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badu island
Queensland · Census 2021
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Badu Island is a leafy residential suburb of Torres Strait Island.
Median house price
No median price series for Badu Island yet.
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People
Population
704
Median age
27 yrs
Income / person / wk
$417
Household income / wk
$885
Housing
Median rent / wk
$125
Mortgage / month
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Culture & community
- Dominant religion
- Anglican · 36%
- Top language at home
- Australian Indigenous languages · 38%
- No religion
- 19%
- Born overseas
- 5%
- English only at home
- 9%
Local amenities
Amenity score
17/100
Schools
1
Supermarkets
1
Pubs & bars
0
Parks
0
Libraries
1
GP clinics
1
Pharmacies
0
Hospitals
1
Nearest supermarket
5.4 km
Nearest train
835.4 km
Nearest hospital
5.7 km
Distance to coast
4.3 km
NBN
Satellite
Amenity counts via © OpenStreetMap contributors (ODbL) & Geoscience Australia HealthDirect (CC BY 4.0). Distance to coast derived from ABS state boundaries (CC BY 4.0).
Schools by sector
Government
1
Catholic
0
Independent
0
Primary
1
Secondary
0
Nearest secondary
51.9 km
School sector & type: ACARA (Australian Curriculum, Assessment and Reporting Authority), School Location dataset.
Local council
- Council (LGA)
- Torres Strait Island
- Council population
- 4,130
- Council area
- 490 km²
- Density
- 8/km²
- Federal grants
- $17.01M/yr (2025-26)
- Grants per resident
- $4,118/yr
Council boundary: ABS ASGS LGA 2024. Federal grants: Financial Assistance Grants, Dept of Infrastructure. All CC BY 4.0.
Representation
- Federal division
- Leichhardt
- Federal MP
- Matt Smith (ALP)
- Two-party-preferred
- Labor 56% 2PP
- State electorate
- Cook
- State MP
- David Kempton (LNP)
Similar suburbs
Closest demographic & amenity profile, nationally.