Townview QLD 4825

Townview sits 1,825 km from Brisbane CBD in Queensland, around 20 hours 10 minutes by car. Census data records 2,067 residents with a median age of 31 and a median household income of $111,488 per year. By household income, education, and employment patterns, it ranks in the lower-middle tier nationally. At the 2021 Census, households here paid a median rent of $253 per week and a median monthly mortgage of $1,625. Townview is characterised by high crime risk and no recorded bushfire exposure. 1 school sits within the suburb boundary, and walkability is moderate.

Is Townview a good suburb?

Townview scores a D (32/100) on SuburbScan's Liveability grade — strong on transit, weaker on safety.

Schools

Mixed results

1 school

Transit

Very walkable

Walkability 62/100 · 1825 km · 1208 min drive to Brisbane

Prices

Median available

Median $244K

Safety

High crime risk

Fire 0/100 · Crime 92/100

Community

Below-average income

SEIFA decile 3/10 · median age 31 · 2,067 residents

D

Liveability Rating

32 / 100 · Ranked #902 in QLD

Each bar is Townview'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.

Schools quality no data
too few schools to rate
Safety
21
Bushfire None · Crime High

Flood data for Queensland covers only the areas mapped there — a blank here is not an all-clear.

Socio-economic
31
Disadvantaged
Walkability
70
Walkable
CBD access
2
1825.0 km · 1208 min drive to Brisbane
How it's calculated: Safety rank 21 × 25% + Socio-economic rank 31 × 25% + Walkability rank 70 × 15% + CBD access rank 2 × 10% = 32 / 100. Missing components rebalance the remaining weights.

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32 / 100

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Median House Price

Public listings data

Townview's house market is moving lower: the median sale price reached $244,000, roughly 19% below where it sat a year earlier.

Houses

$244,500

last 4 quarters

19% below its 4 neighbours (median $300,000)

↓ −19.0% year-on-year

Based on 32 recorded sales in the last 24 months.

By bedrooms

  • 3 bed 22 sales $234K
  • 4 bed 5 sales $300K

Units

$200,111

Based on only 3 sales — small sample, take as indicative.

Rental Market

Rent agreed on new leases

Jul–Sep 2026
3-bed houses
$450/wk
13 bonds
+0% 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.

Is Townview safe? Crime statistics

2025

Crime in Townview sits in the high band, with 166 incidents recorded in 2025 — down roughly 17% on the prior year.

166 offences

17.4% since 2024
Assault 106 (63.9%)
Drug Offences 43 (25.9%)
Other Offences Against Person 15 (9.0%)
Arson 1 (0.6%)
Robbery 1 (0.6%)

Crime Trend

Serious Road Crashes

2020–2024

8 crashes

where someone was killed or admitted to hospital

Where they happened

Pamela Street 4 (50.0%)

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 Townview, and performance is broadly on par with peer-suburb schools.

50
out of 100
Average
1 school in this suburb
1 at similar
  • • 209 students in one school (avg 209)

Primary

Government · Prep-6 · 209 students
ICSEA 776 (higher than 2% of Australian schools) · 2% top-SEA students
At similar

Walkability

Townview is somewhat walkable on foot — at 62/100, a short cluster of errands work on foot but most trips still benefit from a car.

62
out of 100
Somewhat Walkable
Top 10% in QLD
Public Transport within 1 km not measured
Schools within 1.5 km 100
Parks within 800 m 60
Supermarkets within 1 km 0
GPs within 1 km 100
Pharmacies within 1 km 0
Childcare within 1 km 100
Hospitals within 5 km 60

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.

NBN connectivity

The internet access technology available across NBN premises in Townview.

54
connectivity score / 100
Most common
Fibre to the node
Full-fibre (FTTP) share
16%
Premises covered
949
Technology mix
Fibre to the node (FTTN) 84%
Fibre to the premises (FTTP) 16%

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

Supermarkets
None
Shopping Centres
None
Cafes & Restaurants
None
Parks & Reserves
1 in suburb
Sport & Recreation
1 in suburb
Beaches
None
Waterways
None
Childcare
2 in suburb
GPs
2 in suburb
Pharmacies
None
Hospitals
None
Police Stations
None
Banks & Bank@Post
1 in suburb
Fuel Stations
None
EV Chargers
None
Pubs & Bars
None
Arts & Culture
None
Places of Worship
None

Mount Isa: council population

The whole council area, not just Townview · estimated residents
at 30 June 2025
Residents
18,585
-0.7% in a year
Change
-140
people since 2024
Density
0.4
people per km² across the council area
What drove the change
Natural increase
+244
births minus deaths
Net internal migration
-547
moves within Australia
Net overseas migration
+163
arrivals minus departures

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

ABS SEIFA · ranked against every suburb in Australia, and within the state
2021 census
Advantage and disadvantage
3/10
3/10 within QLD
income, education, jobs and housing together
Economic resources
1/10
1/10 within QLD
income against housing cost and household size
Education and occupation
2/10
3/10 within QLD
qualifications and job type, income excluded
How evenly that is spread

The ABS scores 5 small areas inside this suburb and averages them into the single decile above. They fall into 2 different deciles — a narrow range, so the average describes the suburb closely.

