Suburb profile
Tambo QLD 4478
Tambo is located in the Outback Queensland region of Queensland, postcode 4478. It has 381 properties across 23 streets, almost all houses. Explore every street in Tambo, its property history, homes for sale and rent, who lives there, and the local agents.
About Tambo
Tambo, QLD 4478, sits in Outback Queensland and neighbours Caldervale, Macfarlane, Mount Enniskillen and Windeyer. Its 23 streets hold 381 properties, 373 of them houses and 8 units.
Census figures are for the Barcaldine - Blackall area, not Tambo alone. There the 2021 Census gave 4,749 residents, a median age of 45 and an average household of 2.3 people. Median household income was $1,341 a week, the median mortgage repayment $955 a month and the median rent $157 a week. Of 1,816 dwellings, 1,727 were separate houses, 5 semi-detached, 34 flats and 29 other; 781 were owned outright, 356 owned with a mortgage and 477 rented.
Updated October 2026
Who lives in Tambo
- 4,749Peoplelive in the area
- 45Median ageyears
- $1,341Median household incomea week
- $157Median renta week
Homes by type
- Houses1,727
- Townhouses and semis5
- Flats and apartments34
- Other29
Household
- Median mortgage repayment$955a month
- Household size2.3people on average
How homes are held
Schools in Tambo
Tambo State School
GovernmentPrimary and secondary
Tambo State School
GovernmentPrimary and secondary
Streets in Tambo
- Albert Street55 properties
- Alpha-Tambo Road2 properties
- Arthur Street68 properties
- Barcoo Street29 properties
- Cemetery Road1 property
- Charles Street12 properties
- Clewett Street4 properties
- Dawson Developmental Road7 properties
- Donaldson Street7 properties
- Douglas Street6 properties
- Edward Street38 properties
- Ernest Street23 properties
- Garden Street33 properties
- Landsborough Highway9 properties
- Langlo Road3 properties
- Malta Road1 property
- Mitchell Street22 properties
- Mount Playfair Road2 properties
- Narada Road1 property
- Queen Elizabeth Street6 properties
- Star Street15 properties
- Ward Road8 properties
- William Street29 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.