Melawondi QLD 4570

Living Here

Melawondi is a suburb of Queensland, home to about 34 people, with a median age of 46. The typical household earns around $949 a week, with median rent near $308 a week. Most homes are houses. About 47% of households own their home and 27% rent. Most workers drive to work. Common community backgrounds include English, Australian, Ancestry NS. On the ABS socio-economic scale it sits in decile 3 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: Melawondi itself.

Getting Around & Local Services

• 1 school

  • Kandanga State School
• 1 Catholic church

  • Sacred Heart Catholic Church
• 1 library

  • Imbil Library
• 1 post office

  • Kandanga Post Office
• 1 service station

  • Kandanga Snack Bar
• 1 gym

  • Kandanga Swimming Pool
• 1 golf club

  • Imbil Golf Course
• 1 butcher

  • Kandanga Country Meats
• 1 hardware store

  • Thrifty-Link Hardware
• 5 places to stay

  • Imbil Caravan Park
  • Imbil Motel
  • Imbil Camping Retreat
  • Mary Valley Views B&B
  • Amamoor Homestead

Getting around. Airport: Gympie Airport, 14.3 km north.

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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: 43.1% 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.

Demographics

Birds & Wildlife Nearby

554 bird observations recorded near Melawondi — most often seen:

• Eastern Australian Magpie (25)
• White-headed Pigeon (24)
• Rainbow Lorikeet (23)
• Southern Magpie-lark (23)
• Southern Willie Wagtail (23)
• Australian Magpie (22)
• South-eastern Grey Butcherbird (21)
• Pacific Black Duck (20)
• Straw-necked Ibis (20)
• Australian Torresian Crow (19)
• Scaly-breasted Lorikeet (19)
• Australian King-parrot (18)
• Cattle Egret (18)

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 Melawondi:

• Kandanga (3.5 km)
• Kandanga Creek (4.5 km)
• Imbil (5 km)
• Amamoor (7.6 km)
• Bollier (8.1 km)
• Tuchekoi (9.2 km)
• Coles Creek (9.7 km)
• Dagun (10.7 km)

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