The Dawn
QLD 4570 · Gympie
604 (2021) → 665 est. (2025)
Based on transport, liveability & education. Safety is scored separately below.
The Dawn is a suburb in Gympie, QLD 4570, about 140km from Brisbane CBD. Recent property sales in The Dawn are too limited to report a reliable median price. The suburb has no schools recorded, a transport score of 0/100, and is about 38km inland. The Dawn has an overall score of 23/100, 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 (5.79%), Philippines (1.82%), New Zealand (0.99%), India (0.83%), Scotland (0.83%)
Top languages: Punjabi (0.66%)
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 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 973 (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)
- Jones Hill State SchoolPrimary · Government · 2.6kmICSEA 997
- Mawarra Independent SchoolCombined · Independent · 3kmICSEA 1029
- Monkland State SchoolPrimary · Government · 3.8kmICSEA 918
- One Mile State SchoolPrimary · Government · 5.4kmICSEA 943
- St Patrick's Primary SchoolPrimary · Catholic · 6.4kmICSEA 1040
- St Patrick's CollegeSecondary · Catholic · 6.4kmICSEA 1035
- Gympie South State SchoolPrimary · Government · 6.5kmICSEA 959
- Gympie State High SchoolSecondary · Government · 6.5kmICSEA 957
- Gympie Special SchoolCombined · Government · 6.7kmICSEA 967
- Gympie Central State SchoolPrimary · Government · 6.8kmICSEA 942
- Cooloola Christian CollegeCombined · Independent · 6.9kmICSEA 1019
- Gympie Flexible Learning CentreSecondary · Catholic · 6.9kmICSEA 905
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 The Dawn
Is The Dawn safe?
The Dawn 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 5,175 per 100,000 across all categories.
How far is The Dawn from Brisbane CBD?
The Dawn is about 140.1 km from Brisbane CBD.
What schools are in The Dawn?
The Dawn has 0 schools. Schools are listed factually, not ranked.
What is public transport like in The Dawn?
The Dawn has a transport score of 0/100.