Haliday Bay QLD 4740
195 addresses · 5 streets
Dawson Electorate › Mackay LGA › Haliday Bay · 838 km from Brisbane
Living Here
Haliday Bay is a suburb of Queensland, home to about 172 people, with a median age of 55. The typical household earns around $1,093 a week, with median rent near $230 a week. Most homes are houses. About 88% of households own their home and 13% rent. Most workers drive to work. Common community backgrounds include English, Australian, Ancestry NS. On the ABS socio-economic scale it sits in decile 2 of 10 nationally — a more disadvantaged area.
Over time — Census 2001 → 2021
Dashed line: district figures for the Seaforth - Calen statistical area (SA2), the smallest area the ABS published before 2011. Solid line: Haliday Bay itself.
Getting Around & Local Services
1 school
3 gyms & sports centres
2 places to stay
Getting around. Airport: Brampton Island Airport, 32.1 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: 56.3% 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 | 56.3% |
|---|---|
| Land with trees, 10 m satellite map, 2021 | 62.1% |
Demographics
Unemployment 4.3% · Labour-force participation 44.9%
Population by age in Haliday Bay
| 0-4 | 4 |
|---|---|
| 5-14 | 7 |
| 15-19 | 10 |
| 20-24 | 0 |
| 25-34 | 9 |
| 35-44 | 21 |
| 45-54 | 29 |
| 55-64 | 43 |
| 65-74 | 27 |
| 75-84 | 17 |
| 85+ | 0 |
Dwelling types in Haliday Bay
| House | 67 |
|---|---|
| Townhouse | 0 |
| Apartment | 0 |
| Other | 3 |
Households by weekly income in Haliday Bay
| <$650 | 8 |
|---|---|
| $650-1,499 | 13 |
| $1,500-2,999 | 15 |
| $3,000+ | 6 |
Top ancestries in Haliday Bay
| English | 77 |
|---|---|
| Australian | 62 |
| Ancestry NS | 22 |
| Scottish | 17 |
| Irish | 13 |
| German | 10 |
Housing tenure in Haliday Bay
| Owned | 33 |
|---|---|
| Mortgage | 23 |
| Rented | 8 |
| Other | 0 |
Cars per household in Haliday Bay
| 0 | 0 |
|---|---|
| 1 | 26 |
| 2 | 24 |
| 3 | 12 |
| 4+ | 8 |
Commute to work in Haliday Bay
| Car | 53 |
|---|---|
| Train | 0 |
| Bus | 0 |
| Tram/ferry | 0 |
| Walked | 0 |
| Bicycle | 0 |
| Home | 0 |
Top countries of birth in Haliday Bay
| England | 9 |
|---|---|
| New Zealand | 4 |
Birds & Wildlife Nearby
3,139 bird observations recorded near Haliday Bay — most often seen:
- Bush Stone-curlew (240)
- Rainbow Bee-eater (174)
- Rajah Shelduck (148)
- Laughing Kookaburra (138)
- Plumed Whistling-duck (128)
- Peaceful Dove (125)
- Australian Pied Oystercatcher (123)
- Masked Lapwing (123)
- Great Knot (116)
- Australasian Figbird (114)
- Silver Gull (109)
- Bar-shouldered Dove (107)
- Brahminy Kite (107)
Show all 30 birds recorded near Haliday Bay
- Whimbrel (107)
- Rainbow Lorikeet (101)
- White-bellied Sea-eagle (96)
- Australian Brush-turkey (94)
- Crested Tern (94)
- Eastern Curlew (91)
- Spangled Drongo (87)
- White-faced Heron (79)
- Green Figbird (78)
- Straw-necked Ibis (76)
- Helmeted Friarbird (73)
- Eastern Bar-shouldered Dove (72)
- Black Kite (71)
- Southern Laughing Kookaburra (69)
- Welcome Swallow (67)
- Leaden Flycatcher (66)
- Southern Masked Lapwing (66)
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 Haliday Bay:
- Ball Bay (2.2 km)
- Seaforth (3 km)
- Cape Hillsborough (4.5 km)
- Belmunda (7.6 km)
- Mount Jukes (10.2 km)
- Mount Ossa (17.2 km)
- St Helens Beach (17.5 km)
- Habana (17.7 km)
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Streets
- Adamson Street (20)
- Blue Beach Boulevard (52)
- Cape Hillsborough Road (3)
- Haliday Bay Road (43)
- Headland Drive (77)
