Canungra QLD 4275
1,065 addresses · 40 streets
Wright Electorate › Scenic Rim LGA › Canungra · 63 km from Brisbane
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Living Here
Canungra is a suburb of Queensland, home to about 1,436 people, with a median age of 41. The typical household earns around $1,883 a week, with median rent near $420 a week. Most homes are houses. About 80% of households own their home and 19% rent. Most workers drive to work. Common community backgrounds include English, Australian, Irish. On the ABS socio-economic scale it sits in decile 6 of 10 nationally — a mid-range area.
Over time — Census 2001 → 2021
Dashed line: district figures for the Tamborine - Canungra statistical area (SA2), the smallest area the ABS published before 2011. Solid line: Canungra itself.
Getting Around & Local Services
1 school
1 supermarket
2 Catholic churches
1 pharmacy
1 medical clinic
1 childcare centre
1 library
1 post office
2 service stations
3 gyms & sports centres
2 golf clubs
2 bakeries
1 butcher
1 hardware store
2 hairdressers
1 beauty salon
1 mechanic
Getting around. Airport: Southport Flying Club, 23.5 km north-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: 64.7% 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 | 64.7% |
|---|---|
| Land with trees, 10 m satellite map, 2021 | 81.9% |
Demographics
Unemployment 2.9% · Labour-force participation 64.6%
Population by age in Canungra
| 0-4 | 76 |
|---|---|
| 5-14 | 224 |
| 15-19 | 81 |
| 20-24 | 44 |
| 25-34 | 152 |
| 35-44 | 220 |
| 45-54 | 231 |
| 55-64 | 195 |
| 65-74 | 140 |
| 75-84 | 59 |
| 85+ | 12 |
Dwelling types in Canungra
| House | 462 |
|---|---|
| Townhouse | 16 |
| Apartment | 8 |
| Other | 10 |
Households by weekly income in Canungra
| <$650 | 57 |
|---|---|
| $650-1,499 | 130 |
| $1,500-2,999 | 185 |
| $3,000+ | 94 |
Top ancestries in Canungra
| English | 656 |
|---|---|
| Australian | 578 |
| Irish | 181 |
| Scottish | 174 |
| Other | 108 |
| Ancestry NS | 98 |
Housing tenure in Canungra
| Owned | 141 |
|---|---|
| Mortgage | 243 |
| Rented | 93 |
| Other | 5 |
Cars per household in Canungra
| 0 | 0 |
|---|---|
| 1 | 107 |
| 2 | 235 |
| 3 | 81 |
| 4+ | 58 |
Commute to work in Canungra
| Car | 483 |
|---|---|
| Train | 0 |
| Bus | 3 |
| Tram/ferry | 0 |
| Walked | 25 |
| Bicycle | 3 |
| Home | 87 |
Top countries of birth in Canungra
| England | 92 |
|---|---|
| New Zealand | 73 |
| Scotland | 11 |
| United States | 8 |
| Germany | 7 |
| Indonesia | 7 |
Languages used at home in Canungra
| Afrikaans | 4 |
|---|---|
| Mandarin | 4 |
| German | 4 |
| Italian | 3 |
Birds & Wildlife Nearby
7,823 bird observations recorded near Canungra — most often seen:
- Noisy Miner (535)
- Rainbow Lorikeet (488)
- Torresian Crow (416)
- Australian Wood Duck (367)
- Australian Magpie (354)
- Laughing Kookaburra (334)
- Welcome Swallow (328)
- Magpie-lark (314)
- Willie Wagtail (313)
- Noisy Friarbird (298)
- Australasian Figbird (290)
- Blue-faced Honeyeater (290)
- Lewin's Honeyeater (272)
Show all 30 birds recorded near Canungra
- Crested Pigeon (269)
- Galah (264)
- Sulphur-crested Cockatoo (243)
- Pied Butcherbird (233)
- Pacific Black Duck (228)
- Pied Currawong (224)
- Masked Lapwing (221)
- Bell Miner (193)
- Black-faced Cuckoo-shrike (168)
- Pale-headed Rosella (168)
- Scaly-breasted Lorikeet (159)
- Straw-necked Ibis (153)
- Eastern Whipbird (151)
- Superb Fairy-wren (141)
- White-headed Pigeon (140)
- Southern Masked Lapwing (136)
- Common Myna (133)
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 Canungra:
- Benobble (2.7 km)
- Witheren (2.9 km)
- Biddaddaba (5.4 km)
- Wonglepong (5.8 km)
- Ferny Glen (5.9 km)
- Boyland (8.1 km)
- Flying Fox (8.8 km)
- Lower Beechmont (8.8 km)
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Streets
- Appel Street (66)
- Beasley Way (30)
- Beaudesert - Nerang Road (24)
- Canungra Street (2)
- Christie Street (56)
- Coburg Road (14)
- Colvin Road (6)
- Curtis Road (5)
- Darlington Range Road (4)
- Double Crossing Road (11)
- Duncan Street (35)
- Finch Road (201)
- Franklin Street (1)
- Geiger Road (25)
- Howard Court (7)
- Jerome Street (15)
- Kidston Street (57)
- King Street (11)
- Krarup Court (8)
- Lamington National Park Road (96)
- Lawson Court (8)
- Lawton Lane (21)
- Lohmann Court (8)
- Manor Court (37)
- Maurita Court (14)
- Monarch Drive (34)
- Murphy Road (1)
- Picnic Place (48)
- Pine Street (24)
- Regal Drive (58)
- Reining Road (1)
- Riverbend Drive (39)
- Roxborough Street (49)
- Sarabah Road (3)
- Seymour Drive (18)
- Sovereign Court (6)
- Strachan Street (7)
- Tamborine Mountain Road (2)
- Tamborine Street (1)
- Wojei Rise (12)
