Mount Louisa
QLD 4814 · Townsville
9,227 (2021) → 9,836 est. (2025)
Based on transport, liveability & education. Safety is scored separately below.
Mount Louisa is a suburb in Townsville, QLD 4814, about 1114km from Brisbane CBD. Recent property sales in Mount Louisa are too limited to report a reliable median price. The suburb has 2 schools, a transport score of 0/100, and is a short drive from the coast. Mount Louisa has an overall score of 33/100, based on transport, liveability and education, plus a separate residential safety score of 20/100.
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 (1.99%), England (1.9%), Philippines (1.38%), South Africa (1.03%), PNG (0.61%)
Top languages: Tagalog (0.78%), Italian (0.66%), Afrikaans (0.52%), Australian Indigenous Languages (0.46%), Malayalam (0.39%)
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 Townsville 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 948 (below the national average of 1000).
In suburb
- Calvary Christian CollegeCombined · IndependentICSEA 1008
- Eaton CollegeCombined · Independent
Nearby (within 10km)
- Heatley State SchoolPrimary · Government · 2.5kmICSEA 840
- Kirwan State SchoolPrimary · Government · 2.5kmICSEA 942
- Heatley Secondary CollegeSecondary · Government · 2.5kmICSEA 882
- Townsville-Thuringowa Centre for Continuing Secondary EducationSecondary · Government · 2.5km
- The Willows State SchoolPrimary · Government · 3.3kmICSEA 966
- Vincent State SchoolPrimary · Government · 3.4kmICSEA 759
- Kirwan State High SchoolSecondary · Government · 3.5kmICSEA 919
- Ignatius Park CollegeSecondary · Catholic · 3.5kmICSEA 1018
- Townsville Christian CollegeCombined · Independent · 3.5kmICSEA 840
- Indie School, Logan - Thuringowa Central CampusSecondary · Independent · 3.5km
- Holy Spirit Catholic SchoolPrimary · Catholic · 3.6kmICSEA 1018
- Aitkenvale State SchoolPrimary · Government · 3.7kmICSEA 859
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 Mount Louisa
Is Mount Louisa safe?
Mount Louisa has a residential safety score of 20/100, 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 12,813 per 100,000 across all categories.
How far is Mount Louisa from Brisbane CBD?
Mount Louisa is about 1114.0 km from Brisbane CBD.
What schools are in Mount Louisa?
Mount Louisa has 2 schools, with an average ICSEA of 1008 (the national average is 1000). Schools are listed factually, not ranked.
What is public transport like in Mount Louisa?
Mount Louisa has a transport score of 0/100.