Cawarral
QLD 4702 · Livingstone
831 (2021) → 883 est. (2025)
Based on transport, liveability & education. Safety is scored separately below.
Cawarral is a suburb in Livingstone, QLD 4702, about 525km from Brisbane CBD. Recent property sales in Cawarral are too limited to report a reliable median price. The suburb has 1 school, a transport score of 0/100, and is a short drive from the coast. Cawarral has an overall score of 17/100, based on transport, liveability and education, plus a separate residential safety score of 100/100.
Demographics
Age distribution
Housing tenure
- Owned
- Mortgage
- Rented
Commute to work
- Car
- Public transport
- Walk/cycle
- Work from home
Top countries of birth: New Zealand (2.29%), England (2.05%), Philippines (0.6%), Netherlands (0.48%), India (0.36%)
Top languages: Tagalog (0.6%), Malayalam (0.36%)
Source: ABS Census 2021
Residential Safety
Small population (under 3,000) — crime rates may be volatile due to low sample size.
QLDdoesn't publish crime data at the suburb level. The rates shown are the Livingstone 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 962 (below the national average of 1000).
In suburb
- Cawarral State SchoolPrimary · GovernmentICSEA 956
Nearby (within 10km)
- Carinity Education - Rockhampton - Mount Chalmers CampusSecondary · Independent · 6.2km
- Coowonga State SchoolPrimary · Government · 8.2kmICSEA 969
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 Cawarral
Is Cawarral safe?
Cawarral has a residential safety score of 100/100, 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 4,284 per 100,000 across all categories.
How far is Cawarral from Brisbane CBD?
Cawarral is about 525.2 km from Brisbane CBD.
What schools are in Cawarral?
Cawarral has 1 school, with an average ICSEA of 956 (the national average is 1000). Schools are listed factually, not ranked.
What is public transport like in Cawarral?
Cawarral has a transport score of 0/100.