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
For sale and rent in Paluma
Properties in Paluma
Local agents in Paluma


Nick Oats
Sales Consultant Page & Pearce Real Estate
Last 12 months
- Properties sold
- 20
- Median sold price
- $510k
- Median days on market
- 42
Agencies that specialise in Paluma
Streets in Paluma
- Burdekin Road1 property
- Chicks Road5 properties
- Dotswood Road1 property
- Endeavour Battery Road4 properties
- Ewan Road15 properties
- Furber Road12 properties
- Horseshoe Bend Road2 properties
- Hussey Road9 properties
- Kallanda Road1 property
- Laroona Station Road1 property
- Lassie Creek Road1 property
- Lennox Crescent13 properties
- Lookout Road4 properties
- Loop Road5 properties
- Mclennan Road1 property
- Mount Spec Road64 properties
- Mt Spec Road62 properties
- Pine Creek Road2 properties
- Shrimp Battery Road3 properties
- Smith Crescent10 properties
- Valley Road7 properties
- Whalley Crescent4 properties
Neighbouring suburbs
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.

