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Nome QLD 4816

856 addresses · 30 streets

Dawson Electorate › Townsville LGA › Nome · 1096 km from Brisbane

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Living Here

Nome is a suburb of Queensland, home to about 990 people, with a median age of 52. The typical household earns around $1,452 a week, with median rent near $274 a week. Most homes are houses. About 87% of households own their home and 11% rent. Most workers drive to work. Common community backgrounds include Australian, English, Scottish. On the ABS socio-economic scale it sits in decile 4 of 10 nationally — a mid-range area.

990Population
52Median age
$1,452Median household income / wk
$274Median rent / wk
2.3Avg household

Over time — Census 2001 → 2021

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

Getting Around & Local Services

Getting around. Airport: RAAF Base Townsville, 19.4 km north-west.

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Socio-economic Standing

🙁Below average · 4/10
Economic resources5/10
Education & jobs2/10

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: 38.8% share of land under canopy · satellite map, 2020

Where the trees are in Nome

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

Tree cover measures, Nome QLD
Canopy share, 1 m canopy height map, 202038.8%
Land with trees, 10 m satellite map, 202160.8%

Demographics

Unemployment 5.1% · Labour-force participation 55.9%

Population by age in Nome
Population by age, Nome QLD (ABS Census 2021)
0-435
5-1481
15-1959
20-2441
25-3483
35-4484
45-54153
55-64193
65-74189
75-8469
85+8
Dwelling types in Nome
Dwelling types, Nome QLD (ABS Census 2021)
House382
Townhouse0
Apartment0
Other0
Households by weekly income in Nome
Households by weekly income, Nome QLD (ABS Census 2021)
<$65061
$650-1,499118
$1,500-2,999102
$3,000+64
Top ancestries in Nome
Top ancestries, Nome QLD (ABS Census 2021)
Australian421
English409
Scottish109
Ancestry NS86
Irish71
German44
Housing tenure in Nome
Housing tenure, Nome QLD (ABS Census 2021)
Owned194
Mortgage137
Rented42
Other8
Cars per household in Nome
Cars per household, Nome QLD (ABS Census 2021)
04
197
2172
352
4+48
Commute to work in Nome
Commute to work, Nome QLD (ABS Census 2021)
Car338
Train0
Bus0
Tram/ferry0
Walked11
Bicycle0
Home41
Top countries of birth in Nome
Top countries of birth, Nome QLD (ABS Census 2021)
England28
New Zealand20
Italy6
Vietnam6
Scotland5
Zimbabwe4
Languages used at home in Nome
Languages used at home, Nome QLD (ABS Census 2021)
Vietnamese9
French7
German6
Mandarin5
Cantonese3

Birds & Wildlife Nearby

1,065 bird observations recorded near Nome — most often seen:

Show all 30 birds recorded near Nome

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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Streets

Satellite view — Digital Earth Australia (Geoscience Australia) · CC BY 4.0.