Kamerunga QLD 4870

Living Here

Kamerunga is a suburb of Queensland, home to about 962 people, with a median age of 39. The typical household earns around $2,104 a week, with median rent near $400 a week. Most homes are houses. About 83% of households own their home and 16% rent. Most workers drive to work. Common community backgrounds include English, Australian, Irish. On the ABS socio-economic scale it sits in decile 8 of 10 nationally — a relatively advantaged area.

Over time — Census 2001 → 2021

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

Getting Around & Local Services

• 6 schools

  • Peace Lutheran College
  • Caravonica State School
  • Freshwater Christian College
  • Freshwater State School
  • St. Andrews Catholic College
  • Redlynch State College
• 1 supermarket

  • IGA X-Press
• 11 parks

  • Impey Reserve
  • Theo Martinuzzi Park
  • Early Settler Park
  • Aroona Street Park
  • Redlynch Village Green
  • Redlynch Skate Park
  • Horse Paddock
  • Ryan Weare Park
  • Saturn Park
  • Hodkinson Street Park

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• 4 hospitals

  • Cairns North Community Health Facility
  • Cairns Hospital
  • Cairns Private hospital
  • Medicare Centre
• 1 vet

  • Greencross Vets
• 1 library

  • Stratford Library
• 1 post office

  • Australia Post - Freshwater LPO
• 2 service stations

  • Coles Express
  • Shell Reddy Express Redlynch
• 1 gym

  • Botanica House Country Club
• 1 golf club

  • Half Moon Bay Golf Club
• 1 butcher

  • Leonard's
• 2 hardware stores

  • Bunnings Warehouse
  • Total Tools
• 1 mechanic

  • Pacific Toyota Service Centre Brinsmead
• 2 plumbers

  • Reece Plumbing
  • Reece Plumbing
• 6 places to stay

  • Lake Placid Tourist Park
  • Cool Waters Holiday Park
  • Lilybank Bed and Breakfast
  • Tree Tops Lodge Cairns
  • Big4 Cairns Crystal Cascades Holiday Park
  • Crystal Cascades Holiday Park

Getting around. Train station: Freshwater, 3.3 km east · Bus interchange: James Cook University Bus Station, 6.5 km north · Airport: Cairns Airport, 7.6 km east.

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Socio-economic Standing

Greenery

🌳 Tree canopy: 62.1% satellite estimate · 2021

Demographics

Unemployment 4.8% · Labour-force participation 70.4%

Birds & Wildlife Nearby

34,220 bird observations recorded near Kamerunga — most often seen:

• Willie Wagtail (1,737)
• Masked Lapwing (1,721)
• Peaceful Dove (1,721)
• Magpie-lark (1,681)
• Sulphur-crested Cockatoo (1,655)
• Common Myna (1,598)
• White-breasted Woodswallow (1,569)
• Metallic Starling (1,561)
• Rainbow Lorikeet (1,385)
• Australasian Figbird (1,365)
• Torresian Imperial-pigeon (1,214)
• Welcome Swallow (1,139)
• Mistletoebird (1,097)

Nearby Suburbs

The closest suburbs to Kamerunga:

• Barron Gorge (1.6 km)
• Caravonica (1.6 km)
• Barron (3 km)
• Freshwater (3.7 km)
• Redlynch (4.1 km)
• Brinsmead (4.8 km)
• Stratford (5.5 km)
• Smithfield (5.6 km)

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