Suburb profile
Dotswood QLD 4820
Dotswood is located in the Townsville region of Queensland, postcode 4820. It has 36 properties across 14 streets, almost all houses. Explore every street in Dotswood, its property history, homes for sale and rent, who lives there, and the local agents.
About Dotswood
Dotswood, QLD 4820, sits in the Townsville region and neighbours Basalt, Breddan, Granite Vale and Hervey Range. Its 14 streets hold 36 properties, all of them houses.
Census figures are for the Dalrymple area. It had 3,754 residents, a median age of 45 and an average household of 2.6 people. Median household income was $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 were separate houses, 22 semi-detached, 4 flats and 39 other; 554 were owned outright, 417 owned with a mortgage and 126 rented.
Updated October 2026
Who lives in Dotswood
- 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
Streets in Dotswood
- Bivouac Junction Road4 properties
- Brigalow Road1 property
- Burdekin Downs Road5 properties
- Castle Farm Road1 property
- Dotswood Road5 properties
- Fanning Downs Road4 properties
- Flinders Highway4 properties
- Hervey Range Road4 properties
- Kirkland Downs Road1 property
- Lavery Road1 property
- Macrossan Park Road1 property
- Myrtlevale Road1 property
- Pidgeon Box Road2 properties
- Virginia Park Road2 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.