Condon QLD 4815
Located in Queensland, Condon sits 1,357 km from Brisbane CBD, around 15 hours 25 minutes by car. The suburb has 5,894 residents, a median age of 39, and a median household income of $69,472 per year. On socioeconomic measures it sits in the bottom 20% nationally. Population grew 2.0% from 2016 to 2021. The 2021 Census recorded a median rent of $310 per week and a median monthly mortgage of $1,300. The area shows high bushfire risk and high crime risk. 2 schools sit within the suburb boundary, and walkability is moderate.
Is Condon a good suburb?
Condon scores a D (22/100) on SuburbScan's Liveability grade — strong on transit, weaker on safety and community.
Mixed results
2 schools
Very walkable
Walkability 60/100 · 1357.2 km · 927 min drive to Brisbane
Median available
Median $590K
High bushfire risk
Fire 84/100 · Crime 77/100
Highly disadvantaged
SEIFA decile 2/10 · median age 39 · 5,894 residents
Liveability Rating
22 / 100 · Ranked #1021 in QLDEach bar is Condon's rank among QLD suburbs, from 0 to 100 (higher is better). Scored on 4 of 5 factors: no school data, so the other factors carry its weight.
Flood data for Queensland covers only the areas mapped there — a blank here is not an all-clear.
How do you rate the liveability in Condon?
Local knowledge beats any dataset. Rate it and see what other residents think.
Our score
22 / 100
From schools, safety and socio-economic data — not opinion.
Residents say
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Median House Price
Public listings dataCondon's house market is moving higher: the median sale price reached $590,000, roughly 13% above where it sat a year earlier.
Houses
$590,000
10% below its 5 neighbours (median $655,500)
Based on 93 recorded sales in the last 24 months.
Typically sold in 26 days — median across 24 sales that recorded a listing period
By bedrooms
- 3 bed 49 sales $568K
- 4 bed 40 sales $610K
Units
$445,000
Based on only 5 sales — small sample, take as indicative.
Currently for Sale
Last 6 monthsHouses in Condon are currently listed at around $622,000 on average. Based on 32 houses listed in the past six months.
$622K
32 houses listed in the last 6 months.
33 of the suburb's 2,204 dwellings (1.5%) were listed for sale in the last 6 months.
Rental Market
Advertised rents · last 6 monthsHouses in Condon rent for around $585 a week on average, based on 28 houses listed for rent in the past six months.
$585/wk
In line with its 4 neighbours (median $590/wk)
28 houses advertised for rent in the last 6 months.
28 rentals advertised against an estimated 831 rented homes (3.4%) in the last 6 months.
Rent agreed on new leases
Jul–Sep 2026- 3-bed houses
- $560/wk
- 31 bonds
- +56% since 2021
Median weekly rent on bonds lodged for new tenancies. Change since 2021 compares the median of the first four quarters with the last four. Asking rents above come from advertised listings.
Rental affordability
June quarter 2025122 Acceptable · the average rental household in this region would pay about 25% of its income on the median rent in postcode 4815.
SGS Rental Affordability Index: a score of 100 means rent takes 30% of income, the usual housing-stress line; lower scores are less affordable. "Region" is the capital city or the rest of the state.
Gross rental yield
Indicative$585/week ($30,000 a year) on a $622,000 median
Gross yield — before strata, rates, management, insurance and vacancy. Calculated from median advertised rents and median asking prices over the last 6 months. How we calculate.
Is Condon safe? Crime statistics
2025Crime in Condon sits in the high band, with 174 incidents recorded in 2025 — down about 5% on the prior year.
174 offences
4.9% since 2024Crime Trend
Serious Road Crashes
2020–202455 crashes
where someone was killed or admitted to hospital
Where they happened
Crashes are counted where they happened, so a main road through the suburb carries people passing through; this is not a measure of risk to residents. Roads are listed with 3 or more serious crashes.
Schools
Two schools serve Condon, and the cohort is trailing peer-suburb performance.
- • 896 students across 2 schools (avg 448)
- • Sectors: 1 Independent, 1 Government
- • ICSEA 688-842, median 765 (below the national baseline of 1000)
- • Largest: Thuringowa State High School (659 students)
Secondary
Combined
Walkability
Condon is somewhat walkable on foot — at 60/100, a short cluster of errands work on foot but most trips still benefit from a car.
Public transport
Weekday and weekend service frequency across every stop inside Condon.
- Peak (7-9am + 5-7pm)
- 48.0 arrivals/hr
- Off-peak weekday
- 41.6 arrivals/hr
- Saturday
- 14.6 arrivals/hr
- Median peak wait
- 1 min
- Span of service
- 17.6 hours
Scheduled service only, based on the 21 October 2026 timetable. Reliability (delays, cancellations) not measured.
