Australian Demographic Profile
Cow Bay, QLD 4873
Census-grade demographic profile. ABS Census 2021, adjusted to 2026.
Population
~140
Median age
52
Median income
Low-mid
$400-$499/wk
Top profile
Young
43%
Profile composition (top three)
- Young singles and non-workers43%
- Retired and semi-retired24%
- Established partnered households15%
Full 8-profile breakdown in the suburb report.
Population overview
- Synthetic individuals
- ~140
- Sex split
- F 34% / M 66%
- Tertiary-qualified
- 10%
Generated from ABS Census 2021 conditionals using Bayesian reconstruction, adjusted to 2026.
Age structure
- Children (0-14)5.7%
- Young adults (15-24)7.1%
- Early career (25-39)8.6%
- Mid career (40-59)48%
- Senior (60+)31%
Income distribution
Median individual income bracket in Cow Bay: Low-mid ($400-$499/wk).
- No / not stated40%
- Low ($1-$499/wk)38%
- Mid ($500-$1.5k)23%
- High ($1.5k-$3k)0%
- Very high ($3k+)0%
Top occupations
- Labourers30%
- Sales Workers27%
- Community and Personal Service Workers14%
Full occupation breakdown in the suburb report.
Compared to QLD and Australia
| Cow Bay | QLD avg | AUS avg | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Median age | 52 | 42 | 42 |
| Tertiary-qualified | 10% | 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 →