Etty Bay QLD 4858
240 addresses · 12 streets
Kennedy Electorate › Cassowary Coast LGA › Etty Bay · 1311 km from Brisbane
Living Here
Etty Bay is a suburb of Queensland, home to about 486 people, with a median age of 41. The typical household earns around $1,765 a week, with median rent near $300 a week. Most homes are houses. About 89% of households own their home and 9% rent. Most workers drive to work. Common community backgrounds include Australian, English, Italian. On the ABS socio-economic scale it sits in decile 4 of 10 nationally — a mid-range area.
Over time — Census 2001 → 2021
Dashed line: district figures for the Johnstone statistical area (SA2), the smallest area the ABS published before 2011. Solid line: Etty Bay itself.
Getting Around & Local Services
1 school
1 beach
1 Catholic church
1 hospital
1 service station
1 golf club
1 place to stay
Getting around. Train station: Innisfail, 8.3 km north-west · Airport: Innisfail (Mundoo) Aerodrome, 6.9 km west.
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: 38.1% 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 | 38.1% |
|---|---|
| Land with trees, 10 m satellite map, 2021 | 55.7% |
Demographics
Unemployment 0.8% · Labour-force participation 63.8%
Population by age in Etty Bay
| 0-4 | 32 |
|---|---|
| 5-14 | 81 |
| 15-19 | 25 |
| 20-24 | 13 |
| 25-34 | 40 |
| 35-44 | 62 |
| 45-54 | 64 |
| 55-64 | 73 |
| 65-74 | 52 |
| 75-84 | 30 |
| 85+ | 3 |
Dwelling types in Etty Bay
| House | 158 |
|---|---|
| Townhouse | 0 |
| Apartment | 0 |
| Other | 3 |
Households by weekly income in Etty Bay
| <$650 | 17 |
|---|---|
| $650-1,499 | 41 |
| $1,500-2,999 | 44 |
| $3,000+ | 33 |
Top ancestries in Etty Bay
| Australian | 203 |
|---|---|
| English | 182 |
| Italian | 126 |
| Scottish | 35 |
| Irish | 34 |
| Other | 30 |
Housing tenure in Etty Bay
| Owned | 75 |
|---|---|
| Mortgage | 66 |
| Rented | 14 |
| Other | 4 |
Cars per household in Etty Bay
| 0 | 3 |
|---|---|
| 1 | 24 |
| 2 | 85 |
| 3 | 30 |
| 4+ | 22 |
Commute to work in Etty Bay
| Car | 183 |
|---|---|
| Train | 0 |
| Bus | 0 |
| Tram/ferry | 0 |
| Walked | 0 |
| Bicycle | 0 |
| Home | 10 |
Top countries of birth in Etty Bay
| New Zealand | 8 |
|---|---|
| England | 5 |
| United States | 3 |
Languages used at home in Etty Bay
| German | 6 |
|---|
Birds & Wildlife Nearby
11,889 bird observations recorded near Etty Bay — most often seen:
- Southern Cassowary (2,158)
- White-breasted Woodswallow (729)
- Masked Lapwing (680)
- Rainbow Bee-eater (529)
- Metallic Starling (527)
- Australasian Figbird (517)
- Laughing Kookaburra (480)
- Common Myna (476)
- Forest Kingfisher (404)
- Yellow-spotted Honeyeater (404)
- Torresian Imperial-pigeon (394)
- Magpie-lark (362)
- Bar-shouldered Dove (346)
Show all 30 birds recorded near Etty Bay
- Spangled Drongo (341)
- Bush Stone-curlew (314)
- Welcome Swallow (300)
- Willie Wagtail (293)
- Australian White Ibis (286)
- White-bellied Sea-eagle (274)
- Peaceful Dove (270)
- Spotted Turtle-dove (252)
- Straw-necked Ibis (237)
- Varied Triller (195)
- Crested Tern (167)
- Rainbow Lorikeet (166)
- House Sparrow (160)
- Hornbill Helmeted Friarbird (159)
- Black Butcherbird (158)
- Sacred Kingfisher (158)
- Mistletoebird (153)
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 Etty Bay:
- Mourilyan Harbour (3 km)
- Mourilyan (3.2 km)
- New Harbourline (4 km)
- Comoon Loop (4.4 km)
- Martyville (5.3 km)
- Stockton (5.6 km)
- South Innisfail (5.9 km)
- Webb (6.2 km)
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Streets
- Broad Street (15)
- Bulguru Drive (26)
- Daniel Close (9)
- Esplanade (2)
- Etty Bay Road (116)
- Hebblewhite Close (4)
- Jabiru Street (21)
- La Rocca Close (12)
- Lychee Close (9)
- Lychee Court (9)
- Schmidt Street (5)
- Tramline Road (12)
