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Purga QLD 4306

356 addresses · 26 streets

Blair Electorate › Ipswich LGA › Purga · 39 km from Brisbane

Living Here

Purga is a suburb of Queensland, home to about 561 people, with a median age of 44. The typical household earns around $1,710 a week, with median rent near $300 a week. Most homes are houses. About 74% of households own their home and 22% rent. Most workers drive to work. Common community backgrounds include Australian, English, Irish. On the ABS socio-economic scale it sits in decile 5 of 10 nationally — a mid-range area.

561Population
44Median age
$1,710Median household income / wk
$300Median rent / wk
2.8Avg household

Over time — Census 2001 → 2021

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

Getting Around & Local Services

Getting around. Train station: Wulkuraka, 9.6 km north · Airport: Brisbane Airport, 53.1 km north-east.

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Socio-economic Standing

😐Around average · 5/10
Economic resources8/10
Education & jobs3/10

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: 13.8% share of land under canopy · satellite map, 2020

Where the trees are in Purga

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

Tree cover measures, Purga QLD
Canopy share, 1 m canopy height map, 202013.8%
Land with trees, 10 m satellite map, 202126.3%

Demographics

Unemployment 1.8% · Labour-force participation 61.7%

Population by age in Purga
Population by age, Purga QLD (ABS Census 2021)
0-428
5-1473
15-1929
20-2424
25-3461
35-4469
45-5487
55-6479
65-7469
75-8438
85+0
Dwelling types in Purga
Dwelling types, Purga QLD (ABS Census 2021)
House190
Townhouse0
Apartment0
Other0
Households by weekly income in Purga
Households by weekly income, Purga QLD (ABS Census 2021)
<$65027
$650-1,49945
$1,500-2,99962
$3,000+39
Top ancestries in Purga
Top ancestries, Purga QLD (ABS Census 2021)
Australian250
English224
Irish60
German54
Scottish42
Ancestry NS41
Housing tenure in Purga
Housing tenure, Purga QLD (ABS Census 2021)
Owned75
Mortgage63
Rented42
Other7
Cars per household in Purga
Cars per household, Purga QLD (ABS Census 2021)
04
133
266
345
4+41
Commute to work in Purga
Commute to work, Purga QLD (ABS Census 2021)
Car161
Train0
Bus0
Tram/ferry0
Walked11
Bicycle0
Home47
Top countries of birth in Purga
Top countries of birth, Purga QLD (ABS Census 2021)
England13
New Zealand13
Canada4
Zimbabwe4
Languages used at home in Purga
Languages used at home, Purga QLD (ABS Census 2021)
Afrikaans6
Spanish3

Birds & Wildlife Nearby

4,091 bird observations recorded near Purga — most often seen:

Show all 30 birds recorded near Purga

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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