Best Townsville suburbs for owner-occupiers

Annandale tops the list, with 75.6% of its occupied dwellings owner-occupied. Across the ranking, owner-occupier shares run from 63.6% to 95.3%. These 15 suburbs came from a field of 39 eligible Townsville suburbs.

This ranking scores every eligible Townsville suburb on the share of occupied dwellings that are owner-occupied, from the ABS 2021 census, blended with residential stability (low dwelling churn), walkability and safety. These are the settled, owner-heavy neighbourhoods where most residents own the home they live in.

Owner-occupier share leads the score, but stability matters too: a suburb where most homes are owned and the dwelling stock isn't churning through constant construction reads as an established community rather than a transient one. Walkability and safety round out the blend so the list favours neighbourhoods that are pleasant to live in, not merely owned. Percentiles are computed within Townsville, so each suburb ranks against its own metro.

Townsville's most owner-occupied suburbs

Ranked on the share of occupied dwellings that are owner-occupied (ABS 2021 census tenure), blended with residential stability (low dwelling churn), walkability and safety — the settled, owner-heavy neighbourhoods where most residents own the home they live in.

Annandale

QLD 4814 · 8,376 residents

24% renting · 76% owner-occupied · 70/100 safety

B 83.4

Rangewood

QLD 4817 · 1,084 residents

5% renting · 95% owner-occupied · 89/100 safety

B 77.7

Wulguru

QLD 4811 · 4,389 residents

30% renting · 70% owner-occupied · 58/100 safety

C 76.9

Stuart

QLD 4811 · 1,576 residents

27% renting · 73% owner-occupied · 30/100 safety

D 75.7

Gulliver

QLD 4812 · 2,884 residents

34% renting · 66% owner-occupied · 58/100 safety

D 73.5

Thuringowa Central

QLD 4817 · 1,953 residents

28% renting · 72% owner-occupied · 52/100 safety

C 73.2

Heatley

QLD 4814 · 3,907 residents

35% renting · 65% owner-occupied · 56/100 safety

D 72.0

Mundingburra

QLD 4812 · 3,594 residents

35% renting · 65% owner-occupied · 58/100 safety

C 71.0

Cranbrook

QLD 4814 · 5,844 residents

33% renting · 67% owner-occupied · 59/100 safety

C 70.3

Currajong

QLD 4812 · 2,490 residents

36% renting · 64% owner-occupied · 55/100 safety

C 68.7

Bushland Beach

QLD 4818 · 6,641 residents

27% renting · 73% owner-occupied · 72/100 safety

B 68.2

Kirwan

QLD 4817 · 20,780 residents

36% renting · 64% owner-occupied · 60/100 safety

C 67.3

Jensen

QLD 4818 · 1,797 residents

7% renting · 93% owner-occupied · 82/100 safety

B 64.2

Kelso

QLD 4815 · 10,599 residents

33% renting · 67% owner-occupied · 34/100 safety

D 60.5

Alice River

QLD 4817 · 2,685 residents

7% renting · 93% owner-occupied · 44/100 safety

D 59.8

Ranked from 39 qualifying suburbs.

How we ranked these

55% owner-occupier share (percentile within Townsville) · 25% residential stability (low 2016→2021 dwelling churn) · 10% walkability · 10% safety (bushfire, crime, flood combined). Owner-occupier share comes from ABS 2021 census tenure — the share of occupied dwellings owned outright or with a mortgage. Percentiles are computed within Townsville's candidate pool. See how we calculate for the full methodology.

Common questions about this ranking

What are the best Townsville suburbs for owner-occupiers?

How is this ranking scored?

Each eligible Townsville suburb is scored on four factors: 55% owner-occupier share (the share of occupied dwellings owned outright or with a mortgage, from the ABS 2021 census, ranked as a percentile within Townsville), 25% residential stability (low dwelling churn between the 2016 and 2021 censuses), 10% walkability, and 10% safety (bushfire, crime and flood risks combined).

What counts as owner-occupied?

A dwelling lived in by its owner — whether owned outright or with a mortgage — as opposed to rented. The figure is the owner-occupied share of all tenure-classified occupied private dwellings in the ABS 2021 census, and it's the exact complement of the rental share our investor ranking uses.

Which suburbs are eligible?

A suburb needs a resident population of at least 1,000 and a 2021 census tenure record. Suburbs below the threshold or missing census tenure data are excluded, not penalised, so the ranking isn't dominated by tiny outliers.

How often is this list updated?

The top 15 is recomputed whenever the underlying data refreshes. Tenure comes from the ABS census (every five years); the growth and safety inputs refresh alongside their own datasets.

Same list in other cities

Rankings last computed 28 September 2026. Recomputed after each ACARA schools data refresh.

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