Jaggan QLD 4885
152 addresses · 14 streets
Kennedy Electorate › Tablelands LGA › Jaggan · 1355 km from Brisbane
Living Here
Jaggan is a suburb of Queensland, home to about 217 people, with a median age of 49. The typical household earns around $1,593 a week, with median rent near $350 a week. Most homes are houses. About 89% of households own their home and 7% rent. Most workers drive to work. Common community backgrounds include Australian, English, Scottish. On the ABS socio-economic scale it sits in decile 6 of 10 nationally — a mid-range area.
Over time — Census 2001 → 2021
Dashed line: district figures for the Malanda - Yungaburra statistical area (SA2), the smallest area the ABS published before 2011. Solid line: Jaggan itself.
Getting Around & Local Services
1 school
1 library
1 place to stay
Getting around. Airport: Mareeba Airport, 41 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: 30.5% 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 | 30.5% |
|---|---|
| Land with trees, 10 m satellite map, 2021 | 49.2% |
Demographics
Unemployment 2.8% · Labour-force participation 60.6%
Population by age in Jaggan
| 0-4 | 14 |
|---|---|
| 5-14 | 30 |
| 15-19 | 21 |
| 20-24 | 3 |
| 25-34 | 7 |
| 35-44 | 22 |
| 45-54 | 38 |
| 55-64 | 24 |
| 65-74 | 32 |
| 75-84 | 16 |
| 85+ | 3 |
Dwelling types in Jaggan
| House | 72 |
|---|---|
| Townhouse | 0 |
| Apartment | 0 |
| Other | 0 |
Households by weekly income in Jaggan
| <$650 | 8 |
|---|---|
| $650-1,499 | 19 |
| $1,500-2,999 | 20 |
| $3,000+ | 19 |
Top ancestries in Jaggan
| Australian | 91 |
|---|---|
| English | 86 |
| Scottish | 25 |
| Irish | 22 |
| German | 21 |
| Other | 21 |
Housing tenure in Jaggan
| Owned | 38 |
|---|---|
| Mortgage | 24 |
| Rented | 5 |
| Other | 3 |
Cars per household in Jaggan
| 0 | 0 |
|---|---|
| 1 | 18 |
| 2 | 26 |
| 3 | 16 |
| 4+ | 15 |
Commute to work in Jaggan
| Car | 66 |
|---|---|
| Train | 0 |
| Bus | 0 |
| Tram/ferry | 0 |
| Walked | 3 |
| Bicycle | 0 |
| Home | 15 |
Top countries of birth in Jaggan
| England | 10 |
|---|---|
| Germany | 6 |
| New Zealand | 6 |
| Philippines | 4 |
Languages used at home in Jaggan
| German | 6 |
|---|---|
| Filipino | 5 |
Birds & Wildlife Nearby
3,494 bird observations recorded near Jaggan — most often seen:
- Australian Brush-turkey (270)
- Lewin's Honeyeater (164)
- Victoria's Riflebird (159)
- Central Queensland Coast Lewin's Honeyeater (155)
- Brown-capped Emerald-dove (150)
- Macleay's Honeyeater (142)
- Masked Lapwing (129)
- Bar-shouldered Dove (127)
- Spotted Catbird (126)
- Laughing Kookaburra (121)
- Wet Tropics Brown Gerygone (120)
- Magpie-lark (114)
- Pied Currawong (114)
Show all 30 birds recorded near Jaggan
- Australian King-parrot (110)
- Wet Tropics Eastern Whipbird (110)
- Eastern Whipbird (103)
- Southern Willie Wagtail (102)
- Australasian Purple Swamphen (100)
- Grey-headed Robin (100)
- North-eastern Grey Fantail (98)
- Rainbow Lorikeet (95)
- Bush Stone-curlew (92)
- Little Shrike-thrush (91)
- Common Myna (90)
- Eastern Golden Whistler (88)
- Black Kite (87)
- Wet Tropics Pied Currawong (86)
- Willie Wagtail (86)
- Mistletoebird (83)
- Black-eared Catbird (82)
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 Jaggan:
- Tarzali (3.4 km)
- Malanda (5.1 km)
- Upper Barron (6.8 km)
- Kureen (7.3 km)
- Glen Allyn (8.2 km)
- Minbun (8.5 km)
- Peeramon (9.2 km)
- Moregatta (10.2 km)
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Streets
- Bauld Road (7)
- Clarkes Track (37)
- Fittock Road (1)
- Hillcrest Road (17)
- Landry Road (11)
- Malanda Millaa Millaa Road (11)
- Mckell Road (1)
- Merragallan Road (10)
- Merragallen Road (1)
- Millaa Millaa - Malanda Road (11)
- Millaa Millaa-malanda Road (12)
- Pelling Close (20)
- Seamark Road (12)
- Upper Barron Road (1)
