Guanaba QLD 4210
379 addresses · 24 streets
Wright Electorate › Gold Coast LGA › Guanaba · 56 km from Brisbane
Living Here
Guanaba is a suburb of Queensland, home to about 852 people, with a median age of 46. The typical household earns around $2,250 a week, with median rent near $475 a week. Most homes are houses. About 88% of households own their home and 8% rent. Most workers drive to work. Common community backgrounds include English, Australian, Scottish. On the ABS socio-economic scale it sits in decile 8 of 10 nationally — a relatively advantaged area.
Over time — Census 2001 → 2021
Dashed line: district figures for the Guanaba - Springbrook statistical area (SA2), the smallest area the ABS published before 2011. Solid line: Guanaba itself.
Getting Around & Local Services
1 school
1 Catholic church
2 golf clubs
1 mechanic
1 electrician
Getting around. Train station: Helensvale, 9.2 km east · Airport: Southport Flying Club, 12.4 km east.
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: 64% 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 | 64.0% |
|---|---|
| Land with trees, 10 m satellite map, 2021 | 85.0% |
Demographics
Unemployment 4.9% · Labour-force participation 65.3%
Population by age in Guanaba
| 0-4 | 34 |
|---|---|
| 5-14 | 106 |
| 15-19 | 39 |
| 20-24 | 51 |
| 25-34 | 94 |
| 35-44 | 87 |
| 45-54 | 154 |
| 55-64 | 153 |
| 65-74 | 96 |
| 75-84 | 40 |
| 85+ | 11 |
Dwelling types in Guanaba
| House | 272 |
|---|---|
| Townhouse | 0 |
| Apartment | 0 |
| Other | 0 |
Households by weekly income in Guanaba
| <$650 | 27 |
|---|---|
| $650-1,499 | 49 |
| $1,500-2,999 | 80 |
| $3,000+ | 86 |
Top ancestries in Guanaba
| English | 418 |
|---|---|
| Australian | 304 |
| Scottish | 121 |
| Irish | 98 |
| German | 39 |
| Other | 38 |
Housing tenure in Guanaba
| Owned | 103 |
|---|---|
| Mortgage | 133 |
| Rented | 22 |
| Other | 10 |
Cars per household in Guanaba
| 0 | 0 |
|---|---|
| 1 | 37 |
| 2 | 93 |
| 3 | 68 |
| 4+ | 67 |
Commute to work in Guanaba
| Car | 287 |
|---|---|
| Train | 0 |
| Bus | 0 |
| Tram/ferry | 0 |
| Walked | 0 |
| Bicycle | 0 |
| Home | 89 |
Top countries of birth in Guanaba
| New Zealand | 49 |
|---|---|
| England | 47 |
| South Africa | 13 |
| Scotland | 8 |
| Italy | 6 |
| Philippines | 6 |
Languages used at home in Guanaba
| Afrikaans | 9 |
|---|---|
| Mandarin | 4 |
| Greek | 4 |
| Samoan | 4 |
| Polish | 3 |
| Russian | 3 |
Birds & Wildlife Nearby
7,818 bird observations recorded near Guanaba — most often seen:
- Laughing Kookaburra (483)
- Rainbow Lorikeet (437)
- Lewin's Honeyeater (406)
- Pied Currawong (353)
- Eastern Whipbird (332)
- Torresian Crow (330)
- Australian Brush-turkey (322)
- Australian Magpie (320)
- Noisy Miner (317)
- Sulphur-crested Cockatoo (298)
- Pacific Black Duck (279)
- Australian Wood Duck (246)
- Magpie-lark (238)
Show all 30 birds recorded near Guanaba
- Australian King-parrot (234)
- Welcome Swallow (221)
- Australian White Ibis (218)
- Eastern Rainbow Lorikeet (218)
- Green Catbird (215)
- Southern Pale-yellow Robin (214)
- Southern Laughing Kookaburra (210)
- Eastern Pied Currawong (209)
- Australasian Purple Swamphen (200)
- Black-faced Cuckoo-shrike (193)
- Australasian Figbird (192)
- Australian Logrunner (192)
- Willie Wagtail (192)
- Pied Butcherbird (189)
- Southern Masked Lapwing (189)
- Pale-headed Rosella (187)
- Bar-shouldered Dove (184)
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 Guanaba:
- Maudsland (3.9 km)
- Tamborine Mountain (5 km)
- Clagiraba (5.1 km)
- Mount Nathan (5.1 km)
- Wongawallan (5.8 km)
- Pacific Pines (6.6 km)
- Oxenford (6.7 km)
- Upper Coomera (8.8 km)
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Streets
- Abbott Court (11)
- Billiau Road (11)
- Birds Road (36)
- Caballo Road (11)
- Candy Creek Road (16)
- Chesterton Road (16)
- Collaroy Road (7)
- Coomera Valley Drive (18)
- Guanaba Creek Road (55)
- Hollindale Road (6)
- Intrigue Court (5)
- Kriedeman Road (2)
- Lazy Way (2)
- Link Road (3)
- Lynwood Drive (21)
- Mortlock Road (1)
- Mystery Road (30)
- Piggotts Road (7)
- Purcell Road (8)
- Sherlock Court (13)
- Stewart Road (17)
- Sunvalley Court (19)
- Tarata Road (37)
- Whittings Road (27)
