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cooktown
Queensland · Census 2021
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Cooktown is a leafy residential suburb of Cook.
Median house price
No median price series for Cooktown yet.
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People
Population
2,746
Median age
44 yrs
Income / person / wk
$678
Household income / wk
$1,215
Housing
Median rent / wk
$230
Mortgage / month
$1,300
Culture & community
- Dominant religion
- No religion · 41%
- Top language at home
- Australian Indigenous languages · 3%
- No religion
- 41%
- Born overseas
- 15%
- English only at home
- 89%
Local amenities
Amenity score
33/100
Schools
2
Supermarkets
1
Pubs & bars
2
Parks
2
Libraries
1
GP clinics
2
Pharmacies
1
Hospitals
1
Nearest supermarket
15.9 km
Nearest train
176.6 km
Nearest hospital
15.6 km
Distance to coast
29 km
NBN
Satellite
Grocery mix: 1 IGA. 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
1
Independent
1
Primary
2
Secondary
3
Nearest secondary
32.0 km
School sector & type: ACARA (Australian Curriculum, Assessment and Reporting Authority), School Location dataset.
Local council
- Council (LGA)
- Cook
- Council population
- 4,602
- Council area
- 105,718 km²
- Density
- 0/km²
- Federal grants
- $15.41M/yr (2025-26)
- Grants per resident
- $3,349/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.