NBN connectivity
The internet access technology available across NBN premises in Condon.
- Full-fibre (FTTP) share
- 43%
- Premises covered
- 2,710
NBN Co fixed-line and fixed-wireless premises, as at 30 December 2025. Higher-quality technologies (full fibre) score above copper, wireless, and satellite. Actual speeds depend on your plan.
Amenities
Townsville: council population
The three add up to the change above. These are council-wide figures from the ABS, not figures for this suburb alone — this suburb's own population is in the census section above.
Socio-economic profile
The ABS scores 14 small areas inside this suburb and averages them into the single decile above. They fall into 6 different deciles — a wide range, so parts of this suburb rank well above the average and parts well below it.
Condon is home to about 5,900 residents, with a median age of 39, broadly in line with the national figure. Median household income runs at $69,000 a year, with unemployment at 5.9%.
2021 Census · change since 2016
Population
5,894
Median Age
39
Median Household Income
$69,472/yr
Census Median Rent
$310/wk
Census Median Mortgage
$1,300/mo
Avg Household Size
2.4
Median Personal Income
$34,840/yr
Unemployment Rate
5.9%
Unoccupied Dwellings
7.8%
Total Dwellings
2,204
Owner-Occupier Rate
62.3%
Houses
91.4%
Rental Stress
23.2%
Mortgage Stress
22.5%
Work From Home
3.9%
Dwelling Types
Property Ownership
106 rented from a state or territory housing authority and 32 from a community housing provider, as a share of the 733 rented dwellings above — not of all dwellings.
Demographics
- Born in Australia
- 80.2%
- English Spoken at Home
- 84.3%
- Employment Rate
- 50.2%
- Completed Year 12
- 33.9%
Occupations
Religion
Country of Birth (overseas)
Largest overseas birthplaces, as a share of all residents.
When They Arrived
Share of all residents by the year they arrived in Australia. Periods cover different numbers of years, so compare the shape rather than the bar widths.
75 residents (1.3%) arrived since 2016. Australia’s borders were closed to most arrivals from March 2020, so the last two years of that period are much smaller than the ones before them — nationally 260,799 people arrived in 2019 against 28,521 in 2021.
Where New Residents Came From
Where residents aged five and over lived five years before the 2021 Census, for those who lived somewhere else.
3.1% of residents (172) lived in a capital city five years earlier, most of them in Brisbane (74).
Top places newcomers came from, as a share of the 5,570 residents aged five and over. Areas are ABS statistical regions. Small counts are approximate: the ABS adjusts every figure slightly to protect privacy.
Languages Spoken at Home
Top languages other than English, as a share of all residents.
Age Distribution
Family & Household Composition
Commute to Work
Education
Cars per Dwelling
Council Rates
Households face an average residential rates bill of $1,810 a year through Townsville based on 2025 figures.
Building Approvals: Townsville
In the year to August 2026, 1,096 new dwellings were approved across Townsville. That mix is 991 houses and 105 units. Approvals are down 22.3% on the same period a year earlier.
New Homes Planned
New homes planned in this suburb: 831 to 3,535 homes
- Within 2 years 101 to 500 homes
- In 2 to 5 years 385 to 1,715 homes
- In 5 to 10 years 345 to 1,320 homes
Land the Queensland Government's residential land supply study identifies for future housing (21 parcels), by when it expects lots to be registered. Yields are published in ranges, so these are too.
Aboriginal Cultural Heritage
The Aboriginal party for this area is Gurambilbarra Wulgurukaba People.
Under Queensland's Aboriginal Cultural Heritage Act 2003 the Aboriginal party for an area follows native title. A native title claim over this area is registered with the Federal Court.
Air Quality
MODERATEPM2.5 averaged 6 µg/m³ in 2025 — below Australia's NEPM annual standard (8 µg/m³), slightly above the stricter WHO guideline (5 µg/m³). 1 day exceeded the daily threshold of 25 µg/m³.
PM10 averaged 15.6 µg/m³ · NO₂ averaged 0.25 pphm. Days over the limit in 2025: PM10 1 · NO₂ 0.
From the North Ward (Townsville, North Queensland) monitoring station, 13.1 km away.
Climate & Setting
from Townsville Aero, 10.4 kmHigh rainfall — warm summers, mild winters.
