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QLD · Gladstone Council
Clinton, 4680
Est. population · Jun 2025
6,633
Growth (1 yr)
+1.1%
Growth (5 yr)
+6.9%
Median age
34
Median income
$1,701/wk
Employment rate
59.8%
Languages at home
7.3%non-English
Most common: Filipino, Tagalog, Afrikaans
2021 Census · usual residence
Desirability score
- Green suburb
- National parks
- High desirability
- Education hub
- Café precinct
Suburb profile
Clinton is a regional mid-sized suburb in Gladstone Council, oriented around local life rather than the metro orbit of Brisbane. Residents are mostly families and working professionals, with plenty of young families in the mix. Local shops, markets and community spots keep everyday life grounded in the town itself.
Outdoor life is easy here, with generous parks and room for kids, dogs and weekend strolls. Residents can rely on buses for getting around locally and across the city. Homes are relatively cheap compared with the wider market, which keeps entry costs lower.
Crime trends have improved of late compared with the previous period. The streetscape feels settled and established, with older homes giving the area a familiar, lived-in look.
The desirability picture is good, powered mainly by local dining and lifestyle amenities, plus schools and education relative to similar regional towns.
At a glance
Clinton snapshot
A quick read of housing, growth, livability, and risk
Median rent
$540/wk
Population (ERP)
6,633
+1.1% annual growth
Dwelling vacancy
9.7%
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
#30
among Country & regional · Established
Safety
67th
percentile in state (higher = safer)
Pop. growth
47th
percentile in QLD
Advantage (IRSAD)
2/10
national SEIFA decile
School ICSEA
36th
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
- 56.8/100 — Good
- State standing
- Top 21% of Queensland's suburbs
- National rank
- 1363rd in Australia
- State rank
- 306th in QLD
- Peer rank
- #30 among Country & regional · Established suburbs
- Cohort rank
- #73 among Country & regional suburbs
- Data confidence
- 77%
Data sources & freshness
- Suburb Guide desirability index — Suburb Guide (derived) · current · Updated
Housing
- All types (Mar 2026)
- $540
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
6,633(June 2025)
+1.1% annual · +6.9% over 5 years · 47th percentile in QLD
Growth figures & methodology
- Annual growth
- +1.1%
- 5-year growth
- +6.9%
- Change in 1 year
- +71
- Change in 5 years
- +429
- Growth rank in QLD
- 47th 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 (~7,350), extrapolated at +2.1% average annual growth since 2011. It is illustrative only — not an official ABS forecast.
2021 Census figures
2021 Census
- Population
- 6,170
- Median age
- 34
- Median household income / week
- $1,701
- Dwelling vacancy
- 9.7%
- Unoccupied private dwellings
- 235 of 2,428
- Median monthly mortgage
- $1,517
- Employment rate
- 59.8%
- Dwelling mix (houses / semi / flats)
- 2,037 / 122 / 30
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)
- 350
- Against the person
- 86
- Against property
- 126
- Rate per 1,000 residents
- 52.8
- Person-crime prevalence
- About 1 in 72 residents
- State safety percentile
- 66.6th (lower crime is better)
- Decrease (daily rate, partial year)
- -12.2%
Most common offence types
- Assault311
- Drug Offences582
- Good Order Offences411
- Other Theft (Excl. Unlawful Entry)600
- Traffic And Related Offences519
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)
- 968.5
- Median ICSEA percentile
- 36th
School list
- St John the Baptist Catholic Primary SchoolPrimary · Catholic · ICSEA 1023 · 57th percentile · LBOTE 11% · 649 students · Top SEA quarter 13% · 0.1 km awayView on My School →
- Clinton State SchoolPrimary · Government · ICSEA 914 · 14th percentile · LBOTE 12% · 703 students · Top SEA quarter 4% · 0.7 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
- Kookaburra Creek KindergartenAnderson Streetkindergarten
Contributes to desirability score · Education (15%)
Childcare centre count
Data sources & freshness
- Childcare services — OpenStreetMap · current · Updated
Amenities
54 nearby amenities within ~1.5 km
1 pubs · 2 supermarkets · 1 pharmacies · 2 fast food · 1 places of worship · 3 playgrounds · 1 sports centres · 1 petrol stations
Local character & venue list
