Suburb profile
The Gums QLD 4406
The Gums is located in the Darling Downs and Maranoa region of Queensland, postcode 4406. It has 109 properties across 23 streets, almost all houses. Explore every street in The Gums, its property history, homes for sale and rent, who lives there, and the local agents.
About The Gums
The Gums, QLD 4406, sits in the Darling Downs and Maranoa region and neighbours Barramornie, Hannaford, Moonie and Tara. Its 23 streets hold 109 properties, all 109 of them houses.
Census figures are for the Tara area, which covers 0.996 of the suburb. Tara had 3,851 residents, a median age of 47 and an average household of 2.3 people. Median household income was $945 a week, the median mortgage repayment $790 a month and the median rent $180 a week. Of 1,416 dwellings, 1,323 were separate houses, 43 semi-detached, 10 flats and 30 other; 728 were owned outright, 245 owned with a mortgage and 281 rented.
Updated October 2026
Who lives in The Gums
- 3,851Peoplelive in the area
- 47Median ageyears
- $945Median household incomea week
- $180Median renta week
Homes by type
- Houses1,323
- Townhouses and semis43
- Flats and apartments10
- Other30
Household
- Median mortgage repayment$790a month
- Household size2.3people on average
How homes are held
Schools in The Gums
The Gums State School
GovernmentPrimary
No secondary schools in The Gums.
Streets in The Gums
- Bakers Road3 properties
- Bullock Head Road5 properties
- Cabawin North Road2 properties
- Cabawin Road5 properties
- Cabawin South Road1 property
- Donoghue Road3 properties
- Donoghues Road2 properties
- Doyles Road1 property
- Drildool Road2 properties
- Green Valley Road3 properties
- Gregorys Road1 property
- Hoadleys Road9 properties
- Humbug Road8 properties
- Leichhardt Highway35 properties
- Loraine Road2 properties
- Mccaskers Road3 properties
- Mcgoldricks Road1 property
- Millers Road2 properties
- Neals Road1 property
- Southglen Road2 properties
- Surat Developmental Road11 properties
- Undulla Creek Road1 property
- Western Road6 properties
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.
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Area summaries are generated from the national address file and ABS Census data, and checked against those figures before publication.