Gumlu QLD 4805
92 addresses · 14 streets
Dawson Electorate › Whitsunday LGA › Gumlu · 1005 km from Brisbane
Living Here
Gumlu is a suburb of Queensland, home to about 124 people, with a median age of 53. The typical household earns around $1,062 a week, with median rent near $176 a week. Most homes are houses. About 76% of households own their home and 8% rent. Most workers drive to work. Common community backgrounds include Australian, English, Ancestry NS. On the ABS socio-economic scale it sits in decile 4 of 10 nationally — a mid-range area.
Over time — Census 2001 → 2021
Dashed line: district figures for the Collinsville statistical area (SA2), the smallest area the ABS published before 2011. Solid line: Gumlu itself.
Getting Around & Local Services
1 school
Getting around. Airport: Ayr Airport, 48.1 km north-west.
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: 18.8% 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 | 18.8% |
|---|---|
| Land with trees, 10 m satellite map, 2021 | 48.9% |
Demographics
Population by age in Gumlu
| 0-4 | 0 |
|---|---|
| 5-14 | 16 |
| 15-19 | 0 |
| 20-24 | 0 |
| 25-34 | 8 |
| 35-44 | 20 |
| 45-54 | 15 |
| 55-64 | 24 |
| 65-74 | 28 |
| 75-84 | 3 |
| 85+ | 0 |
Dwelling types in Gumlu
| House | 35 |
|---|---|
| Townhouse | 0 |
| Apartment | 0 |
| Other | 13 |
Households by weekly income in Gumlu
| <$650 | 14 |
|---|---|
| $650-1,499 | 9 |
| $1,500-2,999 | 7 |
| $3,000+ | 4 |
Top ancestries in Gumlu
| Australian | 52 |
|---|---|
| English | 32 |
| Ancestry NS | 13 |
| Other | 11 |
| Italian | 9 |
| Irish | 8 |
Housing tenure in Gumlu
| Owned | 28 |
|---|---|
| Mortgage | 10 |
| Rented | 4 |
| Other | 8 |
Cars per household in Gumlu
| 0 | 0 |
|---|---|
| 1 | 19 |
| 2 | 20 |
| 3 | 3 |
| 4+ | 8 |
Commute to work in Gumlu
| Car | 30 |
|---|---|
| Train | 0 |
| Bus | 0 |
| Tram/ferry | 0 |
| Walked | 8 |
| Bicycle | 0 |
| Home | 8 |
Top countries of birth in Gumlu
| Netherlands | 4 |
|---|
Languages used at home in Gumlu
| Italian | 4 |
|---|
Birds & Wildlife Nearby
331 bird observations recorded near Gumlu — most often seen:
- Black Kite (27)
- Straw-necked Ibis (21)
- Australian Bustard (16)
- Magpie-lark (16)
- White-breasted Woodswallow (16)
- Whistling Kite (15)
- Australian Magpie (14)
- Brolga (13)
- Nankeen Kestrel (13)
- Red-tailed Black Cockatoo (13)
- Red-winged Parrot (13)
- Brown Falcon (11)
- Masked Lapwing (11)
Show all 30 birds recorded near Gumlu
- Cockatiel (10)
- Pied Butcherbird (10)
- Australian Pelican (9)
- Black-necked Stork (9)
- Blue-faced Honeyeater (9)
- Southern Magpie-lark (9)
- Black-faced Cuckoo-shrike (8)
- Eastern Australian Magpie (8)
- Great Egret (8)
- Australian White Ibis (7)
- Crested Pigeon (7)
- Eastern Pied Butcherbird (7)
- Torresian Crow (7)
- Australasian Figbird (6)
- Eastern Crested Pigeon (6)
- Emu (6)
- Rainbow Lorikeet (6)
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 Gumlu:
- Guthalungra (10.9 km)
- Wunjunga (17.7 km)
- Wangaratta (21.3 km)
- Coral Sea (24.8 km)
- Groper Creek (25.5 km)
- Inkerman (27.2 km)
- Rangemore (30.6 km)
- Fredericksfield (31.2 km)
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Streets
- Bruce Highway (11)
- Days Road (8)
- De Salis Street (12)
- Edinburgh Park Road (1)
- Lands Road (14)
- Mccane Street (6)
- Molongle Beach Road (5)
- Northwoods Road (2)
- Perks Road (11)
- Rangemoore Road (1)
- Rangemore Road (1)
- Rocky Ponds Road (3)
- Wangaratta Street (16)
- Wuntun Street (1)
