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Helidon suburb profile

Helidon is a small rural town in Queensland's Lockyer Valley, set on the fertile plains beneath the Great Dividing Range. The area is known for its mineral springs and the local sandstone quarried for building stone, and the town sits where the Warrego Highway and the main western rail line provide straightforward links to nearby regional centres. The township serves surrounding farms with a hotel, small shops and community facilities. Housing includes weatherboard cottages, farmhouses and rural-residential blocks, and the population is a mix of long-standing farming families, people seeking a quieter country lifestyle and commuters to larger towns. Outdoors opportunities centre on creeklines, paddocks and nearby bushland, keeping the pace relaxed and practical.

Helidon property market performance

Helidon sees relatively few recent property sales, so there isn't enough data to publish a reliable median price for houses or units. The figures that are available show house values have risen sharply, up 21.9% over the last 12 months.

Over the last 3 months there were 2 house sales. Houses sold in a median of 23 days over the last 12 months.

The rental market in Helidon recorded an average house rent of $530 over the last 12 months.

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Helidon demographics

Among families in this community, couple families without children are the largest group at 38.5%, closely followed by couple families with children at 36.2%. One-parent families make up 21.7% and other families 3.6%. Together the two couple-family types account for about three quarters of families (74.7%).

Helidon is home to 1,130 people, with a median age of 38 and a median total household income of $1,342 a week, roughly $69,800 a year.

Homes in Helidon are mostly owner-occupied, with combined ownership at 66.5% (35.6% owned with a mortgage and 30.9% owned outright); renters make up 33.5% of dwellings.

Suburbs near Helidon

Some popular suburbs near Helidon include:

  • Helidon Spa: Small locality in the Lockyer Valley, known for its mineral springs.
  • Iredale: Predominantly rural area of open paddocks and grazing country.
  • Grantham: Rural town on fertile river flats in the Lockyer Valley.
  • Derrymore: Agricultural locality on the Darling Downs with rolling farmland.
  • Upper Lockyer: Semi-rural locality with hill country and bushland in the Lockyer region.

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