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Arriga QLD 4880

110 addresses · 19 streets

Kennedy Electorate › Mareeba LGA › Arriga · 1401 km from Brisbane

Living Here

Arriga is a suburb of Queensland, home to about 1,323 people, with a median age of 33. The typical household earns around $2,166 a week, with median rent near $266 a week. Most homes are houses. About 62% of households own their home and 24% rent. Most workers drive to work. Common community backgrounds include Ancestry NS, Australian, English. On the ABS socio-economic scale it sits in decile 4 of 10 nationally — a mid-range area.

1,323Population
33Median age
$2,166Median household income / wk
$266Median rent / wk
2.9Avg household

Over time — Census 2001 → 2021

Dashed line: district figures for the Tablelands statistical area (SA2), the smallest area the ABS published before 2011. Solid line: Arriga itself.

Getting Around & Local Services

Getting around. Airport: Mareeba Airport, 10.3 km east.

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Socio-economic Standing

🙁Below average · 4/10
Economic resources4/10
Education & jobs5/10

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: 41.4% share of land under canopy · satellite map, 2020

Where the trees are in Arriga

Green: 10 m cells where trees dominate, satellite 2021. Blue: water. The line is the suburb boundary.

Tree cover measures, Arriga QLD
Canopy share, 1 m canopy height map, 202041.4%
Land with trees, 10 m satellite map, 202148.2%

Demographics

Unemployment 1.8% · Labour-force participation 8.6%

Population by age in Arriga
Population by age, Arriga QLD (ABS Census 2021)
0-46
5-1419
15-1956
20-24169
25-34449
35-44310
45-54205
55-6469
65-7425
75-8411
85+0
Dwelling types in Arriga
Dwelling types, Arriga QLD (ABS Census 2021)
House55
Townhouse0
Apartment0
Other0
Households by weekly income in Arriga
Households by weekly income, Arriga QLD (ABS Census 2021)
<$6500
$650-1,4998
$1,500-2,99932
$3,000+13
Top ancestries in Arriga
Top ancestries, Arriga QLD (ABS Census 2021)
Ancestry NS1,156
Australian56
English43
Italian41
Other41
Irish15
Housing tenure in Arriga
Housing tenure, Arriga QLD (ABS Census 2021)
Owned24
Mortgage12
Rented14
Other8
Cars per household in Arriga
Cars per household, Arriga QLD (ABS Census 2021)
00
19
222
315
4+15
Commute to work in Arriga
Commute to work, Arriga QLD (ABS Census 2021)
Car65
Train0
Bus0
Tram/ferry0
Walked6
Bicycle0
Home27
Top countries of birth in Arriga
Top countries of birth, Arriga QLD (ABS Census 2021)
New Zealand16
Papua New Guinea9
England6
Italy6
China5
India5
Languages used at home in Arriga
Languages used at home, Arriga QLD (ABS Census 2021)
Italian12
Afrikaans9
Mandarin5

Birds & Wildlife Nearby

14,864 bird observations recorded near Arriga — most often seen:

Show all 30 birds recorded near Arriga

Sightings reported by observers, not a survey, so the counts show what people record rather than what lives here. Source: Atlas of Living Australia.

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