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Kurwongbah QLD 4503

565 addresses · 47 streets

Dickson Electorate › Moreton Bay LGA › Kurwongbah · 28 km from Brisbane

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Living Here

Kurwongbah is a suburb of Queensland, home to about 1,552 people, with a median age of 42. The typical household earns around $2,254 a week, with median rent near $365 a week. Most homes are houses. About 87% of households own their home and 12% rent. Most workers drive to work. Common community backgrounds include English, Australian, Scottish. On the ABS socio-economic scale it sits in decile 7 of 10 nationally — a mid-range area.

1,552Population
42Median age
$2,254Median household income / wk
$365Median rent / wk
3.2Avg household

Over time — Census 2001 → 2021

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

Getting Around & Local Services

Getting around. Train station: Dakabin, 2.7 km east · Bus interchange: North Lakes station, 6.8 km east · Airport: Brisbane Airport, 23.8 km south-east.

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Socio-economic Standing

🙂Above average · 7/10
Economic resources9/10
Education & jobs5/10

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: 56.5% share of land under canopy · satellite map, 2020

Where the trees are in Kurwongbah

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

Tree cover measures, Kurwongbah QLD
Canopy share, 1 m canopy height map, 202056.5%
Land with trees, 10 m satellite map, 202179.4%

Demographics

Unemployment 3.8% · Labour-force participation 63.4%

Population by age in Kurwongbah
Population by age, Kurwongbah QLD (ABS Census 2021)
0-470
5-14232
15-19110
20-2491
25-34132
35-44180
45-54240
55-64192
65-74181
75-84108
85+8
Dwelling types in Kurwongbah
Dwelling types, Kurwongbah QLD (ABS Census 2021)
House436
Townhouse4
Apartment5
Other0
Households by weekly income in Kurwongbah
Households by weekly income, Kurwongbah QLD (ABS Census 2021)
<$65022
$650-1,499106
$1,500-2,999152
$3,000+138
Top ancestries in Kurwongbah
Top ancestries, Kurwongbah QLD (ABS Census 2021)
English681
Australian635
Scottish221
Irish176
Other114
German95
Housing tenure in Kurwongbah
Housing tenure, Kurwongbah QLD (ABS Census 2021)
Owned168
Mortgage217
Rented55
Other4
Cars per household in Kurwongbah
Cars per household, Kurwongbah QLD (ABS Census 2021)
08
172
2161
388
4+119
Commute to work in Kurwongbah
Commute to work, Kurwongbah QLD (ABS Census 2021)
Car501
Train16
Bus0
Tram/ferry0
Walked11
Bicycle4
Home110
Top countries of birth in Kurwongbah
Top countries of birth, Kurwongbah QLD (ABS Census 2021)
New Zealand51
England40
South Africa26
Scotland11
Netherlands9
India7
Languages used at home in Kurwongbah
Languages used at home, Kurwongbah QLD (ABS Census 2021)
Afrikaans13
French5
Italian5
Vietnamese5
Nepali4
Japanese4

Birds & Wildlife Nearby

23,416 bird observations recorded near Kurwongbah — most often seen:

Show all 30 birds recorded near Kurwongbah

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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