Aloomba QLD 4871
449 addresses · 27 streets
Kennedy Electorate › Cairns LGA › Aloomba · 1366 km from Brisbane
Living Here
Aloomba is a suburb of Queensland, home to about 576 people, with a median age of 41. The typical household earns around $1,699 a week, with median rent near $230 a week. Most homes are houses. About 71% of households own their home and 26% rent. Most workers drive to work. Common community backgrounds include English, Australian, Italian. On the ABS socio-economic scale it sits in decile 4 of 10 nationally — a mid-range area.
Over time — Census 2001 → 2021
Dashed line: district figures for the Babinda statistical area (SA2), the smallest area the ABS published before 2011. Solid line: Aloomba itself.
Getting Around & Local Services
1 school
1 hospital
Getting around. Train station: Gordonvale, 7.1 km north-west · Airport: Cairns Airport, 29.5 km north.
Socio-economic Standing
Deciles from 1 (lowest) to 10 (highest), against all Australian suburbs. The overall figure weighs advantage and disadvantage together; economic resources counts income and housing, and education & jobs counts qualifications and occupation. They often differ. Source: ABS SEIFA 2021.
Tree cover
🌳 Tree canopy: 56.7% share of land under canopy · satellite map, 2020

Green: 10 m cells where trees dominate, satellite 2021. Blue: water. The line is the suburb boundary.
| Canopy share, 1 m canopy height map, 2020 | 56.7% |
|---|---|
| Land with trees, 10 m satellite map, 2021 | 63.0% |
Demographics
Unemployment 2.9% · Labour-force participation 68.5%
Population by age in Aloomba
| 0-4 | 30 |
|---|---|
| 5-14 | 94 |
| 15-19 | 44 |
| 20-24 | 27 |
| 25-34 | 52 |
| 35-44 | 77 |
| 45-54 | 80 |
| 55-64 | 82 |
| 65-74 | 68 |
| 75-84 | 26 |
| 85+ | 11 |
Dwelling types in Aloomba
| House | 193 |
|---|---|
| Townhouse | 0 |
| Apartment | 0 |
| Other | 0 |
Households by weekly income in Aloomba
| <$650 | 36 |
|---|---|
| $650-1,499 | 39 |
| $1,500-2,999 | 61 |
| $3,000+ | 26 |
Top ancestries in Aloomba
| English | 230 |
|---|---|
| Australian | 204 |
| Italian | 73 |
| Irish | 71 |
| Scottish | 69 |
| Ancestry NS | 64 |
Housing tenure in Aloomba
| Owned | 76 |
|---|---|
| Mortgage | 56 |
| Rented | 48 |
| Other | 5 |
Cars per household in Aloomba
| 0 | 4 |
|---|---|
| 1 | 46 |
| 2 | 62 |
| 3 | 38 |
| 4+ | 33 |
Commute to work in Aloomba
| Car | 166 |
|---|---|
| Train | 0 |
| Bus | 0 |
| Tram/ferry | 0 |
| Walked | 19 |
| Bicycle | 0 |
| Home | 53 |
Top countries of birth in Aloomba
| England | 10 |
|---|---|
| New Zealand | 7 |
| Netherlands | 5 |
| Scotland | 4 |
| United States | 3 |
Languages used at home in Aloomba
| Thai | 4 |
|---|
Birds & Wildlife Nearby
2,238 bird observations recorded near Aloomba — most often seen:
- Yellow-spotted Honeyeater (131)
- Sulphur-crested Cockatoo (118)
- Rainbow Lorikeet (108)
- Varied Triller (102)
- Spectacled Monarch (96)
- Dusky Honeyeater (85)
- White-breasted Woodswallow (84)
- Macleay's Honeyeater (80)
- Orange-footed Scrubfowl (78)
- Australian Swiftlet (73)
- Forest Kingfisher (73)
- Large-billed Scrubwren (73)
- Magpie-lark (73)
Show all 30 birds recorded near Aloomba
- Yellow-breasted Boatbill (73)
- Australasian Figbird (70)
- Grey Whistler (70)
- Southern Pale-yellow Robin (68)
- Yellow Oriole (68)
- Willie Wagtail (65)
- Mistletoebird (64)
- Victoria's Riflebird (63)
- Masked Lapwing (62)
- Scaly-breasted Lorikeet (62)
- Metallic Starling (60)
- Rainbow Bee-eater (60)
- Laughing Kookaburra (57)
- Black Butcherbird (56)
- Peaceful Dove (56)
- Bar-shouldered Dove (55)
- Superb Fruit-dove (55)
Sightings reported by observers, not a survey, so the counts show what people record rather than what lives here. Source: Atlas of Living Australia.
Nearby Suburbs
The closest suburbs to Aloomba:
- Fishery Falls (7.9 km)
- Gordonvale (8.3 km)
- Green Hill (10.6 km)
- Goldsborough (11.1 km)
- Packers Camp (11.9 km)
- Wrights Creek (13 km)
- Little Mulgrave (14 km)
- Mount Peter (14.4 km)
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Streets
- Anderson Road (50)
- Andrews Street (1)
- Assman Road (11)
- Banna Road (8)
- Barbagallo Road (42)
- Behana Gorge Road (27)
- Bennett Road (23)
- Broughton Road (1)
- Bruce Highway (39)
- Cecil Street (3)
- Cowton Road (16)
- Dalton Road (14)
- Donaldson Road (6)
- Fixter Road (18)
- Hesp Road (6)
- Kenny Road (25)
- Leumann Road (7)
- Mcalloon Road (18)
- Mcnab Road (7)
- Meerawa Road (18)
- Moller Road (35)
- Moss Access (7)
- Moss Street (11)
- Nielsen Street (26)
- Petersen Street (10)
- Pyramid Siding Road (5)
- Vohland Road (15)
