Pallarenda QLD 4810

Living Here

Pallarenda is a suburb of Queensland, home to about 778 people, with a median age of 45. The typical household earns around $2,290 a week, with median rent near $320 a week. Most homes are houses. About 77% of households own their home and 22% rent. Most workers drive to work. Common community backgrounds include English, Australian, Irish. On the ABS socio-economic scale it sits in decile 10 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: Pallarenda itself.

Getting Around & Local Services

• 4 parks

  • Pallaranda Park
  • Freemason's Pallarenda Park
  • Walter Nisbet Park
  • Rowes Bay Park
• 6 beaches

  • Cleveland Bay
  • Pallarenda Beach
  • Pallarenda
  • Shelly Cove
  • Rowes Bay
  • Shelly Beach
• 1 Catholic church

  • Sacred Heart Cathedral
• 7 hospitals

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

  • Palmsvets Bayside
  • Bayside Vet Clinic
• 2 golf clubs

  • Rowes Bay Golf Club
  • Magnetic Island Country Club
• 2 electricians

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

  • BIG 4 Rowes Bay Beachfront Holiday Park
  • Seahaven Resort

Getting around. Train station: Townsville, 8.3 km south-east · Bus interchange: Nelly Bay Ferry Terminal, 9.9 km north-east · Airport: RAAF Base Townsville;Townsville Airport, 5.6 km south.

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Socio-economic Standing

Greenery

🌳 Tree canopy: 66.7% satellite estimate · 2021

Demographics

Unemployment 3.7% · Labour-force participation 68.4%

Birds & Wildlife Nearby

140,019 bird observations recorded near Pallarenda — most often seen:

• Rainbow Bee-eater (7,217)
• Peaceful Dove (6,875)
• Australian White Ibis (6,273)
• Masked Lapwing (6,211)
• Brown-backed Honeyeater (5,908)
• Great Egret (5,628)
• Spangled Drongo (5,430)
• Brown Honeyeater (5,416)
• Magpie Goose (4,687)
• Intermediate Egret (4,669)
• Varied Triller (4,665)
• Yellow Honeyeater (4,636)
• Rainbow Lorikeet (4,515)

Nearby Suburbs

The closest suburbs to Pallarenda:

• Town Common (2.5 km)
• Rowes Bay (4.2 km)
• Belgian Gardens (5.5 km)
• Castle Hill (5.9 km)
• North Ward (6.5 km)
• Garbutt (7.1 km)
• Mount St John (7.1 km)
• West End (7.2 km)

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