Suburb profile

Broughton QLD 4820

Broughton is located in the Townsville region of Queensland, postcode 4820. It has 373 properties across 53 streets, almost all houses. Explore every street in Broughton, its property history, homes for sale and rent, who lives there, and the local agents.

About Broughton

Broughton, QLD 4820, sits in the Townsville region and neighbours Black Jack, Columbia, Millchester and Mosman Park. Its 53 streets hold 373 properties, 372 of them houses and 1 a unit.

Census figures are for the Dalrymple area, which has 3,754 residents, a median age of 45 and an average household of 2.6 people. Median household income is $1,391 a week, the median mortgage repayment $1,517 a month and the median rent $200 a week. Of 1,255 dwellings, 1,163 are separate houses, 22 semi-detached, 4 flats and 39 other; 554 are owned outright, 417 owned with a mortgage and 126 rented.

Updated October 2026

Who lives in Broughton

  • 3,754Peoplelive in the area
  • 45Median ageyears
  • $1,391Median household incomea week
  • $200Median renta week

Homes by type

  • Houses1,163
  • Townhouses and semis22
  • Flats and apartments4
  • Other39

Household

  • Median mortgage repayment$1,517a month
  • Household size2.6people on average

How homes are held

Owned outright 554Owned with a mortgage 417Rented 126Other 158

Streets in Broughton

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.