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Cape Gloucester QLD 4800

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Dawson Electorate › Whitsunday LGA › Cape Gloucester · 940 km from Brisbane

Living Here

Cape Gloucester is a suburb of Queensland, home to about 85 people, with a median age of 49. The typical household earns around $1,406 a week, with median rent near $250 a week. Most homes are houses. About 72% of households own their home and 17% rent. Most workers drive to work. Common community backgrounds include English, Australian, German. On the ABS socio-economic scale it sits in decile 3 of 10 nationally — a more disadvantaged area.

85Population
49Median age
$1,406Median household income / wk
$250Median rent / wk
2.5Avg household

Over time — Census 2001 → 2021

Dashed line: district figures for the Proserpine statistical area (SA2), the smallest area the ABS published before 2011. Solid line: Cape Gloucester itself.

Getting Around & Local Services

Getting around. Airport: Bowen, 30 km west.

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Socio-economic Standing

🙁Below average · 3/10
Economic resources5/10
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: 61.4% share of land under canopy · satellite map, 2020

Where the trees are in Cape Gloucester

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

Tree cover measures, Cape Gloucester QLD
Canopy share, 1 m canopy height map, 202061.4%
Land with trees, 10 m satellite map, 202173.5%

Demographics

Unemployment 2.5% · Labour-force participation 54.8%

Population by age in Cape Gloucester
Population by age, Cape Gloucester QLD (ABS Census 2021)
0-40
5-1413
15-195
20-240
25-3411
35-448
45-549
55-6414
65-7424
75-845
85+0
Dwelling types in Cape Gloucester
Dwelling types, Cape Gloucester QLD (ABS Census 2021)
House34
Townhouse0
Apartment0
Other0
Households by weekly income in Cape Gloucester
Households by weekly income, Cape Gloucester QLD (ABS Census 2021)
<$6507
$650-1,49910
$1,500-2,9993
$3,000+5
Top ancestries in Cape Gloucester
Top ancestries, Cape Gloucester QLD (ABS Census 2021)
English40
Australian38
German13
Irish12
Italian6
Scottish5
Housing tenure in Cape Gloucester
Housing tenure, Cape Gloucester QLD (ABS Census 2021)
Owned16
Mortgage10
Rented6
Other4
Cars per household in Cape Gloucester
Cars per household, Cape Gloucester QLD (ABS Census 2021)
00
18
211
37
4+4
Commute to work in Cape Gloucester
Commute to work, Cape Gloucester QLD (ABS Census 2021)
Car29
Train0
Bus0
Tram/ferry0
Walked0
Bicycle0
Home7
Top countries of birth in Cape Gloucester
Top countries of birth, Cape Gloucester QLD (ABS Census 2021)
England3
United States3

Birds & Wildlife Nearby

1,507 bird observations recorded near Cape Gloucester — most often seen:

Show all 30 birds recorded near Cape Gloucester

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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