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What it costs to live in Charters Towers, QLD
Charters Towers council area, Queensland. About 12,088 people lived here in 2025. Here's what rent, power, fuel, the pokies and crime look like, and how each one sits against the rest of Queensland.
Rent
$420
A week. That's the median rent on new leases in the June quarter 2026.
Pokies losses
$939
Lost for every adult in a year. That's about the QLD average.
See pokies losses in Charters TowersElectricity
$2,031
A year on the regulated price in the Ergon Energy network area, for 4,748 kWh. That's the price the state's regulator sets for the standing offer. A typical plan here costs $2,031.
See electricity pricesUnleaded petrol
205c
A litre, on average, at 5 stations here over the year to August 2026. That's 15c more than the QLD average.
See when fuel is cheapestCrime police recorded
Offences against the person, 2025–26
Police recorded 337 of these in Charters Towers. That's 2,788 for every 100,000 people, or 1.8 times the QLD average. Five years before, in 2020–21, it was 1,107, so it has gone up 152%.
See each year
| Year | Recorded | Per 100,000 | QLD per 100,000 |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2025–26 | 337 | 2,788 | 1,512 |
| 2024–25 | 319 | 2,639 | 1,562 |
| 2023–24 | 363 | 3,017 | 1,550 |
| 2022–23 | 362 | 3,017 | 1,467 |
| 2021–22 | 281 | 2,347 | 1,273 |
| 2020–21 | 132 | 1,107 | 883 |
| 2019–20 | 96 | 805 | 738 |
| 2018–19 | 159 | 1,337 | 739 |
| 2017–18 | 148 | 1,238 | 737 |
| 2016–17 | 105 | 873 | 706 |
Offences against property, 2025–26
Police recorded 646 of these in Charters Towers. That's 5,344 for every 100,000 people, or about the QLD average. Five years before, in 2020–21, it was 2,349, so it has gone up 128%.
See each year
| Year | Recorded | Per 100,000 | QLD per 100,000 |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2025–26 | 646 | 5,344 | 4,928 |
| 2024–25 | 535 | 4,426 | 4,868 |
| 2023–24 | 518 | 4,306 | 5,204 |
| 2022–23 | 493 | 4,108 | 5,290 |
| 2021–22 | 444 | 3,709 | 4,610 |
| 2020–21 | 280 | 2,349 | 4,154 |
| 2019–20 | 390 | 3,271 | 5,118 |
| 2018–19 | 443 | 3,726 | 5,075 |
| 2017–18 | 394 | 3,296 | 4,887 |
| 2016–17 | 582 | 4,842 | 4,694 |
This is crime that police recorded in the area over a year, July to June. Lots of crime is never reported, and a rise can mean police are looking harder, not just that more crime happened. Each state counts crime its own way, so only compare a council with its own state.
Suburbs in Charters Towers
Who lives in each one, their homes and how they get around.
- Alabama Hill
- Basalt
- Black Jack
- Breddan
- Broughton
- Campaspe
- Charters Towers City
- Columbia
- Dotswood
- Grand Secret
- Greenvale
- Hervey Range (part)
- Homestead
- Llanarth
- Millchester
- Mingela
- Mosman Park
- Paluma (part)
- Pentland
- Queenton
- Ravenswood
- Reid River (part)
- Richmond Hill
- Seventy Mile
- Southern Cross
- Toll
- Towers Hill
- Valley Of Lagoons
Look further
- Rents across Australia: what tenants really pay by suburb and postcode.
- Pokies losses by council: where the most is lost, in four states.
- Fuel prices: the price cycle and the cheapest day to fill up.
- Compare Charters Towers with another area, side by side.
- Look up another area.
Sources: recorded crime, © State of Queensland (Queensland Police Service), Reported offences by LGA, CC BY 4.0; Australian Bureau of Statistics, CC BY 4.0. Population: Australian Bureau of Statistics, Regional population, CC BY 4.0. Pokies losses: the state's gambling regulator (see the pokies page for its credit). Rent: state rental bond data (see the rent pages). Electricity: Regional Queensland notified prices 2026–27: Queensland Competition Authority; retailers' plans under the Consumer Data Right. Fuel: Queensland Government, Fuel Price Reporting, CC BY 4.0.