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QLD · Cassowary Coast Council

Innisfail, 4860

Est. population · Jun 2025

1,141

Growth (1 yr)

+0.6%

Growth (5 yr)

-0.1%

Median age

41

Median income

$894/wk

Employment rate

44.7%

University qualified

9.3%

Work from home

2.7%

Languages at home

29.2%non-English

Most common: Punjabi, Tagalog, Italian

2021 Census · usual residence

Desirability score

42.5/100
Average

Top 46% of Queensland's suburbs

Verified 90% confidence

How this score is calculated
  • Excellent transport
  • Green suburb
  • Agricultural
  • Regional centre
What Innisfail is known for: Excellent transport, Green suburb, Agricultural, Regional centre

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Suburb profile

Innisfail is a major regional centre in Queensland, in Cassowary Coast Council, with mainly mixed commercial and residential development. Notable landmarks include Canecutters Memorial, Johnstone Shire Hall and Innisfail Court House.

Everyday destinations are relatively walkable, well above typical levels for major regional centres. School access is strong, with school access 100% above the peer median, and open-space access is better than in most comparable places. Rents are unusually low against comparable places, with median rents 31% below the peer median. The clearer weaknesses are weaker population growth and household incomes, with population growth 102% below the peer median.

Overall, the suburb suits people prioritising lower rents and school access over population growth.

Generated from the official metrics on this page. It can omit nuance or contain errors — check the tables and source notes before relying on it.

Strengths and weaknesses

Major regional centre · compared with major regional centres in Queensland (209)

Strengths

  • Rents are unusually low against comparable places
  • School access is strong
  • Everyday destinations are relatively walkable
  • Open-space access is better than in most comparable places

Weaknesses

  • Population growth is a relative weakness
  • Household incomes sit below the peer median

What stands out

  • Overseas-born and multilingual community
  • Canecutters Memorial
  • Johnstone Shire Hall
  • Innisfail Court House

Who it suits

  • Families
  • Professionals
  • Retirees
  • StudentsInsufficient data
  • Budget buyersInsufficient data

Housing, growth and risk

How Innisfail compares

A quick read of housing, growth, livability, and risk

Median house price

—

No data available

Median rent

$360/wk

Population (ERP)

1,141

+0.6% annual growth

Dwelling vacancy

13.7%

Census unoccupied dwellings

Livability profile

Desirability pillars vs the peer median (50th percentile)

How it compares

Relative standing using percentiles, ranks, and national deciles

Desirability

#76

among Country & regional · Established

Crime rate

91st

percentile in state (higher = more crime)

Pop. growth

31st

percentile in QLD

Rented dwellings

67%

2021 Census tenure

Advantage (IRSAD)

1/10

national SEIFA decile

School ICSEA

12th

percentile among schools with ICSEA

Population growth

Recent ERP change over 1 and 5 years

Housing mix

Dwelling types from the 2021 Census

Risks & flags

Quick scan — open a section below for full context

Living here

Desirability

Ranks & confidence
Desirability score
42.5/100 — Average
State standing
Top 46% of Queensland's suburbs
National rank
3771st in Australia
State rank
698th in QLD
Peer rank
#76 among Country & regional · Established suburbs
Cohort rank
#304 among Country & regional suburbs
Data confidence
90%

Data sources & freshness

  • Suburb Guide desirability index — Suburb Guide (derived) · current · Updated

Housing

All types (Mar 2026)
$360

Median weekly rent from Queensland RTA rental bond data. Figures can be unreliable where few bonds were lodged in the quarter.

Contributes to desirability score · Housing (10%) · Future Growth (6%)

Household crowding and healthy vacancy — not cheapness Modest price change as a healthy-growth band

Data sources & freshness

Population

Estimated resident population

1,141(June 2025)

+0.6% annual · -0.1% over 5 years · 31th percentile in QLD

Growth figures & methodology
Annual growth
+0.6%
5-year growth
-0.1%
Change in 1 year
+7
Change in 5 years
-1
Growth rank in QLD
31th percentile

ABS Estimated Resident Population allocated to this suburb from SA2-level data. Not an official ABS suburb count.

