IRSAD
Relative Socio-economic Advantage and Disadvantage
Score 961
Measures relative socio-economic advantage and disadvantage.
Within AustraliaDecile 4 of 10
Within QueenslandDecile 5 of 10
For state-level context, explore the Queensland economy.
Housing
West End
Townsville · Queensland · Census 2021
Median house price not tracked for this suburb
West End (Townsville - Qld) is a leafy residential suburb of Townsville.
Household income
$1,402/wk43rd pctile
of 3,112 QLD suburbs
Amenity score
25/10065th pctile
of 1,584 rated QLD suburbs
Median house price
No open median house price for West End (Townsville - Qld).
Queensland sells its property sales records through licensed brokers rather than publishing them openly, so there is no official suburb median we can show. ABS median established-house price, Greater Brisbane: $1.1M; Rest of Qld: $815k.
How it compares
Household income / wk43rd percentile
<$575ABS Census 2021$3,778+
Household income / wk
QLD · AU
QLD median suburb $1,531 · AU median suburb $1,562West End (Townsville - Qld) $1,402
Percentiles rank this suburb against Queensland suburbs that carry the metric — never across states, and never against suburbs where it is missing. Price references are ABS median established-house transfer prices for the Mar 2026 quarter (CC BY 4.0); the suburb figure is a Valuer-General median over a different window, so read the gap as indicative. Income references are the Census 2021 median of the middle suburb in Queensland and nationally, not a household-weighted median.
People & housing
Population
3,891
Median age
40 yrs
Income / person / wk
$921
Household income / wk
$1,402
▼ 8% vs QLD
Median rent / wk
$250
Mortgage / month
$1,430
Who lives here
- Couples with children
- 16%
- −14 pts vs QLD
- Living alone
- 44%
- +20 pts vs QLD
- Unemployment
- 5%
- level with QLD
- In the labour force
- 64%
- +2 pts vs QLD
- Bachelor degree or higher
- 24%
- +3 pts vs QLD
- Earning $1–$499 a week
- 20%
- −4 pts vs QLD
- Earning $2,000+ a week
- 12%
- +1 pts vs QLD
Households for the family mix, residents aged 15+ for work, education and income; unemployment is a share of the labour force. QLD figures weight each suburb by its dwellings or residents. ABS Census 2021 (CC BY 4.0). Withheld for very small populations — under 100 residents, or under 50 dwellings, households or workers for the shares that count those.
Housing stock
1,812 occupied private dwellings
- Separate house 49%
- Flat or apartment 8%
- Semi, terrace & other 43%
QLD: 74% separate houses · 13% flats & apartments
- Owned outright 19%
- Mortgaged 27%
- Rented 50%
- Other & not stated 4%
QLD: 29% owned outright · 34% mortgaged · 33% rented
ABS Census 2021 (CC BY 4.0). Withheld for very small populations — under 100 residents, or under 50 dwellings, households or workers for the shares that count those.
Socio-economic profile
IRSD
Relative Socio-economic Disadvantage
Score 966
Measures relative socio-economic disadvantage only; a higher score means less disadvantage.
Within AustraliaDecile 3 of 10
Within QueenslandDecile 4 of 10
IER
Economic Resources
Score 894
Measures access to economic resources, including income, housing costs and assets.
Within AustraliaDecile 1 of 10
Within QueenslandDecile 1 of 10
IEO
Education and Occupation
Score 998
Measures relative education and occupation characteristics.
Within AustraliaDecile 6 of 10
Within QueenslandDecile 8 of 10
Scores are standardised across Australia to a mean of 1,000 and a standard deviation of 100. Deciles run from 1 (most disadvantaged) to 10 (least disadvantaged).
Source: ABS SEIFA 2021 (CC BY 4.0).
Terrain & hazard exposure
Median elevation
10 m
range 0–138 m
Land below 5 m
10%
0.8% below 2 m
Shares are the proportion of the suburb's land area. Land where Landsat saw water in at least 1% of clear passes since 1987, excluding permanent water and filtered by DEA's confidence layer. Satellites miss flood peaks, so this is a floor, not a risk estimate; dense high-rise cores can still register tower shadow as water. Designated for development control; a designation, not a prediction of fire behaviour. Includes the potential-impact buffer around bushfire prone vegetation. Mapping vintages differ by region (South East Queensland 2017, elsewhere 2014). Elevation is orthometric height from a 30 m model; no hydrology or drainage is modelled. No open statutory flood layer is published for Queensland yet.
Planning & zoning
Listed heritage places
8
State-listed only (Qld Heritage Register)
Zones are grouped into ten families so states compare; the council's own scheme is the authority for any one lot. Listed-place counts follow each state's own list, so they do not compare across states. Queensland has no statewide zoning map — each council publishes its own. Source: Queensland Heritage Register.
Local amenities
Schools
1
Supermarkets
0
Pubs & bars
2
Parks
8
Libraries
0
GP clinics
0
Pharmacies
0
Hospitals
0
Nearest supermarket
0.8 km
Nearest train
1.5 km
Nearest hospital
1.3 km
Distance to coast
2.4 km
NBN
FIXED LINE
Amenity counts via © OpenStreetMap contributors (ODbL) & Geoscience Australia HealthDirect (CC BY 4.0). Distance to coast derived from ABS state boundaries (CC BY 4.0).
Culture & community
- Dominant religion
- No religion · 43%
- Top language at home
- German · 0%
- No religion
- 43%
- Born overseas
- 17%
- English only at home
- 92%
Schools by sector
- Government / Catholic / Indep.
- 1 / 1 / 0
- Primary / Secondary
- 1 / 1
- Nearest secondary
- 1.1 km
School sector & type: ACARA (Australian Curriculum, Assessment and Reporting Authority), School Location dataset.
Local council
- Council (LGA)
- Townsville
- Population
- 206,260 (2025) · +1.1% in a year
- Area / density
- 3,731 km² · 55/km²
- Council medians (2021)
- age 36 · $1,701/wk household income · $305/wk rent
- Council-wide house median (2023-24)
- $456k
- Federal grants
- $6.27M in 2025-26 · $30/resident
- Website
- townsville.qld.gov.au
Council boundaries and the suburb split: ABS ASGS LGA 2024, allocated by 2021 mesh block and weighted by Census 2021 residents. Population: ABS Estimated Resident Population 2025. Medians: ABS Census 2021. House median: ABS Data by Region, established-house transfers across the whole council, financial year 2023-24. Federal grants: Financial Assistance Grants, Dept of Infrastructure. ABS and Dept of Infrastructure data CC BY 4.0; council website from Wikidata (CC0).
Representation
- Federal division
- Herbert
- Federal MP
- Phillip Thompson (LNP)
- Two-party-preferred
- Coalition 63% 2PP
- State electorate
- Townsville
- State MP
- Adam Baillie (LNP)
Where it is in Queensland
View on the full Queensland map →Similar suburbs
Closest demographic & amenity profile, nationally.
Sources: ABS ASGS boundaries (CC BY 4.0); ABS Census 2021 (CC BY 4.0); ACARA School Locations (CC BY 4.0); © OpenStreetMap contributors (ODbL); Australian Electoral Commission (CC BY 4.0); Geoscience Australia 1 Second DEM-S (CC BY 4.0); DEA Water Observations Statistics, Geoscience Australia (CC BY 4.0); Bushfire Prone Area — Queensland series, Queensland Fire Department (CC BY 4.0); Queensland Heritage Register boundaries, Queensland Government (CC BY 4.0); Wikipedia state-member tables (CC BY-SA 4.0). Not financial advice.