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QLD · Whitsunday Council
Cannonvale, 4802
Est. population · Jun 2025
7,588
Growth (1 yr)
+2.3%
Growth (5 yr)
+13.3%
Median age
37
Median income
$1,639/wk
Employment rate
65.5%
Languages at home
9.1%non-English
Most common: Mandarin, Afrikaans, Punjabi
2021 Census · usual residence
Desirability score
- Green suburb
- National parks
- High desirability
- Education hub
- Café precinct
Suburb profile
Cannonvale is a regional mid-sized suburb in Whitsunday Council, oriented around local life rather than the metro orbit of Brisbane. Regional towns and local services do more of the everyday heavy lifting than the city. Working households and growing families are the backbone of local life, with plenty of young families in the mix.
Weekends tend to revolve around local favourites: a café, a market run, a walk through town. Parks and open space are a real strength relative to many regional towns, easy for walks, sport and weekend downtime. A car helps for most daily errands, though buses still link the suburb further afield.
Housing is expensive relative to much of the state. The area is still finding its shape, with new households arriving and the community evolving year by year.
Desirability sits around average overall, with schools and education the main drag compared with similar regional towns. Limited access to some essential local services also trimmed the result.
At a glance
Cannonvale snapshot
A quick read of housing, growth, livability, and risk
Median rent
$650/wk
Population (ERP)
7,588
+2.3% annual growth
Dwelling vacancy
14.6%
Census unoccupied dwellings
Livability profile
Desirability pillars vs the peer median (50th percentile)
How it compares
Relative standing using percentiles, ranks, and national deciles
Desirability
#14
among Country & regional · Growth area
Safety
85th
percentile in state (higher = safer)
Pop. growth
82nd
percentile in QLD
Advantage (IRSAD)
4/10
national SEIFA decile
School ICSEA
48th
percentile among schools with ICSEA
Population growth
Recent ERP change over 1 and 5 years
Housing mix
Dwelling types from the 2021 Census
Risks & flags
Quick scan — open a section below for full context
Living here
Desirability
Ranks & confidence
- Desirability score
- 49.3/100 — Average
- State standing
- Top 32% of Queensland's suburbs
- National rank
- 2263rd in Australia
- State rank
- 484th in QLD
- Peer rank
- #14 among Country & regional · Growth area suburbs
- Cohort rank
- #161 among Country & regional suburbs
- Data confidence
- 77%
Data sources & freshness
- Suburb Guide desirability index — Suburb Guide (derived) · current · Updated
Housing
- All types (Mar 2026)
- $650
Median weekly rent from Queensland RTA rental bond data. Figures can be unreliable where few bonds were lodged in the quarter.
Contributes to desirability score · Housing (15%) · Future Growth (7%)
Median price, rental yield and vacancy Recent price momentum
Data sources & freshness
- RTA bond statistics — Residential Tenancies Authority (Queensland) · Mar 2026 · Updated · Quarterly releases
Population
Estimated resident population
7,588(June 2025)
+2.3% annual · +13.3% over 5 years · 82th percentile in QLD
Growth figures & methodology
- Annual growth
- +2.3%
- 5-year growth
- +13.3%
- Change in 1 year
- +170
- Change in 5 years
- +890
- Growth rank in QLD
- 82th percentile
ABS Estimated Resident Population allocated to this suburb from SA2-level data. Not an official ABS suburb count.
Methodology
Figures are allocated from ABS Estimated Resident Population at Statistical Area Level 2 (SA2), using 2021 Census share within overlapping SA2 regions. Where Census data is unavailable, area overlap is used instead.
The dashed chart line is a simple growth-trend estimate to June 2030 (~8,800), extrapolated at +3.0% average annual growth since 2011. It is illustrative only — not an official ABS forecast.
