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Bamboo Creek QLD 4860

39 addresses · 6 streets

Kennedy Electorate › Cassowary Coast LGA › Bamboo Creek · 1317 km from Brisbane

Living Here

Bamboo Creek is a suburb of Queensland, home to about 88 people, with a median age of 46. The typical household earns around $1,792 a week, with median rent near $100 a week. Most homes are houses. About 83% of households own their home and 17% rent. Most workers drive to work. Common community backgrounds include Australian, Ancestry NS, Italian. On the ABS socio-economic scale it sits in decile 4 of 10 nationally — a mid-range area.

88Population
46Median age
$1,792Median household income / wk
$100Median rent / wk
2.8Avg household

Over time — Census 2001 → 2021

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

Getting Around & Local Services

Getting around. Train station: Innisfail, 4.5 km north-east · Railway halt: Innisfail Mini Rail, 5.5 km north-east · Airport: Innisfail Aerodrome, 2.3 km east.

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Socio-economic Standing

🙁Below average · 4/10
Economic resources6/10
Education & jobs3/10

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: 16% share of land under canopy · satellite map, 2020

Where the trees are in Bamboo Creek

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

Tree cover measures, Bamboo Creek QLD
Canopy share, 1 m canopy height map, 202016.0%
Land with trees, 10 m satellite map, 202140.0%

Demographics

Population by age in Bamboo Creek
Population by age, Bamboo Creek QLD (ABS Census 2021)
0-45
5-1410
15-194
20-249
25-346
35-4410
45-5413
55-6414
65-7413
75-846
85+0
Dwelling types in Bamboo Creek
Dwelling types, Bamboo Creek QLD (ABS Census 2021)
House25
Townhouse0
Apartment0
Other0
Households by weekly income in Bamboo Creek
Households by weekly income, Bamboo Creek QLD (ABS Census 2021)
<$6500
$650-1,4996
$1,500-2,9998
$3,000+0
Top ancestries in Bamboo Creek
Top ancestries, Bamboo Creek QLD (ABS Census 2021)
Australian24
Ancestry NS20
Italian15
Other13
Irish11
Maltese11
Housing tenure in Bamboo Creek
Housing tenure, Bamboo Creek QLD (ABS Census 2021)
Owned13
Mortgage11
Rented5
Other0
Cars per household in Bamboo Creek
Cars per household, Bamboo Creek QLD (ABS Census 2021)
00
110
28
39
4+7
Commute to work in Bamboo Creek
Commute to work, Bamboo Creek QLD (ABS Census 2021)
Car20
Train0
Bus0
Tram/ferry0
Walked8
Bicycle0
Home14
Top countries of birth in Bamboo Creek
Top countries of birth, Bamboo Creek QLD (ABS Census 2021)
India5

Birds & Wildlife Nearby

1,794 bird observations recorded near Bamboo Creek — most often seen:

Show all 30 birds recorded near Bamboo Creek

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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Satellite view — Digital Earth Australia (Geoscience Australia) · CC BY 4.0.