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Nanum QLD 4874

477 addresses · 12 streets

Leichhardt Electorate › Weipa LGA › Nanum · 2017 km from Brisbane

Living Here

Nanum is a suburb of Queensland, home to about 904 people, with a median age of 29. The typical household earns around $2,715 a week, with median rent near $530 a week. Most homes are houses. About 31% of households own their home and 65% rent. Most workers drive to work. Common community backgrounds include Australian, English, Aboriginal. On the ABS socio-economic scale it sits in decile 9 of 10 nationally — a relatively advantaged area.

904Population
29Median age
$2,715Median household income / wk
$530Median rent / wk
2.8Avg household

Over time — Census 2001 → 2021

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

Getting Around & Local Services

Getting around. Airport: Weipa Airport, 7.8 km south-east.

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Socio-economic Standing

😄Very advantaged · 9/10
Economic resources5/10
Education & jobs4/10

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: 33.4% share of land under canopy · satellite map, 2020

Where the trees are in Nanum

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

Tree cover measures, Nanum QLD
Canopy share, 1 m canopy height map, 202033.4%
Land with trees, 10 m satellite map, 202153.3%

Demographics

Unemployment 1.2% · Labour-force participation 78.3%

Population by age in Nanum
Population by age, Nanum QLD (ABS Census 2021)
0-4104
5-14136
15-1937
20-2471
25-34200
35-44134
45-54103
55-6468
65-7427
75-847
85+0
Dwelling types in Nanum
Dwelling types, Nanum QLD (ABS Census 2021)
House169
Townhouse86
Apartment0
Other28
Households by weekly income in Nanum
Households by weekly income, Nanum QLD (ABS Census 2021)
<$6506
$650-1,49930
$1,500-2,99998
$3,000+108
Top ancestries in Nanum
Top ancestries, Nanum QLD (ABS Census 2021)
Australian341
English301
Other124
Aboriginal112
Ancestry NS103
Scottish92
Housing tenure in Nanum
Housing tenure, Nanum QLD (ABS Census 2021)
Owned37
Mortgage49
Rented180
Other10
Cars per household in Nanum
Cars per household, Nanum QLD (ABS Census 2021)
04
165
2127
355
4+22
Commute to work in Nanum
Commute to work, Nanum QLD (ABS Census 2021)
Car346
Train0
Bus8
Tram/ferry11
Walked19
Bicycle7
Home13
Top countries of birth in Nanum
Top countries of birth, Nanum QLD (ABS Census 2021)
Philippines16
Papua New Guinea14
New Zealand12
England10
Ireland4
Fiji3
Languages used at home in Nanum
Languages used at home, Nanum QLD (ABS Census 2021)
Tagalog14
Indonesian6
Filipino5
Afrikaans4
Australian Indigenous4
Spanish3

Birds & Wildlife Nearby

14,561 bird observations recorded near Nanum — most often seen:

Show all 30 birds recorded near Nanum

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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