Oonoonba
QLD 4811 · Townsville
2,050 (2021) → 2,167 est. (2025)
Based on transport, liveability & education. Safety is scored separately below.
Oonoonba is a suburb in Townsville, QLD 4811, about 1108km from Brisbane CBD. Recent property sales in Oonoonba are too limited to report a reliable median price. The suburb has no schools recorded, a transport score of 0/100, and is a short drive from the coast. Oonoonba has an overall score of 39/100, 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: England (2.1%), New Zealand (2.05%), PNG (1.17%), Philippines (1.17%), South Korea (0.78%)
Top languages: Korean (0.93%), Tagalog (0.59%), Afrikaans (0.44%), Japan (0.44%), Australian Indigenous Languages (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
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 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 955 (below the national average of 1000).
No schools inside the suburb boundary — the schools below are in adjoining suburbs (counted within 10km for the education score).
Nearby (within 10km)
- Oonoonba State SchoolPrimary · Government · 1.4kmICSEA 996
- Tec-NQ - Rosslea CampusSecondary · Independent · 1.9km
- Railway Estate State SchoolPrimary · Government · 2kmICSEA 917
- Townsville State High SchoolSecondary · Government · 2.3kmICSEA 914
- St Margaret Mary's CollegeSecondary · Catholic · 2.4kmICSEA 1024
- Hermit Park State SchoolPrimary · Government · 2.5kmICSEA 1022
- St Joseph's Catholic SchoolPrimary · Catholic · 2.5kmICSEA 1071
- Mundingburra State SchoolPrimary · Government · 2.8kmICSEA 974
- Southern Cross Catholic CollegeCombined · Catholic · 2.9kmICSEA 1047
- Townsville Flexible Learning CentreSecondary · Catholic · 2.9kmICSEA 843
- William Ross State High SchoolSecondary · Government · 3kmICSEA 964
- Townsville West State SchoolPrimary · Government · 3.1kmICSEA 864
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 Oonoonba
Is Oonoonba safe?
Oonoonba 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 Oonoonba from Brisbane CBD?
Oonoonba is about 1107.8 km from Brisbane CBD.
What schools are in Oonoonba?
Oonoonba has 0 schools. Schools are listed factually, not ranked.
What is public transport like in Oonoonba?
Oonoonba has a transport score of 0/100.