Suburb profile
Alva QLD 4807
Alva is located in the Townsville region of Queensland, postcode 4807. It has 238 properties across 12 streets, almost all houses. Explore every street in Alva, its property history, homes for sale and rent, who lives there, and the local agents.
About Alva
Alva, QLD 4807, sits in the Townsville region and neighbours Ayr, Brandon, Colevale and Airdmillan. Its 12 streets hold 238 properties, all of them houses.
Census figures are for the Burdekin area. It had 7,658 residents, a median age of 47 and an average household of 2.4 people. Median household income was $1,422 a week, the median mortgage repayment $1,200 a month and the median rent $210 a week. Of 2,850 dwellings, 2,710 were separate houses, 62 semi-detached, 5 flats and 48 other; 1,337 were owned outright, 797 owned with a mortgage and 557 rented.
Updated October 2026
Who lives in Alva
- 7,658Peoplelive in the area
- 47Median ageyears
- $1,422Median household incomea week
- $210Median renta week
Homes by type
- Houses2,710
- Townhouses and semis62
- Flats and apartments5
- Other48
Household
- Median mortgage repayment$1,200a month
- Household size2.4people on average
How homes are held
Properties in Alva
Local agents in Alva
Jabyn Manning
Sales Agent and Auctioneer Ray White Townsville
Last 12 months
- Properties sold
- 45
- Median sold price
- $635k
- Median days on market
- 26
Agencies that specialise in Alva
Streets in Alva
Neighbouring suburbs
Addresses and streets incorporate or were developed using G-NAF © Geoscape Australia, licensed by the Commonwealth of Australia under the Open Geo-coded National Address File (G-NAF) End User Licence Agreement.
Population and housing figures are drawn from the Australian Bureau of Statistics, Census of Population and Housing 2021, licensed under Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 International.
Area summaries are generated from the national address file and ABS Census data, and checked against those figures before publication.