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Cooloola Cove QLD 4580

1,929 addresses · 82 streets

Wide Bay Electorate › Gympie LGA › Cooloola Cove · 166 km from Brisbane

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Living Here

Cooloola Cove is a suburb of Queensland, home to about 2,921 people, with a median age of 62. The typical household earns around $808 a week, with median rent near $300 a week. Most homes are houses. About 85% of households own their home and 15% rent. Most workers drive to work. Common community backgrounds include English, Australian, Irish. On the ABS socio-economic scale it sits in decile 1 of 10 nationally — a more disadvantaged area.

2,921Population
62Median age
$808Median household income / wk
$300Median rent / wk
2.1Avg household

Over time — Census 2001 → 2021

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

Getting Around & Local Services

Getting around. Airport: Gympie Airport, 44.9 km south-west.

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Socio-economic Standing

😟More disadvantaged · 1/10
Economic resources2/10
Education & jobs1/10

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: 30.4% share of land under canopy · satellite map, 2020

Where the trees are in Cooloola Cove

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

Tree cover measures, Cooloola Cove QLD
Canopy share, 1 m canopy height map, 202030.4%
Land with trees, 10 m satellite map, 202160.5%

Demographics

Unemployment 7.4% · Labour-force participation 29.3%

Population by age in Cooloola Cove
Population by age, Cooloola Cove QLD (ABS Census 2021)
0-485
5-14216
15-19108
20-2451
25-34151
35-44200
45-54321
55-64526
65-74852
75-84368
85+54
Dwelling types in Cooloola Cove
Dwelling types, Cooloola Cove QLD (ABS Census 2021)
House1,202
Townhouse5
Apartment4
Other34
Households by weekly income in Cooloola Cove
Households by weekly income, Cooloola Cove QLD (ABS Census 2021)
<$650350
$650-1,499565
$1,500-2,999172
$3,000+46
Top ancestries in Cooloola Cove
Top ancestries, Cooloola Cove QLD (ABS Census 2021)
English1,305
Australian1,090
Irish353
Scottish317
German232
Ancestry NS201
Housing tenure in Cooloola Cove
Housing tenure, Cooloola Cove QLD (ABS Census 2021)
Owned724
Mortgage314
Rented181
Other8
Cars per household in Cooloola Cove
Cars per household, Cooloola Cove QLD (ABS Census 2021)
014
1483
2505
3160
4+58
Commute to work in Cooloola Cove
Commute to work, Cooloola Cove QLD (ABS Census 2021)
Car474
Train0
Bus5
Tram/ferry0
Walked10
Bicycle0
Home68
Top countries of birth in Cooloola Cove
Top countries of birth, Cooloola Cove QLD (ABS Census 2021)
England179
New Zealand95
Philippines26
Germany20
South Africa20
Netherlands19
Languages used at home in Cooloola Cove
Languages used at home, Cooloola Cove QLD (ABS Census 2021)
German11
Tagalog10
Italian6
Afrikaans5
Croatian5
Serbian5

Birds & Wildlife Nearby

2,727 bird observations recorded near Cooloola Cove — most often seen:

Show all 30 birds recorded near Cooloola Cove

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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Satellite view — Digital Earth Australia (Geoscience Australia) · CC BY 4.0.