Castaways Beach QLD 4567

Living Here

Castaways Beach is a suburb of Queensland, home to about 683 people, with a median age of 51. The typical household earns around $2,083 a week, with median rent near $750 a week. Most homes are houses. About 88% of households own their home and 11% rent. Most workers drive to work. Common community backgrounds include English, Australian, Scottish. On the ABS socio-economic scale it sits in decile 10 of 10 nationally — a relatively advantaged area.

Over time — Census 2001 → 2021

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

Getting Around & Local Services

• 4 schools

  • Sunshine Beach State High School
  • Noosa Flexible Learning Centre
  • Saint Thomas More Catholic Primary School
  • Sunshine Beach State School
• 1 café or restaurant

  • Chalet and Co.
• 14 parks

  • Wavecrest Park
  • Castaways Park
  • Moonbeam Park
  • Driftwood Park
  • Rainbow Park
  • Comet Park
  • Orient Park North Park
  • Commodore Park
  • Tingira Park
  • Dame Patti Park

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• 1 beach

  • Sunshine Beach
• 1 optometrist

  • Sunglass Hut
• 1 hospital

  • Noosa Hospital
• 1 vet

  • Greencross Vets
• 1 service station

  • Shell Coles Express
• 4 gyms & sports centres

  • Girraween Sports Complex
  • Noosa Aquatic Center
  • Noosa Tennis Club
  • Rugby Union Club
• 3 golf clubs

  • Noosa Springs
  • Peregian Springs Golf Club
  • Noosa Golf Club
• 1 hardware store

  • Mitre 10
• 1 carpenter

  • Revive Timber Designs
• 22 places to stay

  • Noosa Springs Resort
  • Sunseeker Lodge
  • Costa Nova Apartments
  • Nigel - AirBnb
  • RACV Noosa Resort
  • Noosa Waters Retirement Estate
  • Noosa Heads Motel
  • Nomads Noosa
  • Noosa Blue
  • Peppers Noosa

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Getting around. Bus interchange: Noosa Junction station, 4 km north · Ferry wharf: Sofitel Noosa Heads, 5.4 km north · Airport: Noosa Airport, 4.1 km west.

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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: 52.8% 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.

Demographics

Unemployment 4.4% · Labour-force participation 61%

Birds & Wildlife Nearby

17,646 bird observations recorded near Castaways Beach — most often seen:

• Glossy Black-cockatoo (1,436)
• Rainbow Lorikeet (1,205)
• Torresian Crow (1,020)
• Noisy Friarbird (858)
• Noisy Miner (789)
• Welcome Swallow (752)
• Pied Currawong (724)
• Brown Honeyeater (704)
• Little Wattlebird (661)
• Laughing Kookaburra (642)
• Australian Magpie (639)
• Lewin's Honeyeater (601)
• Australasian Figbird (560)

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 Castaways Beach:

• Sunrise Beach (2 km)
• Marcus Beach (2.5 km)
• Sunshine Beach (3.3 km)
• Noosa Heads (4.4 km)
• Peregian Beach (5 km)
• Weyba Downs (5.2 km)
• Noosaville (5.6 km)
• Peregian Springs (7.8 km)

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