Sitting atop the Great Dividing Range, at an altitude of more than 700 metres, Toowoomba is renowned for world-class gardens, attractive parks and tree-lined streets.

It offers quality affordable housing, extensive educational options, a superior health support network and recreational facilities that can’t be matched by metropolitan areas. It has a rich heritage and culture, which is supported by a diverse mix of dining and shopping facilities, with the added attractions of local wineries and antique outlets.

Beautifully renovated heritage homes are a feature of Toowoomba. In newer residential areas there are many styles and sized to choose from in a variety of bushland, parkland or estate settings. Housing prices provide a nice surprise when compared to prices in metropolitan areas, with the median house price being $210,000 and a three bedroom home rental being $190 per week. Added to this, Toowoomba is consistently rated amongst the lowest in Queensland for retail costs in all groups.

As Queensland’s largest inland city, Toowoomba offers all the benefits of urban living without any of the big-city “hassles”. Commuting time between home and business is minimal compared to metropolitan areas. A trip across Toowoomba could be expected to take about 15 minutes and if you decided to reside in an outlying rural area, 25 minutes.

Being the hub of the fertile Darling Downs region, servicing a population of 250,000, it has an added benefit in that it has resulted in a city with extensive manufacturing, education, health, retail and professional services.

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Retail and wholesale businesses are the largest employers in the city, followed by health, community services, manufacturing and education. As a result Toowoomba is a major service centre with a relatively large population of both professional and semi professionals. Serviced by many government and non-government schools, a TAFE and the University of Southern Queensland, education in Toowoomba is second to none, with Toowoomba having one of the highest ratios of education services per head of population in Australia. Toowoomba offers the best of both worlds, a relaxed lifestyle and easy access to the bright lights of Brisbane and the beaches and waterways of both the Gold and Sunshine coasts.