Currajong QLD 4812
Located in Queensland, Currajong sits 1,352 km from Brisbane CBD, around 15 hours 25 minutes by car. The suburb has 2,490 residents, a median age of 39, and a median household income of $74,308 per year. By household income, education, and employment patterns, it ranks in the bottom 20% nationally. The suburb fell 2.3% between 2016 and 2021. At the 2021 Census, households here paid a median rent of $270 per week and a median monthly mortgage of $1,300. Currajong is characterised by high crime risk and no recorded bushfire exposure. 1 school sits within the suburb boundary, and walkability is high.
Is Currajong a good suburb?
Currajong scores a C (36/100) on SuburbScan's Liveability grade — strong on transit, weaker on safety and community.
Mixed results
1 school
Very walkable
Walkability 77/100 · 1352.1 km · 926 min drive to Brisbane
Median available
Median $628K
High crime risk
Fire 0/100 · Crime 90/100
Highly disadvantaged
SEIFA decile 2/10 · median age 39 · 2,490 residents
Liveability Rating
36 / 100 · Ranked #831 in QLDEach bar is Currajong'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 Currajong?
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Our score
36 / 100
From schools, safety and socio-economic data — not opinion.
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Median House Price
Public listings dataCurrajong's house market is moving higher: the median sale price reached $628,000, roughly 16% above where it sat a year earlier.
Houses
$628,000
In line with its 5 neighbours (median $615,000)
Based on 68 recorded sales in the last 24 months.
Typically sold in 34 days — median across 25 sales that recorded a listing period
By bedrooms
- 2 bed 13 sales $540K
- 3 bed 33 sales $627K
- 4 bed 19 sales $720K
Units
$501,000
14% above its 3 neighbours (median $438,500)
Based on 11 recorded sales in the last 24 months.
Typically sold in 20 days — median across 3 sales that recorded a listing period
By bedrooms
- 2 bed 5 sales $316K
Currently for Sale
Last 6 monthsHouses in Currajong are currently listed at around $649,000 on average. Based on 18 houses listed in the past six months.
$649K
18 houses listed in the last 6 months.
18 of the suburb's 1,002 dwellings (1.8%) were listed for sale in the last 6 months.
Rental Market
Advertised rents · last 6 monthsHouses in Currajong rent for around $650 a week on average, based on 9 houses listed for rent in the past six months.
Houses
$650/wk
9 houses advertised for rent in the last 6 months.
Units
$425/wk
6 units advertised for rent in the last 6 months.
15 rentals advertised against an estimated 365 rented homes (4.1%) in the last 6 months.
Rent agreed on new leases
Jul–Sep 2026- All rentals
- $440/wk
- 25 bonds
- +42% 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 2025149 Acceptable · the average rental household in this region would pay about 20% of its income on the median rent in postcode 4812.
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$650/week ($34,000 a year) on a $649,000 median
Not enough unit sales and rentals in the window to calculate a yield.
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 Currajong safe? Crime statistics
2025Crime in Currajong sits in the high band, with 150 incidents recorded in 2025 — up about 2% on the prior year.
150 offences
2.0% since 2024Crime Trend
Serious Road Crashes
2020–202443 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
One school serve Currajong, and the cohort is trailing peer-suburb performance.
- • 374 students in one school (avg 374)
Primary
Universities nearby
0.9% of residents here are full-time university students aged 15–24.
Distance is measured to the suburb centre. A campus nearby does not by itself mean a student rental market — most suburbs within a few kilometres of one have a student share close to the national norm, and the figure above is what tells them apart.
Walkability
Currajong is very walkable on foot — at 77/100, most daily errands can be done on foot. Within the suburb there are 1 supermarket, 4 parks and 5 cafes to anchor that walking radius.
Public transport
Weekday and weekend service frequency across every stop inside Currajong.
- Peak (7-9am + 5-7pm)
- 39.2 arrivals/hr
- Off-peak weekday
- 30.0 arrivals/hr
- Saturday
- 14.0 arrivals/hr
- Median peak wait
- 1 min
- Span of service
- 14.8 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 Currajong.
- Full-fibre (FTTP) share
- 96%
- Premises covered
- 1,634
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 8 small areas inside this suburb and averages them into the single decile above. They fall into 4 different deciles — a wide range, so parts of this suburb rank well above the average and parts well below it.
Currajong is home to about 2,500 residents, with a median age of 39, broadly in line with the national figure. Median household income runs at $74,000 a year, with unemployment at 5.9%.
2021 Census · change since 2016
Population
2,490
Median Age
39
Median Household Income
$74,308/yr
Census Median Rent
$270/wk
Census Median Mortgage
$1,300/mo
Avg Household Size
2.3
Median Personal Income
$42,068/yr
Unemployment Rate
5.9%
Unoccupied Dwellings
17.0%
Total Dwellings
1,002
Owner-Occupier Rate
63.6%
Houses
77.2%
Rental Stress
18.9%
Mortgage Stress
21.0%
Work From Home
6.3%
Dwelling Types
Property Ownership
19 rented from a state or territory housing authority and 9 from a community housing provider, as a share of the 359 rented dwellings above — not of all dwellings.
