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The Caves QLD 4702

582 addresses · 27 streets

Capricornia Electorate › Livingstone LGA › The Caves · 542 km from Brisbane

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Living Here

The Caves is a suburb of Queensland, home to about 680 people, with a median age of 40. The typical household earns around $1,926 a week, with median rent near $300 a week. Most homes are houses. About 88% of households own their home and 10% rent. Most workers drive to work. Common community backgrounds include Australian, English, Scottish. On the ABS socio-economic scale it sits in decile 3 of 10 nationally — a more disadvantaged area.

680Population
40Median age
$1,926Median household income / wk
$300Median rent / wk
2.7Avg household

Over time — Census 2001 → 2021

Dashed line: district figures for the Glenlee - Rockyview statistical area (SA2), the smallest area the ABS published before 2011. Solid line: The Caves itself.

Getting Around & Local Services

Getting around. Airport: Rockhampton Airport, 22.1 km south.

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Socio-economic Standing

🙁Below average · 3/10
Economic resources6/10
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: 35.2% share of land under canopy · satellite map, 2020

Where the trees are in The Caves

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

Tree cover measures, The Caves QLD
Canopy share, 1 m canopy height map, 202035.2%
Land with trees, 10 m satellite map, 202173.1%

Demographics

Unemployment 4.3% · Labour-force participation 64.1%

Population by age in The Caves
Population by age, The Caves QLD (ABS Census 2021)
0-434
5-1498
15-1943
20-2432
25-3476
35-4486
45-5494
55-64101
65-7477
75-8427
85+0
Dwelling types in The Caves
Dwelling types, The Caves QLD (ABS Census 2021)
House213
Townhouse0
Apartment0
Other0
Households by weekly income in The Caves
Households by weekly income, The Caves QLD (ABS Census 2021)
<$65020
$650-1,49951
$1,500-2,99967
$3,000+55
Top ancestries in The Caves
Top ancestries, The Caves QLD (ABS Census 2021)
Australian317
English278
Scottish75
Ancestry NS70
German67
Irish54
Housing tenure in The Caves
Housing tenure, The Caves QLD (ABS Census 2021)
Owned73
Mortgage116
Rented22
Other3
Cars per household in The Caves
Cars per household, The Caves QLD (ABS Census 2021)
00
139
286
347
4+37
Commute to work in The Caves
Commute to work, The Caves QLD (ABS Census 2021)
Car249
Train0
Bus4
Tram/ferry0
Walked5
Bicycle0
Home18
Top countries of birth in The Caves
Top countries of birth, The Caves QLD (ABS Census 2021)
New Zealand10
England8
Netherlands4
Canada3
Languages used at home in The Caves
Languages used at home, The Caves QLD (ABS Census 2021)
Russian5

Birds & Wildlife Nearby

1,224 bird observations recorded near The Caves — most often seen:

Show all 30 birds recorded near The Caves

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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