Kennedy QLD 4816
83 addresses · 8 streets
Kennedy Electorate › Cassowary Coast LGA › Kennedy · 1260 km from Brisbane
Living Here
Kennedy is a suburb of Queensland, home to about 136 people, with a median age of 51. The typical household earns around $850 a week, with median rent near $180 a week. Most homes are houses. About 59% of households own their home and 27% rent. Most workers drive to work. Common community backgrounds include Australian, English, 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 Tully statistical area (SA2), the smallest area the ABS published before 2011. Solid line: Kennedy itself.
Getting Around & Local Services
1 school
Getting around. Train station: Cardwell, 11.4 km south-east · Airport: Ingham Airport, 55.5 km south-east.
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: 61% 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 | 61.0% |
|---|---|
| Land with trees, 10 m satellite map, 2021 | 59.4% |
Demographics
Unemployment 12% · Labour-force participation 43.9%
Population by age in Kennedy
| 0-4 | 3 |
|---|---|
| 5-14 | 14 |
| 15-19 | 6 |
| 20-24 | 5 |
| 25-34 | 5 |
| 35-44 | 17 |
| 45-54 | 17 |
| 55-64 | 27 |
| 65-74 | 31 |
| 75-84 | 9 |
| 85+ | 0 |
Dwelling types in Kennedy
| House | 46 |
|---|---|
| Townhouse | 0 |
| Apartment | 0 |
| Other | 4 |
Households by weekly income in Kennedy
| <$650 | 7 |
|---|---|
| $650-1,499 | 19 |
| $1,500-2,999 | 12 |
| $3,000+ | 0 |
Top ancestries in Kennedy
| Australian | 49 |
|---|---|
| English | 46 |
| Aboriginal | 37 |
| Other | 24 |
| Irish | 16 |
| Scottish | 12 |
Housing tenure in Kennedy
| Owned | 20 |
|---|---|
| Mortgage | 9 |
| Rented | 13 |
| Other | 7 |
Cars per household in Kennedy
| 0 | 0 |
|---|---|
| 1 | 19 |
| 2 | 18 |
| 3 | 9 |
| 4+ | 3 |
Commute to work in Kennedy
| Car | 37 |
|---|---|
| Train | 0 |
| Bus | 0 |
| Tram/ferry | 0 |
| Walked | 0 |
| Bicycle | 0 |
| Home | 3 |
Top countries of birth in Kennedy
| England | 4 |
|---|---|
| New Zealand | 3 |
Languages used at home in Kennedy
| Australian Indigenous | 10 |
|---|
Birds & Wildlife Nearby
949 bird observations recorded near Kennedy — most often seen:
- Bar-shouldered Dove (57)
- Eastern Rainbow Lorikeet (48)
- Green Figbird (42)
- Masked Lapwing (42)
- Eastern Sulphur-crested Cockatoo (41)
- Eastern Olive-backed Oriole (40)
- Southern Queensland Orange-footed Scrubfowl (39)
- Rainbow Bee-eater (38)
- Eastern Forest Kingfisher (34)
- Eastern Peaceful Dove (34)
- Birds (33)
- North-eastern Black Butcherbird (33)
- Bush Stone-curlew (32)
Show all 30 birds recorded near Kennedy
- North-eastern Spangled Drongo (32)
- Northern Blue-winged Kookaburra (32)
- Olive-backed Sunbird (32)
- Southern Red-browed Finch (31)
- Wet Tropics Yellow-spotted Honeyeater (31)
- Eastern Dusky Honeyeater (29)
- Southern Magpie-lark (28)
- Brown-capped Emerald-dove (27)
- Northern Pale-yellow Robin (24)
- Northern Pheasant Coucal (24)
- Wet Tropics Brown Cuckoo-dove (24)
- Little Shrike-thrush (23)
- Macleay's Honeyeater (22)
- Graceful Honeyeater (20)
- Eastern Varied Triller (19)
- North-eastern Rufous Fantail (19)
- Southern Willie Wagtail (19)
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 Kennedy:
- Carruchan (3.7 km)
- Ellerbeck (5.9 km)
- Bilyana (9.7 km)
- Cardwell (11.1 km)
- Murray Upper (16.6 km)
- Damper Creek (18 km)
- Murrigal (18.2 km)
- Warrami (21 km)
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Streets
- Bruce Highway (30)
- Ellerbeck Road (6)
- Hubinger Road (1)
- Kennedy Creek Road (39)
- Meacham Road (2)
- Milanesio Road (2)
- Russell Road (1)
- Whitfield Creek Road (2)