Sarina Beach QLD 4737
370 addresses · 19 streets
Capricornia Electorate › Mackay LGA › Sarina Beach · 774 km from Brisbane
Living Here
Sarina Beach is a suburb of Queensland, home to about 661 people, with a median age of 46. The typical household earns around $1,702 a week, with median rent near $300 a week. Most homes are houses. About 82% of households own their home and 18% rent. Most workers drive to work. Common community backgrounds include Australian, English, Ancestry NS. On the ABS socio-economic scale it sits in decile 5 of 10 nationally — a mid-range area.
Over time — Census 2001 → 2021
Dashed line: district figures for the Sarina statistical area (SA2), the smallest area the ABS published before 2011. Solid line: Sarina Beach itself.
Getting Around & Local Services
1 café or restaurant
1 park
1 golf club
1 place to stay
Getting around. Train station: Sarina, 9.8 km south-west · Airport: Mackay Airport, 27.1 km north-west.
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: 30.6% 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.
| Canopy share, 1 m canopy height map, 2020 | 30.6% |
|---|---|
| Land with trees, 10 m satellite map, 2021 | 35.1% |
Demographics
Unemployment 3.9% · Labour-force participation 52.3%
Population by age in Sarina Beach
| 0-4 | 31 |
|---|---|
| 5-14 | 98 |
| 15-19 | 34 |
| 20-24 | 23 |
| 25-34 | 46 |
| 35-44 | 82 |
| 45-54 | 97 |
| 55-64 | 91 |
| 65-74 | 109 |
| 75-84 | 41 |
| 85+ | 15 |
Dwelling types in Sarina Beach
| House | 202 |
|---|---|
| Townhouse | 13 |
| Apartment | 0 |
| Other | 0 |
Households by weekly income in Sarina Beach
| <$650 | 28 |
|---|---|
| $650-1,499 | 67 |
| $1,500-2,999 | 46 |
| $3,000+ | 59 |
Top ancestries in Sarina Beach
| Australian | 296 |
|---|---|
| English | 254 |
| Ancestry NS | 93 |
| Irish | 74 |
| Scottish | 62 |
| German | 48 |
Housing tenure in Sarina Beach
| Owned | 99 |
|---|---|
| Mortgage | 75 |
| Rented | 37 |
| Other | 0 |
Cars per household in Sarina Beach
| 0 | 0 |
|---|---|
| 1 | 53 |
| 2 | 83 |
| 3 | 47 |
| 4+ | 24 |
Commute to work in Sarina Beach
| Car | 199 |
|---|---|
| Train | 0 |
| Bus | 0 |
| Tram/ferry | 0 |
| Walked | 0 |
| Bicycle | 0 |
| Home | 16 |
Top countries of birth in Sarina Beach
| England | 13 |
|---|---|
| New Zealand | 11 |
| South Africa | 6 |
| Philippines | 5 |
| Thailand | 3 |
| Zimbabwe | 3 |
Languages used at home in Sarina Beach
| Filipino | 5 |
|---|---|
| Thai | 3 |
Birds & Wildlife Nearby
578 bird observations recorded near Sarina Beach — most often seen:
- Rainbow Bee-eater (32)
- Masked Lapwing (31)
- Australasian Figbird (30)
- Bar-shouldered Dove (28)
- Straw-necked Ibis (26)
- Rainbow Lorikeet (25)
- Rajah Shelduck (24)
- Black-faced Cuckoo-shrike (22)
- Brahminy Kite (22)
- Bush Stone-curlew (22)
- Peaceful Dove (22)
- Plumed Whistling-duck (21)
- Red-capped Plover (21)
Show all 30 birds recorded near Sarina Beach
- Red-tailed Black Cockatoo (19)
- Spangled Drongo (19)
- Australian Magpie (18)
- Silver Gull (18)
- Magpie-lark (17)
- Pheasant Coucal (17)
- Whimbrel (15)
- Blue-faced Honeyeater (14)
- Crested Pigeon (14)
- Helmeted Friarbird (14)
- Laughing Kookaburra (14)
- Australian White Ibis (13)
- Torresian Imperial-pigeon (13)
- Welcome Swallow (13)
- Whistling Kite (12)
- Australian Brush-turkey (11)
- Crested Tern (11)
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 Sarina Beach:
- Campwin Beach (1.6 km)
- Grasstree Beach (2.9 km)
- Freshwater Point (4 km)
- Armstrong Beach (7.2 km)
- Sarina (10.1 km)
- Hay Point (10.1 km)
- Alligator Creek (10.8 km)
- Munbura (17.3 km)
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Streets
- Antoney Lane (6)
- Brooksfield Drive (60)
- Captain Blackwood Drive (26)
- Cilla Hill Court (10)
- Crichton Street (15)
- Ferries Terrace (10)
- Finato Road (16)
- Grasstree Road (21)
- Herta Lane (6)
- Mifsud Drive (6)
- Misfud Drive (6)
- Nursery Road (3)
- Owen Jenkins Drive (77)
- Poole Street (21)
- Pop Peterson Lane (1)
- Sarina Beach Road (63)
- Sarina Coast Road (1)
- Sunset Drive (15)
- W E Owen Crescent (7)
