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QLD · South Burnett Council
Nanango, 4615
Est. population · Jun 2025
3,973
Growth (1 yr)
+2.0%
Growth (5 yr)
+8.9%
Median age
53
Median income
$865/wk
Employment rate
32.9%
Languages at home
2.1%non-English
Most common: Vietnamese, Italian
2021 Census · usual residence
Desirability score
- Green suburb
- High desirability
- Education hub
- National parks
- Heritage area
Suburb profile
Away from the major hubs, Nanango is a mid-sized suburb in South Burnett Council with its own quieter rhythm. Day-to-day life leans on nearby towns and local hubs rather than the metro area. A mature community gives the area a calm, settled social fabric, with families and grandchildren still a visible part of community life.
Weekends tend to revolve around local favourites: a café, a market run, a walk through town. Green space punches above what many regional towns offer, with parks and playgrounds woven through the suburb. Day-to-day life is more car-oriented here than in denser, more walkable pockets.
Purchase and rent costs sit on the more affordable side of the local range. The streetscape feels settled and established, with older homes giving the area a familiar, lived-in look.
Against similar regional towns, the suburb sits around average overall, mainly because community and employment lag behind, despite relative strength in safety. Limited access to some essential local services also trimmed the result.
At a glance
Nanango snapshot
A quick read of housing, growth, livability, and risk
Median rent
$420/wk
Population (ERP)
3,973
+2.0% annual growth
Dwelling vacancy
9.9%
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
#33
among Country & regional · Mature
Safety
33rd
percentile in state (higher = safer)
Pop. growth
77th
percentile in QLD
Advantage (IRSAD)
1/10
national SEIFA decile
School ICSEA
20th
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
- 53.5/100 — Average
- State standing
- Top 26% of Queensland's suburbs
- National rank
- 1729th in Australia
- State rank
- 395th in QLD
- Peer rank
- #33 among Country & regional · Mature suburbs
- Cohort rank
- #115 among Country & regional suburbs
- Data confidence
- 77%
Data sources & freshness
- Suburb Guide desirability index — Suburb Guide (derived) · current · Updated
Housing
- All types (Mar 2026)
- $420
Median weekly rent from Queensland RTA rental bond data. Figures can be unreliable where few bonds were lodged in the quarter.
Contributes to desirability score · Housing (15%) · Future Growth (7%)
Median price, rental yield and vacancy Recent price momentum
Data sources & freshness
- RTA bond statistics — Residential Tenancies Authority (Queensland) · Mar 2026 · Updated · Quarterly releases
Population
Estimated resident population
3,973(June 2025)
+2.0% annual · +8.9% over 5 years · 77th percentile in QLD
Growth figures & methodology
- Annual growth
- +2.0%
- 5-year growth
- +8.9%
- Change in 1 year
- +78
- Change in 5 years
- +326
- Growth rank in QLD
- 77th 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 (~4,150), extrapolated at +0.9% average annual growth since 2011. It is illustrative only — not an official ABS forecast.
2021 Census figures
2021 Census
- Population
- 3,679
- Median age
- 53
- Median household income / week
- $865
- Dwelling vacancy
- 9.9%
- Unoccupied private dwellings
- 166 of 1,680
- Median monthly mortgage
- $1,000
- Employment rate
- 32.9%
- Dwelling mix (houses / semi / flats)
- 1,331 / 14 / 105 (+ 50 other)
Contributes to desirability score · Community (5%)
Employment, household income and age diversity (2021 Census)
Data sources & freshness
- 2021 Census — General Community Profile — Australian Bureau of Statistics · Updated
The 2026 Census runs 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
Community & culture
No 2021 Census cultural diversity data for this suburb yet.
Data sources & freshness
- 2021 Census — General Community Profile — Australian Bureau of Statistics · Updated
The 2026 Census runs in August 2026; suburb-level updates are expected from mid-2027.
Crime & safety
Reported offences are running lower than the same point last year.
