Suburb profile

Back Plains QLD 4361

Back Plains is located in the Darling Downs and Maranoa region of Queensland, postcode 4361. It has 43 properties across 13 streets, almost all houses. Explore every street in Back Plains, its property history, homes for sale and rent, who lives there, and the local agents.

About Back Plains

Back Plains, QLD 4361, sits in the Darling Downs and Maranoa region and neighbours Ellangowan, Felton, Mount Molar and Nobby. Its 13 streets hold 43 properties, 41 of them houses and 2 units.

Census figures are for the Clifton - Greenmount area, which had 5,109 residents, a median age of 46 and an average household of 2.5 people. Median household income was $1,307 a week, the median mortgage repayment $1,352 a month and the median rent $250 a week. Of 1,888 dwellings, 1,816 were separate houses, 37 semi-detached, 8 flats and 16 other; 781 were owned outright, 677 owned with a mortgage and 316 rented.

Updated October 2026

Who lives in Back Plains

  • 5,109Peoplelive in the area
  • 46Median ageyears
  • $1,307Median household incomea week
  • $250Median renta week

Homes by type

  • Houses1,816
  • Townhouses and semis37
  • Flats and apartments8
  • Other16

Household

  • Median mortgage repayment$1,352a month
  • Household size2.5people on average

How homes are held

Owned outright 781Owned with a mortgage 677Rented 316Other 114

Schools in Back Plains

  • Back Plains State School

    GovernmentPrimary

Streets in Back Plains

Neighbouring suburbs

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Population and housing figures are drawn from the Australian Bureau of Statistics, Census of Population and Housing 2021, licensed under Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 International.

School details © Australian Curriculum, Assessment and Reporting Authority (ACARA), from the Australian Schools List, licensed under Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 International and modified. ACARA does not endorse Listd.

Area summaries are generated from the national address file and ABS Census data, and checked against those figures before publication.