Kaban QLD 4888
57 addresses · 12 streets
Kennedy Electorate › Tablelands LGA › Kaban · 1354 km from Brisbane
Living Here
Kaban is a suburb of Queensland, home to about 94 people, with a median age of 40. The typical household earns around $1,125 a week, with median rent near $300 a week. Most homes are houses. About 72% of households own their home and 16% rent. Most workers drive to work. Common community backgrounds include English, Australian, Aboriginal. On the ABS socio-economic scale it sits in decile 1 of 10 nationally — a more disadvantaged area.
Over time — Census 2001 → 2021
Dashed line: district figures for the Herberton statistical area (SA2), the smallest area the ABS published before 2011. Solid line: Kaban itself.
Getting Around & Local Services
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: 41.6% 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 | 41.6% |
|---|---|
| Land with trees, 10 m satellite map, 2021 | 78.8% |
Demographics
Unemployment 2.3% · Labour-force participation 59.5%
Population by age in Kaban
| 0-4 | 3 |
|---|---|
| 5-14 | 16 |
| 15-19 | 9 |
| 20-24 | 5 |
| 25-34 | 7 |
| 35-44 | 16 |
| 45-54 | 17 |
| 55-64 | 10 |
| 65-74 | 3 |
| 75-84 | 14 |
| 85+ | 0 |
Dwelling types in Kaban
| House | 26 |
|---|---|
| Townhouse | 0 |
| Apartment | 0 |
| Other | 0 |
Households by weekly income in Kaban
| <$650 | 0 |
|---|---|
| $650-1,499 | 7 |
| $1,500-2,999 | 4 |
| $3,000+ | 0 |
Top ancestries in Kaban
| English | 46 |
|---|---|
| Australian | 35 |
| Aboriginal | 24 |
| Irish | 11 |
| Scottish | 10 |
| German | 8 |
Housing tenure in Kaban
| Owned | 10 |
|---|---|
| Mortgage | 8 |
| Rented | 4 |
| Other | 3 |
Cars per household in Kaban
| 0 | 0 |
|---|---|
| 1 | 4 |
| 2 | 3 |
| 3 | 8 |
| 4+ | 5 |
Commute to work in Kaban
| Car | 30 |
|---|---|
| Train | 0 |
| Bus | 0 |
| Tram/ferry | 0 |
| Walked | 0 |
| Bicycle | 0 |
| Home | 4 |
Birds & Wildlife Nearby
1,980 bird observations recorded near Kaban — most often seen:
- Yellow-faced Honeyeater (145)
- Scarlet Honeyeater (102)
- Grey Fantail (101)
- Rufous Whistler (99)
- Red-backed Fairy-wren (95)
- Grey Shrike-thrush (93)
- Lewin's Honeyeater (89)
- Laughing Kookaburra (87)
- Scaly-breasted Lorikeet (87)
- Red-browed Finch (83)
- White-naped Honeyeater (74)
- Eastern Yellow Robin (72)
- Noisy Friarbird (68)
Show all 30 birds recorded near Kaban
- White-throated Treecreeper (61)
- Rainbow Lorikeet (56)
- Fuscous Honeyeater (52)
- Brown Gerygone (51)
- White-browed Scrubwren (51)
- Peaceful Dove (49)
- Varied Sittella (49)
- Willie Wagtail (49)
- Spotted Pardalote (48)
- Black-faced Cuckoo-shrike (44)
- Pied Currawong (43)
- Noisy Miner (41)
- Mistletoebird (39)
- Yellow Thornbill (39)
- Bridled Honeyeater (38)
- White-bellied Cuckoo-shrike (38)
- Fan-tailed Cuckoo (37)
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 Kaban:
- Tumoulin (7.1 km)
- Kalunga (8.9 km)
- Evelyn (9.2 km)
- Wondecla (10.5 km)
- Ravenshoe (14.4 km)
- Herberton (15 km)
- Millstream (15.4 km)
- Silver Valley (16.2 km)
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Streets
- Arbouin Road (4)
- Dalgety Road (1)
- Johnston Road (3)
- Jonsson Road (3)
- Kaban Road (15)
- Marshall Creek Road (7)
- Old Kaban Road (6)
- Perrot Road (1)
- Springvale Road (1)
- Steele Road (4)
- Tumoulin Road (4)
- Williams Road (8)
