IRSAD
Relative Socio-economic Advantage and Disadvantage
Score 1,015
Measures relative socio-economic advantage and disadvantage.
Within AustraliaDecile 7 of 10
Within QueenslandDecile 8 of 10
For state-level context, explore the Queensland economy.
Housing
Whitfield (qld)
Queensland · Census 2021
Median house price not tracked for this suburb
Whitfield (Qld) is a leafy residential suburb of Cairns.
Household income
$1,681/wk61st pctile
of 3,112 QLD suburbs
Amenity score
22/10062nd pctile
of 1,584 rated QLD suburbs
Median house price
No median price series for Whitfield (Qld) yet.
Valuer-General pricing is unavailable for this suburb.
How it compares
Household income / wk61st percentile
<$575ABS Census 2021$3,778+
Percentiles rank this suburb against Queensland suburbs that carry the metric — never across states, and never against suburbs where it is missing. The state and national figures are the average of the latest suburb medians in that area, not a transaction-weighted median.
People & housing
Population
4,262
Median age
45 yrs
Income / person / wk
$887
Household income / wk
$1,681
▲ 4% vs QLD
Median rent / wk
$340
Mortgage / month
$1,733
Socio-economic profile
IRSD
Relative Socio-economic Disadvantage
Score 1,016
Measures relative socio-economic disadvantage only; a higher score means less disadvantage.
Within AustraliaDecile 6 of 10
Within QueenslandDecile 7 of 10
IER
Economic Resources
Score 998
Measures access to economic resources, including income, housing costs and assets.
Within AustraliaDecile 4 of 10
Within QueenslandDecile 4 of 10
IEO
Education and Occupation
Score 1,030
Measures relative education and occupation characteristics.
Within AustraliaDecile 8 of 10
Within QueenslandDecile 9 of 10
Scores are standardised across Australia to a mean of 1,000 and a standard deviation of 100. Deciles run from 1 (most disadvantaged) to 10 (least disadvantaged).
Source: ABS SEIFA 2021 (CC BY 4.0).
Terrain & hazard exposure
Median elevation
85 m
range 2–356 m
Land below 5 m
0.5%
<0.1% below 2 m
Shares are the proportion of the suburb's land area. Land where Landsat saw water in at least 1% of clear passes since 1987, excluding permanent water and filtered by DEA's confidence layer. Satellites miss flood peaks, so this is a floor, not a risk estimate; dense high-rise cores can still register tower shadow as water. Elevation is orthometric height from a 30 m model; no hydrology or drainage is modelled. No open statutory flood or bushfire layer is published for Queensland yet.
Local amenities
Schools
1
Supermarkets
0
Pubs & bars
0
Parks
12
Libraries
0
GP clinics
0
Pharmacies
0
Hospitals
0
Nearest supermarket
1.2 km
Nearest train
2.9 km
Nearest hospital
3.5 km
Distance to coast
3.1 km
NBN
FIXED LINE
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).
Culture & community
- Dominant religion
- No religion · 46%
- Top language at home
- Japanese · 1%
- No religion
- 46%
- Born overseas
- 23%
- English only at home
- 88%
Schools by sector
- Government / Catholic / Indep.
- 1 / 0 / 0
- Primary / Secondary
- 1 / 0
- Nearest secondary
- 2.6 km
School sector & type: ACARA (Australian Curriculum, Assessment and Reporting Authority), School Location dataset.
Local council
- Council (LGA)
- Cairns
- Population / area
- 167,021 · 1,689 km²
- Density
- 99/km²
- Federal grants
- $5.23M/yr · $31/resident
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
- Cairns
- State MP
- Michael Healy (ALP)
Similar suburbs
Closest demographic & amenity profile, nationally.
Sources: ABS ASGS boundaries (CC BY 4.0); ABS Census 2021 (CC BY 4.0); ACARA School Locations (CC BY 4.0); © OpenStreetMap contributors (ODbL); Australian Electoral Commission (CC BY 4.0); Geoscience Australia 1 Second DEM-S (CC BY 4.0); DEA Water Observations Statistics, Geoscience Australia (CC BY 4.0); Wikipedia state-member tables (CC BY-SA 4.0). Not financial advice.