Dakenba QLD 4715

Living Here

Dakenba is a suburb of Queensland, home to about 127 people, with a median age of 44. The typical household earns around $2,250 a week, with median rent near $165 a week. Most homes are houses. About 77% of households own their home and 23% rent. Most workers drive to work. Common community backgrounds include Australian, English, German. 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 Banana statistical area (SA2), the smallest area the ABS published before 2011. Solid line: Dakenba itself.

Getting Around & Local Services

• 3 schools

  • St Josephs Catholic School
  • Biloela State Primary School
  • Biloela State High School
• 1 park

  • O'Rourke Park
• 1 hospital

  • Biloela Hospital
• 1 vet

  • Callide Valley Vet Clinic
• 2 libraries

  • Biloela Library
  • Banana Shire Library & Information Service
• 1 golf club

  • Biloela Golf Club/
• 3 hardware stores

  • Home Timber & Hardware
  • DJ's
  • Mitre 10
• 11 places to stay

  • Raintree Motel
  • Callide Motor Inn
  • Biloela Apollo Motel
  • Biloela Centre Motel
  • Biloela Hotel
  • Boomerang Caravan & Tourist Park
  • Sun Valley Motel
  • Biloela Palms Motor Inn
  • Silo Motor Inn
  • Settlers Hotel Motel

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Getting around. Airport: Thangool Airport, 17 km south-east.

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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: 3.2% 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

Birds & Wildlife Nearby

1,035 bird observations recorded near Dakenba — most often seen:

• Torresian Crow (67)
• Magpie-lark (64)
• Willie Wagtail (58)
• Australian Magpie (53)
• Crested Pigeon (46)
• Black Kite (45)
• Double-barred Finch (45)
• House Sparrow (45)
• Nankeen Kestrel (38)
• Black-faced Cuckoo-shrike (36)
• Rainbow Lorikeet (36)
• Apostlebird (35)
• Little Corella (35)

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 Dakenba:

• Biloela (4.5 km)
• Mount Murchison (6.2 km)
• Callide (7.8 km)
• Valentine Plains (10.3 km)
• Prospect (11.1 km)
• Orange Creek (13.7 km)
• Thangool (18.1 km)
• Jambin (19.1 km)

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