Daintree QLD 4873
95 addresses · 10 streets
Leichhardt Electorate › Douglas LGA › Daintree · 1478 km from Brisbane
Living Here
Daintree is a suburb of Queensland, home to about 93 people, with a median age of 54. The typical household earns around $933 a week, with median rent near $220 a week. Most homes are houses. About 84% of households own their home and 16% rent. Most workers drive to work. Common community backgrounds include Australian, English, Scottish. On the ABS socio-economic scale it sits in decile 1 of 10 nationally — a more disadvantaged area.
Over time — Census 2001 → 2021
Dashed line: district figures for the Daintree statistical area (SA2), the smallest area the ABS published before 2011. Solid line: Daintree itself.
Getting Around & Local Services
1 school
Getting around. Airport: Bloomfield Airport, 42.1 km north.
Socio-economic Standing
Greenery
🌳 Tree canopy: 71.1% satellite estimate · 2021
Demographics
Unemployment 13.5% · Labour-force participation 61.9%
Population by age in Daintree
| 0-4 | 0 |
|---|---|
| 5-14 | 12 |
| 15-19 | 3 |
| 20-24 | 0 |
| 25-34 | 0 |
| 35-44 | 13 |
| 45-54 | 21 |
| 55-64 | 19 |
| 65-74 | 25 |
| 75-84 | 9 |
| 85+ | 0 |
Dwelling types in Daintree
| House | 32 |
|---|---|
| Townhouse | 0 |
| Apartment | 0 |
| Other | 3 |
Households by weekly income in Daintree
| <$650 | 11 |
|---|---|
| $650-1,499 | 8 |
| $1,500-2,999 | 4 |
| $3,000+ | 0 |
Top ancestries in Daintree
| Australian | 46 |
|---|---|
| English | 38 |
| Scottish | 12 |
| German | 9 |
| Aboriginal | 8 |
| Irish | 8 |
Housing tenure in Daintree
| Owned | 18 |
|---|---|
| Mortgage | 14 |
| Rented | 6 |
| Other | 0 |
Cars per household in Daintree
| 0 | 0 |
|---|---|
| 1 | 18 |
| 2 | 10 |
| 3 | 8 |
| 4+ | 0 |
Commute to work in Daintree
| Car | 23 |
|---|---|
| Train | 0 |
| Bus | 0 |
| Tram/ferry | 0 |
| Walked | 3 |
| Bicycle | 0 |
| Home | 8 |
Top countries of birth in Daintree
| New Zealand | 5 |
|---|---|
| United States | 4 |
| England | 3 |
| Germany | 3 |
Languages used at home in Daintree
| Australian Indigenous | 4 |
|---|
Birds & Wildlife Nearby
66,870 bird observations recorded near Daintree — most often seen:
- Yellow Oriole (3,179)
- Azure Kingfisher (3,007)
- Shining Flycatcher (2,941)
- Welcome Swallow (2,811)
- Little Pied Cormorant (2,775)
- Masked Lapwing (2,610)
- Australian Swiftlet (2,571)
- Australasian Figbird (2,555)
- Bar-shouldered Dove (2,505)
- Spangled Drongo (2,464)
- Rainbow Lorikeet (2,460)
- Black Butcherbird (2,439)
- Large-billed Gerygone (2,412)
Show all 30 birds recorded near Daintree
- Papuan Frogmouth (2,352)
- Rajah Shelduck (2,216)
- Australasian Darter (2,164)
- Great Egret (2,125)
- Torresian Imperial-pigeon (1,991)
- Yellow-spotted Honeyeater (1,980)
- Metallic Starling (1,946)
- Sulphur-crested Cockatoo (1,873)
- White-breasted Woodswallow (1,839)
- Great-billed Heron (1,828)
- Orange-footed Scrubfowl (1,795)
- Varied Triller (1,784)
- Forest Kingfisher (1,763)
- Australian White Ibis (1,721)
- Sacred Kingfisher (1,616)
- Helmeted Friarbird (1,611)
- Striated Heron (1,537)
Nearby Suburbs
The closest suburbs to Daintree:
- Upper Daintree (3.4 km)
- Stewart Creek Valley (4.1 km)
- Lower Daintree (6.4 km)
- Forest Creek (6.9 km)
- Diwan (11.4 km)
- Kimberley (12.7 km)
- Cow Bay (13 km)
- Whyanbeel (14.3 km)
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Streets
- Coop Street (1)
- Dagmar Street (12)
- Daly Street (6)
- Douglas Street (6)
- Hughes Street (5)
- Mossman - Daintree Road (19)
- Osborne Street (22)
- Power Street (3)
- Stewart Creek Road (4)
- Stewart Street (17)