Cafe). Transport stops are summarised by type rather than listed individually. Campgrounds, beaches, wineries and local trails are included when they sit inside the suburb boundary.

Contributes to desirability score · Lifestyle (12%)

Food, shopping, recreation and sport per 1,000 residents (OpenStreetMap)

Data sources & freshness

  • Local amenity insights — Suburb Guide (derived) · current · Updated
  • OpenStreetMap amenities — OpenStreetMap contributors · current · Updated

Parks & reserves

2 parks and public open space in this suburb

  • Hebel Bicentennial ParkPark
  • Hebel Racecourse ReservePark

Data sources & freshness

Green cover

Green cover of suburb area
0%
Woodland / forest cover
0%
Parks & woodland features (OSM)
2
Parks (OSM)
2
Typical summer maximum
35°C

Green cover is the share of this suburb's boundary overlapping OpenStreetMap parks, woodland and forest polygons — not a satellite tree-canopy product. Summer maximum is the WorldClim / Open-Meteo seasonal normal already collected for Weather.

Contributes to desirability score · Environment (12%)

Tree canopy first, then green-cover area and parks per 1,000

Data sources & freshness

  • OpenStreetMap green cover and tree canopy — OpenStreetMap contributors · current · Updated · Park/woodland polygons intersected with suburb boundaries

Health access

Nearest hospital
Goodooga Health Service (22.3 km)
Nearest hospital type
Hospital
Nearest hospital emergency
Emergency department
GP clinics in suburb
0

GP clinic counts from OpenStreetMap. Bulk-billing figures only include clinics tagged in OSM (sparse and unofficial — not a Medicare list).

Contributes to desirability score · Accessibility (12%)

Hospitals, GPs and aged care

Data sources & freshness

NDIS participation

NDIS participants (31 March 2026)
1
Participants per 1,000 residents
15.9

Active NDIS participants allocated from NDIA Statistical Area Level 2 (SA2, ASGS 2016) counts to this suburb boundary. Not an official suburb-level NDIS figure · as at 31 March 2026.

For NDIS spend and service-demand exploration by SA2 or postcode, see the Care Sector Demand Map.

Data sources & freshness

Weather

Typical conditions by season for suburbs in the same ~44 km climate area. Rainfall totals are summed from monthly WorldClim layers; rainy-day counts are approximate.

Summer (Dec–Feb)

Usual max / min
35° / 21°
Rainfall
174 mm · ~22 rainy days

Autumn (Mar–May)

Usual max / min
28° / 14°
Rainfall
113 mm · ~14 rainy days

Winter (Jun–Aug)

Usual max / min
20° / 6°
Rainfall
82 mm · ~10 rainy days

Spring (Sep–Nov)

Usual max / min
28° / 13°
Rainfall
103 mm · ~13 rainy days

Contributes to desirability score · Lifestyle (12%)

Temperature and humidity comfort

Data sources & freshness

  • Seasonal climate normals — WorldClim 2.1 · Updated

Future & Planning

Hazards

Bushfire planning zone
No overlay at centroid
Flood / inundation overlay
No mapped inundation on suburb boundary

Bushfire overlay checked at suburb centroid via Queensland Bushfire Prone Area mapping. Flood cover uses floodplain overlay polygons against the suburb boundary where published.

Contributes to desirability score · Safety (22%)

Bushfire and flood hazard overlays

Data sources & freshness

  • Bushfire and flood planning overlays — State government hazard layers · current · Updated

Politics & representation

Federal electorate
Maranoa
Member of Parliament
David LITTLEPROUD (Liberal National Party of Queensland)
Results from
2025 federal election
Electorate enrolment (2025)
115,520
Turnout (2025)
89.4%
Swing since 2022 (2025)
-1.8 pp toward Coalition

Two-party preferred (2025)

Coalition 74.0%Labor 26.0%

Estimated suburb voting profile

Estimated from 8 nearby ordinary polling places (up to 275.1 km away).

Coalition 72.4%Labor 27.6%

1.6 percentage points more Labor-leaning than the electorate

Estimated swing since 2022: -4.3 pp toward Coalition

Nearest polling places

  • DirranbandiLabor 30.6% · Coalition 69.4% TPP (2025)77.6 km away
  • St GeorgeLabor 22.5% · Coalition 77.5% TPP (2025)140.2 km away
  • TalwoodLabor 19.5% · Coalition 80.5% TPP (2025)196.0 km away
  • CunnamullaLabor 36.8% · Coalition 63.2% TPP (2025)200.3 km away
  • SuratLabor 25.2% · Coalition 74.8% TPP (2025)245.1 km away

Federal electorate from AEC federal division boundaries (2025 redistribution). Division-level results are official AEC figures from the latest general election, with by-election updates where applicable. The estimated suburb profile blends up to eight nearest ordinary polling booths in the same electorate using inverse-distance weighting from the suburb centroid — an approximation, not official AEC data. Nearest polling places are shown for reference.

Data sources & freshness

Socio-economic

IRSAD decile (2021)
4/10
IRSD decile (2021)
3/10

ABS Socio-Economic Indexes for Areas (SEIFA), 2021 release — the latest available, derived from the 2021 Census. Deciles rank suburbs nationally from 1 (lowest) to 10 (highest).

What do IRSAD and IRSD measure?

IRSAD — Index of Relative Socio-economic Advantage and Disadvantage. Combines indicators of advantage (e.g. high income, skilled occupations) and disadvantage. Higher decile = more advantaged relative to other Australian areas.

IRSD — Index of Relative Socio-economic Disadvantage. Focuses on disadvantage only (e.g. low income, unemployment, limited education). Higher decile = less disadvantage nationally.

A new SEIFA edition typically follows each census; the ABS has not announced a release date beyond 2021.

Contributes to desirability score · Community (12%)

Socio-economic advantage (IRSAD and IRSD deciles)

Data sources & freshness

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