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

Owned outright 781Owned with a mortgage 356Rented 477Other 202

Schools in Tambo

  • Tambo State School

    GovernmentPrimary and secondary

Streets in Tambo

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.