Suburb profile
Columbia QLD 4820
Columbia is located in the Townsville region of Queensland, postcode 4820. It has 61 properties across 13 streets, almost all houses. Explore every street in Columbia, its property history, homes for sale and rent, who lives there, and the local agents.
About Columbia
Columbia, QLD 4820, sits in the Townsville region and neighbours Breddan, Broughton, Queenton and Richmond Hill. Its 13 streets hold 61 properties, 59 of them houses and 2 units.
Census figures are for the Charters Towers area, which had 8,040 residents, a median age of 40 and an average household of 2.3 people. Median household income was $1,282 a week, the median mortgage repayment $1,127 a month and the median rent $220 a week. Of 2,826 dwellings, 2,428 were separate houses, 329 semi-detached, 9 flats and 55 other; 966 were owned outright, 737 owned with a mortgage and 983 rented.
Updated October 2026
Who lives in Columbia
- 8,040Peoplelive in the area
- 40Median ageyears
- $1,282Median household incomea week
- $220Median renta week
Homes by type
- Houses2,428
- Townhouses and semis329
- Flats and apartments9
- Other55
Household
- Median mortgage repayment$1,127a month
- Household size2.3people on average
How homes are held
Streets in Columbia
- Acacia Vale Road4 properties
- Conrad Street4 properties
- Corinda Avenue3 properties
- Dr George Ellis Drive3 properties
- Flinders Highway4 properties
- Jackson Street11 properties
- Macpherson Street1 property
- Racecourse Road2 properties
- Simpson Street7 properties
- Stevenson Lane1 property
- Streeters Road1 property
- Viola Street4 properties
- Wheelers Road16 properties
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.