Oakhurst QLD 4650

Living Here

Oakhurst is a suburb of Queensland, home to about 1,717 people, with a median age of 39. The typical household earns around $1,837 a week, with median rent near $345 a week. Most homes are houses. About 91% of households own their home and 8% rent. Most workers drive to work. Common community backgrounds include Australian, English, Irish. On the ABS socio-economic scale it sits in decile 4 of 10 nationally — a mid-range area.

Over time — Census 2001 → 2021

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

Getting Around & Local Services

• 1 school

  • Riverside Christian College
• 1 park

  • Wook-koo Park
• 1 Catholic church

  • Saint Mary's Catholic Church
• 3 hospitals

  • Emergency
  • Main Reception
  • Maryborough Base Public Hospital
• 1 golf club

  • Maryborough Golf Club
• 2 electricians

  • Haymans Electrical
  • Watkins Electical
• 1 place to stay

  • City Caravan Park

Getting around. Train station: Maryborough West, 600 m east · Airport: Maryborough Airport, 8.4 km east.

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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: 36.7% 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 4.5% · Labour-force participation 62.2%

Birds & Wildlife Nearby

1,735 bird observations recorded near Oakhurst — most often seen:

• Pacific Black Duck (93)
• Australian Magpie (87)
• Rainbow Lorikeet (85)
• Noisy Miner (78)
• Magpie-lark (70)
• Willie Wagtail (67)
• Brown Honeyeater (66)
• Double-barred Finch (64)
• Blue-faced Honeyeater (63)
• Australian Wood Duck (62)
• Masked Lapwing (61)
• Australasian Purple Swamphen (57)
• Crested Pigeon (56)

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 Oakhurst:

• Maryborough West (3.2 km)
• Yengarie (4.1 km)
• Aldershot (5.8 km)
• Tinana (6.7 km)
• Maryborough (7.1 km)
• St Helens (8.1 km)
• Grahams Creek (8.2 km)
• Island Plantation (9.2 km)

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