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Kureelpa, 4560

Est. population · Jun 2025

1,049

Growth (1 yr)

+1.6%

Growth (5 yr)

+9.6%

Median age

50

Median income

$1,784/wk

Employment rate

54.8%

University qualified

22.3%

Work from home

16%

Languages at home

3.8%non-English

Most common: German, Spanish

2021 Census · usual residence

Desirability score

47.7/100
Average

Top 31% of Queensland's suburbs

Verified 85% confidence

How this score is calculated
  • Green suburb
  • Rural living
What Kureelpa is known for: Green suburb, Rural living

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Suburb profile

Kureelpa is a rural locality in Queensland, in Sunshine Coast Council.

Local amenities is an exceptional strength, well above typical levels for rural localities. Local school ICSEA scores are among the highest in the peer group, and open-space access is better than in most comparable places. University qualifications are among the highest in the peer group, and green cover is another area where the suburb performs particularly well, and socio-economic advantage sits well above the peer median.

Overall, the suburb suits people prioritising school quality and university qualifications.

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

Rural locality · compared with rural localities in Queensland (1448)

Strengths

  • Local school ICSEA scores are among the highest in the peer group
  • University qualifications are among the highest in the peer group
  • Green cover is a relative strength
  • Open-space access is better than in most comparable places
  • Local amenity access is stronger than in most comparable places
  • Socio-economic advantage sits well above the peer median

Weaknesses

No relative weaknesses against comparable places.

What stands out

Nothing distinctive beyond the usual profile.

Who it suits

  • Families
  • Professionals
  • Retirees
  • StudentsInsufficient data
  • Budget buyersInsufficient data

Housing, growth and risk

How Kureelpa compares

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

Median house price

—

No data available

Median rent (Census)

$478/wk

2021 Census median weekly rent

Population (ERP)

1,049

+1.6% annual growth

Dwelling vacancy

3.0%

Census unoccupied dwellings

Livability profile

Desirability pillars vs the peer median (50th percentile)

How it compares

Relative standing using percentiles, ranks, and national deciles

Desirability

#82

among Country & regional · Mature

Crime rate

27th

percentile in state (higher = more crime)

Pop. growth

64th

percentile in QLD

Rented dwellings

10%

2021 Census tenure

Advantage (IRSAD)

6/10

national SEIFA decile

School ICSEA

64th

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

Desirability

Ranks & confidence
Desirability score
47.7/100 — Average
State standing
Top 31% of Queensland's suburbs
National rank
2485th in Australia
State rank
461st in QLD
Peer rank
#82 among Country & regional · Mature suburbs
Cohort rank
#153 among Country & regional suburbs
Data confidence
85%

Data sources & freshness

  • Suburb Guide desirability index — Suburb Guide (derived) · current · Updated

Population

Estimated resident population

1,049(June 2025)

+1.6% annual · +9.6% over 5 years · 64th percentile in QLD

Growth figures & methodology
Annual growth
+1.6%
5-year growth
+9.6%
Change in 1 year
+16
Change in 5 years
+92
Growth rank in QLD
64th 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 (~1,100), extrapolated at +1.4% average annual growth since 2011. It is illustrative only — not an official ABS forecast.

2021 Census figures

2021 Census

Population
968
Median age
50
Median household income / week
$1,784
Dwelling vacancy
3%
Unoccupied private dwellings
10 of 338
Median monthly mortgage
$1,950
Median weekly rent (2021 Census)
$478
Tenure (owned / mortgaged / rented)
46.5% / 43.4% / 10.1%
Employment rate
54.8%
Travel to work (WFH / public transport / car)
16% / 0.9% / 64.8%
Walked or cycled to work
1.6%
Dwelling mix (houses / semi / flats)
320 / 0 / 4

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

22.3% of adults have a university degree, compared with 21.9% across Queensland. 21.9% have a trade or vocational qualification.

  • University qualified22.3% · 21.9% QLD
  • Diploma qualified11% · 9.4% QLD
  • Trade / vocational21.9% · 18.9% QLD
  • Year 12 or below44.8% · 49.8% QLD

Highest qualification field

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

  • Engineering and related technologies18%
  • Health17.1%
  • Management and commerce14.2%
  • Society and culture11.5%
  • Education10.6%
  • Architecture and building9%
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)
$53,020

41st percentile in QLD · -10% vs Australia

Median salary / wages (2023–24)
$58,364

38th percentile in QLD · -10% vs Australia

Residents with rental investments
10.0%

29th percentile in QLD · -27% vs Australia

Median super balance (2023–24)
$70,638

52nd percentile in QLD · +12% vs Australia

Residents with business income
11.0%

52nd percentile in QLD · +6% vs Australia

Australian Taxation Office Taxation Statistics 2023–24, individuals Table 25. Figures describe taxpayers who live in postcode 4560 — 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
23,567
Taxpayers reporting net rent
2,401
Median net rent
$1,072
Taxpayers reporting business income
2,646
Taxable income vs state median
-4%
Salary / wages vs state median
-4%
Rental investment vs state median
-9%
Super vs state median
+2%
Business income vs state median
+10%

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

Community & culture

3.8% speak a language other than English at home; 16.1% born overseas

Language at home
883 English only · 35 other
Non-English at home
3.8%
Born overseas
149 (16.1%)
Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander
20 (2.1%)
Australian citizens
880
Languages spoken at home (other than English)
2

Top languages other than English

Share of residents who speak a language other than English at home (2021 Census).

