Yaamba QLD 4704
59 addresses · 13 streets
Capricornia Electorate › Livingstone LGA › Yaamba · 551 km from Brisbane
Living Here
Yaamba is a suburb of Queensland, home to about 51 people, with a median age of 49. The typical household earns around $900 a week, with median rent near $250 a week. Most homes are houses. About 100% of households own their home and 0% rent. Most workers drive to work. Common community backgrounds include English, Australian, Irish. 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 Rockhampton Region - North statistical area (SA2), the smallest area the ABS published before 2011. Solid line: Yaamba itself.
Getting Around & Local Services
2 cafés & restaurants
1 park
1 post office
1 service station
1 place to stay
Getting around. Airport: Rockhampton Airport, 29.2 km south.
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: 12.1% 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.
| Canopy share, 1 m canopy height map, 2020 | 12.1% |
|---|---|
| Land with trees, 10 m satellite map, 2021 | 35.3% |
Demographics
Unemployment 12.1% · Labour-force participation 68.8%
Population by age in Yaamba
| 0-4 | 0 |
|---|---|
| 5-14 | 4 |
| 15-19 | 4 |
| 20-24 | 5 |
| 25-34 | 5 |
| 35-44 | 4 |
| 45-54 | 9 |
| 55-64 | 14 |
| 65-74 | 13 |
| 75-84 | 0 |
| 85+ | 0 |
Dwelling types in Yaamba
| House | 19 |
|---|---|
| Townhouse | 0 |
| Apartment | 0 |
| Other | 0 |
Households by weekly income in Yaamba
| <$650 | 3 |
|---|---|
| $650-1,499 | 3 |
| $1,500-2,999 | 7 |
| $3,000+ | 0 |
Top ancestries in Yaamba
| English | 29 |
|---|---|
| Australian | 20 |
| Irish | 10 |
| Scottish | 8 |
| Ancestry NS | 5 |
| Aboriginal | 0 |
Housing tenure in Yaamba
| Owned | 11 |
|---|---|
| Mortgage | 6 |
| Rented | 0 |
| Other | 0 |
Cars per household in Yaamba
| 0 | 0 |
|---|---|
| 1 | 8 |
| 2 | 6 |
| 3 | 4 |
| 4+ | 3 |
Commute to work in Yaamba
| Car | 20 |
|---|---|
| Train | 0 |
| Bus | 0 |
| Tram/ferry | 0 |
| Walked | 0 |
| Bicycle | 0 |
| Home | 0 |
Birds & Wildlife Nearby
863 bird observations recorded near Yaamba — most often seen:
- Blue-faced Honeyeater (55)
- Rainbow Lorikeet (46)
- Apostlebird (42)
- Magpie-lark (40)
- Scaly-breasted Lorikeet (39)
- Willie Wagtail (38)
- Australian Magpie (37)
- Whistling Kite (37)
- Galah (36)
- Peaceful Dove (34)
- Black Kite (32)
- Crested Pigeon (31)
- Red-winged Parrot (30)
Show all 30 birds recorded near Yaamba
- Straw-necked Ibis (30)
- Australasian Figbird (28)
- Black-faced Cuckoo-shrike (28)
- Laughing Kookaburra (26)
- Pied Butcherbird (25)
- Eastern Rainbow Lorikeet (23)
- Eastern Blue-faced Honeyeater (22)
- White-throated Honeyeater (22)
- Eastern Australian Magpie (20)
- Southern Laughing Kookaburra (20)
- Striated Pardalote (20)
- Noisy Miner (18)
- Torresian Crow (18)
- Australian Bustard (17)
- Little Friarbird (17)
- Eastern Pied Butcherbird (16)
- Sulphur-crested Cockatoo (16)
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 Yaamba:
- Milman (5.2 km)
- South Yaamba (9.5 km)
- Jardine (10 km)
- Wattlebank (10.5 km)
- The Caves (10.8 km)
- Garnant (11.7 km)
- Etna Creek (12.3 km)
- Glendale (16.6 km)
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Streets
- Auckland Street (5)
- Augustus Street (2)
- Auton & Johnson Road (1)
- Bourke Street (7)
- Bruce Highway (11)
- Canoona Street (1)
- Flood Road (4)
- Gipps Street (4)
- Iris Street (6)
- Kunwarara Road (1)
- Yaamba Road (3)
- Yaamba Siding Road (7)
- Yamba Siding Road (7)
