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Tara QLD 4421

1,800 addresses · 97 streets

Maranoa Electorate › Western Downs LGA › Tara · 255 km from Brisbane

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Living Here

Tara is a suburb of Queensland, home to about 1,980 people, with a median age of 48. The typical household earns around $867 a week, with median rent near $180 a week. Most homes are houses. About 71% of households own their home and 24% rent. Most workers drive to work. Common community backgrounds include Australian, English, Ancestry NS. On the ABS socio-economic scale it sits in decile 1 of 10 nationally — a more disadvantaged area.

1,980Population
48Median age
$867Median household income / wk
$180Median rent / wk
2.2Avg household

Over time — Census 2001 → 2021

Dashed line: district figures for the Tara statistical area (SA2), the smallest area the ABS published before 2011. Solid line: Tara itself.

Getting Around & Local Services

Getting around. Airport: Tara Aerodrome, 3.4 km north.

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Socio-economic Standing

😟More disadvantaged · 1/10
Economic resources1/10
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: 18.2% share of land under canopy · satellite map, 2020

Where the trees are in Tara

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

Tree cover measures, Tara QLD
Canopy share, 1 m canopy height map, 202018.2%
Land with trees, 10 m satellite map, 202141.0%

Demographics

Unemployment 16.8% · Labour-force participation 41.1%

Population by age in Tara
Population by age, Tara QLD (ABS Census 2021)
0-497
5-14249
15-1980
20-24107
25-34193
35-44190
45-54263
55-64338
65-74305
75-84125
85+29
Dwelling types in Tara
Dwelling types, Tara QLD (ABS Census 2021)
House720
Townhouse13
Apartment11
Other19
Households by weekly income in Tara
Households by weekly income, Tara QLD (ABS Census 2021)
<$650232
$650-1,499275
$1,500-2,999146
$3,000+42
Top ancestries in Tara
Top ancestries, Tara QLD (ABS Census 2021)
Australian841
English776
Ancestry NS212
Scottish202
Irish199
Aboriginal180
Housing tenure in Tara
Housing tenure, Tara QLD (ABS Census 2021)
Owned410
Mortgage122
Rented183
Other34
Cars per household in Tara
Cars per household, Tara QLD (ABS Census 2021)
033
1292
2264
399
4+55
Commute to work in Tara
Commute to work, Tara QLD (ABS Census 2021)
Car360
Train0
Bus3
Tram/ferry0
Walked71
Bicycle0
Home63
Top countries of birth in Tara
Top countries of birth, Tara QLD (ABS Census 2021)
England47
New Zealand41
Philippines20
Germany9
Fiji7
South Africa7
Languages used at home in Tara
Languages used at home, Tara QLD (ABS Census 2021)
Australian Indigenous12
Filipino12
Tagalog8
Punjabi7
German5
Afrikaans4

Birds & Wildlife Nearby

19 bird observations recorded near Tara — most often seen:

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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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Image — Michael Zimmer from Brisbane, Australia · CC BY-SA 2.0 (via Wikimedia Commons).