Walkerston is a town in Queensland, 972 km from Brisbane CBD, around 11 hours 5 minutes by car. Population is 3,615; the median age is 35 and the median household income is $111,384 per year. On socioeconomic measures it sits in the lower-middle tier nationally. Population grew 6.2% from 2016 to 2021. The 2021 Census recorded a median rent of $360 per week and a median monthly mortgage of $1,733. The area shows no recorded bushfire exposure. Of 2 schools within the town boundary, 1 ranks above the state average, and walkability is moderate.
Is Walkerston a good town?
Walkerston scores a B (62/100) on SuburbScan's Liveability grade — strong on transit and safety.
Mixed results
2 schools · 1 above peer schools
Very walkable
Walkability 68/100 · 971.6 km · 666 min drive to Brisbane
Median available
Median $670K
Low all-round risk
Fire 0/100 · Crime 34/100
Below-average income
SEIFA decile 4/10 · median age 35 · 3,615 residents
Liveability Rating
62 / 100 · Ranked #308 in QLDEach bar is Walkerston'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 Walkerston?
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Our score
62 / 100
From schools, safety and socio-economic data — not opinion.
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Median House Price
Public listings dataWalkerston's house market is moving higher: the median sale price reached $670,000, about 8% above where it sat a year earlier.
Houses
$670,000
Based on 95 recorded sales in the last 24 months.
Typically sold in 36 days — median across 36 sales that recorded a listing period
By bedrooms
- 2 bed 6 sales $548K
- 3 bed 44 sales $650K
- 4 bed 39 sales $760K
Land
$462,000
Based on 17 recorded sales in the last 24 months.
Currently for Sale
Last 6 monthsHouses in Walkerston are currently listed at around $709,000 on average. Based on 12 houses listed in the past six months.
$709K
12 houses listed in the last 6 months.
12 of the suburb's 1,217 dwellings (1.0%) were listed for sale in the last 6 months.
Rental Market
Advertised rents · last 6 monthsHouses in Walkerston rent for around $660 a week on average, based on 6 houses listed for rent in the past six months.
Houses
$660/wk
6 houses advertised for rent in the last 6 months.
Units
$530/wk
3 units advertised for rent in the last 6 months.
9 rentals advertised against an estimated 288 rented homes (3.1%) in the last 6 months.
Rent agreed on new leases
Jul–Sep 2026- All rentals
- $600/wk
- 18 bonds
- +60% 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.
Gross rental yield
Indicative$660/week ($34,000 a year) on a $709,000 median
Based on a small sample (6 listings) — indicative only.
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 Walkerston safe? Crime statistics
2025Crime in Walkerston sits in the low band, with 30 incidents recorded in 2025 — up roughly 25% on the prior year.
30 offences
25.0% since 2024Crime Trend
Serious Road Crashes
2020–20249 crashes
where someone was killed or admitted to hospital
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
Two schools serve Walkerston, and the cohort skews above peer-suburb performance. St John's Catholic Primary School leads the pack.
- • 655 students across 2 schools (avg 328)
- • Sectors: 1 Catholic, 1 Government
- • ICSEA 949-1003, median 976 (below the national baseline of 1000)
- • Largest: St John's Catholic Primary School (349 students)
Primary
Walkability
Walkerston is somewhat walkable on foot — at 68/100, a short cluster of errands work on foot but most trips still benefit from a car.
Public transport
Weekday and weekend service frequency across every stop inside Walkerston.
- Peak (7-9am + 5-7pm)
- 5.8 arrivals/hr
- Off-peak weekday
- 1.8 arrivals/hr
- Saturday
- 0.0 arrivals/hr
- Median peak wait
- 1 min
- Span of service
- 11.2 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 Walkerston.
- Full-fibre (FTTP) share
- 45%
- Premises covered
- 1,481
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
Mackay: 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 8 small areas inside this town and averages them into the single decile above. They fall into 5 different deciles — a wide range, so parts of this town rank well above the average and parts well below it.
Walkerston is home to about 3,600 residents, with a median age of 35, broadly in line with the national figure. Median household income runs at $111,000 a year, with unemployment at 2.8%.
2021 Census · change since 2016
Population
3,615
Median Age
35
Median Household Income
$111,384/yr
Census Median Rent
$360/wk
Census Median Mortgage
$1,733/mo
Avg Household Size
2.7
Median Personal Income
$48,308/yr
Unemployment Rate
2.8%
Unoccupied Dwellings
6.7%
Total Dwellings
1,217
Owner-Occupier Rate
76.3%
Houses
92.2%
Rental Stress
16.8%
Mortgage Stress
18.7%
Work From Home
4.7%
Dwelling Types
Property Ownership
14 rented from a state or territory housing authority and 0 from a community housing provider, as a share of the 281 rented dwellings above — not of all dwellings.
Demographics
- Born in Australia
- 84.1%
- English Spoken at Home
- 89.1%
- Employment Rate
- 65.1%
- Completed Year 12
- 32.0%
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.
15 residents (0.4%) 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.
1.6% of residents (53) lived in a capital city five years earlier, most of them in Brisbane (53).
