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Horseshoe Lagoon QLD 4809

314 addresses · 15 streets

Dawson Electorate › Burdekin LGA › Horseshoe Lagoon · 1064 km from Brisbane

Living Here

Horseshoe Lagoon is a suburb of Queensland, home to about 213 people, with a median age of 38. The typical household earns around $1,339 a week, with median rent near $256 a week. Most homes are houses. About 72% of households own their home and 22% 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.

213Population
38Median age
$1,339Median household income / wk
$256Median rent / wk
2.7Avg household

Over time — Census 2001 → 2021

Dashed line: district figures for the Burdekin statistical area (SA2), the smallest area the ABS published before 2011. Solid line: Horseshoe Lagoon itself.

Getting Around & Local Services

Getting around. Train station: Giru, 7.4 km north-west · Airport: Ayr Airport, 19.8 km east.

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Socio-economic Standing

😟More disadvantaged · 2/10
Economic resources4/10
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: 18.9% share of land under canopy · satellite map, 2020

Where the trees are in Horseshoe Lagoon

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

Tree cover measures, Horseshoe Lagoon QLD
Canopy share, 1 m canopy height map, 202018.9%
Land with trees, 10 m satellite map, 202138.8%

Demographics

Unemployment 3.4% · Labour-force participation 54.6%

Population by age in Horseshoe Lagoon
Population by age, Horseshoe Lagoon QLD (ABS Census 2021)
0-419
5-1429
15-1913
20-2411
25-3418
35-4431
45-5422
55-6425
65-7426
75-8411
85+0
Dwelling types in Horseshoe Lagoon
Dwelling types, Horseshoe Lagoon QLD (ABS Census 2021)
House70
Townhouse0
Apartment0
Other0
Households by weekly income in Horseshoe Lagoon
Households by weekly income, Horseshoe Lagoon QLD (ABS Census 2021)
<$65013
$650-1,49927
$1,500-2,99917
$3,000+7
Top ancestries in Horseshoe Lagoon
Top ancestries, Horseshoe Lagoon QLD (ABS Census 2021)
English81
Australian62
Ancestry NS27
Irish26
Italian25
Scottish18
Housing tenure in Horseshoe Lagoon
Housing tenure, Horseshoe Lagoon QLD (ABS Census 2021)
Owned24
Mortgage25
Rented15
Other4
Cars per household in Horseshoe Lagoon
Cars per household, Horseshoe Lagoon QLD (ABS Census 2021)
00
113
233
39
4+11
Commute to work in Horseshoe Lagoon
Commute to work, Horseshoe Lagoon QLD (ABS Census 2021)
Car64
Train0
Bus0
Tram/ferry0
Walked0
Bicycle0
Home9
Top countries of birth in Horseshoe Lagoon
Top countries of birth, Horseshoe Lagoon QLD (ABS Census 2021)
Fiji4
Italy4
Vietnam4
Languages used at home in Horseshoe Lagoon
Languages used at home, Horseshoe Lagoon QLD (ABS Census 2021)
Italian7
Vietnamese7
Hindi4
Malayalam4

Birds & Wildlife Nearby

4,572 bird observations recorded near Horseshoe Lagoon — most often seen:

Show all 30 birds recorded near Horseshoe Lagoon

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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