Local character
- A car helps for daily errands
- Great for outdoor family life — 8 parks mapped in suburb, 3 playgrounds nearby
- Strong local sport and recreation — 9 sport and outdoor facilities nearby
- Walkability proxy
- 49/100
- Cafés per 1,000 residents
- 0
- Food & drink per 1,000 residents
- 0.49
- Parks per 1,000 residents
- 1.3
Food & drink(3)
- Fast food
- KFCFast food
- Harvey Road TavernPub
1 Harvey Road
Shopping(3)
- FoodworksSupermarket
- Supermarket
Community(4)
- Cyril Golding HutCommunity centre
Aerodrome Road
- Kookaburra Creek KindergartenKindergarten
28 Anderson Street
- Clinton State SchoolSchool
- Saint John the Baptist Primary SchoolSchool
15 J Hickey Avenue
Health & services(2)
- Gladstone Medical CentreClinic
- Chemist WarehousePharmacy
Sport & outdoors(17)
- Yaralla Fitness CentreGym
- Beaumont ParkPark
153 J Hickey Road
- Beaumont ParkPark
Col Brown Avenue
- Ben Lexcen ParkPark
65 Aramac Drive
- Clinton ParkPark
Anderson Street
- Fairway ParkPark
Fairway Avenue
- Harmony ParkPark
Harmony Drive
- Park ReservePark
2 St Bees Court, Clinton
- Picnic area
- Playground (3)
- Sports centre
- Briffney Creek Touch GroundsSports field
- Marley Brown OvalSports field
- Sports field
- Sports field
Aerodrome Road
Transport(2)
2 bus stops
Other(16)
- Dan Murphy'sAlcohol
2 Harvey Road
- Car repair
- Harvey NormanDepartment Store
- Bunnings WarehouseDoityourself
- Nature Reserve (2)
- BCFOutdoor
220 Dawson Highway
- Long Term ParkingParking
- Parking (6)
- Rental Car ParkingParking
- Short Term ParkingParking
Aerodrome Road
- Port City Pet ShopPet
- BPPetrol station
- St Peter's ClintonPlace of worship
50 J Hickey Avenue
- Shelter (2)
- Pillowtalk ShopYes
- Yes (2)
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
10 parks and public open space in this suburb
- Beaumont ParkPark
- Ben Lexcen ParkPark
- Clinton ParkPark
- Fairway ParkPark
- Harmony ParkPark
- Park or reserveNature reserve
- Park ReservePark
- Seagull ParkPark
Data sources & freshness
- Parks & reserves — State government + ABS LGA boundaries · current · Updated
Green cover
- Parks & woodland (OSM)
- 24
- Parks (OSM)
- 8
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
Places of worship
1 places of worship within ~1.5 km
- St Peter's Clinton
50 J Hickey Avenue
From OpenStreetMap within ~1.5 km of the suburb centre.
Data sources & freshness
- OpenStreetMap amenities — OpenStreetMap contributors · current · Updated
Health access
- Hospitals & GP clinics in suburb
- 2
- Nearest hospital
- Tara Place Family Practice (15.8 km)
- Nearest hospital type
- Hospital
- Nearest hospital emergency
- Emergency department
- Emergency department in suburb
- Not in suburb
- Chemist WarehousePharmacy
- Gladstone Medical CentreClinic
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)
- 267
- Participants per 1,000 residents
- 40.3
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
- 31° / 21°
- Rainfall
- 396 mm · ~50 rainy days
Autumn (Mar–May)
- Usual max / min
- 28° / 17°
- Rainfall
- 198 mm · ~25 rainy days
Winter (Jun–Aug)
- Usual max / min
- 23° / 10°
- Rainfall
- 95 mm · ~12 rainy days
Spring (Sep–Nov)
- Usual max / min
- 28° / 16°
- Rainfall
- 185 mm · ~23 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
- Flynn
- Member of Parliament
- Colin BOYCE (Liberal National Party of Queensland)
- Results from
- 2025 federal election
- Electorate enrolment (2025)
- 117,901
- Turnout (2025)
- 88.6%
- Swing since 2022 (2025)
- -6.4 pp toward Coalition
Two-party preferred (2025)
Coalition 60.2%Labor 39.8%
Estimated suburb voting profile
Estimated from 8 nearby ordinary polling places (up to 9.7 km away).
Coalition 46.0%Labor 54.0%
14.2 percentage points more Labor-leaning than the electorate
Estimated swing since 2022: -7.8 pp toward Coalition
Nearest polling places
- Clinton NorthLabor 54.0% · Coalition 46.0% TPP (2025)0.5 km away
- Clinton SouthLabor 53.5% · Coalition 46.5% TPP (2025)1.0 km away
- West Gladstone SouthLabor 56.5% · Coalition 43.5% TPP (2025)3.1 km away
- West GladstoneLabor 58.3% · Coalition 41.7% TPP (2025)4.2 km away
- Kin KoraLabor 53.2% · Coalition 46.8% TPP (2025)4.6 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)
- 2/10
- IRSD decile (2021)
- 2/10
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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