Millchester
QLD 4820 · Charters Towers
543 (2021) → 545 est. (2025)
Based on transport, liveability & education. Safety is scored separately below.
Millchester is a suburb in Charters Towers, QLD 4820, about 1069km from Brisbane CBD. Recent property sales in Millchester are too limited to report a reliable median price. The suburb has 2 schools, a transport score of 0/100, and is about 107km inland. Millchester has an overall score of 22/100, based on transport, liveability and education, plus a separate residential safety score of 80/100.
Demographics
Age distribution
Housing tenure
- Owned
- Mortgage
- Rented
Commute to work
- Car
- Public transport
- Walk/cycle
- Work from home
Top countries of birth: England (1.66%), New Zealand (1.29%), Philippines (0.74%)
Top languages: Filipino (0.55%)
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 Charters Towers 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 914 (below the national average of 1000).
In suburb
- Charters Towers School of Distance EducationCombined · GovernmentICSEA 952
- Millchester State SchoolPrimary · GovernmentICSEA 897
Nearby (within 10km)
- Charters Towers Central State SchoolPrimary · Government · 2.3kmICSEA 881
- Charters Towers State High SchoolSecondary · Government · 2.6kmICSEA 881
- Columba Catholic College - St Mary's CampusPrimary · Catholic · 2.7km
- All Souls St Gabriels SchoolCombined · Independent · 3.3kmICSEA 946
- Blackheath and Thornburgh CollegeCombined · Independent · 3.5kmICSEA 921
- Columba Catholic CollegeSecondary · Catholic · 3.6kmICSEA 948
- Richmond Hill State SchoolPrimary · Government · 3.8kmICSEA 886
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 Millchester
Is Millchester safe?
Millchester has a residential safety score of 80/100, 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 9,332 per 100,000 across all categories.
How far is Millchester from Brisbane CBD?
Millchester is about 1069.0 km from Brisbane CBD.
What schools are in Millchester?
Millchester has 2 schools, with an average ICSEA of 925 (the national average is 1000). Schools are listed factually, not ranked.
What is public transport like in Millchester?
Millchester has a transport score of 0/100.