Tannum Sands QLD 4680
Tannum Sands sits 508 km from Brisbane CBD in Queensland, around 5 hours 50 minutes by car. Census data records 5,227 residents with a median age of 41 and a median household income of $105,820 per year. By household income, education, and employment patterns, it ranks in the middle range nationally. The suburb grew 1.6% between 2016 and 2021. At the 2021 Census, households here paid a median rent of $290 per week and a median monthly mortgage of $1,733. Tannum Sands is characterised by high coastal erosion risk. Of 4 schools within the suburb boundary, 2 rank above the state average, and walkability is low.
Is Tannum Sands a good suburb?
Tannum Sands scores a B (53/100) on SuburbScan's Liveability grade — strong on schools, weaker on transit.
Above the state average
4 schools · 2 above peer schools · Top 14% in QLD
Car-dependent
Walkability 0/100 · 508.4 km · 350 min drive to Brisbane
Median available
Median $758K
Moderate crime risk
Fire 12/100 · Crime 56/100
Mid-range socio-economic
SEIFA decile 5/10 · median age 41 · 5,227 residents
Liveability Rating
53 / 100 · Ranked #454 in QLDEach bar is Tannum Sands'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 Tannum Sands?
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Our score
53 / 100
From schools, safety and socio-economic data — not opinion.
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Median House Price
Public listings dataTannum Sands's house market is moving higher: the median sale price reached $758,000, about 3% above where it sat a year earlier.
Houses
$757,500
16% above its 3 neighbours (median $655,000)
Based on 192 recorded sales in the last 24 months.
Typically sold in 39 days — median across 85 sales that recorded a listing period
By bedrooms
- 3 bed 69 sales $670K
- 4 bed 101 sales $790K
- 5 bed 14 sales $935K
Units
$380,000
Based on 23 recorded sales in the last 24 months.
Typically sold in 35 days — median across 9 sales that recorded a listing period
By bedrooms
- 2 bed 16 sales $354K
- 3 bed 7 sales $580K
Currently for Sale
Last 6 monthsHouses in Tannum Sands are currently listed at around $819,000 on average. Based on 67 houses listed in the past six months.
Houses
$819K
67 houses listed in the last 6 months.
Units
$478K
6 units listed in the last 6 months.
73 of the suburb's 1,898 dwellings (3.8%) were listed for sale in the last 6 months.
Rental Market
Advertised rents · last 6 monthsHouses in Tannum Sands rent for around $590 a week on average, based on 26 houses listed for rent in the past six months.
Houses
$590/wk
26 houses advertised for rent in the last 6 months.
Units
$445/wk
6 units advertised for rent in the last 6 months.
32 rentals advertised against an estimated 585 rented homes (5.5%) in the last 6 months.
Rent agreed on new leases
Jul–Sep 2026- 3-bed houses
- $570/wk
- 11 bonds
- +70% 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 2025126 Acceptable · the average rental household in this region would pay about 24% of its income on the median rent in postcode 4680.
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$590/week ($31,000 a year) on a $819,000 median
$445/week ($23,000 a year) on a $478,000 median
Based on a small sample (6 listings) — indicative only.
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 Tannum Sands safe? Crime statistics
2025Crime in Tannum Sands sits in the moderate band, with 126 incidents recorded in 2025 — up roughly 48% on the prior year.
126 offences
48.2% since 2024Crime Trend
Serious Road Crashes
2020–202417 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.
Coastal Erosion
Shoreline Change Summary
1988–2025Nearest Eroding Coastline
- Distance
- 3.7 km
- Rate
- -1.62 m/yr
- Net Movement
- -57.7 m
- Certainty
- good
Data Quality
Schools
Four schools serve Tannum Sands, and results are mixed — some outperforming peer-suburb schools, some below. Clearview Christian College and Tannum Sands State School lead the pack.
