Welcome to the City of Townsville

Council divisions were reviewed by the Local Government Change Commission in 2019, with the boundary changes commencing at the March 2020 election.

To see if your division has changed, visit the Electoral Commission of Queensland’s website.

A Regulated Parking Permit Scheme will be implemented during Queensland Country Bank Stadium events to ensure residents are still able to park on their streets and to help minimise the impact stadium patrons have on surrounding suburbs.

Townsville Dashboards is a digital platform to access high quality, current data and information about Townsville, informing and enabling the Townsville community and those with an interest in investing in the region.

You can pay your rates a number of ways:

Pay online using your credit card
BPAY
Direct debit
Direct to Council
Australia Post

The Right to Information Act 2009 gives you the right to access and amend information held by public section agencies in QLD.

Find out what you can and can't access!

Registrations are now open for schools and organisations who wish to participate in either or both of the Townsville City and/or the Thuringowa ANZAC Day parades.

Our new Community Engagement platform allows you to have your say on a range of projects and initiatives in our community.

Your feedback will contribute to shaping our city, and guide Council on decision making and planning for the future.

A career with Council offers challenging and rewarding work.

You might be surprised at the range of services the council provides and supports - explore our current available vacancies.

The biennial Percival Portrait Painting Prize is North Queensland’s own portrait competition.

Having begun in 2007, The Percivals is an open competition for artists.

Between 8-29 February 2020, the Animal Care and Adoption Centre are offering a 50% discount off all dogs, puppies, cats and kittens.

Hold your own Neighbour Day event! It can be as big or small as you like. Organise a celebration of your own, work with a group of neighbours, or host an event for the entire street!

We love our libraries and we value your feedback! We’d love to know your views about your library via this short survey. It should take around 3 minutes to complete and will provide valuable information about the role and impact of libraries in the community.

Come along to meet International Best Selling Author Barbara Arrowsmith Young as she talks about her personal and universal journey in The Woman Who Changed Her Brain.

Monday 2 March - 10am. Free - Bookings required.

Facebook, Instagram, Twitter – social media can be a wonderful way to connect with family, friends and work colleagues.

Various dates and library branches.

Free - Bookings required.

Perc Tucker Regional Gallery presents Stanley Wany’s first exhibition in Australia, ‘Inwards’.

Stanley Wany is a multidisciplinary artist whose main focus is writing and drawing graphic novels. His practice also includes experimentation in painting, pen and ink, as well as digital collage.

Exhibition on display from 14 February to 29 March 2020 at Perc Tucker Regional Gallery.

Learn to digitise your organisation’s slides, negatives, photographs, papers and books to conservation standards during this free class.

Free - Bookings required.

Townsville has four botanic gardens: Anderson Gardens, Palmetum, Queens Gardens and Dan Gleeson Gardens and they are a beautiful sight to behold. Visit them today!

We have three library branches and a mobile library so come in and explore your library.

Perc Tucker Regional Gallery is Townsville's premier regional art gallery, offering a dynamic range of local, national and international exhibitions complemented by workshops, talks and a host of other programs.

Street Art as an important factor in creating a vibrant and lively city centre. Contributing to placemaking and urban living transformation.

Council has a range of sports and leisure facilities to suit every taste including boating and fishing locations, pools, cricket, AFL, skateboard parks and more.

The 15-hectare heritage precinct commemorates the military and Aboriginal heritage of the Kissing Point headland through 32 specially commissioned public artworks, extensive interpretive signage and the restoration of significant elements of the Kissing Point Fort complex. Large-scale landscaping works have also opened up the area for public use.

The main aim of Sister City contact is to create friendship and understanding between peoples and to lay a foundation of goodwill and exchange for future generations.

Visit our Sister Cities page for more details.

Image: Hwaseong Fortress, Suwon - Japan

Discover Townsville from its humble beginnings.