Free market report · Data to July 2026
Townsville property market
Townsville is one of the 453 council areas we track on the Australian property clock. This page is the plain-numbers read: where it sits in the cycle, who lives there, what's being built, and the suburbs inside it.
Houses · cycle position
Slowing
The Townsville house market is still growing, but the pace has come off its fastest point. Slowing markets often keep rising for years, just less quickly.
-1% to +13%
Modelled 12-month price range
+2.9%
Modelled 12-month rent change
Units · cycle position
Slowing
The unit market is still growing, but the pace has come off its fastest point. Slowing markets often keep rising for years, just less quickly.
-3% to +15%
Modelled 12-month price range
+4.0%
Modelled 12-month rent change
The clock measures growth momentum, not price. Peak means growing fastest, not about to fall. See Townsville on the clock.
The people
Who lives in Townsville.
Population · ABS estimates
206,260
People (2025)
+1.2%
Growth per year, last 5 years
Steady growth. Not a boom town, not going backwards.
Households · Census 2021
36
Median age
$1,701
Median household income per week
61% own or are paying off their home, 37% rent. A deep rental pool for landlords, and more investor competition when stock is tight.
New supply
What's being approved to build.
Building approvals are tomorrow's supply. A market where approvals are falling while population grows is a market where pressure builds. The reverse deserves caution.
Dwellings approved · ABS
1,009 of the latest year's approvals were houses. Approvals are trending up: more supply is coming.
Jobs and investment
Who's working, and what's being spent.
Jobs pay mortgages and rents. Government and commercial building spend is where future jobs come from: schools, hospitals, shops and factories all get approved before they get built.
Jobs · SALM, March 2026
100,548
Employed residents
5.1%
Unemployment (national 4.2%)
7,425 more residents are in work than five years ago (+8.0%). Steady jobs growth, in line with a healthy regional economy.
Non-residential building approved · ABS
$499m
All sectors, FY26
$223m
Public sector (government projects)
| Year | Government | All non-residential |
|---|---|---|
| FY24 | $128m | $398m |
| FY25 | $488m | $742m |
| FY26 | $223m | $499m |
Public building spend here is trending up. Governments build where they expect people. For the named projects behind these numbers, ask for the full report below.
Inside the LGA
The suburbs of Townsville.
We hold live snapshot data for 7 suburbs in Townsville. Click through for the full numbers.
| Suburb | Typical price | Rent/wk | Gross yield | 1yr growth |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Mount Louisa | $758,436 | $587 | 4.0% | +16% |
| Garbutt | $687,245 | $576 | 4.4% | +19% |
| Pimlico | $684,570 | $565 | 4.3% | +15% |
| Aitkenvale | $680,216 | $549 | 4.2% | +17% |
| Thuringowa Central | $675,035 | $551 | 4.2% | +17% |
| Mundingburra | $674,574 | $572 | 4.4% | +13% |
| Heatley | $654,485 | $545 | 4.3% | +20% |
All 90 suburbs and localities in Townsville
Aitkenvale · Alice River · Alligator Creek · Annandale · Arcadia · Balgal Beach · Barringha · Beach Holm · Belgian Gardens · Black River · Bluewater · Bluewater Park · Bohle · Bohle Plains · Brookhill · Burdell · Bushland Beach · Calcium · Cape Cleveland · Castle Hill · Clemant · Cluden · Condon · Cosgrove · Cranbrook · Crystal Creek · Cungulla · Currajong · Deeragun · Douglas · Florence Bay · Garbutt · Granite Vale · Gulliver · Gumlow · Heatley · Hermit Park · Horseshoe Bay · Hyde Park · Idalia · Jensen · Julago · Kelso · Kirwan · Lynam · Majors Creek · Mount Elliot · Mount Louisa · Mount Low · Mount St John · Mount Stuart · Mundingburra · Murray · Mutarnee · Mysterton · Nelly Bay · Nome · North Ward · Oak Valley · Oonoonba · Pallarenda · Paluma · Picnic Bay · Pimlico · Pinnacles · Railway Estate · Rangewood · Rasmussen · Rollingstone · Roseneath · Ross River · Rosslea · Rowes Bay · Saunders Beach · Shaw · Shelly Beach · South Townsville · Stuart · Thuringowa Central · Toolakea · Toomulla · Toonpan · Town Common · Townsville City · Vincent · West End · West Point · Woodstock · Wulguru · Yabulu
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This page is the public data. The full report is the licensed feed: 10 years of prices, rents and vacancy over time, days on market, demand, and the supply pipeline, for Townsville or any suburb in it. Same data we run for clients. I pull it and email it through, usually within a business day. No charge, and no 14-part email sequence after it.
General information only, not financial or investment advice. Cycle positions and projections are modelled LGA-level figures to July 2026 (licensed market analytics). Population and approvals are ABS estimates; employment is SALM smoothed data; income, age and tenure are Census 2021. None of it can see street quality, flood maps, zoning or the contract, which is where deals are actually won and lost. Get advice on your own situation before acting.
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