Townview is home to about 2,100 residents, and skews young, with a median age of 31 against the national 38. Median household income runs at $111,000 a year, with unemployment at 5.5%.

2021 Census · change since 2016

Population

2,067

0.2% since 2016

Median Age

31

no change since 2016

Median Household Income

$111,488/yr

6.1% since 2016
Top 17% in QLD

Census Median Rent

$253/wk

2.7% since 2016

Census Median Mortgage

$1,625/mo

14.5% since 2016

Avg Household Size

2.7

3.8% since 2016

Median Personal Income

$55,900/yr

18.1% since 2016

Unemployment Rate

5.5%

22.5% since 2016

Unoccupied Dwellings

21.7%

40.0% since 2016

Total Dwellings

664

1.1% since 2016

Owner-Occupier Rate

42.9%

12.6% since 2016

Houses

76.1%

0.7% since 2016

Rental Stress

11.8%

8.5% since 2016

Mortgage Stress

17.5%

19.4% since 2016

Work From Home

1.7%

41.7% since 2016

Dwelling Types

Houses 505 (76.1%)
Townhouses 127 (19.1%)
Flats / Apartments 32 (4.8%)

Property Ownership

Renting 360 (57.1%)
Mortgage 173 (27.5%)
Owned Outright 97 (15.4%)
Of those rentals, social housing 90 (25.0%)

81 rented from a state or territory housing authority and 9 from a community housing provider, as a share of the 360 rented dwellings above — not of all dwellings.

Demographics

Born in Australia
72.4%
English Spoken at Home
79.7%
Employment Rate
63.8%
5.5% since 2016
Completed Year 12
34.4%

Occupations

Technicians & Trades 198 (20.3%)
Machinery Operators & Drivers 175 (17.9%)
Professionals 145 (14.9%)
Clerical & Administrative 116 (11.9%)
Community & Personal Service 110 (11.3%)
Labourers 96 (9.8%)
Managers 62 (6.4%)
Sales 59 (6.0%)

Religion

Christianity 950 (46.0%)
No Religion 847 (41.0%)
Hinduism 13 (0.6%)
Other Religions 11 (0.5%)
Sikhism 5 (0.2%)
Islam 4 (0.2%)
Buddhism 3 (0.1%)

Country of Birth (overseas)

Largest overseas birthplaces, as a share of all residents.

New Zealand 98 (4.7%)
Philippines 76 (3.7%)
England 24 (1.2%)
Fiji 21 (1.0%)
Zimbabwe 19 (0.9%)
India 14 (0.7%)
South Africa 10 (0.5%)
Canada 7 (0.3%)

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.

2016-2021 70 (3.4%)
2011-2015 74 (3.6%)
2001-2010 104 (5.0%)
1991-2000 43 (2.1%)
1981-1990 23 (1.1%)
Before 1981 48 (2.3%)

70 residents (3.4%) 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.

5.7% of residents (107) lived in a capital city five years earlier, most of them in Brisbane (95).

Overseas 64 (3.4%)
Townsville 59 (3.1%)
Cairns 46 (2.4%)

Top places newcomers came from, as a share of the 1,885 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.

Greek 5 (0.2%)
French 5 (0.2%)
Mandarin 4 (0.2%)
Punjabi 3 (0.1%)
Italian 3 (0.1%)
Spanish 3 (0.1%)
German 3 (0.1%)

Age Distribution

0-4 182 (8.8%)
5-14 364 (17.6%)
15-19 114 (5.5%)
20-24 151 (7.3%)
25-34 365 (17.7%)
35-44 279 (13.5%)
45-54 212 (10.3%)
55-64 195 (9.4%)
65-74 108 (5.2%)
75-84 75 (3.6%)
85+ 32 (1.5%)

Family & Household Composition

Couple Families 204 (38.6%)
Lone Person 183 (34.6%)
One Parent Families 110 (20.8%)
Group Household 22 (4.2%)
Other Families 10 (1.9%)

Commute to Work

Car (driver) 685 (82.6%)
Car (passenger) 79 (9.5%)
Walked Only 35 (4.2%)
Worked from Home 14 (1.7%)
Bicycle 13 (1.6%)
Bus 3 (0.4%)

1% of employed residents work in a capital's city centre (6 of 976).

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.

Education

Certificate III & IV 350 (16.9%)
Bachelor Degree 140 (6.8%)
Advanced Diploma / Diploma 98 (4.7%)
Postgraduate Degree 29 (1.4%)
Graduate Diploma / Certificate 26 (1.3%)

Cars per Dwelling

0 cars 58 (8.9%)
1 car 227 (34.9%)
2 cars 241 (37.0%)
3 cars 78 (12.0%)
4+ cars 42 (6.5%)

Council Rates

Mount Isa
FY 2025-26

Households face an average residential rates bill of $893 a year through Mount Isa based on 2025 figures.

