The Gap (Mount Isa)
QLD 4825 · Mount Isa
817 (2021) → 789 est. (2025)
Based on transport, liveability & education. Safety is scored separately below.
The Gap (Mount Isa) is a suburb in Mount Isa, QLD 4825, about 1563km from Brisbane CBD. Recent property sales in The Gap (Mount Isa) are too limited to report a reliable median price. The suburb has no schools recorded, a transport score of 0/100, and is about 338km inland. The Gap (Mount Isa) has an overall score of 21/100, based on transport, liveability and education, plus a separate residential safety score of 10/100.
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 (6.12%), Philippines (6%), England (1.47%), South Africa (1.35%), Pakistan (1.1%)
Top languages: Tagalog (2.94%), Australian Indigenous Languages (2.08%), Filipino (1.96%), Urdu (1.71%), Mandarin (0.61%)
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 Mount Isa 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 880 (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)
- Good Shepherd Catholic CollegeSecondary · Catholic · 0.6kmICSEA 973
- Mount Isa Central State SchoolPrimary · Government · 0.8kmICSEA 815
- Spinifex State College - Mount Isa - Senior CampusSecondary · Government · 1.2km
- Townview State SchoolPrimary · Government · 1.2kmICSEA 747
- Mount Isa School of the AirCombined · Government · 1.2kmICSEA 1013
- Mount Isa Special SchoolCombined · Government · 1.4kmICSEA 859
- St Kieran's Catholic SchoolPrimary · Catholic · 1.4kmICSEA 891
- Spinifex State College - Mount Isa Education and Training PrecinctSecondary · Government · 1.6kmICSEA 876
- Spinifex State College - Mount Isa - Junior CampusSecondary · Government · 1.6km
- Healy State SchoolPrimary · Government · 1.8kmICSEA 877
- Mount Isa Flexible Learning CentreSecondary · Catholic · 2kmICSEA 746
- Sunset State SchoolPrimary · Government · 2.2kmICSEA 755
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 Gap (Mount Isa)
Is The Gap (Mount Isa) safe?
The Gap (Mount Isa) has a residential safety score of 10/100, 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 25,501 per 100,000 across all categories.
How far is The Gap (Mount Isa) from Brisbane CBD?
The Gap (Mount Isa) is about 1562.8 km from Brisbane CBD.
What schools are in The Gap (Mount Isa)?
The Gap (Mount Isa) has 0 schools. Schools are listed factually, not ranked.
What is public transport like in The Gap (Mount Isa)?
The Gap (Mount Isa) has a transport score of 0/100.