How much does a bathroom renovation cost in Townsville?
Budget fittings put a full Townsville bathroom renovation at $10,800–$21,600; mid-range work costs $21,600–$37,800 and premium finishes $37,800–$59,400, each with the room taken back to the frame and rebuilt with a fresh membrane, new tiles and new fixtures. A small ensuite kept to its existing layout comes in at $16,200–$32,400. Townsville is a city of detached houses rather than apartments, so most bathroom jobs here have easy access and no body corporate to answer to. What moves a quote is whether the house sits on a slab or up on stumps, whether any plumbing moves, and how much you spend on tile and tapware. All prices include GST.
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Detailed Pricing — Bathroom Renovation Cost in Townsville 2026
| Service | Low | Typical | High |
|---|---|---|---|
| Basic renovation (budget fittings) | $10,800total | $16,200 | $21,600 |
| Mid-range renovation | $21,600total | $29,150 | $37,800 |
| Premium renovation | $37,800total | $45,350 | $59,400 |
| Luxury renovation | $59,400total | $70,200 | $86,400 |
| Waterproofing | $755total | $1,500 | $3,775 |
| Tiling, supply and lay (floor + walls) | $3,025total | $5,400 | $8,100 |
| Vanity (supply + install) | $540total | $1,625 | $3,775 |
| Shower screen (frameless) | $865installed | $1,625 | $2,700 |
| Bath (freestanding, installed) | $1,625installed | $3,025 | $5,400 |
| Toilet (supply + install) | $430installed | $755 | $1,300 |
| Heated towel rail | $380installed | $700 | $1,300 |
| Plumbing rough-in | $2,150total | $3,250 | $5,400 |
| Demolition & disposal | $1,075total | $1,950 | $3,250 |
| Ensuite renovation (3–5 m², full strip-out, same layout) | $16,200total | $22,700 | $32,400 |
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What each tier actually includes
Townsville suburbs we cover
North Ward, Hyde Park, Mundingburra, Idalia, Kirwan, Annandale.
Standard main bathroom — full renovation, same layout
Complete strip-out and demolition ($1,075–$3,250), new waterproofing with certificate ($755–$3,775), floor and wall tiling ($3,025–$8,100), new vanity ($540–$3,775), toilet ($430–$1,300), frameless shower screen ($865–$2,700), tapware and mixers, bath replacement or resurfacing, plumbing rough-in ($2,150–$5,400), electrical, and painting and finishing. This is where most Townsville bathrooms land. Keeping the existing layout keeps the plumbing cost down.
Premium bathroom — layout changes, high-end finishes
Everything above, plus: a freestanding bath ($1,625–$5,400 installed), underfloor heating, a custom joinery vanity, a frameless glass shower screen ($865–$2,700), premium floor-to-ceiling porcelain tiles, a heated towel rail ($380–$1,300 installed), a smart toilet, niche shelving, and designer lighting. Relocating plumbing for a new layout adds to the plumbing rough-in ($2,150–$5,400), and structural work to expand the bathroom footprint is priced on top.
Wet room conversion
An increasingly popular option in Townsville, wet rooms eliminate the shower screen by tanking the entire floor. This requires meticulous waterproofing (the entire floor acts as a shower base) and precise falls for drainage. The extra cost over a standard bathroom is mainly in additional waterproofing and tiling labour (on a standard bathroom, waterproofing costs $755–$3,775 and tiling $3,025–$8,100). The result is a spacious, accessible bathroom that works particularly well in compact spaces.
Townsville bathrooms: where prices start, a new shower, and basic to premium
Where Townsville bathroom prices start
The low ends of our Townsville table: a basic renovation with budget fittings from $10,800, a vanity supplied and installed from $540 and a toilet from $430.
A new shower in Townsville
Our Townsville table prices a frameless shower screen at $865–$2,700, waterproofing at $755–$3,775 and floor and wall tiling at $3,025–$8,100; the three together come to $8,525 at the typical prices.
Basic, mid-range or premium in Townsville
A whole renovation is $10,800–$21,600 at the basic level in our Townsville table, $21,600–$37,800 mid-range and $37,800–$59,400 premium. At the typical prices, mid-range is $12,950 more than basic and premium $16,200 more than mid-range.
These answers use the prices in the table on this page.
What Affects Bathroom Renovation Costs in Townsville
Waterproofing in the tropics
Under the National Construction Code all wet areas need waterproofing, and a failed membrane is stripped out and replaced, never patched. Queensland makes waterproofing a QBCC licence class in its own right, and once building work reaches $3,300 the contractor needs the right QBCC licence. Expect $755–$3,775 for the membrane. Townsville's NCC climate zone 1 brings hot, humid summers and warm winters, so a bathroom seldom dries out fully.
