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Grasstree Beach QLD 4740

598 addresses · 19 streets

Capricornia Electorate › Mackay LGA › Grasstree Beach · 777 km from Brisbane

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Living Here

Grasstree Beach is a suburb of Queensland, home to about 717 people, with a median age of 49. The typical household earns around $2,050 a week, with median rent near $290 a week. Most homes are houses. About 81% of households own their home and 18% rent. Most workers drive to work. Common community backgrounds include English, Australian, Irish. On the ABS socio-economic scale it sits in decile 4 of 10 nationally — a mid-range area.

717Population
49Median age
$2,050Median household income / wk
$290Median rent / wk
2.3Avg household

Over time — Census 2001 → 2021

Dashed line: district figures for the Sarina statistical area (SA2), the smallest area the ABS published before 2011. Solid line: Grasstree Beach itself.

Getting Around & Local Services

Getting around. Train station: Sarina, 11 km south-west · Airport: Mackay Airport, 24.4 km north-west.

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Socio-economic Standing

🙁Below average · 4/10
Economic resources6/10
Education & jobs2/10

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: 40.1% share of land under canopy · satellite map, 2020

Where the trees are in Grasstree Beach

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

Tree cover measures, Grasstree Beach QLD
Canopy share, 1 m canopy height map, 202040.1%
Land with trees, 10 m satellite map, 202156.0%

Demographics

Unemployment 5.2% · Labour-force participation 59.1%

Population by age in Grasstree Beach
Population by age, Grasstree Beach QLD (ABS Census 2021)
0-437
5-1461
15-1941
20-2432
25-3472
35-4485
45-5494
55-64157
65-7497
75-8440
85+6
Dwelling types in Grasstree Beach
Dwelling types, Grasstree Beach QLD (ABS Census 2021)
House269
Townhouse5
Apartment3
Other0
Households by weekly income in Grasstree Beach
Households by weekly income, Grasstree Beach QLD (ABS Census 2021)
<$65041
$650-1,49947
$1,500-2,99988
$3,000+64
Top ancestries in Grasstree Beach
Top ancestries, Grasstree Beach QLD (ABS Census 2021)
English310
Australian270
Irish88
Scottish85
German62
Ancestry NS59
Housing tenure in Grasstree Beach
Housing tenure, Grasstree Beach QLD (ABS Census 2021)
Owned115
Mortgage104
Rented48
Other3
Cars per household in Grasstree Beach
Cars per household, Grasstree Beach QLD (ABS Census 2021)
00
183
2115
350
4+18
Commute to work in Grasstree Beach
Commute to work, Grasstree Beach QLD (ABS Census 2021)
Car261
Train0
Bus0
Tram/ferry0
Walked6
Bicycle0
Home28
Top countries of birth in Grasstree Beach
Top countries of birth, Grasstree Beach QLD (ABS Census 2021)
New Zealand22
Philippines12
England6
Germany4
Netherlands3
Languages used at home in Grasstree Beach
Languages used at home, Grasstree Beach QLD (ABS Census 2021)
German7
Tagalog6
Australian Indigenous5
Hindi3

Birds & Wildlife Nearby

667 bird observations recorded near Grasstree Beach — most often seen:

Show all 30 birds recorded near Grasstree Beach

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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