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Badu Island QLD 4875

470 addresses · 44 streets

Leichhardt Electorate › Torres Strait Island LGA › Badu Island · 2236 km from Brisbane

Living Here

Badu Island is a suburb of Queensland, home to about 704 people, with a median age of 27. The typical household earns around $885 a week, with median rent near $125 a week. Most homes are houses. About 7% of households own their home and 90% rent. Most workers drive to work. Common community backgrounds include Aboriginal, Ancestry NS, Australian. On the ABS socio-economic scale it sits in decile 1 of 10 nationally — a more disadvantaged area.

704Population
27Median age
$885Median household income / wk
$125Median rent / wk
3.3Avg household

Over time — Census 2011 → 2021

Getting Around & Local Services

Getting around. Airport: Badu Island Airport, 1000 m north-east.

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Socio-economic Standing

😟More disadvantaged · 1/10
Economic resources1/10
Education & jobs1/10

Tree cover

🌳 Tree canopy: 63.1% share of land under canopy · satellite map, 2020

Where the trees are in Badu Island

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

Tree cover measures, Badu Island QLD
Canopy share, 1 m canopy height map, 202063.1%
Land with trees, 10 m satellite map, 202183.9%

Demographics

Unemployment 11.1% · Labour-force participation 43%

Population by age in Badu Island
Population by age, Badu Island QLD (ABS Census 2021)
0-484
5-14157
15-1948
20-2451
25-3488
35-44107
45-5471
55-6461
65-7429
75-849
85+0
Dwelling types in Badu Island
Dwelling types, Badu Island QLD (ABS Census 2021)
House177
Townhouse4
Apartment0
Other0
Households by weekly income in Badu Island
Households by weekly income, Badu Island QLD (ABS Census 2021)
<$65059
$650-1,49971
$1,500-2,99934
$3,000+6
Top ancestries in Badu Island
Top ancestries, Badu Island QLD (ABS Census 2021)
Other623
Aboriginal204
Ancestry NS47
Australian24
English14
Samoan10
Housing tenure in Badu Island
Housing tenure, Badu Island QLD (ABS Census 2021)
Owned14
Mortgage0
Rented169
Other5
Cars per household in Badu Island
Cars per household, Badu Island QLD (ABS Census 2021)
086
167
227
311
4+0
Commute to work in Badu Island
Commute to work, Badu Island QLD (ABS Census 2021)
Car92
Train0
Bus0
Tram/ferry0
Walked53
Bicycle6
Home3
Top countries of birth in Badu Island
Top countries of birth, Badu Island QLD (ABS Census 2021)
Papua New Guinea23
Netherlands6
Languages used at home in Badu Island
Languages used at home, Badu Island QLD (ABS Census 2021)
Australian Indigenous560

Birds & Wildlife Nearby

256 bird observations recorded near Badu Island — most often seen:

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