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QLD · Scenic Rim Council
Tamborine Mountain, 4272
Est. population · Jun 2025
8,681
Growth (1 yr)
+1.6%
Growth (5 yr)
+7.3%
Median age
50
Median income
$1,508/wk
Employment rate
51.6%
Languages at home
6.2%non-English
Most common: German, Mandarin, Japanese
2021 Census · usual residence
Desirability score
- Green suburb
- National parks
- High desirability
- Education hub
- Café precinct
Suburb profile
Set among the hills of Scenic Rim Council, Tamborine Mountain is a established suburb with bushland views and a cooler, leafier feel. Still within reach of the city while offering more breathing room, it suits those who want balance over bustle. A mature community gives the area a calm, settled social fabric, with families and grandchildren still a visible part of community life.
Dining is thinner on the ground than in busier metro pockets, so many residents head to neighbouring suburbs for a night out. Green space punches above what many metro suburbs offer, with parks and playgrounds woven through the suburb. A car helps for most daily errands, with fewer amenities clustered within an easy walk.
Housing is expensive relative to much of the state. Tree-lined streets and established homes set the tone, with little pressure to reinvent the neighbourhood.
Against similar metro suburbs, the suburb sits around average overall, mainly because schools and education lag behind, despite relative strength in safety. Limited access to some essential local services also trimmed the result.
At a glance
Tamborine Mountain snapshot
A quick read of housing, growth, livability, and risk
Median rent
$740/wk
Population (ERP)
8,681
+1.6% annual growth
Dwelling vacancy
9.3%
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
#16
among Metro Brisbane · Mature
Safety
4th
percentile in state (higher = safer)
Pop. growth
67th
percentile in QLD
Advantage (IRSAD)
8/10
national SEIFA decile
School ICSEA
67th
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
- 49.0/100 — Average
- State standing
- Top 33% of Queensland's suburbs
- National rank
- 2302nd in Australia
- State rank
- 498th in QLD
- Peer rank
- #16 among Metro Brisbane · Mature suburbs
- Cohort rank
- #266 among Metro Brisbane suburbs
- Data confidence
- 77%
Data sources & freshness
- Suburb Guide desirability index — Suburb Guide (derived) · current · Updated
Housing
- All types (Mar 2026)
- $740
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
8,681(June 2025)
+1.6% annual · +7.3% over 5 years · 67th percentile in QLD
Growth figures & methodology
- Annual growth
- +1.6%
- 5-year growth
- +7.3%
- Change in 1 year
- +139
- Change in 5 years
- +592
- Growth rank in QLD
- 67th 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 (~9,400), extrapolated at +1.6% average annual growth since 2011. It is illustrative only — not an official ABS forecast.
2021 Census figures
2021 Census
- Population
- 8,105
- Median age
- 50
- Median household income / week
- $1,508
- Dwelling vacancy
- 9.3%
- Unoccupied private dwellings
- 313 of 3,350
- Median monthly mortgage
- $1,800
- Employment rate
- 51.6%
- Dwelling mix (houses / semi / flats)
- 2,843 / 141 / 17 (+ 27 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)
- 109
- Against the person
- 16
- Against property
- 56
- Rate per 1,000 residents
- 12.6
- Person-crime prevalence
- About 1 in 507 residents
- State safety percentile
- 4.3th (lower crime is better)
- Decrease (daily rate, partial year)
- -1.2%
Most common offence types
- Other Theft (Excl. Unlawful Entry)26
- Unlawful Entry14
- Assault8
- Traffic And Related Offences22
- Drug Offences11
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)
- 1,046.5
- Median ICSEA percentile
- 67th
School list
- Tamborine Mountain State High SchoolSecondary · Government · ICSEA 1039 · 64th percentile · LBOTE 9% · 943 students · Top SEA quarter 17% · 1.1 km awayView on My School →
- Tamborine Mountain State SchoolPrimary · Government · ICSEA 1054 · 70th percentile · LBOTE 12% · 564 students · Top SEA quarter 21% · 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
1 childcare service from OpenStreetMap
- childcarechildcare
Contributes to desirability score · Education (15%)
Childcare centre count
Data sources & freshness
- Childcare services — OpenStreetMap · current · Updated
Amenities
36 nearby amenities within ~1.5 km
4 restaurants · 1 places of worship · 1 sports centres · 1 swimming pools
