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ABS 2021 Census · Updated 21 May 2026
Goolman is an outer-metropolitan suburb of Brisbane, Australia, with a population of approximately 47, making it a boutique locality. Located approximately 39 km from the Brisbane CBD, Goolman is a outer metro area in Queensland. The median household income is $162,448 per year.
Strong household incomes in Goolman underpin solid property demand. The outer location offers affordability but may see slower price appreciation.
Official Australia Post postcode for Goolman. A postcode may cover multiple suburbs.
Australia Post Postcode Finder →Usual resident population at the most recent census.
Weekly median rent for occupied homes. Live rental data integration coming soon.
Annual median household income (before tax) across all households.
Straight-line distance from the suburb centroid to the nearest capital city CBD. Actual driving distance will be longer.
Estimated 1 school within or near this suburb.
Find schools near Goolman on My School →Estimated 1 park and green spaces near this suburb.
Monthly median mortgage repayment for households currently paying off a mortgage.
Proportion of separate houses versus units, townhouses, and other home types. Useful for investors assessing rental demand mix.
Goolman is a smaller community of 47 — about 1% of the Queensland suburb median (5,474) — so investors should factor in the narrower buyer pool and longer average time-on-market. Median household income of $162,448/year runs 80% above the Queensland suburb median of $90,298, indicating strong purchasing power and the type of demographic profile that tends to sustain premium property prices through market cycles. At 39 km from Brisbane, Goolman is an outer-metro location where buyers are typically trading commute time for floor space and a lower entry price.
How Goolman stacks up against the median of all Queensland suburbs in our dataset. Positive values mean Goolman sits above the state median; negative means below.
| Metric | Goolman | QLD median | Δ vs state |
|---|---|---|---|
| Population | 47 | 5,474 | -99% |
| Median household income | $162,448/yr | $90,298/yr | +80% |
| Median mortgage (monthly) | $2,550 | $1,733 | +47% |
| Distance to CBD | 39 km | 62 km | -37% |
| Separate houses | 84% | 77% | +7pp |
Pre-inspection briefing for Goolman — every item is derived from public datasets, with full citations in our data sources page.
Limited buy-and-hold upside: a small population of 47 means liquidity is thin and capital growth tends to lag the wider Queensland market over full cycles.
Median rental data was not captured for Goolman. Use current realestate.com.au and Domain listings to triangulate a realistic weekly rent before committing, then feed that number into our rental yield calculator.
With 84% houses in a 47-person market, renovation margins depend on individual street and aspect rather than any suburb-wide story — do comparable-sales analysis before committing capital.
Run the numbers on a Goolman property
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Create free account →Capital-growth expectations for Goolman are modest for 2026 — incomes 80% above the QLD median of $90,298 and a population of 47 suggest gains will lag headline metro markets. Rental fundamentals will need to be verified against live listings, as a clean median rent was not recorded for Goolman. The EquitySight investment score of 59/100 places Goolman in the mid tier of Australian suburbs we profile, and overall investor sentiment is balanced heading into the second half of 2026.
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Goolman scores 59/100 on our EquitySight investment framework — a moderate rating. That score is driven by a population of 47, median household income of $162,448/year. Whether it fits your portfolio depends on whether you are targeting cash flow, capital growth, or a value-add renovation — all three are scored with suburb-specific numbers elsewhere on this page.
The main demand drivers in Goolman are an above-state-median household income of $162,448/year, a dwelling mix that is 84% separate houses, roughly 1 schools and 1 parks within the catchment. Together these shape both owner-occupier and tenant demand and are the factors we weight most heavily in the suburb's investment score.
Goolman has a usual resident population of approximately 47, compared with a Queensland suburb median of 5,474 — placing it in the lower half of the state's suburbs by size. Population is the clearest proxy for market depth: more residents mean more transactions and typically a shorter average days-on-market on resale.
Goolman sits 39 km straight-line from the Brisbane CBD. This is an outer-metro location; local employment and infrastructure announcements tend to move prices more than CBD connectivity alone.
A reliable median rent was not captured for Goolman. Benchmark expected weekly rent on realestate.com.au and Domain, or the state rental tribunal's rent dashboard. Most Australian investors target a 4–5% gross yield as a baseline.
The median monthly mortgage repayment in Goolman is $2,550, or approximately $30,600/year (vs $1,733/month state median). Stress-test your own borrowing at rates 1–2 percentage points above today's to make sure you can still service the loan through an RBA tightening cycle.
Census data was not complete enough in Goolman to compute a clean rent-to-mortgage coverage. Use current listings to benchmark weekly rent, then plug your expected purchase price into our rental yield calculator to see whether the investment runs cash-flow positive or negative.
The main risks are a thin buyer pool (47 residents), interest-rate sensitivity on the $2,550 median mortgage, the broader Queensland market cycle. Each of these is covered in the Risk Factors section above with suburb-specific numbers rather than generic warnings.
Every number on this page comes from the ABS 2021 Census of Population and Housing, Australia Post postcode reference data, and OpenStreetMap amenity tiles. The investment score, strategy verdicts, and comparison table are computed deterministically from those inputs — no opinion, no estimation. See our full methodology and the data sources and licences for the formulas we use.