2021 Census figures
2021 Census
- Population
- 6,596
- Median age
- 37
- Median household income / week
- $1,639
- Dwelling vacancy
- 14.6%
- Unoccupied private dwellings
- 424 of 2,909
- Median monthly mortgage
- $1,713
- Employment rate
- 65.5%
- Dwelling mix (houses / semi / flats)
- 1,417 / 310 / 692 (+ 18 other)
Contributes to desirability score · Community (5%)
Employment, household income and age diversity (2021 Census)
Data sources & freshness
- 2021 Census — General Community Profile — Australian Bureau of Statistics · Updated
The 2026 Census runs in August 2026; suburb-level updates are expected from mid-2027.
- Estimated Resident Population — Australian Bureau of Statistics · 2025 · Updated · SA2 ERP allocated to suburb boundaries
Community & culture
No 2021 Census cultural diversity data for this suburb yet.
Data sources & freshness
- 2021 Census — General Community Profile — Australian Bureau of Statistics · Updated
The 2026 Census runs in August 2026; suburb-level updates are expected from mid-2027.
Crime & safety
Reported offences are running lower than the same point last year.
Offence counts & rates
- Total offences (Jan 2026 to Aug 2026)
- 601
- Against the person
- 166
- Against property
- 145
- Rate per 1,000 residents
- 79.2
- Person-crime prevalence
- About 1 in 40 residents
- State safety percentile
- 85.1th (lower crime is better)
- Decrease (daily rate, partial year)
- -7.1%
Most common offence types
- Assault95
- Drug Offences286
- Good Order Offences192
- Other Theft (Excl. Unlawful Entry)136
- Traffic And Related Offences167
Contributes to desirability score · Safety (18%)
Crime rate and year-on-year trend
Data sources & freshness
- QPS Online Crime Map — Queensland Police Service · Jan 2025 to Dec 2025 → Jan 2026 to Aug 2026; Jan 2026 to Aug 2026 · Updated · Calendar-year aggregates
Family & Lifestyle
Schools & preschools
- Schools within 2 km
- 2
- Median school ICSEA (2 schools)
- 1,001
- Median ICSEA percentile
- 48th
School list
- Whitsunday Christian CollegeCombined · Independent · ICSEA 1015 · 54th percentile · LBOTE 11% · 421 students · Top SEA quarter 12% · 1.5 km awayView on My School →
- Cannonvale State SchoolPrimary · Government · ICSEA 987 · 41th percentile · LBOTE 11% · 758 students · Top SEA quarter 7% · 1.7 km awayView on My School →
Contributes to desirability score · Education (15%)
School and preschool counts, median school ICSEA
Data sources & freshness
- ACARA school locations — Australian Curriculum, Assessment and Reporting Authority · 2025 · Updated · Annual release
- School ICSEA scores — Australian Curriculum, Assessment and Reporting Authority · 2025 · Updated · Annual release
Childcare
1 childcare service from OpenStreetMap
- 121 Childcare Centrekindergarten
Contributes to desirability score · Education (15%)
Childcare centre count
Data sources & freshness
- Childcare services — OpenStreetMap · current · Updated
Amenities
126 nearby amenities within ~1.5 km
1 restaurants · 1 cafes · 1 fast food · 1 bakeries · 1 libraries · 3 playgrounds · 3 swimming pools · 4 petrol stations
Local character & venue list
Local character
- Limited walkable amenities nearby
- Great for outdoor family life — 56 parks mapped in suburb, 3 playgrounds nearby
- Reasonable bus and transport access — 12 public transport stops
- Strong local sport and recreation — 8 sport and outdoor facilities nearby
- Walkability proxy
- 26/100
- Cafés per 1,000 residents
- 0.15
- Food & drink per 1,000 residents
- 0.61
- Parks per 1,000 residents
- 8.49
Food & drink(4)
- Artisan BakehouseBakery