- Elevation
- 18 m
- above sea level, at the suburb centre
- Distance to the ocean
- 12.6 km
- Near high-voltage lines
- 8.1% of addresses
- 274 within 100 m of an overhead line of 110 kV or more
- Annual rainfall
- 1,304 mm
- 65 rainy days
- Summer max (Jan)
- 31.8°C
- 5 days ≥ 35°C
- Winter min (Jul)
- 15.0°C
- 0 frost days ≤ 0°C
Elevation is the ground at the suburb centre, from Geoscience Australia's National Digital Elevation Model. Approximate — it reads high in dense built-up areas. It is a measure of height above sea level and not an indicator of flood risk, which depends on height above nearby waterways.
Industrial Emissions Nearby
1 facility within 5 km- 1.5 kmSewerage and Drainage ServicesTop reported: Total Nitrogen · Total Phosphorus · Chlorine & compounds
EV adoption
In postcode 4815, 50 of 15,751 registered light vehicles are battery-electric on 31 January 2025. A further 1.8% (287 vehicles) are hybrid or plug-in hybrid, taking the non-petrol, non-diesel share to 2.1%.
Rooftop solar
In postcode 4815, 6,147 rooftop-solar systems totalling 36.7 MW have been installed since 2001, against 7,946 dwellings recorded in the 2021 Census. 359 went up in the last year.
Counts every system certified since 2001, so a roof re-fitted with a newer system is counted twice, and small commercial systems are included alongside houses — useful for comparing postcodes, not an estimate of how many homes have working panels today.
2026 covers part of the year only, to 2026-07.
First Home Owner Grant
FY2026-27$30,000 for new homes priced up to $750,000.
$30,000 for contracts signed on or after 20 November 2023, with no end date. IT DID NOT REVERT TO $15,000: the tier was due to end 30 June 2026 and the 2026-27 Queensland Budget (23 June 2026) continued it for contracts signed from 1 July 2026. This file carried a "due to revert" note until 2026-09-18 — it was never true, and a note predicting a change is not the same as a change. Cap is "less than $750,000" including land and contract variations — less than, not up to. New homes only: "There are no home owner grants for established homes."
Mortgage repayments
Transfer duty at the owner-occupier rate, and it excludes first home buyer concessions — those can cut it substantially or remove it entirely. Excludes legal, inspection and lender fees. Check with Queensland Revenue Office
The First Home Owner Grant applies to newly built homes only, so it isn't available on an established purchase. A first home buyer building or buying new under $750,000 may qualify for $30,000 — see what qualifies with Queensland Revenue Office.
At $590,000 this is under the $750,000 First Home Owner Grant cap. A first home buyer may qualify for $30,000 on a newly built home — check eligibility with Queensland Revenue Office.
A deposit under 20% usually attracts Lenders Mortgage Insurance, which this doesn't include.
Principal and interest over 30 years, fixed rate. Excludes fees, offset, redraw and LMI. Default rate is the median comparison rate across 1788 advertised products as at 2026-10-28 — indicative only, and not an offer. Your rate depends on the lender, your deposit and your circumstances. Not financial advice.
Federal Electorate
Currently held by Phillip Thompson Liberal National Party of Queensland
| Year | Winner | 2PP ALP | 2PP LNP | Swing |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2025 | Phillip Thompson | 36.6% | 63.4% | -1.6 |
| 2022 | Phillip Thompson | 38.2% | 61.8% | +3.4 |
| 2019 | Phillip Thompson | 41.6% | 58.4% | +8.4 |
Results are per division — federal electoral boundaries are redrawn periodically, so the history reflects this division's past, not necessarily the exact suburb's voters across time.
State Electorate
Currently held by Natalie Marr Liberal National Party of Queensland
Next state election: 28 October 2028.
| Year | Winner | Won with |
|---|---|---|
| 2024 | Natalie Marr LNP | 59.9% |
| 2020 | Aaron Harper ALP | 53.2% |
Results are per district. Districts were last redrawn in 2017, so results from before then describe the district of that name, not necessarily this suburb's voters. Results: Electoral Commission of Queensland.
Looking at a specific address in Condon?
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- Nearest and zoned schools, with the walk from that door
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- #6 in Townsville suburbs where 3-bedroom house rents rose most
- #7 in Townsville suburbs where the most homes are owned outright
- #13 in Townsville suburbs with the biggest house blocks
- #13 in Townsville suburbs with the largest Hindu community
- #14 in Townsville suburbs with the best public transport
- #15 in Townsville suburbs that added the most residents, 2016-2021
Nearby suburbs
Kirwan QLD 4817
Douglas QLD 4814
Rasmussen QLD 4815
Bohle Plains QLD 4817
Thuringowa Central QLD 4817
Gumlow QLD 4815
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Common questions about Condon
Is Condon a safe place to live?
