Earlville QLD 4870
2,878 addresses · 55 streets
Leichhardt Electorate › Cairns LGA › Earlville · 1389 km from Brisbane
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Living Here
Earlville is a suburb of Queensland, home to about 4,200 people, with a median age of 44. The typical household earns around $1,166 a week, with median rent near $290 a week. Most homes are houses. About 58% 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 3 of 10 nationally — a more disadvantaged area.
Over time — Census 2001 → 2021
Dashed line: district figures for the Earlville - Bayview Heights statistical area (SA2), the smallest area the ABS published before 2011. Solid line: Earlville itself.
Getting Around & Local Services
3 supermarkets
1 Catholic church
1 pharmacy
1 dentist
1 vet
3 childcare & kindergartens
3 libraries
1 golf club
1 bakery
3 hardware stores
1 hairdresser
1 plumber
Getting around. Train station: Cairns, 4.2 km north-east · Bus interchange: Cairns City bus station, 4.8 km north-east · Ferry wharf: Reef Fleet Terminal, 5.3 km north-east · Airport: Cairns Airport, 7.6 km north.
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: 40.5% 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 | 40.5% |
|---|---|
| Land with trees, 10 m satellite map, 2021 | 55.8% |
Demographics
Unemployment 5.4% · Labour-force participation 53.6%
Population by age in Earlville
| 0-4 | 202 |
|---|---|
| 5-14 | 481 |
| 15-19 | 221 |
| 20-24 | 213 |
| 25-34 | 525 |
| 35-44 | 501 |
| 45-54 | 571 |
| 55-64 | 483 |
| 65-74 | 450 |
| 75-84 | 373 |
| 85+ | 180 |
Dwelling types in Earlville
| House | 1,046 |
|---|---|
| Townhouse | 378 |
| Apartment | 289 |
| Other | 24 |
Households by weekly income in Earlville
| <$650 | 427 |
|---|---|
| $650-1,499 | 533 |
| $1,500-2,999 | 397 |
| $3,000+ | 226 |
Top ancestries in Earlville
| English | 1,449 |
|---|---|
| Australian | 1,170 |
| Other | 749 |
| Irish | 504 |
| Scottish | 405 |
| Ancestry NS | 399 |
Housing tenure in Earlville
| Owned | 497 |
|---|---|
| Mortgage | 483 |
| Rented | 597 |
| Other | 112 |
Cars per household in Earlville
| 0 | 250 |
|---|---|
| 1 | 679 |
| 2 | 499 |
| 3 | 172 |
| 4+ | 88 |
Commute to work in Earlville
| Car | 1,151 |
|---|---|
| Train | 0 |
| Bus | 23 |
| Tram/ferry | 4 |
| Walked | 51 |
| Bicycle | 21 |
| Home | 166 |
Top countries of birth in Earlville
| England | 135 |
|---|---|
| New Zealand | 115 |
| Papua New Guinea | 67 |
| Philippines | 66 |
| Japan | 40 |
| South Korea | 40 |
Languages used at home in Earlville
| Japanese | 65 |
|---|---|
| Korean | 46 |
| Australian Indigenous | 44 |
| Nepali | 35 |
| Italian | 26 |
| Portuguese | 26 |
Birds & Wildlife Nearby
120,843 bird observations recorded near Earlville — most often seen:
- Common Myna (8,202)
- Willie Wagtail (6,703)
- Magpie-lark (6,606)
- Masked Lapwing (5,829)
- Rainbow Lorikeet (5,445)
- Torresian Imperial-pigeon (5,350)
- Peaceful Dove (5,315)
- Bush Stone-curlew (5,066)
- Rainbow Bee-eater (4,447)
- Australasian Figbird (4,362)
- Brown Honeyeater (3,866)
- Australian White Ibis (3,851)
- Welcome Swallow (3,818)
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- Rock Dove (3,755)
- Sulphur-crested Cockatoo (3,677)
- Metallic Starling (3,460)
- White-breasted Woodswallow (3,353)
- Orange-footed Scrubfowl (3,314)
- Black Butcherbird (3,306)
- House Sparrow (3,264)
- Spangled Drongo (3,243)
- Spotted Turtle-dove (3,059)
- Helmeted Friarbird (3,053)
- Pacific Black Duck (3,027)
- Australian Swiftlet (2,838)
- Yellow Honeyeater (2,757)
- Australian Brush-turkey (2,665)
- Laughing Kookaburra (2,469)
- Mistletoebird (2,377)
- Nutmeg Munia (2,366)
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 Earlville:
- Mooroobool (1.3 km)
- Woree (1.6 km)
- Bayview Heights (1.9 km)
- Bungalow (2.5 km)
- Westcourt (2.5 km)
- Kanimbla (3 km)
- Manunda (3.1 km)
- Portsmith (3.3 km)
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Streets
- Balaclava Road (270)
- Barnes Street (58)
- Barr Street (111)
- Bates Street (5)
- Bauhinia Avenue (31)
- Bruce Highway (2)
- Carmen Street (10)
- Casella Street (43)
- Cavallaro Avenue (51)
- Cavendish Street (41)
- Commercial Place (10)
- Croucher Street (1)
- De Jarlais Street (42)
- Downing Street (34)
- Enclave Bend (21)
- Gayundah Close (8)
- George Street (35)
- Gommory Close (36)
- Gordon Street (15)
- Granadilla Drive (65)
- Grandview Crescent (19)
- Henley Street (52)
- Herries Street (56)
- Hoad Street (35)
- Irene Street (15)
- Ishmael Road (393)
- Jacamunda Circuit (50)
- Kingfisher Close (18)
- Kurrajong Street (10)
- Langan Street (53)
- Leichhardt Place (7)
- Lillias Close (11)
- Lissner Crescent (33)
- Mango Drive (25)
- Mansfield Street (127)
- Mario Street (1)
- Marsh Street (18)
- Mcguigan Street (45)
- Mckauge Street (8)
- Mestrez Street (11)
- Moowooga Street (32)
- Mulgrave Road (541)
- O'hara Street (19)
- Ohara Street (24)
- Page Street (33)
- Pitt Court (25)
- Rowe Street (38)
- Soure Street (5)
- Stillman Street (7)
- Telford Street (161)
- Thomson Street (20)
- Tyrie Close (12)
- Vandeleur Street (27)
- Watson Street (28)
- Yarrum Street (30)
