Gympie crime rate and Crime Score · Queensland council area
Gympie is a council area in Queensland with about 58,487 residents. It has a Crime Score 55 out of 100 (moderate), 150th of 362 councils nationally.
The score blends national percentile ranks for each published offence category with fixed severity weights; here it is driven most by homicide (82nd percentile), break-ins (63rd percentile), assault (38th percentile). Five years earlier the same basis gave 49.
In 2024-25: violent 939 per 100,000 (+45% vs five years earlier); property 3,505 per 100,000 (-13% vs five years earlier); break-ins 571 per 100,000 (-2% vs five years earlier); theft 1,749 per 100,000 (-14% vs five years earlier). For violent crime that is 71st of 78 Queensland councils with data, highest first.
Unemployment in the Gympie council area is 5.9% (Queensland 5.4%), Census, 10 August 2021. Social housing makes up 1.8% of occupied homes (271 public and 106 community-housing dwellings at the 2021 Census; Queensland 3.3%). An estimated 365 people were homeless on Census night 2021, 66.4 per 10,000 residents (Queensland 43.5), apportioned from ABS Statistical Area Level 2 counts. 12.5% of residents were born overseas (Queensland 24.1%), most often in England, New Zealand, South Africa. Modelled estimates for 2026-27, not measurements: unemployment about 5.5% (confidence 82 of 100); social housing about 1.7% of homes; about 65.3 homeless people per 10,000 residents; about 12.7% born overseas. Confidence falls with distance from the last published figure, and the map's Estimates toggle shows every year back to 1994-95.
| Offences | Per 100,000 | Count | 5-yr change |
|---|---|---|---|
| Violent | 939 | 549 | +45% |
| Property | 3,505 | 2,050 | -13% |
| Break-ins | 571 | 334 | -2% |
| Theft | 1,749 | 1,023 | -14% |
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Suburbs in the Gympie council area
Barambah · Black Snake · Boonara · Booubyjan · Cinnabar · Coles Creek · Cooloola · Cooloola Cove · Corella · Curra · Dagun · Downsfield · East Deep Creek · Fishermans Pocket · Glenwood · Goomeri · Goomeribong · Greens Creek · Gunalda · Kilkivan · Kinbombi · Manumbar · Mudlo · Oakview · Tansey · Tin Can Bay · Wrattens Forest
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