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Goombungee QLD 4354

610 addresses · 50 streets

Groom Electorate › Toowoomba LGA › Goombungee · 117 km from Brisbane

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Living Here

Goombungee is a suburb of Queensland, home to about 1,066 people, with a median age of 43. The typical household earns around $1,218 a week, with median rent near $250 a week. Most homes are houses. About 80% of households own their home and 18% rent. Most workers drive to work. Common community backgrounds include Australian, English, German. On the ABS socio-economic scale it sits in decile 2 of 10 nationally — a more disadvantaged area.

1,066Population
43Median age
$1,218Median household income / wk
$250Median rent / wk
2.5Avg household

Over time — Census 2001 → 2021

Dashed line: district figures for the Crows Nest - Rosalie statistical area (SA2), the smallest area the ABS published before 2011. Solid line: Goombungee itself.

Getting Around & Local Services

Getting around. Airport: Oakey Army Aviation Centre, 16.7 km south-west.

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Socio-economic Standing

😟More disadvantaged · 2/10
Economic resources3/10
Education & jobs1/10

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: 19.8% share of land under canopy · satellite map, 2020

Where the trees are in Goombungee

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

Tree cover measures, Goombungee QLD
Canopy share, 1 m canopy height map, 202019.8%
Land with trees, 10 m satellite map, 202128.9%

Demographics

Unemployment 6.1% · Labour-force participation 54%

Population by age in Goombungee
Population by age, Goombungee QLD (ABS Census 2021)
0-462
5-14147
15-1966
20-2450
25-34113
35-4499
45-54113
55-64178
65-74149
75-8471
85+11
Dwelling types in Goombungee
Dwelling types, Goombungee QLD (ABS Census 2021)
House370
Townhouse3
Apartment6
Other0
Households by weekly income in Goombungee
Households by weekly income, Goombungee QLD (ABS Census 2021)
<$65067
$650-1,499140
$1,500-2,99993
$3,000+34
Top ancestries in Goombungee
Top ancestries, Goombungee QLD (ABS Census 2021)
Australian495
English383
German152
Scottish117
Irish110
Ancestry NS67
Housing tenure in Goombungee
Housing tenure, Goombungee QLD (ABS Census 2021)
Owned150
Mortgage154
Rented68
Other10
Cars per household in Goombungee
Cars per household, Goombungee QLD (ABS Census 2021)
06
1118
2154
352
4+42
Commute to work in Goombungee
Commute to work, Goombungee QLD (ABS Census 2021)
Car323
Train0
Bus0
Tram/ferry0
Walked16
Bicycle0
Home35
Top countries of birth in Goombungee
Top countries of birth, Goombungee QLD (ABS Census 2021)
England25
Taiwan20
New Zealand13
United States4
Thailand3
Wales3
Languages used at home in Goombungee
Languages used at home, Goombungee QLD (ABS Census 2021)
Mandarin22
Cantonese5
Australian Indigenous4
German3
Thai3

Birds & Wildlife Nearby

1,480 bird observations recorded near Goombungee — most often seen:

Show all 30 birds recorded near Goombungee

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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