Gordonvale QLD 4865
Gordonvale is a town in Queensland, 1,680 km from Brisbane CBD, around 19 hours 15 minutes by car. Population is 6,944; the median age is 38 and the median household income is $86,268 per year. By household income, education, and employment patterns, it ranks in the lower-middle tier nationally. The town grew 4.1% between 2016 and 2021. At the 2021 Census, households here paid a median rent of $320 per week and a median monthly mortgage of $1,517. Gordonvale is characterised by high crime risk. Of 5 schools within the town boundary, 1 ranks above the state average, and walkability is low.
Is Gordonvale a good town?
Gordonvale scores a D (31/100) on SuburbScan's Liveability grade — weaker on transit and safety.
Mixed results
5 schools · 1 above peer schools
Car-dependent
Walkability 21/100 · 1680 km · 1154 min drive to Brisbane
Median available
Median $700K
High crime risk
Fire 41/100 · Crime 79/100
Below-average income
SEIFA decile 3/10 · median age 38 · 6,944 residents
Liveability Rating
31 / 100 · Ranked #928 in QLDEach bar is Gordonvale's rank among QLD suburbs, from 0 to 100 (higher is better).
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 Gordonvale?
Local knowledge beats any dataset. Rate it and see what other residents think.
Our score
31 / 100
From schools, safety and socio-economic data — not opinion.
Residents say
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Median House Price
Public listings dataGordonvale's house market is moving higher: the median sale price reached $700,000, about 10% above where it sat a year earlier.
Houses
$700,000
Based on 158 recorded sales in the last 24 months.
Typically sold in 28 days — median across 70 sales that recorded a listing period
By bedrooms
- 2 bed 8 sales $542K
- 3 bed 64 sales $656K
- 4 bed 73 sales $754K
- 5 bed 8 sales $870K
Land
$1,050,000
Based on only 7 sales — small sample, take as indicative.
Typically sold in 100 days — median across 3 sales that recorded a listing period
Currently for Sale
Last 6 monthsHouses in Gordonvale are currently listed at around $725,000 on average. Based on 60 houses listed in the past six months.
$725K
60 houses listed in the last 6 months.
60 of the suburb's 2,349 dwellings (2.6%) were listed for sale in the last 6 months.
Rental Market
Advertised rents · last 6 monthsHouses in Gordonvale rent for around $725 a week on average, based on 39 houses listed for rent in the past six months.
$725/wk
39 houses advertised for rent in the last 6 months.
39 rentals advertised against an estimated 587 rented homes (6.6%) in the last 6 months.
Rent agreed on new leases
Jul–Sep 2026- 3-bed houses
- $670/wk
- 15 bonds
- +64% 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 202591 Unaffordable · the average rental household in this region would pay about 33% of its income on the median rent in postcode 4865.
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$725/week ($38,000 a year) on a $725,000 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 Gordonvale safe? Crime statistics
2025Crime in Gordonvale sits in the high band, with 150 incidents recorded in 2025 — down about 7% on the prior year.
150 offences
6.8% since 2024Crime Trend
Serious Road Crashes
2020–202431 crashes
where someone was killed or admitted to hospital, 3 of them fatal
Where they happened
Crashes are counted where they happened, so a main road through the town carries people passing through; this is not a measure of risk to residents. Roads are listed with 3 or more serious crashes.
Schools
Five schools serve Gordonvale, and results are mixed — some outperforming peer-suburb schools, some below. Gordonvale State School leads the pack.
- • 1,627 students across 5 schools (avg 325)
- • Sectors: 2 Independent, 2 Government, 1 Catholic
- • ICSEA 683-993, median 885 (below the national baseline of 1000)
- • Largest: Gordonvale State High School (623 students)
Primary
Secondary
Combined
Walkability
Gordonvale is very car-dependent on foot — at 21/100, nearly all errands require a car. Within the town there are 2 supermarkets, 7 parks and 4 cafes to anchor that walking radius.
We hold no public transport timetable data for this area, so public transport is not rated here and the score is spread across the remaining components. It is not counted as zero.
Public transport
Weekday and weekend service frequency across every stop inside Gordonvale.
- Peak (7-9am + 5-7pm)
- 22.5 arrivals/hr
- Off-peak weekday
- 18.7 arrivals/hr
- Saturday
- 17.4 arrivals/hr
- Median peak wait
- 1 min
- Span of service
- 16.1 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 Gordonvale.
