Goondi Bend
QLD 4860 · Cassowary Coast
570 (2021) → 577 est. (2025)
Based on transport, liveability & education. Safety is scored separately below.
Goondi Bend is a suburb in Cassowary Coast, QLD 4860, about 1320km from Brisbane CBD. Recent property sales in Goondi Bend 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. Goondi Bend has an overall score of 22/100, based on transport, liveability and education, plus a separate residential safety score of 83/100.
Demographics
Age distribution
Housing tenure
- Owned
- Mortgage
- Rented
Commute to work
- Car
- Public transport
- Walk/cycle
- Work from home
Top countries of birth: PNG (1.93%), New Zealand (1.75%), Philippines (1.58%), Thailand (1.4%), England (1.23%)
Top languages: Punjabi (2.46%), Thai (1.4%), Australian Indigenous Languages (1.23%), French (0.88%), Greek (0.88%)
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 Cassowary Coast 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 889 (below the national average of 1000).
In suburb
- Goondi State SchoolPrimary · GovernmentICSEA 930
Nearby (within 10km)
- Innisfail State SchoolPrimary · Government · 2kmICSEA 755
- Good Counsel CollegeSecondary · Catholic · 2.1kmICSEA 971
- Good Counsel Primary SchoolPrimary · Catholic · 2.2kmICSEA 1003
- Innisfail State College - Diverse Learning CentreCombined · Government · 2.8km
- Innisfail State CollegeSecondary · Government · 3kmICSEA 887
- Darlingia Forest SchoolPrimary · Independent · 3kmICSEA 976
- Innisfail East State SchoolPrimary · Government · 3.1kmICSEA 832
- Radiant Life CollegeCombined · Independent · 3.6kmICSEA 710
- Mundoo State SchoolPrimary · Government · 5.3kmICSEA 898
- Flying Fish Point State SchoolPrimary · Government · 7.3kmICSEA 866
- Mourilyan State SchoolPrimary · Government · 8.2kmICSEA 953
- South Johnstone State SchoolPrimary · Government · 8.3kmICSEA 834
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 Goondi Bend
Is Goondi Bend safe?
Goondi Bend has a residential safety score of 83/100, 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 6,668 per 100,000 across all categories.
How far is Goondi Bend from Brisbane CBD?
Goondi Bend is about 1319.7 km from Brisbane CBD.
What schools are in Goondi Bend?
Goondi Bend has 1 school, with an average ICSEA of 930 (the national average is 1000). Schools are listed factually, not ranked.
What is public transport like in Goondi Bend?
Goondi Bend has a transport score of 0/100.