QLD · Toowoomba Council
Cabarlah, 4352
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Desirability score
- High desirability
- Green suburb
Suburb profile
Cabarlah offers a slower smaller community life in Toowoomba, with open surrounds and a close-knit community feel. A strong local centre anchors daily routines, while the surrounding region adds variety for weekends away. The landscape itself is part of the lifestyle: open paddocks, big skies and room to breathe.
Residents are mostly families and working professionals, with plenty of young families in the mix. The pace is unhurried, with local businesses and community spots doing the heavy lifting. Homes here are sought-after, with many people drawn to the lifestyle the area offers.
The streetscape feels settled and established, with older homes giving the area a familiar, lived-in look.
On the desirability index, the suburb sits around average overall, mainly because local dining and lifestyle amenities and transport and access lag similar regional towns, despite relative strength in housing affordability and safety. Limited access to some essential local services also trimmed the result.
Population
- Population
- 1,307
- Median age
- 40
- Median household income / week
- $2,273
- Dwelling vacancy
- 3.4%
- Unoccupied private dwellings
- 14 of 414
- Median monthly mortgage
- $2,000
- Employment rate
- 68.7%
- Dwelling mix (houses / semi / flats)
- 16 / 0 / 0
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 · Period: 2021 · Updated on site · 2021 Census release
The 2026 Census runs in August 2026; suburb-level updates are expected from mid-2027.
Crime & safety
- Total offences (Jan 2026 to Jul 2026)
- 16
- Against the person
- 2
- Against property
- 8
- Rate per 1,000 residents
- 12.2
- Person-crime prevalence
- About 1 in 654 residents
- State safety percentile
- 4.6th (lower crime is better)
- Decrease (daily rate, partial year)
- -8.8%
Reported offences are running lower than the same point last year.
Reported offences by period
Most common offence types
- Drug Offences56
- Other Property Damage25
- Other Theft (Excl. Unlawful Entry)88
- Traffic And Related Offences64
- Unlawful Entry38
Contributes to desirability score · Safety (18%)
Crime rate and year-on-year trend
Data sources & freshness
- QPS Online Crime Map — Queensland Police Service · Period: Jan 2025 to Dec 2025 → Jan 2026 to Jul 2026; Jan 2026 to Jul 2026 · Updated on site · Calendar-year aggregates
Amenities
7 nearby amenities within ~1.5 km
- Bus stop (2)
- New England Hwy at CabarlahBus stop
- D'becas Cafe & CateringCafe
- Cabarlah MarketsMarketplace
New England Highway
- Sports field
- TelstraTelephone
9913 New England Highway, Cabarlah
Names and addresses from OpenStreetMap. Unnamed venues show as their type (e.g. Cafe).
Contributes to desirability score · Lifestyle (15%)
Food, shopping, recreation and sport (OpenStreetMap)
Data sources & freshness
- OpenStreetMap amenities — OpenStreetMap contributors · Period: current · Updated on site · Weekly refresh
Socio-economic (SEIFA)
- IRSAD decile (2021)
- 9/10
- IRSD decile (2021)
- 10/10
SEIFA indexes from ABS 2021. Decile 10 = most advantaged / least disadvantaged in Australia.
Contributes to desirability score · Community (5%)
Socio-economic advantage (IRSAD decile)
Data sources & freshness
- SEIFA 2021 (IRSAD / IRSD) — Australian Bureau of Statistics · Period: 2021 · Updated on site · 2021 SEIFA release
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 · Period: current · Updated on site
Desirability Index
- Desirability score
- 55.2/100 — Good
- State standing
- Top 20% of Queensland's suburbs
- National rank
- 1355th in Australia
- State rank
- 293rd in QLD
- Peer rank
- #56 among Country & regional · Established suburbs
- Cohort rank
- #78 among Country & regional suburbs
- Data confidence
- 48%
Data sources & freshness
- Suburb Guide desirability index — Suburb Guide (derived score) · Period: current · Updated on site · Derived from source metrics
Recent changes
- Bus stopamenitiesbus_stop
- Bus stopamenitiesbus_stop
- Cabarlah MarketsamenitiesNew England Highwaymarketplace
- D'becas Cafe & Cateringamenitiescafe
- New England Hwy at Cabarlahamenitiesbus_stop
- Sports fieldamenitiespitch
- Telstraamenities9913 New England Highway, Cabarlahtelephone
- Drug Offencescrime56
- Other Property Damagecrime25
- Other Theft (Excl. Unlawful Entry)crime88
Data sources & freshness
- OpenStreetMap amenities — OpenStreetMap contributors · Updated on site · Weekly refresh
- QPS Online Crime Map — Queensland Police Service · Updated on site · Calendar-year aggregates
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Comparable suburbs
Similar population and socio-economic profile in other parts of Queensland.