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Waugh Pocket QLD 4871

54 addresses · 4 streets

Kennedy Electorate › Cairns LGA › Waugh Pocket · 1330 km from Brisbane

Living Here

Waugh Pocket is a suburb of Queensland, home to about 46 people, with a median age of 60. The typical household earns around $1,125 a week, with median rent near $245 a week. Most homes are houses. About 78% of households own their home and 22% rent. Most workers drive to work. Common community backgrounds include English, Australian, Irish. On the ABS socio-economic scale it sits in decile 6 of 10 nationally — a mid-range area.

46Population
60Median age
$1,125Median household income / wk
$245Median rent / wk
2.1Avg household

Over time — Census 2001 → 2021

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

Getting Around & Local Services

Getting around. Train station: Innisfail, 11.8 km south-east · Airport: Innisfail (Mundoo) Aerodrome, 14.1 km south-east.

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Socio-economic Standing

🙂Above average · 6/10
Economic resources7/10
Education & jobs5/10

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: 44.2% share of land under canopy · satellite map, 2020

Where the trees are in Waugh Pocket

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

Tree cover measures, Waugh Pocket QLD
Canopy share, 1 m canopy height map, 202044.2%
Land with trees, 10 m satellite map, 202162.0%

Demographics

Population by age in Waugh Pocket
Population by age, Waugh Pocket QLD (ABS Census 2021)
0-40
5-144
15-190
20-240
25-340
35-446
45-544
55-6410
65-7414
75-845
85+0
Dwelling types in Waugh Pocket
Dwelling types, Waugh Pocket QLD (ABS Census 2021)
House15
Townhouse0
Apartment0
Other0
Households by weekly income in Waugh Pocket
Households by weekly income, Waugh Pocket QLD (ABS Census 2021)
<$6503
$650-1,4995
$1,500-2,9990
$3,000+5
Top ancestries in Waugh Pocket
Top ancestries, Waugh Pocket QLD (ABS Census 2021)
English19
Australian12
Irish8
Ancestry NS4
Aboriginal0
Chinese0
Housing tenure in Waugh Pocket
Housing tenure, Waugh Pocket QLD (ABS Census 2021)
Owned9
Mortgage5
Rented4
Other0
Cars per household in Waugh Pocket
Cars per household, Waugh Pocket QLD (ABS Census 2021)
00
16
29
30
4+0
Commute to work in Waugh Pocket
Commute to work, Waugh Pocket QLD (ABS Census 2021)
Car13
Train0
Bus0
Tram/ferry0
Walked8
Bicycle0
Home4
Top countries of birth in Waugh Pocket
Top countries of birth, Waugh Pocket QLD (ABS Census 2021)
England4
Languages used at home in Waugh Pocket
Languages used at home, Waugh Pocket QLD (ABS Census 2021)
Italian3

Birds & Wildlife Nearby

4,388 bird observations recorded near Waugh Pocket — most often seen:

Show all 30 birds recorded near Waugh Pocket

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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