Bramston Beach QLD 4871
200 addresses · 7 streets
Kennedy Electorate › Cairns LGA › Bramston Beach · 1335 km from Brisbane
Living Here
Bramston Beach is a suburb of Queensland, home to about 173 people, with a median age of 64. The typical household earns around $955 a week, with median rent near $280 a week. Most homes are houses. About 77% of households own their home and 19% rent. Most workers drive to work. Common community backgrounds include English, Australian, Irish. On the ABS socio-economic scale it sits in decile 2 of 10 nationally — a more disadvantaged area.
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: Bramston Beach itself.
Getting Around & Local Services
2 parks
Getting around. Train station: Babinda, 10.3 km west · Airport: Innisfail (Mundoo) Aerodrome, 22.6 km south.
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: 71.1% 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 | 71.1% |
|---|---|
| Land with trees, 10 m satellite map, 2021 | 79.0% |
Demographics
Unemployment 15.4% · Labour-force participation 40.6%
Population by age in Bramston Beach
| 0-4 | 7 |
|---|---|
| 5-14 | 8 |
| 15-19 | 3 |
| 20-24 | 0 |
| 25-34 | 13 |
| 35-44 | 8 |
| 45-54 | 12 |
| 55-64 | 43 |
| 65-74 | 55 |
| 75-84 | 23 |
| 85+ | 5 |
Dwelling types in Bramston Beach
| House | 79 |
|---|---|
| Townhouse | 0 |
| Apartment | 0 |
| Other | 0 |
Households by weekly income in Bramston Beach
| <$650 | 29 |
|---|---|
| $650-1,499 | 32 |
| $1,500-2,999 | 16 |
| $3,000+ | 8 |
Top ancestries in Bramston Beach
| English | 77 |
|---|---|
| Australian | 52 |
| Irish | 25 |
| Other | 18 |
| Scottish | 17 |
| Ancestry NS | 16 |
Housing tenure in Bramston Beach
| Owned | 52 |
|---|---|
| Mortgage | 16 |
| Rented | 17 |
| Other | 3 |
Cars per household in Bramston Beach
| 0 | 0 |
|---|---|
| 1 | 35 |
| 2 | 43 |
| 3 | 6 |
| 4+ | 5 |
Commute to work in Bramston Beach
| Car | 28 |
|---|---|
| Train | 0 |
| Bus | 0 |
| Tram/ferry | 0 |
| Walked | 3 |
| Bicycle | 0 |
| Home | 12 |
Top countries of birth in Bramston Beach
| England | 9 |
|---|---|
| Germany | 5 |
| United States | 5 |
| New Zealand | 4 |
Birds & Wildlife Nearby
1,474 bird observations recorded near Bramston Beach — most often seen:
- Masked Lapwing (104)
- Bar-shouldered Dove (87)
- Metallic Starling (82)
- Bush Stone-curlew (76)
- White-breasted Woodswallow (65)
- Crested Tern (59)
- Spectacled Monarch (58)
- Mistletoebird (57)
- Yellow-spotted Honeyeater (54)
- Wet Tropics Yellow-spotted Honeyeater (53)
- Laughing Kookaburra (50)
- Australian Pied Oystercatcher (49)
- Spangled Drongo (47)
Show all 30 birds recorded near Bramston Beach
- Australasian Figbird (43)
- Little Shrike-thrush (43)
- Rainbow Bee-eater (43)
- Macleay's Honeyeater (41)
- Southern Cassowary (41)
- North-eastern Black Butcherbird (38)
- Sulphur-crested Cockatoo (38)
- North-eastern Spangled Drongo (37)
- Eastern Sulphur-crested Cockatoo (36)
- Eastern Varied Triller (36)
- Graceful Honeyeater (35)
- Southern Queensland Orange-footed Scrubfowl (35)
- Black Butcherbird (34)
- Grey Whistler (34)
- Forest Kingfisher (33)
- Southern Laughing Kookaburra (33)
- Varied Triller (33)
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 Bramston Beach:
- Eubenangee (9.8 km)
- Babinda (10.8 km)
- East Russell (11 km)
- Garradunga (11.5 km)
- Mirriwinni (12 km)
- Wanjuru (12.6 km)
- Vasa Views (13.3 km)
- Waugh Pocket (13.6 km)
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Streets
- Armanasco Road (5)
- Bramston Beach Road (26)
- Dawson Street (10)
- Evans Road (94)
- Paperbark Street (32)
- Sassafras Street (31)
- Tower Access (2)