Working around the wet
The airport gauge logs 312.4 mm in February, its wettest month, with January close behind on 274.4 mm, while September is the driest at 9.9 mm (BOM averages). Cyclones are a risk from November to April. Even though the work is indoors, skip bins, tile deliveries and rubble crossing the yard all go easier in the dry, and a strip-out booked between May and October will not be left half-finished by a cyclone warning.
On a slab or up on stumps
Plumbing rough-in costs $2,150–$5,400 by itself. Where the house sits on a concrete slab, relocating a toilet or shower drain means cutting and patching concrete; in a house raised on stumps the pipes run underneath, which can make a new layout simpler but may expose tired floor framing that has to be replaced first. Any plumbing or drainage work in Queensland, whatever its value, needs a QBCC-licensed plumber.
Old sheeting and asbestos
Older bathrooms can hide bonded asbestos in wall sheeting and floor underlay. Queensland's guide is that 10 m² is usually only one wall of an average bathroom; a home renovator removing more needs a Queensland Health-approved certificate, while a removal business needs an asbestos removal licence (class A or B). Townsville takes asbestos at the Stuart Waste Facility landfill, double-wrapped, up to 175 kg a load. Strip-out and tip fees on a clean job come to $1,075–$3,250.
Contract, warranty and rentals
Every tier in the table is well above $3,300, so you need a written contract and the QBCC home warranty premium, cover that lasts 6 years and 6 months and stays with the house if it is sold. From mid-range up the job reaches $20,000, a Level 2 contract with the deposit capped at 5%. With 38.3% of Townsville homes rented (ABS 2021 Census), landlords should get firm start and completion dates to keep the gap between tenants short.
Small or budget bathrooms
For a small bathroom or a tight budget, the lowest full-renovation band is $10,800–$21,600: every fixture stays put and the tiles and tapware are standard. Bathroom packages advertised at a single price fit the same pattern, so check their tile allowance and vanity against this table. Resurfacing old tiles or a bath is a different service, not priced here, and it leaves the old membrane in place, so it will not cure a leak.
Fittings and fresh air
You choose the fittings, and they swing the bill: frameless shower glass runs $865–$2,700, a vanity $540–$3,775, a freestanding bath $1,625–$5,400, a toilet $430–$1,300, and floor-and-wall tiling $3,025–$8,100. January nights average 24.4 °C (BOM averages), so steam lingers; specify an exhaust fan ducted to outside air. A $380–$1,300 earns its place less where July still averages a 25.2 °C top.
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Bathroom Renovation Cost in Townsville by Room Size
The bigger the floor and the more wall that is tiled, the further tiling ($3,025–$8,100), the membrane ($755–$3,775) and the strip-out ($1,075–$3,250) move along their lines. Summed, those three run $4,855–$15,125 in Townsville, before the rough-in, which follows the fixtures rather than the floor area, and before any fittings.
On stumps, pipework is reached from underneath, so shifting a fixture can be simpler, but the old floor framing may need work first; on a slab a moved drain means cutting concrete, whatever the room size. In a hot, humid room that seldom dries out, a fan that clears steam belongs in a small bathroom as much as a large one.
Bathroom Renovation Cost in Townsville: What the Quote Should Include
Townsville's wet season, houses on stumps or slabs and a high share of rentals all leave a mark on a bathroom price, and an itemised quote is where each one can be read. Line by line, it can be checked against the rows on this page before any deposit is paid.
- Strip-out at $1,075–$3,250, naming the tiles, sheeting and fittings removed and how they cross the yard to the skip.
- The membrane at $755–$3,775, with its product named and the extent sealed beyond the shower base.
- For a raised house on stumps, a set rate for replacing worn floor framing if the old floor reveals it.
- Rough-in at $2,150–$5,400, showing which points stay and which are new.
- Tiles by size and finish and the tiled height, for tiling at $3,025–$8,100.
- For a rental, the date the bathroom is back in use, so the next tenancy can start on time.
- A plan for cyclone warnings during the job: how the site is secured and how dates shift.
- Payment stages that follow finished work, with GST shown.
- Ask for their licence number and insurance before the deposit.
Frequently Asked Questions — Bathroom Renovation Cost in Townsville
Our Methodology
These are independent estimates from public cost guides, marketplaces and industry rate data, and no tradesperson can influence them, so always get a few quotes. Last reviewed October 2026. Read our full methodology →