Suburb profile

Opalton QLD 4735

Opalton is located in the Outback Queensland region of Queensland, postcode 4735. It has 52 properties across 16 streets, almost all houses. Explore every street in Opalton, its property history, homes for sale and rent, who lives there, and the local agents.

About Opalton

Opalton, QLD 4735, sits in Outback Queensland and neighbours Diamantina Lakes, Longreach, Winton and Corfield. Its 16 streets hold 52 properties, all of them houses.

Census figures are for the Far Central West area, which had 2,156 residents, a median age of 41 and an average household of 2.2 people. Median household income was $1,442 a week, the median mortgage repayment $884 a month and the median rent $140 a week. Of 775 dwellings, 662 were separate houses, 15 semi-detached, 25 flats and 39 other; 277 were owned outright, 113 owned with a mortgage and 256 rented.

Updated October 2026

Who lives in Opalton

  • 2,156Peoplelive in the area
  • 41Median ageyears
  • $1,442Median household incomea week
  • $140Median renta week

Homes by type

  • Houses662
  • Townhouses and semis15
  • Flats and apartments25
  • Other39

Household

  • Median mortgage repayment$884a month
  • Household size2.2people on average

How homes are held

Owned outright 277Owned with a mortgage 113Rented 256Other 129

Streets in Opalton

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.

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