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Speewah QLD 4881

492 addresses · 31 streets

Leichhardt Electorate › Mareeba LGA › Speewah · 1403 km from Brisbane

Living Here

Speewah is a suburb of Queensland, home to about 850 people, with a median age of 51. The typical household earns around $1,521 a week, with median rent near $325 a week. Most homes are houses. About 90% of households own their home and 9% rent. Most workers drive to work. Common community backgrounds include English, Australian, Scottish. On the ABS socio-economic scale it sits in decile 7 of 10 nationally — a mid-range area.

850Population
51Median age
$1,521Median household income / wk
$325Median rent / wk
2.4Avg household

Over time — Census 2001 → 2021

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

Getting Around & Local Services

Getting around. Train station: Barron Falls, 6.3 km north-east · Airport: Cairns Airport, 15.2 km east.

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Socio-economic Standing

🙂Above average · 7/10
Economic resources7/10
Education & jobs8/10

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: 83.1% share of land under canopy · satellite map, 2020

Where the trees are in Speewah

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

Tree cover measures, Speewah QLD
Canopy share, 1 m canopy height map, 202083.1%
Land with trees, 10 m satellite map, 202192.1%

Demographics

Unemployment 3.8% · Labour-force participation 58.3%

Population by age in Speewah
Population by age, Speewah QLD (ABS Census 2021)
0-429
5-1494
15-1936
20-2416
25-3457
35-44103
45-54132
55-64195
65-74116
75-8458
85+18
Dwelling types in Speewah
Dwelling types, Speewah QLD (ABS Census 2021)
House338
Townhouse0
Apartment0
Other0
Households by weekly income in Speewah
Households by weekly income, Speewah QLD (ABS Census 2021)
<$65053
$650-1,49990
$1,500-2,99994
$3,000+49
Top ancestries in Speewah
Top ancestries, Speewah QLD (ABS Census 2021)
English386
Australian295
Scottish111
Irish103
German68
Other62
Housing tenure in Speewah
Housing tenure, Speewah QLD (ABS Census 2021)
Owned148
Mortgage155
Rented29
Other6
Cars per household in Speewah
Cars per household, Speewah QLD (ABS Census 2021)
06
184
2155
361
4+34
Commute to work in Speewah
Commute to work, Speewah QLD (ABS Census 2021)
Car236
Train0
Bus3
Tram/ferry0
Walked8
Bicycle0
Home81
Top countries of birth in Speewah
Top countries of birth, Speewah QLD (ABS Census 2021)
England79
New Zealand28
Germany22
Netherlands17
United States12
France7
Languages used at home in Speewah
Languages used at home, Speewah QLD (ABS Census 2021)
German22
French8
Japanese6
Spanish5
Thai5
Italian4

Birds & Wildlife Nearby

4,435 bird observations recorded near Speewah — most often seen:

Show all 30 birds recorded near Speewah

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.