- Full-fibre (FTTP) share
- 49%
- Premises covered
- 3,056
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
Cairns: council population
The three add up to the change above. These are council-wide figures from the ABS, not figures for this town alone — this town's own population is in the census section above.
Socio-economic profile
The ABS scores 18 small areas inside this town and averages them into the single decile above. They fall into 7 different deciles — a wide range, so parts of this town rank well above the average and parts well below it.
Gordonvale is home to about 6,900 residents, with a median age of 38, broadly in line with the national figure. Median household income runs at $86,000 a year, with unemployment at 5.2%.
2021 Census · change since 2016
Population
6,944
Median Age
38
Median Household Income
$86,268/yr
Census Median Rent
$320/wk
Census Median Mortgage
$1,517/mo
Avg Household Size
2.7
Median Personal Income
$41,236/yr
Unemployment Rate
5.2%
Unoccupied Dwellings
8.2%
Total Dwellings
2,349
Owner-Occupier Rate
75.0%
Houses
95.2%
Rental Stress
19.3%
Mortgage Stress
21.1%
Work From Home
11.4%
Dwelling Types
Property Ownership
74 rented from a state or territory housing authority and 15 from a community housing provider, as a share of the 571 rented dwellings above — not of all dwellings.
Demographics
- Born in Australia
- 81.5%
- English Spoken at Home
- 85.3%
- Employment Rate
- 59.7%
- Completed Year 12
- 34.3%
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.
47 residents (0.7%) 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.
2.5% of residents (162) lived in a capital city five years earlier, most of them in Brisbane (61).
Top places newcomers came from, as a share of the 6,552 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
Local Jobs
People who work in this town against employed people who live here, 2021 Census.
About 2,253 people work here; 3,252 employed residents live here.
Roughly as many jobs as working residents (0.7 per resident). At least 29% of employed residents must work outside the town.
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 $1,354 a year through Cairns based on 2025 figures.
Building Approvals: Cairns
In the year to August 2026, 767 new dwellings were approved across Cairns. That mix is 681 houses and 86 units. Approvals are down 81.0% on the same period a year earlier.
New Homes Planned
New homes planned in this town: at least 3,468 homes
- Within 2 years 113 to 245 homes
- In 2 to 5 years 717 to 2,930 homes
- In 5 to 10 years at least 2,369 homes
- In 10 years or more 164 to 370 homes
- No timeframe set 105 to 290 homes
Land the Queensland Government's residential land supply study identifies for future housing (73 parcels), by when it expects lots to be registered. Yields are published in ranges, so these are too.
Aboriginal Cultural Heritage
No native title party is registered for this area. Under the Aboriginal Cultural Heritage Act 2003 the Aboriginal party is then whoever is recognised under tradition or custom as responsible for the area — which a native title register cannot show.
Air Quality
MODERATEPM2.5 averaged 5.6 µg/m³ in 2025 — below Australia's NEPM annual standard (8 µg/m³), slightly above the stricter WHO guideline (5 µg/m³). 2 days exceeded the daily threshold of 25 µg/m³.
PM10 averaged 18.6 µg/m³. Days over the limit in 2025: PM10 4.
From the Woree (Cairns, Far North Queensland) monitoring station, 14.6 km away.
Climate & Setting
from Cairns Aero, 23.9 kmHigh rainfall — warm summers, mild winters.
- Elevation
- 21 m
- above sea level, at the town centre
- Distance to the ocean
- 10.4 km
- Annual rainfall
- 2,121 mm
- 120 rainy days
- Summer max (Jan)
- 31.9°C
- 4 days ≥ 35°C
- Winter min (Jul)
- 18.1°C
- 0 frost days ≤ 0°C
Elevation is the ground at the town 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
2 facilities within 5 km- 0.7 kmSewerage and Drainage ServicesTop reported: Total Nitrogen · Total Phosphorus · Chlorine & compounds
- 1.1 kmSugar ManufacturingTop reported: Carbon monoxide · Oxides of Nitrogen · Sulfur dioxide
EV adoption
In postcode 4865, 31 of 7,485 registered light vehicles are battery-electric on 31 January 2025. A further 2.5% (186 vehicles) are hybrid or plug-in hybrid, taking the non-petrol, non-diesel share to 2.9%.
