Eureka QLD 4660
113 addresses · 13 streets
Hinkler Electorate › Bundaberg LGA › Eureka · 259 km from Brisbane
Living Here
Eureka is a suburb of Queensland, home to about 223 people, with a median age of 51. The typical household earns around $1,166 a week, with median rent near $400 a week. Most homes are houses. About 93% of households own their home and 7% rent. Most workers drive to work. Common community backgrounds include Australian, English, 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 Bundaberg Region - South statistical area (SA2), the smallest area the ABS published before 2011. Solid line: Eureka itself.
Getting Around & Local Services
1 hospital
Getting around. Airport: Bundaberg Airport, 44.3 km north.
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: 65.4% 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 | 65.4% |
|---|---|
| Land with trees, 10 m satellite map, 2021 | 77.4% |
Demographics
Unemployment 14.4% · Labour-force participation 46.9%
Population by age in Eureka
| 0-4 | 4 |
|---|---|
| 5-14 | 24 |
| 15-19 | 15 |
| 20-24 | 7 |
| 25-34 | 23 |
| 35-44 | 15 |
| 45-54 | 32 |
| 55-64 | 51 |
| 65-74 | 43 |
| 75-84 | 8 |
| 85+ | 0 |
Dwelling types in Eureka
| House | 70 |
|---|---|
| Townhouse | 0 |
| Apartment | 0 |
| Other | 0 |
Households by weekly income in Eureka
| <$650 | 15 |
|---|---|
| $650-1,499 | 22 |
| $1,500-2,999 | 24 |
| $3,000+ | 7 |
Top ancestries in Eureka
| Australian | 97 |
|---|---|
| English | 81 |
| Irish | 30 |
| Ancestry NS | 22 |
| Scottish | 21 |
| Aboriginal | 18 |
Housing tenure in Eureka
| Owned | 31 |
|---|---|
| Mortgage | 32 |
| Rented | 5 |
| Other | 0 |
Cars per household in Eureka
| 0 | 0 |
|---|---|
| 1 | 9 |
| 2 | 32 |
| 3 | 15 |
| 4+ | 6 |
Commute to work in Eureka
| Car | 57 |
|---|---|
| Train | 0 |
| Bus | 0 |
| Tram/ferry | 0 |
| Walked | 0 |
| Bicycle | 0 |
| Home | 8 |
Top countries of birth in Eureka
| England | 4 |
|---|---|
| Germany | 4 |
| Thailand | 3 |
Languages used at home in Eureka
| Spanish | 5 |
|---|---|
| Thai | 4 |
Birds & Wildlife Nearby
92 bird observations recorded near Eureka — most often seen:
- Southern Boobook (18)
- Variegated Fairy-wren (13)
- Yellow-tufted Honeyeater (8)
- Rainbow Lorikeet (4)
- Scarlet Honeyeater (4)
- Striated Pardalote (4)
- Willie Wagtail (4)
- Peaceful Dove (3)
- Rainbow Bee-eater (3)
- White-throated Honeyeater (3)
- Grey Butcherbird (2)
- Grey Fantail (2)
- Noisy Miner (2)
Show all 30 birds recorded near Eureka
- Red-backed Fairy-wren (2)
- Red-tailed Black Cockatoo (2)
- Rufous Whistler (2)
- Scaly-breasted Lorikeet (2)
- Whistling Kite (2)
- Apostlebird (1)
- Bar-shouldered Dove (1)
- Black Kite (1)
- Black-faced Cuckoo-shrike (1)
- Brown Falcon (1)
- Brown Honeyeater (1)
- Double-barred Finch (1)
- Fan-tailed Cuckoo (1)
- Helmeted Guineafowl (1)
- Laughing Kookaburra (1)
- Little Friarbird (1)
- Magpie-lark (1)
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 Eureka:
- Kullogum (7.1 km)
- Apple Tree Creek (8.6 km)
- Isis Central (8.6 km)
- Childers (11.9 km)
- Golden Fleece (12.7 km)
- Booyal (13 km)
- South Isis (13.6 km)
- Cordalba (13.7 km)
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Streets
- Berries Road (4)
- Bruce Highway (1)
- Buckholz Road (4)
- Eureka Station Road (28)
- Faints Road (9)
- Griggs Road (4)
- Guppys Road (16)
- Isis Highway (22)
- North South Road (10)
- Pickering Road (5)
- Prosser Road (4)
- Rendalls Road (5)
- Tomlins Road (1)
