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Ross River Postcode
Queensland
Very Remote
4816
Where Ross River ranks: household income sits in the bottom 10% of QLD suburbs.
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
| Postcode | 4816 |
| State | Queensland (QLD) |
| Phone Area Code | 07 |
| Area | 121.3 km² |
| Latitude | -19.5279994 |
| Longitude | 146.8344496 |
| Distance from Brisbane | 1085 km |
| Region (SA4) | Townsville |
| Area (SA3) | Townsville |
| Local Government | Townsville |
| Federal Electorate | Kennedy |
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
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.