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Hermit Park QLD 4812

2,349 addresses · 39 streets

Herbert Electorate › Townsville LGA › Hermit Park · 1110 km from Brisbane

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Living Here

Hermit Park is a suburb of Queensland, home to about 3,512 people, with a median age of 36. The typical household earns around $1,382 a week, with median rent near $255 a week. Most homes are houses. About 50% of households own their home and 49% rent. Most workers drive to work. Common community backgrounds include English, Australian, Irish. On the ABS socio-economic scale it sits in decile 3 of 10 nationally — a more disadvantaged area.

3,512Population
36Median age
$1,382Median household income / wk
$255Median rent / wk
2.1Avg household

Over time — Census 2001 → 2021

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

Getting Around & Local Services

Getting around. Train station: Townsville, 1.7 km north-east · Ferry wharf: Magnetic Island Ferries - Townsville Terminal, 4.1 km north-east · Airport: RAAF Base Townsville, 4.1 km north-west.

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Socio-economic Standing

🙁Below average · 3/10
Economic resources1/10
Education & jobs6/10

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: 11.7% share of land under canopy · satellite map, 2020

Where the trees are in Hermit Park

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

Tree cover measures, Hermit Park QLD
Canopy share, 1 m canopy height map, 202011.7%
Land with trees, 10 m satellite map, 20219.3%

Demographics

Unemployment 6.2% · Labour-force participation 65.2%

Population by age in Hermit Park
Population by age, Hermit Park QLD (ABS Census 2021)
0-4214
5-14396
15-19219
20-24268
25-34595
35-44442
45-54474
55-64411
65-74306
75-84147
85+41
Dwelling types in Hermit Park
Dwelling types, Hermit Park QLD (ABS Census 2021)
House809
Townhouse525
Apartment140
Other0
Households by weekly income in Hermit Park
Households by weekly income, Hermit Park QLD (ABS Census 2021)
<$650302
$650-1,499455
$1,500-2,999395
$3,000+240
Top ancestries in Hermit Park
Top ancestries, Hermit Park QLD (ABS Census 2021)
English1,309
Australian1,171
Irish439
Other436
Scottish394
Ancestry NS311
Housing tenure in Hermit Park
Housing tenure, Hermit Park QLD (ABS Census 2021)
Owned302
Mortgage423
Rented705
Other15
Cars per household in Hermit Park
Cars per household, Hermit Park QLD (ABS Census 2021)
0151
1641
2475
3118
4+56
Commute to work in Hermit Park
Commute to work, Hermit Park QLD (ABS Census 2021)
Car1,328
Train4
Bus26
Tram/ferry0
Walked40
Bicycle30
Home94
Top countries of birth in Hermit Park
Top countries of birth, Hermit Park QLD (ABS Census 2021)
New Zealand91
England84
India35
Papua New Guinea25
Philippines25
Thailand14
Languages used at home in Hermit Park
Languages used at home, Hermit Park QLD (ABS Census 2021)
Italian22
Spanish16
German15
Malayalam15
Tagalog14
Australian Indigenous13

Birds & Wildlife Nearby

73,989 bird observations recorded near Hermit Park — most often seen:

Show all 30 birds recorded near Hermit Park

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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