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Mooroobool QLD 4870

3,473 addresses · 127 streets

Leichhardt Electorate › Cairns LGA › Mooroobool · 1391 km from Brisbane

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Living Here

Mooroobool is a suburb of Queensland, home to about 7,136 people, with a median age of 41. The typical household earns around $1,495 a week, with median rent near $330 a week. Most homes are houses. About 66% of households own their home and 33% rent. Most workers drive to work. Common community backgrounds include English, Australian, Irish. On the ABS socio-economic scale it sits in decile 3 of 10 nationally — a more disadvantaged area.

7,136Population
41Median age
$1,495Median household income / wk
$330Median rent / wk
2.5Avg household

Over time — Census 2001 → 2021

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

Getting Around & Local Services

Getting around. Train station: Cairns, 4.1 km east · Bus interchange: Cairns City bus station, 4.6 km east · Ferry wharf: Reef Fleet Terminal, 5.1 km east · Airport: Cairns Airport, 6.5 km north.

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Socio-economic Standing

🙁Below average · 3/10
Economic resources2/10
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: 37.2% share of land under canopy · satellite map, 2020

Where the trees are in Mooroobool

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

Tree cover measures, Mooroobool QLD
Canopy share, 1 m canopy height map, 202037.2%
Land with trees, 10 m satellite map, 202145.8%

Demographics

Unemployment 6.3% · Labour-force participation 59.8%

Population by age in Mooroobool
Population by age, Mooroobool QLD (ABS Census 2021)
0-4377
5-14964
15-19485
20-24380
25-34791
35-44911
45-541,010
55-64975
65-74725
75-84350
85+172
Dwelling types in Mooroobool
Dwelling types, Mooroobool QLD (ABS Census 2021)
House1,978
Townhouse406
Apartment179
Other0
Households by weekly income in Mooroobool
Households by weekly income, Mooroobool QLD (ABS Census 2021)
<$650400
$650-1,499789
$1,500-2,999760
$3,000+418
Top ancestries in Mooroobool
Top ancestries, Mooroobool QLD (ABS Census 2021)
English2,086
Australian1,960
Other1,757
Irish652
Aboriginal582
Scottish582
Housing tenure in Mooroobool
Housing tenure, Mooroobool QLD (ABS Census 2021)
Owned791
Mortgage875
Rented828
Other25
Cars per household in Mooroobool
Cars per household, Mooroobool QLD (ABS Census 2021)
0144
1986
2962
3294
4+132
Commute to work in Mooroobool
Commute to work, Mooroobool QLD (ABS Census 2021)
Car2,129
Train0
Bus23
Tram/ferry0
Walked32
Bicycle38
Home367
Top countries of birth in Mooroobool
Top countries of birth, Mooroobool QLD (ABS Census 2021)
England190
New Zealand183
Philippines135
Nepal123
Japan122
Papua New Guinea109
Languages used at home in Mooroobool
Languages used at home, Mooroobool QLD (ABS Census 2021)
Nepali313
Japanese156
Australian Indigenous96
Italian69
Tagalog69
Mandarin62

Birds & Wildlife Nearby

401,767 bird observations recorded near Mooroobool — most often seen:

Show all 30 birds recorded near Mooroobool

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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