Suburb profile
Carstairs QLD 4806
Carstairs is located in the Townsville region of Queensland, postcode 4806. It has 107 properties across 11 streets, almost all houses. Explore every street in Carstairs, its property history, homes for sale and rent, who lives there, and the local agents.
About Carstairs
Carstairs, QLD 4806, sits in the Townsville region and neighbours Home Hill, Inkerman, Mcdesme and Rita Island. Its 11 streets hold 107 properties, all 107 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 Carstairs
- 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
Streets in Carstairs
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.