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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.

205Population
50Median age
$1,221Median household income / wk
$260Median rent / wk
2.2Avg household

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

Getting around. Airport: Cairns Airport, 37.1 km north-west.

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Socio-economic Standing

🙁Below average · 3/10
Economic resources3/10
Education & jobs3/10

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: 15.8% share of land under canopy · satellite map, 2020

Where the trees are in Fishery Falls

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

Tree cover measures, Fishery Falls QLD
Canopy share, 1 m canopy height map, 202015.8%
Land with trees, 10 m satellite map, 202122.9%

Demographics

Unemployment 4.2% · Labour-force participation 51.9%

Population by age in Fishery Falls
Population by age, Fishery Falls QLD (ABS Census 2021)
0-49
5-1415
15-1918
20-249
25-3419
35-4422
45-5439
55-6444
65-7435
75-844
85+4
Dwelling types in Fishery Falls
Dwelling types, Fishery Falls QLD (ABS Census 2021)
House59
Townhouse0
Apartment0
Other16
Households by weekly income in Fishery Falls
Households by weekly income, Fishery Falls QLD (ABS Census 2021)
<$65012
$650-1,49924
$1,500-2,99920
$3,000+11
Top ancestries in Fishery Falls
Top ancestries, Fishery Falls QLD (ABS Census 2021)
English79
Australian64
Ancestry NS30
Italian23
Irish22
Other18
Housing tenure in Fishery Falls
Housing tenure, Fishery Falls QLD (ABS Census 2021)
Owned34
Mortgage16
Rented18
Other4
Cars per household in Fishery Falls
Cars per household, Fishery Falls QLD (ABS Census 2021)
00
121
232
311
4+5
Commute to work in Fishery Falls
Commute to work, Fishery Falls QLD (ABS Census 2021)
Car57
Train0
Bus0
Tram/ferry0
Walked7
Bicycle0
Home16
Top countries of birth in Fishery Falls
Top countries of birth, Fishery Falls QLD (ABS Census 2021)
New Zealand6
England4
Germany4
Thailand4
South Africa3
Languages used at home in Fishery Falls
Languages used at home, Fishery Falls QLD (ABS Census 2021)
Thai4

Birds & Wildlife Nearby

1,167 bird observations recorded near Fishery Falls — most often seen:

Show all 30 birds recorded near Fishery Falls

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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