The Townsville council area in Queensland has 28 primary zones and 7 secondary zones for government schools. Each one is listed
below with the suburbs it covers and the median rents around them.
Schools are in alphabetical order. A zone can cross a council border, so some suburbs listed
here sit in a neighbouring council. A suburb can also be split between two zones - check your
street address on
Queensland catchment maps
before you rely on it.
Paluma, Lynam, Clemant, Bluewater Park, Crystal Creek, Bluewater, Black River, Rollingstone, Yabulu, Burdell, Jensen, Mutarnee, Balgal Beach, Beach Holm and 11 more - see the zone map
Median weekly rent, 3-bedroom house
$550 to $600 a week lowest and highest of 5 areas with a published figure (includes postcodes 4814, 4817, 4818)
Town Common, West Point, Stuart, Horseshoe Bay, South Townsville, Arcadia, Nelly Bay, Railway Estate, Florence Bay, Rowes Bay, West End, Castle Hill, North Ward, Townsville City and 9 more - see the zone map
Median weekly rent, 3-bedroom house
$550 to $950 a week lowest and highest of 10 areas with a published figure (includes postcodes 4810, 4811, 4812, 4814)
Mount Elliot, Cape Cleveland, Woodstock, Calcium, Ross River, Barringha, Majors Creek, Mount Stuart, Reid River, Brookhill, Nome, Alligator Creek, Stuart, Cromarty and 14 more - see the zone map
Median weekly rent, 3-bedroom house
$550 to $565 a week lowest and highest of 6 areas with a published figure (includes postcodes 4811, 4812, 4814)
ICSEA
955 student intake, not a ranking
Which government school zones are in Townsville?
The Townsville council area in Queensland has 28 primary zones and 7 secondary zones. Primary: Aitkenvale State School, Annandale State School, Belgian Gardens State School, Bluewater State School, Bohlevale State School, Cranbrook State School, Currajong State School, Garbutt State School, Heatley State School, Hermit Park State School and 18 more. Secondary: Heatley Secondary College, Kirwan State High School, Northern Beaches State High School, Pimlico State High School, Thuringowa State High School, Townsville State High School, William Ross State High School.
How do I check which school zone my address in Townsville is in?
Zone lines follow streets, not suburb borders, so one suburb can be split between two zones. Type your street address into the address check on our school zones page, then confirm it on Queensland catchment maps, the official map, before you rely on it.
How to read this page
Which zones are listed - government schools located in the Townsville council area that have an official zone. A few schools are left out because the zone data does not name them clearly; non-government and specialist schools have no zones.
Suburbs in the zone - suburbs the zone covers in whole or in a large part (at least 10% of the suburb or of the zone).
Prices and rents - the medians our suburb pages show for the statistical areas (ABS SA2) that contain the zone's suburbs, as the lowest and highest. They describe those whole areas, not only the streets inside the zone. Queensland publishes no free sale-price series, so only rent is shown.
ICSEA - a picture of the family backgrounds of a school's students (1000 is the national average). It describes student intake. It is not a ranking and not a measure of teaching.
Next steps
School zone finder - nearby suburbs within your budget and the schools each is zoned to.
All QLD schools - every school in the state, including non-government schools.
School fees or moving - compare private school fees with the cost of moving into a zone.