QLD · Townsville Council
Cluden, 4811
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Desirability score
- Affordable
- Rural
- Established
- Residential
- Amenities
Suburb profile
In Townsville, Cluden keeps a rural calm, a smaller community with room to breathe and a strong local rhythm. Distance from the capital is noticeable, but the trade-off is space, calm and a community that knows its neighbours. The landscape itself is part of the lifestyle: open paddocks, big skies and room to breathe.
A mature community gives the area a calm, settled social fabric, with families and grandchildren still a visible part of community life. Life here is grounded in local routine rather than big-city choice, and that is part of the charm. Housing remains accessible compared with many parts of the state.
Tree-lined streets and established homes set the tone, with little pressure to reinvent the neighbourhood.
On the desirability index, the suburb sits below average overall, mainly because local dining and lifestyle amenities and schools and education lag similar regional towns, despite relative strength in housing affordability. Limited access to some essential local services also trimmed the result.
Population
- Population
- 413
- Median age
- 48
- Median household income / week
- $1,480
- Dwelling vacancy
- 7.2%
- Unoccupied private dwellings
- 13 of 181
- Median monthly mortgage
- $1,504
- Employment rate
- 64.6%
- Dwelling mix (houses / semi / flats)
- 15 / 0 / 3
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 · Period: 2021 · Updated on site · 2021 Census release
The 2026 Census runs in August 2026; suburb-level updates are expected from mid-2027.
Crime & safety
- Total offences (Jan 2026 to Jul 2026)
- 24
- Against the person
- 5
- Against property
- 14
- Rate per 1,000 residents
- 58.1
- Person-crime prevalence
- About 1 in 83 residents
- State safety percentile
- 74.6th (lower crime is better)
- Decrease (daily rate, partial year)
- -6.1%
Reported offences are running lower than the same point last year.
Reported offences by period
Most common offence types
- Assault115
- Drug Offences77
- Other Property Damage62
- Other Theft (Excl. Unlawful Entry)240
- Unlawful Entry101
Contributes to desirability score · Safety (18%)
Crime rate and year-on-year trend
Data sources & freshness
- QPS Online Crime Map — Queensland Police Service · Period: Jan 2025 to Dec 2025 → Jan 2026 to Jul 2026; Jan 2026 to Jul 2026 · Updated on site · Calendar-year aggregates
Schools & preschools
- Schools & preschools
- 1
- Median school ICSEA
- 791
- Yallorin Yimba Silver Lining SchoolSecondary
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 · Period: 2025 · Updated on site · Annual ACARA release
- School ICSEA scores — Australian Curriculum, Assessment and Reporting Authority · Period: 2025 · Updated on site · Annual ACARA release
Amenities
5 nearby amenities within ~1.5 km
- Edison StreetBus stop
- Watt StreetBus stop
- Evie NetworksEV charging
- Gas
- Weighbridge
Names and addresses from OpenStreetMap. Unnamed venues show as their type (e.g. Cafe).
Contributes to desirability score · Lifestyle (15%)
Food, shopping, recreation and sport (OpenStreetMap)
Data sources & freshness
- OpenStreetMap amenities — OpenStreetMap contributors · Period: current · Updated on site · Weekly refresh
Socio-economic (SEIFA)
- IRSAD decile (2021)
- 2/10
- IRSD decile (2021)
- 3/10
SEIFA indexes from ABS 2021. Decile 10 = most advantaged / least disadvantaged in Australia.
Contributes to desirability score · Community (5%)
Socio-economic advantage (IRSAD decile)
Data sources & freshness
- SEIFA 2021 (IRSAD / IRSD) — Australian Bureau of Statistics · Period: 2021 · Updated on site · 2021 SEIFA release
Heritage
1 state heritage place
- Grandstand, former totalisator building and main entrance gates, Cluden RacecourseState heritage place
Data sources & freshness
- State heritage register — State heritage authority · Period: current · Updated on site
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 · Period: current · Updated on site
Desirability Index
- Desirability score
- 34.1/100 — Below average
- National rank
- 4456th in Australia
- State rank
- 1038th in QLD
- Peer rank
- #230 among Country & regional · Mature suburbs
- Cohort rank
- #580 among Country & regional suburbs
- Data confidence
- 56%
Data sources & freshness
- Suburb Guide desirability index — Suburb Guide (derived score) · Period: current · Updated on site · Derived from source metrics
Recent changes
- Assaultcrime115
- Drug Offencescrime77
- Other Property Damagecrime62
- Other Theft (Excl. Unlawful Entry)crime240
- Unlawful Entrycrime101
- Grandstand, former totalisator building and main entrance gates, Cluden RacecourseheritageState heritage place
- Yallorin Yimba Silver Lining SchoolschoolsSecondary
- Edison Streetamenitiesbus_stop
- Evie Networksamenitiescharging_station
- Gasamenitiesgas
Data sources & freshness
- OpenStreetMap amenities — OpenStreetMap contributors · Updated on site · Weekly refresh
- QPS Online Crime Map — Queensland Police Service · Updated on site · Calendar-year aggregates
- ACARA school locations — Australian Curriculum, Assessment and Reporting Authority · Updated on site · Annual ACARA release
- State heritage register — State heritage authority · Updated on site
More in Townsville Council
Other suburbs in the same local government area.
Comparable suburbs
Similar population and socio-economic profile in other parts of Queensland.