Cluden is in Townsville LGA, QLD, postcode 4811, with population 413.
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Owners with a mortgage repay a median of $1,504/mo, while renters pay about $1,226/mo — owning runs $278/mo higher on these medians.
Cluden (postcode 4811) is a quiet locality in Queensland within the Townsville local government area. With a population of 413, the suburb has a mature demographic with a median age of 48. Households earn a median income of $77K per year, with an average household size of 2.3 people. Recent annual estimates show population movement staying broadly stable across the broader catchment, with population growth running at +1.1% year-on-year at the LGA level. QLD employment has moved +0.9% year-on-year in the official Jobs and Skills Australia NERO series, which provides the broader jobs backdrop for this suburb. QLD also had 32 Commonwealth-backed major projects under construction, 12 underway, and 50 in planning as at 2 October 2024, which is useful as a broader delivery backdrop rather than a suburb-specific project count. The most common occupations are technicians & trades, community & personal service, labourers. Employment in the area leans toward healthcare and construction. The top ancestries reported are Australian, English, Irish.
The median weekly rent is $283 (Census 2021). The median monthly mortgage repayment is $1,504.
Cluden is served by 1 school, including 1 secondary. The average ICSEA score is 791, which is well below the national average of 1,000. The crime rate in the Townsville LGA is higher than average at 10,578 incidents per 100,000 population.
From an investment perspective, Population growth of +1.1% year-on-year points to stable demand fundamentals. Building approvals have changed +0% year-on-year, indicating steady development activity.
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Cluden is in the Townsville Local Government Area, QLD, postcode 4811. Council-level context for Townsville LGA (suburb mix, population, rent, and price coverage) is available on the QuickProperty LGA page.
The median weekly rent in Cluden is $283/wk, based on ABS Census 2021 rent fallback.
QuickProperty's investment signals for Cluden show: Stable, Steady. These are computed from price, rent, income, and population data — not an opaque score.
Property prices come from state Valuers General offices and ABS Data by Region. Demographics are from ABS Census 2021. School ICSEA scores are from ACARA. Crime statistics are from state police agencies. Transport data is sourced from GTFS feeds.
Property prices update quarterly. RBA macro indicators update with each deploy. Demographics are from Census 2021. School ICSEA scores are from ACARA 2025.