These are Townsville most sought after family suburbs - realestate.com.au (2024)

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GROWING families are increasingly shying away from popular school catchment zones in favour of acreage living.

CoreLogic figures show semirural suburbs have the highest percentage of family households in Townsville.

Alice River tops the list with 92.3 per cent.

Mount Low and Bushland Beach follow at a close second with 89.8 per cent of residents living in a family household, followed by Rangewood (89.3 per cent) and Gumlow (88.6 per cent).

At 87.2 per cent, Annandale was the only city suburb to rank in the Top 10.

Explore Property sales agent Allison Gough said she was not surprised by the result, with more families making the move back to greener pastures.

“People want acreage and Alice River is also in direct line with very good schools such as Ryan Catholic College, Ignatius Park and Holy Spirit,” she said.

“So any property that we have that’s a quarter of an acre or above always gets a lot of interest from buyers.

Ms Gough said Bushland Beach was another commonsense suburb for families.

“This suburb just makes perfect sense as it’s a destination suburb,” she said.

“It’s very quiet and great for families.

“In fact, it’s one of those suburbs where kids still walk to the skate park and are out riding their bikes on the street.

“You don’t see that very often anymore and I think that’s what people enjoy so much about the area.”

On the flip side, CoreLogic figures showed non-family households clearly favoured city and beachside suburbs.

Arcadia on Magnetic Island and Rowes Bay are favoured by 51.2 and 51.1 per cent of non-family households respectively, with South Townsville (49.6 per cent), North Ward (49.4 per cent), Picnic Bay (48.2 per cent) and Townsville CBD (47.2 per cent) also ranking high on the list.

TOP 10 SUBURBS WITH HIGHEST PERCENTAGE OF FAMILY HOUSEHOLD S

(Source: Core Logic)

SUBURB
%

1 Alice River 92.3

2 Mount Low
89.8

3 Bushland Beach
89.8

4 Rangewood
89.3

5 Gumlow
88.6

6 Annandale
87.2

7 Bohle Plains
86.8

8 Bluewater Park
86.1

9 Burdell
85.9

10 Jensen
85.8