121 Proserpine Shute Harbour Road
- The Betterbody CafeCafe
14 Paluma Road
- McDonald'sFast food
- Banjo'sRestaurant
Community(4)
- 121 Childcare CentreKindergarten
- Cannonvale LibraryLibrary
- School
1-11 Abell Road
- Whitsunday Christian CollegeSchool
26 Paluma Road
Sport & outdoors(45)
- Gym
- Macarthur Drive ParkPark
- Park (34)
- Tropic ParkPark
- Picnic area
- Playground (3)
- Sports field
- Swimming pool (3)
Transport(12)
12 bus stops
Other(39)
- Bbq (5)
- RepcoCar Parts
- Supercheap AutoCar Parts
- Airlie Auto Electrics&MechanicalCar repair
- Cannonvale Auto RepairsCar repair
- Car wash
- Carwash WhitsundaysCar wash
11 Shuteharbour Road
- BIG 4 Adventure Whitsunday ResortCaravan Site
25- 29 Shute Harbour Road
- TAFE Queensland Whitsundays CampusCollege
- Bunnings WarehouseDoityourself
- Garden
- Parkwood B&BGuest House
- Beach Court Holiday VillasHotel
- Blue Water VillasHotel
- Delor Vue ApartmentsHotel
- Hazelwood Gardens IIIHotel
- Hotel (2)
- Reef Gateway HotelHotel
- Sailz WhitsundayHotel
- TranquileHotel
- Whitsunday MewsHotel
- Whitsunday Royal Palms Lifestyle VillasHotel
- Whitsundays Rainforest RetreatHotel
- Miniature Golf
- Paradise Court Holiday UnitMotel
- AnacondaOutdoor
- BCFOutdoor
- Parking (12)
- Liberty FuelPetrol station
- Metro FuelPetrol station
- UnitedPetrol station
- Woolworths PetrolPetrol station
- Cannonvale Post OfficePost office
16 Paluma Road
- Cartridge Universe WhitsundayPrinter Ink
Unit 8 37 Stewart Drive, Cannonvale
- Public toilets
- Sanitary Dump Station
- Shelter (7)
- Water Slide ParkWater Park
- Animal ParkZoo
Names and addresses from OpenStreetMap. Unnamed venues show as their type (e.g. Cafe). Transport stops are summarised by type rather than listed individually.
Contributes to desirability score · Lifestyle (15%)
Food, shopping, recreation and sport (OpenStreetMap)
Data sources & freshness
- Local amenity insights — Suburb Guide (derived) · current · Updated
- OpenStreetMap amenities — OpenStreetMap contributors · current · Updated
Parks & reserves
6 parks and public open space in this suburb
- Bicentennial ParkPark
- Cannonvale Beach Foreshore ReservePark
- Lions ParkPark
- Macarthur Drive ParkPark
- Scrubby HillPark
- Tropic ParkPark
Data sources & freshness
- Parks & reserves — State government + ABS LGA boundaries · current · Updated
Green cover
- Parks & woodland (OSM)
- 57
- Parks (OSM)
- 56
OpenStreetMap parks and natural woodland features mapped within the suburb boundary.
Contributes to desirability score · Environment (10%)
Parks and green cover (OpenStreetMap)
Data sources & freshness
- OpenStreetMap green cover — OpenStreetMap contributors · current · Updated
Health access
- Hospitals & GP clinics in suburb
- 3
- Nearest hospital
- Health Care Centre (2.4 km)
- Nearest hospital type
- Hospital
- Nearest hospital emergency
- Emergency department
- Emergency department in suburb
- On site
- Affordable Dental CareDentist
- Health Care CentreHospital
- Whitsunday Family PracticeDoctor
Contributes to desirability score · Accessibility (15%)
Hospitals and GP clinics
Data sources & freshness
- Hospitals & clinics — OpenStreetMap + state health datasets · current · Updated
NDIS participation
- NDIS participants (31 March 2026)
- 115
- Participants per 1,000 residents
- 15.2
Active NDIS participants allocated from NDIA Statistical Area Level 2 (SA2, ASGS 2016) counts to this suburb boundary. Not an official suburb-level NDIS figure · as at 31 March 2026.
For NDIS spend and service-demand exploration by SA2 or postcode, see the Care Sector Demand Map.