Rooftop solar
In postcode 4865, 2,341 rooftop-solar systems totalling 19.2 MW have been installed since 2001, against 3,147 dwellings recorded in the 2021 Census. 209 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
1 mortgage broker is registered in this town.
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 $700,000 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 Bob Katter Katter's Australian Party (KAP)
| Year | Winner | 2PP ALP | 2PP LNP | Swing |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2025 | Bob Katter | 40.7% | 59.3% | +0.8 |
| 2022 | Bob Katter | 39.8% | 60.2% | -4.3 |
| 2019 | Bob Katter | 35.5% | 64.5% | +7.8 |
Results are per division — federal electoral boundaries are redrawn periodically, so the history reflects this division's past, not necessarily the exact town's voters across time.
State Electorate
Currently held by Terry James Liberal National Party of Queensland
Next state election: 28 October 2028.
| Year | Winner | Won with |
|---|---|---|
| 2024 | Terry James LNP | 52.7% |
| 2020 | Curtis Pitt ALP | 62.2% |
Results are per district. Districts were last redrawn in 2017, so results from before then describe the district of that name, not necessarily this town's voters. Results: Electoral Commission of Queensland.
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Common questions about Gordonvale
Is Gordonvale a safe place to live?
Recorded crime in Gordonvale is high (79/100, 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 Gordonvale?
Gordonvale has a moderate recorded bushfire history (41/100, ranked against every Australian suburb with any fire history). These are town-wide figures; check the address, as flood and bushfire exposure change street by street.
Is Gordonvale a good place to live?
Gordonvale has a SuburbScan Liveability grade of D (31/100), 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 Gordonvale?
Gordonvale, QLD had a population of 6,944 at the 2021 Australian Bureau of Statistics census.
What is the postcode for Gordonvale, QLD?
The postcode for Gordonvale, QLD is 4865.
How far is Gordonvale from Brisbane?
Gordonvale is 1,680 km from Brisbane CBD by road, about 1154 minutes by car in normal traffic. Distance is the most-direct driving route, not straight-line.
What is the median household income in Gordonvale?
At the 2021 ABS Census, median household income in Gordonvale was $86,268 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 Gordonvale?
The median advertised rent in Gordonvale is $725 a week for houses (39 listings), from rental listings over the last six months.
What is the median age in Gordonvale?
The median age of residents in Gordonvale was 38 at the 2021 ABS Census.
Is Gordonvale at risk of bushfire?
Gordonvale has a moderate recorded bushfire history (41/100). The score comes from Geoscience Australia's historical bushfire boundaries, with planned burns excluded: the area of recorded fires touching the town 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 Gordonvale?
There are 5 schools inside the Gordonvale boundary: 1 above, 2 at, and 1 below similar schools on NAPLAN, compared with same-state, same-type schools of similar socio-educational advantage (ICSEA).
Is Gordonvale walkable?
Gordonvale scores 21/100 on the SuburbScan Walkability Score, making it very car-dependent. 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 Gordonvale?
The nearest government air-quality monitoring station to Gordonvale (Woree (Cairns, Far North Queensland)) recorded a 2025 annual mean PM2.5 of 5.6 µg/m³ and PM10 of 18.6 µg/m³. That puts Gordonvale 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 Gordonvale?
At the nearest Bureau of Meteorology station to Gordonvale, Cairns Aero (23.9 km away), summer days average 31.9°C, winter nights 18.1°C, 2,121 mm of rain a year over 120 rainy days, and 4 days a year above 35°C over 2006-2026.
Is the First Home Owner Grant available in Gordonvale?
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 Gordonvale belong to?
Gordonvale sits within the Cairns local government area. Council rates, planning approvals, and waste collection fall under this LGA.
How much are council rates in Gordonvale?
The average residential rates bill through Cairns is $1,354 a year (2025). Every suburb in this LGA shares the same schedule — individual bills vary with land value.
How much is being built near Gordonvale?
Across Cairns, 767 new residential dwellings were approved in the year to August 2026 (source: ABS Building Approvals). That's down 81.0% 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 Gordonvale in?
Gordonvale sits within the federal Division of Kennedy, currently held by Bob Katter (Katter's Australian Party (KAP)).
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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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