Biloela, QLD
By Lauren McCaleb · Reviewed by Dylan Duncan ·
Biloela is a town in Central Queensland, in the Shire of Banana, about 120 kilometres inland from Gladstone and 569 kilometres north-west of Brisbane, at the junction of the Burnett and Dawson highways. It stands on Gangulu country, and its name is generally thought to come from an Aboriginal word for 'white cockatoo'. Pastoralist Frederick Morton took up the Prairie run in the Callide valley in 1854, but the township itself was not gazetted until 1924, with a post office and school following in 1925. Grazing and cropping, cotton, sorghum and wheat support the district, alongside the nearby Callide power stations and coal mines and one of Queensland's largest abattoirs. Greycliffe Homestead is heritage-listed, and the Callide Dam draws anglers to its yearly fishing competition.
Less advantaged than the national average
Biloela is more socio-economically advantaged than about 25% of the 14,462 Australian suburbs we score, based on the ABS SEIFA index (raw score 942, where about 1000 is the national average).
A socio-economic measure from ABS Census data — not a measure of how good a suburb is to live in or visit. How we calculate this.
Is Biloela a good place to live?
There’s no single answer — it depends on what matters to you. So instead of one mystery number, we break it down: a transparent score on each part of life we can back with public data, and an honest “not yet” on the parts we can’t.
Below the national middle on the data we score
A weighted blend of the 2 components we can score for Biloela from public data. It sits alongside — and reconciles with — the socio-economic Suburb Score above; it is a transparent read, not a complete verdict.
Socio-economic advantage
25/100Less advantaged than the national average
Less advantaged than the national average — the same ABS SEIFA-based Suburb Score (25/100) shown above. Income, education and occupation, as published by the ABS. · ABS SEIFA 2021
Housing affordability
57/100Around the national median for cost
Median weekly rent was $260 at the 2021 Census — more affordable than about 57% of suburbs we can compare. Housing data only, no valuations. · ABS Census 2021
Not yet scored
We’d rather leave these open than publish a number we can’t stand behind. Here’s where each one stands.
- Amenities & accessNot scored yet — our OpenStreetMap amenity mapping is still rolling out across suburbs.
- Green spaceNot scored yet — our OpenStreetMap green-space mapping is still rolling out across suburbs.
- TransportNot scored yet — our OpenStreetMap public-transport mapping is still rolling out across suburbs.
- SchoolsNot scored yet — school performance (ACARA / ICSEA) needs a data-reuse licence cleared before we can publish it.
- SafetyNot scored yet — Australia has no single open crime dataset and safety data carries defamation and legal care, so it is gated pending a go/no-go and will be data-only when added.
- CommunityNot scored yet — we won't reduce community to a number from a proxy. We'd rather leave it open than publish an invented value judgement.
A transparent read on public data, not a verdict — and not a measure of any person or community. See our methodology for how each component is worked out and why some aren’t scored yet.
Biloela at a glance
- Population (2021)
- 5,692
- Median age
- 36
- Median weekly household income
- $1,884
- SEIFA score
- 942
- Local government area
- Banana
- Coordinates
- -24.3902, 150.5177
Map of Biloela
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Housing & property in Biloela
What it costs to live in Biloela and how residents hold their homes, from the Australian Bureau of Statistics 2021 Census.
- Median rent
- $260
- per week
- Median mortgage
- $1,300
- per month
- Owner-occupied
- 58%
- of dwellings
- Rented
- 39%
- of dwellings
The full tenure and dwelling-type breakdown is in the Biloela demographics section below.
Source: ABS Census of Population and Housing, 2021. © Australian Bureau of Statistics, released under CC BY 4.0. See our methodology.
Biloela demographics (2021 Census)
The figures below profile Biloela using the Australian Bureau of Statistics 2021 Census; every percentage is a share of a clearly stated Census count, so each one traces back to the source. At a glance, the largest age group is young adults (25–44) at 29% and 15% of residents were born overseas.
Age profile
| Age group | People | Share |
|---|---|---|
| Children (0–14) | 1,210 | 21% |
| Youth (15–24) | 721 | 13% |
| Young adults (25–44) | 1,635 | 29% |
| Mid-life (45–64) | 1,366 | 24% |
| Seniors (65+) | 760 | 13% |
Share of the 5,692 people counted by age.
Housing and households
| Tenure | Dwellings | Share |
|---|---|---|
| Owned outright | 494 | 25% |
| Owned with a mortgage | 645 | 33% |
| Rented | 766 | 39% |
| Dwelling type | Dwellings | Share |
|---|---|---|
| Houses | 1,745 | 88% |
| Townhouses & semis | 85 | 4% |
| Flats & apartments | 122 | 6% |
Tenure and dwelling shares are of the roughly 1,975 occupied private dwellings in Biloela.
- Average household size
- 2.5 people
- Median weekly family income
- $2,242
- Median weekly personal income
- $889
Community and culture
- Born overseas
- 728 (15%)
- Speaks a language other than English at home
- 516 (10%)
- Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander
- 270 (5%)
Work and education
- Completed Year 12
- 1,883 (44%)
- Labour-force participation
- 62.4%
- Unemployment rate
- 2.9%
- Employed full-time
- 1,765
- Employed part-time
- 728
Source: ABS Census of Population and Housing, 2021 (General Community Profile, by Suburb and Locality). © Australian Bureau of Statistics, released under CC BY 4.0. How we group bands and derive each share is set out on our methodology page.
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Common questions about Biloela
Is Biloela a good place to live?
There's no single answer, so we score what the public data can back. On socio-economic advantage and housing affordability, Biloela rates 36/100 overall (Below the national middle on the data we score). Public transport, schools and safety aren't scored yet — see our methodology for why.
What is the median rent in Biloela?
At the 2021 Census, the median weekly rent in Biloela was $260, and the median monthly mortgage repayment was $1,300. These are official ABS Census figures — StreetScout publishes housing data only, with no property valuations or agent referrals.
Where is Biloela?
Biloela is a suburb of Queensland, Australia, in the Banana local government area.
What is the population of Biloela?
At the 2021 Census, Biloela had a population of about 5,692.
Is Biloela an advantaged area?
Biloela has an ABS SEIFA score of 942, where about 1000 is the national average — higher scores indicate greater relative socio-economic advantage. That gives it a Suburb Score of 25 out of 100 — more socio-economically advantaged than about 25% of Australian suburbs.
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