Scarness
QLD 4655 · Fraser Coast
3,646 (2021) → 3,823 est. (2025)
Based on transport, liveability & education. Safety is scored separately below.
Scarness is a suburb in Fraser Coast, QLD 4655, about 243km from Brisbane CBD. Recent property sales in Scarness are too limited to report a reliable median price. The suburb has no schools recorded, a transport score of 0/100, and is right by the coast. Scarness has an overall score of 41/100, based on transport, liveability and education, plus a separate residential safety score of 89/100.
Demographics
Age distribution
Housing tenure
- Owned
- Mortgage
- Rented
Commute to work
- Car
- Public transport
- Walk/cycle
- Work from home
Top countries of birth: England (4.85%), New Zealand (3.98%), Philippines (1.01%), South Africa (0.77%), Germany (0.69%)
Top languages: Punjabi (0.49%), Afrikaans (0.38%), Mandarin (0.33%), French (0.3%), German (0.27%)
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 Fraser 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 974 (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)
- Hervey Bay Special SchoolCombined · Government · 0.8kmICSEA 959
- Kawungan State SchoolPrimary · Government · 1kmICSEA 981
- Torquay State SchoolPrimary · Government · 1.1kmICSEA 893
- Pialba State SchoolPrimary · Government · 2.3kmICSEA 910
- Hervey Bay State High SchoolSecondary · Government · 2.3kmICSEA 957
- Urangan State High SchoolSecondary · Government · 2.4kmICSEA 965
- Sandy Strait State SchoolPrimary · Government · 2.5kmICSEA 969
- Star of the Sea Catholic SchoolPrimary · Catholic · 2.8kmICSEA 1020
- Fraser Coast Anglican CollegeCombined · Independent · 3.3kmICSEA 1107
- Bayside Christian College Hervey BayCombined · Independent · 4kmICSEA 1022
- St James Lutheran CollegeCombined · Independent · 4.2kmICSEA 1036
- Urangan Point State SchoolPrimary · Government · 4.8kmICSEA 939
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 Scarness
Is Scarness safe?
Scarness has a residential safety score of 89/100, 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 5,606 per 100,000 across all categories.
How far is Scarness from Brisbane CBD?
Scarness is about 243.1 km from Brisbane CBD.
What schools are in Scarness?
Scarness has 0 schools. Schools are listed factually, not ranked.
What is public transport like in Scarness?
Scarness has a transport score of 0/100.