Takura QLD 4655
319 addresses · 16 streets
Hinkler Electorate › Fraser Coast LGA › Takura · 241 km from Brisbane
Living Here
Takura is a suburb of Queensland, home to about 553 people, with a median age of 43. The typical household earns around $1,864 a week, with median rent near $353 a week. Most homes are houses. About 88% of households own their home and 10% rent. Most workers drive to work. Common community backgrounds include English, Australian, Irish. 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 Burrum - Fraser statistical area (SA2), the smallest area the ABS published before 2011. Solid line: Takura itself.
Getting Around & Local Services
2 golf clubs
1 hardware store
Getting around. Airport: Hervey Bay Airport, 17.7 km east.
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: 59.3% 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 | 59.3% |
|---|---|
| Land with trees, 10 m satellite map, 2021 | 74.5% |
Demographics
Unemployment 6.1% · Labour-force participation 62.8%
Population by age in Takura
| 0-4 | 27 |
|---|---|
| 5-14 | 74 |
| 15-19 | 47 |
| 20-24 | 29 |
| 25-34 | 36 |
| 35-44 | 66 |
| 45-54 | 99 |
| 55-64 | 80 |
| 65-74 | 70 |
| 75-84 | 16 |
| 85+ | 3 |
Dwelling types in Takura
| House | 173 |
|---|---|
| Townhouse | 0 |
| Apartment | 0 |
| Other | 0 |
Households by weekly income in Takura
| <$650 | 20 |
|---|---|
| $650-1,499 | 40 |
| $1,500-2,999 | 59 |
| $3,000+ | 26 |
Top ancestries in Takura
| English | 254 |
|---|---|
| Australian | 234 |
| Irish | 60 |
| Scottish | 48 |
| Ancestry NS | 38 |
| Other | 34 |
Housing tenure in Takura
| Owned | 71 |
|---|---|
| Mortgage | 85 |
| Rented | 18 |
| Other | 4 |
Cars per household in Takura
| 0 | 0 |
|---|---|
| 1 | 34 |
| 2 | 67 |
| 3 | 35 |
| 4+ | 36 |
Commute to work in Takura
| Car | 193 |
|---|---|
| Train | 0 |
| Bus | 0 |
| Tram/ferry | 0 |
| Walked | 12 |
| Bicycle | 0 |
| Home | 24 |
Top countries of birth in Takura
| England | 36 |
|---|---|
| New Zealand | 10 |
| Netherlands | 4 |
| Scotland | 4 |
| Canada | 3 |
Languages used at home in Takura
| Spanish | 4 |
|---|
Birds & Wildlife Nearby
1,317 bird observations recorded near Takura — most often seen:
- Variegated Fairy-wren (176)
- Lewin's Honeyeater (85)
- Double-barred Finch (65)
- Australian Magpie (62)
- Brown Honeyeater (62)
- Willie Wagtail (53)
- Rainbow Bee-eater (45)
- Silvereye (44)
- Eastern Yellow Robin (41)
- Rainbow Lorikeet (41)
- Pied Butcherbird (40)
- Rufous Whistler (40)
- Torresian Crow (40)
Show all 30 birds recorded near Takura
- Black-faced Cuckoo-shrike (36)
- Scarlet Honeyeater (35)
- Varied Triller (35)
- Australian Brush-turkey (34)
- White-browed Scrubwren (33)
- Australasian Figbird (32)
- Bar-shouldered Dove (31)
- Mistletoebird (31)
- Eastern Whipbird (29)
- Little Shrike-thrush (29)
- Pacific Black Duck (29)
- Red-backed Fairy-wren (29)
- Eastern Australian Magpie (28)
- Eastern Koel (28)
- Galah (28)
- Grey Fantail (28)
- Plumed Whistling-duck (28)
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 Takura:
- Craignish (5.3 km)
- Walligan (7.1 km)
- Dundowran Beach (7.1 km)
- Toogoom (7.6 km)
- Beelbi Creek (7.7 km)
- Burgowan (7.8 km)
- Dundowran (7.9 km)
- Sunshine Acres (9.3 km)
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Streets
- Barnett Road (15)
- Country Road (15)
- Craignish Road (6)
- Derns Drive (10)
- Farmhill Place (7)
- Homestead Close (6)
- Hornes Road (8)
- Lease Road (5)
- Mungomery Road (45)
- Newfarm Place (13)
- Rolys Road (8)
- Sanctuary Hills Road (56)
- Simmos Road (6)
- Toogoom Cane Road (8)
- Torbanlea - Pialba Road (104)
- Walkers Lane (7)