Recorded crime in Condon is high (77/100, ranked against other QLD suburbs on offences per resident). Offences against shops, venues and visitors are divided by the people who live here, so suburbs with large daytime or visitor populations rank higher than living there may feel.
What natural hazards affect Condon?
Condon has a high recorded bushfire history (84/100, ranked against every Australian suburb with any fire history). These are suburb-wide figures; check the address, as flood and bushfire exposure change street by street.
Is Condon a good place to live?
Condon has a SuburbScan Liveability grade of D (22/100), ranked against other QLD suburbs on school quality (25%), safety (25%), SEIFA socio-economic advantage (25%), walkability (15%) and CBD access (10%). Whether it suits you depends on what you weigh — each of those is on this page.
What is the population of Condon?
Condon, QLD had a population of 5,894 at the 2021 Australian Bureau of Statistics census.
What is the postcode for Condon, QLD?
The postcode for Condon, QLD is 4815.
How far is Condon from Brisbane?
Condon is 1,357 km from Brisbane CBD by road, about 927 minutes by car in normal traffic. Distance is the most-direct driving route, not straight-line.
What is the median household income in Condon?
At the 2021 ABS Census, median household income in Condon was $69,472 a year. It is the most recent suburb-level income figure until 2026 Census results are released in 2027.
What is the median weekly rent in Condon?
The median advertised rent in Condon is $585 a week for houses (28 listings), from rental listings over the last six months.
What is the median age in Condon?
The median age of residents in Condon was 39 at the 2021 ABS Census.
Is Condon at risk of bushfire?
Condon has a high recorded bushfire history (84/100). The score comes from Geoscience Australia's historical bushfire boundaries, with planned burns excluded: the area of recorded fires touching the suburb relative to its size, ranked against every Australian suburb with any fire history. It records where fire has burned, not a bushfire-prone land designation, which your council's planning scheme sets.
How are the schools in Condon?
There are 2 schools inside the Condon boundary: 1 below similar schools on NAPLAN, compared with same-state, same-type schools of similar socio-educational advantage (ICSEA).
Is Condon walkable?
Condon scores 60/100 on the SuburbScan Walkability Score, making it somewhat walkable. The score is a weighted average of public transport, schools, parks, supermarkets, GPs, pharmacies, childcare, and hospitals within walking distance.
What is the air quality in Condon?
The nearest government air-quality monitoring station to Condon (North Ward (Townsville, North Queensland)) recorded a 2025 annual mean PM2.5 of 6.0 µg/m³ and PM10 of 15.6 µg/m³. That puts Condon below the Australian NEPM annual standard of 8 µg/m³ but above the stricter WHO guideline of 5 µg/m³.
What is the weather like in Condon?
At the nearest Bureau of Meteorology station to Condon, Townsville Aero (10.4 km away), summer days average 31.8°C, winter nights 15°C, 1,304 mm of rain a year over 65 rainy days, and 5 days a year above 35°C over 2006-2026.
Is the First Home Owner Grant available in Condon?
First-home buyers in QLD may be eligible for $30,000 towards new homes with a purchase price up to $750,000. The grant is administered by Queensland Revenue Office; confirm current eligibility before signing a contract — state rules and amounts can change.
What council does Condon belong to?
Condon sits within the Townsville local government area. Council rates, planning approvals, and waste collection fall under this LGA.
How much are council rates in Condon?
The average residential rates bill through Townsville is $1,810 a year (2025). Every suburb in this LGA shares the same schedule — individual bills vary with land value.
How much is being built near Condon?
Across Townsville, 1,096 new residential dwellings were approved in the year to August 2026 (source: ABS Building Approvals). That's down 22.3% on the same period a year earlier. These are LGA-level totals — every suburb in the council shares the same figure.
Which federal electorate is Condon in?
Condon sits within the federal Division of Herbert, currently held by Phillip Thompson (Liberal National Party of Queensland).
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Data freshness
- Census · 2021
- Median sale prices · Oct 2026
- For-sale & rental market · Oct 2026
- Council rates · FY 2025–26
- Building approvals · Aug 2026
- Schools · 2025
- Public transport · Oct 2026
- NBN connectivity · Dec 2025
- Crime · 2025
- Road crashes · 2020–2024
- Air quality · 2025
- Climate · 2006–2026
- Socio-economic (SEIFA) · 2021
- EV adoption · Jan 2025
- First Home Owner Grant · Sep 2026
- Federal electorate · 2025
- State electorate · 2024
- Amenities · Sep 2026
- Health & emergency facilities · Sep 2026
- Industrial emissions (NPI) · 2024/2025
- Coastal erosion · 1988–2025
- Aircraft noise · 2024
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