Kanigan QLD 4570

Living Here

Kanigan is a suburb of Queensland, home to about 143 people, with a median age of 43. The typical household earns around $1,124 a week, with median rent near $200 a week. Most homes are houses. About 93% of households own their home and 7% rent. Most workers drive to work. Common community backgrounds include English, Australian, Ancestry NS. 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 Maryborough Region - South statistical area (SA2), the smallest area the ABS published before 2011. Solid line: Kanigan itself.

Getting Around & Local Services

• 2 schools

  • Glenwood State School
  • Theebine State School
• 1 mechanic

  • David Long Auto Repairs
• 2 places to stay

  • Theebine Pub
  • Windsong Cabins & Tea Gardens

Getting around. Airport: Gympie Airport, 39.7 km south.

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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: 41.5% 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.

Demographics

Unemployment 12.7% · Labour-force participation 47.8%

Birds & Wildlife Nearby

1,499 bird observations recorded near Kanigan — most often seen:

• Eastern Rainbow Lorikeet (95)
• Australian Torresian Crow (87)
• Eastern Little Friarbird (81)
• Southern Laughing Kookaburra (73)
• Rock Dove (67)
• Scaly-breasted Lorikeet (66)
• Grey Butcherbird (61)
• Northern Red-tailed Black-cockatoo (59)
• Eastern Yellow-tailed Black-cockatoo (54)
• Torresian Crow (53)
• Mainland Black-faced Cuckoo-shrike (50)
• Rainbow Lorikeet (49)
• Australian Wood Duck (48)

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 Kanigan:

• Theebine (4.4 km)
• Glenwood (4.5 km)
• Gunalda (5.5 km)
• Paterson (8.4 km)
• Scotchy Pocket (8.5 km)
• Gootchie (9 km)
• Anderleigh (11 km)
• Miva (11 km)

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