Suburb profile

Paluma QLD 4816

Paluma is located in the Townsville region of Queensland, postcode 4816. It has 227 properties across 22 streets, almost all houses. Explore every street in Paluma, its property history, homes for sale and rent, who lives there, and the local agents.

About Paluma

Paluma, QLD 4816, sits in the Townsville region and neighbours Bambaroo, Basalt, Clemant and Dotswood. Its 22 streets hold 227 properties, all of them houses.

Census figures are for the Dalrymple area, which covers part of the suburb. At the 2021 Census Dalrymple 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 Paluma

  • 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

Owned outright 554Owned with a mortgage 417Rented 126Other 158

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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.

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