Kinchant Dam QLD 4741
80 addresses · 5 streets
Capricornia Electorate › Mackay LGA › Kinchant Dam · 810 km from Brisbane
Living Here
Kinchant Dam is a suburb of Queensland, home to about 183 people, with a median age of 41. The typical household earns around $2,250 a week, with median rent near $215 a week. Most homes are houses. About 88% of households own their home and 12% rent. Most workers drive to work. Common community backgrounds include Australian, English, Ancestry NS. On the ABS socio-economic scale it sits in decile 5 of 10 nationally — a mid-range area.
Over time — Census 2001 → 2021
Dashed line: district figures for the Pioneer Valley statistical area (SA2), the smallest area the ABS published before 2011. Solid line: Kinchant Dam itself.
Getting Around & Local Services
1 school
1 Catholic church
1 place to stay
Getting around. Airport: Mackay Airport, 27.9 km 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: 29.8% 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 | 29.8% |
|---|---|
| Land with trees, 10 m satellite map, 2021 | 53.2% |
Demographics
Unemployment 4.2% · Labour-force participation 51.8%
Population by age in Kinchant Dam
| 0-4 | 12 |
|---|---|
| 5-14 | 34 |
| 15-19 | 11 |
| 20-24 | 9 |
| 25-34 | 18 |
| 35-44 | 21 |
| 45-54 | 23 |
| 55-64 | 36 |
| 65-74 | 19 |
| 75-84 | 5 |
| 85+ | 0 |
Dwelling types in Kinchant Dam
| House | 41 |
|---|---|
| Townhouse | 0 |
| Apartment | 0 |
| Other | 0 |
Households by weekly income in Kinchant Dam
| <$650 | 10 |
|---|---|
| $650-1,499 | 3 |
| $1,500-2,999 | 16 |
| $3,000+ | 15 |
Top ancestries in Kinchant Dam
| Australian | 73 |
|---|---|
| English | 58 |
| Ancestry NS | 50 |
| Irish | 17 |
| Maltese | 16 |
| Scottish | 15 |
Housing tenure in Kinchant Dam
| Owned | 21 |
|---|---|
| Mortgage | 23 |
| Rented | 6 |
| Other | 0 |
Cars per household in Kinchant Dam
| 0 | 5 |
|---|---|
| 1 | 8 |
| 2 | 20 |
| 3 | 11 |
| 4+ | 6 |
Commute to work in Kinchant Dam
| Car | 47 |
|---|---|
| Train | 0 |
| Bus | 3 |
| Tram/ferry | 0 |
| Walked | 6 |
| Bicycle | 0 |
| Home | 4 |
Top countries of birth in Kinchant Dam
| South Africa | 6 |
|---|
Birds & Wildlife Nearby
4,090 bird observations recorded near Kinchant Dam — most often seen:
- Pacific Black Duck (193)
- Black Swan (171)
- Black Kite (170)
- Masked Lapwing (170)
- Little Pied Cormorant (168)
- Australasian Darter (167)
- Comb-crested Jacana (164)
- Dusky Moorhen (161)
- Australasian Purple Swamphen (152)
- Cotton Pygmy-goose (148)
- Australian Pelican (140)
- Magpie-lark (139)
- Little Black Cormorant (136)
Show all 30 birds recorded near Kinchant Dam
- Australian Wood Duck (134)
- Australasian Grebe (133)
- Great Egret (133)
- Great Crested Grebe (131)
- Whistling Kite (131)
- Australian White Ibis (123)
- Eurasian Coot (121)
- Torresian Crow (121)
- Willie Wagtail (121)
- Australian Magpie (120)
- Intermediate Egret (118)
- Plumed Whistling-duck (109)
- Hardhead (108)
- Magpie Goose (107)
- Bush Stone-curlew (103)
- Rainbow Lorikeet (100)
- Welcome Swallow (98)
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 Kinchant Dam:
- Brightly (4 km)
- North Eton (4.3 km)
- Eton (7.4 km)
- Mirani (8.4 km)
- Marian (8.8 km)
- Mia Mia (9.1 km)
- Victoria Plains (9.8 km)
- Pinevale (12 km)
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Streets
- Hogans Road (2)
- Kinchant Dam Road (64)
- Mirani Eton Road (1)
- Savannah Drive (7)
- Thomas Deguara Drive (6)
