Foreshores QLD 4678
99 addresses · 10 streets
Flynn Electorate › Gladstone LGA › Foreshores · 403 km from Brisbane
Living Here
Foreshores is a suburb of Queensland, home to about 142 people, with a median age of 52. The typical household earns around $1,708 a week, with median rent near $290 a week. Most homes are houses. About 80% of households own their home and 11% rent. Most workers drive to work. Common community backgrounds include English, Australian, German. 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 Agnes Water - Miriam Vale statistical area (SA2), the smallest area the ABS published before 2011. Solid line: Foreshores itself.
Getting Around & Local Services
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: 50.1% 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 | 50.1% |
|---|---|
| Land with trees, 10 m satellite map, 2021 | 64.9% |
Demographics
Unemployment 6.8% · Labour-force participation 60.3%
Population by age in Foreshores
| 0-4 | 3 |
|---|---|
| 5-14 | 15 |
| 15-19 | 8 |
| 20-24 | 3 |
| 25-34 | 12 |
| 35-44 | 9 |
| 45-54 | 29 |
| 55-64 | 35 |
| 65-74 | 18 |
| 75-84 | 6 |
| 85+ | 0 |
Dwelling types in Foreshores
| House | 39 |
|---|---|
| Townhouse | 14 |
| Apartment | 0 |
| Other | 0 |
Households by weekly income in Foreshores
| <$650 | 6 |
|---|---|
| $650-1,499 | 13 |
| $1,500-2,999 | 23 |
| $3,000+ | 3 |
Top ancestries in Foreshores
| English | 70 |
|---|---|
| Australian | 47 |
| German | 26 |
| Scottish | 15 |
| Ancestry NS | 10 |
| Other | 7 |
Housing tenure in Foreshores
| Owned | 28 |
|---|---|
| Mortgage | 17 |
| Rented | 6 |
| Other | 5 |
Cars per household in Foreshores
| 0 | 0 |
|---|---|
| 1 | 16 |
| 2 | 24 |
| 3 | 6 |
| 4+ | 11 |
Commute to work in Foreshores
| Car | 47 |
|---|---|
| Train | 0 |
| Bus | 0 |
| Tram/ferry | 0 |
| Walked | 0 |
| Bicycle | 0 |
| Home | 9 |
Top countries of birth in Foreshores
| England | 3 |
|---|---|
| New Zealand | 3 |
Languages used at home in Foreshores
| German | 3 |
|---|
Birds & Wildlife Nearby
37 bird observations recorded near Foreshores — most often seen:
- Rainbow Lorikeet (3)
- Whistling Kite (3)
- Brahminy Kite (2)
- Peaceful Dove (2)
- Rainbow Bee-eater (2)
- Australian Magpie (1)
- Bar-shouldered Dove (1)
- Black-faced Cuckoo-shrike (1)
- Black-shouldered Kite (1)
- Blue-faced Honeyeater (1)
- Blue-winged Kookaburra (1)
- Brown Honeyeater (1)
- Channel-billed Cuckoo (1)
Show all 30 birds recorded near Foreshores
- Chestnut-breasted Munia (1)
- Common Myna (1)
- Crested Pigeon (1)
- Dollarbird (1)
- Double-barred Finch (1)
- Eastern Curlew (1)
- Forest Kingfisher (1)
- Galah (1)
- Laughing Kookaburra (1)
- Lewin's Honeyeater (1)
- Little Eagle (1)
- Little Friarbird (1)
- Little Pied Cormorant (1)
- Magpie-lark (1)
- Masked Lapwing (1)
- Mistletoebird (1)
- Northern Collared Kingfisher (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 Foreshores:
- Iveragh (9.9 km)
- Rodds Bay (12.9 km)
- Bororen (14.3 km)
- Turkey Beach (15.8 km)
- Benaraby (21.8 km)
- Tannum Sands (22.8 km)
- Miriam Vale (23.9 km)
- Boyne Island (24.5 km)
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Streets
- Bruce Highway (5)
- Cherryvale Road (1)
- Clarks Drive (3)
- Donaldsons Road (3)
- Foreshores Road (15)
- Gretel Street (1)
- Intrepid Drive (48)
- Jinkies Landing (2)
- Pages Road (1)
- Turkey Beach Road (20)
