Tallai QLD 4213
1,649 addresses · 57 streets
Wright Electorate › Gold Coast LGA › Tallai · 73 km from Brisbane
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Living Here
Tallai is a suburb of Queensland, home to about 4,465 people, with a median age of 44. The typical household earns around $2,198 a week, with median rent near $550 a week. Most homes are houses. About 88% of households own their home and 11% rent. Most workers drive to work. Common community backgrounds include English, Australian, Scottish. On the ABS socio-economic scale it sits in decile 9 of 10 nationally — a relatively advantaged area.
Over time — Census 2001 → 2021
Dashed line: district figures for the Worongary - Tallai statistical area (SA2), the smallest area the ABS published before 2011. Solid line: Tallai itself.
Getting Around & Local Services
4 cafés & restaurants
1 supermarket
1 Catholic church
1 medical clinic
1 dentist
2 physiotherapists
2 optometrists
2 childcare & kindergartens
1 library
4 service stations
4 gyms & sports centres
1 butcher
2 hardware stores
1 beauty salon
2 electricians
2 places to stay
Getting around. Train station: Robina, 4.1 km east · Airport: Southport Flying Club, 16.6 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: 53.3% 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 | 53.3% |
|---|---|
| Land with trees, 10 m satellite map, 2021 | 87.8% |
Demographics
Unemployment 4.4% · Labour-force participation 59.1%
Population by age in Tallai
| 0-4 | 234 |
|---|---|
| 5-14 | 628 |
| 15-19 | 308 |
| 20-24 | 217 |
| 25-34 | 375 |
| 35-44 | 528 |
| 45-54 | 648 |
| 55-64 | 612 |
| 65-74 | 473 |
| 75-84 | 271 |
| 85+ | 161 |
Dwelling types in Tallai
| House | 1,204 |
|---|---|
| Townhouse | 127 |
| Apartment | 9 |
| Other | 0 |
Households by weekly income in Tallai
| <$650 | 146 |
|---|---|
| $650-1,499 | 278 |
| $1,500-2,999 | 345 |
| $3,000+ | 444 |
Top ancestries in Tallai
| English | 1,957 |
|---|---|
| Australian | 1,542 |
| Scottish | 571 |
| Irish | 470 |
| Other | 360 |
| Ancestry NS | 250 |
Housing tenure in Tallai
| Owned | 502 |
|---|---|
| Mortgage | 667 |
| Rented | 146 |
| Other | 15 |
Cars per household in Tallai
| 0 | 44 |
|---|---|
| 1 | 251 |
| 2 | 542 |
| 3 | 269 |
| 4+ | 230 |
Commute to work in Tallai
| Car | 1,345 |
|---|---|
| Train | 6 |
| Bus | 5 |
| Tram/ferry | 0 |
| Walked | 15 |
| Bicycle | 4 |
| Home | 377 |
Top countries of birth in Tallai
| New Zealand | 296 |
|---|---|
| England | 276 |
| South Africa | 87 |
| Scotland | 39 |
| China | 36 |
| United States | 35 |
Languages used at home in Tallai
| Mandarin | 41 |
|---|---|
| Japanese | 24 |
| Russian | 21 |
| Italian | 19 |
| Afrikaans | 18 |
| French | 14 |
Birds & Wildlife Nearby
22,761 bird observations recorded near Tallai — most often seen:
- Torresian Crow (1,302)
- Rainbow Lorikeet (1,280)
- Australian White Ibis (1,079)
- Australian Magpie (1,021)
- Pacific Black Duck (981)
- Noisy Miner (918)
- Pied Currawong (894)
- Magpie-lark (875)
- Brown Honeyeater (826)
- Laughing Kookaburra (800)
- Dusky Moorhen (771)
- Noisy Friarbird (738)
- Little Corella (709)
Show all 30 birds recorded near Tallai
- Sulphur-crested Cockatoo (706)
- Willie Wagtail (699)
- Welcome Swallow (686)
- Silvereye (682)
- Australasian Purple Swamphen (669)
- Common Myna (669)
- Masked Lapwing (658)
- Lewin's Honeyeater (641)
- Superb Fairy-wren (636)
- Australian Wood Duck (623)
- Australasian Figbird (622)
- Black-faced Cuckoo-shrike (619)
- Pied Butcherbird (587)
- Eastern Whipbird (530)
- Bar-shouldered Dove (526)
- Spangled Drongo (525)
- Spotted Turtle-dove (489)
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 Tallai:
- Mudgeeraba (3.4 km)
- Merrimac (3.5 km)
- Worongary (3.6 km)
- Gilston (5.6 km)
- Robina (5.7 km)
- Highland Park (6 km)
- Neranwood (6.2 km)
- Carrara (6.3 km)
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Streets
- Alawara Drive (34)
- Avondale Place (9)
- Baileys Road (53)
- Ballarat Court (20)
- Baron Court (20)
- Bendigo Crescent (30)
- Brixton Court (9)
- Cape Court (6)
- Coastview Crescent (8)
- Coorumbene Court (11)
- Coralcoast Drive (22)
- Cromwell Court (15)
- Duchess Court (11)
- Duke Court (18)
- Dulhunty Way (40)
- Duncan Road (1)
- Earle Court (33)
- Foxtail Court (16)
- Glenaura Drive (27)
- Glenrowan Drive (55)
- Grandview Terrace (35)
- Haylett Court (11)
- Imfeld Court (8)
- Liquidamber Close (9)
- Mewsdale Row (34)
- Mission Drive (30)
- Mooralla Street (28)
- Mudgeeraba Road (20)
- Nature Valley Court (22)
- Nolan Street (31)
- Old Coach Road (143)
- Otiose Court (10)
- Paralla Place (1)
- Princess Place (20)
- Red Oak Drive (29)
- Rutherglen Court (13)
- Seascape Court (8)
- Settlement Court (39)
- Silver Wattle Court (11)
- Talgarno Place (7)
- Tallai Road (154)
- Tanja Court (14)
- Tarawara Avenue (27)
- Tathra Place (9)
- The Panorama (117)
- Tolhurst Court (14)
- Underhill Place (10)
- Uplands Court (46)
- Utopia Court (16)
- Valhalla Court (11)
- Veronica Drive (59)
- Viscount Drive (71)
- Wallandra Road (35)
- Waterfall Way (11)
- Woodvale Drive (17)
- Worongary Road (77)
- Xanadu Court (14)
