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What it costs to live in Whitsunday, QLD
Whitsunday council area, Queensland. About 41,374 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
$600
A week. That's the median rent on new leases in the June quarter 2026.
Pokies losses
$1,231
Lost for every adult in a year. That's 1.4 times the QLD average.
See pokies losses in WhitsundayElectricity
$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
189c
A litre, on average, at 18 stations here over the year to August 2026. That's 1c less than the QLD average.
See when fuel is cheapestCrime police recorded
Offences against the person, 2025–26
Police recorded 790 of these in Whitsunday. That's 1,909 for every 100,000 people, or 1.3 times the QLD average. Five years before, in 2020–21, it was 980, so it has gone up 95%.
See each year
| Year | Recorded | Per 100,000 | QLD per 100,000 |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2025–26 | 790 | 1,909 | 1,512 |
| 2024–25 | 947 | 2,289 | 1,562 |
| 2023–24 | 670 | 1,649 | 1,550 |
| 2022–23 | 619 | 1,562 | 1,467 |
| 2021–22 | 540 | 1,406 | 1,273 |
| 2020–21 | 369 | 980 | 883 |
| 2019–20 | 221 | 596 | 738 |
| 2018–19 | 200 | 551 | 739 |
| 2017–18 | 272 | 763 | 737 |
| 2016–17 | 277 | 790 | 706 |
Offences against property, 2025–26
Police recorded 1,886 of these in Whitsunday. That's 4,558 for every 100,000 people, or about the QLD average. Five years before, in 2020–21, it was 3,238, so it has gone up 41%.
See each year
| Year | Recorded | Per 100,000 | QLD per 100,000 |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2025–26 | 1,886 | 4,558 | 4,928 |
| 2024–25 | 1,691 | 4,087 | 4,868 |
| 2023–24 | 1,634 | 4,021 | 5,204 |
| 2022–23 | 1,364 | 3,443 | 5,290 |
| 2021–22 | 1,231 | 3,204 | 4,610 |
| 2020–21 | 1,219 | 3,238 | 4,154 |
| 2019–20 | 1,265 | 3,409 | 5,118 |
| 2018–19 | 1,204 | 3,320 | 5,075 |
| 2017–18 | 1,134 | 3,181 | 4,887 |
| 2016–17 | 1,366 | 3,894 | 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 Whitsunday
Who lives in each one, their homes and how they get around.
- Airlie Beach
- Andromache
- Bogie
- Bowen
- Brandy Creek
- Breadalbane
- Cannon Valley
- Cannonvale
- Cape Conway
- Cape Gloucester
- Collinsville
- Conway
- Conway Beach
- Crystal Brook
- Dingo Beach
- Dittmer
- Flametree
- Foxdale
- Glen Isla
- Goorganga Creek
- Goorganga Plains
- Gregory River (Whitsunday - Qld)
- Gumlu
- Gunyarra
- Guthalungra
- Hamilton Plains
- Hideaway Bay
- Jubilee Pocket
- Kelsey Creek
- Lake Proserpine
- Lethebrook
- Mandalay
- Mount Coolon
- Mount Julian
- Mount Marlow
- Mount Pluto
- Mount Rooper
- Mount Wyatt
- Myrtlevale
- Newlands
- Palm Grove
- Pauls Pocket
- Preston (Whitsunday - Qld)
- Proserpine
- Riordanvale
- Scottville
- Shute Harbour
- Silver Creek
- Springlands
- Strathdickie
- Sugarloaf (Whitsunday - Qld)
- Thoopara
- Whitsundays
- Wilson Beach
- Woodwark
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 Whitsunday 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.