Imbil, QLD
By Lauren McCaleb · Reviewed by Dylan Duncan ·
Imbil is a town in the Mary River valley of the Wide Bay-Burnett region of Queensland, roughly 160km north of Brisbane, 36km south of Gympie and 20km north of Kenilworth. It lies on the Country of the Kabi people, and the name comes from a Kabi word for the bamboo vine, also recorded as a lagoon below the old Imbil station house. The Imbil pastoral run was taken up in 1857 by Clement Francis Lawless and his brother Paul, and the township itself dates from the gold rush of 1868. The Mary Valley branch railway reached the town in 1914, and its line now carries the Mary Valley Rattler heritage train. The Mary Valley Art Festival has been held here every year since 2000.
Among Australia's less advantaged suburbs
Imbil is more socio-economically advantaged than about 10% of the 14,462 Australian suburbs we score, based on the ABS SEIFA index (raw score 890, 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 Imbil 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.
Lower on the data we score
A weighted blend of the 2 components we can score for Imbil 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
10/100Among Australia's less advantaged suburbs
Among Australia's less advantaged suburbs — the same ABS SEIFA-based Suburb Score (10/100) shown above. Income, education and occupation, as published by the ABS. · ABS SEIFA 2021
Housing affordability
47/100Around the national median for cost
Median weekly rent was $300 at the 2021 Census — more affordable than about 47% 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.
Imbil at a glance
- Population (2021)
- 1,071
- Median age
- 49
- Median weekly household income
- $1,141
- SEIFA score
- 890
- Local government area
- Gympie
- Coordinates
- -26.5039, 152.6408
Map of Imbil
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Housing & property in Imbil
What it costs to live in Imbil and how residents hold their homes, from the Australian Bureau of Statistics 2021 Census.
- Median rent
- $300
- per week
- Median mortgage
- $1,325
- per month
- Owner-occupied
- 73%
- of dwellings
- Rented
- 22%
- of dwellings
The full tenure and dwelling-type breakdown is in the Imbil demographics section below.
Source: ABS Census of Population and Housing, 2021. © Australian Bureau of Statistics, released under CC BY 4.0. See our methodology.
Imbil demographics (2021 Census)
The figures below profile Imbil 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 mid-life (45–64) at 33% and 15% of residents were born overseas.
Age profile
| Age group | People | Share |
|---|---|---|
| Children (0–14) | 179 | 17% |
| Youth (15–24) | 89 | 8% |
| Young adults (25–44) | 197 | 18% |
| Mid-life (45–64) | 356 | 33% |
| Seniors (65+) | 250 | 23% |
Share of the 1,071 people counted by age.
Housing and households
| Tenure | Dwellings | Share |
|---|---|---|
| Owned outright | 154 | 37% |
| Owned with a mortgage | 151 | 36% |
| Rented | 90 | 22% |
| Dwelling type | Dwellings | Share |
|---|---|---|
| Houses | 398 | 97% |
| Townhouses & semis | 0 | 0% |
| Flats & apartments | 5 | 1% |
Tenure and dwelling shares are of the roughly 409 occupied private dwellings in Imbil.
- Average household size
- 2.3 people
- Median weekly family income
- $1,325
- Median weekly personal income
- $540
Community and culture
- Born overseas
- 145 (15%)
- Speaks a language other than English at home
- 22 (2%)
- Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander
- 37 (3%)
Work and education
- Completed Year 12
- 319 (37%)
- Labour-force participation
- 46.8%
- Unemployment rate
- 6.9%
- Employed full-time
- 200
- Employed part-time
- 155
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 Imbil
Is Imbil 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, Imbil rates 22/100 overall (Lower 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 Imbil?
At the 2021 Census, the median weekly rent in Imbil was $300, and the median monthly mortgage repayment was $1,325. These are official ABS Census figures — StreetScout publishes housing data only, with no property valuations or agent referrals.
Where is Imbil?
Imbil is a suburb of Queensland, Australia, in the Gympie local government area.
What is the population of Imbil?
At the 2021 Census, Imbil had a population of about 1,071.
Is Imbil an advantaged area?
Imbil has an ABS SEIFA score of 890, where about 1000 is the national average — higher scores indicate greater relative socio-economic advantage. That gives it a Suburb Score of 10 out of 100 — more socio-economically advantaged than about 10% of Australian suburbs.
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