Methodology

Figures are allocated from ABS Estimated Resident Population at Statistical Area Level 2 (SA2), using 2021 Census share within overlapping SA2 regions. Where Census data is unavailable, area overlap is used instead.

The dashed chart line is a simple growth-trend estimate to June 2030 (~1,150), extrapolated at -0.1% average annual growth since 2011. It is illustrative only — not an official ABS forecast.

2021 Census figures

2021 Census

Population
1,091
Median age
41
Median household income / week
$894
Dwelling vacancy
13.7%
Unoccupied private dwellings
66 of 482
Median monthly mortgage
$1,083
Median weekly rent (2021 Census)
$230
Tenure (owned / mortgaged / rented)
22.5% / 10.7% / 66.8%
Employment rate
44.7%
Travel to work (WFH / public transport / car)
2.7% / 5.3% / 65.8%
Walked or cycled to work
12.1%
Dwelling mix (houses / semi / flats)
217 / 73 / 99 (+ 19 other)

Contributes to desirability score · Community (12%) · Accessibility (12%) · Future Growth (6%)

Employment, household income and owned-outright tenure (2021 Census) Work-from-home and public-transport commute shares (2021 Census) Five-year population change as a healthy-growth band, not a boom bonus

Data sources & freshness

  • 2021 Census — General Community Profile (including method of travel to work and educational attainment) — Australian Bureau of Statistics · Updated

    The 2026 Census was conducted in August 2026; suburb-level updates are expected from mid-2027.

  • Estimated Resident Population — Australian Bureau of Statistics · 2025 · Updated · SA2 ERP allocated to suburb boundaries

Qualifications

9.3% of adults have a university degree, compared with 21.9% across Queensland. 14.7% have a trade or vocational qualification.

  • University qualified9.3% · 21.9% QLD
  • Diploma qualified6% · 9.4% QLD
  • Trade / vocational14.7% · 18.9% QLD
  • Year 12 or below70% · 49.8% QLD

Highest qualification field

Main field of the highest non-school qualification (2021 Census).

  • Management and commerce15.7%
  • Health15%
  • Engineering and related technologies14.7%
  • Society and culture10.9%
  • Architecture and building10.2%
  • Food, hospitality and personal services8.9%
How these groups are defined
MeasureDefinition
University qualifiedBachelor degree or higher
Diploma qualifiedAdvanced Diploma / Diploma
Trade / vocationalCertificate III + IV
Year 12Year 12 as highest attainment
Below Year 12Year 11 / 10 / 9 or below

People aged 15 years and over, 2021 Census. University, diploma and trade shares match ABS highest educational attainment (HEAP). Year 12 and below Year 12 are combined in the chart because the General Community Profile reports school-only attainment as a residual.

Contributes to desirability score · Community (12%)

University qualifications from the 2021 Census

Data sources & freshness

  • 2021 Census — General Community Profile (including method of travel to work and educational attainment) — Australian Bureau of Statistics · Updated

    The 2026 Census was conducted in August 2026; suburb-level updates are expected from mid-2027.

Tax & income

Median taxable income (2023–24)
$48,574

28th percentile in QLD · -17% vs Australia

Median salary / wages (2023–24)
$53,071

19th percentile in QLD · -18% vs Australia

Residents with rental investments
9.0%

22nd percentile in QLD · -35% vs Australia

Median super balance (2023–24)
$37,297

10th percentile in QLD · -41% vs Australia

Residents with business income
10.0%

43rd percentile in QLD · -4% vs Australia

Australian Taxation Office Taxation Statistics 2023–24, individuals Table 25. Figures describe taxpayers who live in postcode 4860 — not a suburb-level official statistic. Rental investment is the share of local taxpayers reporting rental income or loss, not the share of local properties owned by investors.

Counts, net rent & state comparison
Taxpayers in this postcode
6,441
Taxpayers reporting net rent
595
Median net rent
$1,280
Taxpayers reporting business income
619
Taxable income vs state median
-12%
Salary / wages vs state median
-13%
Rental investment vs state median
-18%
Super vs state median
-46%
Business income vs state median
0%

Percentiles rank this postcode among unique postcodes in QLD, so suburbs that share a postcode are not counted twice. Dollar figures are compared with Australia-wide ATO medians from the same release. Median net rent is among taxpayers who reported the rent label and can be negative.

