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Carstairs QLD 4806

107 addresses · 11 streets

Dawson Electorate › Burdekin LGA › Carstairs · 1038 km from Brisbane

Living Here

Carstairs is a suburb of Queensland, home to about 91 people, with a median age of 52. The typical household earns around $2,208 a week, with median rent near $175 a week. Most homes are houses. About 83% of households own their home and 17% rent. Most workers drive to work. Common community backgrounds include Australian, English, Italian. On the ABS socio-economic scale it sits in decile 5 of 10 nationally — a mid-range area.

91Population
52Median age
$2,208Median household income / wk
$175Median rent / wk
2.5Avg household

Over time — Census 2001 → 2021

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

Getting Around & Local Services

Getting around. Train station: Home Hill, 4.2 km west · Airport: Ayr Airport, 14.8 km north-west.

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Socio-economic Standing

😐Around average · 5/10
Economic resources6/10
Education & jobs4/10

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: 2.5% share of land under canopy · satellite map, 2020

Where the trees are in Carstairs

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

Tree cover measures, Carstairs QLD
Canopy share, 1 m canopy height map, 20202.5%
Land with trees, 10 m satellite map, 202137.2%

Demographics

Population by age in Carstairs
Population by age, Carstairs QLD (ABS Census 2021)
0-44
5-148
15-198
20-2411
25-346
35-449
45-5420
55-6415
65-743
75-8412
85+4
Dwelling types in Carstairs
Dwelling types, Carstairs QLD (ABS Census 2021)
House35
Townhouse0
Apartment0
Other0
Households by weekly income in Carstairs
Households by weekly income, Carstairs QLD (ABS Census 2021)
<$6500
$650-1,4997
$1,500-2,99924
$3,000+8
Top ancestries in Carstairs
Top ancestries, Carstairs QLD (ABS Census 2021)
Australian47
English36
Italian30
Scottish11
Irish7
Ancestry NS7
Housing tenure in Carstairs
Housing tenure, Carstairs QLD (ABS Census 2021)
Owned22
Mortgage7
Rented6
Other0
Cars per household in Carstairs
Cars per household, Carstairs QLD (ABS Census 2021)
00
13
215
311
4+6
Commute to work in Carstairs
Commute to work, Carstairs QLD (ABS Census 2021)
Car31
Train0
Bus0
Tram/ferry0
Walked6
Bicycle0
Home8

Birds & Wildlife Nearby

1,324 bird observations recorded near Carstairs — most often seen:

Show all 30 birds recorded near Carstairs

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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