Suburb profile
Palm Island QLD 4816
Palm Island is located in the Townsville region of Queensland, postcode 4816. It has 1,127 properties across 84 streets, almost all houses. Explore every street in Palm Island, its property history, homes for sale and rent, who lives there, and the local agents.
About Palm Island
Palm Island, QLD 4816, sits in the Townsville region and neighbours Coral Sea. Its 84 streets hold 1,127 properties, 1,099 of them houses and 28 units.
At the 2021 Census Palm Island had 2,098 residents, a median age of 26 and an average household of 3.7 people. Median household income was $977 a week, the median mortgage repayment $2,167 a month and the median rent $125 a week. Of 491 dwellings, 427 were separate houses, 3 semi-detached, 40 flats and 17 other; 7 were owned outright, none were owned with a mortgage and 454 were rented.
Updated October 2026
Who lives in Palm Island
- 2,098Peoplelive in the area
- 26Median ageyears
- $977Median household incomea week
- $125Median renta week
Homes by type
- Houses427
- Townhouses and semis3
- Flats and apartments40
- Other17
Household
- Median mortgage repayment$2,167a month
- Household size3.7people on average
How homes are held
Schools in Palm Island
Bwgcolman Community School
GovernmentPrimary and secondary
St Michael's Catholic School
CatholicPrimary
Bwgcolman Community School
GovernmentPrimary and secondary
Streets in Palm Island
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- Sailor Street16 properties
- Sam Road10 properties
- Sam Street12 properties
- School Lane5 properties
- Serenity Crescent6 properties
- Serenity Road16 properties
- Sibley Lane5 properties
- Small Bay Road1 property
- Solomon Road14 properties
- Stanley Lane25 properties
- Stanley Street28 properties
- Sunai Court3 properties
- Sundowner Ridge Road25 properties
- Sunset Crescent20 properties
- Sunset Road16 properties
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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.