Data sources & freshness
- NDIS participants by SA2 — National Disability Insurance Agency · 2026-Q1 · Updated · Quarterly SA2 counts allocated to suburb boundaries
Weather
Typical conditions by season for suburbs in the same ~44 km climate area. Rainfall totals are summed from monthly WorldClim layers; rainy-day counts are approximate.
Summer (Dec–Feb)
- Usual max / min
- 29° / 25°
- Rainfall
- 772 mm · ~90 rainy days
Autumn (Mar–May)
- Usual max / min
- 27° / 22°
- Rainfall
- 599 mm · ~75 rainy days
Winter (Jun–Aug)
- Usual max / min
- 22° / 18°
- Rainfall
- 157 mm · ~20 rainy days
Spring (Sep–Nov)
- Usual max / min
- 26° / 21°
- Rainfall
- 140 mm · ~18 rainy days
Contributes to desirability score · Lifestyle (15%)
Temperature and humidity comfort
Data sources & freshness
- Seasonal climate normals — WorldClim 2.1 · Updated
Future & Planning
Hazards
- Bushfire planning zone
- No overlay at centroid
Bushfire overlay checked at suburb centroid via Queensland Bushfire Prone Area mapping.
Contributes to desirability score · Safety (18%)
Bushfire hazard overlays
Data sources & freshness
- Hazard planning overlays — State government hazard layers · current · Updated
Politics & representation
- Federal electorate
- Dawson
- Member of Parliament
- Andrew WILLCOX (Liberal National Party of Queensland)
- Results from
- 2025 federal election
- Electorate enrolment (2025)
- 117,202
- Turnout (2025)
- 88.2%
- Swing since 2022 (2025)
- -1.4 pp toward Coalition
Two-party preferred (2025)
Coalition 61.8%Labor 38.2%
Estimated suburb voting profile
Estimated from 8 nearby ordinary polling places (up to 68.5 km away).
Coalition 59.9%Labor 40.1%
1.9 percentage points more Labor-leaning than the electorate
Estimated swing since 2022: -2.2 pp toward Coalition
Nearest polling places
- CannonvaleLabor 41.1% · Coalition 58.9% TPP (2025)2.2 km away
- Airlie BeachLabor 36.0% · Coalition 64.0% TPP (2025)4.7 km away
- ProserpineLabor 31.7% · Coalition 68.3% TPP (2025)16.6 km away
- Hamilton IslandLabor 55.1% · Coalition 44.9% TPP (2025)31.3 km away
- BloomsburyLabor 30.7% · Coalition 69.3% TPP (2025)47.2 km away
Federal electorate from AEC federal division boundaries (2025 redistribution). Division-level results are official AEC figures from the latest general election, with by-election updates where applicable. The estimated suburb profile blends up to eight nearest ordinary polling booths in the same electorate using inverse-distance weighting from the suburb centroid — an approximation, not official AEC data. Nearest polling places are shown for reference.
Data sources & freshness
- Federal election results — Australian Electoral Commission · Updated · 2025 election with by-election overlays
Socio-economic
- IRSAD decile (2021)
- 4/10
- IRSD decile (2021)
- 5/10
ABS Socio-Economic Indexes for Areas (SEIFA), 2021 release — the latest available, derived from the 2021 Census. Deciles rank suburbs nationally from 1 (lowest) to 10 (highest).
What do IRSAD and IRSD measure?
IRSAD — Index of Relative Socio-economic Advantage and Disadvantage. Combines indicators of advantage (e.g. high income, skilled occupations) and disadvantage. Higher decile = more advantaged relative to other Australian areas.
IRSD — Index of Relative Socio-economic Disadvantage. Focuses on disadvantage only (e.g. low income, unemployment, limited education). Higher decile = less disadvantage nationally.
A new SEIFA edition typically follows each census; the ABS has not announced a release date beyond 2021.
Contributes to desirability score · Community (5%)
Socio-economic advantage (IRSAD decile)
Data sources & freshness
- SEIFA 2021 (IRSAD / IRSD) — Australian Bureau of Statistics · Updated
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