Offence counts & rates
- Total offences (Jan 2026 to Aug 2026)
- 137
- Against the person
- 30
- Against property
- 57
- Rate per 1,000 residents
- 34.5
- Person-crime prevalence
- About 1 in 123 residents
- State safety percentile
- 33.2th (lower crime is better)
- Decrease (daily rate, partial year)
- -11.5%
Most common offence types
- Drug Offences43
- Other Property Damage42
- Traffic And Related Offences46
- Other Theft (Excl. Unlawful Entry)34
- Good Order Offences28
Contributes to desirability score · Safety (18%)
Crime rate and year-on-year trend
Data sources & freshness
- QPS Online Crime Map — Queensland Police Service · Jan 2025 to Dec 2025 → Jan 2026 to Aug 2026; Jan 2026 to Aug 2026 · Updated · Calendar-year aggregates
Family & Lifestyle
Schools & preschools
- Schools within 2 km
- 2
- Median school ICSEA (2 schools)
- 932.5
- Median ICSEA percentile
- 20th
School list
- St Patrick's Primary SchoolPrimary · Catholic · ICSEA 954 · 26th percentile · LBOTE 4% · 73 students · Top SEA quarter 6% · 1.2 km awayView on My School →
- Nanango State High SchoolSecondary · Government · ICSEA 911 · 13th percentile · LBOTE 3% · 488 students · Top SEA quarter 3% · 1.4 km awayView on My School →
Contributes to desirability score · Education (15%)
School and preschool counts, median school ICSEA
Data sources & freshness
- ACARA school locations — Australian Curriculum, Assessment and Reporting Authority · 2025 · Updated · Annual release
- School ICSEA scores — Australian Curriculum, Assessment and Reporting Authority · 2025 · Updated · Annual release
Childcare
2 childcare services from OpenStreetMap
- Bee Me Early Learnerskindergarten
- Nanango & District KindergartenGipps Streetkindergarten
Contributes to desirability score · Education (15%)
Childcare centre count
Data sources & freshness
- Childcare services — OpenStreetMap · current · Updated
Amenities
60 nearby amenities within ~1.5 km
3 places of worship · 2 playgrounds · 2 sports centres · 1 swimming pools · 1 petrol stations
Local character & venue list
Local character
- Limited walkable amenities nearby
- Great for outdoor family life — 8 parks mapped in suburb, 2 playgrounds nearby
- Walkability proxy
- 0/100
- Cafés per 1,000 residents
- 0
- Food & drink per 1,000 residents
- 0
- Parks per 1,000 residents
- 2.17
Community(2)
- Nanango & District KindergartenKindergarten
34 Gipps Street
- St. Patricks Primary SchoolSchool
Health & services(2)
- Drayton Street Family PracticeClinic
83 Drayton Street
- Nanango Country Veterinary ServicesVeterinary
7 Fitzroy Street
Sport & outdoors(10)
- Green ParkPark
- National Servicemans Memorial ParkPark
- Park
- Lions Park and PlaygroundPlayground
- Playground
- Nanango & District Netball AssociationSports centre
- South Burnett Kart HireSports centre
13838 D'Aguilar Highway, Nanango
- Nanango Show ArenaSports field
- Sports field
- Swimming pool
Entertainment(1)
- Ringsfield HouseMuseum
41-45 Alfred Street
Other(26)
- Rise & Shine ChiropracticAlternative
- Bbq (2)
- Bench (5)
- Nanango ShowgroundsCamp Site
- Tipperary Flat ParkCamp Site
- Homestead Caravan ParkCaravan Site
17 Arthur Street
- Twin Gums Caravan ParkCaravan Site
- Nanango Community OP ShopCharity
- Michael's Computer ServicesComputer
37 Arthur Street West
- Nanango Fire And Rescue StationFire station
14 Alfred Street
- Firepit
- Welcome to NanangoInformation
- Parking (6)
- Rhonda’s Clip’n’SnipPet Grooming
- BPPetrol station
3 King Street, Nanango
- Picnic Table (2)
- Nanango Uniting ChurchPlace of worship
44 Gipps Street
- Nanango Wesleyan Methodist ChurchPlace of worship
53 Cairns Street
- Place of worship
- Public toilets
- Sanitary Dump Station (2)
- South Burnett Regional CouncilSanitary Dump Station
- Shelter (8)
- Nanango Masonic LodgeSocial Facility
42 Gipps Street
- The Smoke ShopTobacco
108 Drayton Street
- Waste Basket
Names and addresses from OpenStreetMap. Unnamed venues show as their type (e.g. Cafe). Transport stops are summarised by type rather than listed individually.
