Karalee - Barellan Point, QLD 4306 — Suburb Profile
Population growth, migration, income, rent and the Census 2021 profile for this Statistical Area 2, drawn from ABS regional population and Census releases.
Suburb profile
Census 2021 characteristics. Every figure carries its definition, so a reader knows what is being counted.
Where the growth came from
Karalee - Barellan Point gained 632 residents from internal migration and 38 from overseas in the year to June 2025, while 593 people moved away — a net addition of 77 before natural increase.
Components of change, 2024–25 sample period. Natural increase is shown separately from migration so the two are not read as one figure.
Estimated resident population
Karalee - Barellan Point against the Queensland average, rebased to the first year shown.
Karalee - Barellan Point population grew from 5,689 in 2016 to 7,320 in 2025, a change of 28.7% over the period, against the Queensland average.
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| Year | Karalee - Barellan Point | Queensland average |
|---|---|---|
| 2016 | 5,689 | 4,845,152 |
| 2017 | 5,822 | 4,926,380 |
| 2018 | 5,985 | 5,006,623 |
| 2019 | 6,172 | 5,088,847 |
| 2020 | 6,423 | 5,165,613 |
| 2021 | 6,775 | 5,215,814 |
| 2022 | 6,982 | 5,310,905 |
| 2023 | 7,055 | 5,450,235 |
| 2024 | 7,193 | 5,571,890 |
| 2025 | 7,320 | 5,669,764 |
Then and now
Census 2016 against Census 2021. Historical figures are mapped onto current boundaries, so comparisons are approximate where borders moved.
Facilities & amenities
What OpenStreetMap records inside the SA2 boundary. Counts reflect features tagged in OSM and can undercount a real, less-mapped area; public pools exclude private backyard pools where tagged.
Within the Karalee - Barellan Point SA2, OpenStreetMap records 2 schools and 7 parks. For families: 1 playground. Eating out and socialising: 1 restaurant and 1 pub or bar. Staying active: 3 sports fields. The nearest train station, Dinmore, is about 3,750 m from the suburb centre.
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- Karalee State School
- Karalee State School
- Featherwood Park
- Lomandra Park
- Blue Gum Reserve
- Joseph Brady Park
Source: OpenStreetMap contributors (ODbL), via the Overpass API.
Socio-economic indexes
ABS SEIFA 2021 ranks areas by relative advantage and disadvantage. Decile 1 is the lowest tenth nationally, decile 10 the highest.
Nearby suburbs by growth
Ranked list stands in for the choropleth map; the map module is a later phase.