Suburb profile
Nelly Bay QLD 4819
Nelly Bay is located in the Townsville region of Queensland, postcode 4819. It has 1,623 properties across 44 streets. Explore every street in Nelly Bay, its property history, homes for sale and rent, who lives there, and the local agents.
About Nelly Bay
Nelly Bay, QLD 4819, sits in the Townsville region and neighbours Arcadia, Coral Sea, Picnic Bay and West Point. Its 44 streets hold 1,623 properties, 847 of them houses and 776 units.
Census figures are for Magnetic Island, which covers the whole suburb. At the 2021 Census Magnetic Island had 2,475 residents, a median age of 58 and an average household of 1.9 people. Median household income was $1,001 a week, the median mortgage repayment $1,353 a month and the median rent $290 a week. Of 1,064 dwellings, 879 were separate houses, 97 semi-detached, 63 flats and 12 other; 498 were owned outright, 238 owned with a mortgage and 282 rented.
Updated October 2026
Who lives in Nelly Bay
- 2,475Peoplelive in the area
- 58Median ageyears
- $1,001Median household incomea week
- $290Median renta week
Homes by type
- Houses879
- Townhouses and semis97
- Flats and apartments63
- Other12
Household
- Median mortgage repayment$1,353a month
- Household size1.9people on average
How homes are held
For sale and rent in Nelly Bay
$1,295,000
14/106 Mandalay Avenue, Nelly Bay QLD 4819
$650,000
10/1-3 The Cove, Nelly Bay QLD 4819
$769,000
12 Turnbridge Street, Nelly Bay QLD 4819
Properties in Nelly Bay

14/106-120 Mandalay Avenue
For sale since Sept 2026 · $1,295,000
7 bedrooms 4 bathrooms 2 car spaces 4,282 m² land

10/1-3 The Cove
For sale since Sept 2026 · $650,000
2 bedrooms 2 bathrooms 1 car space 130 m² land

4401/146 Sooning Street
Sold Sept 2026 · $614,000
2 bedrooms 2 bathrooms 1 car space 142 m² land

12 Turnbridge Street
For sale since Sept 2026 · $769,000
6 bedrooms 2 bathrooms 2 car spaces 911 m² land

70 Sooning Street
Sold Sept 2026 · $1,050,000
4 bedrooms 2 bathrooms 3 car spaces 1,292 m² land

2/22 Mango Parkway
For sale since June 2026 · $595,000
2 bedrooms 1 bathroom 1 car space 149 m² land

4208/146 Sooning Street
Sold June 2026 · $725,000
3 bedrooms 2 bathrooms 1 car space 170 m² land

44 Barton Street
Sold Apr 2026 · $930,000
4 bedrooms 2 bathrooms 2 car spaces 1,247 m² land

4401/146 Sooning Street
Sold Sept 2026 · $614,000
2 bedrooms 2 bathrooms 1 car space 142 m² land

70 Sooning Street
Sold Sept 2026 · $1,050,000
4 bedrooms 2 bathrooms 3 car spaces 1,292 m² land

4208/146 Sooning Street
Sold June 2026 · $725,000
3 bedrooms 2 bathrooms 1 car space 170 m² land

44 Barton Street
Sold Apr 2026 · $930,000
4 bedrooms 2 bathrooms 2 car spaces 1,247 m² land

1308/146 Sooning Street
Sold Apr 2026 · $435,000
2 bedrooms 2 bathrooms 1 car space

28 The Grove
Sold Mar 2026 · $980,000
4 bedrooms 2 bathrooms 2 car spaces 1,017 m² land

5/16 Esplanade
Sold Feb 2026 · $420,000
2 bedrooms 1 bathroom 1 car space 80 m² land

4307/146 Sooning Street
Sold Jan 2026 · $550,000
2 bedrooms 2 bathrooms 142 m² land
Schools in Nelly Bay
Magnetic Island State School
GovernmentPrimary
No secondary schools in Nelly Bay.
Local agents in Nelly Bay


Warren Heath
Sales Agent Ray White Townsville
Last 12 months
- Properties sold
- 14
- Median sold price
- $614k
- Median days on market
- 56


MaryAnne Law
Sales Agent Ray White Townsville
Last 12 months
- Properties sold
- 4
- Median sold price
- $435k
- Median days on market
- 120


Dan Ryder
Sales Agent Ray White Townsville
Last 12 months
- Properties sold
- 18
- Median sold price
- $755k
- Median days on market
- 41
Agencies that specialise in Nelly Bay
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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.
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.


