IRSAD
Relative Socio-economic Advantage and Disadvantage
Score 933
Measures relative socio-economic advantage and disadvantage.
Within AustraliaDecile 3 of 10
Within QueenslandDecile 4 of 10
For state-level context, explore the Queensland economy.
Housing
Yorkeys Knob
Queensland · Census 2021
Median house price not tracked for this suburb
Yorkeys Knob is a coastal suburb of Cairns.
Household income
$1,234/wk30th pctile
of 3,112 QLD suburbs
Amenity score
9/10043rd pctile
of 1,584 rated QLD suburbs
Median house price
No median price series for Yorkeys Knob yet.
Valuer-General pricing is unavailable for this suburb.
How it compares
Household income / wk30th 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
2,794
Median age
46 yrs
Income / person / wk
$781
Household income / wk
$1,234
▼ 23% vs QLD
Median rent / wk
$310
Mortgage / month
$1,357
Socio-economic profile
IRSD
Relative Socio-economic Disadvantage
Score 949
Measures relative socio-economic disadvantage only; a higher score means less disadvantage.
Within AustraliaDecile 2 of 10
Within QueenslandDecile 3 of 10
IER
Economic Resources
Score 915
Measures access to economic resources, including income, housing costs and assets.
Within AustraliaDecile 1 of 10
Within QueenslandDecile 1 of 10
IEO
Education and Occupation
Score 973
Measures relative education and occupation characteristics.
Within AustraliaDecile 5 of 10
Within QueenslandDecile 7 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
5 m
range 0–60 m
Land below 5 m
45%
1.7% 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
4
Libraries
0
GP clinics
1
Pharmacies
1
Hospitals
0
Nearest supermarket
2.6 km
Nearest train
6.0 km
Nearest hospital
10.4 km
Distance to coast
1.9 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).
Culture & community
- Dominant religion
- No religion · 49%
- Top language at home
- Australian Indigenous languages · 0%
- No religion
- 49%
- Born overseas
- 25%
- English only at home
- 90%
Schools by sector
- Government / Catholic / Indep.
- 1 / 0 / 0
- Primary / Secondary
- 1 / 0
- Nearest secondary
- 2.9 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
- Barron River
- State MP
- Bree James (LNP)
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.