Average rent in Burdekin, QLD — 2026

Burdekin sits below the Queensland median, with the typical renter paying $210/week — 42% less than the state-wide $359/week baseline (ABS Census 2021). The suburb skews owner-occupied: 75% own outright or with a mortgage, and only 20% rent. Housing stock is dominated by separate houses (95%), with limited high-density development. Population sits at 7,658, the median age is 47, and the most common occupation is Managers. 7% of residents were born overseas. Burdekin is 1033km from Brisbane, often putting it outside the inner-ring rent pressure zone — though state-level rent indices show the 2021 baseline is now meaningfully out of date. Your reported figure above gives the live read; the Census number anchors the historical baseline.