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Cootharaba QLD 4565

560 addresses · 40 streets

Wide Bay Electorate › Noosa LGA › Cootharaba · 131 km from Brisbane

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Living Here

Cootharaba is a suburb of Queensland, home to about 866 people, with a median age of 48. The typical household earns around $1,465 a week, with median rent near $365 a week. Most homes are houses. About 84% of households own their home and 12% rent. Most workers drive to work. Common community backgrounds include English, Australian, Scottish. On the ABS socio-economic scale it sits in decile 5 of 10 nationally — a mid-range area.

866Population
48Median age
$1,465Median household income / wk
$365Median rent / wk
2.7Avg household

Over time — Census 2001 → 2021

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

Getting Around & Local Services

Getting around. Train station: Pomona, 12 km south-west · Airport: Noosa Airport, 19.1 km south-east.

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Socio-economic Standing

😐Around average · 5/10
Economic resources5/10
Education & jobs5/10

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: 49.6% share of land under canopy · satellite map, 2020

Where the trees are in Cootharaba

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

Tree cover measures, Cootharaba QLD
Canopy share, 1 m canopy height map, 202049.6%
Land with trees, 10 m satellite map, 202173.2%

Demographics

Unemployment 6.5% · Labour-force participation 52.5%

Population by age in Cootharaba
Population by age, Cootharaba QLD (ABS Census 2021)
0-422
5-14115
15-1948
20-2425
25-3472
35-44104
45-54128
55-64165
65-74133
75-8445
85+4
Dwelling types in Cootharaba
Dwelling types, Cootharaba QLD (ABS Census 2021)
House282
Townhouse0
Apartment0
Other0
Households by weekly income in Cootharaba
Households by weekly income, Cootharaba QLD (ABS Census 2021)
<$65043
$650-1,49987
$1,500-2,99976
$3,000+50
Top ancestries in Cootharaba
Top ancestries, Cootharaba QLD (ABS Census 2021)
English363
Australian304
Scottish126
Irish125
Ancestry NS98
German53
Housing tenure in Cootharaba
Housing tenure, Cootharaba QLD (ABS Census 2021)
Owned122
Mortgage111
Rented34
Other10
Cars per household in Cootharaba
Cars per household, Cootharaba QLD (ABS Census 2021)
09
167
2112
357
4+46
Commute to work in Cootharaba
Commute to work, Cootharaba QLD (ABS Census 2021)
Car210
Train0
Bus0
Tram/ferry0
Walked8
Bicycle0
Home76
Top countries of birth in Cootharaba
Top countries of birth, Cootharaba QLD (ABS Census 2021)
England46
New Zealand31
South Africa10
China9
Scotland7
Germany6
Languages used at home in Cootharaba
Languages used at home, Cootharaba QLD (ABS Census 2021)
Spanish4
German3

Birds & Wildlife Nearby

2,404 bird observations recorded near Cootharaba — most often seen:

Show all 30 birds recorded near Cootharaba

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.