Kinka Beach QLD 4703
377 addresses · 18 streets
Capricornia Electorate › Livingstone LGA › Kinka Beach · 523 km from Brisbane
Living Here
Kinka Beach is a suburb of Queensland, home to about 674 people, with a median age of 56. The typical household earns around $867 a week, with median rent near $298 a week. Most homes are houses. About 76% of households own their home and 22% rent. Most workers drive to work. Common community backgrounds include English, Australian, Scottish. On the ABS socio-economic scale it sits in decile 2 of 10 nationally — a more disadvantaged area.
Over time — Census 2001 → 2021
Dashed line: district figures for the Emu Park statistical area (SA2), the smallest area the ABS published before 2011. Solid line: Kinka Beach itself.
Getting Around & Local Services
1 Catholic church
1 hospital
1 library
2 golf clubs
Getting around. Airport: Great Keppel Airport, 15.5 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: 55.6% 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 | 55.6% |
|---|---|
| Land with trees, 10 m satellite map, 2021 | 80.0% |
Demographics
Unemployment 8.2% · Labour-force participation 41.5%
Population by age in Kinka Beach
| 0-4 | 25 |
|---|---|
| 5-14 | 69 |
| 15-19 | 24 |
| 20-24 | 20 |
| 25-34 | 44 |
| 35-44 | 60 |
| 45-54 | 84 |
| 55-64 | 117 |
| 65-74 | 132 |
| 75-84 | 81 |
| 85+ | 13 |
Dwelling types in Kinka Beach
| House | 193 |
|---|---|
| Townhouse | 0 |
| Apartment | 83 |
| Other | 7 |
Households by weekly income in Kinka Beach
| <$650 | 85 |
|---|---|
| $650-1,499 | 106 |
| $1,500-2,999 | 40 |
| $3,000+ | 37 |
Top ancestries in Kinka Beach
| English | 295 |
|---|---|
| Australian | 258 |
| Scottish | 80 |
| Ancestry NS | 73 |
| Irish | 56 |
| Aboriginal | 42 |
Housing tenure in Kinka Beach
| Owned | 154 |
|---|---|
| Mortgage | 67 |
| Rented | 64 |
| Other | 6 |
Cars per household in Kinka Beach
| 0 | 11 |
|---|---|
| 1 | 153 |
| 2 | 82 |
| 3 | 23 |
| 4+ | 11 |
Commute to work in Kinka Beach
| Car | 151 |
|---|---|
| Train | 0 |
| Bus | 4 |
| Tram/ferry | 0 |
| Walked | 11 |
| Bicycle | 0 |
| Home | 9 |
Top countries of birth in Kinka Beach
| New Zealand | 26 |
|---|---|
| England | 25 |
| Zimbabwe | 8 |
| Netherlands | 6 |
| Papua New Guinea | 5 |
| Scotland | 3 |
Birds & Wildlife Nearby
8,769 bird observations recorded near Kinka Beach — most often seen:
- Rainbow Bee-eater (395)
- Welcome Swallow (374)
- Silver Gull (359)
- Australian White Ibis (356)
- Whistling Kite (338)
- Masked Lapwing (330)
- Australasian Figbird (329)
- Willie Wagtail (327)
- Laughing Kookaburra (322)
- Bar-shouldered Dove (317)
- Brown Honeyeater (317)
- Peaceful Dove (303)
- White-faced Heron (303)
Show all 30 birds recorded near Kinka Beach
- Black-faced Cuckoo-shrike (291)
- Rainbow Lorikeet (290)
- Australian Magpie (286)
- Black Swan (285)
- Pied Butcherbird (284)
- Great Egret (277)
- Torresian Crow (262)
- Pacific Black Duck (260)
- Australian Pelican (255)
- Little Friarbird (249)
- Brolga (248)
- Magpie-lark (247)
- Straw-necked Ibis (247)
- Red-capped Plover (236)
- Blue-faced Honeyeater (230)
- Mistletoebird (227)
- Galah (225)
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 Kinka Beach:
- Causeway Lake (2.5 km)
- Mulambin (3.3 km)
- Tanby (3.9 km)
- Emu Park (4.9 km)
- Rosslyn (5.8 km)
- Lammermoor (6.8 km)
- Zilzie (7.1 km)
- Coorooman (8.3 km)
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Streets
- Alfred Street (2)
- Anthea Street (10)
- Bauhinia Road (2)
- Camellia Street (17)
- Coolwaters Esplanade (29)
- Gardenia Street (24)
- King James Court (18)
- King William Place (8)
- Kingsway Boulevard (10)
- Kinka Beach Road (4)
- Lord Edward Way (2)
- Natalie Place (5)
- Orchid Street (21)
- Scenic Highway (177)
- Sir Davidson Drive (16)
- Sunflower Street (19)
- Veronica Street (8)
- Young Avenue (5)
