Gympie
QLD 4570 · Gympie
11,355 (2021) → 11,675 est. (2025)
Based on transport, liveability & education. Safety is scored separately below.
Gympie is a suburb in Gympie, QLD 4570, about 147km from Brisbane CBD. Recent property sales in Gympie are too limited to report a reliable median price. The suburb has 9 schools, a transport score of 35/100, and is about 40km inland. Gympie has an overall score of 50/100, based on transport, liveability and education, plus a separate residential safety score of 82/100.
Demographics
Age distribution
Housing tenure
- Owned
- Mortgage
- Rented
Commute to work
- Car
- Public transport
- Walk/cycle
- Work from home
Top countries of birth: England (2.67%), New Zealand (2.39%), Philippines (0.78%), India (0.52%), Germany (0.37%)
Top languages: Tagalog (0.36%), Mandarin (0.35%), German (0.24%), Punjabi (0.22%), Malayalam (0.22%)
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 Gympie 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 972 (below the national average of 1000).
In suburb
- St Patrick's Primary SchoolPrimary · CatholicICSEA 1040
- St Patrick's CollegeSecondary · CatholicICSEA 1035
- James Nash State High SchoolSecondary · GovernmentICSEA 969
- Gympie Special SchoolCombined · GovernmentICSEA 967
- Gympie West State SchoolPrimary · GovernmentICSEA 958
- Gympie State High SchoolSecondary · GovernmentICSEA 957
- One Mile State SchoolPrimary · GovernmentICSEA 943
- Gympie Central State SchoolPrimary · GovernmentICSEA 942
- Gympie Flexible Learning CentreSecondary · CatholicICSEA 905
Nearby (within 10km)
- Victory CollegeCombined · Independent · 2.2kmICSEA 1022
- Two Mile State SchoolPrimary · Government · 2.6kmICSEA 921
- Gympie South State SchoolPrimary · Government · 2.7kmICSEA 959
- Cooloola Christian CollegeCombined · Independent · 3kmICSEA 1019
- Monkland State SchoolPrimary · Government · 4kmICSEA 918
- Jones Hill State SchoolPrimary · Government · 5.1kmICSEA 997
- Chatsworth State SchoolPrimary · Government · 6.7kmICSEA 932
- Gympie East State SchoolPrimary · Government · 6.8kmICSEA 982
- Mawarra Independent SchoolCombined · Independent · 9.7kmICSEA 1029
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 Gympie
Is Gympie safe?
Gympie has a residential safety score of 82/100, 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 5,175 per 100,000 across all categories.
How far is Gympie from Brisbane CBD?
Gympie is about 147.5 km from Brisbane CBD.
What schools are in Gympie?
Gympie has 9 schools, with an average ICSEA of 968 (the national average is 1000). Schools are listed factually, not ranked.
What is public transport like in Gympie?
Gympie has a transport score of 35/100.