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What it costs to live in Gympie, QLD

Gympie council area, Queensland. About 58,487 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

$550

A week. That's the median rent on new leases in the June quarter 2026.

Pokies losses

$730

Lost for every adult in a year. That's 81% of the QLD average.

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Electricity

$1,988

A year on the default offer in the Energex network area, which covers most of Gympie, for 4,600 kWh. That's the most a standing offer can cost. A typical plan here costs $1,907.

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Unleaded petrol

185c

A litre, on average, at 34 stations here over the year to August 2026. That's 5c less than the QLD average.

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Crime police recorded

Offences against the person, 2025–26

Gympie1,111
QLD average1,512

Police recorded 650 of these in Gympie. That's 1,111 for every 100,000 people, or 74% of the QLD average. Five years before, in 2020–21, it was 856, so it has gone up 30%.

See each year
YearRecordedPer 100,000QLD per 100,000
2025–266501,1111,512
2024–256131,0481,562
2023–246101,0641,550
2022–235841,0421,467
2021–226041,0981,273
2020–21461856883
2019–20378713738
2018–19343653739
2017–18346670737
2016–17420822706

Offences against property, 2025–26

Gympie4,336
QLD average4,928

Police recorded 2,536 of these in Gympie. That's 4,336 for every 100,000 people, or 88% of the QLD average. Five years before, in 2020–21, it was 2,548, so it has gone up 70%.

See each year
YearRecordedPer 100,000QLD per 100,000
2025–262,5364,3364,928
2024–252,0513,5074,868
2023–242,3734,1405,204
2022–232,2564,0255,290
2021–221,7543,1894,610
2020–211,3722,5484,154
2019–202,1264,0105,118
2018–191,7913,4125,075
2017–181,6403,1744,887
2016–171,5553,0424,694

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 Gympie

Who lives in each one, their homes and how they get around.

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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: Default Market Offer 2026–27: © Commonwealth of Australia (Australian Energy Regulator), CC BY 4.0; retailers' plans under the Consumer Data Right. Fuel: Queensland Government, Fuel Price Reporting, CC BY 4.0.