Goovigen QLD 4702

Living Here

Goovigen is a suburb of Queensland, home to about 349 people, with a median age of 46. The typical household earns around $1,562 a week, with median rent near $125 a week. Most homes are houses. About 75% of households own their home and 13% 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: Goovigen itself.

Getting Around & Local Services

• 1 school

  • Goovigen State School
• 2 parks

  • Emily Stone Park
  • Nissen Park
• 1 library

  • Mobile Library Stops Here
• 1 post office

  • Goovigen LPO

Getting around. Airport: Thangool Airport, 50.6 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: 10% 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

Unemployment 1.2% · Labour-force participation 61.6%

Birds & Wildlife Nearby

86 bird observations recorded near Goovigen — most often seen:

• Red-backed Fairy-wren (6)
• Eastern Australian Magpie (4)
• Eastern Grey-crowned Babbler (4)
• Little Friarbird (4)
• Red-winged Parrot (4)
• Southern Willie Wagtail (4)
• Birds (3)
• Black-headed Pardalote (3)
• Eastern Bar-shouldered Dove (3)
• Eastern Crested Pigeon (3)
• Eastern Galah (3)
• Eastern Pied Butcherbird (3)
• Eastern Rainbow Lorikeet (3)

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 Goovigen:

• Argoon (7.7 km)
• Smoky Creek (8.5 km)
• Greycliffe (12.5 km)
• Jambin (15.6 km)
• Dixalea (19 km)
• Woolein (19.1 km)
• Orange Creek (24.2 km)
• Wowan (25.4 km)

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