Suburb profile

Shaw QLD 4818

Shaw is located in the Townsville region of Queensland, postcode 4818. It has 882 properties across 50 streets, almost all houses. Explore every street in Shaw, its property history, homes for sale and rent, who lives there, and the local agents.

About Shaw

Shaw, QLD 4818, sits in the Townsville region and neighbours Bohle, Bohle Plains, Burdell and Cosgrove. Its 50 streets hold 882 properties, 865 of them houses and 17 units.

Census figures are for the Bohle Plains area, which covers the whole suburb. Bohle Plains had 8,515 residents, a median age of 32 and an average household of 2.9 people. Median household income was $2,346 a week, the median mortgage repayment $1,800 a month and the median rent $350 a week. Of 2,877 dwellings, 2,767 were separate houses, 31 semi-detached, 3 flats and 63 other; 581 were owned outright, 1,425 owned with a mortgage and 816 rented.

Updated October 2026

Who lives in Shaw

  • 8,515Peoplelive in the area
  • 32Median ageyears
  • $2,346Median household incomea week
  • $350Median renta week

Homes by type

  • Houses2,767
  • Townhouses and semis31
  • Flats and apartments3
  • Other63

Household

  • Median mortgage repayment$1,800a month
  • Household size2.9people on average

How homes are held

Owned outright 581Owned with a mortgage 1,425Rented 816Other 55

For sale and rent in Shaw

Dakota ClarkeDakota Clarke
Under Offer

$675,000

38 Sunning Street, Shaw QLD 4818

3 bedrooms 2 bathrooms 2 car spaces 595 m² land House

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Dakota ClarkeDakota Clarke

$795,000

5 The Grange, Shaw QLD 4818

4 bedrooms 2 bathrooms 2 car spaces 581 m² land Other

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Dakota ClarkeDakota Clarke

$890,000

6 Woodcote Bend, Shaw QLD 4818

3 bedrooms 2 bathrooms 2 car spaces 640 m² land House

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All 9 homes for sale in Shaw

Properties in Shaw

Schools in Shaw

  • St Benedict's Catholic School

    CatholicPrimary

Local agents in Shaw

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Streets in Shaw

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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.

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