Marcus Beach QLD 4573

Living Here

Marcus Beach is a suburb of Queensland, home to about 839 people, with a median age of 48. The typical household earns around $1,613 a week, with median rent near $468 a week. Most homes are houses. About 79% of households own their home and 21% rent. Most workers drive to work. Common community backgrounds include English, Australian, Scottish. On the ABS socio-economic scale it sits in decile 9 of 10 nationally — a relatively advantaged area.

Over time — Census 2001 → 2021

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

Getting Around & Local Services

• 2 schools

  • Peregian Beach College
  • St Andrew's Anglican College
• 4 cafés & restaurants

  • Skål Coffee
  • Hand of Fatima Cafe
  • Kouyou
  • Mariella
• 1 supermarket

  • IGA
• 8 parks

  • Hawthorn Park
  • Persimmon Park
  • Podargus Park
  • Moonbeam Park
  • Wavecrest Park
  • Castaways Park
  • Peregian Shopping Centre Park
  • Peregian Beach Park
• 1 beach

  • Sunshine Beach
• 1 dentist

  • Dental Centre Peregian Beach
• 1 hospital

  • Noosa Hospital
• 1 service station

  • Puma Petrol Station
• 1 gym

  • Peregian Beach Sports Ground
• 2 golf clubs

  • Noosa Springs
  • Peregian Springs Golf Club
• 1 bakery

  • Peregian Beach Bakery
• 1 hardware store

  • Mitre 10
• 1 carpenter

  • Revive Timber Designs
• 5 places to stay

  • Noosa Springs Resort
  • Sunseeker Lodge
  • Nigel - AirBnb
  • Costa Nova Apartments
  • Noosa Waters Retirement Estate

Getting around. Bus interchange: Noosa Junction station, 6.2 km north · Ferry wharf: T-Boats, 7.3 km north-west · Airport: Noosa Airport, 5 km north-west.

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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: 57.2% 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.

Demographics

Unemployment 6% · Labour-force participation 59.9%

Birds & Wildlife Nearby

11,785 bird observations recorded near Marcus Beach — most often seen:

• Rainbow Lorikeet (753)
• Glossy Black-cockatoo (678)
• Torresian Crow (665)
• Noisy Friarbird (602)
• Little Wattlebird (533)
• Welcome Swallow (498)
• Brown Honeyeater (497)
• Noisy Miner (495)
• Australian Magpie (463)
• Pied Currawong (447)
• Laughing Kookaburra (416)
• White-cheeked Honeyeater (392)
• Lewin's Honeyeater (383)

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 Marcus Beach:

• Peregian Beach (2.5 km)
• Castaways Beach (2.5 km)
• Sunrise Beach (4.4 km)
• Weyba Downs (4.8 km)
• Peregian Springs (5.4 km)
• Sunshine Beach (5.7 km)
• Noosa Heads (6.6 km)
• Noosaville (6.9 km)

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