Townsville City, Queensland

Townsville City is a coastal suburb and the central suburb of the city of Townsville, Queensland, Australia. It is the city's central business district. Townsville CBD is a major hub for businesses of all sectors in the Northern Australia region. In the 2016 census, Townsville City had a population of 2,910 people.

Built environment 
The dominant land use in the Townsville CBD is commercial but with a growing residential aspect. Office buildings include Northtown Office Tower, Verde Tower (Queensland State Government), 420 on Flinders (Ergon Energy and National Australia Bank, Central Plaza (Drake International) to name a few.

Geography 
Townsville City is a strip of land along the northern-eastern bank Ross Creek at its mouth at the Coral Sea, thus the suburb is bounded to the north by the Coral Sea and to the south-east by Ross Creek. It is overlooked to the west by Castle Hill. The land is mostly low-lying, just about sea level, apart from Melton Hill () which creates a natural boundary to North Ward to the north-west.

History
In the 2011 census, Townsville City had a population of 2,500 people.

Arts and culture 
The city is home to the Perc Tucker Gallery, Umbrella Studio for Contemporary Arts and plays host to the Northern Australia Festival of Arts and the Northern Fringe Festival annually in the months of July and early August as well as Townsville Eats monthly food festival on the last Friday of every month as well as the Sunday Cotters Markets. Close by is the Civic Theatre in South Townsville which hosts many national and international artists in the fields of dance, music, opera, comedy & drama.

Development
Townsville City is home to many regional offices of government organisations as well as many private companies, serving as a hub for northern Queensland.  There has been extensive construction in the city centre over the last 20 years.  As of 2019 some new projects include Flinders Lane, a new home for the Australian Taxation Office and nearing completion is the Queensland Country Bank Stadium due to open February 29, 2020. In 2020 new projects under construction will include new offices for the Great Barrier Reef Marine Park Authority, a new access stairway to Castle Hill, completion of the Townsville Courthouse upgrade to name a few.

Amenities
CityLibraries Townsville operates a public library in Flinders Street.

Heritage listings

Townsville CBD has a large number of heritage-listed sites.

References

Category:Central business districts in Australia
Category:Suburbs of Townsville
Category:Townsville CBD
Category:Coastline of Queensland