Data sources & freshness

  • Taxation Statistics 2023–24 — individuals by postcode (Table 25) — Australian Taxation Office · Updated · Annual release; taxpayer residential postcode, not suburb boundary

Seasonal & agricultural work

25.5% of employed residents work in agriculture, forestry and fishing, 11.1× the Australian share (2.3%) — compared with 2.5% across Queensland.

Agriculture, forestry & fishing
25.5%

75th percentile in QLD · +1009% vs Australia

Resident workers (2021)
105
WHM specified work
Subclass 417 / 462

Postcode 4860

Occupation mix in this industry

2021 Census G56, residents employed in agriculture, forestry and fishing. Counts below 10 are not shown.

  • Labourers80
  • Managers15

Australian Bureau of Statistics, 2021 Census General Community Profile tables G54 (industry of employment) and G56 (industry by occupation), Statistical Area Level (suburb), place of usual residence. Figures are residents’ main job in the week before Census night — not jobs located in the suburb. Agriculture, forestry and fishing is the 1-digit ANZSIC division; grape growing and other 3- and 4-digit industries are not in this datapack. The 2026 Census was conducted in August 2026; suburb-level updates are expected from mid-2027.

Plant and animal cultivation in postcode 4860 (Northern and Regional Australia) may count as specified work for Working Holiday Maker visas (subclasses 417 and 462). This is a postcode rule from the Home Affairs instruments — not evidence that seasonal jobs exist here, and not a count of WHM residents. Home Affairs specified work · LIN 22/012 · LIN 22/013. Compilation used: 5 April 2025.

Region employment estimates (SA4, not this suburb)

Jobs and Skills Australia NERO modelled estimates for Cairns (SA4 306), 2026-08. These figures describe the broader region, not this suburb, and occupations are not added together.

  • Crop Farmers ANZSCO 1212796
  • Crop Farm Workers ANZSCO 8412672
  • Livestock Farmers ANZSCO 1213374
  • Agricultural, Forestry and Horticultural Plant Operators ANZSCO 7211302
  • Other Farm, Forestry and Garden Workers ANZSCO 8419154
  • Livestock Farm Workers ANZSCO 8415129
  • Mixed Crop and Livestock Farmers ANZSCO 121472
  • Aquaculture Workers ANZSCO 841172
  • Forestry and Logging Workers ANZSCO 841336
  • Mixed Crop and Livestock Farm Workers ANZSCO 841626

Cairns is a Statistical Area Level 4. Fruit, nut and vegetable workers are not published separately in NERO (they sit under ANZSCO 8412). Jobs and Skills Australia warns not to sum occupations or geographies. NERO data. Nowcast of Employment by Region and Occupation, Jobs and Skills Australia, Commonwealth of Australia. CC BY 4.0.

Census employed residents counted in G54: 412 · AFF share +920% vs the state.

Data sources & freshness

  • 2021 Census — industry of employment (G54/G56), place of usual residence — Australian Bureau of Statistics · Updated · Resident main job in the week before Census night, not jobs located in the suburb

    The 2026 Census was conducted in August 2026; suburb-level updates are expected from mid-2027.

  • WHM specified work areas (LIN 22/012 and LIN 22/013) — Department of Home Affairs · 2025-04-05 · Updated · Postcode eligibility for plant and animal cultivation; not a count of WHM residents
  • Nowcast of Employment by Region and Occupation (NERO), SA4 × ANZSCO 4-digit — Jobs and Skills Australia · 2026-08 · Updated · Monthly modelled SA4 estimates; not suburb-level. CC BY 4.0

Community & culture

29.2% speak a language other than English at home; 30% born overseas

Language at home
702 English only · 290 other
Non-English at home
29.2%
Born overseas
292 (30%)
Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander
256 (23.5%)
Australian citizens
810
Languages spoken at home (other than English)
9

Top languages other than English

Share of residents who speak a language other than English at home (2021 Census).

