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Bartle Frere QLD 4861

143 addresses · 12 streets

Kennedy Electorate › Cairns LGA › Bartle Frere · 1334 km from Brisbane

Living Here

Bartle Frere is a suburb of Queensland, home to about 169 people, with a median age of 41. The typical household earns around $1,593 a week, with median rent near $250 a week. Most homes are houses. About 78% of households own their home and 22% rent. Most workers drive to work. Common community backgrounds include Australian, English, Italian. On the ABS socio-economic scale it sits in decile 6 of 10 nationally — a mid-range area.

169Population
41Median age
$1,593Median household income / wk
$250Median rent / wk
2.7Avg household

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: Bartle Frere itself.

Getting Around & Local Services

Getting around. Train station: Babinda, 11.5 km north · Airport: Innisfail (Mundoo) Aerodrome, 18.9 km south-east.

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Socio-economic Standing

🙂Above average · 6/10
Economic resources7/10
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: 26.1% share of land under canopy · satellite map, 2020

Where the trees are in Bartle Frere

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

Tree cover measures, Bartle Frere QLD
Canopy share, 1 m canopy height map, 202026.1%
Land with trees, 10 m satellite map, 202156.4%

Demographics

Unemployment 2.2% · Labour-force participation 68.5%

Population by age in Bartle Frere
Population by age, Bartle Frere QLD (ABS Census 2021)
0-414
5-1427
15-197
20-243
25-3422
35-4422
45-5424
55-6439
65-7417
75-845
85+0
Dwelling types in Bartle Frere
Dwelling types, Bartle Frere QLD (ABS Census 2021)
House54
Townhouse0
Apartment0
Other0
Households by weekly income in Bartle Frere
Households by weekly income, Bartle Frere QLD (ABS Census 2021)
<$6500
$650-1,49918
$1,500-2,99919
$3,000+6
Top ancestries in Bartle Frere
Top ancestries, Bartle Frere QLD (ABS Census 2021)
Australian78
English63
Italian23
Ancestry NS18
Irish15
Scottish14
Housing tenure in Bartle Frere
Housing tenure, Bartle Frere QLD (ABS Census 2021)
Owned26
Mortgage16
Rented12
Other0
Cars per household in Bartle Frere
Cars per household, Bartle Frere QLD (ABS Census 2021)
00
16
229
37
4+4
Commute to work in Bartle Frere
Commute to work, Bartle Frere QLD (ABS Census 2021)
Car49
Train0
Bus0
Tram/ferry0
Walked6
Bicycle0
Home15
Top countries of birth in Bartle Frere
Top countries of birth, Bartle Frere QLD (ABS Census 2021)
England3
New Zealand3

Birds & Wildlife Nearby

1,058 bird observations recorded near Bartle Frere — most often seen:

Show all 30 birds recorded near Bartle Frere

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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