Suburb profile
Picnic Bay QLD 4819
Picnic Bay is located in the Townsville region of Queensland, postcode 4819. It has 545 properties across 16 streets. Explore every street in Picnic Bay, its property history, homes for sale and rent, who lives there, and the local agents.
About Picnic Bay
Picnic Bay, QLD 4819, sits in the Townsville region and neighbours Coral Sea, Nelly Bay and West Point. Its 16 streets hold 545 properties, 327 of them houses and 218 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 Picnic 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 Picnic Bay
Warren Heath
$395,000
30-32 Birt Street, Picnic Bay QLD 4819
Warren HeathOffers Over $845,000
53 Wansfell Street, Picnic Bay QLD 4819
Properties in Picnic Bay
30 Birt Street
For sale since Aug 2026 · $395,000
2,023 m² land
23 Hurst Street
Sold Jan 2026 · $560,000
2 bedrooms 1 bathroom 1 car space 607 m² land
53 Wansfell Street
For sale since Sept 2025 · Offers Over $845,000
4 bedrooms 2 bathrooms 2 car spaces 708 m² land
11-19 The Esplanade
Sold July 2025 · $573,000
383 m² land
Local agents in Picnic Bay
Warren Heath
Sales Agent Ray White Townsville
Last 12 months
- Properties sold
- 14
- Median sold price
- $614k
- Median days on market
- 56
Agencies that specialise in Picnic Bay
Streets in Picnic Bay
- Barbarra Street71 properties
- Birt Street34 properties
- Butler Street9 properties
- Cockle Bay Drive4 properties
- Esplanade49 properties
- Granite Street57 properties
- Hobbs Street6 properties
- Hurst Street23 properties
- Magnetic Island Road1 property
- Magnetic Street20 properties
- Picnic Street111 properties
- The Esplanade51 properties
- Wansfell Street50 properties
- West Point Road6 properties
- Widdowson Court13 properties
- Yule Street40 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.