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Clifton Beach QLD 4879

2,433 addresses · 80 streets

Leichhardt Electorate › Cairns LGA › Clifton Beach · 1410 km from Brisbane

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Living Here

Clifton Beach is a suburb of Queensland, home to about 3,192 people, with a median age of 48. The typical household earns around $1,480 a week, with median rent near $365 a week. Most homes are houses. About 64% of households own their home and 35% rent. Most workers drive to work. Common community backgrounds include English, Australian, Irish. On the ABS socio-economic scale it sits in decile 7 of 10 nationally — a mid-range area.

3,192Population
48Median age
$1,480Median household income / wk
$365Median rent / wk
2.3Avg household

Over time — Census 2001 → 2021

Dashed line: district figures for the Clifton Beach - Kewarra Beach statistical area (SA2), the smallest area the ABS published before 2011. Solid line: Clifton Beach itself.

Getting Around & Local Services

Getting around. Train station: Kuranda, 6.6 km south-west · Bus interchange: James Cook University Bus Station, 5.8 km south · Airport: Cairns Airport, 14.6 km south-east.

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Socio-economic Standing

🙂Above average · 7/10
Economic resources5/10
Education & jobs7/10

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: 64.6% share of land under canopy · satellite map, 2020

Where the trees are in Clifton Beach

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

Tree cover measures, Clifton Beach QLD
Canopy share, 1 m canopy height map, 202064.6%
Land with trees, 10 m satellite map, 202181.4%

Demographics

Unemployment 5% · Labour-force participation 59.4%

Population by age in Clifton Beach
Population by age, Clifton Beach QLD (ABS Census 2021)
0-4111
5-14375
15-19184
20-24127
25-34274
35-44360
45-54516
55-64560
65-74447
75-84212
85+34
Dwelling types in Clifton Beach
Dwelling types, Clifton Beach QLD (ABS Census 2021)
House851
Townhouse52
Apartment274
Other0
Households by weekly income in Clifton Beach
Households by weekly income, Clifton Beach QLD (ABS Census 2021)
<$650203
$650-1,499395
$1,500-2,999350
$3,000+229
Top ancestries in Clifton Beach
Top ancestries, Clifton Beach QLD (ABS Census 2021)
English1,322
Australian893
Irish373
Other361
Scottish359
Ancestry NS241
Housing tenure in Clifton Beach
Housing tenure, Clifton Beach QLD (ABS Census 2021)
Owned438
Mortgage368
Rented444
Other12
Cars per household in Clifton Beach
Cars per household, Clifton Beach QLD (ABS Census 2021)
042
1541
2458
3142
4+80
Commute to work in Clifton Beach
Commute to work, Clifton Beach QLD (ABS Census 2021)
Car938
Train0
Bus17
Tram/ferry0
Walked26
Bicycle17
Home233
Top countries of birth in Clifton Beach
Top countries of birth, Clifton Beach QLD (ABS Census 2021)
England264
New Zealand118
Germany62
South Africa37
United States36
Scotland33
Languages used at home in Clifton Beach
Languages used at home, Clifton Beach QLD (ABS Census 2021)
German55
Italian22
Spanish21
Afrikaans15
Russian14
Japanese13

Birds & Wildlife Nearby

28,387 bird observations recorded near Clifton Beach — most often seen:

Show all 30 birds recorded near Clifton Beach

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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