Suburb profile

The Gap QLD 4825

The Gap is located in the Outback Queensland region of Queensland, postcode 4825. It has 608 properties across 22 streets. Explore every street in The Gap, its property history, homes for sale and rent, who lives there, and the local agents.

About The Gap

The Gap, QLD 4825, sits in Outback Queensland and neighbours Menzies, Mornington, Pioneer and Townview. Its 22 streets hold 608 properties, 353 of them houses and 255 units.

Census figures are for the Mount Isa area. At the 2021 Census it had 18,317 residents, a median age of 31 and an average household of 2.6 people. Median household income was $2,236 a week, the median mortgage repayment $1,546 a month and the median rent $275 a week. Of 6,328 dwellings, 4,751 were separate houses, 1,004 semi-detached, 267 flats and 262 other; 1,027 were owned outright, 1,897 owned with a mortgage and 2,883 rented.

Updated October 2026

Who lives in The Gap

  • 18,317Peoplelive in the area
  • 31Median ageyears
  • $2,236Median household incomea week
  • $275Median renta week

Homes by type

  • Houses4,751
  • Townhouses and semis1,004
  • Flats and apartments267
  • Other262

Household

  • Median mortgage repayment$1,546a month
  • Household size2.6people on average

How homes are held

Owned outright 1,027Owned with a mortgage 1,897Rented 2,883Other 521

Streets in The Gap

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.