Gugu-Badhun Region

Node ID: MPHA4810

Postcode: 4810

Companies: 2  Households: 398

Suburb Coverage: BELGIAN GARDENS (QLD) CAPE CLEVELAND (QLD) CASTLE HILL (QLD) NORTH WARD (QLD) PALLARENDA (QLD) RAILWAY ESTATE (QLD) ROWES BAY (QLD) SHELLY BEACH (QLD) SOUTH TOWNSVILLE (QLD) TOWN COMMON (QLD) TOWNSVILLE (QLD) TOWNSVILLE CITY (QLD) TOWNSVILLE DC (QLD) TOWNSVILLE MC (QLD) WEST END (QLD)

Australian postcode 4810 is centred on Townsville City and inner Townsville, the urban heart of North Queensland, and provides a tropical regional-city lifestyle with access to substantial employment, healthcare, education, shopping and cultural facilities. Townsville’s wider urban area had about 173,700 people at the 2021 Census, with a median age of 35, while the postcode itself includes central and inner-city neighbourhoods rather than representing the whole Townsville region. Living in 4810 puts you close to the Strand, Townsville waterfront, restaurants, shops and civic facilities, with more specialised services available across the wider city, including Townsville University Hospital and major shopping centres. Townsville University Hospital Townsville Shopping Centre The climate is hot and tropical, with warm winters, humid summers and a distinct wet season, and residents need to be comfortable with the possibility of cyclones and very heavy rainfall. Townsville is also a major regional centre for defence, government, education, healthcare, construction, mining and North Queensland commerce, while Magnetic Island and the surrounding coast provide excellent recreational opportunities. Overall, 4810 is more urban and connected than many of the regional postcodes you have been examining, but retains the distinctive tropical North Queensland lifestyle, making it particularly interesting as an example of a regional hub supporting a much larger surrounding distributed population.