East Innisfail QLD 4860

Living Here

East Innisfail is a suburb of Queensland, home to about 1,757 people, with a median age of 39. The typical household earns around $1,092 a week, with median rent near $255 a week. Most homes are houses. About 57% of households own their home and 41% rent. Most workers drive to work. Common community backgrounds include English, Australian, Aboriginal. 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 Innisfail statistical area (SA2), the smallest area the ABS published before 2011. Solid line: East Innisfail itself.

Getting Around & Local Services

• 9 schools

  • Innisfail East State School
  • Radiant Life College
  • Good Counsel Primary School
  • Good Counsel College
  • Innisfail Diverse Learning Centre
  • Innisfail State College
  • Innisfail State School
  • Goondi State School
  • Mundoo State School
• 4 cafés & restaurants

  • Water Tower Cafe
  • Roscoes Piazza
  • Coffee Club Innisfail
  • Gallery Café
• 2 supermarkets

  • Woolworths
  • Coles
• 17 parks

  • Wrights Park
  • Haddrell Park
  • Dave Dunbar Park (The Corso)
  • Baxter Park
  • Loth Park (McGowan Drive Reserve)
  • Jack Fossey Park
  • Dalrymple Park
  • Anzac Memorial Park
  • Fitzgerald Park
  • Herb Layt Park

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• 1 Catholic church

  • Mother of Good Counsel Catholic Church
• 2 pharmacies

  • Chemist Warehouse
  • T.McIlrath's
• 1 dentist

  • Riverside Family Dental
• 1 hospital

  • Innisfail Hospital
• 2 childcare & kindergartens

  • Innisfail Community Preschool and Kindergarten
  • Goodstart Early Learning Innisfail
• 1 library

  • Innisfail Library
• 1 post office

  • Innisfail Post Shop
• 5 service stations

  • BP
  • Mobil
  • Caltex Woolworths
  • United
  • BP
• 1 gym

  • Innisfail Bowls Club
• 1 golf club

  • Innisfail Golf Course
• 7 places to stay

  • River Drive Caravan Park
  • Barrier Reef Motel
  • Moondarra Motel
  • BIG4 Innisfail
  • BIG 4 Innisfail Mango Tree Tourist Park
  • August Moon Caravan Park
  • Hillside House

Getting around. Train station: Innisfail, 1.9 km west · Railway halt: Innisfail Mini Rail, 2 km north-west · Airport: Innisfail (Mundoo) Aerodrome, 3.9 km south-west.

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Socio-economic Standing

Greenery

🌳 Tree canopy: 32.5% satellite estimate · 2021

Demographics

Unemployment 9.1% · Labour-force participation 55.3%

Birds & Wildlife Nearby

18,055 bird observations recorded near East Innisfail — most often seen:

• Common Myna (1,155)
• Spotted Turtle-dove (1,148)
• Magpie-lark (1,051)
• Rainbow Lorikeet (1,032)
• House Sparrow (958)
• Peaceful Dove (958)
• Willie Wagtail (922)
• Australasian Figbird (886)
• Masked Lapwing (755)
• Metallic Starling (739)
• Australian White Ibis (652)
• Hornbill Helmeted Friarbird (596)
• Spangled Drongo (540)

Nearby Suburbs

The closest suburbs to East Innisfail:

• Mighell (1.1 km)
• Webb (1.1 km)
• South Innisfail (1.2 km)
• Innisfail (1.3 km)
• Innisfail Estate (1.4 km)
• Goondi Hill (2.2 km)
• Cullinane (2.2 km)
• Goondi Bend (2.9 km)

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