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Mooloolaba QLD 4557

7,831 addresses · 94 streets

Fisher Electorate › Sunshine Coast LGA › Mooloolaba · 88 km from Brisbane

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Living Here

Mooloolaba is a suburb of Queensland, home to about 8,202 people, with a median age of 44. The typical household earns around $1,506 a week, with median rent near $400 a week. Most homes are apartments. About 57% of households own their home and 42% rent. Most workers drive to work. Common community backgrounds include English, Australian, Irish. On the ABS socio-economic scale it sits in decile 7 of 10 nationally — a mid-range area.

8,202Population
44Median age
$1,506Median household income / wk
$400Median rent / wk
2.1Avg household

Over time — Census 2001 → 2021

Dashed line: district figures for the Mooloolaba - Alexandra Headland statistical area (SA2), the smallest area the ABS published before 2011. Solid line: Mooloolaba itself.

Getting Around & Local Services

Getting around. Bus interchange: Kawana station, 2.8 km south-east · Airport: Sunshine Coast Airport, 9.7 km north.

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Socio-economic Standing

🙂Above average · 7/10
Economic resources3/10
Education & jobs7/10

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: 9.3% share of land under canopy · satellite map, 2020

Where the trees are in Mooloolaba

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

Tree cover measures, Mooloolaba QLD
Canopy share, 1 m canopy height map, 20209.3%
Land with trees, 10 m satellite map, 202110.3%

Demographics

Unemployment 3.9% · Labour-force participation 59.9%

Population by age in Mooloolaba
Population by age, Mooloolaba QLD (ABS Census 2021)
0-4304
5-14782
15-19354
20-24463
25-341,169
35-441,062
45-541,069
55-641,225
65-741,121
75-84499
85+152
Dwelling types in Mooloolaba
Dwelling types, Mooloolaba QLD (ABS Census 2021)
House1,350
Townhouse405
Apartment1,669
Other50
Households by weekly income in Mooloolaba
Households by weekly income, Mooloolaba QLD (ABS Census 2021)
<$650603
$650-1,4991,020
$1,500-2,9991,041
$3,000+589
Top ancestries in Mooloolaba
Top ancestries, Mooloolaba QLD (ABS Census 2021)
English3,656
Australian2,546
Irish1,120
Scottish990
Other728
Ancestry NS503
Housing tenure in Mooloolaba
Housing tenure, Mooloolaba QLD (ABS Census 2021)
Owned1,151
Mortgage813
Rented1,454
Other42
Cars per household in Mooloolaba
Cars per household, Mooloolaba QLD (ABS Census 2021)
0224
11,477
21,252
3329
4+173
Commute to work in Mooloolaba
Commute to work, Mooloolaba QLD (ABS Census 2021)
Car2,629
Train4
Bus65
Tram/ferry0
Walked137
Bicycle61
Home603
Top countries of birth in Mooloolaba
Top countries of birth, Mooloolaba QLD (ABS Census 2021)
New Zealand501
England419
India101
South Africa95
Brazil77
Philippines62
Languages used at home in Mooloolaba
Languages used at home, Mooloolaba QLD (ABS Census 2021)
Portuguese92
Spanish50
Gujarati47
Nepali44
Italian40
Mandarin37

Birds & Wildlife Nearby

27,828 bird observations recorded near Mooloolaba — most often seen:

Show all 30 birds recorded near Mooloolaba

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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