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Beerwah QLD 4519

4,256 addresses · 168 streets

Fisher Electorate › Sunshine Coast LGA › Beerwah · 69 km from Brisbane

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Living Here

Beerwah is a suburb of Queensland, home to about 7,734 people, with a median age of 40. The typical household earns around $1,512 a week, with median rent near $390 a week. Most homes are houses. About 72% of households own their home and 27% rent. Most workers drive to work. Common community backgrounds include English, Australian, Scottish. On the ABS socio-economic scale it sits in decile 3 of 10 nationally — a more disadvantaged area.

7,734Population
40Median age
$1,512Median household income / wk
$390Median rent / wk
2.7Avg household

Over time — Census 2001 → 2021

Dashed line: district figures for the Beerwah statistical area (SA2), the smallest area the ABS published before 2011. Solid line: Beerwah itself.

Getting Around & Local Services

Getting around. Train station: Beerwah, 900 m east · Airport: Caloundra Airport, 16.6 km east.

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Socio-economic Standing

🙁Below average · 3/10
Economic resources5/10
Education & jobs3/10

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: 48.4% share of land under canopy · satellite map, 2020

Where the trees are in Beerwah

Green: 10 m cells where trees dominate, satellite 2021. Blue: water. The line is the suburb boundary.

Tree cover measures, Beerwah QLD
Canopy share, 1 m canopy height map, 202048.4%
Land with trees, 10 m satellite map, 202166.0%

Demographics

Unemployment 5.2% · Labour-force participation 57.9%

Population by age in Beerwah
Population by age, Beerwah QLD (ABS Census 2021)
0-4464
5-141,041
15-19446
20-24441
25-34961
35-44929
45-54949
55-64938
65-74879
75-84505
85+175
Dwelling types in Beerwah
Dwelling types, Beerwah QLD (ABS Census 2021)
House2,323
Townhouse124
Apartment220
Other36
Households by weekly income in Beerwah
Households by weekly income, Beerwah QLD (ABS Census 2021)
<$650395
$650-1,499836
$1,500-2,999859
$3,000+397
Top ancestries in Beerwah
Top ancestries, Beerwah QLD (ABS Census 2021)
English3,434
Australian3,049
Scottish882
Irish841
Ancestry NS520
German501
Housing tenure in Beerwah
Housing tenure, Beerwah QLD (ABS Census 2021)
Owned848
Mortgage1,072
Rented717
Other37
Cars per household in Beerwah
Cars per household, Beerwah QLD (ABS Census 2021)
068
1808
21,066
3445
4+284
Commute to work in Beerwah
Commute to work, Beerwah QLD (ABS Census 2021)
Car2,366
Train29
Bus14
Tram/ferry0
Walked76
Bicycle17
Home353
Top countries of birth in Beerwah
Top countries of birth, Beerwah QLD (ABS Census 2021)
New Zealand322
England321
India57
South Africa48
Philippines45
Netherlands34
Languages used at home in Beerwah
Languages used at home, Beerwah QLD (ABS Census 2021)
Punjabi48
Mandarin26
German25
Afrikaans22
Tagalog22
Thai17

Birds & Wildlife Nearby

13,032 bird observations recorded near Beerwah — most often seen:

Show all 30 birds recorded near Beerwah

Sightings reported by observers, not a survey, so the counts show what people record rather than what lives here. Source: Atlas of Living Australia.

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