Saunders Beach ^{QLD 4818}

Saunders Beach's house market is moving higher: the median sale price reached $570,000, roughly 24% above where it sat a year earlier.

Houses in Saunders Beach are currently listed at around $724,000 on average. Based on 6 houses listed in the past six months.

6 of the suburb's 166 dwellings (3.6%) were listed for sale in the last 6 months.

Rental Market

The three add up to the change above. These are council-wide figures from the ABS, not figures for this locality alone — this locality's own population is in the census section above.

Households face an average residential rates bill of $1,810 a year through Townsville based on 2025 figures.

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.

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.

PM2.5 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, 23.3 km away.

High rainfall — warm summers, mild winters.

Elevation

7 m

above sea level, at the locality centre

Distance to the ocean

746 m

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 locality 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.

• Yabulu Refinery

  Other Basic Non-Ferrous Metal Manufacturing

  Top reported: Ammonia (total) · Particulate Matter ≤10.0 µm (PM10) · Manganese & compounds
  4.2 km

$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."

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Currently held by Phillip Thompson Liberal National Party of Queensland

Results are per division — federal electoral boundaries are redrawn periodically, so the history reflects this division's past, not necessarily the exact locality's voters across time.

Currently held by Wayde Chiesa Liberal National Party of Queensland — elected at the Nov 2025 by-election, after the results below

Next state election: 28 October 2028.

Results are per district. Districts were last redrawn in 2017, so results from before then describe the district of that name, not necessarily this locality's voters. Results: Electoral Commission of Queensland.