Carmoo QLD 4852
134 addresses · 8 streets
Kennedy Electorate › Cassowary Coast LGA › Carmoo · 1277 km from Brisbane
Living Here
Carmoo is a suburb of Queensland, home to about 179 people, with a median age of 53. The typical household earns around $1,093 a week, with median rent near $305 a week. Most homes are houses. About 87% of households own their home and 13% rent. Most workers drive to work. Common community backgrounds include English, Australian, Scottish. 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 Tully statistical area (SA2), the smallest area the ABS published before 2011. Solid line: Carmoo itself.
Getting Around & Local Services
2 beaches
2 Catholic churches
1 hospital
Getting around. Bus interchange: Mission Beach, 6.9 km north-east · Airport: Innisfail Aerodrome, 43.7 km north.
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: 52.5% 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 | 52.5% |
|---|---|
| Land with trees, 10 m satellite map, 2021 | 54.3% |
Demographics
Unemployment 9.5% · Labour-force participation 56.4%
Population by age in Carmoo
| 0-4 | 4 |
|---|---|
| 5-14 | 24 |
| 15-19 | 6 |
| 20-24 | 0 |
| 25-34 | 5 |
| 35-44 | 27 |
| 45-54 | 26 |
| 55-64 | 37 |
| 65-74 | 28 |
| 75-84 | 12 |
| 85+ | 5 |
Dwelling types in Carmoo
| House | 72 |
|---|---|
| Townhouse | 0 |
| Apartment | 4 |
| Other | 0 |
Households by weekly income in Carmoo
| <$650 | 21 |
|---|---|
| $650-1,499 | 32 |
| $1,500-2,999 | 18 |
| $3,000+ | 0 |
Top ancestries in Carmoo
| English | 73 |
|---|---|
| Australian | 67 |
| Scottish | 25 |
| Irish | 21 |
| Other | 12 |
| Ancestry NS | 11 |
Housing tenure in Carmoo
| Owned | 35 |
|---|---|
| Mortgage | 31 |
| Rented | 10 |
| Other | 0 |
Cars per household in Carmoo
| 0 | 0 |
|---|---|
| 1 | 20 |
| 2 | 35 |
| 3 | 12 |
| 4+ | 5 |
Commute to work in Carmoo
| Car | 42 |
|---|---|
| Train | 0 |
| Bus | 0 |
| Tram/ferry | 0 |
| Walked | 9 |
| Bicycle | 0 |
| Home | 4 |
Top countries of birth in Carmoo
| England | 11 |
|---|---|
| New Zealand | 11 |
| Philippines | 5 |
Birds & Wildlife Nearby
5,060 bird observations recorded near Carmoo — most often seen:
- Southern Cassowary (977)
- Bush Stone-curlew (248)
- Yellow-spotted Honeyeater (224)
- Torresian Imperial-pigeon (221)
- Masked Lapwing (214)
- Rainbow Bee-eater (192)
- White-breasted Woodswallow (189)
- Australasian Figbird (176)
- Spectacled Monarch (174)
- Spangled Drongo (173)
- Bar-shouldered Dove (166)
- Metallic Starling (147)
- Australian Swiftlet (145)
Show all 30 birds recorded near Carmoo
- Varied Triller (140)
- Black Butcherbird (132)
- Orange-footed Scrubfowl (129)
- Rainbow Lorikeet (127)
- Sulphur-crested Cockatoo (126)
- Mistletoebird (110)
- Rufous Fantail (110)
- Macleay's Honeyeater (102)
- Helmeted Friarbird (101)
- Dusky Honeyeater (100)
- Osprey (98)
- Red-tailed Black Cockatoo (95)
- Brahminy Kite (94)
- White-bellied Sea-eagle (92)
- Wompoo Fruit-dove (89)
- Common Myna (86)
- Beach Stone-curlew (83)
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 Carmoo:
- South Mission Beach (3.5 km)
- Hull Heads (5.3 km)
- Wongaling Beach (6.5 km)
- Tully Heads (6.7 km)
- Lower Tully (7.2 km)
- East Feluga (8.2 km)
- Merryburn (9.3 km)
- Djiru (10 km)
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Streets
- Hillview Court (11)
- Kode Road (17)
- Lindsay Road (46)
- North Hull Road (29)
- Palm Drive (4)
- Pandandus Road (7)
- Sugar Cane Creek Road (2)
- Tully - Mission Beach Road (18)
