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Kowanyama QLD 4892

427 addresses · 22 streets

Leichhardt Electorate › Kowanyama LGA › Kowanyama · 1771 km from Brisbane

Living Here

Kowanyama is a suburb of Queensland, home to about 1,079 people, with a median age of 29. The typical household earns around $1,132 a week, with median rent near $115 a week. Most homes are houses. About 5% of households own their home and 88% rent. Most workers walk to work. Common community backgrounds include Aboriginal, Ancestry NS, English. On the ABS socio-economic scale it sits in decile 1 of 10 nationally — a more disadvantaged area.

1,079Population
29Median age
$1,132Median household income / wk
$115Median rent / wk
3.7Avg household

Over time — Census 2011 → 2021

Getting Around & Local Services

Getting around. Airport: Kowanyama Airport, 1.8 km south.

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Socio-economic Standing

😟More disadvantaged · 1/10
Economic resources1/10
Education & jobs1/10

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: 20.8% share of land under canopy · satellite map, 2020

Where the trees are in Kowanyama

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

Tree cover measures, Kowanyama QLD
Canopy share, 1 m canopy height map, 202020.8%
Land with trees, 10 m satellite map, 202127.2%

Demographics

Unemployment 41% · Labour-force participation 39%

Population by age in Kowanyama
Population by age, Kowanyama QLD (ABS Census 2021)
0-490
5-14190
15-1997
20-2490
25-34184
35-44103
45-54169
55-6485
65-7449
75-8412
85+0
Dwelling types in Kowanyama
Dwelling types, Kowanyama QLD (ABS Census 2021)
House190
Townhouse51
Apartment0
Other0
Households by weekly income in Kowanyama
Households by weekly income, Kowanyama QLD (ABS Census 2021)
<$65050
$650-1,49985
$1,500-2,99950
$3,000+18
Top ancestries in Kowanyama
Top ancestries, Kowanyama QLD (ABS Census 2021)
Aboriginal905
Ancestry NS118
English32
Australian24
Other15
Irish7
Housing tenure in Kowanyama
Housing tenure, Kowanyama QLD (ABS Census 2021)
Owned13
Mortgage0
Rented211
Other16
Cars per household in Kowanyama
Cars per household, Kowanyama QLD (ABS Census 2021)
0109
177
232
39
4+7
Commute to work in Kowanyama
Commute to work, Kowanyama QLD (ABS Census 2021)
Car76
Train0
Bus0
Tram/ferry0
Walked81
Bicycle3
Home0
Top countries of birth in Kowanyama
Top countries of birth, Kowanyama QLD (ABS Census 2021)
New Zealand7
South Africa5
Languages used at home in Kowanyama
Languages used at home, Kowanyama QLD (ABS Census 2021)
Australian Indigenous32

Birds & Wildlife Nearby

764 bird observations recorded near Kowanyama — most often seen:

Show all 30 birds recorded near Kowanyama

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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