Sunnyside QLD 4737
72 addresses · 9 streets
Capricornia Electorate › Mackay LGA › Sunnyside · 787 km from Brisbane
Living Here
Sunnyside is a suburb of Queensland, home to about 127 people, with a median age of 37. The typical household earns around $1,875 a week, with median rent near $275 a week. Most homes are houses. About 79% of households own their home and 21% rent. Most workers drive to work. Common community backgrounds include Australian, English, Maltese. On the ABS socio-economic scale it sits in decile 4 of 10 nationally — a mid-range area.
Over time — Census 2011 → 2021
Getting Around & Local Services
Getting around. Airport: Mackay Airport, 22.9 km north.
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: 42.8% 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 | 42.8% |
|---|---|
| Land with trees, 10 m satellite map, 2021 | 57.3% |
Demographics
Unemployment 3.8% · Labour-force participation 79.6%
Population by age in Sunnyside
| 0-4 | 11 |
|---|---|
| 5-14 | 23 |
| 15-19 | 6 |
| 20-24 | 7 |
| 25-34 | 15 |
| 35-44 | 17 |
| 45-54 | 17 |
| 55-64 | 24 |
| 65-74 | 7 |
| 75-84 | 7 |
| 85+ | 0 |
Dwelling types in Sunnyside
| House | 43 |
|---|---|
| Townhouse | 0 |
| Apartment | 0 |
| Other | 0 |
Households by weekly income in Sunnyside
| <$650 | 8 |
|---|---|
| $650-1,499 | 3 |
| $1,500-2,999 | 13 |
| $3,000+ | 13 |
Top ancestries in Sunnyside
| Australian | 65 |
|---|---|
| English | 48 |
| Maltese | 17 |
| Scottish | 13 |
| German | 10 |
| Italian | 8 |
Housing tenure in Sunnyside
| Owned | 15 |
|---|---|
| Mortgage | 19 |
| Rented | 9 |
| Other | 0 |
Cars per household in Sunnyside
| 0 | 0 |
|---|---|
| 1 | 9 |
| 2 | 15 |
| 3 | 11 |
| 4+ | 9 |
Commute to work in Sunnyside
| Car | 52 |
|---|---|
| Train | 0 |
| Bus | 0 |
| Tram/ferry | 0 |
| Walked | 4 |
| Bicycle | 0 |
| Home | 5 |
Top countries of birth in Sunnyside
| South Korea | 3 |
|---|
Languages used at home in Sunnyside
| Afrikaans | 5 |
|---|
Birds & Wildlife Nearby
78 bird observations recorded near Sunnyside — most often seen:
- Black Kite (8)
- White-breasted Woodswallow (6)
- Black-faced Cuckoo-shrike (4)
- Chestnut-breasted Munia (4)
- Australian Magpie (3)
- Australian Torresian Crow (3)
- Fairy Martin (3)
- Magpie-lark (3)
- Masked Lapwing (3)
- Mistletoebird (3)
- Southern Masked Lapwing (3)
- Welcome Swallow (3)
- Australian White Ibis (2)
Show all 30 birds recorded near Sunnyside
- Brown Falcon (2)
- Eastern Brown Honeyeater (2)
- Eastern Peaceful Dove (2)
- Eastern Red-backed Fairy-wren (2)
- Eastern Sulphur-crested Cockatoo (2)
- Eastern White-throated Honeyeater (2)
- Green Figbird (2)
- Mainland Black-faced Cuckoo-shrike (2)
- Pied Butcherbird (2)
- Plumed Whistling-duck (2)
- Sacred Kingfisher (2)
- Southern Magpie-lark (2)
- Southern Willie Wagtail (2)
- Azure Kingfisher (1)
- Black-headed Pardalote (1)
- Buff-breasted Scrubwren (1)
- Cattle Egret (1)
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 Sunnyside:
Embed this suburb
Add this free Sunnyside stat card to your own site — just copy the code:
Preview:
Cite this page
Quoting these figures? Copy the credit line:
Keep an eye on Sunnyside
One email when this data meaningfully changes — new census figures, prices, rankings. No spam, unsubscribe anytime.
Streets
- Bells Gap Road (2)
- Boettchers Road (2)
- Marwood Sunnyside Road (9)
- Mezzens Road (16)
- Miles Road (7)
- Munbura Road (1)
- Running Creek Road (5)
- Sarina - Homebush Road (28)
- Westcott Road (2)