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Gordonvale QLD 4865

3,842 addresses · 192 streets

Kennedy Electorate › Cairns LGA › Gordonvale · 1373 km from Brisbane

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Living Here

Gordonvale is a suburb of Queensland, home to about 6,944 people, with a median age of 38. The typical household earns around $1,659 a week, with median rent near $320 a week. Most homes are houses. About 74% of households own their home and 25% rent. Most workers drive to work. Common community backgrounds include Australian, English, Irish. On the ABS socio-economic scale it sits in decile 3 of 10 nationally — a more disadvantaged area.

6,944Population
38Median age
$1,659Median household income / wk
$320Median rent / wk
2.7Avg household

Over time — Census 2001 → 2021

Dashed line: district figures for the Gordonvale - Trinity statistical area (SA2), the smallest area the ABS published before 2011. Solid line: Gordonvale itself.

Getting Around & Local Services

Getting around. Train station: Gordonvale, 1.3 km east · Airport: Cairns Airport, 23.9 km north.

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Socio-economic Standing

🙁Below average · 3/10
Economic resources4/10
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: 17.5% share of land under canopy · satellite map, 2020

Where the trees are in Gordonvale

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

Tree cover measures, Gordonvale QLD
Canopy share, 1 m canopy height map, 202017.5%
Land with trees, 10 m satellite map, 202131.9%

Demographics

Unemployment 5.2% · Labour-force participation 63%

Population by age in Gordonvale
Population by age, Gordonvale QLD (ABS Census 2021)
0-4392
5-141,108
15-19476
20-24370
25-34857
35-44872
45-54890
55-64884
65-74658
75-84323
85+116
Dwelling types in Gordonvale
Dwelling types, Gordonvale QLD (ABS Census 2021)
House2,237
Townhouse64
Apartment48
Other0
Households by weekly income in Gordonvale
Households by weekly income, Gordonvale QLD (ABS Census 2021)
<$650317
$650-1,499663
$1,500-2,999765
$3,000+396
Top ancestries in Gordonvale
Top ancestries, Gordonvale QLD (ABS Census 2021)
Australian2,614
English2,532
Other797
Irish734
Aboriginal712
Scottish633
Housing tenure in Gordonvale
Housing tenure, Gordonvale QLD (ABS Census 2021)
Owned720
Mortgage995
Rented571
Other27
Cars per household in Gordonvale
Cars per household, Gordonvale QLD (ABS Census 2021)
083
1675
2963
3365
4+228
Commute to work in Gordonvale
Commute to work, Gordonvale QLD (ABS Census 2021)
Car2,220
Train0
Bus23
Tram/ferry0
Walked76
Bicycle25
Home304
Top countries of birth in Gordonvale
Top countries of birth, Gordonvale QLD (ABS Census 2021)
England155
New Zealand106
Papua New Guinea68
India44
Philippines42
Germany29
Languages used at home in Gordonvale
Languages used at home, Gordonvale QLD (ABS Census 2021)
Australian Indigenous84
Punjabi62
Italian46
Japanese16
French13
Filipino13

Birds & Wildlife Nearby

6,017 bird observations recorded near Gordonvale — most often seen:

Show all 30 birds recorded near Gordonvale

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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