Walkamin QLD 4872

Living Here

Walkamin is a suburb of Queensland, home to about 532 people, with a median age of 47. The typical household earns around $1,385 a week, with median rent near $300 a week. Most homes are houses. About 77% of households own their home and 15% rent. Most workers drive to work. Common community backgrounds include Australian, English, Italian. On the ABS socio-economic scale it sits in decile 3 of 10 nationally — a more disadvantaged area.

Over time — Census 2001 → 2021

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

Getting Around & Local Services

• 1 school

  • Walkamin State School
• 1 service station

  • Walkamin General Store
• 1 place to stay

  • Walkamin Central Van Park

Getting around. Airport: Mareeba Airport, 7.2 km north.

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Socio-economic Standing

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: 12.4% share of land under canopy · satellite map, 2020

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

Demographics

Unemployment 4.1% · Labour-force participation 60.5%

Birds & Wildlife Nearby

2,728 bird observations recorded near Walkamin — most often seen:

• Black Swan (202)
• Black Kite (151)
• Pacific Black Duck (129)
• Brown Honeyeater (115)
• Magpie-lark (108)
• Australian Pelican (105)
• Comb-crested Jacana (102)
• Red-tailed Black Cockatoo (102)
• Peaceful Dove (98)
• Rainbow Lorikeet (98)
• Little Black Cormorant (96)
• Little Pied Cormorant (96)
• Bar-shouldered Dove (94)

Sightings reported by observers, not a survey, so the counts show what people record rather than what lives here. Source: Atlas of Living Australia.

Nearby Suburbs

The closest suburbs to Walkamin:

• Chewko (9.3 km)
• Tolga (9.5 km)
• Arriga (13.1 km)
• Tinaroo (14.2 km)
• Mareeba (14.8 km)
• Kairi (15.2 km)
• Atherton (15.8 km)
• Lake Tinaroo (16.3 km)

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