Avg residential rate
$893/yr
33% below the QLD average of $1,328 · median of 59 councils
Valuation basis
Unimproved Value
land only

Aboriginal Cultural Heritage

The Aboriginal party for this area is Kalkadoon People #4.

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

CLEAN

PM2.5 averaged 5 µg/m³ in 2025 — below the WHO 2021 annual guideline (5 µg/m³). 1 day exceeded the daily threshold of 25 µg/m³.

PM10 averaged 14 µg/m³. Days over the limit in 2025: PM10 1.

From the The Gap (Mount Isa) monitoring station, 1.0 km away.

Climate & Setting

from Mount Isa Mine, 2.5 km

Moderate rainfall.

Elevation
371 m
above sea level, at the suburb centre
Near high-voltage lines
3.2% of addresses
34 within 100 m of an overhead line of 110 kV or more
Annual rainfall
502 mm
40 rainy days
Summer max (Jan)
—
Winter min (Jul)
—

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

5 facilities within 5 km

EV adoption

0.1%
of light vehicles are electric
Up from 0.02% in 2021
+0.0 points this year
Bottom 1% in QLD

In postcode 4825, 9 of 13,908 registered light vehicles are battery-electric on 31 January 2025. A further 1.7% (230 vehicles) are hybrid or plug-in hybrid, taking the non-petrol, non-diesel share to 1.7%.

Electric share, year by year
2021
0.02%
2022
0.02%
2023
0.00%
2024
0.04%
2025
0.07%

Rooftop solar

38
systems per 100 dwellings
Averaging 8.5 kW each

In postcode 4825, 2,987 rooftop-solar systems totalling 25.3 MW have been installed since 2001, against 7,959 dwellings recorded in the 2021 Census. 211 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.

Systems installed, year by year
2019
159
2020
186
2021
238
2022
151
2023
180
2024
199
2025
215
2026
86

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."

Verify eligibility with Queensland Revenue Office

Mortgage repayments

I'm looking for
Deposit
$
%
Monthly repayment
$1,275
Loan amount
$195,600
Total interest over 30 years
$263,460
Deposit
$48,900
Stamp duty
$2,445
Cash needed at settlement
$51,345

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.

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

Division of Kennedy

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 suburb's voters across time.

State Electorate

Traeger District

Currently held by Robbie Katter Katter's Australian Party (KAP)

Next state election: 28 October 2028.

Year Winner Won with
2024 Robbie Katter KAP 63.7%
2020 Robbie Katter KAP 74.7%

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 Townview

Is Townview a safe place to live?

Recorded crime in Townview is high (92/100, 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 Townview?

Townview has no recorded bushfire history. These are suburb-wide figures; check the address, as flood and bushfire exposure change street by street.

Is Townview a good place to live?

Townview has a SuburbScan Liveability grade of D (32/100), 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 Townview?

Townview, QLD had a population of 2,067 at the 2021 Australian Bureau of Statistics census.

What is the postcode for Townview, QLD?

The postcode for Townview, QLD is 4825.

How far is Townview from Brisbane?

Townview is 1,825 km from Brisbane CBD by road, about 1208 minutes by car in normal traffic. Distance is the most-direct driving route, not straight-line.

What is the median household income in Townview?

At the 2021 ABS Census, median household income in Townview was $111,488 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 Townview?

There are too few current rental listings in Townview for a reliable median. At the 2021 ABS Census the median weekly rent was $253, across all dwelling types.

What is the median age in Townview?

The median age of residents in Townview was 31 at the 2021 ABS Census.

How are the schools in Townview?

There is 1 school inside the Townview boundary: 1 at similar schools on NAPLAN, compared with same-state, same-type schools of similar socio-educational advantage (ICSEA).

Is Townview walkable?

Townview scores 62/100 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 Townview?

The nearest government air-quality monitoring station to Townview (The Gap (Mount Isa)) recorded a 2025 annual mean PM2.5 of 5.0 µg/m³ and PM10 of 14.0 µg/m³. That puts Townview below the WHO annual guideline of 5 µg/m³.

What is the weather like in Townview?

At the nearest Bureau of Meteorology station to Townview, Mount Isa Mine (2.5 km away), 502 mm of rain a year over 40 rainy days over 2006-2026.

Is the First Home Owner Grant available in Townview?

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 Townview belong to?

Townview sits within the Mount Isa local government area. Council rates, planning approvals, and waste collection fall under this LGA.

How much are council rates in Townview?

The average residential rates bill through Mount Isa is $893 a year (2025). Every suburb in this LGA shares the same schedule — individual bills vary with land value.

Which federal electorate is Townview in?

Townview sits within the federal Division of Kennedy, currently held by Bob Katter (Katter's Australian Party (KAP)).

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