Damper Creek QLD 4849
16 addresses · 4 streets
Kennedy Electorate › Cassowary Coast LGA › Damper Creek · 1242 km from Brisbane
Living Here
Damper Creek is a suburb of Queensland, home to about 34 people, with a median age of 58. The typical household earns around $1,375 a week, with median rent near $260 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 English, Australian, 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 Tully statistical area (SA2), the smallest area the ABS published before 2011. Solid line: Damper Creek itself.
Getting Around & Local Services
1 Catholic church
Getting around. Train station: Cardwell, 7.3 km north · Airport: Ingham Airport, 38.6 km south.
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: 65.2% 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 | 65.2% |
|---|---|
| Land with trees, 10 m satellite map, 2021 | 58.0% |
Demographics
Population by age in Damper Creek
| 0-4 | 6 |
|---|---|
| 5-14 | 4 |
| 15-19 | 0 |
| 20-24 | 0 |
| 25-34 | 0 |
| 35-44 | 4 |
| 45-54 | 5 |
| 55-64 | 9 |
| 65-74 | 10 |
| 75-84 | 6 |
| 85+ | 0 |
Dwelling types in Damper Creek
| House | 11 |
|---|---|
| Townhouse | 0 |
| Apartment | 0 |
| Other | 0 |
Households by weekly income in Damper Creek
| <$650 | 0 |
|---|---|
| $650-1,499 | 8 |
| $1,500-2,999 | 9 |
| $3,000+ | 0 |
Top ancestries in Damper Creek
| English | 16 |
|---|---|
| Australian | 10 |
| Scottish | 6 |
| Filipino | 4 |
| Irish | 3 |
| Aboriginal | 0 |
Housing tenure in Damper Creek
| Owned | 8 |
|---|---|
| Mortgage | 0 |
| Rented | 0 |
| Other | 0 |
Cars per household in Damper Creek
| 0 | 0 |
|---|---|
| 1 | 4 |
| 2 | 3 |
| 3 | 0 |
| 4+ | 4 |
Commute to work in Damper Creek
| Car | 11 |
|---|---|
| Train | 0 |
| Bus | 0 |
| Tram/ferry | 0 |
| Walked | 0 |
| Bicycle | 0 |
| Home | 0 |
Birds & Wildlife Nearby
459 bird observations recorded near Damper Creek — most often seen:
- Peaceful Dove (30)
- Rainbow Bee-eater (28)
- Bar-shouldered Dove (26)
- Dusky Honeyeater (26)
- Brown-backed Honeyeater (22)
- Brown Honeyeater (21)
- Yellow Honeyeater (17)
- Australian Swiftlet (16)
- Helmeted Friarbird (16)
- Brahminy Kite (15)
- Scarlet Honeyeater (15)
- White-throated Honeyeater (15)
- Yellow-spotted Honeyeater (15)
Show all 30 birds recorded near Damper Creek
- Rainbow Lorikeet (14)
- Southern Rufous Whistler (14)
- Varied Triller (14)
- Forest Kingfisher (13)
- Rufous Whistler (13)
- Welcome Swallow (13)
- Lemon-bellied Flycatcher (12)
- Willie Wagtail (12)
- Australasian Figbird (11)
- Masked Lapwing (11)
- Eastern Brown Honeyeater (10)
- Eastern Peaceful Dove (10)
- Leaden Flycatcher (10)
- Mistletoebird (10)
- Red-backed Fairy-wren (10)
- South-eastern Lemon-bellied Flycatcher (10)
- Spotted Turtle-dove (10)
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 Damper Creek:
- Cardwell (7.6 km)
- Ellerbeck (12.2 km)
- Carruchan (16.9 km)
- Kennedy (18 km)
- Long Pocket (21.4 km)
- Abergowrie (21.5 km)
- Dalrymple Creek (22.3 km)
- Rungoo (25.1 km)
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Streets
- Bruce Highway (3)
- Dransfield Road (2)
- Five Mile Creek Road (10)
- Mckinley Street (1)