Top places newcomers came from, as a share of the 3,323 residents aged five and over. Areas are ABS statistical regions. Small counts are approximate: the ABS adjusts every figure slightly to protect privacy.
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 641 people work here; 1,824 employed residents live here.
Mostly a place people commute from: 0.4 jobs per working resident. At least 63% 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 $1,873 a year through Mackay based on 2025 figures.
Building Approvals: Mackay
In the year to August 2026, 574 new dwellings were approved across Mackay. That mix is 508 houses and 66 units. Approvals are down 5.8% on the same period a year earlier.
New Homes Planned
New homes planned in this town: 126 to 315 homes
- Within 2 years 7 to 25 homes
- In 2 to 5 years 52 to 105 homes
- In 5 to 10 years 12 to 40 homes
- In 10 years or more 42 to 100 homes
- No timeframe set 13 to 45 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 Yuwibara 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
MODERATEPM2.5 averaged 6.6 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 17.9 µg/m³. Days over the limit in 2025: PM10 2.
From the West Mackay (Mackay, Central Queensland) monitoring station, 9.3 km away.
Climate & Setting
from Mackay Aero, 11.9 kmHigh rainfall — warm summers, mild winters.
- Elevation
- 21 m
- above sea level, at the town centre
- Distance to the ocean
- 13.5 km
- Annual rainfall
- 1,517 mm
- 95 rainy days
- Summer max (Jan)
- 30.8°C
- 3 days ≥ 35°C
- Winter min (Jul)
- 12.4°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.
EV adoption
In postcode 4751, 3 of 4,205 registered light vehicles are battery-electric on 31 January 2025. A further 1.4% (58 vehicles) are hybrid or plug-in hybrid, taking the non-petrol, non-diesel share to 1.4%.
Rooftop solar
In postcode 4751, 1,100 rooftop-solar systems totalling 8.0 MW have been installed since 2001, against 1,698 dwellings recorded in the 2021 Census. 77 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
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 $670,000 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 Michelle Landry Liberal National Party of Queensland
| Year | Winner | 2PP ALP | 2PP LNP | Swing |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2025 | Michelle Landry | 44.2% | 55.8% | +0.8 |
| 2022 | Michelle Landry | 43.4% | 56.6% | -5.8 |
| 2019 | Michelle Landry | 37.6% | 62.4% | +11.7 |
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 Glen Kelly Liberal National Party of Queensland
Next state election: 28 October 2028.
| Year | Winner | Won with |
|---|---|---|
| 2024 | Glen Kelly LNP | 51.0% |
| 2020 | Stephen Andrew ON | 59.0% |
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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- Nearest and zoned schools, with the walk from that door
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Common questions about Walkerston
Is Walkerston a safe place to live?
Recorded crime in Walkerston is low (34/100, ranked against other QLD suburbs on offences per resident).
What natural hazards affect Walkerston?
Walkerston has no recorded bushfire history. These are town-wide figures; check the address, as flood and bushfire exposure change street by street.
Is Walkerston a good place to live?
Walkerston has a SuburbScan Liveability grade of B (62/100), 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 Walkerston?
Walkerston, QLD had a population of 3,615 at the 2021 Australian Bureau of Statistics census.
What is the postcode for Walkerston, QLD?
The postcode for Walkerston, QLD is 4751.
How far is Walkerston from Brisbane?
Walkerston is 972 km from Brisbane CBD by road, about 666 minutes by car in normal traffic. Distance is the most-direct driving route, not straight-line.
What is the median household income in Walkerston?
At the 2021 ABS Census, median household income in Walkerston was $111,384 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 Walkerston?
The median advertised rent in Walkerston is $660 a week for houses (6 listings) and $530 a week for units (3 listings), from rental listings over the last six months.
What is the median age in Walkerston?
The median age of residents in Walkerston was 35 at the 2021 ABS Census.
How are the schools in Walkerston?
There are 2 schools inside the Walkerston boundary: 1 above and 1 at similar schools on NAPLAN, compared with same-state, same-type schools of similar socio-educational advantage (ICSEA).
Is Walkerston walkable?
Walkerston scores 68/100 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 Walkerston?
The nearest government air-quality monitoring station to Walkerston (West Mackay (Mackay, Central Queensland)) recorded a 2025 annual mean PM2.5 of 6.6 µg/m³ and PM10 of 17.9 µg/m³. That puts Walkerston 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 Walkerston?
At the nearest Bureau of Meteorology station to Walkerston, Mackay Aero (11.9 km away), summer days average 30.8°C, winter nights 12.4°C, 1,517 mm of rain a year over 95 rainy days, and 3 days a year above 35°C over 2006-2026.
Is the First Home Owner Grant available in Walkerston?
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 Walkerston belong to?
Walkerston sits within the Mackay local government area. Council rates, planning approvals, and waste collection fall under this LGA.
How much are council rates in Walkerston?
The average residential rates bill through Mackay is $1,873 a year (2025). Every suburb in this LGA shares the same schedule — individual bills vary with land value.
How much is being built near Walkerston?
Across Mackay, 574 new residential dwellings were approved in the year to August 2026 (source: ABS Building Approvals). That's down 5.8% 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 Walkerston in?
Walkerston sits within the federal Division of Capricornia, currently held by Michelle Landry (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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