Demographics
- Born in Australia
- 81.7%
- English Spoken at Home
- 86.2%
- Employment Rate
- 58.7%
- Completed Year 12
- 38.9%
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.
48 residents (1.9%) 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.
3.4% of residents (80) lived in a capital city five years earlier, most of them in Brisbane (27).
Top places newcomers came from, as a share of the 2,354 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
1% of employed residents work in a capital's city centre (6 of 1,183).
City centre: the ABS area around each capital's CBD, such as Sydney Inner City or Perth City (which takes in Subiaco and Leederville). 2021 Census place of work.
Local Jobs
People who work in this suburb against employed people who live here, 2021 Census.
About 2,363 people work here; 1,183 employed residents live here.
A jobs hub: 2.0 jobs for every working resident. At least 50% of the people who work here must live elsewhere.
Counts are by place of work and place of usual residence. The ABS counts jobs in zones; where a zone spans several places, its jobs are shared out by land use. The ABS also adjusts every figure slightly to protect privacy.
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: 21 to 50 homes
- No timeframe set 21 to 50 homes
Land the Queensland Government's residential land supply study identifies for future housing (1 parcel), 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, 4.2 km away.
Climate & Setting
from Townsville Aero, 3.3 kmHigh rainfall — warm summers, mild winters.
- Elevation
- 4 m
- above sea level, at the suburb centre
- Distance to the ocean
- 4.0 km
- 4.7 km to a named beach
- Near high-voltage lines
- 2.7% of addresses
- 50 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
6 facilities within 5 km- 2.3 kmPetroleum Product WholesalingTop reported: Total Volatile Organic Compounds · Xylenes (individual or mixed isomers) · Ethylbenzene
- 2.7 kmPetroleum Product WholesalingTop reported: Total Volatile Organic Compounds · Xylenes (individual or mixed isomers) · Toluene (methylbenzene)
- 3.9 km
- 4.2 kmOther Petroleum and Coal Product ManufacturingTop reported: Particulate Matter ≤10.0 µm (PM10) · Oxides of Nitrogen · Total Volatile Organic Compounds
- 4.5 kmSewerage and Drainage ServicesTop reported: Total Nitrogen · Total Phosphorus · Ammonia (total)
EV adoption
In postcode 4812, 103 of 14,880 registered light vehicles are battery-electric on 31 January 2025. A further 2.5% (377 vehicles) are hybrid or plug-in hybrid, taking the non-petrol, non-diesel share to 3.2%.
Rooftop solar
In postcode 4812, 3,913 rooftop-solar systems totalling 28.9 MW have been installed since 2001, against 8,976 dwellings recorded in the 2021 Census. 297 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
14 mortgage brokers are registered in postcode 4812.
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 $628,000 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 2026-10-27 — 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 Adam Baillie Liberal National Party of Queensland
Next state election: 28 October 2028.
| Year | Winner | Won with |
|---|---|---|
| 2024 | Adam Baillie LNP | 55.6% |
| 2020 | Scott Stewart ALP | 53.1% |
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.
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- #10 in Townsville's most owner-occupied suburbs
- #11 in Townsville suburbs with the most parkland nearby
- #12 in Townsville suburbs with the best NBN connectivity
- #12 in Townsville suburbs where the most homes are owned outright
- #13 in Townsville suburbs where 2-bedroom unit rents rose most
- #14 in Townsville suburbs that suit young professionals
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Common questions about Currajong
Is Currajong a safe place to live?
Recorded crime in Currajong is high (90/100, 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 Currajong?
Currajong has no recorded bushfire history. These are suburb-wide figures; check the address, as flood and bushfire exposure change street by street.
Is Currajong a good place to live?
Currajong has a SuburbScan Liveability grade of C (36/100), 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 Currajong?
Currajong, QLD had a population of 2,490 at the 2021 Australian Bureau of Statistics census.
What is the postcode for Currajong, QLD?
The postcode for Currajong, QLD is 4812.
How far is Currajong from Brisbane?
Currajong is 1,352 km from Brisbane CBD by road, about 926 minutes by car in normal traffic. Distance is the most-direct driving route, not straight-line.
What is the median household income in Currajong?
At the 2021 ABS Census, median household income in Currajong was $74,308 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 Currajong?
The median advertised rent in Currajong is $650 a week for houses (9 listings) and $425 a week for units (6 listings), from rental listings over the last six months.
What is the median age in Currajong?
The median age of residents in Currajong was 39 at the 2021 ABS Census.
How are the schools in Currajong?
There is 1 school inside the Currajong boundary: 1 below similar schools on NAPLAN, compared with same-state, same-type schools of similar socio-educational advantage (ICSEA).
Is Currajong walkable?
Currajong scores 77/100 on the SuburbScan Walkability Score, making it very 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 Currajong?
The nearest government air-quality monitoring station to Currajong (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 Currajong 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 Currajong?
At the nearest Bureau of Meteorology station to Currajong, Townsville Aero (3.3 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 Currajong?
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 Currajong belong to?
Currajong sits within the Townsville local government area. Council rates, planning approvals, and waste collection fall under this LGA.
How much are council rates in Currajong?
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 Currajong?
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 Currajong in?
Currajong 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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