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Buaraba QLD 4311

114 addresses · 14 streets

Blair Electorate › Somerset LGA › Buaraba · 70 km from Brisbane

Living Here

Buaraba is a suburb of Queensland, home to about 170 people, with a median age of 48. The typical household earns around $1,218 a week, with median rent near $360 a week. Most homes are houses. About 71% of households own their home and 16% rent. Most workers drive to work. Common community backgrounds include English, Australian, German. On the ABS socio-economic scale it sits in decile 3 of 10 nationally — a more disadvantaged area.

170Population
48Median age
$1,218Median household income / wk
$360Median rent / wk
2.6Avg household

Over time — Census 2001 → 2021

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

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Socio-economic Standing

🙁Below average · 3/10
Economic resources6/10
Education & jobs2/10

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: 60.6% share of land under canopy · satellite map, 2020

Where the trees are in Buaraba

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

Tree cover measures, Buaraba QLD
Canopy share, 1 m canopy height map, 202060.6%
Land with trees, 10 m satellite map, 202174.1%

Demographics

Unemployment 6.3% · Labour-force participation 54.5%

Population by age in Buaraba
Population by age, Buaraba QLD (ABS Census 2021)
0-410
5-1417
15-199
20-244
25-3421
35-4418
45-5424
55-6423
65-7429
75-8411
85+4
Dwelling types in Buaraba
Dwelling types, Buaraba QLD (ABS Census 2021)
House57
Townhouse0
Apartment0
Other0
Households by weekly income in Buaraba
Households by weekly income, Buaraba QLD (ABS Census 2021)
<$65011
$650-1,49912
$1,500-2,99912
$3,000+6
Top ancestries in Buaraba
Top ancestries, Buaraba QLD (ABS Census 2021)
English70
Australian61
German23
Scottish21
Irish19
Ancestry NS15
Housing tenure in Buaraba
Housing tenure, Buaraba QLD (ABS Census 2021)
Owned27
Mortgage14
Rented9
Other8
Cars per household in Buaraba
Cars per household, Buaraba QLD (ABS Census 2021)
00
19
218
313
4+12
Commute to work in Buaraba
Commute to work, Buaraba QLD (ABS Census 2021)
Car35
Train0
Bus0
Tram/ferry0
Walked0
Bicycle0
Home22
Top countries of birth in Buaraba
Top countries of birth, Buaraba QLD (ABS Census 2021)
New Zealand10
England5
Cambodia4
South Africa3
Vietnam3
Languages used at home in Buaraba
Languages used at home, Buaraba QLD (ABS Census 2021)
Vietnamese3

Birds & Wildlife Nearby

223 bird observations recorded near Buaraba — most often seen:

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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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