  • Punjabi55 · 50%
  • Tagalog12 · 10.9%
  • Italian10 · 9.1%
  • Mandarin10 · 9.1%
  • Vietnamese7 · 6.4%
  • Australian Indigenous languages5 · 4.5%
  • Greek5 · 4.5%
  • French3 · 2.7%

Religion

45.6%Most common religion · Christianity

Christianity is the most common response at 45.6%, while 31.7% reported no religion.

MeasureSuburbState
No religion31.7%40.7%
Christianity45.6%45.7%
Other / not stated22.7%13.6%
Christian denominations
DenominationSuburbState
Catholic21.2%18.6%
Anglican10.6%11.3%
Christian (not further defined)3.8%3.1%
Uniting Church2.9%3.6%
Presbyterian and Reformed2.4%2.1%

2021 Census — languages spoken at home, birthplace, Indigenous status, and religious affiliation (usual residence). Religion is optional on the Census form.

Data sources & freshness

  • 2021 Census — General Community Profile (including method of travel to work and educational attainment) — Australian Bureau of Statistics · Updated

    The 2026 Census was conducted in August 2026; suburb-level updates are expected from mid-2027.

Crime & safety

Offence counts are estimated for this suburb from postcode 4860, which is shared with other suburbs.

Reported offences are running higher than the same point last year.

Offence counts & rates
Total offences (Jan 2026 to Sep 2026)
131
Against the person
30
Against property
41
Rate per 1,000 residents (annualised)
153.5
Person-crime prevalence
About 1 in 36 residents
State crime-rate percentile
91th (higher = more crime)
Increase (daily rate, partial year)
+10.9%

Most common offence types

  • Drug Offences31
  • Good Order Offences20
  • Other Theft (Excl. Unlawful Entry)20
  • Traffic And Related Offences20
  • Assault9

Contributes to desirability score · Safety (22%)

Crime rate, offences against the person, year-on-year trend and recorded road crash rates

Data sources & freshness

  • QPS Online Crime Map — Queensland Police Service · Jan 2025 to Dec 2025 → Jan 2026 to Sep 2026; Jan 2026 to Sep 2026 · Updated · Calendar-year aggregates

Family & Lifestyle

Schools & preschools

Schools within 2 km
6
Median school ICSEA (6 schools)
904
Median ICSEA percentile
12th
Primary catchments overlapping suburb
2
Secondary catchments overlapping suburb
1
School list
  • Good Counsel CollegeSecondary · Catholic · ICSEA 982 · 38th percentile · LBOTE 20% · 414 students · Top SEA quarter 7% · 0.3 km awayView on My School →
  • Good Counsel Primary SchoolPrimary · Catholic · ICSEA 1001 · 47th percentile · LBOTE 18% · 340 students · Top SEA quarter 9% · 0.4 km awayView on My School →
  • Innisfail State SchoolPrimary · Government · ICSEA 771 · 2th percentile · LBOTE 27% · 117 students · Top SEA quarter 0% · 0.5 km awayView on My School →
  • Innisfail State CollegeCombined · Government · ICSEA 889 · 9th percentile · LBOTE 17% · 951 students · Top SEA quarter 4% · 1.3 km awayView on My School →
  • Innisfail East State SchoolPrimary · Government · ICSEA 814 · 3th percentile · LBOTE 25% · 148 students · Top SEA quarter 1% · 1.6 km awayView on My School →
  • Goondi State SchoolPrimary · Government · ICSEA 919 · 15th percentile · LBOTE 36% · 330 students · Top SEA quarter 4% · 1.7 km awayView on My School →
School catchments
  • Goondi SSGovernment school catchment overlapping this suburb boundaryprimary_catchment
  • Innisfail SSGovernment school catchment overlapping this suburb boundaryprimary_catchment
  • Innisfail State CollegeGovernment school catchment overlapping this suburb boundarysecondary_catchment

Government school intake zones that overlap this suburb boundary. Living in a catchment does not guarantee enrolment; check the education authority.

