Fishery Falls QLD 4871
111 addresses · 7 streets
Kennedy Electorate › Cairns LGA › Fishery Falls · 1358 km from Brisbane
Living Here
Fishery Falls is a suburb of Queensland, home to about 205 people, with a median age of 50. The typical household earns around $1,221 a week, with median rent near $260 a week. Most homes are houses. About 69% of households own their home and 25% rent. Most workers drive to work. Common community backgrounds include English, Australian, Ancestry NS. 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 Babinda statistical area (SA2), the smallest area the ABS published before 2011. Solid line: Fishery Falls itself.
Getting Around & Local Services
1 school
Getting around. Airport: Cairns Airport, 37.1 km north-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: 15.8% 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 | 15.8% |
|---|---|
| Land with trees, 10 m satellite map, 2021 | 22.9% |
Demographics
Unemployment 4.2% · Labour-force participation 51.9%
Population by age in Fishery Falls
| 0-4 | 9 |
|---|---|
| 5-14 | 15 |
| 15-19 | 18 |
| 20-24 | 9 |
| 25-34 | 19 |
| 35-44 | 22 |
| 45-54 | 39 |
| 55-64 | 44 |
| 65-74 | 35 |
| 75-84 | 4 |
| 85+ | 4 |
Dwelling types in Fishery Falls
| House | 59 |
|---|---|
| Townhouse | 0 |
| Apartment | 0 |
| Other | 16 |
Households by weekly income in Fishery Falls
| <$650 | 12 |
|---|---|
| $650-1,499 | 24 |
| $1,500-2,999 | 20 |
| $3,000+ | 11 |
Top ancestries in Fishery Falls
| English | 79 |
|---|---|
| Australian | 64 |
| Ancestry NS | 30 |
| Italian | 23 |
| Irish | 22 |
| Other | 18 |
Housing tenure in Fishery Falls
| Owned | 34 |
|---|---|
| Mortgage | 16 |
| Rented | 18 |
| Other | 4 |
Cars per household in Fishery Falls
| 0 | 0 |
|---|---|
| 1 | 21 |
| 2 | 32 |
| 3 | 11 |
| 4+ | 5 |
Commute to work in Fishery Falls
| Car | 57 |
|---|---|
| Train | 0 |
| Bus | 0 |
| Tram/ferry | 0 |
| Walked | 7 |
| Bicycle | 0 |
| Home | 16 |
Top countries of birth in Fishery Falls
| New Zealand | 6 |
|---|---|
| England | 4 |
| Germany | 4 |
| Thailand | 4 |
| South Africa | 3 |
Languages used at home in Fishery Falls
| Thai | 4 |
|---|
Birds & Wildlife Nearby
1,167 bird observations recorded near Fishery Falls — most often seen:
- White-breasted Woodswallow (71)
- Mistletoebird (59)
- Wet Tropics Green Oriole (59)
- Metallic Starling (58)
- Bar-shouldered Dove (57)
- Masked Lapwing (52)
- Eastern Forest Kingfisher (48)
- North-eastern Golden-headed Cisticola (47)
- Olive-backed Sunbird (46)
- Black Kite (45)
- North Queensland Large-billed Gerygone (40)
- Great Egret (39)
- Graceful Honeyeater (38)
Show all 30 birds recorded near Fishery Falls
- Welcome Swallow (36)
- Chestnut-breasted Munia (35)
- Intermediate Egret (35)
- Southern Willie Wagtail (35)
- Yellow Figbird (35)
- North-eastern Black Butcherbird (34)
- Eastern Brown Honeyeater (33)
- Eastern Peaceful Dove (32)
- Wet Tropics Yellow-spotted Honeyeater (32)
- Australasian Figbird (31)
- Little Pied Cormorant (26)
- Yellow Oriole (26)
- Brown-backed Honeyeater (24)
- Hornbill Helmeted Friarbird (24)
- Sulphur-crested Cockatoo (24)
- Black Butcherbird (23)
- Magpie-lark (23)
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 Fishery Falls:
- Deeral (7.2 km)
- Aloomba (7.9 km)
- Bellenden Ker (10.3 km)
- East Russell (12.7 km)
- Goldsborough (15.9 km)
- Gordonvale (15.9 km)
- Babinda (17.9 km)
- Green Hill (18.1 km)
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Streets
- Bruce Highway (45)
- Grimshaw Road (14)
- Mcmahon Drive (22)
- Mcnab Road (4)
- Sophia Close (6)
- Stewart Road (9)
- Tidmarsh Road (11)