Local character & venue list
Local character
- Limited walkable amenities nearby
- Great for outdoor family life — 25 parks mapped in suburb
- Walkability proxy
- 8/100
- Cafés per 1,000 residents
- 0
- Food & drink per 1,000 residents
- 0.49
- Parks per 1,000 residents
- 3.08
Food & drink(4)
- Cedar Creek Estate RestaurantRestaurant
- Masala Shanti KitchenRestaurant
- Mason WinesRestaurant
32 Hartley Road
- Vineyard TerraceRestaurant
Community(1)
- Tamborine Mountain State High SchoolSchool
Sport & outdoors(11)
- Crawfords CornerPark
- Esme Lahey Environmental ParkPark
- Holt ParkPark
- Lions ParkPark
- Millet ParkPark
- Roslyn Stathis PlacePark
- Vonda Youngman Family ParkPark
- Tamborine National Park Witches Falls SectionPicnic area
- Tamborine Mountain Sports CentreSports centre
400 Long Road, Tamborine Mountain
- Sports field
- Swimming pool
Other(13)
- Frog HollowAttraction
- Glow Worm CavesAttraction
104 Hartley Road
- Bbq
- Drinking water
- Fountain
- Arthur Hamblin Art GalleryGallery
- Garden (3)
- Information
- Cedar Creek EstateParking
- Parking (6)
- Kingdom Hall of Jehovah's WitnessesPlace of worship
1 Roslyn Court
- Shelter
- Glow worm tourTicket
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
23 parks and public open space in this suburb
- Crawfords CornerPark
- Doughty ParkPark
- Esme Lahey Environmental ParkPark
- Eve's CornerPark
- George Bartle ParkPark
- Guanaba ParkPark
- Holt ParkPark
- Howard's PlacePark
- Jack Bartle ParkPark
- John Dickson Conservation ParkPark
Data sources & freshness
- Parks & reserves — State government + ABS LGA boundaries · current · Updated
Green cover
- Parks & woodland (OSM)
- 28
- Parks (OSM)
- 25
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
1 places of worship within ~1.5 km
- Kingdom Hall of Jehovah's Witnesses
1 Roslyn Court
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
- 4
- Nearest hospital
- Emergency (18.6 km)
- Nearest hospital type
- Hospital
- Nearest hospital emergency
- Emergency department
- Emergency department in suburb
- Not in suburb
- 4Cyte PathologyDoctor
- Eagle Heights PharmacistPharmacy
- Tamborine Mountain Medical PracticeClinic
- Tamborine Mountain Medical PracticeClinic
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)
- 236
- Participants per 1,000 residents
- 27.2
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
- 28° / 18°
- Rainfall
- 493 mm · ~62 rainy days
Autumn (Mar–May)
- Usual max / min
- 25° / 14°
- Rainfall
- 343 mm · ~43 rainy days
Winter (Jun–Aug)
- Usual max / min
- 20° / 7°
- Rainfall
- 144 mm · ~18 rainy days
Spring (Sep–Nov)
- Usual max / min
- 25° / 12°
- Rainfall
- 249 mm · ~31 rainy days
Contributes to desirability score · Lifestyle (15%)
Temperature and humidity comfort
Data sources & freshness
- Seasonal climate normals — WorldClim 2.1 · Updated
Future & Planning
Roadworks & transport
1 active roadworks / incidents
- Between Eagle Heights Road and Songbirds Rainforest RetreatTamborine Mountain Road (Geissmann Drive)08 Aug 2026 – 17 Aug 2026
Data sources & freshness
- Road incidents & closures — State road authority open-data feeds · current · Updated
Heritage
1 heritage place
- Tamborine Mountain Road/Geissmann DriveState 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
- Wright
- Member of Parliament
- Scott BUCHHOLZ (Liberal National Party of Queensland)
- Results from
- 2025 federal election
- Electorate enrolment (2025)
- 140,286
- Turnout (2025)
- 88.8%
- Swing since 2022 (2025)
- +2.9 pp toward Labor
Two-party preferred (2025)
Coalition 58.0%Labor 42.0%
Estimated suburb voting profile
Estimated from 8 nearby ordinary polling places (up to 14.5 km away).
Coalition 49.8%Labor 50.2%
8.2 percentage points more Labor-leaning than the electorate
Estimated swing since 2022: +2.3 pp toward Labor
Nearest polling places
- Tamborine NorthLabor 51.8% · Coalition 48.2% TPP (2025)1.9 km away
- Tamborine MountainLabor 49.0% · Coalition 51.0% TPP (2025)2.5 km away
- CanungraLabor 43.4% · Coalition 56.6% TPP (2025)8.2 km away
- Maudsland (Wright)Labor 48.2% · Coalition 51.8% TPP (2025)10.2 km away
- TamborineLabor 41.6% · Coalition 58.4% TPP (2025)10.4 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)
- 8/10
- IRSD decile (2021)
- 7/10
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
More in Scenic Rim Council
Other suburbs in the same local government area.
Comparable suburbs
Similar population and socio-economic profile in other parts of Queensland.