Aurukun
QLD 4892 · Aurukun
1,101 (2021) → 1,135 est. (2025)
Based on transport, liveability & education. Safety is scored separately below.
Aurukun is a suburb in Aurukun, QLD 4892, about 1930km from Brisbane CBD. Recent property sales in Aurukun are too limited to report a reliable median price. The suburb has 1 school, a transport score of 0/100, and is about 27km inland. Aurukun has an overall score of 13/100, based on transport, liveability and education, plus a separate residential safety score of 5/100.
Demographics
Age distribution
Housing tenure
- Owned
- Mortgage
- Rented
Commute to work
- Car
- Public transport
- Walk/cycle
- Work from home
Top countries of birth: England (0.64%), Indonesia (0.27%), New Zealand (0.27%), PNG (0.27%)
Top languages: Australian Indigenous Languages (82.74%)
Source: ABS Census 2021
Residential Safety
Small population (under 3,000) — crime rates may be volatile due to low sample size.
QLDdoesn't publish crime data at the suburb level. The rates shown are the Aurukun local-government-area average applied to this suburb, so other suburbs in the same LGA share the same figures.
Visitor / tourist hub. This suburb attracts significant visitor and tourist traffic. Crime figures are recorded by incident location and include offences involving visitors, not just residents, so the per-resident rates below may overstate the risk for people living here.
Recorded residential incidents (latest year), with rate per 100,000 residents:
Residential incidents over time
Sum of the five residential categories above — not all recorded crime.
Area crime context
These totals are recorded by incident location and include offences involving the suburb's many visitors, not just residents.
An independent score — crime data quality varies by state, so safety is shown separately and is not part of the overall score.
Source: Queensland Police Service (LGA-level) · Updated 2025
Schools
Average ICSEA of schools within 10km 713 (below the national average of 1000).
In suburb
- Aurukun State SchoolCombined · GovernmentICSEA 713
Source: ACARA 2023
Transport
Source: TfNSW GTFS
Liveability
Amenities within 2–3km
Counted within a short distance of the suburb centre (so nearby facilities count), with the in-boundary count shown beneath.
Source: Bureau of Meteorology · OpenStreetMap
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Frequently asked questions about Aurukun
Is Aurukun safe?
Aurukun has a residential safety score of 5/100, based on residential crime (break-ins, theft from dwellings, vehicle theft, domestic assault and robbery) per resident relative to the NSW median. Its total recorded incident rate is 81,562 per 100,000 across all categories.
How far is Aurukun from Brisbane CBD?
Aurukun is about 1929.9 km from Brisbane CBD.
What schools are in Aurukun?
Aurukun has 1 school, with an average ICSEA of 713 (the national average is 1000). Schools are listed factually, not ranked.
What is public transport like in Aurukun?
Aurukun has a transport score of 0/100.