Contributes to desirability score · Education (14%)

Median school ICSEA first, then school and catchment counts

Data sources & freshness

Childcare

1 childcare service from OpenStreetMap

  • Goodstart Early Learning Innisfailchildcare

Contributes to desirability score · Education (14%)

Childcare centres per 1,000 residents

Data sources & freshness

  • Childcare services — OpenStreetMap · current · Updated

Amenities

114 mapped amenities

2 restaurants · 5 pubs · 2 supermarkets · 2 pharmacies · 2 fast food · 1 libraries · 3 places of worship · 3 playgrounds

Local character & venue list

Local character

  • Reasonably walkable — many shops and services reachable on foot or by bus
  • Great for outdoor family life — 8 parks mapped in suburb, 3 playgrounds nearby
Walkability proxy
61/100
Cafés per 1,000 residents
0
Food & drink per 1,000 residents
8.25
Parks per 1,000 residents
7.33
Food & drink(9)
  • Domino'sFast food
  • McDonald'sFast food

    18 Ernest Street, Innisfail

  • Commonwealth HotelPub
  • Imperial TavernPub

    42 Fitzgerald Esplanade, Innisfail

  • Innisfail RSLPub

    18 Fitzgerald Esplanade, Innisfail

  • Queens HotelPub

    74-78 Rankin Street, Innisfail

  • The Crown HotelPub
  • Coffee Club InnisfailRestaurant

    40 Fitzgerald Esplanade, Innisfail

  • Roscoes PiazzaRestaurant
Shopping(8)
  • Harvey NormanDepartment store
  • KmartDepartment store

    1 Clare Street

  • Kirby's Corner Shopping CentreShopping centre
  • Sunshine CenterShopping centre
  • ColesSupermarket

    79-83 Edith Street

  • WoolworthsSupermarket
Everyday services(4)
  • SuncorpBank
  • YurikaEV charging
  • BPPetrol station
  • Innisfail Post ShopPost office

    15 Edith Street

Community(7)
  • Goodstart Early Learning InnisfailChildcare
  • Innisfail Memorial School of ArtsCommunity centre
  • Innisfail LibraryLibrary

    49 Rankin Street, Innisfail

  • Good Counsel CollegeSchool

    66 Owen Street, Innisfail

  • Good Counsel Primary SchoolSchool
  • Innisfail State SchoolSchool

    7 Emily Street, Innisfail

  • Cassowary Coast Regional CouncilTownhall

    70 Rankin Street, Innisfail

Health & services(4)
  • Riverside Family DentalDentist
  • Innisfail HospitalHospital

    Rankin Street, Innisfail

  • Chemist WarehousePharmacy
  • T.McIlrath'sPharmacy
Sport & outdoors(19)
  • BBQ
  • Drinking water (2)
  • Anzac Memorial ParkPark
  • Fitzgerald ParkPark
  • Herb Layt ParkPark
  • Jack Fossey ParkPark
  • Page ParkPark
  • Park
  • Sweeney ParkPark
  • Playground (3)
  • Cassowary Coast Regional CouncilPublic toilets
  • Public toilets
  • Jerry Spiller CourtsSports field
  • Sports field
  • Cassowary Coast Regional CouncilSwimming pool
  • Innisfail Memorial BathsSwimming pool
Places to stay(1)
  • Moondarra MotelMotel
Transport(3)

2 bus stops · 1 train stations

Other(27)
  • Bandstand
  • Innisfail Cycle & SportsBicycle
  • Innisfail Court HouseCourthouse

    8-10 Edith Street, Innisfail

  • Innisfail Fire StationFire station
  • Innisfail Fire StationFire station

    50 Fitzgerald Esplanade, Innisfail

  • Mellick CentreFurniture

    9 Owen Street, Innisfail

  • Innisfail Games & HobbiesGames
  • Information
  • Massaged Innisfail EsplanadeMassage
  • ColesParking
  • Parking (24)
  • Picnic Table (2)
  • Lit Sing Gung TemplePlace of worship
  • Mother of Good Counsel Catholic ChurchPlace of worship

