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.
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
2 cafés & restaurants
1 supermarket
1 park
1 mechanic
1 carpenter
1 place to stay
Getting around. Airport: Gympie Airport, 44.9 km south-west.
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: 30.4% 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 | 30.4% |
|---|---|
| Land with trees, 10 m satellite map, 2021 | 60.5% |
Demographics
Unemployment 7.4% · Labour-force participation 29.3%
Population by age in Cooloola Cove
| 0-4 | 85 |
|---|---|
| 5-14 | 216 |
| 15-19 | 108 |
| 20-24 | 51 |
| 25-34 | 151 |
| 35-44 | 200 |
| 45-54 | 321 |
| 55-64 | 526 |
| 65-74 | 852 |
| 75-84 | 368 |
| 85+ | 54 |
Dwelling types in Cooloola Cove
| House | 1,202 |
|---|---|
| Townhouse | 5 |
| Apartment | 4 |
| Other | 34 |
Households by weekly income in Cooloola Cove
| <$650 | 350 |
|---|---|
| $650-1,499 | 565 |
| $1,500-2,999 | 172 |
| $3,000+ | 46 |
Top ancestries in Cooloola Cove
| English | 1,305 |
|---|---|
| Australian | 1,090 |
| Irish | 353 |
| Scottish | 317 |
| German | 232 |
| Ancestry NS | 201 |
Housing tenure in Cooloola Cove
| Owned | 724 |
|---|---|
| Mortgage | 314 |
| Rented | 181 |
| Other | 8 |
Cars per household in Cooloola Cove
| 0 | 14 |
|---|---|
| 1 | 483 |
| 2 | 505 |
| 3 | 160 |
| 4+ | 58 |
Commute to work in Cooloola Cove
| Car | 474 |
|---|---|
| Train | 0 |
| Bus | 5 |
| Tram/ferry | 0 |
| Walked | 10 |
| Bicycle | 0 |
| Home | 68 |
Top countries of birth in Cooloola Cove
| England | 179 |
|---|---|
| New Zealand | 95 |
| Philippines | 26 |
| Germany | 20 |
| South Africa | 20 |
| Netherlands | 19 |
Languages used at home in Cooloola Cove
| German | 11 |
|---|---|
| Tagalog | 10 |
| Italian | 6 |
| Afrikaans | 5 |
| Croatian | 5 |
| Serbian | 5 |
Birds & Wildlife Nearby
2,727 bird observations recorded near Cooloola Cove — most often seen:
- Southern Emu-wren (157)
- Torresian Crow (138)
- Mangrove Honeyeater (137)
- Eastern Curlew (125)
- Rufous Whistler (125)
- Brown Honeyeater (123)
- Willie Wagtail (120)
- Bar-tailed Godwit (97)
- Whistling Kite (97)
- Australian Pied Oystercatcher (94)
- Great Knot (90)
- Mistletoebird (87)
- Rainbow Lorikeet (87)
Show all 30 birds recorded near Cooloola Cove
- Rainbow Bee-eater (86)
- Red-capped Plover (86)
- Sulphur-crested Cockatoo (86)
- Whimbrel (84)
- Scarlet Honeyeater (81)
- Variegated Fairy-wren (81)
- Noisy Friarbird (77)
- Grey Fantail (74)
- Lewin's Honeyeater (72)
- Eastern Yellow Robin (69)
- Peaceful Dove (69)
- Leaden Flycatcher (67)
- Laughing Kookaburra (66)
- White-faced Heron (66)
- Welcome Swallow (63)
- Grey Shrike-thrush (62)
- Northern Collared Kingfisher (61)
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 Cooloola Cove:
- Tin Can Bay (6.4 km)
- Wallu (8.1 km)
- Rainbow Beach (13 km)
- Inskip (14.1 km)
- Toolara Forest (15.5 km)
- Kia Ora (21.9 km)
- Goomboorian (23.2 km)
- Neerdie (23.8 km)
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Streets
- Achilles Avenue (33)
- Ajax Court (4)
- Aquitania Court (26)
- Argus Court (7)
- Ark Royal Drive (40)
- Atlantis Avenue (22)
- Aurora Court (6)
- Batavia Court (19)
- Bayside Road (53)
- Beagle Avenue (16)
- Boambillee Circuit (13)
- Bounty Court (5)
- Britannic Avenue (16)
- Canberra Avenue (39)
- Capstan Court (17)
- Cerebus Court (13)
- Challenger Court (18)
- Creekside Esplanade (42)
- Cutty Sark Court (20)
- Cygnet Court (4)
- Dianella Circuit (28)
- Discovery Drive (53)
- Doric Court (11)
- Dreadnought Avenue (27)
- Duchess Court (11)
- Duke Court (5)
- Edina Court (8)
- Endeavour Drive (87)
- Endurance Avenue (40)
- Enterprise Court (6)
- Environs Avenue (17)
- Esperance Court (7)
- Essex Court (12)
- Exeter Court (11)
- Fairsea Drive (2)
- Fyshburn Drive (71)
- Glorious Avenue (4)
- Golden Hind Avenue (120)
- Gretel Court (8)
- Gypsy Court (6)
- Habitat Circuit (42)
- Hawk Court (6)
- Iberia Court (7)
- Illustrious Court (8)
- Investigator Avenue (174)
- Ironside Court (4)
- Isis Court (6)
- Kanimbla Avenue (68)
- Krait Court (4)
- Lomandra Avenue (14)
- Lusitania Court (8)
- Marco Polo Drive (65)
- Mariposa Place (48)
- Mauretania Avenue (43)
- Mayflower Avenue (14)
- Merrimac Court (5)
- Nautilus Drive (64)
- Nimrod Street (7)
- Nina Court (11)
- Norfolk Court (18)
- Oberon Court (12)
- Olympia Court (11)
- Pamir Court (8)
- Pandora Court (5)
- Parklink Avenue (2)
- Pinta Court (9)
- Queen Elizabeth Drive (86)
- Regent Court (21)
- Renown Court (5)
- Retreat Court (3)
- Roebuck Street (6)
- Sanctuary Way (13)
- Santa Maria Court (34)
- Seawitch Crescent (33)
- Sentinel Court (9)
- Sirius Court (4)
- Titanic Court (6)
- Tom Thumb Court (33)
- Vanguard Court (19)
- Victory Court (6)
- Waratah Drive (33)
- Zealous Court (8)
