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Sunshine Acres QLD 4655

527 addresses · 18 streets

Hinkler Electorate › Fraser Coast LGA › Sunshine Acres · 236 km from Brisbane

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Living Here

Sunshine Acres is a suburb of Queensland, home to about 1,009 people, with a median age of 44. The typical household earns around $1,912 a week, with median rent near $300 a week. Most homes are houses. About 95% of households own their home and 5% rent. Most workers drive to work. Common community backgrounds include English, Australian, Irish. On the ABS socio-economic scale it sits in decile 4 of 10 nationally — a mid-range area.

1,009Population
44Median age
$1,912Median household income / wk
$300Median rent / wk
3.1Avg household

Over time — Census 2001 → 2021

Dashed line: district figures for the Booral - River Heads statistical area (SA2), the smallest area the ABS published before 2011. Solid line: Sunshine Acres itself.

Getting Around & Local Services

Getting around. Bus interchange: Central Ave at Stockland Hervey Bay, Urraween, 8.6 km north-east · Airport: Hervey Bay Airport, 10 km east.

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Socio-economic Standing

🙁Below average · 4/10
Economic resources9/10
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: 49.3% share of land under canopy · satellite map, 2020

Where the trees are in Sunshine Acres

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

Tree cover measures, Sunshine Acres QLD
Canopy share, 1 m canopy height map, 202049.3%
Land with trees, 10 m satellite map, 202169.3%

Demographics

Unemployment 4% · Labour-force participation 64.9%

Population by age in Sunshine Acres
Population by age, Sunshine Acres QLD (ABS Census 2021)
0-440
5-14164
15-1963
20-2451
25-3485
35-44122
45-54176
55-64157
65-74100
75-8450
85+6
Dwelling types in Sunshine Acres
Dwelling types, Sunshine Acres QLD (ABS Census 2021)
House305
Townhouse0
Apartment0
Other0
Households by weekly income in Sunshine Acres
Households by weekly income, Sunshine Acres QLD (ABS Census 2021)
<$65038
$650-1,49983
$1,500-2,99977
$3,000+65
Top ancestries in Sunshine Acres
Top ancestries, Sunshine Acres QLD (ABS Census 2021)
English461
Australian417
Irish110
Scottish87
German81
Ancestry NS66
Housing tenure in Sunshine Acres
Housing tenure, Sunshine Acres QLD (ABS Census 2021)
Owned118
Mortgage173
Rented14
Other0
Cars per household in Sunshine Acres
Cars per household, Sunshine Acres QLD (ABS Census 2021)
04
143
2126
374
4+71
Commute to work in Sunshine Acres
Commute to work, Sunshine Acres QLD (ABS Census 2021)
Car364
Train0
Bus3
Tram/ferry0
Walked11
Bicycle0
Home45
Top countries of birth in Sunshine Acres
Top countries of birth, Sunshine Acres QLD (ABS Census 2021)
England40
New Zealand19
South Africa12
Canada4
France4
Germany4
Languages used at home in Sunshine Acres
Languages used at home, Sunshine Acres QLD (ABS Census 2021)
Afrikaans9
Tagalog4
Australian Indigenous3
German3

Birds & Wildlife Nearby

1,616 bird observations recorded near Sunshine Acres — most often seen:

Show all 30 birds recorded near Sunshine Acres

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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