    90 Rankin Street, Innisfail

  • St Alban's Anglican ChurchPlace of worship
  • Innisfail Police StationPolice

    2 McGowan Drive, Innisfail

  • Innisfail SeafoodSeafood
  • Innisfail (Ernest St)Shelter
  • Shelter (10)
  • Endeavour Foundation Respite CentreSocial Facility
  • Lakes Retirement VillageSocial Facility
  • Warrina Home for the AgedSocial Facility
  • 4KZ InnisfailStudio
  • Taxi
  • Telephone (2)
  • TelstraTelephone
  • CTC InnisfailTobacco

    78 Edith Street

Names and addresses from OpenStreetMap. Unnamed venues show as their type (e.g. Cafe). Transport stops are summarised by type rather than listed individually. Campgrounds, beaches, wineries and local trails are included when they sit inside the suburb boundary.

Contributes to desirability score · Lifestyle (12%)

Food, shopping, recreation and sport per 1,000 residents (OpenStreetMap)

Data sources & freshness

  • Local amenity insights — Suburb Guide (derived) · current · Updated
  • OpenStreetMap amenities — OpenStreetMap contributors · current · Updated

Sporting clubs

1 named sporting club in this suburb

  • Innisfail Rowing Club

    Rowing

Named sporting clubs from OpenStreetMap, assigned to this suburb's boundary. Sporting facilities such as ovals, courts and recreation centres are listed under Amenities.

Data sources & freshness

  • OpenStreetMap sporting clubs — OpenStreetMap contributors · current · Updated · Geofabrik australia-latest.osm.pbf

Parks & reserves

6 parks and public open space in this suburb

  • Anzac Memorial ParkPark
  • Fitzgerald ParkPark
  • Herb Layt ParkPark
  • Jack Fossey ParkPark
  • Page ParkPark
  • Sweeney ParkPark

Data sources & freshness

Green cover

Green cover of suburb area
4.1%
Woodland / forest cover
0%
Parks & woodland features (OSM)
8
Parks (OSM)
8
Typical summer maximum
31°C

Green cover is the share of this suburb's boundary overlapping OpenStreetMap parks, woodland and forest polygons — not a satellite tree-canopy product. Summer maximum is the WorldClim / Open-Meteo seasonal normal already collected for Weather.

Contributes to desirability score · Environment (12%)

Tree canopy first, then green-cover area and parks per 1,000

Data sources & freshness

  • OpenStreetMap green cover and tree canopy — OpenStreetMap contributors · current · Updated · Park/woodland polygons intersected with suburb boundaries

Places of worship

3 places of worship within ~1.5 km

  • Lit Sing Gung Temple
  • Mother of Good Counsel Catholic Church

    90 Rankin Street, Innisfail

  • St Alban's Anglican Church

From OpenStreetMap within ~1.5 km of the suburb centre.

Data sources & freshness

Health access

Hospitals & GP clinics in suburb
4
Nearest hospital
Innisfail Hospital (0.6 km)
Nearest hospital type
Hospital
Nearest hospital emergency
Emergency department
Emergency department in suburb
On site
GP clinics in suburb
0
Aged-care services
1

GP clinic counts from OpenStreetMap. Bulk-billing figures only include clinics tagged in OSM (sparse and unofficial — not a Medicare list).

  • Chemist WarehousePharmacy
  • Innisfail HospitalRankin StreetHospital
  • Riverside Family DentalDentist
  • T.McIlrath'sPharmacy
Aged-care services
  • St John's Home Care Packages InnisfailINNISFAILHome Care

Australian Government–subsidised services from the AIHW GEN list (30 June 2025), assigned to this suburb by location.

Contributes to desirability score · Accessibility (12%)

Hospitals, GPs and aged care

Data sources & freshness

NDIS participation

NDIS participants (31 March 2026)
36
Participants per 1,000 residents
31.6

Active NDIS participants allocated from NDIA Statistical Area Level 2 (SA2, ASGS 2016) counts to this suburb boundary. Not an official suburb-level NDIS figure · as at 31 March 2026.

For NDIS spend and service-demand exploration by SA2 or postcode, see the Care Sector Demand Map.