Contributes to desirability score · Lifestyle (15%)
Food, shopping, recreation and sport (OpenStreetMap)
Data sources & freshness
- Local amenity insights — Suburb Guide (derived) · current · Updated
- OpenStreetMap amenities — OpenStreetMap contributors · current · Updated
Parks & reserves
6 parks and public open space in this suburb
- Butter Factory ParkPark
- Cultural Centre CommonPark
- Green ParkPark
- National Servicemans Memorial ParkPark
- Pioneer ParkPark
- Reg McCallum ParkPark
Data sources & freshness
- Parks & reserves — State government + ABS LGA boundaries · current · Updated
Green cover
- Parks & woodland (OSM)
- 111
- Parks (OSM)
- 8
OpenStreetMap parks and natural woodland features mapped within the suburb boundary.
Contributes to desirability score · Environment (10%)
Parks and green cover (OpenStreetMap)
Data sources & freshness
- OpenStreetMap green cover — OpenStreetMap contributors · current · Updated
Places of worship
3 places of worship within ~1.5 km
- Nanango Uniting Church
44 Gipps Street
- Nanango Wesleyan Methodist Church
53 Cairns Street
- Place of worship
From OpenStreetMap within ~1.5 km of the suburb centre.
Data sources & freshness
- OpenStreetMap amenities — OpenStreetMap contributors · current · Updated
Health access
- Hospitals & GP clinics in suburb
- 12
- Nearest hospital
- Nanango Hospital (2.5 km)
- Nearest hospital type
- Hospital
- Nearest hospital emergency
- Emergency department
- Emergency department in suburb
- On site
- AlternativeFitzroy StreetAlternative
- Drayton Street Family PracticeDrayton StreetClinic
- Innovative ChiropracticFitzroy StreetClinic
- Langton PhysiotherapyPhysiotherapist
- Morgan's Health CentreDrayton StreetClinic
- Nadine Hinchliff Therapy ServicesClinic
- Nanango Discount Drug StorePharmacy
- Nanango HospitalHospital
- Nanango Medical CentreClinic
- QML PathologyFitzroy StreetClinic
Contributes to desirability score · Accessibility (15%)
Hospitals and GP clinics
Data sources & freshness
- Hospitals & clinics — OpenStreetMap + state health datasets · current · Updated
NDIS participation
- NDIS participants (31 March 2026)
- 133
- Participants per 1,000 residents
- 33.5
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
- NDIS participants by SA2 — National Disability Insurance Agency · 2026-Q1 · Updated · Quarterly SA2 counts allocated to suburb boundaries
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° / 17°
- Rainfall
- 345 mm · ~43 rainy days
Autumn (Mar–May)
- Usual max / min
- 24° / 13°
- Rainfall
- 199 mm · ~25 rainy days
Winter (Jun–Aug)
- Usual max / min
- 19° / 6°
- Rainfall
- 118 mm · ~15 rainy days
Spring (Sep–Nov)
- Usual max / min
- 25° / 12°
- Rainfall
- 197 mm · ~25 rainy days
Contributes to desirability score · Lifestyle (15%)
Temperature and humidity comfort
Data sources & freshness
- Seasonal climate normals — WorldClim 2.1 · Updated
Future & Planning
Heritage
2 heritage places
- Nanango Butter Factory BuildingState heritage place
- Nanango Court HouseState heritage place
Data sources & freshness
- State heritage register — State heritage authority · current · Updated
Hazards
- Bushfire planning zone
- No overlay at centroid
Bushfire overlay checked at suburb centroid via Queensland Bushfire Prone Area mapping.
Contributes to desirability score · Safety (18%)
Bushfire hazard overlays
Data sources & freshness
- Hazard 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 26.5 km away).
Coalition 64.2%Labor 35.8%
9.8 percentage points more Labor-leaning than the electorate
Estimated swing since 2022: -8.1 pp toward Coalition
Nearest polling places
- NanangoLabor 33.5% · Coalition 66.5% TPP (2025)1.4 km away
- Nanango EastLabor 40.6% · Coalition 59.4% TPP (2025)2.0 km away
- CoolabuniaLabor 27.9% · Coalition 72.1% TPP (2025)12.6 km away
- YarramanLabor 31.6% · Coalition 68.4% TPP (2025)18.3 km away
- TaabingaLabor 33.8% · Coalition 66.2% TPP (2025)19.8 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
- Federal election results — Australian Electoral Commission · Updated · 2025 election with by-election overlays
Socio-economic
- IRSAD decile (2021)
- 1/10
- IRSD decile (2021)
- 1/10
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 (5%)
Socio-economic advantage (IRSAD decile)
Data sources & freshness
- SEIFA 2021 (IRSAD / IRSD) — Australian Bureau of Statistics · Updated
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