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Cosgrove QLD 4818

542 addresses · 25 streets

Herbert Electorate › Townsville LGA › Cosgrove · 1116 km from Brisbane

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Living Here

Cosgrove is a suburb of Queensland, home to about 665 people, with a median age of 27. The typical household earns around $1,976 a week, with median rent near $370 a week. Most homes are houses. About 39% of households own their home and 61% rent. Most workers drive to work. Common community backgrounds include Australian, English, Aboriginal. On the ABS socio-economic scale it sits in decile 4 of 10 nationally — a mid-range area.

665Population
27Median age
$1,976Median household income / wk
$370Median rent / wk
2.5Avg household

Over time — Census 2001 → 2021

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

Getting Around & Local Services

Getting around. Train station: Townsville, 10.4 km east · Airport: RAAF Base Townsville;Townsville Airport, 5.9 km east.

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Socio-economic Standing

🙁Below average · 4/10
Economic resources2/10
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: 29.8% share of land under canopy · satellite map, 2020

Where the trees are in Cosgrove

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

Tree cover measures, Cosgrove QLD
Canopy share, 1 m canopy height map, 202029.8%
Land with trees, 10 m satellite map, 202156.1%

Demographics

Unemployment 2.9% · Labour-force participation 78.1%

Population by age in Cosgrove
Population by age, Cosgrove QLD (ABS Census 2021)
0-451
5-1479
15-1938
20-24108
25-34191
35-4475
45-5455
55-6432
65-7427
75-846
85+0
Dwelling types in Cosgrove
Dwelling types, Cosgrove QLD (ABS Census 2021)
House215
Townhouse27
Apartment0
Other0
Households by weekly income in Cosgrove
Households by weekly income, Cosgrove QLD (ABS Census 2021)
<$65015
$650-1,49952
$1,500-2,999103
$3,000+38
Top ancestries in Cosgrove
Top ancestries, Cosgrove QLD (ABS Census 2021)
Australian261
English237
Other83
Aboriginal71
Scottish61
Ancestry NS57
Housing tenure in Cosgrove
Housing tenure, Cosgrove QLD (ABS Census 2021)
Owned13
Mortgage82
Rented147
Other0
Cars per household in Cosgrove
Cars per household, Cosgrove QLD (ABS Census 2021)
00
177
2123
324
4+10
Commute to work in Cosgrove
Commute to work, Cosgrove QLD (ABS Census 2021)
Car330
Train0
Bus9
Tram/ferry0
Walked0
Bicycle0
Home19
Top countries of birth in Cosgrove
Top countries of birth, Cosgrove QLD (ABS Census 2021)
New Zealand19
Philippines11
England10
Papua New Guinea5
South Africa5
Vietnam5
Languages used at home in Cosgrove
Languages used at home, Cosgrove QLD (ABS Census 2021)
Tagalog12
Vietnamese9
Afrikaans5
Malayalam4
French3
Italian3

Birds & Wildlife Nearby

45,800 bird observations recorded near Cosgrove — most often seen:

Show all 30 birds recorded near Cosgrove

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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Streets

Satellite view — Digital Earth Australia (Geoscience Australia) · CC BY 4.0.