Suburb profile

Erub Island QLD 4875

Erub Island is located in the Outback Queensland region of Queensland, postcode 4875. It has 98 properties across 11 streets, almost all houses. Explore every street in Erub Island, its property history, homes for sale and rent, who lives there, and the local agents.

About Erub Island

Erub Island, QLD 4875, sits in Outback Queensland and neighbours Coral Sea. Its 11 streets hold 98 properties, 96 of them houses and 2 units.

Census figures are for the Torres Strait Islands area. At the 2021 Census it had 4,124 residents, a median age of 27 and an average household of 3.5 people. Median household income was $976 a week, the median mortgage repayment $0 a month and the median rent $130 a week. Of 1,013 dwellings, 955 were separate houses, 32 semi-detached, 5 flats and 5 other; 63 were owned outright, 3 owned with a mortgage and 906 rented.

Updated October 2026

Who lives in Erub Island

  • 4,124Peoplelive in the area
  • 27Median ageyears
  • $976Median household incomea week
  • $130Median renta week

Homes by type

  • Houses955
  • Townhouses and semis32
  • Flats and apartments5
  • Other5

Household

  • Median mortgage repayment$0a month
  • Household size3.5people on average

How homes are held

Owned outright 63Owned with a mortgage 3Rented 906Other 41

Schools in Erub Island

  • Tagai State College - Darnley Island Campus

    GovernmentPrimary

Streets in Erub Island

Neighbouring suburbs

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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.

School details © Australian Curriculum, Assessment and Reporting Authority (ACARA), from the Australian Schools List, licensed under Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 International and modified. ACARA does not endorse Listd.

Area summaries are generated from the national address file and ABS Census data, and checked against those figures before publication.