- • 1,747 students across 4 schools (avg 437)
- • Sectors: 2 Government, 1 Independent, 1 Catholic
- • ICSEA 965-1015, median 989 (around the national baseline of 1000)
- • Largest: Tannum Sands State High School (816 students)
Primary
Secondary
Walkability
Tannum Sands is very car-dependent on foot — at 0/100, nearly all errands require a car.
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 Tannum Sands.
- Peak (7-9am + 5-7pm)
- 8.8 arrivals/hr
- Off-peak weekday
- 3.1 arrivals/hr
- Saturday
- 0.0 arrivals/hr
- Median peak wait
- 2 min
- Span of service
- 11.3 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 Tannum Sands.
- Full-fibre (FTTP) share
- 51%
- Premises covered
- 2,342
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
Gladstone: 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 11 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.
Tannum Sands is home to about 5,200 residents, with a median age of 41, broadly in line with the national figure. Median household income runs at $106,000 a year, with unemployment at 5.9%.
2021 Census · change since 2016
Population
5,227
Median Age
41
Median Household Income
$105,820/yr
Census Median Rent
$290/wk
Census Median Mortgage
$1,733/mo
Avg Household Size
2.6
Median Personal Income
$45,604/yr
Unemployment Rate
5.9%
Unoccupied Dwellings
12.4%
Total Dwellings
1,898
Owner-Occupier Rate
69.2%
Houses
83.3%
Rental Stress
14.3%
Mortgage Stress
19.7%
Work From Home
6.7%
Dwelling Types
Property Ownership
44 rented from a state or territory housing authority and 17 from a community housing provider, as a share of the 571 rented dwellings above — not of all dwellings.
Demographics
- Born in Australia
- 80.4%
- English Spoken at Home
- 92.0%
- Employment Rate
- 62.6%
- Completed Year 12
- 37.1%
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.
85 residents (1.6%) 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.
6.2% of residents (308) lived in a capital city five years earlier, most of them in Brisbane (216).
Top places newcomers came from, as a share of the 4,958 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 suburb against employed people who live here, 2021 Census.
About 1,062 people work here; 2,566 employed residents live here.
Mostly a place people commute from: 0.4 jobs per working resident. At least 59% of employed residents must work outside the suburb.
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 $2,358 a year through Gladstone based on 2025 figures.
Building Approvals: Gladstone
In the year to August 2026, 274 new dwellings were approved across Gladstone. That mix is 258 houses and 16 units. Approvals are up 132.1% on the same period a year earlier.
New Homes Planned
New homes planned in this suburb: at least 981 homes
- Within 2 years 12 to 40 homes
- In 2 to 5 years 202 to 1,000 homes
- In 5 to 10 years at least 674 homes
- In 10 years or more 72 to 150 homes
- No timeframe set 21 to 50 homes
Land the Queensland Government's residential land supply study identifies for future housing (11 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 Bailai, Gurang, Gooreng Gooreng, Taribelang Bunda People.
Under Queensland's Aboriginal Cultural Heritage Act 2003 the Aboriginal party for an area follows native title. Native title over this area has been determined.
Air Quality
CLEANPM2.5 averaged 4.9 µg/m³ in 2025 — below the WHO 2021 annual guideline (5 µg/m³). 3 days exceeded the daily threshold of 25 µg/m³.
PM10 averaged 13.2 µg/m³ · NO₂ averaged 0.16 pphm. Days over the limit in 2025: PM10 1 · NO₂ 0.
From the Boyne Island (Gladstone Region) monitoring station, 6.9 km away.
Climate & Setting
from Gladstone Radar, 19.9 kmModerate rainfall — warm summers, mild winters.
- Elevation
- 25 m
- above sea level, at the suburb centre
- Distance to the ocean
- 3.7 km
- Annual rainfall
- 851 mm
- 61 rainy days
- Summer max (Jan)
- 31.8°C
- 8 days ≥ 35°C
- Winter min (Jul)
- 14.5°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- 4.4 kmOther Electricity GenerationTop reported: Carbon monoxide · Oxides of Nitrogen · Sulfur dioxide
EV adoption
In postcode 4680, 126 of 49,820 registered light vehicles are battery-electric on 31 January 2025. A further 2.6% (1,309 vehicles) are hybrid or plug-in hybrid, taking the non-petrol, non-diesel share to 2.9%.
