South Burnett, QLD
peanuts · south-burnett · country · wine-country
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Drive to the coast
2h 32m
By road
Nearest major hospital
2 min
By road
Airport access
2h 11m
By road
Schools access
Good
Average daytime temp
25.8°C
Rainfall
Dry
Kingaroy is a South Burnett service town whose everyday identity is rooted in agriculture, local industry and regional commerce. Around 10,300 people live here, the median age is 38 and population has grown by about 6% since 2016. The town provides solid schools, very close hospital access and enough shopping for regular life, while housing remains comparatively affordable at about a $560,000 median.
Farming and transport are important locally, and the peanut silos and observatory give the town a recognisable character beyond its role as a regional centre. The Bunya Mountains are within reach for a change of scenery, while the wider district adds wine and rural country around the town.
Summers are hot and winters can be cold, giving the area stronger seasonal contrast than the Queensland coast. Brisbane is a little over three hours away and the airport more than two hours, so travel to major-city services requires planning. Professional work and specialist services are naturally narrower than in larger regional cities.
Kingaroy suits people who want an affordable country base with useful local infrastructure and an agricultural economy around them. The main adjustment is accepting distance, more limited retail choice and a job market that is regional in scale rather than metropolitan in breadth.
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Families, agricultural workers, tradespeople, retirees and people seeking affordable acreage are the clearest fit. Remote workers may also like the space and fixed-line nbn, provided they are comfortable being well away from major airports, large shopping centres and city-based professional networks.
Brisbane is about 3 hours 8 minutes away and the airport is around 2 hours 11 minutes away, so distance is a real factor. Shopping is only moderate, summers are hot and specialist services can require significant travel. The local job market is also narrower than in larger regional cities.
Visit Kingaroy Observatory
Shop at The Peanut Van
See Kingaroy's peanut silos
Drive to Bunya Mountains
Median house price
$560,000
40% below the QLD median
Median attached price (townhouse/apartment)
$380,000
Sourced from Queensland Government Statistician's Office · 12 months ending 31 March 2026
Healthcare access
Excellent
Shopping & everyday services
Moderate
Supermarket within 10km, limited other retail
Internet connection
Fixed line
Plus 1 more within 20km — showing the 8 closest.
Job market by industry
Healthcare — 17.4%
Largest share of local jobs
Employment figures cover this town's wider statistical region, not the town alone — you'll see the same figures for Maryborough, Hervey Bay, Bundaberg, Bargara and Gympie.
The score ranks this region against other regions for the same occupation, not against other jobs here — a low score means it isn't a regional stronghold for that field, not that there are no vacancies. Counts online job advertisements, so trades and farm work hired by word of mouth are undercounted, and outside capital cities this is published at a regional level larger than one town.
Kingaroy (SAL 31542) · 2021 Census
The age profile is close to the national one, with 21% aged 65 or over against 17.2% and 20% children against 18.2%. Among households, couples without children outnumber couples with them (42.4% of families against 34.8%).
Population
10,266
Population growth
+5.7%
Kingaroy (SA2 319021505)
Median age
38 years
Labour force participation
55.1%
Growth is measured across the wider area named under the figure, which can be a different size to the town.
Share of total population in each band — rounding means these won't land on exactly 100%.
Couples are a share of total families; lone-person households are a share of total households — different bases, not one breakdown.
Median personal income
$663
Per week · ≈ $34,476/year
Median family income
$1,531
Per week
Median household income
$1,244
Per week
Personal is one person's income; family and household cover everyone living together — a single-income household will show a lower household figure than its highest earner's personal one. Personal income also covers every resident aged 15 and over, retirees included, so it reads low in a town with an older population even where household income is solid.
Owner-occupied
59.6%
Rented
36.9%
Born in Australia
82.4%
Born overseas
10.8%
Doesn't sum to 100% — people who didn't state a birthplace are excluded rather than redistributed.