Town Common, Queensland

Town Common is a coastal suburb in the City of Townsville, Queensland, Australia. It is locally known as "The Common".
Geography.
Town Common is bounded by the Bohle River to the west, by the Coral Sea to the north-west and east, and Townsville Airport (Garbutt) to the south. Most of the land is flat and at sea level with the exception of Mount Marlow towards the north-east which rises to over 200 metres. The land is mostly undeveloped with much of land contained within the Townsville Town Common Conservation Park. The western part of the suburb is floodplain created by a mangrove-lined network of tributaries of the Bohle River.
The developed land is in the south-east of the locality consisting of the Rowes Bay Golf Club in Emmerson Street () and the Garden Settlement Aged Care Village on Cape Pallarenda Road (). The golf course is irrigated with treated waste water from the Mount St John Wastewater Treatment Plant in Mount St John. The aged care village being the only residential part of the suburb is reflected in the median age for the suburb in the 2011 census being 81 years of age.
History.
The wetlands and lowlands of Town Common the result of sand dune formation and water catchment drainage processes including erosion and sedimentation over thousands of years. Town Common was gazetted in 1869 as common land for the people of Townsville (established in 1864). In 1900 part of the wetlands was established as a sanitary reserve. In 1914 a pasturage reserve was established.
In the 2011 census, Town Common had a population of 163 people. 