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Suburb profile ·Townsville LGA · QLD ·4816

Cungulla QLD 4816

Cungulla is in Townsville LGA, QLD, postcode 4816, with population 307.

Limited data

Thin-context

The page is still useful for local context, but the evidence stack is too thin for a clean one-page call. Use nearby stronger suburbs or compare mode before treating it as a serious shortlist decision.

What to check

Evidence depth is verify-heavy, so the profile should be treated as provisional. The page is thin enough that nearby alternatives should be checked before shortlisting. Small local population makes the signal set more fragile.

Median house
No local house series
Median rent
$245/wk
Market rent signal
D4 vs AU
Gross yield
Need rent + price
Population
206,260
206K via Townsville LGA · SAL undercount
Schools
No matched school data
Solar
2,897
209 added 12mo · 21MW

Price history

No price history available

Price series isn't recorded for this suburb. Census housing data is shown instead.

Median mortgage · mth$1,200
Median rent · wk$245

Affordability

21%
median weekly rent as a share of gross household income (the 30% rule)
Manageable

Owners with a mortgage repay a median of $1,200/mo, while renters pay about $1,062/mo — owning runs $138/mo higher on these medians.

Household income · yr
$60K
Median rent · wk
$245
Owner mortgage · mo
$1,200

Household income

$60K household · yr-25.1% vs QLD suburb median
Personal
$30K
Family
$74K
Household
$60K
Crime Year ending Apr 2026
10,578
10,578 per 100k
D9 vs AU

Crime

Rate · per 100k10,578
Total incidents10,578· Year ending Apr 2026
  • Assault2,39733%
  • Break And Enter1,51521%
  • Drug Offences2,84240%
  • Fraud4276%

Full data detail

Cungulla QLD — Property Data and Demographics

Cungulla is a sparsely populated locality in Queensland within the Townsville local government area (postcode 4816). With a population of 307, the suburb has an older demographic with a median age of 58. Households earn a median income of $60K per year, with an average household size of 2.1 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 clerical & administrative, technicians & trades, labourers. Employment in the area leans toward education and construction. The top ancestries reported are Australian, English, Scottish.

The median weekly rent is $245 (Census 2021). The median monthly mortgage repayment is $1,200.

The crime rate in the Townsville LGA is higher than average at 10,578 incidents per 100,000 population.

On the investment side, 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.

Market & money
Investment signalsHeuristics
Pop. Growth+1.1%· Stable
Development+0%· Steady
InvestmentQLD
Mortgage · mth$1,200
Rent · wk(Census)$245
Population growth · Townsville LGAABS ERP
Population (2025)206,260
5-year growth+1.2% CAGR
YoY change+1.1%
20012025
Development · Townsville LGAABS Approvals
Approvals (2026)874
Houses754
Units120
YoY change+0%
Employment · Townsville LGASALM
Unemployment (Dec-25)5%
YoY change+1pp
Dec-10Dec-25
Property investors · Postcode 4816ATO
Negatively geared317 (5.9% of filers)
Avg rental loss$6,537/yr
Landlords (rental income)624
Reported capital gains374
People & prosperity
DemographicsCensus 21
Population307
Median age58
Household size2.1
HH income · wk$1,147
Personal income · wk$575
Persons / bedroom0.9
SEIFA indexABS
Advantage (IRSAD)3/10
Education (IEO)2/10
Economic (IER)3/10
Disadvantage (IRSD)2/10
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Sources & freshness
Verify-heavy evidence

Cungulla depends on evidence that should be verified before a decision.

QuickProperty mixes release files, Census baselines, and matched local services on this page. Read the status panel before treating every metric as equally fresh.

PRICE POSTURE
Prices come from release-based suburb series.

QVAS residential dwelling sales aggregated to SA2 and mapped to suburb pages

RENT POSTURE
Rent is falling back to Census, not a market feed.

This gives you directional coverage, but it is weaker than a current rent release.

SERVICE POSTURE
Service coverage is matched locally, not inferred nationally.

Schools, transport, and hospitals are useful as presence signals, but they still have different source cadences.

Data status
Property prices
QGSO Housing Profiles · QVAS residential dwelling sales aggregated to SA2 and mapped to suburb pages
medium stability · automated · every update · quarterly
Missing
Market rent
ABS Census 2021 · Using Census rent fallback
stable source · manual file · snapshot · census-cycle
Verify
Crime
State crime dataset · Year ending Apr 2026 · Area-level release dataset
Available
Schools
ACARA 2025 · No local school matches exposed
stable source · automated · every update · annual
Missing
Hospitals
AIHW · No linked local hospital coverage
medium stability · manual file · snapshot · mixed
Missing
Transport
GTFS feeds · No matched local transport stops
medium stability · manual file · snapshot · mixed
Missing
Population growth
ABS ERP · 2025 · Annual estimate series
stable source · automated · every update · annual
Available
Building approvals
ABS Building Approvals · 2026 · Annual release series
stable source · automated · every update · monthly
Available
Available means a direct local dataset is linked. Verify means coverage exists but freshness or precision is weaker, such as ABS price fallback, Census rent fallback, or low-confidence hospital matching.
Sparse locality note

This page stays indexable because Cungulla is a real locality with enough context to be directionally useful. The tradeoff is that coverage is lighter than a stronger suburb profile, so the read should stay cautious.

WHY IT LOOKS LIGHTER
The page is readable, but the local evidence base is lighter than a mainstream suburb profile.

Treat this as a directional locality brief first, then verify the suburb story against stronger nearby markets or the state hub.

WHAT IS MISSING
Coverage is lighter across school matches, hospital coverage, and transport stops.

Coverage is thinner on school matches, hospital coverage, and transport stops; lean less on this one page and confirm those gaps elsewhere.

BEST NEXT STEP
Use this page to understand the locality shape, then compare outward.

Start here for context, then open compare, the state hub, or larger nearby suburbs before treating this as a complete market decision.

Page status
INDEXED WITH LIGHTER COVERAGE

This page remains visible, but it should be read as a locality brief rather than a full-confidence suburb profile.

HOW TO READ THIS PAGE

This page is useful for direction-setting, not closure. Use it to frame the locality, then confirm the story with compare, stronger nearby suburbs, and the state hub.

Stronger nearby reads

If Cungulla feels too thin on its own, use these nearby suburbs as stronger local reads before making a shortlist decision.

Majors Creek most similar
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pop same · rent +$5/wk

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pop +100 · rent +$5/wk

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Arcadia most similar
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pop -100 · rent +$10/wk

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Cungulla FAQ

Common questions
  1. What LGA is Cungulla in?

    Cungulla is in the Townsville Local Government Area, QLD, postcode 4816. Council-level context for Townsville LGA (suburb mix, population, rent, and price coverage) is available on the QuickProperty LGA page.

  2. What is the typical weekly rent in Cungulla?

    The median weekly rent in Cungulla is $245/wk, based on ABS Census 2021 rent fallback.

  3. Is Cungulla a good investment?

    QuickProperty's investment signals for Cungulla show: Stable, Steady. These are computed from price, rent, income, and population data — not an opaque score.

  4. Where does QuickProperty get its data for Cungulla?

    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.

  5. How often is the Cungulla data updated?

    Property prices update quarterly. RBA macro indicators update with each deploy. Demographics are from Census 2021. School ICSEA scores are from ACARA 2025.