Living in Elliot Springs
Elliot Springs at a Glance
You’ll find room to move and space to grow at Townsville’s newest residential community
Location
- 15 kilometres south-east of Townsville’s CBD
- Located on both sides of the Bruce Highway (city side of Billabong Sanctuary), with views to The Sisters Mountains, Mount Elliot, Mount Jack, Mount Stuart and the Muntalunga Range
Size and population
- 1,609 hectares
- Home to over 26,000 people upon completion around 2057
- Over 10,000 residential dwellings
Educational facilities
- With up to six schools planned, including two high schools, plus childcare centres and community business facilities, local learning will be open to all ages
Shopping and lifestyle
- As the master plan comes to life, the community will blossom with multiple large and small retail offerings throughout the community
- A future town centre is set to showcase as much retail shopping as Townsville’s biggest shopping complex
Open space and recreation
- Over 30 percent of the site reserved for open space
- Extensive network of walking and cycling paths linking local parks, sporting fields, playgrounds, picnic and barbeque areas, as well as a ridge walk, super park and mountain bike tracks
Commercial
- 60-hectare enterprise park (commercial, technology, business service, light industrial)
- 21-hectare retail precincts