Queensland · Postcode 4816

Ross River postcode and suburb data

Queensland · Phone area code 07 · 1085 km from Brisbane

Very Remote

Suburb snapshot

Ross River at a glance

Key postcode, Census, SEIFA, school and LGA signals for Ross River.

Quick facts

4816 Postcode See every suburb sharing this postcode
0 People Resident population, Census 2021
Townsville Council area 102 suburbs, 12 postcodes

Where Ross River ranks: household income sits in the bottom 10% of QLD suburbs.

ABS Census 2021 · SEIFA 2021

Ross River is a very remote community in Queensland, with postcode 4816. It lies roughly 1085 km from Brisbane, classified by the ABS as very remote Australia. The area is administered by Townsville.

Ross River is part of the Townsville statistical area in Queensland.

Ross River details

Location, Census, housing, SEIFA and geography fields used across this profile.

Postcode4816
StateQueensland (QLD)
Phone Area Code07
Area121.3 km²
Latitude-19.5279994
Longitude146.8344496
Distance from Brisbane1085 km
Region (SA4)Townsville
Area (SA3)Townsville
Local GovernmentTownsville
Federal ElectorateKennedy
State ElectorateTraeger
Time ZoneAEST (UTC+10), Australia/Brisbane (standard time)

Suburbs Near Ross River

Barringha 4.3 km Toonpan 4.8 km Oak Valley 12.2 km Brookhill 13.1 km Woodstock 13.9 km Calcium 15.9 km Majors Creek 16.1 km Pinnacles 16.1 km Roseneath 17.7 km Kelso 18.9 km Reid River 19.8 km Julago 20.0 km

Same Postcode (4816)

Balgal Beach Barringha Brookhill Buchanan Calcium Carruchan Clemant Crimea Crystal Creek Cungulla Ellerbeck Greenvale Homestead Julago Kennedy Macrossan Majors Creek Malpas-Trenton Maxwelton Mingela Mount Elliot Mutarnee Nelia Nome Palm Island Paluma Pentland Prairie Ravenswood Reid River Rollingstone Savannah Sellheim The Cape Toomulla Toonpan Torrens Creek Woodstock

More Ross River Data

Townsville LGA 102 suburbs, 12 postcodes, 188,838 people Climate & Weather Closest station: Townsville (29.8 km) NDIS Providers NDIS data for Townsville LGA

Page last reviewed . Data sources: Australian Bureau of Statistics 2021 Census (CC BY 4.0), SEIFA 2021 IRSAD, ACARA school profiles 2025. How this data is sourced.