QLD · Torres Council
Thursday Island, 4875
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Updated
Desirability score
- Green suburb
- High desirability
Suburb profile
Thursday Island anchors everyday life in Torres, a regional mid-sized suburb with its own identity and rhythm. Remote from the metro area in the best sense: quiet streets, big skies and a town that runs on its own timetable. A younger crowd gives the area energy, with plenty of young families in the mix.
Weekends tend to revolve around local favourites: a café, a market run, a walk through town. There is enough green space nearby for walks, picnics and after-school play. The area offers approachable housing costs alongside a lifestyle that still feels complete.
This is a mature, settled pocket where the existing streetscape still defines the local character.
On the desirability index, the suburb sits below average overall, with local dining and lifestyle amenities and schools and education the main drags compared with similar regional towns. Limited access to some essential local services also trimmed the result.
Population
- Population
- 2,805
- Median age
- 30
- Median household income / week
- $2,136
- Dwelling vacancy
- 15%
- Unoccupied private dwellings
- 131 of 875
- Median monthly mortgage
- $1,408
- Employment rate
- 60.6%
- Dwelling mix (houses / semi / flats)
- 68 / 221 / 79
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)
- 131
- Against the person
- 61
- Against property
- 30
- Rate per 1,000 residents
- 46.7
- Person-crime prevalence
- About 1 in 46 residents
- State safety percentile
- 61.8th (lower crime is better)
- Increase (daily rate, partial year)
- +51%
Reported offences are running lower than the same point last year.
Reported offences by period
Most common offence types
- Assault98
- Drug Offences52
- Good Order Offences43
- Other Property Damage33
- Traffic And Related Offences30
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
- 2
- Median school ICSEA (2 schools)
- 830
- Our Lady of the Sacred Heart School WaibenPrimary
- Tagai State CollegeCombined
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
21 nearby amenities within ~1.5 km
- NABBank
- Bbq
- Drinking water
- R&F Self Service StoreLaundry
- Torres Shire Municipal LibraryLibrary
Douglas Street
- Parking (2)
- Picnic Table
- Police
- Thursday Island LPOPost office
- Federal HotelPub
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
Parks & reserves
1 parks and public open space in this suburb
- ANZAC ParkPark
Data sources & freshness
- Parks & reserves — State government + ABS LGA boundaries · Period: current · Updated on site
Socio-economic (SEIFA)
- IRSAD decile (2021)
- 3/10
- IRSD decile (2021)
- 2/10
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
4 state heritage places
- Our Lady of the Sacred Heart ChurchState heritage place
- Quetta Memorial PrecinctState heritage place
- Thursday Island Cemetery (incorporating the Japanese Cemetery & the Grave of the Hon. John Douglas)State heritage place
- Thursday Island Customs HouseState 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
Green cover
- Parks & woodland (OSM)
- 7
- Parks (OSM)
- 2
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 features — OpenStreetMap contributors · Period: current · Updated on site · Weekly refresh
Desirability Index
- Desirability score
- 31.7/100 — Below average
- National rank
- 5014th in Australia
- State rank
- 1163rd in QLD
- Peer rank
- #388 among Country & regional · Established suburbs
- Cohort rank
- #675 among Country & regional suburbs
- Data confidence
- 66%
Data sources & freshness
- Suburb Guide desirability index — Suburb Guide (derived score) · Period: current · Updated on site · Derived from source metrics
Recent changes
- Bbqamenitiesbbq
- Drinking wateramenitiesdrinking_water
- Federal Hotelamenitiespub
- Grand Hotelamenities6 Victoria Parade, Thursday Islandpub
- Jardine Motelamenitiespub
- Ken Brown Memorial Playing Fieldamenitiespitch
- NABamenitiesbank
- Parkingamenitiesparking
- Parkingamenitiesparking
- Picnic Tableamenitiespicnic_table
Data sources & freshness
- OpenStreetMap amenities — OpenStreetMap contributors · Updated on site · Weekly refresh
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Comparable suburbs
Similar population and socio-economic profile elsewhere in Queensland or interstate.