Average rent in Toowoomba - East, QLD — 2026

Toowoomba - East sits below the Queensland median, with the typical renter paying $315/week — 12% less than the state-wide $359/week baseline (ABS Census 2021). The suburb skews owner-occupied: 64% own outright or with a mortgage, and only 34% rent. Housing stock is dominated by separate houses (77%), with limited high-density development. Population sits at 10,533, the median age is 40, and the most common occupation is Professionals. 15% of residents were born overseas. Toowoomba - East is 103km 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outside the inner-ring rent pressure zone — though state-level rent indices show the 2021 baseline is now meaningfully out of date.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.