Curtis Island QLD 4680
132 addresses · 9 streets
Flynn Electorate › Gladstone LGA › Curtis Island · 447 km from Brisbane
Living Here
Curtis Island is a suburb of Queensland, home to about 36 people, with a median age of 62. The typical household earns around $575 a week. Most homes are houses. About 100% of households own their home and 0% rent. Most workers drive to work. Common community backgrounds include Australian, English, Ancestry NS. On the ABS socio-economic scale it sits in decile 5 of 10 nationally — a mid-range area.
Getting Around & Local Services
1 park
1 hospital
Getting around. Train station: Gladstone, 11.1 km south-west · Airport: Gladstone Airport, 15.2 km south-west.
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: 62.2% 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 | 62.2% |
|---|---|
| Land with trees, 10 m satellite map, 2021 | 74.9% |
Demographics
Unemployment 22.2% · Labour-force participation 25.7%
Population by age in Curtis Island
| 0-4 | 0 |
|---|---|
| 5-14 | 5 |
| 15-19 | 0 |
| 20-24 | 0 |
| 25-34 | 0 |
| 35-44 | 0 |
| 45-54 | 3 |
| 55-64 | 14 |
| 65-74 | 12 |
| 75-84 | 3 |
| 85+ | 0 |
Dwelling types in Curtis Island
| House | 14 |
|---|---|
| Townhouse | 0 |
| Apartment | 0 |
| Other | 0 |
Households by weekly income in Curtis Island
| <$650 | 3 |
|---|---|
| $650-1,499 | 0 |
| $1,500-2,999 | 0 |
| $3,000+ | 0 |
Top ancestries in Curtis Island
| Australian | 20 |
|---|---|
| English | 12 |
| Ancestry NS | 9 |
| Aboriginal | 0 |
| Chinese | 0 |
| Croatian | 0 |
Housing tenure in Curtis Island
| Owned | 13 |
|---|---|
| Mortgage | 3 |
| Rented | 0 |
| Other | 0 |
Cars per household in Curtis Island
| 0 | 0 |
|---|---|
| 1 | 4 |
| 2 | 10 |
| 3 | 0 |
| 4+ | 0 |
Commute to work in Curtis Island
| Car | 3 |
|---|---|
| Train | 0 |
| Bus | 0 |
| Tram/ferry | 0 |
| Walked | 0 |
| Bicycle | 0 |
| Home | 0 |
Birds & Wildlife Nearby
434 bird observations recorded near Curtis Island — most often seen:
- Australian Pied Oystercatcher (34)
- Great Knot (25)
- Eastern Curlew (21)
- Welcome Swallow (19)
- Bar-tailed Godwit (18)
- Eastern Osprey (18)
- Eastern Reef Egret (18)
- Silver Gull (18)
- Crested Tern (17)
- Beach Stone-curlew (15)
- Pied Cormorant (15)
- Rainbow Bee-eater (15)
- Masked Lapwing (14)
Show all 30 birds recorded near Curtis Island
- Red-capped Plover (14)
- Australian Magpie (13)
- Caspian Tern (13)
- Torresian Crow (13)
- Bush Stone-curlew (12)
- Red-tailed Black Cockatoo (12)
- Brahminy Kite (11)
- Rainbow Lorikeet (11)
- Sooty Oystercatcher (11)
- Laughing Kookaburra (10)
- Red-necked Stint (10)
- Whimbrel (10)
- White-bellied Sea-eagle (10)
- White-faced Heron (10)
- Australian Pelican (9)
- Grey-tailed Tattler (9)
- Little Tern (9)
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 Curtis Island:
- Gladstone Harbour (5.4 km)
- Gladstone Central (11.2 km)
- Barney Point (11.3 km)
- South Gladstone (12.6 km)
- West Gladstone (12.7 km)
- Callemondah (12.9 km)
- Sun Valley (14.2 km)
- Kin Kora (14.8 km)
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Streets
- Casuarina Street (3)
- Connor Street (2)
- Endfield Crescent (2)
- Pacific Crescent (14)
- Poincianna Avenue (11)
- Randall Street (1)
- Seaview Esplanade (35)
- South End Terrace (21)
- Turtle Street (43)
