Gootchie QLD 4650
61 addresses · 13 streets
Wide Bay Electorate › Fraser Coast LGA › Gootchie · 184 km from Brisbane
Living Here
Gootchie is a suburb of Queensland, home to about 96 people, with a median age of 57. The typical household earns around $900 a week, with median rent near $278 a week. Most homes are houses. About 81% of households own their home and 9% rent. Most workers drive to work. Common community backgrounds include Australian, English, Scottish. 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 Maryborough Region - South statistical area (SA2), the smallest area the ABS published before 2011. Solid line: Gootchie itself.
Getting Around & Local Services
1 school
Getting around. Airport: Maryborough Airport, 41.3 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: 32.4% 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 | 32.4% |
|---|---|
| Land with trees, 10 m satellite map, 2021 | 56.6% |
Demographics
Unemployment 11.1% · Labour-force participation 43.4%
Population by age in Gootchie
| 0-4 | 0 |
|---|---|
| 5-14 | 7 |
| 15-19 | 4 |
| 20-24 | 0 |
| 25-34 | 3 |
| 35-44 | 11 |
| 45-54 | 15 |
| 55-64 | 23 |
| 65-74 | 13 |
| 75-84 | 15 |
| 85+ | 0 |
Dwelling types in Gootchie
| House | 40 |
|---|---|
| Townhouse | 0 |
| Apartment | 0 |
| Other | 0 |
Households by weekly income in Gootchie
| <$650 | 6 |
|---|---|
| $650-1,499 | 13 |
| $1,500-2,999 | 6 |
| $3,000+ | 3 |
Top ancestries in Gootchie
| Australian | 42 |
|---|---|
| English | 36 |
| Scottish | 17 |
| Irish | 15 |
| German | 8 |
| Italian | 4 |
Housing tenure in Gootchie
| Owned | 18 |
|---|---|
| Mortgage | 8 |
| Rented | 3 |
| Other | 3 |
Cars per household in Gootchie
| 0 | 0 |
|---|---|
| 1 | 14 |
| 2 | 6 |
| 3 | 9 |
| 4+ | 6 |
Commute to work in Gootchie
| Car | 15 |
|---|---|
| Train | 0 |
| Bus | 0 |
| Tram/ferry | 0 |
| Walked | 0 |
| Bicycle | 0 |
| Home | 9 |
Birds & Wildlife Nearby
856 bird observations recorded near Gootchie — most often seen:
- Noisy Friarbird (55)
- Scarlet Honeyeater (50)
- Torresian Crow (47)
- Rainbow Lorikeet (37)
- Laughing Kookaburra (36)
- Peaceful Dove (36)
- Grey Fantail (35)
- Brown Honeyeater (33)
- Noisy Miner (33)
- Australian Magpie (32)
- Black-faced Cuckoo-shrike (32)
- Willie Wagtail (32)
- Rufous Whistler (30)
Show all 30 birds recorded near Gootchie
- White-throated Honeyeater (30)
- Lewin's Honeyeater (27)
- Eastern Yellow Robin (26)
- Grey Butcherbird (25)
- Blue-faced Honeyeater (24)
- Rainbow Bee-eater (24)
- Striated Pardalote (24)
- Little Friarbird (23)
- Spangled Drongo (21)
- Red-backed Fairy-wren (20)
- Silvereye (20)
- Grey Shrike-thrush (19)
- Bar-shouldered Dove (18)
- Australasian Figbird (17)
- Fan-tailed Cuckoo (17)
- Little Lorikeet (17)
- Pied Butcherbird (16)
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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Streets
- Bauple - Woolooga Road (8)
- Bruce Highway (1)
- Dakins Road (1)
- Deveron Road (2)
- Gootchie Road (22)
- Hausnechts Road (1)
- Hemmings Road (7)
- Kanyan Road (2)
- Molteno Road (5)
- Netherby Road (1)
- Old Gympie Road (1)
- Old Highway Road (6)
- Sheehans Road (4)