Suburb profile

Halifax QLD 4850

Halifax is located in the Townsville region of Queensland, postcode 4850. It has 447 properties across 34 streets, almost all houses. Explore every street in Halifax, its property history, homes for sale and rent, who lives there, and the local agents.

About Halifax

Halifax, QLD 4850, sits in the Townsville region and neighbours Coral Sea, Cordelia, Lucinda and Macknade. Its 34 streets hold 447 properties, 403 of them houses and 44 units.

Census figures are for Ingham Surrounds, which covers the whole suburb. At the 2021 Census the area had 6,462 residents, a median age of 53 and an average household of 2.2 people. Median household income was $1,245 a week, the median mortgage repayment $1,300 a month and the median rent $200 a week. Of 2,594 dwellings, 2,442 were separate houses, 55 semi-detached, 38 flats and 39 other; 1,370 were owned outright, 613 owned with a mortgage and 455 rented.

Updated October 2026

Who lives in Halifax

  • 6,462Peoplelive in the area
  • 53Median ageyears
  • $1,245Median household incomea week
  • $200Median renta week

Homes by type

  • Houses2,442
  • Townhouses and semis55
  • Flats and apartments38
  • Other39

Household

  • Median mortgage repayment$1,300a month
  • Household size2.2people on average

How homes are held

Owned outright 1,370Owned with a mortgage 613Rented 455Other 156

Schools in Halifax

  • Halifax State School

    GovernmentPrimary

  • St Peter's Catholic School

    CatholicPrimary

Streets in Halifax

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.