Barrine QLD 4872
267 addresses · 30 streets
Kennedy Electorate › Tablelands LGA › Barrine · 1370 km from Brisbane
Living Here
Barrine is a suburb of Queensland, home to about 303 people, with a median age of 55. The typical household earns around $1,468 a week, with median rent near $220 a week. Most homes are houses. About 90% of households own their home and 7% rent. Most workers drive to work. Common community backgrounds include English, Australian, 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 Malanda - Yungaburra statistical area (SA2), the smallest area the ABS published before 2011. Solid line: Barrine itself.
Getting Around & Local Services
1 Catholic church
1 hospital
1 library
Getting around. Airport: Mareeba Airport, 26.4 km north-west.
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: 36.2% 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 | 36.2% |
|---|---|
| Land with trees, 10 m satellite map, 2021 | 48.4% |
Demographics
Unemployment 2.2% · Labour-force participation 53.3%
Population by age in Barrine
| 0-4 | 4 |
|---|---|
| 5-14 | 39 |
| 15-19 | 15 |
| 20-24 | 9 |
| 25-34 | 10 |
| 35-44 | 22 |
| 45-54 | 52 |
| 55-64 | 70 |
| 65-74 | 60 |
| 75-84 | 19 |
| 85+ | 0 |
Dwelling types in Barrine
| House | 117 |
|---|---|
| Townhouse | 0 |
| Apartment | 0 |
| Other | 0 |
Households by weekly income in Barrine
| <$650 | 12 |
|---|---|
| $650-1,499 | 41 |
| $1,500-2,999 | 30 |
| $3,000+ | 19 |
Top ancestries in Barrine
| English | 136 |
|---|---|
| Australian | 114 |
| Scottish | 43 |
| Irish | 34 |
| German | 17 |
| Other | 15 |
Housing tenure in Barrine
| Owned | 64 |
|---|---|
| Mortgage | 35 |
| Rented | 8 |
| Other | 3 |
Cars per household in Barrine
| 0 | 0 |
|---|---|
| 1 | 23 |
| 2 | 49 |
| 3 | 34 |
| 4+ | 8 |
Commute to work in Barrine
| Car | 81 |
|---|---|
| Train | 0 |
| Bus | 0 |
| Tram/ferry | 0 |
| Walked | 0 |
| Bicycle | 0 |
| Home | 27 |
Top countries of birth in Barrine
| England | 16 |
|---|---|
| New Zealand | 10 |
| Canada | 4 |
| Hong Kong | 3 |
| Papua New Guinea | 3 |
| Scotland | 3 |
Birds & Wildlife Nearby
35,013 bird observations recorded near Barrine — most often seen:
- Lewin's Honeyeater (1,976)
- Australian Brush-turkey (1,960)
- Great Crested Grebe (1,889)
- Pacific Black Duck (1,742)
- Little Black Cormorant (1,712)
- Victoria's Riflebird (1,597)
- Welcome Swallow (1,572)
- Eastern Whipbird (1,435)
- Spotted Catbird (1,248)
- Eurasian Coot (1,208)
- Sulphur-crested Cockatoo (1,179)
- Southern Pale-yellow Robin (1,149)
- Dusky Honeyeater (1,133)
Show all 30 birds recorded near Barrine
- Grey-headed Robin (1,078)
- Large-billed Scrubwren (1,077)
- Brown Gerygone (1,072)
- Australian Pelican (1,064)
- Spectacled Monarch (1,003)
- Tooth-billed Bowerbird (950)
- Chowchilla (911)
- Masked Lapwing (886)
- Wompoo Fruit-dove (880)
- Scarlet Honeyeater (855)
- Willie Wagtail (828)
- Brown Cuckoo-dove (803)
- Little Pied Cormorant (803)
- Australasian Figbird (786)
- Yellow-breasted Boatbill (761)
- Rainbow Lorikeet (733)
- Orange-footed Scrubfowl (723)
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 Barrine:
- Lake Barrine (5 km)
- Yungaburra (5.3 km)
- Danbulla (5.4 km)
- Lake Tinaroo (6.3 km)
- Kairi (7.4 km)
- Tinaroo (8.3 km)
- Lake Eacham (8.8 km)
- East Barron (9 km)
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Streets
- Amy Lee Close (5)
- Andrews Road (15)
- Backshall Road (2)
- Barefoot Boulevard (17)
- Blake Road (6)
- Bruce Road (9)
- Edgewater Access (4)
- Fletcher Road (5)
- Fox Close (10)
- Gillies Range Road (1)
- Halbert Close (5)
- Henderson Road (5)
- Jerome Road (26)
- Kluck Road (2)
- Kulara Road (8)
- Lloyd Road (19)
- Old Boar Pocket Road (26)
- Pelican Road (2)
- Powley Road (32)
- Russell Pocket Road (12)
- Scarrot Road (1)
- Shadforth Road (7)
- Slalom Ridge (9)
- Spry Road (12)
- Thorpe Road (1)
- Tinney Close (4)
- Trentin Close (7)
- Vance Close (8)
- Wakeboard Alley (3)
- Welch Road (4)
