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What it costs to live in Fraser Coast, QLD
Fraser Coast council area, Queensland. About 122,924 people lived here in 2025. Here's what rent, power, fuel, the pokies and crime look like, and how each one sits against the rest of Queensland.
Rent
$580
A week. That's the median rent on new leases in the June quarter 2026.
Pokies losses
$1,066
Lost for every adult in a year. That's 1.2 times the QLD average.
See pokies losses in Fraser CoastElectricity
$2,031
A year on the regulated price in the Ergon Energy network area, for 4,748 kWh. That's the price the state's regulator sets for the standing offer. A typical plan here costs $2,031.
See electricity pricesUnleaded petrol
186c
A litre, on average, at 39 stations here over the year to August 2026. That's 3c less than the QLD average.
See when fuel is cheapestCrime police recorded
Offences against the person, 2025–26
Police recorded 1,700 of these in Fraser Coast. That's 1,383 for every 100,000 people, or about the QLD average. Five years before, in 2020–21, it was 959, so it has gone up 44%.
See each year
| Year | Recorded | Per 100,000 | QLD per 100,000 |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2025–26 | 1,700 | 1,383 | 1,512 |
| 2024–25 | 1,667 | 1,356 | 1,562 |
| 2023–24 | 1,608 | 1,336 | 1,550 |
| 2022–23 | 1,533 | 1,304 | 1,467 |
| 2021–22 | 1,537 | 1,340 | 1,273 |
| 2020–21 | 1,075 | 959 | 883 |
| 2019–20 | 868 | 790 | 738 |
| 2018–19 | 809 | 748 | 739 |
| 2017–18 | 871 | 819 | 737 |
| 2016–17 | 847 | 810 | 706 |
Offences against property, 2025–26
Police recorded 5,351 of these in Fraser Coast. That's 4,353 for every 100,000 people, or 88% of the QLD average. Five years before, in 2020–21, it was 3,663, so it has gone up 19%.
See each year
| Year | Recorded | Per 100,000 | QLD per 100,000 |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2025–26 | 5,351 | 4,353 | 4,928 |
| 2024–25 | 5,328 | 4,334 | 4,868 |
| 2023–24 | 5,718 | 4,751 | 5,204 |
| 2022–23 | 5,997 | 5,101 | 5,290 |
| 2021–22 | 4,909 | 4,280 | 4,610 |
| 2020–21 | 4,105 | 3,663 | 4,154 |
| 2019–20 | 4,696 | 4,271 | 5,118 |
| 2018–19 | 4,759 | 4,401 | 5,075 |
| 2017–18 | 4,041 | 3,799 | 4,887 |
| 2016–17 | 4,095 | 3,918 | 4,694 |
This is crime that police recorded in the area over a year, July to June. Lots of crime is never reported, and a rise can mean police are looking harder, not just that more crime happened. Each state counts crime its own way, so only compare a council with its own state.
Suburbs in Fraser Coast
Who lives in each one, their homes and how they get around.
- Aldershot
- Antigua
- Aramara
- Bauple
- Bauple Forest
- Beaver Rock
- Beelbi Creek
- Bidwill
- Boompa
- Boonooroo
- Boonooroo Plains
- Booral
- Brooweena
- Bunya Creek
- Burgowan
- Burrum Heads
- Burrum River
- Burrum Town
- Calgoa
- Cherwell
- Craignish
- Doongul
- Duckinwilla
- Dundathu
- Dundowran
- Dundowran Beach
- Dunmora
- Eli Waters
- Eurong
- Ferney
- Fraser Island
- Gigoomgan
- Glenbar
- Glenorchy
- Glenwood
- Gootchie
- Grahams Creek
- Granville
- Great Sandy Strait
- Gundiah
- Gungaloon
- Howard
- Island Plantation
- Kanigan (part)
- Kawungan
- Maaroom
- Magnolia
- Malarga
- Marodian
- Maryborough
- Maryborough West
- Mount Urah
- Mungar
- Munna Creek (part)
- Netherby
- Nikenbah
- North Aramara
- Oakhurst
- Owanyilla
- Pacific Haven
- Paterson
- Pialba
- Pilerwa
- Pioneers Rest
- Point Vernon
- Poona
- Prawle
- River Heads
- Scarness
- St Helens (Fraser Coast - Qld)
- St Mary
- Sunshine Acres
- Susan River
- Takura
- Talegalla Weir
- Tandora
- Teddington
- Teebar
- The Dimonds
- Theebine (part)
- Thinoomba
- Tiaro
- Tinana
- Tinana South
- Tinnanbar
- Toogoom
- Toolara Forest (part)
- Torbanlea
- Torquay
- Tuan
- Tuan Forest
- Urangan
- Urraween
- Walkers Point
- Walliebum
- Walligan
- Wondunna
- Woocoo
- Yengarie
- Yerra
Look further
- Rents across Australia: what tenants really pay by suburb and postcode.
- Pokies losses by council: where the most is lost, in four states.
- Fuel prices: the price cycle and the cheapest day to fill up.
- Compare Fraser Coast with another area, side by side.
- Look up another area.
Sources: recorded crime, © State of Queensland (Queensland Police Service), Reported offences by LGA, CC BY 4.0; Australian Bureau of Statistics, CC BY 4.0. Population: Australian Bureau of Statistics, Regional population, CC BY 4.0. Pokies losses: the state's gambling regulator (see the pokies page for its credit). Rent: state rental bond data (see the rent pages). Electricity: Regional Queensland notified prices 2026–27: Queensland Competition Authority; retailers' plans under the Consumer Data Right. Fuel: Queensland Government, Fuel Price Reporting, CC BY 4.0.