Taranganba QLD 4703
1,236 addresses · 59 streets
Capricornia Electorate › Livingstone LGA › Taranganba · 532 km from Brisbane
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Living Here
Taranganba is a suburb of Queensland, home to about 2,275 people, with a median age of 40. The typical household earns around $1,732 a week, with median rent near $350 a week. Most homes are houses. About 71% of households own their home and 29% 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.
Over time — Census 2001 → 2021
Dashed line: district figures for the Yeppoon statistical area (SA2), the smallest area the ABS published before 2011. Solid line: Taranganba itself.
Getting Around & Local Services
3 supermarkets
1 Catholic church
1 pharmacy
2 optometrists
1 hospital
5 service stations
3 gyms & sports centres
1 golf club
2 hardware stores
Getting around. Airport: Great Keppel Airport, 19.1 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: 21.5% 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 | 21.5% |
|---|---|
| Land with trees, 10 m satellite map, 2021 | 37.4% |
Demographics
Unemployment 4.8% · Labour-force participation 64.7%
Population by age in Taranganba
| 0-4 | 117 |
|---|---|
| 5-14 | 318 |
| 15-19 | 138 |
| 20-24 | 124 |
| 25-34 | 291 |
| 35-44 | 258 |
| 45-54 | 274 |
| 55-64 | 330 |
| 65-74 | 254 |
| 75-84 | 138 |
| 85+ | 39 |
Dwelling types in Taranganba
| House | 756 |
|---|---|
| Townhouse | 17 |
| Apartment | 66 |
| Other | 0 |
Households by weekly income in Taranganba
| <$650 | 126 |
|---|---|
| $650-1,499 | 208 |
| $1,500-2,999 | 264 |
| $3,000+ | 155 |
Top ancestries in Taranganba
| English | 980 |
|---|---|
| Australian | 925 |
| Irish | 318 |
| Scottish | 229 |
| German | 148 |
| Ancestry NS | 141 |
Housing tenure in Taranganba
| Owned | 280 |
|---|---|
| Mortgage | 310 |
| Rented | 239 |
| Other | 7 |
Cars per household in Taranganba
| 0 | 22 |
|---|---|
| 1 | 289 |
| 2 | 347 |
| 3 | 123 |
| 4+ | 58 |
Commute to work in Taranganba
| Car | 836 |
|---|---|
| Train | 0 |
| Bus | 13 |
| Tram/ferry | 0 |
| Walked | 17 |
| Bicycle | 4 |
| Home | 63 |
Top countries of birth in Taranganba
| England | 80 |
|---|---|
| New Zealand | 73 |
| Philippines | 21 |
| South Africa | 17 |
| Scotland | 10 |
| Netherlands | 7 |
Languages used at home in Taranganba
| German | 11 |
|---|---|
| Cantonese | 7 |
| Filipino | 7 |
| Tagalog | 6 |
| Spanish | 6 |
| French | 5 |
Birds & Wildlife Nearby
9,642 bird observations recorded near Taranganba — most often seen:
- Rainbow Lorikeet (583)
- Laughing Kookaburra (467)
- Blue-faced Honeyeater (457)
- Australasian Figbird (455)
- Torresian Crow (455)
- Australian Magpie (410)
- Brown Honeyeater (406)
- Magpie-lark (393)
- Little Friarbird (391)
- Pied Butcherbird (367)
- Welcome Swallow (327)
- Peaceful Dove (323)
- Black-faced Cuckoo-shrike (302)
Show all 30 birds recorded near Taranganba
- White-throated Honeyeater (290)
- Spangled Drongo (286)
- Red-tailed Black Cockatoo (284)
- Crested Pigeon (279)
- Willie Wagtail (269)
- Dusky Honeyeater (266)
- Bar-shouldered Dove (257)
- Noisy Miner (250)
- Black Kite (249)
- Noisy Friarbird (249)
- Silver Gull (241)
- Masked Lapwing (240)
- Straw-necked Ibis (240)
- Striated Pardalote (237)
- Spotted Turtle-dove (228)
- Leaden Flycatcher (225)
- Galah (216)
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 Taranganba:
- Cooee Bay (0.8 km)
- Taroomball (1.1 km)
- Lammermoor (1.9 km)
- Yeppoon (2.8 km)
- Rosslyn (3.5 km)
- Hidden Valley (3.8 km)
- Meikleville Hill (4.1 km)
- Barmaryee (4.7 km)
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Streets
- Alse Street (6)
- Aruba Close (8)
- Ashgrove Crescent (22)
- Banksia Place (26)
- Benowa Drive (59)
- Bonito Close (14)
- Callaghan Drive (27)
- Capricornia Drive (30)
- Carbeen Drive (39)
- Cass Place (4)
- Cassia Avenue (17)
- Casuarina Avenue (32)
- Cedar Avenue (58)
- Celeste Place (8)
- Clair Court (8)
- Coolibah Street (20)
- Cottonwood Place (14)
- Coventina Close (8)
- Daffcroft Street (8)
- Dolphin Crescent (66)
- Grevillea Avenue (2)
- Harbour Court (7)
- Hibiscus Place (5)
- Housden Place (19)
- Ivey Street W (51)
- Jacaranda Avenue (14)
- Jordan Avenue (32)
- Kerri Anne Close (7)
- Kurrajong Court (6)
- Loch Ness Outlook (14)
- Macaranga Place (16)
- Magnolia Place (4)
- Malrose Place (1)
- Marina Avenue (39)
- Maxus Court (7)
- Mei Lynn Way (27)
- Milos Street (9)
- Nedwell Place (4)
- Old Scenic Highway (23)
- Oleander Avenue (31)
- Palm Avenue (10)
- Paros Avenue (3)
- Plum Tree Close (19)
- Poinciana Avenue (57)
- Quandong Court (10)
- Remora Close (9)
- Rita May Court (11)
- Robinson Street (48)
- Rodney Street (42)
- Rosewood Street (29)
- Rowe Crescent (9)
- Ruff Close (11)
- Scenic Highway (4)
- Seabright Road (24)
- Short Street (36)
- Swordfish Avenue (84)
- Taranganba Road (27)
- Ula Court (8)
- Waratah Place (3)
