Alice River QLD 4817

Living Here

Alice River is a suburb of Queensland, home to about 2,685 people, with a median age of 38. The typical household earns around $2,468 a week, with median rent near $415 a week. Most homes are houses. About 92% of households own their home and 7% rent. Most workers drive to work. Common community backgrounds include Australian, English, Scottish. On the ABS socio-economic scale it sits in decile 8 of 10 nationally — a relatively advantaged area.

Over time — Census 2001 → 2021

Dashed line: district figures for the Bohle Plains statistical area (SA2), the smallest area the ABS published before 2011. Solid line: Alice River itself.

Getting Around & Local Services

• 1 park

  • Rupertswood Park
• 1 hospital

  • Kirwan Health Campus
• 1 service station

  • Ampol

Getting around. Airport: RAAF Base Townsville;Townsville Airport, 19.2 km north-east.

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Socio-economic Standing

Greenery

🌳 Tree canopy: 57.2% satellite estimate · 2021

Demographics

Unemployment 3.5% · Labour-force participation 73.7%

Birds & Wildlife Nearby

1,280 bird observations recorded near Alice River — most often seen:

• Peaceful Dove (65)
• Black Kite (64)
• Masked Lapwing (63)
• Rainbow Lorikeet (60)
• Magpie-lark (56)
• Yellow Honeyeater (51)
• Rainbow Bee-eater (49)
• Spangled Drongo (48)
• Australian Magpie (46)
• Pale-headed Rosella (45)
• Great Bowerbird (43)
• Straw-necked Ibis (43)
• Sulphur-crested Cockatoo (43)

Nearby Suburbs

The closest suburbs to Alice River:

• Rangewood (4.7 km)
• Lynam (9.6 km)
• Bohle Plains (10.1 km)
• Gumlow (10.5 km)
• Black River (10.5 km)
• Jensen (10.8 km)
• Deeragun (11.8 km)
• Shaw (12 km)

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