Data sources & freshness

Weather

Typical conditions by season for suburbs in the same ~44 km climate area. Rainfall totals are summed from monthly WorldClim layers; rainy-day counts are approximate.

Summer (Dec–Feb)

Usual max / min
31° / 23°
Rainfall
883 mm · ~90 rainy days

Autumn (Mar–May)

Usual max / min
29° / 21°
Rainfall
553 mm · ~69 rainy days

Winter (Jun–Aug)

Usual max / min
25° / 15°
Rainfall
124 mm · ~16 rainy days

Spring (Sep–Nov)

Usual max / min
29° / 20°
Rainfall
196 mm · ~24 rainy days

Contributes to desirability score · Lifestyle (12%)

Temperature and humidity comfort

Data sources & freshness

  • Seasonal climate normals — WorldClim 2.1 · Updated

Future & Planning

Heritage

5 heritage places

  • Canecutters MemorialState heritage place
  • Innisfail Court HouseState heritage place
  • Johnstone Shire HallState heritage place
  • See Poy HouseState heritage place
  • St Andrew's Presbyterian Memorial ChurchState heritage place

Contributes to desirability score · Environment (12%)

Heritage listings as established streetscape

Data sources & freshness

  • State heritage register — State heritage authority · current · Updated

Hazards

Bushfire planning zone
No overlay at centroid
Flood / inundation overlay
No mapped inundation on suburb boundary

Bushfire overlay checked at suburb centroid via Queensland Bushfire Prone Area mapping. Flood cover uses floodplain overlay polygons against the suburb boundary where published.

Contributes to desirability score · Safety (22%)

Bushfire and flood hazard overlays

Data sources & freshness

  • Bushfire and flood planning overlays — State government hazard layers · current · Updated

Politics & representation

Federal electorate
Kennedy
Member of Parliament
Bob KATTER (Katter's Australian Party (KAP))
Results from
2025 federal election
Electorate enrolment (2025)
123,696
Turnout (2025)
83.8%
Swing since 2022 (2025)
+0.8 pp toward Labor

Two-party preferred (2025)

Coalition 59.3%Labor 40.7%

Estimated suburb voting profile

Estimated from 8 nearby ordinary polling places (up to 16.5 km away).

Coalition 54.1%Labor 45.9%

5.2 percentage points more Labor-leaning than the electorate

Estimated swing since 2022: 0.0 pp

Nearest polling places

  • Innisfail NorthLabor 45.6% · Coalition 54.4% TPP (2025)0.6 km away
  • GoondiLabor 43.3% · Coalition 56.7% TPP (2025)1.4 km away
  • Innisfail EastLabor 51.5% · Coalition 48.5% TPP (2025)1.5 km away
  • Flying Fish PointLabor 43.3% · Coalition 56.7% TPP (2025)5.7 km away
  • MourilyanLabor 32.9% · Coalition 67.1% TPP (2025)7.1 km away

Federal electorate from AEC federal division boundaries (2025 redistribution). Division-level results are official AEC figures from the latest general election, with by-election updates where applicable. The estimated suburb profile blends up to eight nearest ordinary polling booths in the same electorate using inverse-distance weighting from the suburb centroid — an approximation, not official AEC data. Nearest polling places are shown for reference.

Data sources & freshness

Socio-economic

IRSAD decile (2021)
1/10
IRSD decile (2021)
1/10

ABS Socio-Economic Indexes for Areas (SEIFA), 2021 release — the latest available, derived from the 2021 Census. Deciles rank suburbs nationally from 1 (lowest) to 10 (highest).

What do IRSAD and IRSD measure?

IRSAD — Index of Relative Socio-economic Advantage and Disadvantage. Combines indicators of advantage (e.g. high income, skilled occupations) and disadvantage. Higher decile = more advantaged relative to other Australian areas.

IRSD — Index of Relative Socio-economic Disadvantage. Focuses on disadvantage only (e.g. low income, unemployment, limited education). Higher decile = less disadvantage nationally.

A new SEIFA edition typically follows each census; the ABS has not announced a release date beyond 2021.

Contributes to desirability score · Community (12%)

Socio-economic advantage (IRSAD and IRSD deciles)

Data sources & freshness

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