Kia Ora QLD 4570
89 addresses · 12 streets
Wide Bay Electorate › Gympie LGA › Kia Ora · 163 km from Brisbane
Living Here
Kia Ora is a suburb of Queensland, home to about 218 people, with a median age of 50. The typical household earns around $1,125 a week, with median rent near $250 a week. Most homes are houses. About 79% of households own their home and 16% rent. Most workers drive to work. Common community backgrounds include Australian, English, Scottish. 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 Gympie Region statistical area (SA2), the smallest area the ABS published before 2011. Solid line: Kia Ora itself.
Getting Around & Local Services
1 school
1 café or restaurant
Getting around. Airport: Gympie Airport, 30.2 km south.
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: 34.1% 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 | 34.1% |
|---|---|
| Land with trees, 10 m satellite map, 2021 | 34.5% |
Demographics
Unemployment 6.9% · Labour-force participation 48.9%
Population by age in Kia Ora
| 0-4 | 9 |
|---|---|
| 5-14 | 33 |
| 15-19 | 9 |
| 20-24 | 0 |
| 25-34 | 19 |
| 35-44 | 20 |
| 45-54 | 24 |
| 55-64 | 33 |
| 65-74 | 52 |
| 75-84 | 19 |
| 85+ | 3 |
Dwelling types in Kia Ora
| House | 63 |
|---|---|
| Townhouse | 0 |
| Apartment | 0 |
| Other | 16 |
Households by weekly income in Kia Ora
| <$650 | 19 |
|---|---|
| $650-1,499 | 30 |
| $1,500-2,999 | 23 |
| $3,000+ | 7 |
Top ancestries in Kia Ora
| Australian | 108 |
|---|---|
| English | 71 |
| Scottish | 28 |
| Ancestry NS | 24 |
| Irish | 21 |
| German | 10 |
Housing tenure in Kia Ora
| Owned | 34 |
|---|---|
| Mortgage | 24 |
| Rented | 12 |
| Other | 3 |
Cars per household in Kia Ora
| 0 | 0 |
|---|---|
| 1 | 25 |
| 2 | 29 |
| 3 | 5 |
| 4+ | 11 |
Commute to work in Kia Ora
| Car | 41 |
|---|---|
| Train | 0 |
| Bus | 0 |
| Tram/ferry | 0 |
| Walked | 12 |
| Bicycle | 0 |
| Home | 14 |
Top countries of birth in Kia Ora
| England | 9 |
|---|---|
| Zimbabwe | 4 |
| Germany | 3 |
| Netherlands | 3 |
| Wales | 3 |
Birds & Wildlife Nearby
903 bird observations recorded near Kia Ora — most often seen:
- Willie Wagtail (46)
- Pacific Black Duck (45)
- Dusky Moorhen (43)
- Welcome Swallow (42)
- Australian White Ibis (41)
- Magpie-lark (38)
- Straw-necked Ibis (37)
- Australasian Grebe (32)
- Australasian Purple Swamphen (32)
- Black-faced Cuckoo-shrike (32)
- Rainbow Lorikeet (32)
- Torresian Crow (32)
- Common Myna (28)
Show all 30 birds recorded near Kia Ora
- Dollarbird (28)
- Masked Lapwing (28)
- Australasian Figbird (27)
- Australian Magpie (27)
- Australasian Darter (26)
- Lewin's Honeyeater (26)
- Little Black Cormorant (26)
- Little Pied Cormorant (26)
- Scaly-breasted Lorikeet (26)
- Eastern Crested Pigeon (24)
- Comb-crested Jacana (23)
- Eastern Galah (23)
- Eastern Rainbow Lorikeet (23)
- Galah (23)
- Southern Magpie-lark (23)
- Black-shouldered Kite (22)
- Crested Pigeon (22)
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 Kia Ora:
- Neerdie (3.2 km)
- Downsfield (5.1 km)
- Goomboorian (6.1 km)
- Ross Creek (8.7 km)
- Toolara Forest (8.9 km)
- Anderleigh (9.6 km)
- Wilsons Pocket (10.8 km)
- North Deep Creek (13.4 km)
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Streets
- Anderleigh Road (28)
- Cormac Road (5)
- Damm Road (2)
- Dixon Road (11)
- Johnson Road (10)
- Kew Road (5)
- Kia Ora Road (2)
- Mccarthy Road (8)
- Priddy Road (6)
- Radtke Road (3)
- Sunset Road (5)
- Tin Can Bay Road (4)
