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Kirwan QLD 4817

9,380 addresses · 352 streets

Herbert Electorate › Townsville LGA › Kirwan · 1112 km from Brisbane

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Living Here

A large residential suburb of Townsville in north Queensland, Kirwan is family-oriented and affordable. Households average 2.6 people and the median age is 38. Median household income is $1,673 a week, with rent around $325.

Kirwan is a suburb of Queensland, home to about 20,780 people, with a median age of 38. The typical household earns around $1,673 a week, with median rent near $325 a week. Most homes are houses. About 64% of households own their home and 35% rent. Most workers drive to work. Common community backgrounds include Australian, English, Irish. On the ABS socio-economic scale it sits in decile 3 of 10 nationally — a more disadvantaged area.

20,780Population
38Median age
$1,673Median household income / wk
$325Median rent / wk
2.6Avg household

Over time — Census 2001 → 2021

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

Getting Around & Local Services

Getting around. Train station: Townsville, 9.1 km north-east · Airport: RAAF Base Townsville, 6 km north-east.

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Socio-economic Standing

🙁Below average · 3/10
Economic resources3/10
Education & jobs3/10

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: 8.4% share of land under canopy · satellite map, 2020

Where the trees are in Kirwan

Green: 10 m cells where trees dominate, satellite 2021. Blue: water. The line is the suburb boundary.

Tree cover measures, Kirwan QLD
Canopy share, 1 m canopy height map, 20208.4%
Land with trees, 10 m satellite map, 20218.3%

Demographics

Unemployment 5.3% · Labour-force participation 64%

Population by age in Kirwan
Population by age, Kirwan QLD (ABS Census 2021)
0-41,170
5-143,010
15-191,590
20-241,322
25-342,487
35-442,692
45-542,859
55-642,529
65-741,900
75-84923
85+287
Dwelling types in Kirwan
Dwelling types, Kirwan QLD (ABS Census 2021)
House6,632
Townhouse763
Apartment68
Other0
Households by weekly income in Kirwan
Households by weekly income, Kirwan QLD (ABS Census 2021)
<$650994
$650-1,4992,072
$1,500-2,9992,464
$3,000+1,244
Top ancestries in Kirwan
Top ancestries, Kirwan QLD (ABS Census 2021)
Australian8,018
English7,808
Irish2,274
Other2,225
Scottish2,135
Aboriginal1,791
Housing tenure in Kirwan
Housing tenure, Kirwan QLD (ABS Census 2021)
Owned1,971
Mortgage2,750
Rented2,594
Other84
Cars per household in Kirwan
Cars per household, Kirwan QLD (ABS Census 2021)
0377
12,530
23,007
31,015
4+459
Commute to work in Kirwan
Commute to work, Kirwan QLD (ABS Census 2021)
Car7,961
Train0
Bus93
Tram/ferry0
Walked131
Bicycle72
Home428
Top countries of birth in Kirwan
Top countries of birth, Kirwan QLD (ABS Census 2021)
England473
New Zealand451
Philippines269
India115
Papua New Guinea113
Scotland75
Languages used at home in Kirwan
Languages used at home, Kirwan QLD (ABS Census 2021)
Australian Indigenous129
Tagalog128
Italian74
Filipino64
Malayalam54
Vietnamese54

Birds & Wildlife Nearby

128,197 bird observations recorded near Kirwan — most often seen:

Show all 30 birds recorded near Kirwan

Sightings reported by observers, not a survey, so the counts show what people record rather than what lives here. Source: Atlas of Living Australia.

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