Australian Demographic Profile
Palm Island, QLD 4816
Census-grade demographic profile. ABS Census 2021, adjusted to 2026.
Population
~2,100
Median age
27
Median income
Low
$300-$399/wk
Top profile
Young
61%
Profile composition (top three)
- Young singles and non-workers61%
- Retired and semi-retired24%
- Children8.4%
Full 8-profile breakdown in the suburb report.
Population overview
- Synthetic individuals
- ~2,100
- Sex split
- F 52% / M 48%
- Tertiary-qualified
- 3.7%
Generated from ABS Census 2021 conditionals using Bayesian reconstruction, adjusted to 2026.
Age structure
- Children (0-14)32%
- Young adults (15-24)16%
- Early career (25-39)23%
- Mid career (40-59)21%
- Senior (60+)8.7%
Income distribution
Median individual income bracket in Palm Island: Low ($300-$399/wk).
- No / not stated43%
- Low ($1-$499/wk)35%
- Mid ($500-$1.5k)20%
- High ($1.5k-$3k)2.0%
- Very high ($3k+)0.20%
Top occupations
- Community and Personal Service Workers39%
- Managers17%
- Clerical and Administrative Workers17%
Full occupation breakdown in the suburb report.
Compared to QLD and Australia
| Palm Island | QLD avg | AUS avg | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Median age | 27 | 42 | 42 |
| Tertiary-qualified | 3.7% | 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 →