Rooftop solar
In postcode 4680, 13,588 rooftop-solar systems totalling 92.7 MW have been installed since 2001, against 22,996 dwellings recorded in the 2021 Census. 908 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
4 mortgage brokers are registered in this suburb, 9 across postcode 4680.
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 $757,500 this is $7,500 above 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 Colin Boyce Liberal National Party of Queensland
| Year | Winner | 2PP ALP | 2PP LNP | Swing |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2025 | Colin Boyce | 39.8% | 60.2% | -6.4 |
| 2022 | Colin Boyce | 46.2% | 53.8% | -4.8 |
| 2019 | Ken O'Dowd | 41.3% | 58.7% | +7.6 |
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 Glenn Butcher Australian Labor Party (State of Queensland)
Next state election: 28 October 2028.
| Year | Winner | Won with |
|---|---|---|
| 2024 | Glenn Butcher ALP | 59.2% |
| 2020 | Glenn Butcher ALP | 73.5% |
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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Common questions about Tannum Sands
Is Tannum Sands a safe place to live?
Recorded crime in Tannum Sands is moderate (56/100, ranked against other QLD suburbs on offences per resident).
What natural hazards affect Tannum Sands?
Tannum Sands has a low recorded bushfire history (12/100, 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 Tannum Sands a good place to live?
Tannum Sands has a SuburbScan Liveability grade of B (53/100), 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 Tannum Sands?
Tannum Sands, QLD had a population of 5,227 at the 2021 Australian Bureau of Statistics census.
What is the postcode for Tannum Sands, QLD?
The postcode for Tannum Sands, QLD is 4680.
How far is Tannum Sands from Brisbane?
Tannum Sands is 508 km from Brisbane CBD by road, about 350 minutes by car in normal traffic. Distance is the most-direct driving route, not straight-line.
What is the median household income in Tannum Sands?
At the 2021 ABS Census, median household income in Tannum Sands was $105,820 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 Tannum Sands?
The median advertised rent in Tannum Sands is $590 a week for houses (26 listings) and $445 a week for units (6 listings), from rental listings over the last six months.
What is the median age in Tannum Sands?
The median age of residents in Tannum Sands was 41 at the 2021 ABS Census.
Is Tannum Sands at risk of bushfire?
Tannum Sands has a low recorded bushfire history (12/100). 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 Tannum Sands?
There are 4 schools inside the Tannum Sands boundary: 2 above, 1 at, and 1 below similar schools on NAPLAN, compared with same-state, same-type schools of similar socio-educational advantage (ICSEA).
What is the air quality in Tannum Sands?
The nearest government air-quality monitoring station to Tannum Sands (Boyne Island (Gladstone Region)) recorded a 2025 annual mean PM2.5 of 4.9 µg/m³ and PM10 of 13.2 µg/m³. That puts Tannum Sands below the WHO annual guideline of 5 µg/m³.
What is the weather like in Tannum Sands?
At the nearest Bureau of Meteorology station to Tannum Sands, Gladstone Radar (19.9 km away), summer days average 31.8°C, winter nights 14.5°C, 851 mm of rain a year over 61 rainy days, and 8 days a year above 35°C over 2006-2026.
Is the First Home Owner Grant available in Tannum Sands?
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 Tannum Sands belong to?
Tannum Sands sits within the Gladstone local government area. Council rates, planning approvals, and waste collection fall under this LGA.
How much are council rates in Tannum Sands?
The average residential rates bill through Gladstone is $2,358 a year (2025). Every suburb in this LGA shares the same schedule — individual bills vary with land value.
How much is being built near Tannum Sands?
Across Gladstone, 274 new residential dwellings were approved in the year to August 2026 (source: ABS Building Approvals). That's up 132.1% 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 Tannum Sands in?
Tannum Sands sits within the federal Division of Flynn, currently held by Colin Boyce (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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