  • German7 · 70%
  • Spanish3 · 30%

Religion

49.3%Most common religion · Christianity

Christianity is the most common response at 49.3%, while 39.3% reported no religion.

MeasureSuburbState
No religion39.3%40.7%
Christianity49.3%45.7%
Other / not stated11.5%13.6%
Christian denominations
DenominationSuburbState
Catholic19.8%18.6%
Anglican9.6%11.3%
Baptist3.9%1.7%
Christian (not further defined)3.7%3.1%
Uniting Church3.3%3.6%
Presbyterian and Reformed2.5%2.1%
Pentecostal2.1%1.4%

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 4560, 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)
40
Against the person
7
Against property
20
Rate per 1,000 residents (annualised)
50.9
Person-crime prevalence
About 1 in 138 residents
State crime-rate percentile
27.3th (higher = more crime)
Increase (daily rate, partial year)
+2.8%

Most common offence types

  • Other Theft (Excl. Unlawful Entry)10
  • Assault3
  • Drug Offences5
  • Good Order Offences3
  • Traffic And Related Offences5

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
1,039
Median ICSEA percentile
64th
Primary catchments overlapping suburb
4
Secondary catchments overlapping suburb
3
School list
  • Blackall Range Independent SchoolCombined · Independent · ICSEA 1039 · 64th percentile · LBOTE 9% · 108 students · Top SEA quarter 15% · 1.6 km awayView on My School →
School catchments
  • Burnside SHSGovernment school catchment overlapping this suburb boundarysecondary_catchment
  • Burnside SSGovernment school catchment overlapping this suburb boundaryprimary_catchment
  • Mapleton SSGovernment school catchment overlapping this suburb boundaryprimary_catchment
  • Nambour State CollegeGovernment school catchment overlapping this suburb boundarysecondary_catchment
  • Nambour State College - Junior SchoolGovernment school catchment overlapping this suburb boundaryprimary_catchment
  • Noosa District SHSGovernment school catchment overlapping this suburb boundarysecondary_catchment
  • Yandina 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

1 swimming pools

Local character & venue list

Local character

  • Limited walkable amenities nearby
Walkability proxy
0/100
Cafés per 1,000 residents
0
Food & drink per 1,000 residents
0
Parks per 1,000 residents
1.03
Sport & outdoors(4)
  • Swimming pool
  • Kureelpa Falls CircuitWalking trail
  • Piccabeen CircuitWalking trail
  • Sunshine Coast Hinterland Great WalkWalking trail

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

1 parks and public open space in this suburb

  • Kanyana Park (Dulong Lookout)Park

Data sources & freshness

Green cover

Green cover of suburb area
11.9%
Woodland / forest cover
11.9%
Parks & woodland features (OSM)
5
Parks (OSM)
1
Typical summer maximum
29°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
Nambour General Hospital (6.2 km)
Nearest hospital type
Public 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)
30
Participants per 1,000 residents
28.6

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
29° / 20°
Rainfall
498 mm · ~62 rainy days

Autumn (Mar–May)

Usual max / min
26° / 17°
Rainfall
406 mm · ~51 rainy days

Winter (Jun–Aug)

Usual max / min
21° / 10°
Rainfall
196 mm · ~24 rainy days

Spring (Sep–Nov)

Usual max / min
26° / 15°
Rainfall
256 mm · ~32 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
Fairfax
Member of Parliament
Ted O'BRIEN (Liberal National Party of Queensland)
Results from
2025 federal election
Electorate enrolment (2025)
130,658
Turnout (2025)
89.7%
Swing since 2022 (2025)
+5.7 pp toward Labor

Two-party preferred (2025)

Coalition 53.2%Labor 46.8%

Estimated suburb voting profile

Estimated from 8 nearby ordinary polling places (up to 12.4 km away).

Coalition 52.9%Labor 47.1%

0.3 percentage points more Labor-leaning than the electorate

Estimated swing since 2022: +1.8 pp toward Labor

Nearest polling places

  • KureelpaLabor 41.6% · Coalition 58.4% TPP (2025)2.0 km away
  • MapletonLabor 53.8% · Coalition 46.2% TPP (2025)2.7 km away
  • Nambour WestLabor 51.8% · Coalition 48.2% TPP (2025)5.9 km away
  • BurnsideLabor 55.0% · Coalition 45.0% TPP (2025)6.8 km away
  • NambourLabor 55.4% · Coalition 44.6% TPP (2025)8.3 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)
6/10
IRSD decile (2021)
6/10

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

Compare with

Similar suburbs to weigh up side by side — scores, safety, schools, and lifestyle.

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