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Sun Valley QLD 4680

595 addresses · 30 streets

Flynn Electorate › Gladstone LGA › Sun Valley · 437 km from Brisbane

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Living Here

Sun Valley is a suburb of Queensland, home to about 1,296 people, with a median age of 38. The typical household earns around $1,520 a week, with median rent near $260 a week. Most homes are houses. About 69% of households own their home and 30% rent. Most workers drive to work. Common community backgrounds include English, Australian, Irish. On the ABS socio-economic scale it sits in decile 1 of 10 nationally — a more disadvantaged area.

1,296Population
38Median age
$1,520Median household income / wk
$260Median rent / wk
2.6Avg household

Over time — Census 2001 → 2021

Dashed line: district figures for the Kin Kora - Sun Valley statistical area (SA2), the smallest area the ABS published before 2011. Solid line: Sun Valley itself.

Getting Around & Local Services

Getting around. Train station: Gladstone, 3.2 km north · Ferry wharf: Ferry Terminal - QCLNG, 4.6 km north · Airport: Gladstone Airport, 3.3 km west.

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Socio-economic Standing

😟More disadvantaged · 1/10
Economic resources2/10
Education & jobs1/10

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: 23.1% share of land under canopy · satellite map, 2020

Where the trees are in Sun Valley

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

Tree cover measures, Sun Valley QLD
Canopy share, 1 m canopy height map, 202023.1%
Land with trees, 10 m satellite map, 202141.8%

Demographics

Unemployment 10% · Labour-force participation 63.4%

Population by age in Sun Valley
Population by age, Sun Valley QLD (ABS Census 2021)
0-482
5-14194
15-19100
20-2464
25-34133
35-44178
45-54193
55-64176
65-74106
75-8455
85+12
Dwelling types in Sun Valley
Dwelling types, Sun Valley QLD (ABS Census 2021)
House453
Townhouse3
Apartment16
Other0
Households by weekly income in Sun Valley
Households by weekly income, Sun Valley QLD (ABS Census 2021)
<$65071
$650-1,499139
$1,500-2,999153
$3,000+71
Top ancestries in Sun Valley
Top ancestries, Sun Valley QLD (ABS Census 2021)
English572
Australian547
Irish151
Scottish134
German83
Other71
Housing tenure in Sun Valley
Housing tenure, Sun Valley QLD (ABS Census 2021)
Owned135
Mortgage190
Rented141
Other8
Cars per household in Sun Valley
Cars per household, Sun Valley QLD (ABS Census 2021)
014
1159
2199
363
4+35
Commute to work in Sun Valley
Commute to work, Sun Valley QLD (ABS Census 2021)
Car442
Train0
Bus3
Tram/ferry0
Walked12
Bicycle0
Home21
Top countries of birth in Sun Valley
Top countries of birth, Sun Valley QLD (ABS Census 2021)
New Zealand36
England30
South Africa11
Thailand8
Fiji7
Scotland7
Languages used at home in Sun Valley
Languages used at home, Sun Valley QLD (ABS Census 2021)
Italian9
Filipino6
Tagalog5
Khmer4
Thai3

Birds & Wildlife Nearby

29,525 bird observations recorded near Sun Valley — most often seen:

Show all 30 birds recorded near Sun Valley

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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Satellite view — Digital Earth Australia (Geoscience Australia) · CC BY 4.0.