Belgian Gardens QLD 4810

Living Here

Belgian Gardens is a suburb of Queensland, home to about 2,073 people, with a median age of 40. The typical household earns around $1,638 a week, with median rent near $283 a week. Most homes are houses. About 56% of households own their home and 43% rent. Most workers drive to work. Common community backgrounds include English, Australian, Irish. On the ABS socio-economic scale it sits in decile 8 of 10 nationally — a relatively advantaged area.

Over time — Census 2001 → 2021

Dashed line: district figures for the Belgian Gardens - Pallarenda statistical area (SA2), the smallest area the ABS published before 2011. Solid line: Belgian Gardens itself.

Getting Around & Local Services

• 16 schools

  • Belgian Gardens State School
  • Townsville Grammar School
  • Townsville Central State School
  • Townsville West State School
  • Garbutt State School
  • Saint Patricks College
  • Saint Josephs School
  • Saint Margaret Marys College
  • Townsville State High School
  • Marian Catholic School

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• 58 cafés & restaurants

  • Mariam's Thai Restaurant
  • Sirens Bayside
  • Kite Cafe
  • Shorehouse
  • Bakehouse on Eyre
  • The Watermark
  • Coffee Works
  • Tide
  • GYO
  • Bubble Shack

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• 5 supermarkets

  • SUPA IGA Garbutt
  • Coles
  • Woolworths
  • Coles
  • Woolworths
• 30 parks

  • Hooper Street Park
  • Soroptimist Park
  • Yarrawonga Park
  • National Servicemen's Memorial Park
  • Harmony Park
  • Norman Park
  • Parade Ground
  • Mick Downey Oval
  • Brigaider North Park
  • Ben Bloom Park

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• 4 beaches

  • The Strand
  • The Strand
  • Rowes Bay
  • Pallarenda
• 1 Catholic church

  • Sacred Heart Cathedral
• 4 pharmacies

  • Cate's Chemist Garbutt
  • Star Discount Chemist
  • Chemist Warehouse
  • Chempro
• 1 dentist

  • Dentist on Paxton
• 2 physiotherapists

  • Wholesome Physiotherapy
  • physioNORTH
• 2 optometrists

  • Virginia Henry
  • BrightEyes
• 7 hospitals

  • Townsville Private Clinic
  • Weststate Private Hospital
  • Mater Women's & Children's Hospital
  • Mater Misericordiae Hospital
  • Mater Private Hospital Townsville
  • Townsville Hospital
  • Kirwan Health Campus
• 4 vets

  • Bayside Vet Clinic
  • Palmsvets Bayside
  • Greencross Vets
  • Greencross Vets
• 1 childcare centre

  • Mike Reynolds Early Childhood Centre
• 2 libraries

  • Citylibraries Flinders Street
  • Citylibraries Aitkenvale
• 3 post offices

  • Australia Post
  • Garbutt East LPO
  • Australia Post
• 11 service stations

  • Shell
  • United
  • Woolworths Petrol
  • Caltex West End
  • Coles Express
  • Shell/Coles Express
  • United
  • Caltex
  • Ampol
  • Ampol Foodary

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• 9 gyms & sports centres

  • MADE Fitness Studio
  • Townsville Sports Reserve
  • Tennis Townsville
  • Townsville Picnic Bay Surf Life Saving Club
  • RAAF Townsville Gymnasium
  • Strand Fitness
  • Strand CrossFit
  • Tobruk Memorial Baths
  • Pitstop Karting
• 4 golf clubs

  • Rowes Bay Golf Club
  • Townsville Golf Club
  • Lavarack Golf Club
  • Magnetic Island Country Club
• 1 playground

  • Soroptimist Park
• 3 bakeries

  • Banjo's Bakery Cafe
  • MM&
  • Brumbies
• 3 butchers

  • North Ward Gourmet Meats
  • Sunvale Meats
  • NQ Game Butchers / Superior Pet Foods
• 2 hardware stores

  • Roofguard
  • Bunnings Warehouse
• 6 hairdressers

  • Just My Barberz
  • Podium Hair and Beauty
  • She Creative Hair
  • Century
  • Lliberte Hair
  • iBarber
• 4 beauty salons

  • Mara Society
  • Artside
  • Leena's Nail and Beauty
  • North Ward Nail & Spa
• 7 mechanics

  • TJM
  • LM motors
  • UltraTune
  • Supreme Panel and Paint
  • Supreme Automotive Centre
  • NCS Automotive Townsville
  • Double D Automotive
• 2 electricians

  • Voltec Services
  • Townsville Electrical and Appliance Repairs
• 34 places to stay

  • BIG 4 Rowes Bay Beachfront Holiday Park
  • Seahaven Resort
  • Aquarius on the Beach
  • Ridgemont
  • Summit
  • Quest Townsville on Eyre
  • Coral Lodge
  • Seaside lodge
  • Town & Country
  • Comfort Inn Robert Towns

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Getting around. Train station: Townsville, 2.9 km south-east · Ferry wharf: Magnetic Island Ferries - Townsville Terminal, 3.7 km east · Airport: RAAF Base Townsville, 3.1 km south-west.

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Socio-economic Standing

Greenery

🌳 Tree canopy: 16.8% satellite estimate · 2021

Demographics

Unemployment 2.8% · Labour-force participation 64.8%

Birds & Wildlife Nearby

74,447 bird observations recorded near Belgian Gardens — most often seen:

• Australian White Ibis (5,029)
• Masked Lapwing (4,092)
• Peaceful Dove (3,950)
• Rainbow Bee-eater (3,682)
• Magpie-lark (3,264)
• Rainbow Lorikeet (3,237)
• White-breasted Woodswallow (3,024)
• Brown Honeyeater (3,016)
• Common Myna (2,783)
• Great Egret (2,767)
• Welcome Swallow (2,698)
• Great Bowerbird (2,607)
• White-gaped Honeyeater (2,263)

Nearby Suburbs

The closest suburbs to Belgian Gardens:

• Castle Hill (0.7 km)
• Rowes Bay (1.3 km)
• North Ward (1.7 km)
• West End (1.9 km)
• Townsville City (2.8 km)
• Garbutt (3.1 km)
• Hyde Park (3.3 km)
• Town Common (3.4 km)

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