Suburb profile

Howard QLD 4659

Howard is located in the Wide Bay region of Queensland, postcode 4659. It has 1,230 properties across 58 streets, mostly houses. Explore every street in Howard, its property history, homes for sale and rent, who lives there, and the local agents.

About Howard

Howard, QLD 4659, sits in the Wide Bay region and neighbours Burrum River, Burrum Town, Cherwell and Duckinwilla. Its 58 streets hold 1,230 properties, 926 of them houses and 304 units.

Census figures are for the Burrum - Fraser area. At the census the area had 10,594 residents, a median age of 55 and an average household of 2.3 people. Median household income was $976 a week, the median mortgage repayment $1,300 a month and the median rent $300 a week. Of 4,277 dwellings, 4,013 were separate houses, 18 semi-detached, 80 flats and 131 other; 2,234 were owned outright, 1,136 owned with a mortgage and 759 rented.

Updated October 2026

Who lives in Howard

  • 10,594Peoplelive in the area
  • 55Median ageyears
  • $976Median household incomea week
  • $300Median renta week

Homes by type

  • Houses4,013
  • Townhouses and semis18
  • Flats and apartments80
  • Other131

Household

  • Median mortgage repayment$1,300a month
  • Household size2.3people on average

How homes are held

Owned outright 2,234Owned with a mortgage 1,136Rented 759Other 148

Properties in Howard

Schools in Howard

  • Howard State School

    GovernmentPrimary

Streets in Howard

A

  1. Agnes Street11 properties
  2. Alice Street13 properties
  3. Annie Street28 properties
  4. Arthur Street22 properties

B

  1. Bailey Street3 properties
  2. Beaufort Street24 properties
  3. Bellevue Street8 properties
  4. Bruce Highway9 properties
  5. Burgowan Street6 properties
  6. Burrum Street2 properties

C

  1. Charles Street12 properties
  2. Coal Street13 properties
  3. Condamine Road8 properties
  4. Creek Street11 properties

D

  1. David Street9 properties
  2. Diamantina Drive16 properties
  3. Diggers Orchard Street8 properties
  4. Duckinwilla Road6 properties

E

  1. East Street27 properties
  2. Edith Street22 properties

G

  1. George Street5 properties
  2. Gregory Street6 properties

H

  1. Hamilton Road10 properties
  2. Henry Street2 properties
  3. Howard Heights Road32 properties
  4. Hurley Street13 properties

J

  1. James Street32 properties

K

  1. Keen Road2 properties
  2. King Street19 properties

L

  1. Lower Thomas Street32 properties

M

  1. Maria Street4 properties
  2. Martha Street19 properties
  3. Martindale Road12 properties
  4. Mary Street16 properties

O

  1. Old Bruce Highway15 properties

P

  1. Pacific Haven Drive22 properties
  2. Philip Street32 properties
  3. Power House Road3 properties
  4. Prawle Street13 properties
  5. Prosper Street25 properties

Q

  1. Queen Street3 properties

R

  1. Rankin Street19 properties
  2. Rices Road1 property
  3. River Road3 properties

S

  1. Shepherds Road2 properties
  2. Smith Road9 properties
  3. Spring Street19 properties
  4. Steley Street61 properties

T

  1. Tambaroora Street14 properties
  2. Thomas Street47 properties
  3. Tremlin Drive12 properties
  4. Two Forty Two Road2 properties

W

  1. Ward Lane7 properties
  2. Watkins Street62 properties
  3. White Street12 properties
  4. Whitley Street28 properties
  5. William Street340 properties
  6. Woodrow Street17 properties

Neighbouring suburbs

Addresses and streets incorporate or were developed using G-NAF © Geoscape Australia, licensed by the Commonwealth of Australia under the Open Geo-coded National Address File (G-NAF) End User Licence Agreement.

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.