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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.

4,200Population
44Median age
$1,166Median household income / wk
$290Median rent / wk
2.2Avg household

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

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.

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Socio-economic Standing

🙁Below average · 3/10
Economic resources1/10
Education & jobs4/10

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: 40.5% share of land under canopy · satellite map, 2020

Where the trees are in Earlville

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

Tree cover measures, Earlville QLD
Canopy share, 1 m canopy height map, 202040.5%
Land with trees, 10 m satellite map, 202155.8%

Demographics

Unemployment 5.4% · Labour-force participation 53.6%

Population by age in Earlville
Population by age, Earlville QLD (ABS Census 2021)
0-4202
5-14481
15-19221
20-24213
25-34525
35-44501
45-54571
55-64483
65-74450
75-84373
85+180
Dwelling types in Earlville
Dwelling types, Earlville QLD (ABS Census 2021)
House1,046
Townhouse378
Apartment289
Other24
Households by weekly income in Earlville
Households by weekly income, Earlville QLD (ABS Census 2021)
<$650427
$650-1,499533
$1,500-2,999397
$3,000+226
Top ancestries in Earlville
Top ancestries, Earlville QLD (ABS Census 2021)
English1,449
Australian1,170
Other749
Irish504
Scottish405
Ancestry NS399
Housing tenure in Earlville
Housing tenure, Earlville QLD (ABS Census 2021)
Owned497
Mortgage483
Rented597
Other112
Cars per household in Earlville
Cars per household, Earlville QLD (ABS Census 2021)
0250
1679
2499
3172
4+88
Commute to work in Earlville
Commute to work, Earlville QLD (ABS Census 2021)
Car1,151
Train0
Bus23
Tram/ferry4
Walked51
Bicycle21
Home166
Top countries of birth in Earlville
Top countries of birth, Earlville QLD (ABS Census 2021)
England135
New Zealand115
Papua New Guinea67
Philippines66
Japan40
South Korea40
Languages used at home in Earlville
Languages used at home, Earlville QLD (ABS Census 2021)
Japanese65
Korean46
Australian Indigenous44
Nepali35
Italian26
Portuguese26

Birds & Wildlife Nearby

120,843 bird observations recorded near Earlville — most often seen:

Show all 30 birds recorded near Earlville

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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