Banana QLD 4702
306 addresses · 28 streets
Flynn Electorate › Banana LGA › Banana · 441 km from Brisbane
Living Here
Banana is a suburb of Queensland, home to about 348 people, with a median age of 40. The typical household earns around $1,859 a week, with median rent near $250 a week. Most homes are houses. About 71% of households own their home and 13% rent. Most workers drive to work. Common community backgrounds include Australian, English, Scottish. On the ABS socio-economic scale it sits in decile 5 of 10 nationally — a mid-range area.
Over time — Census 2001 → 2021
Dashed line: district figures for the Banana statistical area (SA2), the smallest area the ABS published before 2011. Solid line: Banana itself.
Getting Around & Local Services
1 school
1 park
1 library
1 service station
Getting around. Airport: Thangool Airport, 45.2 km east.
Socio-economic Standing
Deciles from 1 (lowest) to 10 (highest), against all Australian suburbs. The overall figure weighs advantage and disadvantage together; economic resources counts income and housing, and education & jobs counts qualifications and occupation. They often differ. Source: ABS SEIFA 2021.
Tree cover
🌳 Tree canopy: 5.1% share of land under canopy · satellite map, 2020

Green: 10 m cells where trees dominate, satellite 2021. Blue: water. The line is the suburb boundary.
| Canopy share, 1 m canopy height map, 2020 | 5.1% |
|---|---|
| Land with trees, 10 m satellite map, 2021 | 11.2% |
Demographics
Unemployment 4.4% · Labour-force participation 65.3%
Population by age in Banana
| 0-4 | 26 |
|---|---|
| 5-14 | 47 |
| 15-19 | 26 |
| 20-24 | 14 |
| 25-34 | 38 |
| 35-44 | 37 |
| 45-54 | 43 |
| 55-64 | 50 |
| 65-74 | 38 |
| 75-84 | 15 |
| 85+ | 3 |
Dwelling types in Banana
| House | 116 |
|---|---|
| Townhouse | 0 |
| Apartment | 0 |
| Other | 0 |
Households by weekly income in Banana
| <$650 | 10 |
|---|---|
| $650-1,499 | 21 |
| $1,500-2,999 | 38 |
| $3,000+ | 21 |
Top ancestries in Banana
| Australian | 166 |
|---|---|
| English | 130 |
| Scottish | 44 |
| Ancestry NS | 42 |
| Irish | 30 |
| German | 27 |
Housing tenure in Banana
| Owned | 51 |
|---|---|
| Mortgage | 28 |
| Rented | 14 |
| Other | 19 |
Cars per household in Banana
| 0 | 0 |
|---|---|
| 1 | 16 |
| 2 | 32 |
| 3 | 28 |
| 4+ | 33 |
Commute to work in Banana
| Car | 97 |
|---|---|
| Train | 0 |
| Bus | 0 |
| Tram/ferry | 0 |
| Walked | 6 |
| Bicycle | 4 |
| Home | 45 |
Top countries of birth in Banana
| New Zealand | 3 |
|---|
Birds & Wildlife Nearby
334 bird observations recorded near Banana — most often seen:
- Torresian Crow (30)
- Magpie-lark (22)
- Willie Wagtail (19)
- Double-barred Finch (18)
- Australian Magpie (17)
- Red-winged Parrot (17)
- House Sparrow (16)
- Sulphur-crested Cockatoo (15)
- Rainbow Lorikeet (13)
- Blue-faced Honeyeater (12)
- Galah (12)
- Brown Honeyeater (11)
- Black-faced Cuckoo-shrike (10)
Show all 30 birds recorded near Banana
- Crested Pigeon (10)
- Southern Willie Wagtail (9)
- Cockatiel (8)
- Pale-headed Rosella (8)
- Pied Butcherbird (8)
- Australasian Figbird (7)
- Australian Torresian Crow (7)
- Little Friarbird (7)
- Mistletoebird (7)
- Peaceful Dove (7)
- Southern Magpie-lark (7)
- Whistling Kite (7)
- Eastern Australian Magpie (6)
- Eastern Crested Pigeon (6)
- Eastern Rainbow Lorikeet (6)
- Eastern Red-backed Fairy-wren (6)
- Grey Fantail (6)
Sightings reported by observers, not a survey, so the counts show what people record rather than what lives here. Source: Atlas of Living Australia.
Nearby Suburbs
The closest suburbs to Banana:
- Moura (19.3 km)
- Tarramba (22.4 km)
- Woolein (24.1 km)
- Kianga (24.3 km)
- Orange Creek (29.7 km)
- Warnoah (33.2 km)
- Greycliffe (33.3 km)
- Prospect (34 km)
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Streets
- Archer Street (4)
- Banana Baralaba Road (10)
- Banana Holding Road (1)
- Banana Holdings Road (1)
- Banana Mungi Road (2)
- Baralaba Banana Road (2)
- Barfield Road (12)
- Belldeen Defence Road (5)
- Belldeen Greycliffe Road (1)
- Bowen Street (66)
- Bramston Street (30)
- Charles Street (6)
- Collins Street (3)
- Dawson Highway (22)
- Fairview Road (9)
- Herbert Street (12)
- Kavanaghs Road (3)
- Kianga Road (4)
- Krauses Road (2)
- Leichhardt Highway (28)
- Moriarty Street (19)
- Nicholson Street (33)
- North Street (12)
- Norths Road (4)
- Scott Street (4)
- Stuart Street (4)
- Uncle Tom Road (1)
- Wardles Road (6)
