Australian Demographic Profile
Cooktown, QLD 4895
Census-grade demographic profile. ABS Census 2021, adjusted to 2026.
Population
~2,743
Median age
42
Median income
Mid
$650-$799/wk
Top profile
Young
39%
Profile composition (top three)
- Young singles and non-workers39%
- Retired and semi-retired28%
- Established partnered households9.7%
Full 8-profile breakdown in the suburb report.
Population overview
- Synthetic individuals
- ~2,743
- Sex split
- F 49% / M 51%
- Tertiary-qualified
- 16%
Generated from ABS Census 2021 conditionals using Bayesian reconstruction, adjusted to 2026.
Age structure
- Children (0-14)19%
- Young adults (15-24)9.4%
- Early career (25-39)15%
- Mid career (40-59)27%
- Senior (60+)29%
Income distribution
Median individual income bracket in Cooktown: Mid ($650-$799/wk).
- No / not stated39%
- Low ($1-$499/wk)21%
- Mid ($500-$1.5k)28%
- High ($1.5k-$3k)11%
- Very high ($3k+)1.0%
Top occupations
- Professionals18%
- Managers16%
- Community and Personal Service Workers14%
Full occupation breakdown in the suburb report.
Compared to QLD and Australia
| Cooktown | QLD avg | AUS avg | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Median age | 42 | 42 | 42 |
| Tertiary-qualified | 16% | 15% | 19% |
What's in the full report
- ✓ Full 8-profile composition with percentages
- ✓ All 47 demographic variables broken down
- ✓ Income vs occupation cross-tabulation
- ✓ Family composition by age group
- ✓ Country of birth and language distributions
- ✓ Educational attainment by age cohort
- ✓ Branded HTML, PDF, CSV exports
- ✓ Citation-ready format
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Methodology
Generated from ABS Census 2021 conditional tables using Bayesian reconstruction. Validated against real Census distributions with a median person-level SRMSE of 0.05 across 7,780 suburbs. Read the full methodology →