Ayr
QLD 4807 · Burdekin
8,603 (2021) → 8,765 est. (2025)
Based on transport, liveability & education. Safety is scored separately below.
Ayr is a suburb in Burdekin, QLD 4807, about 1048km from Brisbane CBD. Recent property sales in Ayr are too limited to report a reliable median price. The suburb has 8 schools, a transport score of 0/100, and is about 12km inland. Ayr has an overall score of 27/100, based on transport, liveability and education, plus a separate residential safety score of 89/100.
Demographics
Age distribution
Housing tenure
- Owned
- Mortgage
- Rented
Commute to work
- Car
- Public transport
- Walk/cycle
- Work from home
Top countries of birth: Italy (1.74%), England (1.24%), New Zealand (0.88%), Philippines (0.57%), South Africa (0.5%)
Top languages: Italian (2.12%), Afrikaans (0.33%), Vietnamese (0.27%), Australian Indigenous Languages (0.26%), Greek (0.24%)
Source: ABS Census 2021
Property
Suburb-level sale prices aren't published for QLD. Median weekly rents:
Source: RTA Queensland · Updated Q1 2026
Residential Safety
QLDdoesn't publish crime data at the suburb level. The rates shown are the Burdekin local-government-area average applied to this suburb, so other suburbs in the same LGA share the same figures.
Recorded residential incidents (latest year), with rate per 100,000 residents:
Residential incidents over time
Sum of the five residential categories above — not all recorded crime.
Area crime context
An independent score — crime data quality varies by state, so safety is shown separately and is not part of the overall score.
Source: Queensland Police Service (LGA-level) · Updated 2025
Schools
Average ICSEA of schools within 10km 915 (below the national average of 1000).
In suburb
- Burdekin Catholic High SchoolSecondary · CatholicICSEA 1003
- St Francis Catholic SchoolPrimary · CatholicICSEA 999
- East Ayr State SchoolPrimary · GovernmentICSEA 955
- Burdekin Christian CollegeCombined · IndependentICSEA 942
- Burdekin SchoolCombined · GovernmentICSEA 941
- Ayr State High SchoolSecondary · GovernmentICSEA 923
- Ayr State SchoolPrimary · GovernmentICSEA 766
- Townsville Flexible Learning Centre - Cunningham Street CampusSecondary · Catholic
Nearby (within 10km)
- Kalamia State SchoolPrimary · Government · 5.6kmICSEA 853
- Brandon State SchoolPrimary · Government · 6.2kmICSEA 871
- Maidavale State SchoolPrimary · Government · 6.2km
- Jarvisfield State SchoolPrimary · Government · 6.7kmICSEA 903
- Home Hill State SchoolPrimary · Government · 9.6kmICSEA 910
Source: ACARA 2023
Transport
Source: TfNSW GTFS
Liveability
Amenities within 2–3km
Counted within a short distance of the suburb centre (so nearby facilities count), with the in-boundary count shown beneath.
Source: Bureau of Meteorology · OpenStreetMap
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Frequently asked questions about Ayr
Is Ayr safe?
Ayr has a residential safety score of 89/100, based on residential crime (break-ins, theft from dwellings, vehicle theft, domestic assault and robbery) per resident relative to the NSW median. Its total recorded incident rate is 5,985 per 100,000 across all categories.
How far is Ayr from Brisbane CBD?
Ayr is about 1048.5 km from Brisbane CBD.
What schools are in Ayr?
Ayr has 8 schools, with an average ICSEA of 933 (the national average is 1000). Schools are listed factually, not ranked.
What is public transport like in Ayr?
Ayr has a transport score of 0/100.